Chapter 55: Enrollment

As soon as the white-haired man's voice fell, the gazes of all the elders in the hall fell on Crown Prince Lail, scrutinizing and evaluating him.

It was no joking matter to have connections with an elder who could open a portal to one of the seven great magic academies in the seven realms.

Because this signified that the elder was once an elder member of the academy council.

This also signified that the elder was a very powerful magician and at least a high-ranking council member to have access to the spell to open a portal from outside of the academy.

Because even though activating teleportation portals was as easy as injecting some magic and chanting some spell, producing a reaction from the magical portal, it was not as easy to open a completely new portal from outside.

A completely new portal required the manifestation of powerful magic, five of the seven elemental magics, accurate location of the destination, and correct usage of the teleportation spell. Moreover, in order for a council elder to have access to the teleportation spell, they needed to have enough merits to raise their status from ordinary elder to ruling elder.

And to enter the academy through an unused magical portal required the person entering to possess extraordinary magical talent, having the force to trigger the magical portal's self-activation mechanism.

Either way, both options only served to emphasize the extraordinary background and talent of the young man standing before them.

This caused the elders to finally consider the Crown Prince seriously.

"Elder, I am...I am Lail Amhei and I am a native of the Amayan Empire. I got here through the Heart of Mistland in the Eastwind forest. An acquaintance of my ancestor saw that I had the magic ability and advised me to enroll into the Amayan Mistland Academy. It was also them who had guided me to the portal in the mists to enter the academy. If I have unintentionally alarmed you, I do apologize for my offense." Crown Prince Lail sincerely apologized to the gentle-looking man.

However, his apology was not only for suddenly intruding unannounced and alarming the elderly magicians, it was also for not giving his full introduction as the Crown Prince Lail of the Amayan Empire.

On this new path that would bring him closer to his wife, he did not want to use his title as Crown Prince.

On this journey, he just wanted to be Lail Amhei, husband of Qamari Ramulas. He wanted to use his identity as a husband to meet his wife, not as a Crown Prince meeting his Crown Princess Consort.

Although the two seemed the same, there was a huge difference.

A husband would always keep his wife's comfort, peace, and happiness above everything else, while a Crown Prince would place the prosperity, wealth, and happiness of the empire before his Crown Princess Consort.

And while they got married for the prosperity and peace of their respective homelands and people, he no longer wanted to have anyone or anything standing in between them.

Especially not after hearing and seeing the way the people of the empire he loved dearly condemned his wife after her sudden disappearance.

Since their wedding day, his heart towards the Amayan Empire had chilled and frozen, making his wife the only warmth in its desolate coldness.

She was now his family and his first priority. And he wanted to let her know that for him, she now came first and everything else later.

So, he was apologetic to the magicians for hiding his title but did not feel any remorse for doing it.

On the other side, Senior Sister Murong's gaze turned strange as she looked at the Crown Prince of the Amayan Empire. She knew his true identity and did not miss the slight pause in his words as he made his introduction.

'Now that he is at the academy, does he not want to reveal his real identity? Does he only want to live as an ordinary student?'

She wondered in her mind, her dark eyes flashing with a mysterious light.

"Oh, you entered through the Heart of Mistland? The Heart Lands are the most mysterious, magical, and dangerous place in the seven realms. If you were able to enter it and use its portal to enter the academy, then your magical talent must be very high."

"However, I am surprised that you were able to escape unscathed after entering the Heart Land. The magical beasts there are the most dangerous and ferocious in the entire realms." The white-haired man remarked with astonishment.

Before man and beast turned against each other, magic-wielding students used to enter the magical academies through the portals in the heart of the realm.

Entering the academy through the Heart helped the students awaken more than one magical element in their veins during the collision of the magic in their blood and the elemental magic in the air.

This method also helped raise the level of their magical talent as the elemental magic awakened attracted elemental magic of opposite properties in the air into their bloodstream, increasing the concentration of the magic in their vein.

As such, during those periods of time, the talent of magicians were ten times greater than the talents of magicians in the present.

For the first time since the Crown Prince entered the main hall, the gentle-looking man's face became serious.

'If the kid entered the academy through the heart of the realm land, then there is likely a good chance that he has unlocked at least two magical abilities. This is a major event not witnessed for hundreds of years in the seven realms!'

With a complicated and racing heart, the white hair elder retracted his fervent sight, looking at the other elders in the hall.

