In the autumn of 1444 of the Second Age, Beyelan and the Orc Clan Alliance invested more than 120,000 troops in a battle to compete for the Neck Valley leading in and out of Odessa. Beyelan's army set out from Teutoburg in the south of the Neck and was severely damaged after a fierce battle.
The orc army is approaching the Rum Fortress further.
Just as the fortress offensive was about to begin, Duke Hermann Meyer, who was located on the right wing of Beyeland's front, suddenly rebelled and allowed a front army commanded by Governor Manggulus to pass through the territory and raid the flanks and rear of Beyeland's army. The situation of the battle took a turn for the worse.
, the Beyelan army, which was attacked from both front and back, quickly collapsed towards the south.
Duke Meyer's rebellion was a terrible military disaster for Bayerland, as well as a major political disaster. The Duke's motivation for making this choice is still unknown, but what is certain is that the Duke's agreement with the clan alliance was not
The temporary achievement was achieved. Governor Manggrus even brought a terrifying but slow ancient behemoth "Behemoth", causing huge casualties to Beyelan.
The warlord and his army took advantage of the victory and pursued the victory, continuously defeated Beyeland's army through unprecedented mobile warfare, and occupied the ferry under Berimion Mountain that threatened the rear of Beyeland's army, preparing to launch a decisive blow.
When Beyelan's army was defeated, a defeated army launched a counterattack, seriously injuring Beamon and retreating in an orderly manner, collecting many defeated troops along the way. The unexpected reorganization of this army threatened the right wing of the clan alliance, and subsequently
They raided the ferry at the foot of Berimion Mountain. The troops of Governor Manggulus launched a counterattack but failed in the initial battle, and the antlers in front of the camp were also destroyed. At the critical moment, the governor personally went to the front line to organize a counterattack and tried to restore the position. In advance, he hid in Belimion.
The Beyelan cavalry on Mount Ong suddenly attacked from the side and rear. The governor and his army were completely crushed, and he himself died on the spot.
The clan alliance's victorious march came to an end. However, when the war situation was slightly stable, hundreds of thousands of Holy Light believers in Odessa suddenly gave up their faith and held a grand ceremony in the city square to pray for someone.
An unspeakable ancient god has arrived.
Under the quick intervention of the Church of the Gods and Beyelan, the advent ceremony of the ancient gods was terminated. Beyelan's main army subsequently arrived, and tens of thousands of believers were killed in the melee.
The meteorite fell north of Odessa.
The battle line has returned to its starting position. Odessa, the most beautiful city in the northern part of the human kingdom, was severely damaged during the war, and a large number of famous people evacuated from there.
Beyeland reached a new agreement with Odessa.
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"You must always be loyal to this Lord who is so great, so terrible, yet so merciful."
There was a saint wearing a pure white robe decorated with gold threads. She was surrounded by many beautiful girls and walked through the charmingly scented candles and gorgeous murals to the terrace.
She raised her white arms, as if inspired by the gods, and asked the sea of people: "Do you promise me?"
A girl opened her eyes between the quilts. The dreamlike and beautiful scene was still in front of her. She rubbed her eyes and found that tears were streaming down her face.
On December 16, 1444, in the Second Age, a year of chaos and sadness was about to pass. Winter drizzle was falling in the small town of Medini, two days away from Odessa. This is the seat of the Northern Higher Academy of Magic.
On the north shore of the Sea of Tranquility, there are several short breakwaters outside the beach. The town is peaceful, and the pleasant time and the sound of rustling on the shore have not changed for hundreds of years.
A group of youthful girls, wearing slim-fitting long skirts and academic robes decorated with mithril threads, held small umbrellas and walked through the white stone path along the street. The boys, dressed in straight uniforms, followed behind with handbags filled with textbooks on their heads.
They had just spent the weekend in the town. They were walking briskly, and the mischievous rain avoided the umbrellas and fell on their arms and hair, and also wet the toes of their shoes. Nearby civilians and soldiers saw their sleeves embroidered with
With their coats of arms, they lowered their heads and got out of the way.
