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    Chapter 119

    Alice ‘hmm’d and blinked, “The news about the academy having a new student admitted through recommendation has spread. I just happen to be paying attention to this, so I inquired a bit more.”

    She was a little shy, fiddling with her fingers, “Because the last student Sigrid recommended was my eldest brother, so, that’s why I’m paying attention.”

    Eldest brother…

    “Huh? Are you talking about… Lancelot?”

    “Yes.” Alice was a little surprised, “Didn’t the teacher know? My eldest brother was also a student at Sigrid Academy before, admitted through recommendation!”

    Yan Yunqing stroked his chin, and calculated the time. The age of the deceased First Prince Lancelot did indeed match the news he had heard before: ‘The last student who passed the recommendation admission assessment was still thirty years ago.’

    So it was Lancelot?

    That amazingly talented First Prince, an unparalleled swordsman on the battlefield, yet a genius who died young due to some people’s secret machinations.

    Yan Yunqing had even seen clips of Lancelot bravely slaying monsters in the ‘Return’ internal recording video…

    Eh, didn’t he forget something?

    Before Yan Yunqing could figure it out, a voice called his name: “Xavier!”

    Yan Yunqing turned around and saw Quinn. He was waving frantically at him. When Yan Yunqing looked at him, he quickly ran over, “Why didn’t you come in? I thought Harold was giving you trouble and you couldn’t make it. I was just about to send someone to find you!”

    When he got closer, Quinn saw Alice behind Yan Yunqing.

    Alice wasn’t old, only 13 years old this year. Plus, she hadn’t had a good life in her childhood, so she wasn’t very tall.

    However, she wore a second-year student badge on her chest.

    Quinn was stunned, and immediately matched Alice’s face with her name. After all, royal princesses were relatively rare in this academy, especially since Alice was a princess of one of the two great empires.

    Whether Alice was favored or not, they couldn’t easily underestimate her, unless they had very powerful parents. Otherwise, they had to be careful of the empire saying you disrespected their princess, thus initiating sanctions.

    This kind of example had happened once before, but it happened to Princess Elena of Romunike.

    “You are…?”

    Quinn looked at Alice, then at Xavier, his eyes full of doubt.

    “Well, I met an old acquaintance, so we chatted a bit.” Yan Yunqing said, “Am I late? Sorry, I didn’t pay attention to the time just now.”

    He opened the system panel and glanced at the time. He was indeed a minute late. He had forgotten the time while talking to Alice here.

    “It’s okay, we were mainly worried that Harold was giving you trouble again. Now that we see he’s not bothering you, it’s fine.” Quinn shook his head. “That guy Harold is so petty. If he gets you on his radar, you definitely won’t get anything good.”

    Yan Yunqing smiled and didn’t say anything, nor did he deny Quinn’s kindness. Although he really wasn’t worried about Harold doing anything to him, after all, his level far exceeded Harold’s. If he could still be successfully targeted like this, then Yan Yunqing might as well drop out.

    Alice looked at Quinn, then at Yan Yunqing, and said with a smile, “Then, ol… um, Brother Xavier, let’s talk next time. Your friend seems to have been waiting for you for a long time.”

    She took out her special letter and added Yan Yunqing as a special letter friend, for easy contact later.

    Yan Yunqing didn’t refuse, and watched Alice leave. Quinn leaned close to him, nudging Yan Yunqing’s waist with his elbow. After the group fight in the morning, their relationship had actually gotten a lot closer.

    “What’s your relationship with that little princess?” Quinn asked curiously, “Isn’t she the little princess of Bato Vita? I remember you’re from Romunike? How do you know each other?”

    Yan Yunqing took the lead in walking towards ‘Two Towers’, casually explaining, “I knew her before. I’m quite familiar with one of her elders, and I met her through that elder.”

    “By the way, how did you know I’m from Romunike?”

    Yan Yunqing had already been a little prepared after hearing Alice say that his news had spread throughout the academy, but when Quinn could accurately say that ‘Xavier’ was from Romunike, Yan Yunqing still felt a little scalp tingling.

    After all, ‘Xavier’ was a real person. He was just replacing this identity to enter Sigrid Academy, and the one who gave him the recommendation letter was the Light Church, a villain reserve.

    To be honest, Yan Yunqing really didn’t want to expose his identity. Exposing his identity would definitely attract the attention of the Light Church. Although in Sigrid Academy, no one dared to directly break in and kill him, he just had to be more careful when going out.

    However, he didn’t want to have to pay attention to whether there were people from the Light Church preparing to kill him every time he went out. There was only a thief for a thousand days, but no one could guard against a thief for a thousand days.

    Yan Yunqing wanted to be the thief himself, and wouldn’t give the people of the Light Church a chance to become thieves.

    So the best thing was that no one could recognize that this ‘Xavier’ was not that ‘Xavier’.

    Really, who leaked the news about his recommendation admission status?

