Pillars of Ita

Chapter 1036 Chapter 363 Within the Academy
Royce walked into the room, came behind the desk, looked up through the window and glanced at the college students coming and going in the courtyard below, his face was covered with a layer of hard ice that couldn't melt.

He thought for a moment, then looked away, looked at Laila who was leading the door, and landed on the magic wand tightly held in the opponent's hand, and finally managed to squeeze out a smile on his indifferent face.

He pursed his lips slightly, and tried to dispel the girl's doubts and said, "Don't be so nervous, it's no big deal if I ask you to come, I've watched all of your games recently. Well, it's good, I heard that you also joined Brita them?"

Lyra looked at him suspiciously and nodded.

"Sir Royce, I—"

She tried to explain.But Royce interrupted her impatiently, "I don't mean to blame you, I gave you the power to choose last time, and you bravely took the first step according to your own ideas, which is very good."

Lyra paused, looking at the knight a little flattered.

In her impression, Royce was serious and cold, and the only thing she cared about was to accept the letter and allow her to enter the academy.In addition, the gentleman was always very distant from her, and he was not so willing to talk to her for a few more words.

Brita doesn't like this cold-faced Sir who always has a straight face, but Lyra feels nothing, because people like Brita are relatively rare. I got used to it.

What's more, the last time proved that it's not that he doesn't care about his students, he just doesn't want to get involved in the whirlpool.

Thinking of this, Laila tightened the magic wand in her hand a little gratefully.

Noticing this detail, Royce changed the subject and said, "How is your magic practice recently? I heard that you have already started to master the spells of the first and second rings, is that so?"

Laila looked at each other in a little surprise.

"Don't be surprised," Royce said coldly. "The people around Brita are all big mouthers. As long as I pay attention, it's not difficult to get news about you."

"Mr. Jazz, have you been paying attention to me?"

"You are my student, it is natural for me to pay attention to you."

He paused for a while, and seemed a little unwilling to entangle this topic, and went straight to the point: "You should pay more attention to yourself and magic, not these trivial things. Remember what I told you last time In other words, a good magic wand is very helpful to magic practice, and your slow progress in the past was mostly due to insufficient investment in yourself."

"Of course, I am aware of your situation. I will help you apply for some work-study opportunities in the college. As for now," he glanced at the magic wand in Leila's hand, "You are doing well now, remember The magic wand is the second life of the wizard, don't let it leave your side easily."

Laila never imagined the day when fate would be upon her.

With a huge surprise, she suppressed blinking her red eyes, bit her lip and nodded vigorously.

"Very good," Royce said approvingly, "You are less talented than Britta, but your seriousness is a hundred times more serious than others. This is a good potential. In addition, I came to you mainly to ask you about the game , I heard you never played before, did you?"

"Yes, Sir..."

"You also have to fight for the chance to play. The academy competition is a rare opportunity."

"Play?" Lyra was taken aback. "Sir, how can I?"

"Why can't you?"

Royce blurted out, but stopped immediately.

He was silent for a moment, then changed his words, "I mean, a mage must at least have confidence in himself and his spells. If you don't try it, how do you know it won't work? The competition is a good opportunity for you. Besides, I am very clear about the competition system, the college competition itself is to give every college student a chance to play."

Lyra still looked hesitant.

She knew herself well that her adaptability to the elements was not good, and she had not even been able to get started before.If it wasn't for Brita and the others who made friends with her and encouraged her all the time, she would almost have insisted on the competition.

Fortunately, she has only been in school for less than a year and a half, so no one noticed her talent.

But although she has made some progress, she is still not as strong as a first-year freshman, and playing will only add meaningless burdens to Brita and the others.

Seeing her like this, Royce also knew that it would be useless to talk too much, so he raised his eyebrows and said, "Think about it."

Only then did he let Laila leave, but he called out to stop her just as she was about to leave the house.

Lyra turned around in some surprise.

