Chapter 163: Guilt
Annelot's speech was as brief as ever, as she briefly summarized the achievements of the second school of magic in the first semester of school, and then looked forward to what the school expected of its 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 Annelot never talks nonsense, and the Frost Maiden is too lazy to make any tirades or shoot the Empire's horses in exchange for more support from the Empire. After about five minutes of explanation, Anne Lot made a concluding remark before leaving the high platform of the room.
Regner smiled, then walked to the entrance at the back of the stage to wait for Annelot.
"That's a good point. Regner had nothing to say.
"It's just a brief explanation of the achievements of the first semester of the Academy of Magic. Anne Lott replied coldly.
"Uh......" Regner scratched his head in embarrassment, "Speaking of which, where is Irene?"
"Erin?" Annelot was stunned, he turned his head to look at Regner, "Hasn't he been with you all the time?"
"Alexander came at that time, so she said to go find you. Regner explained.
"I didn't see her. Annelot shook her head: "As you can see, I've been busy with that show and haven't seen Erin at all. ”
"This ......" Regner scratched his head, and then shrugged helplessly: "Maybe that girl can't find you, so let's find a place to wander around by myself." ”
"She's not going to have an accident, is she?" asked Annelot, a little worried.
"It's fine. Regner waved his hand nonchalantly: "This is the First Magic Academy, the guards of the Military Intelligence Department and the City Guard are everywhere, and Erin herself is a high-ranking priest, how can something happen." Let's find a place to wait, she might go out for a walk and come back. ”
"Oh well. Annelot knew that Regner had a point, so she didn't insist on it. Moreover, Regner must stay here too, because neither she nor Erin will be a foil tonight. The real protagonist will appear in a moment, and at that time, Regner will have to be present.
Regner and Annelot sat down at a table with few people, and coincidentally, there were also Chancellor of the Exchequer Andrew and his son Congillas.
So Regner talked to Andrew and Congillas. Although both Congiras and Halson were Merlindel's most notorious sons, the two were friends with each other, often charging through the flowers together. But compared to the arrogant and domineering Halson, who doesn't know the height of the sky, Regner thinks this congiras is much cuter.
Although this guy is not doing his job, he is a soft-footed man who is addicted to women and can't extricate himself. But Congiras at least knows how to be measured. At least now that they were sitting at the same table, Kangiras didn't chase after her because a top beauty suddenly appeared next to her. He was always courteous in his actions, neither overly enthusiastic nor silent for fear of the Frost Maiden's anger.
He only responds appropriately to Anne Lot's words, occasionally making a joke or a few direct compliments on Frostgirl's beauty and talent. All of this was normal for Regner, and not only that, but he actually liked the way he did things very much.
Because of this small detail, Regner has a lot more affection for Chancellor of the Exchequer Andrew. At least, it is not easy to make a son who does not learn and has no skills like this.
The performances of the students on stage continued. After each college had its own opening performance and the dean's speech, the center stage of the venue has now become a venue for students from both schools to showcase their talents.
The two academies are interspersed with stage performances, some students perform gorgeous and beautiful spell tricks there, and some conduct low-level spell duels, of course, under the supervision of the elders of the other academies, the safety of such low-level spell duels is absolutely guaranteed, at least ...... So far, not a single student has died unexpectedly due to low-level spell duels.
Belch...... As for how many people have been injured for so long...... You can guess this from the two thick case books in Erin's office. For this figure, our dean, Anne Lot, ordered it to be kept strictly confidential......
In addition to these performances, Annelot's Second School of Magic also arranged for some students to come on stage to bid for auctions. The things auctioned by these students are all the results of the research of the Second Academy of Magic, of which eighty percent are officially developed by the academy, and two percent are the results of self-research by some students or student groups with the assistance of their mentors.
One of the most famous is the improved Sharp Eye Elixir, which could have increased the user's vision by 20%, but due to the high production cost, even the military could only distribute two bottles to those elite scouts to use at critical times.