    “Huh? This?” Quinn tapped his face with his index finger. “I heard it, I don’t know who spread it. I only heard a small part, saying that you are the son of a nobleman from Romunike? I don’t know the specifics. Do you want me to help you find out who spread it?”

    “That would be troublesome.” Since someone was doing it for him, Yan Yunqing didn’t refuse. “Actually, my family’s title has already been taken back by the royal family.”

    He showed a lonely expression on his face at the right time, “Since my father and mother died… alas, I applied several times to inherit my father’s title, but the royal family…”

    “That’s the last relic my father left me. I want to inherit that title again. I thought of many ways, and a friend of my father’s helped me get a recommendation letter, letting me come to Sigrid Academy to try. If I can successfully enroll, maybe the royal family will agree to my request.”

    Yan Yunqing smiled bitterly, “But I didn’t expect the recommendation admission assessment to be so difficult. Even if I completed the assessment content, I almost died there… There was an accident, and a level 100 monster appeared in that place. Fortunately, I was lucky and met two teachers who were out on a mission. They saved me, and I was able to come back alive to submit the task.”

    Quinn listened to Yan Yunqing telling the story, and showed a distressed expression on his face, “Ah, is it so difficult? Ah, my father did say that the recommendation admission assessment was very difficult, but there would actually be a level 100 monster! That’s too terrifying?!”

    Well, there’s something even more terrifying, not level 100, but a 150+ pseudo-god.

    Yan Yunqing thought to himself.

    “That should just be an accident. If all the assessment content was like this, then I’m afraid no one would be able to pass this assessment.”

    Yan Yunqing still explained for the assessment content, “Actually, that level 100 monster just happened to be the target of those two teachers, but I wasn’t lucky enough to meet them during the assessment, which is why I was implicated.”

    “Actually, I’m not a person who likes to show off.” Yan Yunqing lowered his head, letting the shadow of his broken hair cover half of his face, “My father always taught me to be humble and courteous, so these rumors are really troubling me…”

    Quinn nodded repeatedly, his eyes a little red, hooked Yan Yunqing’s shoulders and patted him, “I understand, I understand, I will definitely help you find the person who spread the rumors. It’s not a good thing to spread other people’s private affairs like this! I’ll beat him up for you then!”

    Yan Yunqing:?

    Yan Yunqing stopped the indignant Quinn with a smile, “Ah, that’s not necessary. I’m already very grateful that you can speak for me today. Don’t always fight for me.”

    Huh? Why does this sentence sound a little weird?

    Yan Yunqing coughed lightly twice, eliminating the little embarrassment in his heart, he continued in a tea-like manner: “I just want the rumors not to continue, after all, that’s what my father taught me…”

    Well, his biological father did teach him this way, but Yan Yunqing was naturally playful, and always treated these words as a breeze before his father was alive. It was only after his parents really passed away that he gradually changed his former devil-like personality.

    Quinn nodded repeatedly, guaranteeing: “No problem! Leave it to me!”

    Saying that, they had already walked to the side of the reserved location. The few people who were already sitting there waiting heard Quinn’s words and couldn’t help but be curious: “What are you talking about? What are you leaving to him?”

    Terence, the red-haired boy who spoke to them in the morning, sized up Quinn, and seeing Quinn’s silly look, he looked at Yan Yunqing’s exceptionally beautiful face, and fell into silence.

    Um… this kid Quinn isn’t having a spring awakening, is he?

    Yan Yunqing smiled: “Actually, I just now…”

    “Hey!” Quinn’s voice interrupted Yan Yunqing’s voice, who wanted to explain casually, “It’s just a small matter, it’s not important! I’m almost starving, let’s order quickly!”

    “Speaking of which, are they offering cheese baked shrimp today? Order a few more servings, I wanted to eat it last time but I didn’t get to.”

    Being interrupted by Quinn like this, the people who were originally curious about what they were talking about were immediately attracted by the topic of ordering, “What, are they offering cheese baked shrimp today? Really, hurry, if we order now, we can order a few more servings!”

    “Let’s get a few steaks too, I kind of want to eat curly lamb ribs, order me one!”

    “Let’s also get that berry sauce noodles, it looks pretty delicious?”

    “I went to see what kind of dark cuisine this is? Ugh, isn’t this the same as putting pineapple in pizza?!”

    “Eh, you don’t like pineapple in pizza?”

    “Only monsters would like this terrifying thing!”

    Terence glanced at Quinn and found that his ears had turned red for no reason, and blinked.

    He lowered his head slightly and saw that Xavier’s arm was next to Quinn’s arm, and he was discussing with their other friend what to order for after-dinner snacks.

    The newly arrived Xavier lowered his eyes slightly, focused on the menu, while this kid Quinn stared blankly at the other person’s profile, wishing he could see a flower on the newcomer’s face.

    Terence:…

    Terence was silent.

    Terence was shocked: This kid has fallen in love?

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