Dean
Elena stood in front of a huge cluster of amethysts. She subconsciously wanted to find support, so she turned her head to look at Leopold.
But a figure blocked her view. The dean stood behind her and said, "Don't be afraid. Just put your hand on it."
The dean was thin and his tone was calm, but Elena felt a huge pressure for no reason.
It was like a mountain pressing down on her.
No, it was more like the principal was standing behind her and watching her write her answers during an exam.
Oh, that’s scary.
Elena swallowed and stretched out her right hand. Her right hand was shaking, so she quickly pressed it with her left hand, and both hands shook at the same time.
Finally, she made up her mind, stretched out both hands, and pressed them on the amethyst cluster with a snap.
The amethyst cluster began to vibrate.
Elena became even more frightened. Could it be that she had hit the amethyst cluster too hard and broke it?
She tried to open her eyes wide, wishing they could turn into searchlights. She carefully observed the contact surface under her palm to see if there were any cracks in the amethyst.
No, the amethyst is very clear and there is not a single fine line.
However, the vibrations of the amethyst cluster grew stronger and stronger, and Elena wanted to pull her hand back again.
The dean reached out and covered her hand before she could pull it back.
Elena: ...
Fortunately, after reaching a critical point, the vibration of the amethyst cluster began to gradually subside.
Just as Elena breathed a sigh of relief, the vibrations grew louder again.
What are you doing?
This time the vibrations were larger and more frequent, and Elena looked to the dean for help.
The dean's eyes were fixed on the amethyst cluster.
"Dean, is it okay? Can I let go?" Poor little Elena asked nervously.
"Wait a little longer." The dean's tone was calm but unyielding.
Elena could only continue to press there.
After the amethyst cluster repeated this several times and finally calmed down and stopped vibrating, Elena carefully looked at the dean's expression, wondering if she could let go. However, she found that the dean was staring at her. His eyes were like thunder and lightning, as if he could see through everything.
Elena shuddered unconsciously.
"Dean, Dean, is there something wrong?" Elena asked in a low voice without any confidence.
The dean stared at her and said, "You have been promoted three times this year. The first time was to an apprentice apprentice, the second was a cross-level promotion, directly promoted to a senior apprentice, and the third time was promoted to a low-level mage."
Elena's throat moved and felt a little dry.
Good, very powerful, worthy of being a demigod, just pressing on the amethyst cluster, the dean can actually see these things.
Elena never thought that someone told the dean, because no one knew about these things except Leonard, and Leonard was very tight-lipped, so she believed him. What's more, the dean didn't even know who she was at the beginning.
Leopold stood behind the dean and looked at Elena in surprise. Such a young girl didn't look like a brave one, but he didn't expect that she would dare to be promoted three times within a year.
The dean continued, "When you were promoted to an apprentice apprentice, your elemental affinity and elemental control were only double Bs. But when you were promoted to a senior apprentice, your elemental affinity and elemental control suddenly skyrocketed to double Ss. Why? What happened to you?"
Elena's lips were trembling a little, no, not just her lips, her whole body was trembling.
Oh shit, is it that powerful?
Even the deans could see it. It was just one test, and the deans could see so much.
Is the power of a demigod so terrifying?
Or does the dean have some special abilities?
What else did the dean see?
Can you tell that her soul is not actually original?
Will you see her game cheats?
The dean was still staring at Elena.
Leopold was young after all, and he couldn't bear to see Elena trembling. The dean was using the power of a demigod to force a confession from a little girl. Elena was really pitiful.
"Okay, okay, Dean, don't be anxious. Come, sit down, Elena," Leopold stepped forward, grabbed Elena's wrist, and led her to a chair nearby.
Leopold said gently, "Come, sit over here. Don't be afraid. The dean is a good man. He just looks fierce."
Just looks fierce?
Elena's gaze drifted towards the dean again. This was not just a little bit fierce.
Leopold pressed Elena under the chair, and a cup of warm milk was stuffed into Elena's hand. The warm cup wall and the slightly sweet milk aroma soothed Elena's body and finally stopped shaking.
