Chapter 63
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Chapter 63: Preparation
In the courtyard, the two individuals shouting angrily were the same two young Dragon Knights who had caused trouble for Winnie a few days ago.
These young men were too impulsive, not understanding the concept of knowing when to stop.
Born into nobility and having led a smooth life without encountering significant hardships, they had developed a delusion that the world revolved around them.
It can only be said that youth is indeed too naive.
“We put in so much effort, worked our hardest to get into the Dragon Knights, and because of that damn rat, all our efforts were wasted, and our bright future is gone. Can you swallow this anger?” the hot-tempered noble youth slammed the table.
“What do you want to do? We’ve already been expelled, and now we can’t even explain it to our parents.”
“Everything is because of that damn rat!” The youth gritted his teeth, placing all the blame on Winnie.
As for Charon, who instigated them, and Mirexia, who expelled them?
One was the son of the Knight Commander, and the other was the princess of the kingdom.
They naturally didn’t dare to blame them; they wouldn’t have the courage even if given ten more.
Thus, they could only blame Winnie for everything.
It’s all that damn rat’s fault!
He was going to die anyway, why couldn’t he just let us step on him?
How dare he resist? Does he even deserve to resist??
The hot-tempered youth grew angrier as he thought about it.
Although they were born into nobility and could inherit their family’s estate even if they couldn’t become Dragon Knights, they just couldn’t swallow this anger.
It was a joke; they had always had smooth sailing since childhood, surrounded by flattering servants.
They never thought they had done anything wrong, believing there was nothing in the world they couldn’t achieve.
And now, their future was ruined by a rat they always looked down upon, and they were even laughed at by their family.
How could they tolerate this?
After a moment, the youth calmed his anger, a malicious smile spreading across his face. “Heh, I’ve thought of a way to deal with that damn rat.”
“Oh? How?”
“In a few days, it will be the entrance examination for the Carillian Academy, right?”
“That damn rat is said to have also obtained the qualification for the entrance examination.”
“Entrance qualification? Him?” The other youth expressed disbelief.
“His qualification wasn’t earned by himself; it was given to him by the king as a handout,” the youth said disdainfully.
“Wait, are you thinking of teaching Winnie a lesson during the entrance examination? But we’re already enrolled, aren’t we?”
“We can’t take action ourselves, but that doesn’t mean other freshmen can’t,” the youth smiled.
“Whether it’s nobles or talented commoners, there are plenty of people who dislike that damn rat. We just need to guide them a bit, offer some benefits, and it will be easy to have them ‘take care’ of that bastard in the Dungeon.”
“But such actions are explicitly prohibited, aren’t they?”
“Prohibited? If you don’t say anything and I don’t say anything, who will know? Besides, everyone dislikes that guy. Even if he gets ganged up on, no one will find it strange afterward, given how many people want to beat him up,” the youth said nonchalantly.
“Isn’t this a bit redundant? You don’t really think he can pass the entrance examination, do you?”
“No, no, him failing the examination is one thing, and me wanting to have him beaten up is another. They don’t conflict.”
“So? If you don’t object, then it’s settled!”
“Although we can’t cause deaths during the entrance examination, I want that bastard to not only fail to enter the academy but also get beaten up, preferably ending up permanently disabled!” The youth revealed a cruel smile.
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In a few days, it would be the opening ceremony of the Carillian Academy, and also the time for the freshman screening examination.
Knowing part of the plot, Winnie was aware that he just needed to wait for the king to send him the qualification for the entrance examination.
After all, as a descendant of the goddess, the king would definitely not ignore him.
Although the credibility of being a descendant of the goddess was not high and was widely doubted, Winnie couldn’t explain it to them.
How could he explain?
Transform into Vanessa in front of them and stand next to the goddess statue, questioning the clergy, ‘Do I look like the goddess?’
That would probably result in the church’s knights appearing at his doorstep the next day.
So, such things couldn’t be explained, and he couldn’t get carried away.
Let them say whatever they wanted.
For this reason, Winnie had been intensively training his physical fitness these past two days.
What he could improve now was his physical fitness in his normal state, to endure wearing his [Armor Fortress] for longer periods.
Besides, he also visited the Soul Armament shops in the capital to find any skills he could use.
At this point, [Armor Fortress] completely demonstrated why it was a one-star Soul Armament.
Winnie searched for several days, almost visiting every Soul Armament shop in the capital, but didn’t find a single magical skill he could use.
All the armor-related skills were purely physical, some even useless, not entirely unusable in combat, but nearly so.
It was a wonder how armor Soul Armaments, which had seen no progress over the years, still survived today.
They were universally recognized as garbage Soul Armaments, only consumed by those with almost no magical talent.
Generally, the types of skills a person could learn were related to three factors: magical talent, chosen Soul Armament, and elemental affinity.
Magical talent determined the upper limit of the Soul Armaments a person could consume, elemental affinity determined the power of a person’s elemental magic and whether they could learn higher-level elemental magic, and the chosen Soul Armament determined the breadth of skills a person could use.
For instance, the [Magic Swordsman] Soul Armament, while incapable of casting area-of-effect spells like [Fireball] as a mage’s Soul Armament could, enabled the wielder to imbue their sword with elemental power for attacks, making it a form of magical offense as well.
Compared to the [Magic Swordsman], which required three stars of magical talent, [Armor Fortress] was the bottom of the barrel, with almost no learnable magical techniques.
Although Winnie’s bond with [Armor Fortress] was 100%, before it matured, he was still very vulnerable to magical attacks.
After all, activating and deactivating [Armor Fortress] had significant delays; instant cancellation was impossible.
Although everyone’s levels were still low at this stage, rushing into battle against an enemy using magical attacks while wearing heavy armor was practically suicidal.
Last time, he survived because he was wearing an enchanted pendant, and the attack happened to hit the pendant.
Next time?
Would the attack still be fire elemental?
Could it still be negated by the pendant?
The probability was too low, and the few points of fire resistance were truly insignificant.
He couldn’t just shout “Vanessa, save me!” in front of everyone, could he?
After much deliberation, Winnie, realizing he couldn’t be without magic skills in his normal state, resolutely walked into the last Soul Armament shop in the capital.
[Note: These past few days, because I’ve been preparing for the book to go on sale, and it also happened to be during the Spring Festival, things have been a bit hectic, so there’s only been one update per day for the past three days. I hope you’ll understand.
It hasn’t been easy writing this book up to this point. Longtime readers who’ve followed me since Blood Princess have probably noticed that my condition has been gradually declining. Due to health reasons, I haven’t been performing at my best.
I’m truly grateful to all the longtime readers who’ve stuck with me up to this book.
Although the performance of this book has been rather dismal, I’ll still do my best to craft every story well. In a way, this book also marks my return to a genre I’m familiar with.
All in all, thank you to everyone who’s continued to read and support me. All the paid chapters will be released tonight at midnight—I’m begging for your support on the floor ﾍ(;´Д｀ﾍ) ]
