"Good morning, Instructor Lila," Moransiu felt somewhat embarrassed. After all, it was somewhat awkward to make an instructor wait outside.
"Good morning, Moransiu," Lila's hair looked exceptionally beautiful in the morning sunlight. Her immaculate robes of sanctified magic seemed like angelic attire compared to Moransiu's simple attire.
"Instructor Lila, shall we head to the venue now?" Moransiu said.
Near the classrooms in Mulan Academy, there was a venue. Although not large, it could easily accommodate several thousand people. The largest number of students in Mulan Academy's history had never exceeded two thousand.
Lila looked at Moransiu and said, "Moransiu, I'm only thirty years old."
Moransiu was slightly taken aback. What did Instructor Lila mean? Did he ever ask her about her age? He looked at Lila, and a glint of mischief flashed in her bright eyes.
She continued, "You can call me Sister Lila."
"With your abilities, you no longer need me as your instructor," Lila seemed relieved yet somewhat melancholic.
The role of an instructor was mainly to help students in the academy overcome difficulties in their cultivation. Moransiu's progress was so rapid that it was evident he had surpassed her in understanding magic by a significant margin.
Upon hearing this, Moransiu was first stunned, then he said, "Sister Lila."
Since entering Mulan Academy, it seemed like he had never sought help from Lila in his cultivation. Moransiu had his own understanding of the path of magic. Currently, among all the students in the academy, there were probably none who surpassed Moransiu in understanding and mastery of magical elements.
Magical elements required comprehension.
"Well, Moransiu, haven't you had breakfast yet?" Lila showed a bright smile, very satisfied with Moransiu's calling her sister.
"Sister Lila, I don't have the habit of eating breakfast in the morning. The selection is about to start now, and I estimate that all the students have gathered. We should go over quickly," Moransiu said.
On this day, not only the students who had signed up would go to the venue, but also the lower-level students. More than eighty Level 6 magicians would battle each other on the platform, an opportunity for observation that was rare. Even in Mulan Academy, such contests only occurred once every ten years. These students would generally only encounter such competitions once or twice during their training at Mulan Academy.
Inside the venue, it was bustling and lively, with almost all of the academy's over one thousand students present. Dozens of magic teachers, as well as the deans, Billy and Sload, were also there.
The eighty-six students participating in the selection stood on the central platform of the venue. In just over ten minutes, they would start drawing lots and then select opponents based on the numbers they drew. The selection today would ultimately choose the top ten students. Then the academy would select four of them to represent the school at the exchange conference of the four major magic academies.
Moransiu and Lila walked into the venue together, drawing the attention of over a thousand pairs of eyes. Many of the students were seeing Moransiu for the first time, so they didn't recognize him at all. Many others had only seen Moransiu once, three years ago, and their impression of him had long since faded.
So most of these students didn't recognize Moransiu, only a few did. Only those who were most familiar with Moransiu, like Muk, Maya, Ziyan, and a few others. Even the magic teachers, the Level 6 magic teachers, were not very familiar with Moransiu.
Like most students, they only knew of Moransiu. Three years ago, there was said to be a genius student named Moransiu who came to Mulan Academy. It was later confirmed that Moransiu couldn't learn magic. After that, Moransiu no longer attended any classes.
In a blink of an eye, more than three years had passed, and there had been little change in the academy. Many people had already forgotten about Moransiu.
"Till, why is that guy walking with Lila?" a magic teacher who had been pursuing Lila for four years asked in frustration.
Although Moransiu looked young, in a few more years, he could become Lila's husband. Seeing them walking so close together, Markuri couldn't help but feel a pang of jealousy.
"It seems he's a student from our academy," Till, who knew Markuri had feelings for Lila, replied with a light laugh.
"Why haven't I seen him before?" Markuri, a third-year magic teacher, asked puzzledly. "Could he be a first or second-year student?"
"It's impossible. I haven't seen this person either," Till said. He was the first-year magic teacher at the academy.
"..." Markuri was puzzled.
When Moransiu and Lila walked onto the central platform, the entire venue quieted down. This was because Dean Sload was about to speak.
In fact, every selection was more or less the same, and the speeches were mostly irrelevant words. They were about not harming other students mentally during the competition, the importance of focusing on magical skills, safety, and so on.
Testing magical skills was certainly not a simple matter of testing magical power. If that were the case, they could simply use a magic stone to verify who had the highest magic power among these students. This competition was not so simple. In battle, having higher magic power didn't necessarily mean one was stronger.
It depended on the students' reactions, the timing of using magic, and so on. In short, whoever won was the winner. In situations where there wasn't a particularly large difference in magical power, anything was possible.
Sload's last words were, "Regardless of the outcome of the competition, this is a good opportunity for growth."
Next, Dean Billy spoke.
Billy's words were much simpler, echoing what Sload had said.
Billy said, "This time, four students will be selected to accompany Instructor Lila to the royal city to participate in the exchange conference of the four major magic academies. I hope we can achieve good results."
"Dean Billy, in previous years, five students were selected. Why only four this year?" Othar, a student preparing to participate in the selection, stood not far from Billy and asked as soon as Billy finished speaking.
This question was what most students wanted to ask, especially those who were older and had been at Mulan Academy for more than ten years. They were curious if the rules had changed.
Billy nodded and said, "Actually, the number of people hasn't changed; it's still five. The reason only four were selected is that one person has already been chosen by me, Dean Sload, and Instructor Lila, so there's no need for them to participate in this selection."
Billy's words were like a stone thrown into a calm lake, causing a huge stir. Such a situation had never occurred in previous selections.
Who could it be? Would they be chosen in advance by the two deans and Instructor Lila?
"Is this student from our Mulan Academy?" Othar woke up from his daze and asked puzzledly.
"Of course, whoever represents our academy
in the exchange conference of the four major magic academies must be a student of Mulan Academy. You should have heard of him; it's Moransiu," Billy said solemnly.
Boom!
The entire venue erupted.
At this moment, Moransiu, standing next to Instructor Lila, was calm. His identity had always been delicate. He was initially the focus of all students' attention, then it seemed like he plummeted from the highest point to the lowest because he couldn't learn magical techniques. Later, he attracted the attention of the students again by releasing a huge fireball during 'Blue Rose'. And because he didn't want to be disturbed, he told a lie, disappointing everyone once again.
With ups and downs, it seemed like Moransiu had left a deep impression on all the students. This, perhaps, even surpassed another genius student, Zoron.
Zoron was undoubtedly worthy of being called a genius. In six years, he had reached Level 6 magician, an achievement that was quite rare in the entire kingdom.