Chapter 309: Lunnolei Magic Academy Branch
In the magical kingdom, influenced by the power of the "Five Houses", the cities where the five houses are located are also known as the "Five Cities".
The so-called five cities are Runnore where the Research Institute is located, Domlia where the Investigation Institute is located, Vanaheim where the Civil Affairs Institute is located, Oratio where the Finance Institute is located, and Helmwein where the Magic Institute is located. Due to the existence of the five institutes, they have gained a status slightly higher than other cities, and therefore have assumed many responsibilities that other cities do not need to bear.
In the imagination of many people who like to gossip, the so-called five cities and five institutes should be divided and ruled in theory, with each gem scepter holding its own city and power, competing with other authorities. But in reality, due to certain administrative conveniences, except for the two exceptions of the Investigation Institute and the Research Institute, the other three institutes will set up branches in other cities.
After all, whether it is civil governance, finance or magic affairs, the management content involved is closely related to the daily administration of the magic kingdom. Even the headquarters of a research institute like Runnore also has the need to deal with these matters.
Although the magical girls of the research institute can ignore the difference in responsibilities and take over other responsibilities in this city, the other three institutes cannot do anything to them. But having an extra title and saving some face is better than offending each other, so in Runnore, there are actually offices belonging to the Civil Affairs Institute, the Finance Institute, and the Magic Institute.
On a fine day with clear skies, the branch of the Runnore Magic Institute welcomed a group of "guests" that they had been waiting for for a long time.
For the Magic Institute employees in the Luenorei office, they were assigned to such positions in such places, and it can be said that they were just here to get by. After all, they could not, nor dared to, have any opinions on the personnel arrangements and dispatches within the institute. The institute set up an office here, and then any relevant applications and reports were sent to them. They were only responsible for signing, or sending the documents they could not sign to Hemwein, which was all their work. If they asked one more question, they might be considered as not knowing the rules.
For a group of grassroots employees like this who have no real power or responsibilities, we can say that they are "members of the five academies" or "officials" if we give them a little respect. But if we don't give them face, it's not wrong to actually insult them by calling them "mascots."
Therefore, when these mascot employees welcomed a group of guests from the "powerful group of the Magic House" from Helmwein on this fine day, their dominance was instantly taken away by the other party.
Or perhaps, these "guests" are not guests in the true sense. In a sense, they are the masters here.
In order to welcome these real "superiors", the mascot staff of the branch school had worked very hard and had already cleaned the old mansion several times several days in advance.
After all, the branch of the Magic Academy of Runnore was not a powerful institution, and naturally there was no money, so there were no waiters on weekdays. These mascot employees personally took on the role of cleaners, clearing out all the vacant and useless rooms, and threw away countless meaningless items. Then they counted out the furniture that was not defective and not too old in appearance, and even gave away the tables and chairs they usually used, and finally made two more decent offices.
Then, early this morning, these mascot employees, who usually slack off from work, are late and leave early, have gathered in the office residence early, quietly waiting for the other party to arrive.
It was past morning, and the dean of the Runnore branch, but in fact, the magical girl whose rank was not as high as that of a minister in the institute, felt that she could no longer read any documents.
Although from the outside she seemed to be sitting upright at her desk, carefully reviewing several stacks of report documents from the research institute, she was also very clear that although she could read the words on the documents, she could not understand them as sentences at all.
She had changed cups of coffee at hand, and her legs were shaking under the table until they were almost numb. In this endless, torture-like wait, she finally heard the voice she wanted to hear.
"Squeak."
The old wooden door was pushed open from the outside, and an employee in formal attire walked in anxiously. Before she could speak, the dean stopped her: "You have knocked on my door three times before, and the news you brought me was that the number of fireworks placed at the door was wrong, the location of the evening banquet had changed, and the new reckless guy spilled tea on the rented formal suit again. I hope you can bring me some useful news this time."
"Yes, it is useful. It is definitely useful."
The employee in charge of reporting the news nodded and stammered, "Dean, the person is here."
"What?" The dean opened his eyes wide and asked again as if to confirm.
"The ladies from Hedu, they are here, Dean."
The employee finally managed to calm down and said hurriedly, "We'll be downstairs soon!"
"Oh, by the Queen! Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
The dean cursed inwardly, quickly pushed the documents in his hand aside, and stood up: "Why don't you take me over?"
"OK!"
At this moment, the employee had no time to feel aggrieved by the dean's words, because her mood was actually the same as the dean's. She was even more afraid than the dean: she dared not offend the group of ladies from Hemwyn. Any one of them could make her lose half a year's salary with just a glance.
When the employee and the dean hurriedly walked to the door of the office, a group of magical girls in the uniforms of the Magic Academy just got off the carriage and walked towards the door of the office not far away.
As one of the five academies of the country, the Magic Academy also represents the authority of the royal court to a certain extent. Its uniforms are also the most gorgeous among the five academies.
The group of magical girls were wearing black one-shoulder robes, with an asymmetrical sleeveless right shoulder and an arc-shaped hem on the left shoulder that fell to the ankle. The bottom was embroidered with layers of runes in hot gold. The matte robes were lined with dark gold silk, and the subtle luster they revealed when they walked was like gilded gold in the twilight.
Inside the robe is a pearly white high-collared shirt with delicate embroidery on the collar and cuffs. The three-layer folded structure of the cuffs is just below the belt at the waist, which is enough to draw people's attention to the rock gray knee-length A-line skirt and the ankle-length boots with glazed toes.