Royce exhorted solemnly: "I'll tell you this, don't tell other people, I don't like more troubles."

Lyra hurriedly nodded seriously, "I understand, Sir Royce."

"Just understand, you go."

……

After Royce took Lila away, the previous warm atmosphere disappeared.

Most of the others felt a little apprehensive in the face of Mr. Jazz who always had a cold face, and although Britta was not afraid of him, she also lost interest in talking for a while.

So everyone bid farewell to the two of them one after another, and then left one by one, and finally only Luo Yu and Ji Ta remained.Luo Yu watched the others go away, then turned around, and said to Miss Scholar: "What do you want to ask, you can ask now."

"I, I didn't..." Jita subconsciously denied.

"We are from the same training camp, Jita," Luo Yu said, "You know, we have never been good at hiding ourselves,"

"Yes... I'm sorry, I just..." Miss Scholar looked a little at a loss and lowered her head.

"It's nothing." Luo Yu shook his head, "You can just say what comes to your mind, but I'm actually the same. Do you want to ask why I participated in this competition?"

Jita raised her head and looked at him in surprise. In the past, her partner was silent and dull. She never thought that the other party would have such a sharp day.

But in fact, that may be a misunderstanding in itself. It is because of being too silent that people around him ignore it. Luo Yu, like himself, stood out from the training camp in Tapolis. Isn't that enough to explain the problem?
Being able to enter that training camp is a proof in itself.

She hesitated, "I'm just a little worried about Laila and the others."

"You mean behind the college competition?" Luo Yu asked, "Indeed, the college competition that led to the disappearance of the Holfen School 20 years ago was essentially a political struggle. We all know that there is no room for innocence behind the political struggle."

But he shook his head, "I chose to intervene for this reason, not all, not even the main reason. You know that what the head is investigating is closely related to the Battle of the Northern Territory, the Dragon Worshipers, and the Shadowmen. We One of the purposes of going to the empire is to find out the real purpose of the etheric veins behind the Shadowman's invasion of the Crystal Tower."

He looked through the corridor of the courtyard and watched the college students coming and going in the garden not far away. Many people cast surprised glances in this direction, but after seeing the elemental staff in Luo Yu's hand, they were frightened again. You have to look away quickly.

Luo Yu watched this scene, took out a coin in his hand, and lightly threw it forward.The coin fell on the solid stone slab, causing ripples in layers.

He raised the elemental staff and tapped the ground with the tail of the staff, a layer of invisible ripples spread along the feet of the two, and rose to form a transparent barrier after reaching the limit, enveloping the two of them.This magic is quietly integrated into the many spells that exist in the Astrology Academy, without attracting attention.

"Do you still remember our last conflict with Duke Hawke? It turns out that within the empire, someone colluded with the Shadowmen and the Dragon Worshipers," Luo Yu said, "but we don't know who it is, the empire's The water is very muddy, and there are many unknown dangers lurking behind it, and the leader, Miss Sylviede, Miss Tata, and even Luo Hao and Parker are actually acting for this matter on."

"Is the scabbard of that magic sword that important? It's just that the sword came from the crow's prophecy, and Luo Hao is eager to find out its origin. Although that guy Parker didn't say anything, we are far better together than we are together." After a longer period of time, they all know the character of the other party, he is a person who has nothing to gain, and he chooses to go with the box, most likely also with his own purpose."

"And even the box has the urgent purpose of improving himself. The First Battle of the Northern Territory had a profound impact on him, not to mention that starting from Estonia, most of the people in the regiment, including you and me, don't have a A sense of urgency to improve yourself?"

He turned his head and looked at Miss Scholar, "Except for Tianlan, we don't want the Seven Seas Brigade to leave any of us behind. But the leader has gone far enough, even if he is willing to stop and wait for the rest of us, we How long can we keep him waiting?"

Jita gently pushed her glasses, and was silent for a while.

