NCCnovel Chapter 108 Opening Ceremony
Chapter 108 Opening Ceremony
Isabella's luggage has been moved to No. 23 Riverside Villa, which makes Milushia so angry that she grits her teeth.
Isabella dared to bet that she didn't have as much money as she did.
When we arrived at Villa No. 23 along the river, the road on the side of the road was very wide and could accommodate three carriages side by side. The villa was surrounded by an iron fence and had a front yard and a back yard. The living area was square meters, and together with all the yards, it was square meters.
There is a fishing platform 20 meters along the coast in the backyard, half of which is cantilevered over the river. There are stairs on both sides of the fishing platform leading down to the river.
Isabella sat on the fluffy gray sofa and looked out through the floor-to-ceiling windows at Westland Street on the other side of the river.
The backyard is just an ordinary lawn without any flowers or trees planted. According to the management, it will affect the sunlight in the master bedroom, so it is recommended to keep it as it is, or at least plant potted plants outside the building.
Not long after Isabella moved in, an uncle from the management office arrived. He just stood outside the door and didn't come in.
he asked Isabella.
"There's a girl your age who wants to move in too..."
"Could it be Milushia?"
"No, she is Ivy Solis from Leonton City. If you agree, she can move in before sunset today."
After that, the uncle showed a check-in document, which included the name and management regulations, the rent, and how long the stay would be...
Isabella looked over the information and sighed in her heart: her family runs a weapons shop, and they are so rich. Other people who want to stay here need to pay three gold coins for accommodation, which is only two gold coins less than me, but three gold coins is not a small amount, and they can't even live in the same master bedroom as me.
Isabella had a good influence on Ivy Solis and agreed to let her stay.
evening.
Ivy Solis stood at the door in a black and white striped lolita.
Isabella, as the manager of the villa, did not do her job conscientiously. She did not go out to greet her, but stood at the window on the second floor and waved for her to come in directly.
"…Hello, Miss Isabella. Please take good care of me in the future."
"Don't be so polite," Isabella sat upright on the sofa, "This is just like your home, be casual, no need to be so respectful. I suggest you don't come to me at night, and you can't enter my room without my permission. As for the rest, you are free to do whatever you want."
"Eh? How did you come up with the idea of moving here?"
Isabella looked at Ivy Solis in confusion. Her white hair was beautiful, and the setting sun refracted on the lake, revealing her hazy and lovely face, which looked as if it was waxed, very delicate.
"I like a clean environment. If it's not clean enough, I'll get allergies after living there for a long time. So I'd rather spend a little more money than live in crowded places."
Ivy Solis held her little hands, staring at the empty glass coffee table, and spoke in a shy tone like a young lady.
But in Isabella's eyes, Ivy Solis was just a child of a merchant family. If her family had the same status as the lower-class nobles, living here would be considered truly pampered.
"Miss Isabella, how can you afford to live here? Your expenses are very expensive, right? And your family is a traveling merchant, and your father is a knight commander... Is this money really enough for you to afford to live here?"
Ivy Solis sighed and asked cautiously, fearing that she would offend Isabella.
"I want to avoid..." Isabella stopped talking halfway, "Well, the apartment is still not convenient enough. The space is small and there are too many people. I like a house as big as my own home, so that it can be as warm as home."
Ivy Solis didn't like going upstairs, so she chose a room on the first floor on the west side of the house.
At night, Isabella finally had time to go back to Wanjingkong Island.
Castle rooftop...
Isabella returned after a long absence. When she looked up, she found that Wanjingkong Island was actually in the sunset scenery. The sky was not as blue as before, but a golden halo on the edge of the sky.
In two months, Wanjing Sky Island will be in a long night of more than four consecutive months.
This time when they returned, the guild had added a lot of furniture and decorations, and the potions they had grown had been harvested and sold.
In the hall, Alvin reported on everyone's work situation on the Wanjing Sky Island over the past two months. It only took two months for everyone to prepare special magic tools to replace most of the primary and intermediate scrolls.
They have all broken through to the level of advanced magic sorcerers, and the guild's deposit has reached 500 gold coins.
