The Sword and The Shadow

Chapter 556: Salsa's progress

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Although the sudden appearance of No. 1 made Alexander walk away from death. However, thanks to Regnar's efforts, everything passed without any danger. After repeatedly proving to Alexander that he was definitely not a gay, the two of them began to turn around and return to the auditorium.

"Sir." Snow waited quietly at the entrance of the garden with Regnar.

"I'm leaving first. You can come over in a moment." Alexander looked at Snow's dress and roughly guessed that he should be a member of the Military Intelligence Service. So he actively avoided it and gave the two people space to talk.

"How many people know about this tonight?" Regnar thought for a moment and then said.

"No, you have previously sent a message to remove the agents arranged to protect His Royal Highness Prince Alexander. I came here because I noticed something was wrong with the assassin, so no one else knows about this except the three of us." Snow replied in a low voice. .

"Should I remove the protection arranged around Alexander?" Regner was stunned for a moment, and then he understood: This matter was probably caused by No. 1 pretending to be himself, and the purpose was probably to get closer to Alexander more conveniently. Moreover, this woman is 70-80% similar to herself, so it is simply too easy to pretend to be herself.

"It's not you?" Snow tilted her head in confusion, and then her expression suddenly changed: "Could it be..."

"Forget it, it doesn't matter who it is..." Regnar shrugged helplessly.

"Sir! That assassin..."

"That assassin will not appear again, you can rest assured." Regnar said with an unquestionable tone.

"Then the members who were previously arranged to protect His Highness Alexander..."

"Where were they placed later?"

"Next to His Majesty Larvin, when the assassin pretended to be you, he said that His Majesty Larvin had no power and was the most vulnerable person and needed more people to protect him," Snow replied.

"Tch! That fat man is wearing life-saving things. Want to kill him? I'm afraid it's still a bit difficult." Regnar thought indifferently, but still nodded: "In that case, then that's it Just stand still. Alexander is rough-skinned and thick-bodied, and he won't die even if something goes wrong."

"..." Snow looked at Regner's hateful expression and wondered if His Highness Alexander had offended him just now...

But no matter what, since Regnar has promised that this moment will never come again, Snow can just believe it. Although Regner usually seemed a little unreliable, he would not joke about these matters that were related to the life of the head of the empire.

"Don't make this matter public, don't tell anyone." Regnar gave the final instruction.

"Yes, Snow understands." Snow nodded.

"Very good, that's it, you go ahead." Regnar patted Snow on the shoulder and said apologetically: "You have been really hard on you these past few days."

"It is Snow's duty to serve the empire and your lord." Snow saluted Regnar, then turned and left.

When Regnar returned to the auditorium, the end of class ceremony at the Magic Academy had already begun. The high platform in the center of the venue was now occupied by several students from the Second Magic Academy. They are all students who have chosen the evocation of magic. With their own learning and the guidance of their teachers, they are now able to perform several gorgeous spells and tricks. The colorful magical light makes this stage a bit more dreamlike.

Moreover, Regnar unexpectedly found Inelise's roommate, the little girl Vereesa, on the stage.

Although he only looked at her from a distance, Regnar could still feel the nervousness and timidity of this little girl. I just don't know why, although everyone's gaze makes Shasha feel nervous. But she still worked so hard to use her magic there. When she manipulated the water flow to collide with the flames of several male students to release a hazy and beautiful mist, the little girl smiled proudly and happily, which was very rare. .

"Even cowards must learn to be brave!" Regnar looked at Veresa on the stage and couldn't help but think to himself.

He suddenly recalled his time back then. In fact, he was also a coward at that time. He was as cowardly as Shasha at that time. But later, for Irene, Regnar had to force himself to muster up courage.

In order to find a girl, a boy mustered up the courage to do something he had never dared to do before. This story sounds like a fairy tale romance and a comic book version of passion, but its ending is just as ruinous as reality: this guy mustered up the courage, so he provoked the local snake forces of Merindel that he shouldn't have provoked. Then he was chased by them and had to flee in all directions. In the end, he had to leave his hometown and come to another continent.

"But this is really good, isn't it?" Regnar thought in his mind: "At least I am living a good life now."

Yes, although the courage he mustered up at the beginning made Regnar become homeless throughout his life. But if Regnar thought about it at this time, he would think that the past few years have been really wonderful! He was only fifteen years old when he came to Lance Continent, and now, he is about to be twenty-two years old.

