Chapter 456, Chapter 17: Registration
Seeing Ig nod, Verafia’s small face revealed a hint of hesitation, “Then tell me, what about Little Fran and this idiotic Ice Dragon…”
“Ha, isn’t that simple? For Little Fei and Fran, can’t the Young Lady and I each take one?”
As soon as he spoke, his voice stopped.
Ig couldn’t help but look at Verafia, thinking, although this little phoenix’s thoughts are often erratic, she’s not so clueless as to not understand something this simple… Could it be that this little phoenix doesn’t want to be separated from me?
A bold thought flashed through his mind. Ig thought carefully and realized that although this young lady had a noble identity, she seemed to have never been separated from him since coming to this world.
Looking at the girl with her arms crossed and a slightly unhappy expression on her youthful, snowy cheeks, Ig rubbed her little head:
“Although Aris Academy seems to have separate dormitories, this doesn’t mean we have to be separated.”
Little hands like jade shoots suddenly slapped away Ig’s palm, and Verafia, in shame and anger, glared with her big eyes, “Hey, this young lady isn’t reluctant to part with you, you guy! It’s just that, as a attendant, serving the young lady, this is what you should be doing!”
After making a fuss for a while, Verafia finally calmed down, and her lowered golden eyes fell on Ophi in front of her. She said with apparent reluctance,
“Then, this young lady will be with this idiotic Ice Dragon…”
Verafia’s sudden voice startled Ig. Although the relationship between the two girls seemed to have improved recently, they still argued a lot. If a phoenix and a dragon were to stay together, they might start fighting any day.
However, Ig could still guess a thing or two about the girl’s thoughts.
“Why would this Young Lady suddenly want to set me up with Fran?”
The silver-haired Vampire Princess stood quietly beside the girl. Looking at the girl’s exquisite and beautiful doll-like little face, Ig couldn’t help but recall what Verafia had said to him about Fran… It seemed that this Young Lady wasn’t joking.
Fran’s quiet and stubborn personality, hidden within her tender age, obviously made people feel sympathetic.
In addition, if such a beautiful Blood Race girl and Verafia, this Young Lady, were to have a sisterly relationship like this… then of course… cough cough cough, what am I thinking about.
Ig quickly shook his head vigorously.
“Yes, I think it would be good for Little Fran to be with Veer. How about I go with Little Fei?”
Ophi naturally had no objections and proudly showed off her little face to Verafia. For Fran, staying by “Sister’s” side was obviously a good choice as well.
Seeing that no one objected, Verafia, the Young Lady, could only shout and agree.
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After the discussion, Ig led the girls towards the registration location.
Although some time had passed since registration began, many noble youths could still be seen coming to register, accompanied by attendants and elders.
Ophi turned her head and observed for a while, then turned her small face towards Ig with some confusion, “Ig, I heard that the academies in your kingdom conduct selections and admissions based on the principle of fairness, so why… all these humans, they all look like nobles, not a single commoner?”
Seeing that this little Ice Dragon princess had finally noticed this, Ig shook his head and said,
“Fairness… Indeed, Aris Academy is almost the most principled academy in the entire kingdom; within the academy, nobles have no special privileges, and if they do not have sufficient qualifications, even the children of Grand Dukes or even the descendants of the King have no possibility of admission.”
“However, Little Fei, have you ever thought that a noble identity is inherently a privilege?”
“Innate privilege…?” Ophi blinked her frost-blue eyes and repeated doubtfully.
“Yes. Just like you, Little Fei, are the little princess of the Dragon Clan, isn’t your status and the power of your bloodline naturally superior to other Magical Beasts?”
Ig shook his head and smiled, “Although we humans don’t have the concept of bloodline, a noble identity means they have more resources and connections than commoners.”
“Even when the descendants of many poor people have to work hard all day for sustenance and survival, as a noble, they only need to study skills from tutors hired with several gold coins in a comfortable room… Their final assessments are the same, so how can there be fairness?”
Not to mention that the qualification for registering at Aris Academy even requires the recommendation of a Saint Rank, so how could it be easily attainable by ordinary commoners?
Ig couldn’t help but think that since the Hero of the Sacred Sword ascended the throne, the Peka Kingdom had entered a glorious period, even faintly surpassing the Empire, the ruler for thousands of years. However, such glory seemed to have nothing to do with the vast majority of ordinary commoners.
But although he thought this in his heart, for Ig, there was obviously no way to change it. He could only sigh in his heart and call out to the still somewhat bewildered Ophi and Verafia, along with the other girls, to move forward.
“This guy, to be able to think so much, it’s really not easy…”
Verafia lagged a step behind, her beautiful golden eyes lifted to look at Ig’s figure, thinking with great interest.
Hmm, this guy is clearly the legitimate descendant of a great noble, and also the heir to a Marquis’s territory, yet his vision can transcend his own class. The personality he has cultivated lacks the arrogance of a noble. Perhaps, it has a lot to do with his childhood experiences and meeting Chrisis.
Thinking of the blonde nun who had confronted her in the past, the girl gently brushed her temples with her slender jade fingers, a slight smile curling at the corner of her lips.
If she were still the Lothel of that time, she might resonate with what this guy said… However, for her now, she was clearly not interested in dealing with so many things.
Even for Ig, she only needed to watch what he did.
Her delicate fingertips brushed through her beautiful hair, her golden eyes rippled with a gentle smile, and her pure white short boots lightly tapped the ground with crisp sounds as she caught up to Ig.
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At the registration point of Aris Academy, even as nobles, they still had to queue. However, Ig and the others did not wait for too long before it was their turn.
Seated at the registration desk were four mages exuding a starry aura. Their solemn black robes were adorned with noble golden patterns, and they appeared to be instructors who taught magic at Aris Academy.
Their task was naturally to check whether the identity and qualifications of the new students were falsified.
“Please present the identity credentials and letters of recommendation for the applicants.”
The voice of one tall and thin mage sounded. Ig quickly prepared and handed over the identity credentials and letters of recommendation.
The Star Mage’s spiritual power swept over, and he read:
“Verafia, recommended by Marquis Mays Eggesti…”
Verafia was clearly the blonde girl whose appearance even made him gasp. As for Eggesti, a legendary Sword Saint with considerable fame throughout the kingdom, the mage naturally could not miss his spiritual imprint.
The mage’s spiritual power swept towards another letter of recommendation submitted by the young man, and suddenly, his eyes widened greatly, and he exclaimed, “Ig, hmm… personally recommended by Archmage Vicena!”
