early morning.
Venus City.
In a hotel room.
Chen Rui stood up and slowly opened the door. After returning from the source of nightmares, he has kept himself locked in the room.
In fact, the trip to the Emerald Forest has yielded a lot. It should be the time when he was promoted to be a master of making utensils and potions at the same time, but his heart was extremely heavy.
The Field of Nightmare became a veritable nightmare. In order to save Blanche, he started from the Strong Mammoth Tribe and fought all the way to the strongest Thunderstorm Tribe. The palace was almost killed by the terrifying god-given weapon, but after all the hard work and arrived at the blood cave of the Nightmare Volcano, it was a step too late, and all they could find was a pair of glasses, the relic of a half-elf girl.
For this reason, Chen Rui fell into deep self-blame. The real reason why Blanche left the Jade Forest was because of him.
He knew that the taciturn half-elf girl actually had a lot of things in her heart that she wanted to say to him, but there was no such opportunity anymore. If he could do it all over again, he would choose to give Blanche a real promise when he was in the Emerald Forest.
Unfortunately, there is no such "if".
In any case, what was lost has been lost, and we can only cherish everything we have now.
He will always remember this girl, and will completely destroy the mysterious church to avenge her.
After calming down, he took a deep breath, put his sadness deep in his heart, and strode out the door.
Today is the opening day of the Tower of Stars, and now he is going to the Starlight Academy.
Not long after, Chen Rui arrived at Starlight Academy in a horse-drawn carriage. In the past two days, the business of horse-drawn carriages going to and from Starlight Academy was unprecedentedly hot, and the price had tripled.
There were a lot more law enforcement teams and reception staff at the school gate than usual. Chen Rui, incarnate as "Luomeng", entered the school gate unimpeded with the pass badge issued by the school affairs department.
The campus was not as lively as imagined, but more orderly than usual.
"Luo Meng!" There are not many people who know "Luo Meng" on this campus. Chen Rui was a little surprised. Looking back, it turned out to be a female disciple of Sukrates who went to the Emerald Forest together last time. She seems to be called Sophia. It's kind of sweet.
"You are finally back. The teacher has been thinking about you every day these days. If I know you are back, I will be very happy. I am going to the dean's office of the teacher now. Shall we go together?"
"No need," Chen Rui smiled slightly: "I'll go to the school affairs department first, the tower of stars will be open this afternoon, I have to go to register first. Anyway, thank you."
"Oh," Sophia walked a few steps, and suddenly seemed to muster up courage, and turned around: "If I have time, can I ask you about the magic circle alone?"
what is this? Dating? Chen Rui was taken aback, and couldn't help complaining secretly: Isn't this too unscientific, with this bum face of sesame pancakes and bitter gourd, there are girls who actually send them to your door? Do you want to answer "Brother only likes widows and wives"? (A certain nephew sneezes wildly in the Demon Realm)
Chen Rui thought for a while, and replied: "Now it's the Tower of Stars... Uh, wait until this big event is over, okay?"
After finishing this matter, "Lomon" should also disappear.
"En." Sophia's face seemed to be a little red, and her steps were faster.
Looking at Sophia's back, Chen Rui scratched his head with a wry smile, and went all the way to the school affairs department, just in time to meet Billia under the building.
There are quite a lot of people in the school office building, and there are two men and a woman beside Billia, who are all "acquaintances".
The first one is "Arthur"'s fiancée, Lan Bisi, the princess of Lanyao Empire, and the other two are Billia's nephew Nell and Quinn, whom Chen Rui met in the Emerald Forest last time.
Quinn thinks very highly of himself. At first, he wanted to challenge Chen Rui, but the knife in his hand was melted by Duoduo.
Although Lan Bisi's beauty was particularly dazzling in the crowd, even Billia was eclipsed, but Chen Rui didn't look at other people, and greeted Billia directly: "Miss Billia, we meet again, I have already Come to participate in the trial of the Tower of Stars as promised."
As soon as this sentence came out, Nell's face changed suddenly. Last time he used his aunt Billia's hand to deal with his rival Fitz, but Fitz was fine. Instead, he received bad news. The extra recommended quota for entering the Tower of Stars was given to another person!
Originally, in Nell's opinion, there was no suspense at all that this spot belonged to him, and it became one of his capitals for being proud and laughing at others. However, the sudden bad news was like a bolt from the blue, which made it difficult for the bastard to adapt for a while. I can't hold my head up in front of my classmates and Shueisha companions, especially Rowling.
This matter has another meaning, that is, the dispute over the family heir is tantamount to losing an important capital.
But Nell was self-aware and did not dare to show the slightest resentment towards Billia. His father had only one sister, Billia, but he was not the only son. More importantly, Villa is a powerful figure in the Starlight Academy, and the right to speak in the family is not inferior to his father, the city lord. Because of this, his mother tried her best to win over and please Billia, just to give him more convenience. If he annoys this aunt, it will do no harm either in college or in the future. I can only knock down my teeth and swallow it in my stomach.