The dean also sat down on another chair, and Leopold stuffed a cup of black tea into his hand. His majestic aura was somewhat restrained.
Leopold sat on the chair between the two of them, holding a cup of black tea in his hand. After taking two sips, he took out a round plate with a lid from the space ring and placed the plate on the coffee table in the middle.
"Come on, relax a little, let's have a tea party." Leopold opened the lid, and inside the round plate were several snacks. "Dean, try some of these snacks Elena has just developed. These are peanut candies, caramel sunflower seeds, spiced peanuts, and winter melon candies. They're all delicious."
As he spoke, Leopold handed the disc to the dean.
As Leopold kept feeding him tea and handing him snacks, the dean's mood changed from anxious to speechless.
The dean casually picked up the nearest snack, which was a piece of winter melon candy, and put it in his mouth.
Forget it, let’s just have a tea party.
Hey, this candy is quite sweet, but not cloyingly sweet.
Leopold smiled and handed the plate to Elena again: "You have one too."
Elena thanked Leopold for saving her life and gratefully took a piece of peanut candy: "Thank you."
Leopold smiled brightly: "You're welcome."
The three of them were eating snacks and the atmosphere suddenly became quiet.
The dean finished his snacks first. He took a sip of black tea, looked at Elena, and said, "What's your name?"
Elena quickly put down the sugar and milk and sat up straight: "Elena Opry Mansa Field, from Rosyth County, you can call me Elena."
The dean hummed and said, "Which school are you attending now?"
Elena replied, "I'm not in school right now. I've been staying in the family territory since I graduated from elementary school."
The dean frowned: "You didn't go to college?"
Elena shook her head: "Something happened in my family, so I inherited the title of Viscount, and I have to stay in the territory to govern my people."
"You inherited the title?" The dean seemed to have only noticed at this moment that she was a baroness, even though Leopold had mentioned it before.
"Where is your father?" the dean asked.
Elena replied: "My father and brother died in an accident, and I am the only legitimate heir."
"Were you promoted to a low-level mage before or after inheriting the title?" the dean asked again.
"It was after I inherited the title." Elena didn't dare to test the dean's strength, so she decided to be honest and reveal some truth appropriately.
"Dean, I was actually there when my father and brother had their accident. Our team was attacked by a pack of demonic wolves, and the carriage I was riding in fell off a cliff. I was lucky enough to be found alive by the servants, but my father and brother died in the battle."
The dean looked at her, waiting for her to continue.
"However, before my father and brother were buried and I was just able to walk, my uncle came to seize power. Many of my relatives also supported him. I had no choice but to bite the bullet and hold on, refusing to give in." Elena lowered her head, her eyes turned red, and her gently fluttering eyelashes were stained with a few water droplets, like a delicate flower in the wind, particularly pitiful.
"That's when Leonard came to see my brother, and he solved the problem for me about my uncle." Elena pursed her lips and didn't mention how Leonard solved it.
"After this incident, I know very well that those without strength have no say. Even survival is not guaranteed, and life and death are only at the mercy of others." Elena raised her head, her eyes still tearful, but her gaze became bright and determined. "So I must become stronger. I must be able to protect myself."
The Dean and Leopold looked at her.
Elena took a deep breath and said, "So I took the risk and was promoted directly from trainee apprentice to senior apprentice."
The dean did not respond.
Leopold shook his head in disagreement. "You're taking too much of a risk. You're lucky to have made the promotion, but that kind of luck doesn't even have a one percent chance. If you jump two levels at once, failure is almost certain. If you fail, even if you don't die, you'll turn into a monster. Then your life will be ruined."
Elena lowered her head without refutation or defense.
If she didn't have game cheats, if she hadn't reached the maximum level in the game, she certainly wouldn't be so careless. But since she had cheats and experience, she just did it as a matter of course.
And most importantly, before being promoted, she really didn't know how dangerous the promotion process was. In the game, as long as the experience bar was reached, she would naturally level up.
