Annelotte's speech was as short as ever. She briefly summarized the achievements of the Second Magic Academy in the first semester, and then looked forward to the Magic Academy's expectations for the students in the second semester. In fact, there is only so much that every school leader can say at the opening or closing ceremony.
The only difference is that Annelotte never talks nonsense, and the Frost Maiden is too lazy to make long speeches or pat the empire's horses in exchange for more support from the empire. After about five minutes of explanation, Annelotte made a concluding speech and then left the high platform of the venue.
Regnar smiled, then walked to the entrance and exit behind the stage to wait for Annelotte.
"That's a good point." Regnar was at a loss for words.
"It's just a brief explanation of the achievements of the first semester of the Magic Academy." Annelotte replied coldly.
"Uh..." Regnar scratched his head awkwardly: "Speaking of which, where is Irene?"
"Irene?" Annelotte was stunned. He turned to look at Regnar: "Isn't he always with you?"
"Alexander was here at that time, so she said to look for you." Regnar explained.
"I didn't see her." Annelotte shook her head: "As you can see, I was busy with the performance just now and didn't see Irene at all."
"This..." Regnar scratched his head, and then shrugged helplessly: "Maybe that girl couldn't find you, so she went to find a place to wander by herself."
"Will something happen to her?" Annelotte asked worriedly.
"It's okay." Regnar waved his hand nonchalantly: "This is the First Magic Academy. Guards from the Military Intelligence Department and the City Protection Guards are everywhere, and Irene is a high-ranking priest. How could something happen? Let's find a place. Just wait, she might go out for a walk and come back after a while."
"Okay then." Annelotte knew what Regnar said made sense, so she didn't insist any further. Moreover, Regna must stay here, because neither she nor Irene will be anything but a foil tonight. The real protagonist will appear in a while, and at that time, Regnar must also be present.
Regnar and Annelotte found a table with few people and sat down. By coincidence, Finance Minister Andrew and his son Congelas were also sitting there.
So Regnar started chatting with Andrew and Kangelas. Although Kangelas and Halson are both the most notorious playboys of Merindl, and they are each other's bad friends, they often charge into battle together among the flowers. But compared to the arrogant and domineering Halson, Regnar felt that this Kangjilas was much cuter.
Although this guy is not doing his job properly, he is a weakling who is addicted to women and can't help himself. But Kangelas at least knew how to measure things. At least now that we were sitting at the same table, Kangelas didn't chase after a top-notch beauty who suddenly appeared next to her. His behavior was always courteous and courteous, neither being overly enthusiastic towards Annelotte nor being silent to the Frost Maiden out of fear of her wrath.
He only responded appropriately when Annelotte spoke, occasionally making a few jokes at the Frost Maiden or directly praising her beauty and talent. These are all very normal for Regnar. Not only that, he actually likes Kangelas' way of doing things.
Because of this small detail, Regner has a much better impression of Finance Minister Andrew. At least, it is not easy to train an uneducated son to be like this.
The students' performances on the stage are still continuing. After each college had its own opening performance and dean's speech, the center stage of the venue now became a venue for students from both colleges to showcase their talents.
The two major colleges alternated stage performances, where some students performed gorgeous and beautiful magic tricks, while others performed low-level spell duels. Of course, under the care of the elders of other colleges, the safety of such low-level spell duels was absolutely guaranteed. Guaranteed, at least... So far, no student has died accidentally due to a low-level spell duel.
Uh... As for how many people have been injured for such a long time... you can guess this from the two thick case books in Eileen's office. Regarding this number, our Mother Superior Annelotte ordered that this number be kept strictly confidential...
In addition to these valuable performances, Annelotte's Second Academy of Magic also arranged for some students to take the stage to bid in the auction. The items auctioned by these students are all magical results researched by the Second Magic Academy. 80% of them are officially developed by the academy, and 20% are researched by some students or student groups with the assistance of their instructors. results.
The most famous of these is the improved version of Sharp Eye Potion, which could originally improve the user's field of vision by 20%. However, due to the high production cost, even the military can only distribute two bottles to those elite scouts at critical times. when used.