The leading magical girl walked up to the dean leisurely, held out her right hand covered with a translucent black gauze glove, and smiled friendlyly: "Hello, are you Miss Hydrangea, the dean of Runnore?"
"Yes, yes."
The dean, who was called "Hydrangea", nodded repeatedly, responded to the other party's inquiry, and looked at the other party with an almost flattering smile: "Excuse me, who are you..."
"My code name is Zhe He Lan."
The leading magical girl reported her code name. Her black hair, which was tied into a ponytail because it was too long, swayed with her movements. She still had a friendly smile on her face and looked at the dean and said, "Perhaps you have heard of me?"
"Zhehelan..."
The dean's brain was working quickly. She caught a glimpse of the silver brooch on the man's chest, and then quickly found the identity that matched the code name from her memory. Then, without hesitation, she stretched out her hands and gently squeezed the man's fingertips. Then she withdrew her hands, lifted her skirt and saluted: "Your arrival brings honor to this branch, Master of the Teaching Selection Department."
"No need to be polite, Your Excellency the Dean."
Zhe Helan nodded gently to the dean: "We are all just public servants serving this country and His Majesty. There is no need to distinguish between high and low status. We came to Lunnore to disturb you for a while this time to handle official business. I hope we will not cause you too much trouble."
"Of course not. It is an honor for us to have you here to guide our work."
The dean took out a handkerchief from his sleeve, wiped the sweat off his forehead, and then walked to the side to make room. At this time, other employees of this branch had also walked out of their offices and came to the door: "Please allow me to introduce you to many colleagues from our branch. We all welcome you all."
The employees who came later also followed the dean's example and saluted Zhe Helan and his group. Zhe Helan and his group did not put on airs and also saluted in return. The originally tense atmosphere immediately eased a lot.
Just like that, after a brief greeting at the door, Zhe Helan said, "Thank you all for your enthusiasm. However, since we have traveled all the way here, several of our colleagues are quite tired. I wonder if there is a place for us to rest for a while and continue to discuss work matters?"
Haven't you been living in Lunore for several days? You just took a taxi from the Emerald District today, and you're tired already? The dean complained in her heart, but she still smiled on the surface: "I see, I didn't think it through. We have already cleaned up the office space for you. Please follow me."
As she said this, she turned around and winked at the employees behind her, and they obediently made way for her.
The magical girls from Hemwein followed behind Orizuru Ran and the dean, carrying large and small bags, and walked together with them.
However, during this process, when an employee of our hospital who was pushing a suitcase passed by a corner, another employee of the branch hospital happened to come out from the corner with his head down, wiping his half-wet clothes.
The branch employee who had his head down did not notice that there was someone in front of him, so he did not slow down at all, but rushed straight forward. The employee of this hospital was also a beat slow to react, and although he did not let the other party hit him, he caused the other party to collide heavily with the suitcase in his hand.
"Bang!" A clear, hollow-echoing sound echoed through the corridor.
All the magical girls turned their eyes to the two men. When the staff of the main hospital found that the other party had bumped into his suitcase, his face turned pale for some reason. The staff of the branch hospital raised his head while holding his clothes, and when he realized what he had done, his face turned pale again: "Ah... Yes, I'm sorry, ma'am."
The employee of our hospital opened her mouth slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but she glanced at the suitcase in her hand, then looked at Zhe Helan who was walking at the head of the team not far away, and found that she was shaking her head at her, so she swallowed back all the words she wanted to say.
“Remember to watch the road.”
She said this rather stiffly, then used one hand to lift the suitcase off the ground, almost half-lifting it as she left the scene.
After this little episode, our group finally followed the branch director to their office. The office was already furnished with tables, chairs, cabinets, and even some well-groomed green plants. The environment was certainly not luxurious, but it was definitely quite fresh.
"This is a larger office, and there are some single offices next to it. Do you need me to take you there?" Feeling that the atmosphere on the scene suddenly became a little serious for some reason, the branch dean asked cautiously.
"No, thank you, sir."
Zhe Helan smiled and spoke, but compared to the time before, her smile was a little more cold: "We need to discuss something here, so we won't bother you."
"……OK."
The dean swallowed subconsciously, looked around, and found that these "big shots" of the hospital were looking at him for some reason. He subconsciously took a few steps back: "Then, I will take my leave first?"
"Please do as you wish." Zhe Helan said.
So the dean closed the door, and after taking a few steps, he fled out of the door.
Only a group of magical girls from our institute were left standing in this office, looking at each other with an expression as if the world was coming to an end. Then, everyone's attention shifted to the suitcase that was hit by someone on the road.
No one spoke.
Only Strelitzia looked conflicted. After taking a deep breath, she reached out her hand hesitantly.
Then she opened the box.
——"Cough! Cough cough cough!"
Almost at the moment the box was opened, a short cough was heard from it, and then a petite magical girl sat up from the box, holding the edge of the box with one hand and covering her waist with the other.
She coughed several times before finally stopping. Then she turned over and climbed out of the box with some helplessness. She stood up while patting her dress and asked with drooping eyelids, "What happened?"
Still no one spoke.
Everyone just looked at Zhe Helan - after all, it was her idea to have their immediate superior, the sapphire scepter, hide in a suitcase and sneak into the Magic Academy branch, but she ended up getting hit in the waist and abdomen by someone from the outside while she was holding her breath and concentrating.
Even Zhe Helan, a seasoned politician who could normally handle any situation with great composure, fell into a rare silence in this situation.
(End of this chapter)
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