How could she know that just leveling up could be fatal?
The difference between games and reality is really huge.
She was indeed too reckless at that time.
Seeing Elena lower her head and remain silent, the dean and Leopold exchanged a glance. Leopold immediately understood and spoke, "Alright, alright, let's not talk about the past. Just tell me, why did you get promoted to a low-level mage again? Are you so anxious? Didn't Leonard warn you that continuous promotions are dangerous?"
Elena raised her head slightly and said, "Leonard reminded me, but I feel that I am ready and there is no problem, so I decided to be promoted. However, Leonard is here to protect me. If anything happens to me during the process, he will save me."
Leopold was convinced by the courage of this little girl: "I didn't expect a little girl like you to be so brave."
He was also convinced by Leonard: "Leonard is really a fool, let you do whatever you want."
Elena raised her head again, glanced at him quickly, and then lowered her head again: "Because the high-level apprentices are still too weak. I am so rich, if someone wants to attack me, I can't protect myself."
"Don't you have Leonard to protect you?" Leopold quickly retorted.
Elena looked up: "You can't always rely on others, you still have to rely on yourself."
Leopold: "...Well, that makes sense."
"Hmm," the dean cleared his throat, and Elena and Leopold immediately looked at him.
The dean held the teacup and said slowly, "Elena, you still haven't told me why you were able to rise from a double B to a double S. Did anything unusual happen during your promotion process?"
Elena shook her head: "No, although the process was risky, it was relatively smooth."
The dean then said, "Describe the specific process to me."
Elena could only describe everything that happened during the promotion process as objectively and carefully as possible, especially the details of her consciousness drifting away from her body, but she could still see her soul in her body, and the strange perspective.
Because this is the only place where her promotion process differs from what is described in the textbook.
The dean's eyes lit up.
"You said your consciousness can see your soul?" the dean asked anxiously.
Elena nodded: "I feel like I have separated another me. Perhaps you could say that my soul is divided?"
The dean's gaze grew increasingly scorching.
Elena was a little scared. Why was the dean looking at her like that? Was there something wrong with her?
"Dean, Dean, I think everything is fine with me now. There is nothing wrong. Maybe I had hallucinations during the promotion process. In fact, my soul is not split." Elena quickly changed her previous words.
The dean shook his head: "No, it's not an illusion. Hallucinations are not like this." The dean's tone was very affirmative.
Elena shrank back in fear.
Leopold quickly spoke up to save Elena: "Dean, enough small talk, let's get down to business. I brought Elena here today to ask you to be a witness. I want to accept Elena as my disciple."
The dean turned his gaze towards me, his eyes looking disdainful, and raised his lips: "Oh, you?"
Leopold: ???
"What's wrong? Is it not possible?" Leopold puffed out his chest.
The dean's gaze fell back on Elena: "Elena, are you willing to be my disciple?"
Leopold: !!!
"Dean, you can't do this!" Leopold screamed, "Elena and I have an agreement!"
"Agreement?" The dean looked at Elena, "What's the agreement?"
Leopold also quickly looked at her.
Elena felt an inexplicable weight on her shoulders. She said with difficulty, "Teacher Leopold and I made an agreement that if he could stay in my territory for a long time to protect me, I would become his disciple. Teacher Leopold has fulfilled his promise. He established a two-way teleportation array between my territory and the Royal Magic Academy, so now it is my turn to fulfill the agreement."
The dean's eyes shifted to Leopold.
Leopold immediately held his head high and said, "Yes, that's right. My agreement has been fulfilled."
The dean continued to look at him.
Leopold felt the pressure, but he still held his back straight. "Dean, you have too many important things to do. You have no time to train disciples. Even your disciples were accepted before you became dean. If you are interested in Elena's talent, you should not waste her time. You should let her follow a teacher who can guide, teach and help her."
Leopold compared himself: "For example, this is what is really good for her."
The dean was silent, lowering his eyes, as if he was thinking seriously.
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