After the students' improvements, the production cost of this potion was reduced to a little more than one-tenth of the original, although the effect was less than half of the original. But the sharply shrinking cost has made it possible to produce and use this medicine on a large scale. Although this kind of potion is not as commonly used as treatment potion, the market demand is not small. If it can be mass-produced, the business opportunities and benefits are undoubted.
In the end, this potion formula was exclusively purchased by the largest potion merchant in Merindl for one hundred thousand gold coins. Among them, 10% of the gold coins obtained will belong to the Magic Academy, and the remaining 90% will belong to the students who study this formula.
"Mages are really the richest people in the world." Regner couldn't help but sigh when he saw the final auction price. The gold coins he had worked so hard for a year were only a few thousand. And for a mage who is only in the apprenticeship stage, once he comes up with some good research results, the auction price can reach 100,000? !
Annelotte glanced at Regnar lightly, and then said calmly: "What would you do if I said that these one hundred thousand gold coins are related to you to some extent?"
"Really?" Regnar's pupils turned into a shining golden color in an instant. From a distance, they looked like two round gold coins.
"..." Annelotte's eyes turned cold, and she glared at Regnar coldly. It wasn't until the guy lowered his head with guilt that he said, "This formula... is made by little Yi Ni and a few people from her 'guarding group' We researched it together!”
"..." When Regnar heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little happy and a little guilty. What he was happy about was the amazing progress that Inelis had made in just six months, and the amazing gold coins... but what he felt guilty about was that he had indeed neglected Inelis a bit recently. Because he was busy looking for Malolite and various matters of the Military Intelligence Agency, he really hadn't paid much attention to Inelise recently.
But although Regnar did not turn his attention to Inelis, Inelis never stopped moving forward. She is still constantly learning, working hard, and making progress. All she does is make herself appear in front of Regnar in a better, more beautiful, and more gorgeous manner.
Thinking of Inelise's efforts in the past few months, Regnar felt a little ashamed. To be honest, in order to avoid the promise he made to Ini for her sixteenth birthday, Regner has often been hiding in the Military Intelligence Agency in the past few months to avoid facing Inelis. Inelise also rarely met Regnar due to various school affairs, so Regnar dragged her around in a way that even she felt was shameless and shameless. And this is also a survival skill that Regnar must have as a scumbag - pretending to be deaf and dumb.
Of course, this does not mean that Regnar was teasing Inelise's feelings, or that he made that kind of promise to Inelis in a deceitful manner. The reason why Regnar did this was actually because of Annelotte.
To Regnar, Irene and he were already well-known, and no matter in every aspect, she was the one who made the fastest progress with Regnar. And these are not absolutely difficult things for Inelise and Annelotte to accept. As mentioned before: Irene and Regnar have had many firsts with each other, so It is very normal to have one more.
However, if someone is ahead in terms of the progress of Inelise and Annelotte, then there is no doubt that one person will fall behind. In this way, Regnar would inevitably worry that the person left at the end would have some small emotions in his heart.
Because of this, Regnar has been pretending to be deaf and mute and not mentioning this matter to Inelis for the past few months. But it wasn't until Annelotte reminded him that he realized that if he pretended to be deaf now, he would not only break Inelise's heart, but it would also make Annelotte look down on him even more.
Now, Annelotte mentioned this matter again, obviously to knock Regnar. Therefore, Regnar finally made up his mind to put an end to this matter as soon as possible. In fact, this is just like Garona once told him, since he chose to step on three boats, hurting these three girls is inevitable. This was something he could not avoid no matter how hard he tried.
Regnar could only smile awkwardly under Annelotte's stern gaze. He rubbed his nose and said, "Well... I will learn about this as soon as possible."
"I hope you can keep your word." Annelotte responded coldly.
"..." Regnar looked at the frost girl who didn't give him a good look, and finally he could only say in a dull voice: "I'm really sorry, Annie..."
"I've said before, whether it's thanks or apology, it should all be given to Yi Ni. I don't have that kind of relationship with you!" Annelotte obviously did not accept Regner's apology.
Just when Regnar was eager to say something, the center stage remembered applause again, because the outstanding student representative of the Second Magic Academy was about to take the stage to speak.