This was the second day that Haina made headlines, which happened to be Sunday.
Haena went to the Royal Law University after a long absence.
Although it was Sunday, there were still many people in the school. After all, the final exam was only a month away, so it was time to prepare even if it was just last-minute preparation.
Haina was not nervous at all.
She even put on her own armor and equipped herself with a dagger exclusive to the inspector, and stood downstairs of the girls' dormitory, watching the younger students coming and going with a smile.
"Hello, Senior!"
"Haina-senpai."
"Good morning, Senior Haina."
"The Silver Crown Dragon is above... I wish you good health, Miss Haina."
The younger students, even students of the same grade as Haina, came over to greet her politely when they saw her. The busy students looked at Haina with envy at her leisurely pace.
They are still working hard to prepare for their final exams, but Haena has already graduated early!
But they would never have thought that Haina did it on purpose.
She didn't come back for anything.
She simply wanted to see her younger classmates busy with exams while she could leisurely walk around the school.
It feels so good. Ah, it feels so good.
It was as if all the fatigue and stress accumulated from staying up all night preparing for the early graduation exams had been cleansed away…
The Royal Law University is not a school purely for extraordinary people.
It has 140 teaching buildings and six departments. Only two of them teach students how to become extraordinary people, and the other two departments give priority to teaching the mysterious skills of other paths.
The school had only been opened twenty years ago, with the Queen's special permission, to teach "forbidden arts" for the prosperity of the kingdom - such as alchemy, art, and preservation.
The remaining two departments are used to produce high-quality civil servants for Avalon. The majority of them are ordinary people.
The crisscrossing teaching buildings can almost be called a small town. The crisscrossing streets are divided into six major areas, each of which has various vendors and residents. You can buy most of the things you want without even leaving the territory of the "university".
The layout of the Royal Law University occupies a considerable part of the Red Queen District, so the Red Queen District is also known as the "University District".
The housing prices here are very high, so high that Haina dare not even think about it.
The reason why the core areas of the two glass islands, the Red Queen and the White Queen, are so noble is that one can directly see the "lake in the island" from here - from the top floor of the teaching building, one can even see with the naked eye the silver and tin palaces glittering in the sun.
Here, you can meet the Knight almost every day when you go out.
The academy where Haina is located belongs to the Department of Individual Tactics. Although they are extraordinary people, they also need to learn cultural knowledge.
—This is the policy proposed by Her Majesty the Queen to improve the quality of extraordinary talents.
Let the extraordinary people become talents in governing the country with extraordinary powers, rather than the source of chaos - there is no need to worry about how much benefits should be given to the extraordinary people to appease them, because they are the pillars of the kingdom.
Because of this, the academic pressure at the Royal Law University is very high.
Iris, Star Antimony, Elvish, Advanced Mathematics, Basic Theology, Modern History, and Document Writing are general education courses that all departments must master.
Specifically for Haina, she also has seven professional courses: "Law", "Legal Tactics", "Swordsmanship", "Aerial Riding", "Battlefield Command", "Road Identification", and "Equipment Maintenance and Battlefield Treatment".
In addition, she has to take four more elective courses.
She chose four courses: "Applied Jade Gemology", "Anesthesiology", "Wine Brewing Production Management" and "Prevention and Control of Common Animal Diseases".
It seems that she has learned a lot of different things... but in fact, her motives are very clear and there are traces to follow.
—Haina flexibly utilized the strong teaching resources of the Royal Law University and the large number of professional books that were freely available in the library. She took into account the fact that she might be seriously injured or even disabled and unemployed in the future, and studied four courses in advance that were easier to support herself.
But at the same time, she didn't know how to make money in the future, so she studied four unrelated fields.
Once you have the basics, it will be much easier to make up for it.
At this moment, Haina suddenly shuddered.
She instinctively sensed that someone had appeared silently behind her.
An extremely strong sense of fear gripped her heart, and her eyes suddenly widened. It was as if she was looking into a strong wind blowing against her. She took a deep breath, but could not get any oxygen.
With her nerves tense, she subconsciously grasped the dagger in the sheath—
"—Good morning, Haena."
A loud and powerful female voice sounded: "Hey, don't be afraid. Put it back."
With a clang, she pulled out a small section of the short sword, which slipped out of her hand and fell back on its own. It was as if her weapon refused to be pulled out in front of this person.
When she heard her voice, Haina breathed a sigh of relief and slowly loosened her hand.
"Headmaster Meg..."
How could such a big shot suddenly appear without any noise? I was really shocked...
She complained quietly in her heart, turned around, put her right hand on her chest, bowed her head, and saluted her respectfully: "Good morning, Dean Meg."
In front of Haina was a middle-aged woman with silver hair, high cheekbones and clear wrinkles on her face.
