Chapter 30: George College

  They walked to the front of a building outside the martial arts arena, where Fatt was waiting. Li Junshan followed Marquis Swett into the building and saw that it was an extremely large hall, similar to the martial arts arena, with a floor made entirely of neatly arranged white stone slabs.

  "Nicholas, bring out your summoning beast and let me take a look." Sweet sat in the middle chair of the hall, staring at Li Junshan.

  Li Junshan's mind stirred, and he released a strange creature. At the same time, he suddenly felt several invisible killing intents enveloping him.

  No need to think, Li Junshan already knew that it was the hidden guard of the Marquis's mansion.

  "It's just as Ross said." Swett's gaze was piercing, sizing up the strange creature with a nod. "Indeed, it's a very peculiar magical beast, Nicholas. How many of such beasts can you summon?"

  "Five." Li Junshan also didn't want to say everything, and replied without thinking: "Originally there were ten, before coming to the Imperial Capital I went to Luoyue Mountain Range for training, and lost five."

  "It's okay." Sweet comforted, "What's most important for you now is to cultivate summoning techniques and expand your spiritual space and spiritual power. Later, try to summon as many magical beasts as possible. Don't worry about the summoned beasts getting hurt."

  "It's too far to Froh, and I'm an old man with one foot in the grave. Many things I know about, but can't control. Don't worry, from today on, your parents won't receive any unfair treatment within the family." Sweet sighed slowly as he spoke.

  "You just focus on practicing your summoning skills from now on, don't worry about anything else. At your current age, you can already summon six magical beasts. If you can calm down and make a breakthrough in your practice, your future prospects will be boundless. The future of the family depends on young people like you. I'll have someone arrange it later. Nicolas, do you want to live at George College or stay here with me?" Swett nodded for Li Junshan to retract his transformed arm, revealing a warm and friendly smile.

  "I can just live in the academy." Although he knew that Li Junshan was trying to win him over, he still felt comfortable and replied: "It's also more convenient for cultivation this way, saving time from running back and forth."

  Sweat nodded and said, "Then you go rest first, after I've handled the formalities, I'll have Bernie take you to George College for enrollment."

  Li Junshan stood up and bid farewell, going out. A satisfied smile appeared on Swett's face, he shouted, and Bernie immediately walked in from outside the building, following closely behind him.

  "Is that Crawley the same one Ross was talking about?"

  "Yes, sir." Berni stood with his hands hanging down and said: "He is a very decent viscount. His wife, however, has more schemes than he does."

  "Write a letter to Ross, hmm, from now on Crowl's fields and manor will be taken care of by himself, no one else in the family should interfere."

  "Alright."

  "And another thing, York can be let off with just a bit more punishment. I mean, his son is already an intermediate magician and will be the pillar of the family's future. Since Nicholas has already injured York, this matter can be considered settled. Hmm, let York pay Craw 100,000 gold coins in compensation instead, I heard his business is doing quite well."

  Bernie nodded respectfully, and Sweet thought for a moment before speaking up again: "You go take care of Nicolas' school registration first, after that's done, head to Finny City. We received news last night that an unremarkable family branch over there has produced a 16-year-old high-level magician."

  Bernie responded with a smile: "Congratulations, sir. It won't be long before these young men become the strongest pillars of our family."

  "Don't think it's that simple." Swett pressed his temples and sighed, "The Lans Empire has been around for so many years, with countless families vying for power. Especially the five major families residing in Lyon District, which one is weaker than us? Alas, those old guys are all secretly cultivating their skills, while I'm a useless person with no talent in aura or magic. I can only select some elite from the next generation of our family to support me, so that we can have more weight in the struggle between the Hariman family and other families."

  Bernie stood quietly, his pale face full of reverence and caution, until Sweet waved his hand, then bowed and walked slowly out of the hall with a stern pace.

  …………

  George College is located in the central city of Auston City, and this Imperial Academy, which was built together with Auston City, has a history of more than 400 years. For hundreds of years, it has been sitting firmly on the throne of the first college in the Lances Empire.

  Li Junshan and Fate, this super-aged magician student, were stunned by the statues of about 20 meters in the magnificent magic fountain at the entrance when they stepped into the hundreds of meters wide front gate of George College.

  That was an old man, apparently from the delicate carving of Master Shi's stone sculpture. Perhaps due to frequent repairs, the old man's facial expression was vivid and lifelike, with knife-carved and axe-hewn wrinkles covering his cheeks, and his lively eyes showed a hint of fatigue and yearning.

  "That's Mr. Soros, the first principal of George College." Bernie sighed on the side: "In order to build George College as soon as possible, Mr. Soros worked hard and finally died on the eve of the first enrollment ceremony. At that time, King Andrew ordered the most famous stone carving master to complete this statue to comfort the great and selfless principal."

