NOVPUB"The queen? What are you talking about, Lanci!"
Sofia was so startled that her tears ceased, and she said with flushed cheeks.
She did indeed like Aynor, but she didn’t need Lanci’s help to that extent!
But…
His words kept echoing in her heart, causing her heartbeat to involuntarily speed up.
If she trusted Lanci...could she really become the queen?
"Sofia, the height of a fountain won’t exceed its source. If you didn’t have this desire in the first place, it would almost be impossible to achieve it. Relying on the favour of fate is way too difficult," Lanci continued to explain patiently.
Sofia stared, seeming slightly lost.
"Is that so…"
She seemed confused, immersed in a thick fog. The dilemmas seemed to prompt her to reconsider her problems.
"Don’t you think Carlen’s appearance validates my words? This world might be filled with dreams and beauty, but it’s also dangerous and complicated. Good people won’t venture into bad places, but bad people will come to good places. Your relationship with Aynor can’t be smooth sailing as you imagined when you were little, not everyone like me will help lovers get together."
Lanci leaned on the sofa, talking like a philosopher.
"Lanci...!"
Hyperion lowered her voice whilst repeatedly poking Lanci.
She felt that neither Lanci nor Sofia seemed to realise—
From her point of view, Lanci seemed like a gentle but wicked god tempting Sofia into a fall!
Stop it, this isn’t sweet romance!
But.
Across from them.
After a while.
Sofia finally seemed to understand something.
"So that’s how it is..."
Sofia murmured to herself in awe.
Lanci’s words shattered her self-deception.
So love naturally progressing only exists in children’s stories, and reality is not nearly as beautiful, so her prince... should be controlled by her!
Gradually, Sofia’s eyes brightened, her moment of enlightenment held a hint of chaos, a kind of fanatical trust and desire.
"Teacher Lanci, please teach me how to capture Aynor! I want to seize his obtuse heart and make him do everything for me!"
At last, Sofia voiced her desire.
Hyperion was dumbfounded.
Great.
Another normal person had been led astray by Lanci.
"Very well, I will help you, but first let’s deal with the urgent issues that have arisen during these days. Then we can slowly address the important ones before they become urgent," Lanci nodded in response.
As the principal, he always advocates for young people to actively date. He encourages young men and women who are in love to have healthy free love. Taking the prince and queen as examples has a great positive impact on raising the birth rate in Hutton Kingdom, maintaining the stability and excellence of Hutton Kingdom’s population structure.
He has never refused to play matchmaker.
After some time Prince Aynor must be quite shocked seeing the transformed Sofia.
Vice President Asina served them matcha cakes and drinks on a tray.
Although unsure why today’s flavor was matcha, it just felt right.
So Sofia began recounting the events of the past few days.
The breaking point was when Carlen invited Prince Aynor to observe the [Original Slabstone Tablet-Wind].
"She, she seemed to be mocking me, pitying me at the time."
Sofia, who was getting angrier as she spoke, couldn’t help but wipe her tears and choke up as she reached this point.
Clearly she had been badly bullied by Carlen.
"I think I understand."
After listening, Lanci nodded.
"Like this, I will help you deal with Carlen for now. Whenever you are free from student council work, you can arrange to visit me and Hyperion, I’ll provide you with guidance, and the rest is up to you."
The most crucial point at the moment is Carlen inviting Prince Aynor to view the [Original Tablet of Wind] with her at the weekend.
Dean Loren had already discussed this issue with Lanci.
Originally, Loren had promised to let Lanci see it first.
But because Loren had been extremely busy recently, and Carlen had limited time at Ichrite, Loren made a deal with Lanci to let Carlen go first. If Lanci was willing, he could view it with Carlen as she had no objections, she was quite easygoing.
Lanci was also amenable and agreed to let Carlen see first.
The viewing of the [Original Slabs] is extremely unique, it isn’t the observation of the Magic Card in the literal sense, but when the owner conjures the physical slab which usually doesn’t appear in combat, it can consume a large amount of mana to open a temporary void gate, allowing the observer to enter a shadow world-like mysterious realm within the slab to observe the overwhelming barrier formulas.
Because after a period, that realm begins to reject creatures and no longer allows entry, so how much you could comprehend within the limited time depends entirely on your affinity and talent for that type of Magic and Magic Engineering.
Whenever a talented Magic Artisan observes the slab, scholars from the Magic Tower will come to understand the results, as studying the Original Slabs is a hot topic of the day.
However, Dean Loren has an excellent reputation among many allied kingdoms and is one of the topmost agreeable person on the South Continent. Therefore, the [Original Slabstone Tablet-Wind] has become the most observed slab, and unless there is a significant breakthrough, it generally does not attract much attention.
Conversely, if someone observes Bishop of Destruction Ivanos’s [Original Slabstone - Fire], no matter what they figure out, it will cause a significant sensation in the scholarly community and even the South Continent magic engineering community.
Because no one on the righteous path has observed the [Original Slabstone - Fire] in nearly a decade, so there is a significant lack of research on it within academia.
But now Lanci had a new idea, he was going to see Dean Loren.
He plans to lessen Dean Loren’s workload even further, so that Dean Loren doesn’t need to set aside time for him specifically to observe the [Original Slabstone Tablet-Wind].
After hearing Lanci’s words, Sofia was a little worried again.
"But, how are you going to deal with her..."
She looked at Lanci and Hyperion, questioning. 𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙥𝒖𝒃.𝒄𝒐𝒎
Lanci has always been dignified and courteous, even to the point of being a very courteous gentleman.
Meanwhile, Carlen was a crafty and unscrupulous social climber.
Although Lanci seemed to understand romance, Sofia was worried that Lanci himself might suffer a loss. After all, a gentleman has the hardest time dealing with social climbers.
"Don’t worry, with a sincere heart, just face any difficulties head-on."
Lanci answered naturally.
"A sincere heart?"
"Yes."
"..."
Listening to the conversation between Lanci and Sofia, Hyperion seemed to identify a very serious issue.
Does Lanci not realize that he himself is a social climber?!
Does he truly think that he is very sincere?
Furthermore, stepping back.
Why on earth would a situation where "a girl asks a social-climber boy to help her fight over a guy with another social-climber girl" occur?
Hyperion is now very concerned that after Lanci helps Sofia fulfill this wish, Sofia will give Lanci rave reviews in school.
She absolutely does not want Lanci to expand and strengthen his "love counseling" business.
His form of tying the red thread of fate is terrifyingly effective.
If everyone starts coming to the student council to ask Lanci for love advice, the atmosphere of the school is bound to mutate sooner or later!
This man is not a love god at all!
