Around the end of April, the Imperial City of Sassen finally sent out an army of 3,000 royal knights, all of whom had participated in the suppression of the rebellion several times, in addition to six royal magicians who went to Jacobson to thoroughly investigate the rebellion, which was proposed by Grand Magician Gretel Cairns, the old dean of the Reochs Academy.

This time, the Empire did not let the students of the Royal Knight Academy go with them, if it was in the past, this was obviously the best internship opportunity to contact the battlefield, but this time the Empire refused to let the outstanding students of the Knight Academy accompany them, and the meaning is self-evident.

The Jacobsons, who challenged the authority of the aristocracy, would inevitably suffer a catastrophe...... When the army set out, the weather was not good, it could even be said to be bad, although it did not rain, but the dark clouds made people more or less uneasy, as if something terrible was about to happen...... And the rumbling thunder, as if someone was laughing wildly, laughing wildly and preparing for a new era...... And all this is obviously too far for Jiang Zhe, in the relatively peaceful Reox Academy, repeating classes, classes, classes, and classes every day, although it sounds a little boring, but in the end, he thinks he is doing well...... Although Lavia's constant urging made him a little mad, although Professor Hodd's self-righteous little jokes made him feel speechless, although he was sometimes provoked by some aristocratic students, although Lady Vera Corvetti, the professor of Potions, shook her head again and again at him for making potions...... All in all, although Jiang Zhe has more or less encountered a lot of trouble here, in general, he thinks that he is doing well.

Although he and Alan and Scott have only been together for a year, the relationship between the three of them is much more iron than that of ordinary people, perhaps a little exaggerated, but it can still be called the same blessings and hardships, at least when they get the benefits, no one will forget the other two, and when they think of a bad idea, of course, they will not be left behind...... In Professor Hodd's absence, Scott can be called half a professor, and he can answer almost every question Jiang Zhe has when he reads the whole book.

And although the other Alan looks heartless, and most of the bad ideas are all thought up by him, well, but it is still very reliable, at least with his existence, those noble students basically dare not come to Jiang Zhe's trouble, unless they want to try Allen's wrist strength that can crush stones...... And Lisa, the girl who is amused by Eren every day, and who looks bold but is actually timid...... and Larella, the oldest and most sensible of the three girls, who is perhaps the smartest and most scheming of the three girls, judging by her meek and docile appearance in front of the admiring Scott...... At least Lavia basically didn't give Jiang Zhe a good look.

And Dia...... The senior sister whose surname is gentle and can give people a feeling of comfort like spring...... And the above is Jiang Zhe's circle of friends among students, he was not good at sociability before, and after coming here, it has become more and more serious, and he will never take the initiative to talk to strangers.

Among the professors, I am afraid that the best relationship is Professor Huo De, this middle-aged man who is nearly forty years old, but he unexpectedly gets along very well with Jiang Zhe, of course, this is mostly because of the close relationship between the two surnames, speaking of which, Jiang Zhe also has a good impression of Argus, maybe the three of them are very similar in some temperament.

And Abel, oh, is Professor Abel's assistant, although Jiang Zhe is not very familiar with her, but the two are still gradually familiar with each other because of Professor Huode's relationship, and the current relationship should be said to be not bad, at least Aibel will help a few little guys talk and secretly help them pass some assessments, and Professor Huode will definitely not do that.

There is also the Potions professor Lady Vera Corvetty, a mature female magician, Salette Amix of the Defence Against the Dark Arts course, cough, secretly Allen and Jiang Zhe both call him Old Man Amix...... and Professor Manhet, who is in charge of the rules and regulations of Reochs education...... Well, I heard that Alan is already familiar with him, too, after all, Alan is a problem student who will be called to the grade director's office in two or three days, and Jiang Zhe ...... Well, I've been to the ...... once or twice. And then there's Ms. Tilda, who is in charge of student accommodation, well, she personally prefers to be called Miss Tilda, even though she's probably older than that...... Jiang Zhe is not so familiar with other professors, such as Alonso Calles, the second year enchantment professor, the old professor with thick bottle-bottom glasses, and Raymond Bohn, the alchemy professor, who always creates the danger of explosions in class...... And so on and so forth...... Oh, and there is another one, the most famous magician of the Reochs Academy, the old dean Gretel Keynes, although the two have not met much, at most they only meet the respected archmage in the garden in the evening, and bow and hum to answer the old dean's questions, and it is over.

Although Jiang Zhe personally thought it was incredible, he did feel the kindness from the old dean, maybe the old dean was the closest great magician to Jiang Zhe...... It is not strange for a person to have friends, and similarly, it is not strange to have enemies.