Luo Yu shook his head lightly, he couldn't help but think of the conversation he had with his parents when he was in the northern border, Fang Yan vowed to make a promise for them, and went to the empire to fight for the ticket to the second world for everyone in the group.

And what about them?

From the moment the Seven Seas Brigade was established, its belief has never belonged to a single person's team. Fang Yan never thought about it, and of course others would not take it for granted.But now he was fighting for that opportunity for each of them, and from that moment on, everyone felt that level of urgency more or less.

"I don't want the group leader alone to act, but to investigate everything related to the Shadowman and the Dragon Worshipers. After the big trial, the relationship with the Seven Sorcerer Family is still closer," Luo Yu said Going on, "And to investigate the Seven Sorcerers family, the best entry point is the academy dispute 20 years ago, everything related to Ash Lynn."

"The Star Device, the Nightmare Furnace, the Shadowman, the Dragon Worshipers..."

Miss Scholar muttered to herself.

"Yes," Luo Yu replied, "the key is Laila, this girl who claims to be the descendant of Ash Lynn. But whether she is the daughter or the heir of the great mage, we still don't know yet. I know. All I know is that she must have some key information and didn't tell us the truth."

Jita's eyebrows twitched slightly, and the uneasiness in her heart became more and more obvious. It was obvious that Miss Scholar was not unaware of this, but she just ignored it on purpose.She raised her head worriedly, and looked at the former: "Luo Yu, you mean Laila..."

"She may not have intended it, or she may have some secrets of her own, which is normal. We and the leader have our own secrets, don't we?" Luo Yu shook her head to reassure her, "Just remember Laila What did she tell us? She said she couldn't remember much about Ash Lynn, but from the manuscripts she gave us later, she actually knew a lot about the great wizard."

"she……"

"She revealed this to us inadvertently, and contradicted her previous description, which shows that she has let go of her guard against us invisibly, and she didn't intend to deceive us." Luo Yu replied, "That's why I Will choose to come here, that girl is a poor person, and I don't want to force her to say something."

Jita fell silent.

Besides, she couldn't think of a better solution. Luo Yu's choice made her feel at ease. Every companion on the Seven Seas Traveler always made her feel at ease.

But she already understood what Luo Yu meant when she said these words to her.

Miss Scholar slightly raised her head, glanced at the transparent barrier, raised her hand after a moment of hesitation, and a large floating book appeared in front of her eyes.She pressed her hand on the page, then gently closed her eyes.

Luo Yu looked at her from the side without saying a word.

Jita's eyelids trembled slightly, and she suddenly said, "Stars rise from the sea of ​​fire, and the old order suddenly collapses."

The boy was silent for a while.

The latter also opened her eyes suddenly, her face was a little pale, and she took her hand off the magic book in a little bewilderment.

How could such a grand prophecy be placed on a little girl? What is the future she sees?
She looked at Luo Yu at the side.

Luo Yu was silent for a moment, and then slowly said, "Don't worry, I think I already have some eyebrows." Luo Yu slowly raised the magic wand in his hand to remove the spell.

He watched as the coins on the slate rotted and blackened, turning to dust.

……

When Britta saw the other members of the society, they were looking out of breath.

She stopped those people and asked, "Where is the Arnett I asked you to find, and no one has seen her yet?"

Those young people ran over from an unknown distance, panting and replied: "Brita, we have searched the entire academy, but we haven't seen Arnett. Could she have gone back, or hasn't come to the academy yet?" ?”

"Impossible, I have her class today," Brita vetoed, "Besides, I only saw her in the morning, and I told her about the time of today's activities. You all know what kind of temper Arnett is, she will only Arrived before you."

"Then what's wrong with her?"

"She will tell me first when she has something to do. She has never been absent or late without reason," Brita frowned. "Which of you saw her last?"

"I!"

Someone behind her raised his hand, "I saw her hurrying towards the library before, and I wanted to ask her what's the matter, but I didn't see anyone when I chased her. I've never seen Arnett before." So anxious."

