Annelotte stepped onto the podium. Although the two magic academies combined only had five or six hundred people, such a grand event would naturally attract many civilians to watch. Even if they are not interested in magic, at least there are men who are interested in a stunning beauty like Annelotte, and among women's rumors, Joffrey is also a tall, heroic, and sparkling handsome guy.
Therefore, a lot of people gathered at this opening ceremony. They surrounded the originally incredibly vast playground of the First Magic Academy. From a distance, it looked like thousands of ants crowded into the palm of a person's hand.
Such a huge number of onlookers can easily make people nervous. At least Regnar estimated that if he were the one to speak on stage, he would also have trembling calves. This kind of tension has nothing to do with strength, it's just human nature.
But surprisingly, Annelotte always remained calm. She looked at such a group of people as if she were really facing a swarm of ants.
She walked up to the podium, then ignored the magic amplification equipment there, and said directly: "Everyone, welcome to the first opening ceremony of the Hawke Empire Academy of Magic. I am the dean of the Second Academy of Magic, Anne Lot, Annelotradis.”
Perhaps in order to deliberately show off her skills, Annelotte did not use the amplification equipment painstakingly arranged by the academy, but she still relied on her powerful magic power and precise magic control to make her voice reach everyone's ears. Moreover, unlike amplification equipment, Annelotte's voice can ignore spatial distance. People who come to watch the opening ceremony, regardless of distance, hear Annelotte's voice exactly the same.
The crowd was silent for a brief moment, then suddenly erupted.
"Ouch!!!"
"Roar!!!!"
Although the students of the two major colleges did not cause any major commotion due to discipline constraints, the crowd outside was already in a frenzy at this time!
Annelotte! Frost Queen Annelotte! Lady Annelotte! Many of the men who came to watch roared with excitement. They were not here to see some damn magic. They came here just to see with their own eyes the beauty of Annelotte, the rumored most beautiful and talented woman in the empire.
She finally appears! Thank God, there were rumors that Lady Annelotte almost died in some accidents, but it seems that everything is a lie! It must be a trick of those boring women who are jealous of Lady Annelotte!
These people roared with excitement, although Annelotte didn't even show any enthusiasm for them. But as long as she stands there, those people will automatically be beaten to death. This kind of incitement is much more effective than Joffrey's nervous speech there!
Annelotte looked at the crowd expressionlessly. After the crowd gradually quieted down, she continued: "As His Highness Joffrey said before, the First Academy of Magic indeed has the best learning environment and learning equipment in the empire. , this point is absolutely incomparable to our Second Magic Academy. There is only one reason why this situation occurs, and that is the insufficient funds of our Second Magic Academy. In this regard, as the dean of the Second Magic Academy , I would like to apologize to every student who joined the Second Magic Academy. This is my fault, please forgive me!"
Annelotte said and bowed.
"Principal..." A female student in the square formation of the Second Magic Academy couldn't help but speak out.
Inelise, who was also standing in the phalanx, couldn't help but glance at her. She was a little girl with long pale golden hair similar to hers. She seems to be a little younger than Inelis, and her figure is also thinner than Inelis. She was just behind and to the left of Inelise, so she could see her face when she turned around.
That was a pretty-looking little girl. She must be only fourteen or fifteen years old. She has the same ice-blue eyes as Annelotte, a delicate and straight nose, and a small and cute mouth. Because they were all wearing robes, Enelise could not simply judge her life experience from her clothes.
But since you are entering the Second Magic Academy, there are basically no students with prominent backgrounds. Apart from a simple silver-white metal hairpin, she didn't even have any decorations, which further proved her poor background.
The little girl couldn't help but shrink her neck when she saw Inelis turning her head. She whispered: "Sorry, I seem to have disturbed you..."
"No, it's nothing!" Inelise smiled friendly, and she stretched out her little hand: "Hello, my name is Inelise, Inelise Slater."
"Hello..." The little girl hesitated. She didn't know if talking to others on this occasion would offend Annelotte. But seeing that Enelise is so enthusiastic, she can't be rude because of her special status. The sister has told her that if she doesn't get along well with other people, she will be in big trouble!