Although Lavia has always said that she is Jiang Zhe's competitor and enemy, as they get along for a long time, Jiang Zhe still regards her as his friend, although Lavia is not completely satisfied with this opinion...... If an enemy only refers to a person who will arouse his negative emotions, then Jiang Zhe does not think that he has a so-called enemy, and if he says that an enemy refers to a person who is hostile to himself...... There really is a ...... That is the aristocratic student of the same grade, Vincent Flores, from the upper nobility circle of the Empire, his grandfather, his father, are both high-ranking officials in the Empire.

In terms of the family's strength and qualifications, although this noble boy with blonde hair is not as good as Lavia, he is definitely not weaker than Scott, and it can be said that the family power of the two is very similar.

And the wonderful thing is that one became one of Jiang Zhe's best friends, but the other regarded Jiang Zhe as an enemy...... Speaking of this aristocratic boy named Vincent, although he is arrogant, attaches importance to aristocratic blood, and despises commoners, he does not want to be as incompetent as the aristocratic children in Jiang Zhe's impression, on the contrary, he is a very good magician apprentice, and he has a very comprehensive grasp of the curriculum, at least not comparable to a student like Jiang Zhe.

In the first year, Vincent didn't come to trouble Jiang Zhe, maybe because he was not familiar with Reox Academy, but after being promoted to the second year, Vincent got acquainted with a group of noble children who were also proud and looked down on commoners, and some were seniors, and at this time, Jiang Zhe would inevitably encounter some trouble...... In fact, not only him, but also the estrangement and contradiction between the commoner students and the aristocratic students can be called the longest history of Reochs, because of the inevitability of this era, even the old dean cannot make the students of the two classes in this branch live in peace...... The aristocratic students took pleasure in making fun of and teasing the commoners, while the commoners hated each other, and once the anger was suppressed at its peak, it was out of control, at least in the last year, when some of the fifth-grade students were put in confinement for it.

You don't have to be surprised if you see a few aristocratic students bullying a commoner student in a corner of Reoks, because this is a phenomenon that even Reox can't avoid, some professors will immediately stop it, while some professors shake their heads and leave, it's not that the professors don't want to care, but they don't have the energy to take care of it, besides, if their strength is strong enough not to be threatened by the other party, does the other party really dare to use the power of the family?

No nobleman would dare to put his hand into the Reox Academy, let alone teach the students of the Reochs Academy!

Most of the civilian students who are bullied are afraid of the other party's power and dare not resist, because they don't know what Reox means in the Empire, and this mentality will roughly change in the fourth and fifth grades, and by the way, in the fourth and fifth grades, the commoner students and the noble students are also the fiercest fights.

Most aristocratic students will beat and verbally abuse each other to bring each other to their knees, while civilian students will choose to beat each other during the test match held by the academy and make the other party lose face.

But due to the financial relationship between the two, it is basically difficult for civilian students to win against aristocratic students with the assistance of magic props, after all, not every civilian student is like Jiang Zhe, even if there is no magic wand, wand and other magic props to assist, it is not an easy object to defeat.

At the beginning of May, the third week of the Thessalonian students' arrival in Reoks.

After gradually adapting to the imperial climate, the students of Thessalonia had almost eliminated the fatigue of the long journey, and at this time, the atmosphere at the Reochs Academy suddenly became tense...... On the outskirts of the forest to the north of the castle, a rock arena about thirty yards long and wide had already been built, and to be honest, it was a no-brainer for the professors of Reochs to build such a ring.

However, because the old dean had been keeping an eye on Jacob's rebellion, and because the nearly a hundred students of Salonia had not yet recovered from the long journey, the competition between the two houses was postponed until now.

Originally, the old dean intended to select some outstanding students from the fourth and fifth grades to compete with the Salonian Academy, but Father Andrew was not satisfied with this proposal, and he suggested that all the students who had signed up for the Riox Academy should be mixed with the nearly 100 students of Salonia to find the final winner by a knockout match.

It seems that Reoks Academy has taken advantage, but in fact, Salonia has not suffered, after all, those hundred students are all outstanding students from the fourth to sixth grades of Salonia.

Perhaps because the Jacob-Sembles rebellion was still clueless, the old dean and Father Andrew could not guess what Argus was trying to do, so it was better to put the matter aside than speculate.

So, after the two old men discussed for a long time, the old dean finally nodded and agreed to this proposal, after all, this competition can increase the experience of the students, and it is not a bad thing.

