In the starry kingdom, Jianhua University, evening.

Ingulit returned to the dormitory with her sword bag on her back and held up the gold-rimmed invitation in her hand: "I just came back from the sword fighting class, and someone asked me to give this invitation to Sonia."

Adele took it and looked at it, curled her lips, and threw it into the trash can: "A young viscount dares to send an invitation letter, it's really a toad wanting to eat swan meat... Ingrid, let me teach you, if there are less than three stars in the invitation letter, you can say "I don't know Sonia very well" to refuse. If there is a moon star, then you can take it back, because it means that the sender is at least the official heir of the earl."

"What if there is a shining star?" Although Ingrid was born into a noble family, she had never learned heraldry since she was a child and knew nothing about aristocratic etiquette.

"That means it's an olive branch from the royal family." Adele said, "You need to kneel down on one knee, put on white gloves and accept the invitation to show your respect for the royal family...Haha, just kidding, you can just accept it normally, but you might win the favor of the royal family by doing this!"

Adele was just joking, but when she saw Ingridt's thoughtful expression, she couldn't help but be a little surprised: "Are you really considering it?"

Ingrid asked back, "Why not consider it? Isn't it a rare opportunity to have a relationship with the royal family?"

Adele scratched her face. "But...how should I put it? Ingrid, you have always given us the impression that you will not bow to power, and you will not compromise yourself for the sake of profit. After all, you were unwilling to be introduced to Professor Trozan by Sonia..."

"I will not bow to power, nor will I compromise myself for the sake of profit." Yingguli nodded: "In the few days since I became a magician, many nobles have shown goodwill to me through various channels, but I ignored them."

"Then why are you willing to bow down to the royal family?"

"To bow to other nobles is called selling oneself to the rich, but to work for the royal family is called contributing to society. How can they be the same?" Ingrid rolled her eyes at Adele and went over to put down her sword bag. "I'm not a fool. My goal after becoming a swordsman is to join the Starry Master System. If there is a chance to have a higher starting point, why should I refuse?"

Adele understood - the reason why Ingrid was so strong-willed was because she had determined early on that her master could only be this country, and the master of the Starry Kingdom was the royal family, so she would only be loyal to the royal family and would never accept the solicitation of other nobles.

"But why don't they go directly to Sonia?" Ingridt was a little puzzled: "Sonia goes to the training ground every day, isn't it easy to find her?"

"They don't dare."

Lois rubbed her eyes and yawned as she got down from the bed. She said, "Nobles are most concerned about their reputation. If people knew that Sonia rejected their invitation to the banquet, they would be embarrassed, not Sonia. But if they send the invitation through us, no one would know even if she rejected it... No, my head hurts, Adele——"

"Here it comes." Adele quickly prepared a cup of honey water and handed it to Lois, who gulped it down. Ingrid asked curiously, "Lois, will you have a hangover?"

"A normal person would have a hangover if they went to sleep after drinking," Lois muttered.

When Sonia returned triumphantly from Track University in the early morning, the entire girls' dormitory was in an uproar and a celebration party was held all night long.

The dormitory teacher originally had some objections, but after Professor Trozan paid for Secret Garden to deliver several boxes of wine overnight, the dormitory teacher could only drink two glasses reluctantly.

It is inevitable that the girls' dormitory is so excited. Although Sonia has been focusing on sword training this month and has not participated in any girls' activities, you should know that last semester, Sonia was very diligent in expanding her network. Although she is not familiar with others, at least she has met them once.

Therefore, after Sonia's rise, the girls also quietly paid attention to this poor and beautiful college student. Some of them blessed her, some were jealous, and some were disgusted. But no matter what, they were all paying attention to Sonia. With Sonia's unhindered sword training and dazzling achievements, many of them gradually changed their mindsets, secretly cheered for Sonia, and became Sonia's first fans.

In fact, most of the students of Jianhua University come from the middle class, lower noble families and merchant families of the Kale world. Although most of them are born with fine clothes and delicious food, their spiritual world is often very empty. The prosperous Kale world only fills their minds with vanity and fun, and does not give them the responsibilities and ideals they deserve.

The better ones, like Lois, know how to study hard and take over the family business in the future; the worse ones, like Adele, spend four years at Cambridge University, get married after graduation, have a few children, and then continue to mess around for the rest of her life. Anyway, someone will provide for her life.

They are like scarecrows in luxurious clothes, staying in the world to make up the numbers.

The reason why Adele and Lois, the two local natives, excluded Sonia and Ingrid in the beginning was essentially the conflict between the Scarecrow and the fire - whether it was Ingrid or Sonia, they had clear ideal goals in their hearts, and their souls were constantly emitting the flame of "struggle", which naturally attracted the alienation of the Scarecrow.

But now things have changed.

Because Sonia is no longer fire, she has risen and become a rising star.

Scarecrows fear the burning pain of flames, but they are not afraid of the sunlight of the shining star. On the contrary, they long for the sunlight to enrich their souls. As long as the shining star becomes brighter and brighter, they will feel that their empty souls seem to become more fulfilled and more brilliant.

In fact, the first person to be affected was Lois. In order to catch up with Sonia, she had quietly turned down all invitations, stopped attending tea parties, quit the club, and even listened carefully in class, devoting herself to learning the water magic faction. The learning results in this month were equivalent to those in the past six months - the meaningless social life in the past occupied too much of her mind.

So when they saw Sonia killing the alchemical giant bear with one sword in the live broadcast of the curtain, they were so happy that they almost jumped up in the dormitory. The honor of the Jianhua students and Sonia's achievement, these two joys overlapped and brought them more joy.

Last night's celebration party didn't end until dawn, and there were still traces of yesterday's revelry in the dormitory. The trash can was full of wine bottles and cans, and there were even scraps of firework tubes on the ground - it was a pity that they could find celebratory fireworks so late at night.

Lois was not yet a magician, and she was exhausted from staying up all night watching the live broadcast of the Curtain. Add to that the celebration party in the early morning, and it was like staying up all night with wine. The more she drank, the more she had. She fell asleep drunk in her bed at dawn and skipped a whole day of classes.

On the contrary, Adele drank a lot but nothing happened. She stayed up all night and was still energetic without sleeping. She said that it was a talent that she had developed from staying up late to watch TV series. Lois was now suffering from a hangover. Seeing Adele playing with the curtain radiantly, she couldn't help but stamp her foot.

"Excuse me!" Lois took the initiative and immediately said loudly.

Adele was immediately overwhelmed by her and muttered, "You always take your anger out on me..."

"Where's Sonia?" Ingrid asked. She was exploring the virtual world last night and came back in the morning to celebrate the end of the party. "Is she still out there?"

"She came back at noon," Adele pursed her lips, "She has been lying in bed the whole time."

Ingrid looked over and discovered that Sonia had been lying on the bed playing with the curtain, clicking it very seriously. Sometimes she smiled with joy, sometimes she gritted her teeth, sometimes she looked serious and deep, and sometimes she was proud. Her expression could change several times in one minute.

The swordsman girl blinked her eyes. "Why is she suddenly obsessed with the veil? She is just like someone..."

"Ingrid, you've changed." Adele said faintly, "You wouldn't have cursed me in such a roundabout way before."

"I didn't say it was you!"

"You still dare to quibble, don't I know who in this building is the most obsessed with the Veil!?"