And so, the 24th Phoenix Festa came to a close.
After the finals, the champions and runners-up of the Phoenix Festa would attend the award ceremony and closing ceremony at the Sirius Dome. There, the organizing committee would present the championship and runner-up trophies to both sides, officially marking the end of the Festa.
During the ceremony, the Student Council Presidents from various academies would also be in attendance.
However, due to the severe injuries sustained during the match, Fang Li did not attend the ceremony. Instead, Cecily represented him on stage.
Of course, Fang Li's lack of interest in the ceremony was another reason for his absence. Otherwise, he could have easily used a Healing Jewel to recover from his injuries and attend the ceremony with a flourish.
Given this, Fang Li was immediately transported to the infirmary after the match, under the pretense of receiving treatment, where he stayed for a day.
During that day, several people came to talk to Fang Li.
The first was Fan Xinglou.
"You did well. You were faster than I imagined, and with another 2-3 years of training, I should be able to have a satisfying match with you. Keep it up!" Leaving behind these words, Fan Xinglou departed with a pleased expression on her face.
Defeating Amagiri Ayato had probably elevated Fang Li's status in Fan Xinglou's eyes. After all, in terms of strength alone, Amagiri Ayato, with his seals fully released, was no less formidable than Wu Xiaofei.
Although Fang Li had resorted to injuring Amagiri Ayato's emblem during the match to secure his victory, he had entered the academy less than half a year ago, and Fan Xinglou was already satisfied with his progress.
The second person to visit Fang Li was Amagiri Ayato himself.
For Fang Li, Amagiri Ayato seemed to have mixed feelings of gratitude and guilt. Gratitude because Fang Li had helped him unlock his seals, and guilt because he had inflicted severe injuries on Fang Li.
With these emotions in mind, Amagiri Ayato visited the infirmary to see Fang Li. After a brief chat, he left with these words: "Since my powers were sealed, it's been a long time since I've felt this happy after a battle. I hope that someday we can have another duel."
Afterward, Cecily and Zhao Hufeng also came to visit Fang Li. Knowing that Fang Li would only spend a day in the infirmary and return to Jie Long the next day, they left some words of praise and words of encouragement for each other, then promptly departed.
Finally, the leader of the Festa organizing committee approached Fang Li to discuss the matter of wishes.
The champions of the Festa were entitled to make a wish to the Integrated Enterprise Foundation. This wish, as long as it fell within the realm of feasibility, would be vigorously pursued by all six branches of the Integrated Enterprise Foundation.
The organizing committee was responsible for receiving and reporting wishes to the Integrated Enterprise Foundation, utilizing the financial power of the conglomerate to fulfill the victors' requests.
Due to the Phoenix Festa having just concluded and the subsequent need for various post-event tasks, the committee sent representatives to discuss the wish matter with Fang Li. They eventually agreed on a date for Fang Li to visit the headquarters.
Fang Li wasn't in a hurry about this. After concluding discussions with the committee, he made a call to Sylvia, discussing upcoming matters, and then finally found some leisure time.
The next day, upon his release from the infirmary, Fang Li returned to Jie Long to a grand reception.
In academies, students who achieved good results in the Festa could contribute to their academy's ranking. Moreover, while Jie Long had many talented individuals, they didn't specifically train for particular Festa events. Hence, there were quite a few students who achieved good results but very few who became champions.
Fang Li, a relatively unknown student, suddenly emerged as the victor of the tournament, naturally bringing glory to the academy.
Now, everyone is well aware that in Jie Long Seventh Academy, a student without even a ranking has clinched the championship in the Phoenix Festa. As Sylvia mentioned, in this Asterisk City, famous students are practically equivalent to celebrities and idols, making Fang Li widely known, and there's no chance of keeping a low profile anymore.
In the future, whenever Fang Li goes out, he might need to consider disguising himself like Sylvia. Otherwise, the number of fans approaching him for autographs would undoubtedly surpass Sylvia's last concert.
After the event, Sylvia invited Fang Li several times, each time expressing dissatisfaction when Fang Li nonchalantly appeared without any disguise. Due to Fang Li's aversion to trouble, he allowed Sylvia to handle the matter.
Sylvia, on the other hand, invited Fang Li multiple times, and Fang Li thought she wanted to discuss Ursula's situation. However, each time, they simply strolled around, chatted, had tea, and there was no real business at hand.
Finally, Fang Li couldn't help but speak up.
"Do world-class celebrities have so much free time?"
In response to Fang Li's words, Sylvia just puffed her cheeks, answering with a tone of dissatisfaction.
"Idiot."
Unprovoked evaluations like these made Fang Li feel unjustly accused.
Of course, if Fang Li knew that Sylvia had meticulously arranged her schedule in advance, completed all her work, and diligently secured time off just to have fun with him, then he might not have thought that way.
Since the attacks by Laminamors and Valda, this Diva seemed to treat Fang Li in a completely different manner. She even called him late at night whenever she had time, a situation that many envied.
Having such a great beauty favoring him, and she was the world's top Diva, an idol for countless people of all ages, Fang Li naturally had no reason to resist and allowed this situation to develop.
Thus, a month passed quietly.
Today, Fang Li finally received a notification from the organizing committee to go to the Festa Operations Headquarters located in the Administrative Special Zone Center of the Academic Battle City.
In this skyscraper, the office of the Operations Committee Chairman, Madiath Mesa, was situated on the top floor.
The person welcoming Fang Li was, of course, Chairman Madiath.
However, upon seeing the two people entering his office, Madiath seemed somewhat surprised.
"Miss Sylvia?"
Yes.
Accompanying Fang Li was not Cecily but Sylvia.
"It's been a while, Mr. Madiath."
Sylvia smiled at Madiath and said, "I hope you don't mind my uninvited visit."
"How could that be." Madiath responded with a smile, "Since the 'Warwitch Strega' has come together, there must be a reason. Please, have a seat."
Fang Li and Sylvia nodded.
Thus, the trio sat facing each other on the sofa.
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