Chapter 1 I刻里忒 Academy

The Gothic Revival building on the edge of the Magic Engineering Institute is one of the landmarks of the campus—

The old liberal arts building of the Magic Engineering Institute.

This historic building, with its red brick exterior adorned with classical reliefs, was once the workshop where magic engineers unleashed their imaginative ideas. Decades ago, it was renovated and began serving as a public building providing magic engineering technology to students from other departments.

When Lan Qi first enrolled, he came here once to collect his student wristband, but he did not go to the higher floors.

The first floor is the public magic engineering technology service center.

The second floor is the New Magic Engineering Technology Creative Workshop belonging to Professor Bolaao, the academic leader of the Magic Engineering Institute.

The third floor is the Student Management Committee.

The wind is very noisy today.

After their only class in the morning, Lan Qi and Hyperion went directly to the old liberal arts building along the academy road and arrived at the third floor via the stairs.

As soon as they stepped out of the stairwell, a spacious and bright corridor appeared before them.

Several delicate chandeliers hung from the ceiling, casting soft light throughout the corridor. The maroon wooden carved walls were decorated with gilded patterns, giving Lan Qi and Hyperion a feeling of solemnity and tranquility.

They walked on the soft carpet that stretched to the end of the corridor, to the door of the student union room. Turning their heads, they could see the scenery of the academy from a row of huge windows: green lawns, rows of trees, and scattered students passing by.

Finally, they arrived at the deepest part, in front of the deep red double doors.

"Hyperion, are you ready?"

"Yes."

With Hyperion's nod, Lan Qi knocked lightly on the door twice.

"Come in."

Soon, a gentle, composed, and steady male voice came from behind the door.

Lan Qi pushed open the heavy mahogany door. The air, mixed with the scent of coffee and candles, rushed towards them. Before their eyes was a spacious meeting room of hundreds of square meters, and only three people were inside—

Behind the desk facing the door sat a handsome man. His back was straight, his eyes shone like stars, and he had the air of a learned scholar.

The long table in front of him, made of dark wood, was as smooth as a mirror. Behind him, the deep red curtains by the huge half-covered window glittered in the sunlight like theater curtains.

Standing next to the long table was a woman with a gentle expression, who looked at Lan Qi and the others with slight confusion. She was holding a stack of documents, seemingly preparing to take them to the right side of the meeting room and put them on the row of tall bookshelves along the wall.

The left side of the meeting room seemed to be a rest area, equipped with a coffee table and luxurious leather sofas on both sides, the colors matching the tables and chairs.

Sitting on the very comfortable sofa was a man with gray-white hair, wearing small sunglasses.

"May I ask if you two have encountered any trouble at the school?"

The student council president, sitting in the main seat, looked at the two visitors with a friendly and confident smile.

He seemed to recognize Lan Qi and Hyperion, two figures who had caused quite a stir as soon as they enrolled.

But the president did not treat them as special people, but asked them as usual.

"Hello, we would like to ask if the student union is still recruiting?"

Lan Qi felt very comfortable with the president's attitude.

It wasn't just that he had no hostility towards Hyperion.

The look in his eyes as he looked at himself was also calm, not the strange feeling that other students had when they saw him.

As Vivian said, the president is a knowledgeable person.

The president nodded, understanding the intention of the two, and then he stood up from his chair, gesturing for the two to sit down in the rest area for a detailed discussion.

Soon, the president sat next to the gray-haired young man, while Lan Qi and Hyperion sat on the sofa opposite.

After putting down the documents in her hand, the woman next to the bookshelf came over with a tray and porcelain cups, and poured a cup of coffee for each of them.

"I am Monast, the president of the Student Team Management Committee, and she is Vice President Asina."

Monast thanked the woman pouring coffee and introduced her to Lan Qi and Hyperion.

"He is Frey, a new member of the student union from the Knight Academy."

Then he spread his palms and pointed to the gray-white haired youth sitting on the sofa.

Lan Qi and Hyperion exchanged glances. They both had a slight impression of this guy named Frey.

The second round of the entrance exam was a joint exam for the Knight Academy and the Sage Academy, and they were not separated until the third round.

And this freak from the Knight Academy passed the second round of the entrance exam faster than Lan Qi—

Compared to Lan Qi arresting the evil couple with the law, he chose to directly mortgage and borrow, using his physical fitness to resist the extremely cold wind and snow.

Originally, Lan Qi and Hyperion were wondering which team Frey had been recruited by, but they did not expect that he had already joined the student union.

"Actually, the Student Management Committee is currently in a state of severe manpower shortage. With the graduation of the previous student union members, only Frey has joined as a new member under the recommendation of the Dean of the Knight Academy. Originally, I was still considering that many affairs this semester might require me and Vice President Asina to personally handle after completing the handover with the school. I didn't expect you two to come at this time."

President Monast took a sip of coffee with a slightly tired expression, slowly put down the porcelain cup, retracted his fingers, and then looked at the two with a smile.

It seemed that the two of them had relieved a lot of his work pressure just by coming here to express their intention to join.

Lan Qi nodded. It seemed that the president meant that he was willing to accept the two of them.

"I have heard about your strength. If you don't mind the possible hard work and troublesome affairs of the student union, I am very happy to invite Lan Qi Weierfu and Hyperion Alansaier to join."

"..."

A moment of silence.

A breeze blew in from the window, the curtains fluttered gently, bringing in the fresh air outside, gently stroking the table, passing over the sofa, and brushing over the pages, causing a soft rustling of paper in the quiet moment of the meeting room.

President Monast and Vice President Asina were both very friendly. Although Frey didn't know what he was thinking, the look in his eyes as he looked at the two of them was no different from looking at ordinary people.

Lan Qi and Hyperion finally exchanged glances and nodded.

"I am very willing to join the student union."

"Me too."

"Then welcome to both of you. I, as the president, will take care of the declaration procedures with the school. In addition, there is also a second-year scribe from the Alchemy Academy in the student union, but she is usually busy with the newspaper, and only comes here occasionally. You will have the opportunity to meet her in the future."

The two nodded solemnly.

However, judging from the president's solemn expression, it seemed that there was something troublesome that he wanted to entrust to them now.

"Actually, the student union happens to have an urgent task at hand. Originally, I was a little worried about letting Frey go alone, so I was planning to wait until I had dealt with the backlog of affairs before accompanying him. But if the three of you work together, I can handle my duties with peace of mind."

(End of this chapter)