Now, the guy who robbed him of his quota actually appeared in front of him blatantly, and even mentioned it in public, which is nothing more than a slap in the face.
"What are you?" Nell couldn't help but blurted out, and the precious spot was snatched away by this seemingly foolish trash!
"Miss Billia, why are there such rude idiots around you?" Chen Rui didn't have a good tone for this kind of stuff.
Nell was furious, gnashing his teeth as if he wanted to swallow Chen Rui alive, Villa frowned: "Lomon, this is just a misunderstanding, he is my nephew Nell. Fallows."
"So it's your nephew... Then for your sake, forget about it." Chen Rui glanced at the bastard with a look of disdain.
Billia is well aware of the strength and ruthlessness of "Li Cha". If it were another humble guy who was so rude, he would have been wiped out with a wave of his hand. In fact, it was already a great deal of face to her.
However, this attitude angered the bastard even more: "You damn..."
"Shut up!" Billia snapped, with obvious displeasure in his tone.
Nell's face twitched for a while, but he finally didn't dare to make a sound.
"Miss Billia, you need to educate our classmate Nell and teach him the most basic manners." When Chen Rui said "we", he deliberately emphasized his tone and winked at Billia.
"Don't say a few words, go to the school affairs department with me first to go through the formalities." Billia gave Chen Rui a dissatisfied look, but there was no more words, which surprised Lan Bisi and others. Villa was well known in the academy for her sternness and arrogance. If someone else made such a teasing statement, she would definitely go mad immediately. However, the current reaction is such a blunt sentence, and it also reveals a tone familiar with that "Luo Meng", which can't help but make people surprised, even suspicious.
"Please forgive me, Minister Villa. As far as I know, even if there is a recommendation quota, it must pass the dean's level of review, even if it is personally recommended by the minister." Lan Bisi finally spoke, although she knew Nell belongs to the type who can't support the wall, but after all, she has a castellan father who is also a member of the Shuei Club she organized. Now that Nell is humiliated in public, it is impossible for her, the president of the Shuei Club, to stand idly by.
Billia narrowed her eyes slightly, nodded and said, "Not bad."
"Review?" Chen Rui looked at Lan Bisi with great interest, deliberately showing an aggressive gaze, while Kui En saw it in his eyes, and his eyes flashed coldly.
Lan Bisi's face remained unchanged, and she said lightly: "Yes, the audit should have ended yesterday. As far as I know, your name is not on the audit list."
"That's right," Chen Rui suddenly smiled, "Principal level... Can the vice-president do it?"
"Of course." Lan Bisi felt that this question was a bit strange, when she heard a voice behind her.
"Lomon!"
The voice turned out to be Vice President Socrates. Things like improving the magic circle are addictive, especially after tasting the sweetness. Socrates has been studying since he returned from the Emerald Forest. These days, he just got into a dead end and failed several times. He has been looking forward to the return of "Lomon". Now that Sophia said that she met "Luo Meng" at school, she immediately rushed to the school affairs department.
"You are finally back!" The vice president slapped Chen Rui on the shoulder, "I was looking for you, come with me to the laboratory!"
Socrates' obvious intimacy surprised Lan Bisi and others, and Chen Rui shook his head: "Wait a minute, Mr. Dean. Someone said just now that my recommendation for entering the Tower of Stars has not been approved by the dean. , can't take effect, I'm having a headache."
Socrates rolled his eyes, and his first reaction was to look at Billia: "Who said that?"
"Of course not me." Villa smiled lightly, "I am the recommender of this teacher Luo Meng."
"That's right, your school affairs department finally did a good job this time." Socrates' eyes fell on Lan Bisi and the others, "I have reviewed the qualifications of Luo Meng more than a month ago. Yes, who has any doubts?"
Nell lowered his head. For him, this was another loud slap in the face.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Dean, it's gone now." Lan Bisi answered generously, and began to look at the guy who looked extremely tired again in her heart. Leah's attitude, "Lomon" is definitely not an ordinary talent.
If this person stays in the academy in the future, at least he can't become an enemy.
"Then there's nothing wrong here! Lomon, quickly help me to see the magic circle. As long as the improvement is successful, I'll help you get an extra quota."
At the last sentence, Nell's heart rekindled hope, and he gave Villaa a desperate wink. Chen Rui saw it, and sneered secretly, really think the earth revolves around you alone
"No need, Mr. Dean, the Tower of Stars is not accessible to just anyone."
This sentence completely ruined Nell's last luck. After a few slaps in the face in public, he stepped on his foot again, and the face of the bastard suddenly became extremely livid.
Chen Rui didn't even look at Nell, just nodded at Billia, and followed Socrates away.