102. Cecilia
If Leni was the “heaven’s favored daughter” of Delgon, then this candidate Saintess was a true and genuine divine maiden.
No one knew her age, only that she was once unknown, but had awakened after the fall of the Goddess of Light, and had become an elite in just a few short years without a teacher.
Her fame was not as great as Saintess Agnes’s, but she was quite popular in the academy.
—In the combat skills of the entrance exam, she had pulled away from everyone else with the highest score in every ability test.
Her body was a little petite, but she had no facial expression, exuding an unapproachable aura.
“We both grew up in a war-torn world. I want to know what the difference is between you and me. I want to understand.”
“Ah, Goddess of Light, look! I’m going to witness your opponent’s humiliation.”
“It’s said that you came to this school to prove that all demons are scoundrels?”
After the entire hall had quieted down, Azure looked at the young woman and said.
Cecilia also walked up to Azure, and looking at the other with her four-cornered eyes, she said:
“I just want to prove to you that the light is not so easily defeated.”
With a casual wave of her hand, she unleashed light-attribute magic in the sky. Cecilia tilted her head and smiled.
Diana’s heart raced. She really wanted to watch this battle.
But just then, she suddenly discovered that that dragon maid had actually walked up to her with the crowd, and she instantly lost all her interest.
“Celes, why are you here?”
“…”
She didn’t hear her at all.
“Celes!”
“What is it, Miss Leni?”
“I’m Diana! You’ve mistaken me for someone else!”
“You look very similar.”
“Where do we look alike?!”
Perhaps it’s because I see everyone other than the dragon race as the same… Mommy said I’ll only be able to tell in a few years, so for now, I can only rely on scent.
She didn’t take me seriously at all, and she was still pretending to be a child.
A fierce flame burned in Diana’s eyes.
She didn’t care at all that a portion of Cecilia’s students had already begun to turn their attention to her.
She pointed at Celes and said:
“I challenge you, Miss Dragon!”
“Mmm…”
Celes suddenly turned her head, a little surprised, and then she remembered that the girl who had disturbed her from going upstairs this morning was this elf, wasn’t she?
Actually, she was already full of anger. Her personality shouldn’t have been so cold.
First of all, Kribi… that orc, had actually not come to class on time, and had even let someone else take his place.
And besides, this group of students were really a bunch of toads who wanted to eat swan meat.
The “disappointing” students and teachers had made Celes particularly angry all afternoon. She had to go and complain to her mommy about these people.
Especially that Cecilia. She didn’t take Aunt Azure seriously at all.
However, if it was just about combat ability, Kribi was indeed stronger.
Everyone knew that Kribi was the former Beast King, and perhaps these lawless students had been looking forward to this for a long time.
It was time to sort things out…
“I say, are you really a student, or a servant? I don’t have a dragon subordinate yet. Why don’t you join me? That way, the challenge will be void. Mmm… just consider it me giving you a chance. I think you’re quite pretty, right?”
Realizing that her words were a little scary, Diana tidied up her language and threw an olive branch to Celes.
“I can fight you, but I’m not interested in anything else.”
“Huh?!”
Diana was almost angered to death!
I’m giving you a way out, and this is your attitude?
Diana gritted her teeth.
This Celes, I have to take her down!
“In ten minutes, I’m going to beat her in the arena and let her know how powerful I am.”
“You can’t go back on a challenge. These are my stakes. Please sign on it.”
After forbidden magic was completely banned, contracts were all turned into paper contracts.
After Celes signed, she looked at Diana’s face and said with a smile, “I don’t need your money. Is there anything else?”
“Huh, are you kidding me?! This is a treasure that has been passed down in our family!”
Diana’s voice suddenly became softer.
She suddenly remembered that dragons rarely lacked money.
And this person was also an upstart, so she needed even less money.
“Then let’s make a deal. If you lose, you’ll be my follower. If I lose, I’ll be your subordinate.”
“Until when?”
“Until graduation.”
“Deal.”
Diana thought that this was a sure thing.
A dragon with no magical ability hadn’t even had her name appear in the entrance exam. Unless she had been controlling her strength until now, did such a thankless thing really exist?
Thinking that this dragon maid would soon be her little follower and serve her tea, she felt an inexplicable sense of conquest.
But who knew that while Cecilia and Azure Dragon were at loggerheads, and it could turn into a teacher-student arena battle at any moment.
Celes actually stood up.
“Students should challenge students. Miss Cecilia, I’ll be your opponent.”
These words carried a hint of anger.
After all, to sort out these students, she had exposed her own identity.
I’ve really worked hard. In the end, I finally understand my mommy… Mother Calysia was right, Mommy is so busy every day.
As expected, Azure turned pale at the sight of Celes, stammered, and extended her hand to try and dissuade her, but she was so nervous she couldn’t say anything.
She didn’t know how to salvage her image now…
“Ce… Celes?”
“Yes, Aunt Azure. Leave these matters to me.”
Celes gave Azure a confident look.
At this scene, Diana also saw everything.
—Aunt?
Why is Azure Dragon so respectful to this maid? That Knight Commander, who looks like she doesn’t come to class very often, is actually so nervous! Did they mistake her for someone else?
Diana felt more and more that something was wrong, but it was far from over.
Azure Dragon actually took out a seemingly very expensive gold coin and secretly stuffed it into Celes’s hand.
At this angle, probably not many people could see it, but Diana saw it clearly!
Not only that, but Azure even looked at Celes with a humble and pleading expression, as if she were begging for the other’s forgiveness!
You are the Knight Commander of Azure Scale…
Diana’s whole body went cold. She gradually realized that she might have been blinded by some situation and had actually challenged an existence of Celes’s level. Now, she could only hold onto a glimmer of hope that Celes was not a child of the royal family.
—Because the dragon royal family didn’t need any so-called entrance exams!
Cecilia didn’t really want to give Celes face. She said coldly:
“You don’t seem to have much magic power. You’ll get hurt. Although the medical conditions at Lekadis are very good, you can’t avoid the pain.”
“No need, Miss Cecilia.”
“Come on, is it a spar or a challenge? If it’s the latter, what will you wager? Fame, status, or money, Miss Demon?”
Celes had originally had her eye on the sword on the weapon rack, but after thinking about it, she decided against it.
“If you lose, you’ll apologize to Teacher Azure. I have no other requests.”