So although the little girl hesitated, she still stretched out her hand and shook Enelise's hand: "My name is Vereesa, others like to call me Sasha."
Yes, you read it right, this little girl is Sasha. The timid little girl Regnar met in the thousand-year-old capital of the Stoke Empire.
After No. 1 separated from Regnar, she felt very troubled about how to deal with Shasha. She could have let Shasha go and let her continue to live an ordinary life with her mother. But after returning home with Shasha, No. 1 knew that Shasha's mother's illness was not so easy to cure.
And even if they could be cured, it would be difficult for them, orphans and widowers, to survive in such a war-torn and troubled world. In order to fulfill his promise to Regnar, No. 1 had to find ways to let Shasha gain the ability to be self-reliant. While No. 1 was conducting research on Shasha, an unexpected discovery completely changed No. 1's thinking.
That is, Shasha is actually a waterbender. Although her affinity for the water attribute is not as strong as Annelotte's, she is still an attribute ability user no matter what.
Because of this discovery, No. 1 was forced to make two choices: one was to kill Shasha immediately so that she would never appear in anyone's sight. The other one is to send Shasha far away, at least to a place far away from the thousand-year-old capital. After considering Regnar's reaction when he knew that he had killed Shasha, No. 1 had no choice but to find a way to send Shasha and her daughter to Melinder.
Don't you think it's easy to take care of this little girl? Then leave it to you! Because Shasha is an attribute ability user, No. 1 only used some tricks to get her selected by the Second Magic Academy. And with the support of the Magic Academy, the monthly allowance alone should be enough for Shasha to treat her mother.
Looking back on her experiences over the past few months, Shasha always feels weird. It was obviously the Hawke Empire who destroyed her family, but now, in order to protect this broken family, she must rely on the Hawke Empire or even serve them? It’s really strange!
But now Sasha doesn't have that much hatred towards northerners. This little girl has a weak temperament. She doesn't even have the guts to hate anything. The only thing she wants to do at this time is to cure her mother's illness, and then... eating wheat bread every day is enough!
"Sasha?" Inelise blinked her big green eyes. Because of her appearance, Inelise would always think of her sister Minnie when she looked at Sasha. She rolled her eyes, and then smiled: "Then, I'll take care of you in the future. We will meet many times!"
"Please take care of me..." Sasha responded in confusion. She didn't know that Inelise had already planned to tell Annelotte to move herself to the same dormitory as her.
Annelotte was silent for a moment after bowing, and then spoke: "We may not have good equipment, we may not have a good environment. But, there is one thing that only you have."
"..." Everyone was quietly waiting for Annelotte's next words.
"That's it." Annelotte said: "Each of you is a talent that I, Annelotte, have chosen. Yes, you may not have met me, but I, Annelotte, can guarantee that each of you Everyone is selected through layers of screening by the academy, and each of you is an outstanding student approved by Annelotte. I think this is enough for any of you to be proud of!"
Annelotte didn't deliberately brag or be arrogant when she said this, and her tone didn't even sound much ups and downs. Because she doesn't need to brag or incite, she is just stating a fact: If you are valued by me, Annelotte, then your talents are naturally incomparable to ordinary people.
It's such a simple truth, but it can be said. Not only must you have unparalleled self-confidence, but you must also have the strength to convince everyone!
And obviously, Annelotte definitely has both.
Gradually, the students of the Second Academy of Magic who understood what Annelotte meant also started to make some commotion. They were not as excited and high-profile as the students at the First Magic Academy. All the students just showed excited expressions and then clenched their fists without saying a word. It's as if there is a lot of energy in my heart waiting for the right moment to explode.
"Ouch!!!" But the idiot fans of Annelotte around them couldn't stand the Queen's confident and almost domineering aura. They roared with excitement in support of Annelotte.
"So, let's work hard together!" Annelotte said simply in the end, then turned and left the podium. This was the shortest speech in the history of the two major magic schools in the Hawke Empire, but it later proved that its motivational effect was rare.