Of course, although it is expressly stated that all students of Reox Academy are eligible to participate in this competition, if their own strength is too poor, the professors of all ages will not let them go, after all, this is a competition related to the reputation of Reox, if it is seen as a joke, then what?

So, Jiang Zhe, who had finished Professor Huo De's fire green magic course, had just laid down on the sofa and wanted to take a nap, when he was pulled up by Allen, who ran into the dormitory.

"Come, man, get up!

"What are you doing, Alan!...... Can you let go of your hand first? I'm strangled by you......"

"Oh, yes......" Alan said with a happy expression as he let go of his hand, "Did you hear that, man?"

Wordlessly, Jiang Zhe said angrily, "What did you hear!"

"You don't know?" said Allen, his eyes wide, surprised and delighted, "I've just come back from Professor Beyman, and I heard that we, Reox, are going to compete with those students from Thessalonia, the ones who wear white magic robes and dangle around our academy......"

Looking at Alan gesturing strangely, Jiang Zhe was happy, shook his head and said, "I know...... But what are you so happy to do?" As he spoke, he stretched and lay down on the sofa and said slowly, "The premise of registration: students above the fourth grade, and they must be excellent students, so that they can be recommended by the professor, and I think that Dia is eligible to participate in the ......"

"Tsk!" Pouting, Alan waved his hand and said, "I thought you really knew! What you said, that was some time ago, did you know that it changed today?"

"......" Jiang Zhe blinked inexplicably and said, "All?"

"All, including us!" Allen pointed at Jiang Zhe and then at himself.

"Oh......" Jiang Zhe nodded as if he suddenly realized, then stretched out his hand to push away Allen's big face, changed to a lying position, and said, "What's the matter? Anyway, I won't go, this kind of boring game is the most tiring......

"Hey!" Alan was choked by Jiang Zhe's words, his fingers turned back and forth a few times, and said with an anxious face, "Man, such an interesting thing, you actually say it's boring? You're tired? Oh my God!" he said, he covered his face, shook his head and said, "I pondered, whether the three of us are in a team battle or one-on-one, basically no one can defeat us......" As he said, he thought for a while and added, "I mean ...... below the fourth grade."

"Anyway, I'm going to go to you, I'm not going!" Jiang Zhe, who was lying on the sofa, turned over lazily, and then seemed to feel a little uncomfortable, and with his right hand, he pulled it into the sofa, and threw aside the soldier puppet Sojers, who was in a daze, angrily.

"Hey, man, you're not interesting enough, are you? Didn't the three of us talk about advancing and retreating together?"

"That's another story!"

"Gotta get it," glanced at Jiang Zhe helplessly, Alan said angrily, "I'd better convince Scott first, and I'll let Lavia tell you later, anyway, I think with her surname, she will definitely participate in such a competition!"

"...... you want"

Shaking his head helplessly, Alan glanced at the soldier puppet Sojath, and saw that he was about to get up from the long table in a daze, smiled evilly, stretched out his finger and slammed it down on the table, and then left with a smile, as if he was in a hurry to persuade Scott, and he didn't even close the door in a hurry.

"Hey, close the door, Alan...... This guy!" sighed helplessly, Jiang Zhe got up from the sofa, and was about to close the door, when he suddenly saw a figure walk in.

Looking at the other party's long hair as bright as flames, and a pair of eyes that shone like fire elements, Jiang Zhe was stunned for a moment.

"Wouldn't you?

"What did you find?" Lavia looked at Jiang Zhe suspiciously.

"Did you meet Alan?"

"Alan? No, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, don't care," shrugged, Jiang Zhe leaned on the long table and said, "By the way, why are you here?"

Glancing at Jiang Zhe, Lavia said angrily, "Can't I come over if it's okay?"

"That's not," Jiang Zhe said with a wry smile, "I just said casually, well, you see, the tutoring time hasn't come yet, so I'm a little curious that you came over so early......

"Don't be curious," walked over to the sofa beside Jiang Zhe and sat down, Lavia supported her right leg and held her cheek, and said softly, "Soth, do you remember how we met?"

"How can I not remember?" Jiang Zhe snorted twice speechlessly, and said with a grin, "Even if I don't remember, the left side of my face will still remind me of ......"

"This guy!" saw Lavia's face faintly embarrassed, and defended, "I didn't know you well at the time, so you hugged me for some reason...... Ahem, anyone would be like that!"

"Yes, yes, it's all my fault, okay?"

"Soth, you can't talk well!"

"Okay, okay, what do you want to say?"

