Annihilated Lilith

Chapter 65 65. Nebbiolo Festival (1)

Once every four years, the royal family will take the lead to hold an imperial test for the four top academies on the Duma continent.After the end, a fourteen-day grand carnival will begin.

The event is called the "Nebbiolo Festival", after Lilith's favorite wine variety.

The competition is divided into "fighting" and "magic", and the two final winners will sit next to the king at the celebratory dinner, which is a great honor for apprentices.

There is no limit to the number of people in the competition, as long as they are apprentices from the four major colleges, all grades can sign up for the competition.The only restriction is that the age cannot exceed 22 years old, because there has been a precedent in which apprentices who could graduate were forcibly retained by the academy, just to increase the chances of winning at the Nebbiolo Festival.

Hayward is the only apprentice in Turin Academy who is directly signed up by the teacher. Although she is not expected to win the championship in one fell swoop in the martial arts competition, she also hopes that she can overcome the shame of "not even being able to survive the first round" in the history of Xue Academy.

The Nebbiolo Festival will be officially held a month later. Before that, Emma could hardly see Hayward during the day.She was exempted from all courses, and only needed to follow Mr. Milton's special training wholeheartedly during this time.

After a day of rigorous training, when Hayward returned to the dormitory, he often couldn't even speak, and fell asleep directly.

Although hesitant, Emma still signed up for the magic competition under Ms. Ruiwen's suggestion.

"Just go and learn more. It only happens once every four years. It's a rare opportunity."

Ms. Ruiwen likes Emma very much, and besides the elective courses, she also guides her spells from time to time, almost like forgetting the old age.

According to the rumors Jenny and Katarina heard earlier, she should leave the academy often.As the college's public relations and professional "intermediary" sorceress, it is normal for her to disappear even for a year like before.

Strangely enough, she had never left the Academy since she appeared in Mr. Milton's class.Emma is also not easy to ask her why.

With trepidation, Emma told her pen pal that she was going to take part in the competition.

As a third-year apprentice, the other party should also experience this grand event for the first time.I didn't expect to get any advice from there, I just wanted to confide my uneasiness to her, like telling a secret to a tree hole.

[Great, I want to participate with my roommate too.Let's cheer for each other from afar! 】

It turned out that she was going too.Although she really wanted to take this opportunity to ask the other party's name, but Emma looked at the words "Come on from the air" and resisted the urge.

Maybe after meeting, we can no longer chat so unscrupulously?
In fact, almost all of their chats were stories about the Seven Gods.If the barrier built by that note were broken, maybe it would be embarrassing instead.

The other party is probably also worried about it.

In order to do enough homework before the competition, Emma stopped reading those "idle books" during this time, and devoted herself to the special research on spells.I no longer have the opportunity to chat with this pen pal.

The content of the magic competition is different every time, and is temporarily announced by the examiner of each game.So it is almost impossible to practice in a targeted manner.

At this time, you can only learn as many practical spells as possible, and then polish it in the direction you are best at.

"Why do you put so much pressure on yourself? We are only in the second grade, and the most important thing is to accumulate experience."

While saying this, Katarina continued to refine her fireball technique.The heat wave around her not only made others afraid to approach her, but she was also sweating from the heat.

Listening to this "competitor"'s inconsistency in words and deeds, Emma could only chuckle.

……

Ten days before the competition, a letter from the royal family was sent to the dean's office, informing the location of the competition.

Yes, even the location was kept secret before, and the venue construction and pre-match preparations were all carried out in secret.

The site of this competition is 99 Island, an uninhabited island in the southern archipelago. 99 is a "polar number", which means that the island is located on the edge of the archipelago, and beyond that is the vast sea.

On the day of receiving the notification, the registration is officially closed.

The total number of applicants for Turin College this year is 41, including nine for the martial arts competition and 32 for the magic competition.

……

Three days before the competition, all courses of the contestants were suspended.In addition to the "competitor meal" specially prepared in the cafeteria, Ms. Jones, a pharmacy teacher, also distributed nine pills to each person, saying that taking one each in the morning, noon and evening can enhance concentration and improve physical condition.

"It's not a banned drug! You can take it at ease!"

Ms. Jones felt a little annoyed as she watched Hayward, who held the pill in his hand, studied it carefully.

"That's not what I mean... I'm just afraid it will be bitter."

……

The day before the competition, the contestants gathered in the early morning, boarded Nieder Hogg, and set off for 99 islands.

Because it needs to run at full speed, it is natural not to stay on the deck of the spacecraft like commuting in the past.Emma entered Nidhogg's cabin for the first time.

The cabin is divided into four floors.From top to bottom, the first floor is the hall and the dean's room, the second floor is the guest room, the third floor is the crew room and cargo hold, and the fourth floor is the mysterious power cabin.

Because you can arrive on the same day, there is no need to allocate a room, and everyone gathers in the lobby on the first floor.

"Hey, why did the special admissions for geniuses directly taught by the dean come? Didn't it mean that she won't participate?"

After hearing Hayward's words, Emma looked towards the accompanying teacher, and it turned out to be Livru.

She walked sideways in the college with the identity of a gifted special recruit, and in order not to attend class, she even told a big lie directly directed by Vice President Passy.

"Heh...Maybe just to watch the excitement. I'm too young, it's normal not to participate."

"I've always been curious about how talented she is." Hayward muttered to himself.

"That... I warn you, don't provoke her. Especially don't try to test her depth."

"Why? What do you know?"

Emma thought about it, and decided to make up a reason to prevent her friend from going to Livru's place to die.

"It is said that Vice President Passy gave her an artifact for self-defense! Very! Very powerful!"

"Oh...the dean is really eccentric."

When Emma and Hayward had this inexplicable conversation, Katarina closed her eyes and meditated. She seemed to be more nervous. Fortunately, she didn't call out the fireball to fly, and the temperature in the cabin was still comfortable.

In addition to these two little friends who had a life-long friendship, there was also an acquaintance of Emma who joined the competition, that is Hua Zheng.She is also the only apprentice enrolled in Year [-].

At this time, she was very excited, and she didn't feel nervous at all. She went back and forth through the round portholes on both sides, not wanting to miss the scenery on either side.

"How's it going? Those of you in the lower grades, do you need seasickness medicine?"

Ms. Raven approached, shaking a crystal bottle.When Nidhogg was flying at full speed, although there were no turbulent waves in the air, some people with sensitive constitutions still felt very uncomfortable.

"We are all fine, thank you." Emma squeezed out a smile, "By the way, Ms. Ruiwen, may I ask who are the contestants in the third grade?"

None of the familiar third-year seniors signed up for this competition, and Emma cared more about that pen pal, so she couldn't help but ask.

"Third graders... Let me see...the ones on the upper right, next to the second porthole."

Emma looked over and saw several girls with the same nervous expression. She didn't know which of them her pen pal was.

(End of this chapter)