"Cheating?"
Lawrend repeated Instructor Kail's words with a frown.
"Yes! You must have used a Magic Artifact! You are disqualified till proven innocent!"
Instructor Kail nodded his head and shouted towards Lawrend.
"Corruption? Really? Even in this world?"
Lawrend shook his head in disappointment. It seems like corruption is the sickness of humanity. Even in this fantasy world, it existed.
"You! How dare you bend the truth!"
Aezel couldn't help but shout at Instructor Kail angrily.
"What do you mean? Everyone here agrees with me, right?"
At the end of his words, Instructor Kail gave each of the mages a threatening glare.
"Y-Yes."
"I agree…"
The mages couldn't help but look away in shame. They didn't dare risk their chance to enroll in the Undrasil Mage Academy for some nobody they didn't know.
"Hehehe! That's right. You're cheating!"
Vernon laughed loudly before pointing towards Lawrend.
'Is this the academy that they attend? I can't help but worry about them.'
Lawrend thought to himself as worry grew inside his heart. If this was what it was like at the lower levels of the academy, what more inside? Could Aleshia and the rest have suffered some sort of abuse?
"Enough!"
Suddenly, a loud deep voice shouted towards them.
"D-Dean Master!"
Instructor Kail's face warped in horror seeing the old man walking towards them. He had a staunch face. His hair had already grayed from old age. Additionally, he wore a black cloak with a violet embroidery of a bird while in his hand was a long green staff.
"Oh, Instructor Kail."
The Dean Master greeted Instructor Kail with a nod of his head. He is the highest authority within the Undrasil Mage Academy.
"S-Sir, what brings you here?"
Instructor Kail asked in a nervous stutter.
"I heard that someone defeated Vernon Rubrignis, the son of the next in line patriarch."
The Dean Master replied to Instructor Kail calmly.
"But sir, his opponent used underhanded means…"
Instructor Kail insisted nervously.
"Huh!? Do you really think that someone called me here!?? I was watching the whole time you idiot!"
The Dean Master raised his staff and smacked Instructor Kail on his leg.
"Ah! Dean Master!"
Instructor Kail raised his leg and massaged the spot the Dean Master hit with his staff.
"You disgrace the academy! You are lucky the academy is not open today, or you would have disgraced yourself to all of our students!"
The Dean Master rebuked Instructor Kail angrily, who bowed his head in fear.
Lawrend and Aezel looked at the scene speechless. They didn't expect that someone would come and resolve the issue within seconds.
After several more rebukes, the Dean Master stopped and let go of Instructor Kail.
"Ehem. Vernon Rubrignis, you're forbidden from joining any of the Enrollment Tests within 2 years from now. That's an order from me! Tell that old man of yours that the Undrasil Mage Academy is not his!"
The Dean Master gave his verdict.
"N-No way! Dean Master, I beg you! My competitor Algus is trying to woo the Dark Angel of the Academy! Please, I beg you! I can't lose to him."
Vernon Rubrignis dropped to the ground and kowtowed to the Dean Master pleadingly.
"Algus, huh… Certainly, he's a much better match for the Dark Angel than you."
The Dean Master pondered in thought. He looked at the pitiful-looking Vernon Rubrignis in front of him with contempt.
"Dean Master!"
Vernon pleaded once again. This time he embraced the Dean Master's legs.
"Vernon Rubrignis! Do you want me to kick you back to your mansion?"
The Dean Master shouted at Vernon angrily.
"I- I'm sorry…"
Vernon bowed his head. Though, he didn't forget to stare daggers at Lawrend from the corner of his eyes.
[I, will, make, you, pay.]
Lawrend read Vernon's lips say such.
Lawrend furrowed his eyebrows in annoyance. It seems like trouble will come his way.
"Number 33, you won!"
The Dean Master turned to Lawrend and shouted solemnly. In response, Lawrend nodded his head respectfully.
"Mm. Good work."
The Dean Master complimented. And so, the Enrollment Test continued with the Dean Master watching over everything. Instructor Kail didn't dare to slack or act favorably to someone for fear of punishment.
After another half an hour, it was Lawrend's turn again.
"Number 33 and Number 35!"
Lawrend and Number 35 didn't say much. They both stood opposite of each other. Number 35 wore a blue cloak, and he also had an Elite Mage pin similar to Lawrend.
"Ready? Fight!"
Instructor Kail shouted.
Lawrend immediately moved away from the man. This man used an earth spell earlier, so it was safe to assume that he was an Earth Mage. Standing near him would only be a disadvantage.
To his surprise, Number 35 also moved away from him.
"You thought the same move as me?"
Lawrend asked with a smile hanging on his face.
"After all, you're a lightning mage."
The man replied with a smirk.
"How are we gonna fight if no one attacks?"
Lawrend asked him with the same smile.
"You can forfeit. Haha."
The man replied with a laugh.
"Is that a joke?"
Lawrend smiled wider hearing his words.
"Why don't we use our True Mage spells?"
The man proposed to Lawrend. He fidgeted with the ring on his left hand while looking at Lawrend in a relaxed manner.
"True Mage Spells?"
Lawrend smiled awkwardly. He never had the chance to learn one. He was so focused on improving his control over his lightning magic that he forgot to learn a True Mage Spell.
"Yes. Why don't we end this in a single bout?"
The man grinned at Lawrend.
"Sure. Give me 5 mins."
Lawrend said to the man before he sat down on the ground cross-legged.
"Huh?"
The man straightened his body in confusion. He looked towards Instructor Kail and the Dean Master awkwardly.
"Allow him."
The Dean Master nodded his head.
"Alright."
The man then copied Lawrend and also sat down on the ground cross-legged.
Meanwhile, Lawrend looked inside his body. He observed the lightning mana flowing inside him.
'I need to create a True Mage spell…'
Lawrend thought to himself.