The college is on a gentle slope by the sea. There are several Beyeland warships wandering on the sea in the distance, with white sails spread out, floating like clouds on the dark blue sea. The rain is gradually getting lighter, and many beautiful carriages are heading to the port.
Every once in a while, several light sailing ships disappeared on the sea accompanied by warships.
"These scenes are much more interesting than the calculation of magic spells. Will the young officers on the warship come to the Frost Festival dance~" Neferti turned the umbrella in her hand, put her racing thoughts back, and walked to the classroom of the academy.
"No, no, I have passed my sixteenth birthday and I am a trainee witch who can control myself!"
As she walked, she mentally simulated the experiment in the spell course - using sapphire as the substrate, coating it with mithril or aluminum, and then repeatedly starting the light spell etching calculation model. In this way, the entangled state and
Superposition of the psychic model.
It is said that something bad happened. A wise wizard encountered a cruel villain, and it was difficult to cast his powerful spells at a critical moment. Calculation models pre-etched on gemstones and other media can skip the step of chanting configurations.
, to effectively avoid psychic disturbance, related research has received unprecedented attention.
But, it’s so difficult! How many gems will be wasted! I think it’s better to make it into a necklace. When Neferty passed by the college hall with some worry, she found many people standing in front of the bulletin board, and many she didn’t know.
strangers walking around.
In recent months, bad news has come one after another. The bulletin board, which was originally just a place to publish college announcements, has become a base camp for bad news: defeat, conscription, disaster, how unreasonable the Bijland treaty is, and so on.
La~
"What happened again?" Nefertila looked at her brother's clothes on the bulletin board, "Let's go to class first."
His elder brother Naila looks almost exactly like his twin sister, and he is also a freshman who just entered school in the fall. He is tall and thin, and his delicate facial features do not have the childishness that should be expected at this age. His neat silver hair makes him look taller than he actually is.
She is more mature and elegant. He glanced at his sister silently, unhurriedly, and the calm expression in his eyes seemed to say - My sister, don't be anxious, we will always have time today.
Neferti ignored this and took her brother's arm, dragging him towards the classroom.
There are only a few minutes until the school bell. On a normal day, the classroom would be noisy. The sounds of activating spells, adding casting materials, and reciting topics will not stop until the professor appears.
But the classroom was quiet today, just like the restaurant on weekend mornings. Neferti came to the door and saw her classmates sitting sparsely in her seat. Tiara's seat next to her was unexpectedly empty.
, she is a good student who will not be absent even when she is sick.
Why is she sick? Her body yesterday, eh, how was she yesterday? I don’t remember, why didn’t I go to visit the doctor? Maybe she didn’t want me to see her body when she was sick, that’s fine
understand……
Neferti felt as if she had just woken up from a dazed dream, confused and in a trance, and could not remember what she had done yesterday.
Ah, here, did I sneak out to go shopping yesterday, or read a novel late into the night? Could it be that I secretly drank sweet wine and drank it until I became unconscious? The only thing that is certain is that I definitely did not review my homework properly.
Her heart tightened on the spot. The topics that may be randomly checked in today's class are all done by her good friend Tiara. Without her, Neferty wouldn't even know where the report was written or what the framework was! Today's class
What should I do if the professor asks me about my progress——!
Tiara, where have you been? Neferti lowered her head and quickly came to her seat holding her textbook, trying not to attract anyone's attention and praying that the professor would not notice her less than three meters away from the podium later.
I'm going to keep a low profile today...
"Oh, Miss Neferty?" the course assistant not far away noticed her and said with some surprise.
"Morning~" Neferti said in a very small voice.
"Good morning, Miss von Quimantha." Another young master from the Earl's family also greeted her.
Neferti was worrying about how she could become invisible in the classroom, so she ignored him and mentally deducted five points from him.
"This, this is Miss Marquis of Kwai Mantha?!"
"Huh? I heard..."
"Shut up you idiot, what an honor it is!"
Several middle-aged strangers expressed surprise, quickly stood up from their seats and saluted Neferti, and then respectfully greeted the twin brother who came behind.