Judging from her skin and appearance alone, she looked at least 40 or 50 years old, maybe even over 60. But her bright eyes, strong body, and loud voice made her look at least 20 years younger.
The most obvious feature of Headmaster Meg is her high and strong shoulders. Those are strong muscles that even young men who focus on fitness rarely have, and they can support the loose clothes and make them bulge obviously.
"Ah ha ha ha ha ha!"
Meg laughed heartily.
Her laughter was hearty and loud, and her voice could be clearly heard even from dozens of meters away: "I knew it - you're shocked, right
"But you did a good job, Haina! A few months ago, you didn't even notice my presence when I put my arm around your shoulder. Now you can feel it when I just get close to your back - this shows that you have made progress after these few months of training!"
This incident can be regarded as a shame for Haena.
She applied for early graduation a few months ago. Because of her excellent grades, she was full of confidence. The early graduation also alerted Dean Meg, who personally came to witness Haina's graduation examination.
At that time, she appeared silently behind Haena, just like now. But Haena didn't notice it at all.
She didn't even notice when her bow tie was slowly untied by Headmistress Meg.
It wasn't that Meg went into stealth, but that she made Hae-na's brain "dared not be aware of her existence."
Just like calling a horse a zebra, the authoritarian power that forcibly modifies cognition.
And now, at least Haina can sense the danger—
Although Headmaster Meg certainly didn't take it seriously, it also shows that she has indeed grown.
After Headmaster Meg showed up, the number of students around her decreased at a rate visible to the naked eye.
Originally, there were quite a lot of people around Haina, but now there is a huge open space around them.
This is more than just awe for school leaders.
Moreover, the aura of "authority" emanating from Headmaster Meg was so strong and obvious that those who were in the lower position of the same path did not dare to approach her.
This old man who looks very energetic is one of the strongest people in the world today.
—Grand Arbiter, Meg. Deputy Director of the Court of Arbitration.
He has the supreme privilege of being able to execute direct descendants of the royal family.
The reason why he is the "deputy" director... is because in Avalon, the deputy position is stronger than the main position in a sense - because the main position has the longest tenure, but the deputy position does not.
Meg has been the deputy director of the Arbitration Chamber for 20 years. The director has been replaced every three years for seven times, and each one of them was her student.
Even when the throne is passed, Meg needs to be present to witness it.
After the new king ascends the throne, she will be the third one to swear allegiance to the new king - the first is the military minister who controls the army and foreign spy agencies, the second is the Knight Commander of the Round Table Hall and the Privy Councilor. And the third one is her.
The rest of the royal family members have to wait until the sixth in line.
Just standing next to old Meg made Haina feel palpitations.
It was as if the person standing in front of him was not a kind and generous old lady, but an adult lion right at his fingertips.
If you turn around and run, you will probably fall because your legs will become stiff with fear.
She had intervened in a war on her own initiative.
That was the "Ten Days War", a brief war between the Kingdom of Avalon and the Kingdom of Iris due to border frictions twenty years ago.
When Meg arrived at the battlefield, she only needed one sentence to make the soldiers on both sides sheath their swords and point their guns at the ground.
She carved a "peace line" in the border area - as long as you think you are a "soldier", you cannot cross the line. When you approach the line, you will feel great fear and be shocked to the point of being unable to move.
The boundary existed for four years before it gradually faded. Now that relations between the two countries have improved, it has become a well-known tourist attraction to commemorate the short war that lasted only ten days.
Of course, Haina is not her teacher's student, because she is not qualified yet.
Sherlock was once invited to become her last disciple - but he refused.
The old lady did not force him, but she stopped accepting new students after that.
It is said that she has recently started to prepare to step down from the position of Vice President of the Arbitration Office. This is a secret known to everyone in the Royal Law University - because the new Vice President will be their young president.
This principal was once a student of Dean Meg.
"It was in the papers, wasn't it?"
Old Meg looked at her, raised her eyes and asked in an ambiguous tone.
Haina was extremely nervous and lowered her head, not daring to raise it: "Yes, I was lucky... I didn't do anything, it was mainly Mr. Aiwass..."
"—Oh, 'Sir.'
The old lady repeated with a smile: "You respect him very much."
Haena was startled and held her breath, not knowing how to answer.
"Don't be ashamed. You did the right thing. I heard about him from Janice."
Meg's voice was sonorous and powerful, like clenched steel: "'The right of the stronger is more right.' No matter if you are his senior or senior, you are not as good as him in this matter. Then you obey his command - this is in line with the concept of the authoritarian path."
Hearing this, she finally relaxed.
Being recognized and encouraged by the teacher whom she respected so much inspired Haina. It was as if the whole world in front of her eyes had brightened up and her body seemed to have become much lighter.
This even gave her the courage to ask, "Excuse me, Dean Meg... are you here to see me?"
"yes."