They too had the same expressions of shock, anticipation, and fear on their faces.

They knew that a two-element magical talent would raise the status of their academy to unprecedented and unimaginable heights, garnering the attention and reverence of the other six academies.

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But they were also aware that great power ushered in great turmoil.

While a two-ability magic wielder could bring prosperity to the academy, it could also draw the envy and jealousy of other magic academies. And once they came to know about how the two-ability magic wielder entered the academy, they would make certain to pass entering through the heart of realms as a requirement for enrollment.

By then, recruiting a green talent magician would no longer be an extraordinary matter, however, the consequences would be devastating as more prospective magicians would definitely perish in the trial.

As such, the elders were in great conflict between choosing the prosperity of the academy and the peace of the seven realms.

Sighing emotionally, the white-haired elder turned back to Crown Prince Lail.

"Yes, elder. I was fortunate enough to escape unscathed due to an outside assistance. However, I am not planning on entering the Heart Land again." Crown Prince Lail had a nervous expression on his face as he said that.

What a joke! If anyone ever found out that he successfully entered the academy unscathed with the assistance of a spiritual weapon, it would be the last he saw of the Black Serpent.

Spiritual weapons did not only greatly assist magicians on their magical journey, but they also seemed to be a form of protection against ordinary wild beasts.

He was not born yesterday to not understand the simple rule of nature.

That the hearts of men were the most unreliable and untrustworthy in the face of wealth and power.

The elders that were a little suspicious of the neat-looking and cleanly dressed appearance of the young man earlier, although a little disappointed, relaxed only after hearing he received an outside help.

'It was more likely for that to be the case. He was guided to the academy by an acquaintance of his ancestor after all. And to have lived for so long, that acquaintance might just be an immortal spirit.'

They all silently thought in their hearts as they absentmindedly looked into space.

Otherwise, how could there be such an incredulous incident where after hundreds of years, the first youth to enter the academy through the heart of a realm's land, did so without receiving so much as a scratch?

Such a task was only achievable with the assistance of an immortal or a spiritual weapon. But in the kid's situation, the former seemed to be the case.

They felt disappointed but also relieved on reaching such a conclusion.

Disappointed because they immediately suspected the kid to be hiding a secret. And thinking of the fact that he entered the heart of a realm land, they were almost certain that he was in possession of a spiritual weapon.

However, before the greed influenced their mind and their vile nature could be revealed in the open, they were saved with the kid's following words.

He received an outside assistance.

On this, they felt relieved for not being rushed. Otherwise, if they targeted the kid who could possibly be a two-elemental magician with an immortal spirit behind him, they would have died without even knowing how.

Sighing, they cleared their confused minds and focused their attention back on the discussion between the dean and the young man.

Crown Prince Lail, unaware of the fact that he had just inadvertently escaped a calamity by his choice of words, calmly listened to the white-haired man, the dean's, kindly voice.

"Although it would be a matter of great celebration for our academy to accept a new student, the selection period has already passed. I am afraid that you would have to go back for now. You can return for next year's new students' selection and you have my word that we will happily welcome you." With a light smile, the dean's kind eyes focused on the Crown Prince as he spoke.

He would have really accepted the kid into the academy if it was not because of the selection.

Just as he raised his hand to call on the team of magicians that escorted the young man to lead him out, the kid took out an aquiline round plaque, instantly shattering his calm façade.

With wide eyes and an open mouth, he stared in shock.

Instantly alarmed on hearing her master's words, senior sister Murong anxiously glanced at the handsome face of the Crown Prince she had not seen for more than 11 years. Stepping forth, she moved towards her master in an attempt to persuade him.

But before she could do anything, she saw her master's eyes widen in surprise and astonishment.

Perplexed and confused with his sudden unexpected and dramatic reaction, she followed his gaze, her eyes falling on the round aquiline plaque in the Crown Prince's hand.

After which, her eyes too widened in shock and amazement as she unblinkingly stared in a daze.

However, the master and disciple were not the only ones surprised and shocked speechless. The other individuals in the hall were also in a daze.

Very soon, the hall full of elders and students fell into a dead silence, hanging mouths and wide eyes fixed on the plaque in Crown Prince Lail's hand.

Undoubtedly, this was the round, aquiline blue plaque the Speaking Ink Tree had given to the Crown Prince for his successful enrollment into the academy.

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