Chapter 24: National Magic Academy Competition
Translator: Simple MTL Editor: Simple MTL

At the entrance of the Academy.
After Ed revealed Sophia’s identity, no one dared to say anything bad about her anymore.
So what if she killed the city guards?
If these city guards dared to offend the princess, it would be a crime of treason if the investigation continued. Everyone involved would be implicated.
At this moment, Ed was extremely afraid. His identity as a Viscount could no longer bring him any sense of security.
If Sophia really wanted to kill him, then no one would speak up for him.
After all, Sophia’s identity was special. Even if she committed a heinous crime, she might not receive any punishment. He also had to take into account the face of the Seligman Kingdom.
“Your Highness, it’s my fault for not recognizing Mount Tai. These city guards deserve to die. How dare they offend Your Highness?”
At this moment, Ed appeared very respectful and obediently returned Sophia’s token.
As for the death of his brother-in-law and the fate of his nephew, Ed did not dare to ask too much.
At this time, whether he could protect himself was a problem.
“Scram,” Sophia said coldly.
Actually, in Sophia’s eyes, Ed was not a good person.
But after all, Ed was the mayor of Rand Town. If she killed Ed, it was very likely that Rand town would fall into chaos.
At that time, it would cause some unnecessary trouble.
“Yes, yes, yes.”
Without any hesitation, Ed directly left this place.
Facing an archmage, Ed didn’t have the courage to continue staying here.
After Ed left, Sophia walked straight into the academy.
No one dared to stop her.
Halfway through, Sophia looked at Lin An and said, “Follow me.”
Lin An didn’t refuse. Under the envious gazes of many people, he followed Sophia and left.
…
In the office.
Lin An stood in front of Sophia obediently.
“You killed people on the street. How dare you?” Sophia said expressionlessly.
“Teacher Sophia, it was that Brutus who sent a rank-three magical beast to attack me and Susanna. If we didn’t do anything, Susanna’s life would have been in danger.”
Lin An told Sophia everything that happened last night in detail.
Sophia was also very surprised when she heard it.
A rank-three magical beast was equivalent to the strength of an advanced sorcerer apprentice.
And as a magical beast, the Fiery Horse was even more powerful. It was almost invincible among sorcerer apprentices.
However, Lin An was able to instantly kill the Fiery Horse with just one spell.
This kind of strength was unimaginable to Sophia.
However, Sophia didn’t show it. Instead, she said to Lin An, “Go back. If you encounter such a thing in the future, inform the academy immediately. If the other party is stronger than you, it is very likely that you will die.”
Sophia waved her hand and let Lin An leave.
After leaving the office, Lin An also heaved a sigh of relief.
He didn’t receive any punishment and the matter was resolved perfectly. This seemed to be the best outcome.
Although the York family still controlled Rand Town, they probably wouldn’t dare to provoke the Hodtrotz Magic Academy in the future.
“Lin An.”
On Lin An’s way back to the dormitory, he met Susanna.
Seeing Susanna, Lin An asked, “Susanna, did you hear about what happened at the academy today?”
As one of the parties involved, Susanna, Lin An felt it was a little strange that he didn’t see Susanna today.
Susanna covered it up and said, “Of course I heard about it. It’s just that I was cultivating at that time. I didn’t expect that teacher Sophia was actually the Seventh Princess and killed all those bad guys.”
“Yeah, if it wasn’t for teacher Sophia, the two of us would be in deep trouble.”
Indeed, if it wasn’t for Sophia, even if the city guards didn’t break into the Hodtrotz Magic Academy, it would still be very troublesome in the future.
After all, the magic sorcerers in the academy didn’t dare to kill the city guards.
Hearing Lin An’s words, Susanna pursed her lips and thought to herself, ‘Even if it wasn’t for Teacher Sophia, we wouldn’t be in danger.’
…
The following days were very peaceful.
Lin An had been studying in the academy and improving his own strength at the same time.
It wasn’t until the middle of the semester that Sophia suddenly announced something in class.
“In three months, the National Magic Academy’s competition will be held. At that time, our Hodtrotz Magic Academy will also participate.”
“The academy has a total of ten slots. They will be selected from the advanced, intermediate, and beginner classes.”
“There will be five slots for the advanced class, three slots for the intermediate class, and two slots for the beginner class. Those who are selected will have the opportunity to participate in this competition and fight for the honor of the academy.”
The advanced class was the class where the advanced sorcerer apprentices were.
Lin An’s class was the beginner class.
After all, they were all new students who had just entered the academy, so they were naturally assigned to the beginner class.
If their abilities had improved, they would be directly assigned to the intermediate class.
The news that Sophia announced made many students in the class excited.
“The National Magic Academy Assessment. This is something that all the academies in Scott Kingdom are participating in. I heard it’s very spectacular.”
“That’s right. When the time comes, we’ll be able to see the geniuses of other academies.”
“Have you guys heard? The Hodtrotz Magic Academy has been ranked last for four consecutive years. Our academy’s results are too bad.”
“There is indeed a bit of a gap. In the advanced class, there are some very mediocre sorcerer-apprentices. It’s said that the kingdom’s magic academy has quite a number of students with innate magic power of level-6 or level-7.”
“If there are no accidents, our academy will be at the bottom again this time.”
…
After Lin An heard the news, he didn’t care at all.
This competition had nothing to do with him. After all, Lin An didn’t want to participate in such a boring competition. It would be better for him to cultivate seriously and develop quickly.
However, after announcing the news, Lin An was called to Sophie’s office.
“Lin An, there is already a reserved spot for the beginner class. It’s you!” Sophia said.
“Me?” Lin An was stunned when he heard this news.
Lin An didn’t want to participate in this competition at all.
“That’s right. Didn’t the academy give you a scholarship of 500 gold coins every month? Moreover, you are able to burst out with the strength of a magic sorcerer. You are already stronger than an advanced magic sorcerer apprentice,” Sophia said.
Hearing Sophia’s words, Lin An finally understood why the academy was so good to him. It turned out that there was a purpose.
However, Lin An couldn’t refuse. After all, 500 gold coins wasn’t a small amount.
If the academy asked Lin An to return it, Lin An really couldn’t afford it.
“But… Teacher Sophia, my realm is still very low. Every time I cast a spell, I will overdraw the magic energy in my body and can’t continue to fight,” Lin An said.
Sophia had already thought of this long ago and said, “In the next two months, I will bring ten talented students from the beginner class into the Magical Beast Forest to train. When the time comes, you can properly raise your strength.”