There are no special tasks arranged recently. It is recommended that everyone continue with their daily work and life as usual, and promise them that you will go back and take a look when you are free.
The next day after moving in, Isabella slept until noon and was about to go out for lunch when two more staff members from the management office came to ask for Isabella's opinion. They said someone else was moving in and had already paid. It was more like informing Isabella than asking for her opinion. Isabella knew that the management office was acting on its own just to increase their income.
"Who wants to move here? Villa areas are never popular, right?"
Isabella also knew that those dukes and marquises were members of the royal family and they all lived close to the palace. How could they possibly live in the academy?
Ninety percent of those who can live in the villa area are children of businessmen.
"…It was Milucia Jialai. She paid five gold coins and packed her luggage early in the morning."
Isabella's face turned dark when she heard the news.
"How come she is so rich?" Isabella muttered, "Come if you want..."
In the afternoon, Milushia and Ivy Solis had afternoon tea in the backyard.
Isabella did not go up to say hello, but heard Milushia's complaints about her behind her back.
"...How did she have so much money to move to such a nice place? The scenery here is nice. If the three girls from Levonton can live together and take care of each other..."
As she spoke, Milushia took a strawberry and fed it to Ivy Solis. She didn't dare to refuse, so she opened her little mouth and ate the strawberry while holding Milushia's finger.
As night fell, the first-grade opening ceremony would begin in a week, and the administration office delivered the college's uniforms.
The school uniforms are different in color according to the element. Isabella's is a thunder element, so she has three sets of six purple uniforms, and a class armband. There are shirt skirts in spring and summer, thick long sleeves in autumn and winter, and black skirts with cotton material and a base, two sets.
There is also a battle suit, which is made of reinforced linen and has an entry-level full magic defense enchantment, similar to the style of a lightly armed warrior.
The last piece is a dress, a purple and blue plaid gown, a medium-short back-length asymmetrical skirt, and white stockings. This type of design is only worn by students, and overall it looks rather plain, without much stunning beauty.
Milucia's school uniform is red and yellow, while Ivy Solis's is blue and white. Her blue is very light and looks very cool, which is Isabella's favorite color.
"Isabella..."
Milushia teased: "Your purple school uniform looks very charming..."
Every time Isabella returned to her room, she would lock the door, in case Milucia wanted to do something bad to her. At normal times, she could interact with them. There was a bathroom on every floor, so she no longer had to worry about taking a shower with someone.
A few days before the opening ceremony, Isabella and her three companions visited several buildings of Brunei College to adapt themselves to the college's layout and environment in advance.
Across the academy's Central Axis Street is the Oberic Magic Military Academy. Her father, Heloda, graduated from that academy. Every time Isabella went to a restaurant on the Central Axis Street to eat, she would meet students from the Magic Military Academy who were on vacation.
It is a magic school equivalent to a university. If you graduate from Briffin with excellent grades, you can choose the top magic school in the human race, Azelia School of Magic.
The day before the opening ceremony, some teachers had already returned to the academy. In the afternoon, I went shopping with Milusha. Considering that the school uniforms were very plain, we each bought some small pendants, including crystal pendants that could be hung around the waist and golden patterned brooches that could be pinned on the collar.
Isabella also discovered that many of the senior schoolmates more or less relied on these decorations to enrich their image. In contrast, they appeared to have their own personalities and temperaments.
On the opening day of school.
All freshmen must wear gowns and attend the opening ceremony in an extra-large classroom in the teaching building according to class order.
Everyone will remember that their enrollment date was August 4132th, .
After the opening ceremony, everyone went to their respective classes and sat down to hold class meetings, where they all went on stage and introduced themselves.
Everyone started to recognize the people in their class. Currently, they only knew each other's name and family identity.
In Isabella's class, everyone recognized the Seventh Prince and was impressed by Isabella and Brian Bilkant, who were in the same group for the entrance test.
Most of the students in the class are children of merchants, from large merchant families within the territory of the Oberic Empire.
There are also some classmates whose parents are commoners, but they have high-level professional certifications as scroll masters, alchemists, magic swordsmen, or magic tool makers.
