Afterwards, the Magic Academy officially opened and crowds of people filed in. Various check-in stations and old students have been set up in the college as guides. Therefore, although there are many people this year, the order is better than in previous years.
Everyone who passes by the stone tablet with their names engraved on it will bow slowly towards it with their hands clasped together.
"... I didn't expect you to actually carve them all on this."
Among the chaotic crowd, the president stopped in front of the stone tablet, turned around, and said to Benjamin who was standing aside.
"Isn't that what it should be?" Benjamin shrugged and replied.
"But no one has ever done this before."
Benjamin nodded and said: "It seems that there is really no such custom here... However, I think it is very important to remember the heroes. No one wants to face death, but someone has to take the risk. If the students think of sacrifice It will be engraved on the stone tablets of heroes in the future, perhaps giving them more courage to face the church."
When the president heard this, he was a little surprised: "Is the memorial service held to polish the new students?"
Benjamin smiled slightly, said nothing, turned and left.
He could see that in addition to the expectation and confusion about the unknown, the freshmen's faces also showed awe. When every old student looked at the familiar names on the stone tablet, in addition to mourning, they also showed firm eyes.
To be honest, since the establishment of the Magic Academy, Benjamin has been emphasizing the threat to them, but most of the students have never even been close to the Kingdom of Hori, so it is difficult to bring them much sense of crisis by just empty talk. But this time, after witnessing his companions who sacrificed their lives in the war, Benjamin could detect a slight change in the mental outlook of each of them.
It's not that it was a huge turn of events. Most of the students had worked very hard before, but after this time, those still immature faces gradually became calmer, as if they finally began to realize what they were carrying on their shoulders.
"Becoming a mage is not as simple as going to class every day, doing research, meditating, and connecting with magic."
This was a conversation Benjamin overheard in the academy. At that time, he felt an inexplicable sense of relief.
Everyone worked harder, and even many problem teachers, represented by Joanna, gradually became mature. Although they may still not be very good at teaching, few of them complain anymore and they are all trying to improve.
Benjamin feels that they are developing a very good campus culture.
"It's amazing. The college built in one year has far surpassed the achievements of Silent College operating in that mountain for countless years."
Suddenly a voice came from behind. Benjamin turned around and found that it was Elizabeth and the two off-line mages, one tall and one short.
"Are you also coming to visit the academy?" Benjamin raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile.
"Yes." Elizabeth nodded and said with a smile, "As a mage, if you haven't even seen the magic academy, you will be looked down upon if you tell anyone."
Benjamin shrugged: "I invited you to join the Magic Academy at the beginning."
"I know... but we owe you too many favors, so how can we bother you again." Elizabeth shook her head and said, "Actually, it doesn't matter. Now we are running a good business at Freden, and we have a complete mercenary group. If you need anything, maybe we can still help."
When Benjamin heard this, he nodded and smiled, and said nothing more.
"But... besides visiting the Magic Academy today, I have something else to give you." Elizabeth suddenly showed a serious expression, took out a letter, and handed it to Benjamin.
Benjamin took the letter and felt a little confused.
"This is?"
"A letter sent from my parents." Elizabeth lowered her voice and suddenly became cautious in her choice of words. "It's not convenient to go into details here. In short, it's about the situation there. You should understand it after reading the letter. .”
Benjamin frowned.
… from the Wood family
He still remembered that due to various turmoil within the Horli Kingdom, the aristocratic forces were shuffled again and again, and the Wood family, which had always been low-key, gradually became the largest aristocrat in the kingdom.
Thinking of this, Benjamin collected the envelope calmly and nodded, indicating that he understood the situation. Elizabeth also smiled, and after a few words of greeting, she said goodbye to Benjamin and continued their visit to the college.
Benjamin also wanted to find an opportunity to open the envelope, but today was the opening ceremony and the memorial service, so almost every visitor from outside had to chat with him. For some important people, Benjamin had to accompany them to visit the college, so it was almost impossible to find a good time.
He had no choice but to accept the letter as if nothing had happened and continue working on the opening ceremony.
Fortunately, this opening ceremony did not have any accidents like last time. After a morning of freshmen enrollment, the conference was held in the afternoon. Benjamin carried out routine mobilization and also made some summaries of the previous war. Finally, night fell and all the guests were sent away, and the day gradually came to an end in a busy manner.
The new semester officially began, and Benjamin returned to his room.
He slowly opened the letter.
"Dear Dean, thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to read this letter. I don't know if you understand the current situation of the Kingdom of Hori. It was defeated in Ikol and was attacked by overseas pagans. Havenright The current situation is a bit delicate..."
The whole letter was quite long, and it took Benjamin ten minutes to read it.
After reading it, he touched his chin and fell into deep thought.
The Wood family... seems to want to unite with the Magic Academy.
This is nothing new. After all, their only daughter became a mage and went abroad. The Wood family must not be very loyal to the church. However, Benjamin will inevitably think of the Foer family that has been wiped out.
In the letter, the Wood family stated that because the king was under house arrest by the church on the grounds of illness, no one could see him at all. The church manipulates the queen and interferes in politics at will, which has touched the bottom line of every noble. Now the internal conflicts in Havenright have become somewhat intensified, and the entire royal capital is in turmoil. Every day, nobles go to St. Peter's Cathedral to protest, hoping to at least meet the king.
They even suspected that the king had been killed by the church, and that such words as being possessed by pagan sorcery were just lies made up by the church.
In fact, after the failure of the conquest of Icol, the prestige of the church declined. And now they have done something like this. The nobles have not seen the king for at least several months. This is a very serious situation for the entire Horli Kingdom.
- There is no way, even if the royal family is just a puppet of the church, they are also extremely important puppets. Just the word "King" can maintain the operation of the entire country. The times are like this, and Benjamin has to understand.
In the letter, the Wood family made a suggestion to Benjamin.
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. We don't know what the church will do next to stabilize the situation again, but if you are interested in adding fuel to the fire, we may even shake the foundation of the church."
"They have recently organized a small expedition, and they seem to be planning to go overseas to retaliate against the group of heretics who attacked the royal capital. However, I have heard that His Majesty the Pope will not personally conduct the expedition. Therefore, the Magic Academy can completely stop the church's actions. , or even... give them a big gift."