"Library?" Another person said in surprise, "I heard that Olos and his gang are also there. They won't trouble Arnett, right?"

"You son of a family of Seven Sorcerers," Brita gritted her teeth, "Why didn't you say something about such a big deal earlier?"

She was out of breath, "When did it happen?"

"You didn't ask before." The man was a little aggrieved, "about an hour ago."

Brita glanced at everyone present, counted the number of people, and said: "Search the entire college separately, and go to the places Arnett often goes to check to see if she is in the college. I'll go to the library Check it out, Hayne—”

Hein hurriedly said, "Brita, I'll go with you."

"You stay here and wait for Laila to come back," Brita said. "Arnette has a lot of ways to deal with Olos and his gang, but Laila is different."

"But……"

The latter obviously hesitated.

"No but," Brita flatly refused.The girl stretched her hands behind her head, brushed her long hair, and the waterfall-style curly hair spread out.She shook her head and stretched out her hand, a magic wand condensed out of thin air and appeared in her hand, "You don't have to worry about me, they are not enough for me to hit with one hand."

Hein was startled, and then realized that it was true. Besides, this is an academy, and if Brita taught her too hard, the instructors would take action.

But he still subconsciously said, "Why don't you inform Mr. Luo Yu and them?"

Brita hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Okay, you go. By the way, let them protect Laila first. Royce shouldn't be able to keep Laila for too long. That old man doesn't like to talk nonsense."

Hai En nodded, turned around and ran away.

Brita watched the others leave, and then ran towards the library, but before she got halfway there, she stopped suddenly, frowned and looked not far away, secretly screaming bad luck.Then turn around and avoid in the other direction.

After a while, the girl appeared from a corner of the wall, and watched a large group of people leave from a distance. Many of those people were instructors of the academy, and she actually knew the face that did not belong to the academy.

Warren Fuller, the chairman of the Star and Moon Council, the Empire’s Star and Moon Council is actually under the control of the Seven Wizards family, and in essence it also manages the colleges in the empire. Others jokingly call it the Empire’s Shadow Education Department .

And this is the Minister of Education.But Brita can't see this person. In her opinion, the other party is a traitor of the Holfen School. If it weren't for him, her friend Laila would not be reduced to this point today.

In fact, it's not just her, most of the wizarding circles in the empire don't have a good opinion of this person, just look at the frowning and constipated academy instructors around him, even though the magic circle doesn't want to see Holfen school--

But it is not necessarily true that some people like traitors and lackeys.

From Brita's point of view, this person is somewhat self-aware, otherwise how could he have changed his first and last name after that incident?It seems that most of them also know that their original behavior is shameful.

She stared viciously in that direction for a long time, but she didn't expect that the chairman of the council seemed to be aware of it. He raised his head and looked in this direction thoughtfully. She was so scared that she quickly shrank her head. Retract behind the wall.

Fortunately, it was just a false alarm. After Warren glanced at him, he immediately led the others out of that place.

It's just that after those people left, there were only a few college students left in the courtyard, but when Brita saw those college students, she suddenly froze for a moment.

It turned out that it was none other than Juno's group—in fact, she hadn't seen this group for a long time after they broke with her.

She was slightly surprised, "Why did they go back to the academy?" Brita hated these rebels, "Aren't you afraid to teach them a lesson?"

But now is not the time to teach these people a lesson. Thinking of what happened to Arnett, Brita had no choice but to put away her little thoughts.She was about to leave, but found that Juno and the others were also sneaking towards the library.

"what?"

Seeing this scene, Britta became suspicious.She frowned slightly, stopped her footsteps immediately, raised her magic wand to cast an invisibility spell on herself, and then followed quietly.

Although the instructors strictly forbade college students from using invisibility in the academy, let alone stalking, Brita, who had never been afraid of anything, didn't take these prohibitions seriously.

It wasn't once or twice that she performed forbidden spells in the academy.

……

(End of this chapter)