"You should remember, right?" Looking at Jiang Zhe deeply, Lavia said with an inexplicable expression, "I said that I would try my best to surpass your ......"

“...... Remember!" Jiang Zhe nodded slowly.

"Whew," sighed softly, Lavia shook her head and laughed at herself, "Maybe I know your current strength better than the professor, your talent is the most incredible I've ever seen, it's really hard to surpass you...... Maybe you won't be able to do it in your lifetime......"

Looking at Lavia, who had always been confident and arrogant, but showing her vulnerable side in front of him, Jiang Zhe didn't expect it, hesitated, and said in a low voice, "Then why do you still urge me every day? Isn't this contrary to your goal?"

"Hmph! That kind of victory is meaningless!" As she spoke, Lavia raised her head, glanced at Jiang Zhe, and said softly, "You are just my target, no one can defeat you except me, otherwise it is meaningless for me to try to catch up with you?"

Shaking his head with a smile, Jiang Zhe said speechlessly, "It's really complicated, what do you want to do?"

I saw Lavia stand up, look at Jiang Zhe and say solemnly and politely, "I'm going to fight you again, Soth!

Suddenly, an ominous premonition welled up in Jiang Zhe's heart, and he said tentatively, "When?"

"No!" Lavia shook her head and said, "In the competition that will be held in the academy in a few days......," she said, she stretched out her slender finger and tapped Jiang Zhe's chest, pretending to be vicious and said, "I don't care about those Salonian students, my opponent is only you!

"......" was stunned and glanced at Lavia's finger poked in his chest, and Jiang Zhe was speechless for a while.

"Hey, hey, you're talking, Soth!" Lavia looked at Jiang Zhe with a lost expression on her face very strangely, and then followed his gaze, and she noticed her fingers.

Suddenly retracting her hand, Lavia held it, biting her lip, her face crimson, and stammered, "You...... You can take what I just said for ...... Treat it as a threat, and if you run away from this fight, you'...... You're going to die!"

"Whew!" With a long sigh, Jiang Zhe shook his head a little self-deprecatingly, then glanced at Lavia, and said helplessly, "I don't owe you anything, Lavia?"

"Huh?"

"Oh," as if remembering something, Jiang Zhe changed his words and said, "I mean Ivey, if you want to compete, I'll just agree, besides, we seem to have a lot of competition, right?"

"Is that a contest? It can only be called practice! Soth, I want to really fight you again, a real contest between magicians! like last year......

Glancing at Lavia in surprise, Jiang Zhe said suspiciously, "Are you confident that you can beat me?"

Lavia was silent for a moment, and said with a deep regret, "No ......" said, she raised her head to look at Jiang Zhe, and said in an inexplicable tone, "You guy is really annoying, I thought that even if you were talented, as long as I exercised harder, I could surpass you and defeat you, but ...... From the moment you learned Flame Flash, I found that even if I tried hard, I couldn't narrow the gap in strength between us, and I had a hunch that the gap in strength between us would not narrow over time, but would widen and widen......" As she spoke, she stuck out her tongue and said proudly, "So, I'm going to take advantage of this time to defeat you! at least once......"

"Hey......" Jiang Zhe really didn't know what to say, he glanced at Lavia, and saw that she was looking at him intently, and said helplessly, "Okay, okay, I promise you, go and participate in that competition, and then compete with you in the competition, a contest between real magicians, but!"

"But?" Lavia looked up in surprise.

"Only this time, if you fail, you can't ......challenge me again in the future," Jiang Zhe sighed, looked at Lavia and said angrily, "Can't you be good?" Why do you always have to ...... Ivey?"

"Huh?" Lavia seemed to be distracted, and after being awakened by Jiang Zhe, she glanced at the boy in front of her in a panic, then was silent for a moment, biting her lip and saying hesitantly, "Ru...... If I lose, will I never challenge you again?"

Nodding his head sharply, Jiang Zhe said weakly, "Yes! If you agree, I'll sign up!"

It seemed like a simple request, but Lavia actually lowered her head and bit her lip and thought for a long time, and after secretly glancing at Jiang Zhe a few times, she finally raised her head, nodded and said seriously and firmly, "Okay, I promise you!" As she spoke, she paused and said in an inexplicable tone, "But you also have to promise me a condition!"

"Huh, on what terms?"

I saw Lavia staring at Jiang Zhe intently, and said word by word, "If I fail, I will abide by our agreement, but, after that, you can never be defeated by others, if you fail, you must win back!"

"Uh...... Oh...... Yes......"

(To be continued)