  As they spoke, Bernie led them into the academy, just like the school Li Junshan had attended in his past life. The students strolled around the campus in twos and threes, but unlike before, their hands now held not only textbooks, but also magic wands and long swords.

  The entire George College is divided into four major districts. The southern district is the Magic Academy, also the most famous district of George College. Most of the famous magicians in the Lance Empire come from the southern district. The northern district is the Warrior Academy, with a larger number of people than the Magic Academy, but overall, its combat power is not as strong as that of the southern district. This is also the reason why the profession of magician is highly respected and sought after on the continent. Bernie walked along the stone path, chatting enthusiastically as he went.

  "The East District is more complicated, with courses such as pharmacy, alchemy, and summoning, and it's also a district where the number of students seeking knowledge is not many, usually relatively quiet. The West District is the dormitory area, where teachers and resident students in the college live in the West Wing, of course, living conditions vary depending on their identity. By the way, I've arranged for you to stay in room 309 on the fifth floor, everything is ready, just go and move in when the time comes."

  Li Junshan and Fate listened while looking around, the buildings of the college were mostly very old, but well-maintained, with epic patterns carved on the walls, revealing a sense of history.

  "Master Nicholas, that's the entrance to the East District over there. Do you need me to take you to the registration area?" Bernie said, pointing to a large archway at the end of the road.

  "Thank you, Mr. Berni. Don't bother, I'll go myself." Li Junshan took the light yellow admission list from his hand and said with a smile to Berni: "This companion of mine still needs to trouble you, take him to the Magic Department for registration."

  It was Li Junshan's own idea to let Fatt also come to George College to study magic, and the tuition fees could not be borne by the family. As he spoke, Li Junshan took out half a bag of gold coins from his spatial ring.

  Bernie smiled and shook his head, but didn't say anything, then led Fate towards the southern district.

  Li Junshan also wanted to try it out, seeing that he didn't quite meet the requirements, he put away his money bag and walked into the East District gate, blocking a young man who was walking while muttering something to himself. He asked: "Excuse me, where is the Summoner's entrance?"

  "Summoner?" The youth with a few freckles on the bridge of his nose looked up at Li Junshan in surprise, pointing to the west corner of the East District courtyard and saying: "He's just over there."

  Li Junshan politely expressed his gratitude and walked towards the west corner, where he saw a huge stone house with a dusty table at the entrance. One of the legs was broken halfway down, propped up with stones underneath, and on top of it was a paper sign that read "Summoner Registration Office" in crooked and twisted characters. The sign was tattered and worn out, and Li Junshan had to lean in close to make out the words.

  Li Junshan looked around for half a day and didn't see anyone appear, so he couldn't help but run to the stone house to knock on the door.

  "Bang bang", nobody paid attention.

  "Bang, bang, bang", but still no one paid attention.

  Li Junshan was somewhat puzzled and couldn't help but push the door open with a creak, he stuck his head in to take a look and was stunned.

  The stone room is very large, with a height of about 100 meters. Except for a few tables and chairs placed in the middle of the east end, the huge stone room is empty and there is nothing else.

  A dozen or so people were sparsely seated on the tables and chairs, chatting about something. When they heard the sound of the door opening, they all looked over at once. They were not all the same age, there were young boys who still had a childish air about them, several young men, and even one middle-aged man with a wispy mustache.

  "Excuse me, is this the registration place for summoners?" Li Junshan shouted loudly, and his voice echoed throughout the room.

  "Can I help you?" The man with a mustache came over very politely.

  "Uh, I'm here to sign up." Li Junshan handed him the admission list.

  "Wow, finally there's new life."

  "It's really hard to come by."

  Others swarmed over, surrounding Li Junshan in the middle, and started shouting loudly.

  "Are you a teacher?" Li Junshan slightly bowed his head.

  His whiskers turned red as he said: "I... am also a student, it's just that... the time I've spent studying is somewhat... rather long."

  "Huh." Li Junshan was suddenly speechless, perfunctorily answering the other students' strange questions, his eyes darting around, but he didn't notice anything like a summoning instructor existed.

  "Don't look anymore." The mustache saw Li Junshan's thoughts and said, "Every morning after class, Mr. Lendoff would leave and rarely come back."

  Li Junshan was stunned at the time, looked around and asked: "Where are the summoner students? Are there only a few of them?"

  "There are two more, but they don't come often." The man with the sideburns extended his hand and said warmly: "I'm Jeffrey, what about you?"

  "Nicholas." Li Junshan shook hands with him and separately introduced himself to several other enthusiastic students.

  "Is this really the Summoner Class of George College? The largest Summoner class in Auston City?" Li Junshan wondered if he had come to the wrong place.

  Several other students nodded in agreement. A young man named Vernia spoke up, "It's not bad at all. Most of the other academies have cancelled their Summoner courses, there's nowhere to learn even if you want to."

  Li Junshan only felt a little dizzy and turned around, they all said that the summoner had fallen, but this was also an exaggeration!