Meg laughed heartily, "Isn't it obvious
"You're a good kid, hardworking and serious. But still a little dumb."
Meg described Haina as "a bit stupid", even though she graduated a year early and maintained full marks in all subjects.
This made Haina a little discouraged.
She knew that she was far inferior to Sherlock... but she didn't know how talented Sherlock was in terms of talent.
Haina had no idea what kind of talents the seniors from Sherlock's level and before were. Because they had all become middle and high-level officials, their past identities had been kept confidential.
But looking at her, Meg raised her lips slightly, and gave a rare affirmation: "However, we, the kings and swords who walk on the path of authority, don't have to be too smart.
"Let me ask you this - you know the Pelican is closed, right?"
"… Yes."
It's normal to turn it off.
Haina thought to herself.
After all, that was the gathering place of the Noble Red Society, a group of illegal supernatural beings - they couldn't possibly get together to talk about iris literature and elven poetry, could they
"Then do you know that your roommates often go to the Pelican Bar?"
Dean Meg saw Haina's sudden shock, raised her eyebrows, and added: "Tell the truth."
“—not often,” Haena blurted out, “but they have certainly been there.”
She realized almost immediately that she had let the cat out of the bag.
But in front of the authoritarian superior, she had no secrets at all.
"Have you been invited?"
"I was invited once, but I declined. After that they didn't invite me anymore."
"oh."
Meg said meaningfully, "No wonder you didn't know."
Do not know what is this
"Do you know what they went to the Pelican Bar to buy?"
"buy what… ?"
Haina was a little confused.
“They were going to buy cosmetics.”
Meg gave the answer directly: "It is a powerful cosmetic made by the alchemists of the Star Antimony Kingdom. It can make the skin of people in their thirties or forties look as tender as those in their teens - although if you ask me, they are far from the age to use this kind of thing. But it is normal for girls to be interested in this thing.
"Xingti's anti-aging potion is also selling very well. Although the side effects of the anti-aging potion can cause physical weakness and obvious muscle atrophy - despite my repeated warnings, some of my students still use it."
… ah.
Haina suddenly realized.
—She said, something is wrong!
She had always thought that the skin of the young ladies in the capital was so soft and fair that it seemed as if water could be squeezed out of them. Although they were both in the "Individual Tactics Department" and had practiced swordsmanship and horsemanship, they had no calluses on their hands and their thighs were not scratched at all. Their waists were slender and soft, with no trace of muscle at all.
Before, Hai Na thought they were gifted and even felt inferior for a while - she felt she was too unsophisticated and her body looked like someone who did farm work, so it was too easy for her to grow muscles.
Now she finally knows.
It turns out they took medicine!
"—do you have anything to say?"
At this moment, Headmaster Meg looked over with a deep gaze, interrupting Haina's thoughts.
Her mind suddenly went blank.
I…what was I about to say
But the next moment, she vaguely caught something.
"The alchemical products of the Xingtan Kingdom should be illegal, right?"
She murmured, “That’s contraband… I understand, that’s why they didn’t invite me again and again. Because they knew I had no money.
“… No, isn’t the Pelican Bar the gathering place of the Noble Red Society? Why can the Pelican Bar sell smuggled alchemical products?”
She suddenly shuddered and realized, "The Noble Red Society is related to the smuggling case
"No, that's not right—are they related to the Star Antimony officials?"
"Not too stupid."
Old Meg nodded in satisfaction.
Finally, she got down to business: "Our spies in Xingti have sent back important intelligence—"
"Wait, wait, am I qualified to know this..."
Haina keenly sensed a strong sense of crisis and spoke hesitantly to herself in a voice that only she could hear.
Meg completely ignored Haina who suddenly became cowardly again, and continued to talk to herself: "A batch of high-powered, small-volume portable alchemical bombs were transported to Avalon. The target should be Glass Island.
"The power of this batch of bombs is enough to blow up the entire Red Queen District. We couldn't find any trace of these bombs flowing in before. But since the day before yesterday, when we investigated the Pelican Bar... The Inspectorate found that these bombs were transported in through the Pelican Bar.
"The achievements you have made are much greater than you can imagine."
Meg's eyes were as sharp as a hawk's.
She laughed heartily and patted Haina on the shoulder: “So, I’ll give you a chance.
"The Inspectorate and the Arbitration Office are both investigating this matter. Originally, your Inspectorate would not be able to get involved in such matters. But whether it's you, Sherlock or that Aiwass, you all interest me very much.
"I'll give you temporary authorization to investigate - if your director has anything to say, let him come to me. Bring any consultants you want, give them whatever they want, and I'll reimburse them. If you can't find anything, that's fine, I'll cover it.
"I want to see if I was wrong a few months ago. If you guys find out important information before we solve the problem..."
Meg said meaningfully: "I still have a position as a closed disciple... I can leave it to you."