Seven years... In these short seven years, Regner has experienced more and richer things than he had in the previous fifteen years combined.

Because in the past seven years, he had gained many friends: Annelotte, Inelise, Kordak, Vera, Lisanna, Alexander, and even subordinates like Snow and Goethe.

And all of this started because he plucked up the courage because of Irene and took the first step towards the unknown and huge world. People are often like this. In fact, as long as you take the first step, you will find it difficult to stop.

Regnar took the first step. And now, he felt that the little girl on the stage, full of pride and confidence, seemed to have taken her own steps because of something.

After thinking about it, Regner began to quietly watch the performance on the stage. It has to be said that mages are indeed the most incredible group of people in the world. They can use these terrifying spells to make people fearful on the battlefield. But with the same spell, they can also make it shine as brilliantly as the stars on a summer night, giving people an unparalleled sense of beauty.

Sometimes, good and evil, beauty and ugliness, creation and destruction are all just a matter of a thought.

At the last moment of the performance, the petite Vereesa was thrown into the air by several male mage apprentices. At this time, the famously rigorous physical training classes of the Second Magic Academy showed their effect. With the help of her classmates, Shasha began to spin rapidly like a top. She jumped high and her hands began to spray cold water.

Afterwards, Regnar keenly noticed that Shasha's eyes began to glow with ice blue light. As the light in Vereesa's eyes grew brighter, the two water ribbons released from Vereesa's hands began to move like resurrected snakes.

Shasha tried her best to activate her attribute abilities, so these two "water snakes" made purely of water began to jump out of the stage and move dexterously among the nobles.

Many of the nobles who were watching here made a sound of exclamation. They don't know that Shasha is a waterbender and has the ability to control all liquids. Therefore, these outsiders only feel that the Frost Queen is indeed worthy of her reputation, and she can actually train disciples who are so skilled in magic manipulation. But even the mage in the academy who knew Vereesa well couldn't help but show admiration when he saw her move.

Even relying on attribute abilities, it is quite difficult to do this. They still remember that when Shasha first started practicing this ability, she couldn't do it well. Whenever she was about to give up, Inelise, who had been with her all the time, would come out to encourage her, and would say that she had accomplished such delicate control of blood flow, and now it was just a piece of cake.

And now, this little girl has really done it.

In fact, everyone has their own courage, and everyone also has their own strength. The key to the problem is how you find your own courage and strength. For Vereesa, all she needed was constant encouragement and trust. When Aenerys gives her what she needs, she can do it.

The two water snakes returned to the stage after playing with the nobles for a while. Vereesa's light became stronger, and then the two streams of water changed shape again, turning into two eagles soaring in the wind.

"What a pity..." Regnar looked at the two eagles made purely of water and couldn't help but feel that they were very beautiful. However, these things cannot be retained after all, and Shasha cannot maintain her attribute abilities forever.

But just when the soft sigh in his mouth just fell, an icy blue shadow fell from the sky. Even though Vereesa's performance today was enough to amaze the entire audience, when that figure appeared, her eyes were still focused on Vereesa in an instant.

This is not something she did intentionally, it is just her innate temperament, because as soon as she appears, she will naturally become the focus of everyone's attention.

Dean of the Second Academy of Magic, Annelotradis.

Annelotte, wearing a light blue and white slim-fitting evening gown, slowly fell from the air with the power of the Feather Falling Technique. As she fell, the two eagles that Shasha desperately maintained also slowly froze. By the time Annelotte landed, the two eagles originally made of water had transformed into crystal clear ice sculptures. At this time, the overall layout of the booth in the center of the ball was completely completed—two more carefully carved ice sculptures of eagles were added.

All the nobles in the audience spontaneously applauded because of the wonderful performance of the Second Magic Academy. Compared with the previous performances at the First Academy of Magic that used a large amount of scrolls and magic materials, the cost of the performances at the Second Academy of Magic was undoubtedly much lower. But just in terms of excitement, the nobles definitely liked this performance more.

Like Joffrey, after the performance, it was the Dean's turn to speak.

Annelotte glanced at the nobles present with a faint smile, and then spoke in the same tone as always: "Ladies and gentlemen, good evening. I am Annelotte, the dean of the Second Academy of Magic. Annelotradis.”