The nobles present were all prominent families in the Dawn Empire, so they all naturally knew about the most famous God of War family in the empire.
However, since the Leo family had been in decline for a long time, they did not have much contact with the Leo family.
At this moment, the group of nobles looked at Pete and Merlin standing beside the king, and all kinds of thoughts arose in their minds.
Some nobles secretly regretted not taking the initiative to contact the Leo family and missed the opportunity to establish a deep relationship now; some nobles were deeply regretful that their daughters and granddaughters had clearly fallen in love with Merlin, but they did not firmly choose to marry because of the Leo family's decline.
In the Dawn Empire, the royal family often holds various dinners for noble exchanges, and almost all nobles bring their own descendants to exchange.
With his outstanding appearance, Merlin left a deep impression in the hearts of countless noble girls and became the dream lover that the noble girls of the Dawn Empire had always dreamed of.
Unfortunately, for these noble girls, their marriage is not their own decision; everything is decided by their family.
At that time, the Earl of Rio's House had no money, no power, and no strength. In the eyes of everyone, it was an aristocracy destined to decline and be marginalized. Even the barons and viscounts were reluctant to marry the Earl of Rio.
No one present had expected that the Leo family would undergo such a drastic change today.
This was not just a simple somersault, it was like flying straight into the sky, amazed everyone and filled with mixed emotions.
Merlin's eyes slowly swept over the young men on both sides of the team. The young men on the left were dressed in neat imperial army uniforms, looking heroic and their neat and uniform attire demonstrated the army's discipline and majesty. The young men on the right were wearing white and gold uniforms of the Dawn Academy. The unique color combination shone with a soft luster in the sun, revealing a youthful vigor and the elegant atmosphere of an academy.
On this continent, the six empires each have their own exclusive academy for cultivating talents.
In the Dawn Empire, Dawn Academy is far more popular than Arcane Academy.
The situation was much the same in other empires.
Before Merlin took over the Arcane Academy, it was not as famous as it is today.
Although the Arcane Academy has long been an official top magic academy recognized by the Aize Federation, its enrollment is open to the entire Aize continent and is not limited to a certain empire. It is also relatively independent and lacks the full promotion and support of a single empire. Therefore, its popularity and influence in the empires are far less than those of local academies.
The main purpose of establishing a college in a native empire is to continuously supply talents to the empire.
In order to achieve this goal, the royal families of the major empires spared no effort to promote it and gave the academy the best treatment and the most abundant resources.
From the deployment of teaching staff to the construction of teaching facilities, we have put in our best efforts.
In comparison, although the Arcane Academy in the past had a profound foundation, it was indeed slightly inferior in terms of resource acquisition and publicity and promotion.
Not only that, in order to better control the nobles and their descendants, the major empires set extremely stringent conditions for entering local colleges.
In addition to requiring students to have certain talents and knowledge, factors such as family background and political stance are also taken into consideration.
Moreover, the college's tuition is quite expensive, which undoubtedly sets a high threshold for many students.
However, behind such high conditions is a bright future after graduation.
Simply put, as long as one can successfully graduate from these local colleges, they can basically receive "guaranteed job placement" treatment and directly enter various important departments of the empire.
Taking Dawn College as an example, the top three graduates of the college can even be awarded the title of honorary baron.
The so-called honorary nobility is a special honorary status introduced by major empires.
People with this status have noble titles and can enjoy many benefits that come with noble status, such as participating in high-level social activities and enjoying specific etiquette standards, but they do not have actual territory.
After all, the continent is now in a peaceful era, and it is extremely difficult to obtain noble status through conventional means such as war as in the past.
In the past, when the six empires were in constant strife, wars broke out frequently. If a noble was defeated in a war, they would usually not be executed directly but would be captured.
At this time, the two sides will negotiate to see if they can exchange prisoners for some benefits.
Some nobles would even collude in advance and stage a "fake play" in order to gain military merit in order to obtain noble status.
But now, the peaceful environment makes this approach no longer feasible.
Nowadays, if one wants to obtain noble status, in addition to relying on family inheritance, one can only go to the front line to fight against the demons and fight for it through actual combat exploits.
However, the demons will not show mercy just because of your identity. It is a road full of dangers and you will have to fight for your life.
King Orinth introduced them to Merlin and the others with a smile on his face: "These are all young and outstanding wizards from our Dawn Academy and the Dawn Empire Army. They are outstanding in their respective fields. Merlin, take a look, what do you think?"
Merlin raised the corners of his mouth, revealing a perfect smile, and responded politely and gracefully: "Your Majesty, you can tell at a glance that they are all outstanding people. The Dawn Academy can cultivate such outstanding students, and the Imperial Army can also recruit such outstanding young wizards. This shows that the Empire has a profound foundation and will surely be more glorious in the future."
When King Orinth heard this, he laughed with satisfaction, and his laughter echoed in the courtyard.
He patted Merlin on the shoulder and said, "A rare talent? That's a good phrase! Very good! Merlin, both the students of Dawn Academy and the young men of the Imperial Army have long admired the demeanor of the students of the Arcane Academy, especially you, who are praised as the best young man of our time. They are very curious. They all look forward to the opportunity to exchange ideas with you and learn from each other."
Merlin couldn't help but feel helpless when he heard this, and thought to himself: Whether it's the Forest of Elves or the Dawn Empire, why are they both so keen on this kind of competition?
He turned his gaze to the young men from Dawn Academy and the Imperial Army, and saw that they had different expressions.
Most of the students at Dawn Academy were in a nonchalant mood, lacking in discipline, with curiosity and disdain in their eyes, and they seemed quite dissatisfied with Merlin and the others.
After all, in their minds, they are the talents that the empire focuses on training, so they can't help but look down on students from other colleges.
Although most of the young men in the Imperial Army came from ordinary families and were more resolute, their eyes were also filled with curiosity and eagerness to try, as if they wanted to prove themselves in this competition.
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