Monast walked through the door and immediately looked towards the sofa in the lounge area.

"Great, you're both in the student council room."

Seeing Lan Qi and Hyperion, Monast revealed a steady smile.

"Is there anything you need our help with?"

Lan Qi closed the book in his hand, placed it on the table, and looked at the president earnestly.

With only one month left in the semester, Lan Qi's main focus had recently been on planning his winter vacation trip to the Northern Continent, but he also cared a lot about the work at the academy.

"I just went to the Knight's Institute to coordinate some things."

Monast, as always, sat elegantly opposite them, while Frey followed the president and sat beside him.

A dark wooden coffee table stood quietly on the carpet, its edges quite soft.

Athena soon brought them two cups of coffee. The hot coffee released a rich aroma in the cups, filling the warm room and dispelling the chill that had come in with them.

"Do you remember the 'Soul of the Fighter' team from the Knight's Institute?"

After thanking Athena, Monast took a sip of coffee, his expression slightly tired. He put down the porcelain cup and asked Lan Qi and Hyperion.

"Yes, of course."

They both nodded.

When they first came to the student council, the first task they took on was to help the Soul of the Fighter club negotiate the demolition of a dangerous building with safety hazards.

It was that work that led to the three of them being chased down several streets by a few enraged fighters. That shared experience of life and death helped the three of them become well acquainted.

"The thing is—"

Monast sighed and began to explain the situation to them.

"First, since the demolition incident, the leader of the Soul of the Fighter, Zirwini, has had a change of heart. She transferred to the Alchemy Institute to study law. Zirwini is currently focused on her studies and has completely given up the soul of martial arts. She hasn't been to either the Shadow World or the arena."

"..."

Hearing this, Hyperion couldn't help but glance at Lan Qi.

The culprit was right next to her.

"It makes sense, right? It seems quite reasonable to me. But the fighters of the Yarolan Royal Academy don't think so. They think it's ridiculous. They think our academy's fighters are cowardly and made up a reason that insults their intelligence."

Monast continued to tell them.

The purpose of this trip for the fighters of the Yarolan Royal Academy was to have a hearty battle of fists with the fighters of the Ikri Academy, wagering the soul of martial arts. As a result, with the strongest, Zirwini, absent, their trip seemed meaningless.

So, the group of Yarolan fighters came up with a plan to mercilessly abuse the remaining members of the "Soul of the Fighter" team in the agreed-upon competition.

If the underlings were beaten too badly, Zirwini would definitely not be able to restrain her anger and would step forward to fight.

But her underlings all knew that their Big Sis was studying very hard, day and night, forgetting to eat and sleep, and was preparing to take the bar exam soon.

They also desperately resisted, wanting to end the competition with their own strength, not wanting to worry their Big Sis and affect her exam.

In the end, the battle turned into what Hyperion had seen on the magic screen earlier. Because it was too cruel, it was stopped midway.

"Knight's Institute Dean Sphintos directly declared victory for the Yarolan Royal Academy side, but the fighters of the Yarolan Royal Academy firmly disagreed. They insisted on carrying out this competition to the end. Stopping it midway due to outside forces obviously violated the spirit of the duel."

"I personally think Dean Sphintos' decision was very appropriate, but considering that my job is to entertain the Yarolan Royal Academy's academic visiting team well, I still hope to take into account the feelings of those students from the Kingdom of Yarolan as much as possible. So I went to negotiate with the fighters of the Yarolan Royal Academy and agreed on a condition."

Monast finally breathed a sigh of relief and finished telling them about what he and Frey had dealt with at the Knight's Institute.

"What exactly is the condition?"

Hyperion asked curiously.

She was sure that President Monast's excellent communication and negotiation skills could persuade even unreasonable fighters to accept a convincing agreement.

"The competition will continue the day after tomorrow. If they win, I will communicate with the Alchemy Institute and ask Zirwini to come forward and accept their fighting challenge. But if we win, they must not disturb Zirwini's law exam any further."

Monast replied.

"I see... Then what are the chances of winning?"

Lan Qi asked with concern.

After hearing what Hyperion had told him earlier, he seemed to care a little about the concept of winning or losing.

"None."

Monast's voice was decisive and quick.

Today's competition actually showed the clear gap in strength between the two sides. It was stopped because of suspected abuse.

In reality, if they fought again, the fighters, whose hearts were already filled with fear and frustration, would have no chance of winning at all.

"But what I didn't expect was... this academic visiting team from the Yarolan Royal Academy was quite successful in some ways. At least judging from the results, they have won against us three times in a row. So this time, the professor leading the Yarolan Royal Academy simply proposed to use this team duel as the closing activity of the academic exchange between the two academies."

As Monast spoke, he frowned slightly again. This was the real trouble.

Adams won against Lan Qi, Karen also won against Lan Qi, and now the fighters' team battle was also a complete victory.

"And Knight's Institute Dean Sphintos' personality is different from Dean Loren's. He will sometimes be tolerant, but if the other party still wants to push their luck, he will definitely accompany them to the end. So he directly agreed to this formal competition. There will be a large-scale warm-up event, and it is estimated that the entire city of Ikri will be watching this battle. I even ran into your father on the road, Lan Qi. He is very interested in this match and wants to go see it in person."

Monast seemed to have a headache about the series of events that followed.

"President, are you planning to go directly to Zirwini and ask her to fight?"

Hyperion thought for a while and felt that it would be better to simply surrender to avoid making things worse.

If it turned into an extremely bloody and brutal fight again, it would probably have a bad impact on both the Yarolan Royal Academy and the Ikri Academy, and might even become an extremely serious live broadcast accident.

She unconsciously found that Lan Qi's surrender faction was also quite good.

Everything should be done with harmony as the priority.

Monast and Zirwini were now both third-year students at the Alchemy Institute, so it should be easy to talk to her. With Monast's eloquence, persuading Zirwini would not be too difficult.

"If that's the case, then the efforts of the Soul of the Fighter team members would be in vain. Although I want to take care of the feelings of the foreign visitors as much as possible, my job is still to help the students in the school. I think we should still help them in principle. After all, the demolition last time was also the root cause that indirectly led to the current situation."

Monast sighed.

From a causal point of view, their student council was the culprit.

"..."

Hyperion's face immediately turned black.

Of course, she knew that the culprits were actually the two people next to her.

"Of course, the other party also put forward conditions, such as not being able to invite strong outside help from the school to fight on their behalf. The original members of the Soul of the Fighter team still have to play, so Frey stepping up to the plate is also out of the question."

Monast took another sip of coffee and looked at Lan Qi and Hyperion.

"But whenever I see the efforts they make for Zirwini, I feel unbearable. So if possible, I still hope you can help them realize this beautiful wish and bring this academic visiting activity of the Yarolan Royal Academy to a successful conclusion."

Monast knew that Lan Qi had some experience in the education industry, and might be very good at short-term intensive training. At this time, he could only treat a dead horse as if it were still alive.

Hyperion was shocked to hear Monast's request and quickly said:

"President, think twice..."

Before Hyperion could finish speaking, Lan Qi had already stood up abruptly and adjusted his tie.

"I am duty-bound to do this. I will definitely let Dad take a good look at the style of our school!"

"Secretary Hyperion, Director Frey, let's go!"

Lan Qi looked at the two people sitting on the sofa and said.

This enthusiasm was terribly high, and for a moment he even called Hyperion and Frey by their titles from the Shadow World.

The campus arc is over, and the next chapter is the Northern Continent Rebirth Church arc.

(End of this chapter)