After the students' improvements, the production of this potion was reduced to a little more than one-tenth of the original effect, although the effect was less than half of the original. But the drastic cost has allowed the agent to be produced and used on a large scale. Although this medicine is not as commonly used as a healing potion, the market demand is not small, and if it can really be mass-produced, the business opportunities and benefits are undoubted.
In the end, the potion recipe was purchased exclusively by Melindel's largest apothecary for 100,000 gold coins. One percent of the gold coins obtained will go to the Academy of Magic, and the remaining ninety percent will go to the students who studied the recipe.
"Mages are really the richest people in the world. Regner couldn't help but sigh when he saw the final auction price, and the gold coins he had worked hard to get in a year were only a few thousand. And a mage, who is only in the apprenticeship stage, once he studies what good results he finds, the auction price can reach 100,000?!
Anne Lot glanced at Regner faintly, and then said lightly: "What would you do if I said that these 100,000 gold coins are also related to you to some extent?"
"Really?" Regner's pupils turned golden in an instant, and from a distance, they looked like two round gold coins.
"......" Annelot's gaze turned cold, she glared at Regner coldly, until the guy lowered his head weakly and said, "This recipe ...... It was researched by little Yini and a few people from her 'Forest Guardian Group'!"
"......" Regner couldn't help but feel a little joy and a little guilt in his heart when he heard this. He was delighted with the amazing progress Innellis had made in just six months, as well as ...... Amazing Gold Coins...... And he felt guilty that he had indeed snubbed Iniris a little recently. Because he was busy looking for Malloret and various affairs of the MIA, he really didn't pay much attention to Innilis lately.
But although Regner did not turn his gaze to Iniris, Innies never stopped moving forward. She is still constantly learning, constantly working hard, and constantly improving, all she does is to make herself better, more beautiful, and more gorgeous in front of Regner.
Thinking of Enilis's efforts in the past few months, Regner was a little embarrassed. To be honest, recently, in order to avoid the promise he once made to Inni for her sixteenth birthday, Regner has often hid in the MI in the past few months and did not face Inniris. And Innellis rarely meets Regna because of various school affairs, so Regna drags there in a way that even feels shameless and shameless. And this is also a survival skill that Regner must have as a scumbag - pretending to be deaf and dumb.
Of course, this does not mean that Regner was teasing Innellis's feelings, or that he had made that kind of promise to Innellis in the first place. The reason why Regner did this was actually because of Anne Lot.
For Regner, Erin and herself are already famous, and in every way, she is the one who has made the most progress with Regner. And these things are not absolutely difficult for Innellis and Annelot to accept, as they have said before: Erin and Regner have each other for many firsts, so it is very normal to have one more.
However, if one of Innellis and Annelot were ahead of the curve, there would be no doubt that one would be the last. In this way, Regner inevitably does not worry that the person who is left behind will have some small emotions in his heart.
Because of this, Regner has been pretending to be deaf and dumb for months not to mention the matter to Innellis. But it wasn't until Annelot's reminder that he realized that now he was pretending to be deaf and dumb, which would not only break Innilis's heart, but also make Annelot look down on him even more.
Now, when Annelot brings it up again, she's clearly knocking Regner on the back. Therefore, Regner finally made up his mind to make a decision on this matter as soon as possible. In fact, this is just like Garona once told him, since he chose to step on three boats, it is inevitable to hurt these three girls. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't avoid it.
Regner could only smile awkwardly under Annelot's stern gaze, he rubbed his nose and said, "That...... I'll find out about it as soon as I can. ”
"I hope you can do what you say. Anne Lott replied coldly.
"......" Regner looked at the frost girl who didn't give him a good face, and finally could only say sullenly: "I'm really sorry, Annie......"
"As I said, whether it's thanks or apologies, it should be for Ini, I don't have that kind of relationship with you!" Anne Lott obviously did not accept Regner's apology.
Just as Regner was about to say something, the center stage remembered applause again, because the outstanding student representatives of the Second Academy of Magic were about to take the stage to speak.