Ah——! Who are you? Why did you come to our classroom? Why don’t you introduce yourself first? Are you here to make trouble for me? Neferty was as embarrassed as if she was being roasted on a fire.
He turned his head and glared at them angrily.
Not long after she had just celebrated her sixteenth birthday, the girl's curves have become slim and slim, and her smooth silver hair is like the Milky Way flowing from the sky. Her appearance is extremely beautiful, but there is no arrogance or domineering at all. Her bright and moving eyes are like
The bright red ruby sparkled under the silver waist-length hair, and she scolded everyone with her cute and coquettish eyes. Although the owner of these eyes was very unhappy, the ungrateful strangers didn't notice it at all, and they still looked at each other.
He stared at her with an excited face, as if he was honored and waiting to be favored.
How could these men stare at me? What a look in their eyes. It's so annoying! The girl turned her head angrily, not looking at these inexplicable rude people.
At this time, the professor walked in. There were still many empty seats in the classroom, and I don’t know where they went.
Roll call, call their names quickly! Neferti shouted in her heart. As long as there are enough absentees, it won't be a problem if they can't answer the questions later!
Suddenly, the sharp-eyed girl was surprised to find that Professor Lafayette had washed his hair and it was no longer so greasy. His wizard robe had been ironed and he also wore an Odessa Honorary Citizen Medal. This little boy
He received the small medal for his etching research results and would only wear it on important days.
This change in appearance is what girls care about most, and it is very, very conspicuous.
Neferti noticed a different serious atmosphere in the whole classroom. She turned to look at her brother in the back row, trying to understand something from his eyes, but Naira looked as impeccably serious as a porcelain doll.
Her expression remained motionless; the adults sitting on both sides of the classroom who had just said hello to her all had sad and solemn looks on their faces. One of them also carried a wrinkled Charms textbook. He opened the book and spread it out.
On your lap, put your glasses on your eye sockets and look carefully.
The silver-haired girl was surprised when Professor Lafayette said to everyone in a gentle and serious tone:
"Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished wizards and lords, this is my last lecture at the Medini High School of Magic. Beyelan has given orders, and it seems that he is not ready to let go of our production capacity and research team.
.My team has been taken over. Today's class is over, and the relevant personnel and equipment for advanced curse calculation research are about to board the fast ship bound for Homemonworth.
"Today is the last time I teach the theory of magic calculation here. I hope you will study hard."
Ah, those bad guys, their warships parked on the sea, so this is what they are about!
Neferti was extremely sad for a moment. The white-sailed warship became evil and ugly in her heart.
I have just started the course of spell calculation and vector design. Will I never be able to learn it again? Is that all? I used to be shopping, skipping classes to listen to the opera, and reading novels during evening study...
...thinking about this, I feel so regretful! The best course in Medini is just gone. I used to find it tiring, but now they seem to be my old friends and I can’t bear to break up with them. There are also professors, although he
If he doesn't pay attention to his grooming, I may never meet him again.
Neferti tried hard to listen to every word of the professor and engraved it in her heart. However, as usual, she still didn't understand a lot... It was as if she had been absent for a whole month and couldn't understand anything.
Time flies.
Suddenly the school bell rang. Professor Lafayette turned pale.
"My friends," he said, "I—I—"
But he choked up and couldn't speak anymore. It seemed like tons of weight were hanging on his hands. He could only lean against the blackboard and reluctantly made a gesture:
"get out of class is over, let's go."
Neferti and many of the girls started crying.
Brother Naila slowly packed his things. After a while, he seemed to realize that he no longer needed the beautifully bound "Advanced Magic Calculus" in his hand, so he threw it on the table and stood up to leave. This made the sad sister particularly angry.
He hurriedly caught up with his brother and wanted to criticize him.
They walked out of the classroom, and an elder in the college, the distinguished and knowledgeable Professor Julian, happened to meet them. The professor nodded gently to the two of them:
"Naira, take your sister with you. Beyelan has asked you to board the ship today. Time is very tight..."
What? Board the ship! Beyelan? Me! The silver-haired girl who was sobbing softly was stunned for a moment.