No one's parents are adventurers, as the position of adventurer cannot provide their children with the means to attend Briffin College, an aristocratic college that is supported by the royal family of Charlemagne.
There was another person who impressed everyone. He was a boy with a sunny appearance but a silent personality. He introduced himself as Julius Momot. His father was a dragon rider of the Eighth Dragon Rider Regiment and a dragon tamer magician. His mother was a senior alchemist in Ningsha South City.
For the Oberic Empire, dragon rider is a profession that deals with the sky. Everyone has heard about the incident between the 8th Dragon Rider Regiment and the Black River Demon Cave.
After the class meeting, many boys gathered around Julius, first asking about his well-being, and then curiously inquiring about the situation in the Heijiang Demon Cave.
Isabella's identity also aroused the curiosity of many female classmates. They gathered around Isabella in groups of three or five, asking what it felt like to have a father who was a knight commander. Some were also curious about Isabella's strength and how she killed the primary monster, the demonized griffin, in Leonton with thousands of people witnessing it.
There are also some questions about Isabella's accommodation...
While answering their questions, Isabella noticed that no one was paying attention to the Seventh Prince, who was sitting by the window in the first row.
After all, he is a member of the royal family. Unless he takes the initiative to look for others, it is impossible for his classmates to talk to him, and no one dares to approach him casually.
Isabella just saw his loneliness and did not dare to talk to him. In Briffin College, if she could save trouble, she would never make trouble. She was determined to be the top student. As for her mother's suggestion that she should establish a good relationship with the Seventh Prince, anyone with a discerning eye knew that doing so would make Isabella look like a snobbish country aristocrat.
Soon, three good-looking girls from Chamber of Commerce families came to talk to the Seventh Prince. They were very polite and their postures were elegant and standard.
But she didn't say much, as if she was casually sent away by the Seventh Prince. There were too many girls around Isabella and there were a lot of noisy voices. Even with the bat's hearing activated, she couldn't hear clearly what the Seventh Prince communicated with several female classmates.
About course schedule.
There are no classes on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays in the first grade. The morning classes are theoretical classes, the afternoons are various practical classes and sports classes (including swordsmanship, flying cloaks, magic release, etc.), and there are no mandatory classes in the evening.
Every Thursday evening, there is a public class in the library. You can go or not, because the class is taught by teachers who are not officially appointed, and there is no unified timetable for different types of courses.
After Isabella learned about it, she felt more at ease. The curriculum of this academy is rich and relatively easy, instead of just theoretical classes. Briffin Academy places great emphasis on the application of magic, and theory and practice are deeply linked. What you learn in the morning can be put into practice in the afternoon.
After the opening ceremony, classes have not yet officially started. They have to end after the new semester dance on September 1st before they can start.
During this period, many seniors have returned to school.
Isabella had been to the college's library, which was a large, six-story complex with a square shape, white stone pillars on the outside and a red glass dome.
Entering through the main entrance of the library, inside the first-floor hall is an empty lobby. Looking up, you can see a two-story duplex structure with a height of ten meters.
The eggshell-colored polished tiles on the floor are actually a world map.
Isabella went up to the second floor and looked down, carefully looking at the ground on the first floor, which was engraved with the current world map.
"What are you looking at? The handsome senior?"
Figgins, who was in the same class, patted Isabella on the back and a playful smile appeared on Isabella's left.
"I'm looking at a world map. I've never seen a map this big and detailed before. I can even see my hometown on the map. Oh! Our world has a lot of land, accounting for nearly 70% of it."
Fei Jinsi was a child from an ordinary chamber of commerce family. She didn't care about maps at all. She couldn't even understand the random pictures on the ground. What were the landforms such as oceans and land, mountains and rivers, and national borders? For a child in his early teens, he had no interest in reading them even if there were annotations.
"...The cafeteria is open. There are a lot of delicious food there, as well as ingredients to replenish your magic power. Are you interested in going to take a look together?" Fei Jinsi greeted warmly, her watery eyes trying to show goodwill to Isabella.
"Oh? Okay, let's go check it out."
Isabella's soul seemed to be pulled out of the map's thoughts.
Touching my rumbling stomach, I followed Figgins to the cafeteria.