Chapter 249: Chapter 24 Testing

Time flows by, and the day of the official start of the school year swiftly arrives once again.

After listening to Anvis analyze the pros and cons and rethinking, Fiona chose Pamir Summoning Academy just like in her previous life.

The Summoning School is almost the easiest among all schools, with the main focus entirely on the strength of the summoned creature from the contract, followed by various secret techniques related to the summoned creatures, which indeed suits a young girl looking to take things easy.

The special summoning secret magic ceremony passed down by the Pamir Summoning Academy also truly has its unique features.

It was left by the Great Emperor of Gloria himself, once a secret technique closely guarded by the Ancient Magic Empire’s Royal Family, a legacy from the peak era of human civilization’s magic level.

Even the Olivendi Family could not find a secret technique of the same level.

The initial summoning brought forth by this secret ceremony array generally possesses decent strength and shares a good soul compatibility with its master.

Following the customary new student induction ceremony, Anvis escorted the girl to the giant dragon tower of the Summoning Academy. After encouraging her to bravely take part in the welcoming rituals, he returned alone to the Mysterious and Relics Academy.

After showing his student identity card, with a faint glimmer of light, Anvis appeared in the main hall at the top of the tower.

As a returning student, he could directly enter the main hall at the top using his identity inscription plate.

“Anvis, you’re here.”

In the spacious hall, which had already gathered quite a few returning students, a red-haired young girl smiled and nodded at him, greeting him as Anvis appeared.

“Hello, Rebecca.”

Anvis also smiled and nodded back in greeting.

Rebecca is the fourteenth daughter of Viscount Parin, and her identity is neither high nor low in the considerably niche Pamir Mysterious Academy.

She chose the Mystical School due to her own interests, as well as her family’s arrangements.

She had always enjoyed tinkering with mysterious things since childhood, and she has a certain talent in that area. Viscount Parin simply sent her to Pamir to add a layer of gold to her experience, so as to increase her value when choosing marriage partners in the future.

In the traditions of the Gloria Empire, once the descendant of a noble officially graduates from the Professional College, they would hold a coming-of-age ceremony and from then on, officially become an adult in social terms.

Of course, if she could break through to the Seventh Rank before graduation, then she would have the right to choose her own marriage partner, but that is almost impossible to achieve unless a miracle happens.

“This year’s freshmen are quite numerous, and their quality seems to be much better than in previous years.”

While gazing at the projection in the crystal ball, Rebecca played with a magic metal hexahedron and offered her opinion.

It is a common toy for mages to practice multitasking; each of its six faces is inscribed with different inscriptions, and the inscriptions only glow when two or more runes are correctly traced with spiritual power simultaneously.

“Especially that green-haired boy, look, he has already overcome half the traps, and now he’s almost reaching the doors of the Curiosities Exhibition Room!”

“Indeed, there are quite a few more freshmen this year than in my cohort.”

Looking at the nine screens floating in the air, Anvis nodded, affirming the girl’s assessment.

Not only that, but he even knew why this was so.

Yes, because he is here.

Most of these additional freshmen are probably here because of him.

A year has passed, and the news that the fourth son of Duke Carrot has chosen the Pamir Mystic School should have already spread.

Everyone who learns of this will question his motives, and it may even extend to the Olivendi Family behind him.

Why would a direct descendant of the esteemed Duke of the Empire choose such a neglected School that offers little aid in power enhancement?

Could there be certain special secrets unknown to the public within the Pamir Mysterious and Relics Academy?

There are quite a few with such thoughts, and together with the recent prophecies, there might be some new students who have chosen other branches, choosing to transfer to this one at the last minute.

During Anvis’s observation, two more screens lit up, making a total of eleven screens.

Interestingly, among this year’s new students, there are only two boys; all the others are girls.

One of them seemed familiar to Anvis, appearing to be a child who once attended the children’s tea party at Moon Castle, a descendant of Viscount Wyne.

This is a customary practice for these medium and small-sized noble families; leveraging their male and female descendants to bind the talented individuals from the academy to their chariots through marriage.

Interests and ‘love’ are good methods for family development, knowledge Anvis learned during his childhood etiquette lessons.

.….….

As two Magic Time periods neared their end, the first new student finally appeared amid the translocation glimmer.

It was the green-haired boy who had successfully deciphered the entrance puzzle of the Curiosities Exhibition Room, but he had not dug deeper into the secrets of the exhibition room. Instead, he picked up the inscription plate on the table right away, concluding his exploration.

After emerging, he briefly scanned the crowd, his gaze pausing momentarily on Anvis, but quickly moving on.

Moments later, the second and third new students also successfully cleared the challenge.

After the last new student left the Mirror Space, the silver-haired young female Mentor Nancy gracefully arrived.

As in previous years, she distributed rewards to many new students and announced the school rules and admission agreement. She then cast a meaningful glance at Anvis before departing again.

The next event was last year’s dinner gathering, but this time the atmosphere at the gathering was slightly odd.

It started with a newcomer inquiring about the first place winner of last year’s welcome ceremony, and then the topic was subtly steered towards Anvis.

Some of the older students noticed the unusual atmosphere and couldn’t help but look at Anvis strangely.

Anvis maintained her smile throughout, taking the opportunity to memorize these new students’ names, planning to investigate after returning to see which families they were from and if there was anything that could be exploited.

Upon leaving, Anvis received a special letter. The envelope was made of a magical-blocking material, impenetrable by spiritual power.

It was a girl from the Protection School who passed it on to Anvis. When Anvis asked about it, she told him that a senior had given her the letter. She didn’t know what it was, but it was to be delivered directly to him.

After thanking the girl, Anvis declined her other invitations and returned to his residence with the letter.

Once inside his laboratory, Anvis set up some protections and under the coverage of the Space Isolation Array, opened the letter with his demonized metal arm.

In the envelope was an invitation, made of refined gold. On it was emblazoned a black gold scepter with a hollow circle at its head, with the all-knowing ‘Eye of Truth’ embedded within the circle.

He was very familiar with it—it was an invitation from the True Knowledge Society.