The First Female Duke

Chapter 20: (2)

So Edith took out the coping attitude of her previous life when she was called by her homeroom teacher to have a talk in the office, only to see her expression tighten and earnestly say:

"Because I'm a dual system magician, both fire and light spells are part of my abilities."

"I use my abilities to solve problems, and I don't see anything wrong with that."

"And," she coughed softly, her cat's eyes twinkling a few times and her voice trailing off, "And, Mentor, you didn't say that you couldn't use spells from another system!"

The red-bearded old man choked, this ghost girl, even blocked him with words! He thought of his old friend's appearance, and thought hatefully in his heart, it's true that every person in the Veli family is slippery.

Faust opened his mouth, but also to say what, next door to the Bertha tutor finally can not stand to see, choose to report her side of the plus Edith is also a total of only six people, just now Edith test this moment she has all the assessment is completed, the back has been in the look at her last student, the result is to see that old man of the Faust so difficult for people.

"Faust, you almost on the line! Obviously this moment heart do not know how happy it, but also taut face pretend."

This beautiful and hot-tempered Bertha mentor was simply an expert at tearing down the stage. She unmercifully dismantled the true colors of Sophia, the famous Light Magician.

Faust's face darkened.

Bertha ignored the childish old man as she walked over to Edith and smiled at her.

"You passed your test."

Faust couldn't help but jump to his feet as he said sharply, "This is my test, Bertha, what are you getting together for!"

Bertha wrapped her hands around her chest and could barely resist rolling her eyes:

"This little girl just used the purification spell and the expulsion spell together on top of each other" Otherwise, she wouldn't have used up all her own magic power, Bertha's discerning eyes could see Edith's physical condition at a glance.

"If this doesn't give it a pass, then you shouldn't be looking for a student, give up, you can't do it."

What Bertha, an amateur, could see, how could Faust, who was an advanced light magician, not see it, in fact, he already had an answer at that time, only that he felt that this little girl was too reckless, how could she spend her magic power so cleanly?

He planned to knock her around so that she couldn't just fool around with her talent.

It turned out to be a beautiful plan, but an unlucky Bertha was inserted in the middle of it.

Faust is so angry that he decides to fight Bertha after today, to make her realize that he is not old and that his majesty is not to be provoked at will.

But now, in front of a crowd of students and faculty, Faust could only continue to put on an act, and he directly skipped over Bertha, a woman, and looked at Edith.

Three seconds later, he very authoritatively said in a slow voice:

"You did qualify."

And quite well.

Of course there was no way that Faust could have said that, he felt that the little girl was slippery and could probably tail off with any more compliments - she would have to be disciplined!

Edith, unaware of her dismal future fate, was breathing a sigh of relief that she had passed, only to have her gaze stray and sweep over to Instructor Bertha, and her unrelieved breath was held again - she had forgotten that there was another test.

Bertha saw this little girl's gaze, her brain knew what she was thinking, she smiled slightly and said:

"Don't worry, you passed all the tests."

Edith ahs.

The crowd didn't get it either, what did this "all" pass mean, did the fire test not take place?

Mentor Bertha smiled brightly, "I forgot to say, the test questions just now were made by me and Faust together, which means that you have already completed the fire department test just now."

Edith: ......

She said how the question came out oddly, it turned out to be a test of fire and light to melted together.

Edith didn't know whether to cry or laugh, but there was one thing that was beyond doubt - her two mentors, the degree of difficulty was obviously ten stars.

Normally one such mentor would have been enough to deal with, and now she had two.

Aha - double the pleasure.

"Thank you Mentor." Edith said as she pulled on a smile, which was just a little stiff.

"Go back and take a good rest, in the future you can't be as impulsive as you were today." Daring to use up the magic power in her body, this girl's guts are really big.

Watching Edith leave the center of the examination hall after greeting the two tutors, the crowd only reacted as an afterthought.

This Miss Willey had really passed the examination of the two tutors, one of whom was also Tutor Faust, who hadn't brought a student for five years by careful counting.

It wasn't that there weren't the kind of students who were artistically bold before, but rather, those students ended up stuck under Tutor Faust's devilish exam questions.

--They had to take a second look at this delicate and sweet-looking little girl, she was a genuine and extremely talented and level-headed fire and light dual lineage magician, she broke the crowd's false suspicions and guesses about her, and she didn't live up to her ancient family name.

The examination in the classroom still continued, yet some people quietly walked out.

"Your Highness, won't you watch for a while longer?" Connard's chaperone asked, now that the examination was only half over, how could His Highness leave - it was clear that he had purposely gotten up early in order to watch this examination ah!

Connard shook his head and did not explain, the person he wanted to watch had already finished, so of course he did not need to stay any longer.

Gazing ahead, Konrad seemed to be lost in thought, and after a while, he suddenly asked:

"Robin, what do you think of Miss Willey?"

Robin ah'd, thought for three seconds and then returned pertinently, "Excellent family, sweet looking, talented ...... " he paused, his eyes suddenly fluttered, "The talent is certainly not as good as yours, Your Highness. "

Connor smiled, as if he didn't see Robin's pause.

He certainly had a good idea of how talented Willey was, and if he was given the previous exam, not to mention whether he could break that glass cover outside, let's just say that expelling the negative effects in that white rat's body within the allotted time - he couldn't have done it when he was in the first year by superimposing the purification spell with the expulsion spell.

From all points of view, this Miss Willey would undoubtedly inherit the knighthood in the future.

If she can fall to the crown, then the Villey family will also ......

Bridges, who had also come out of the classroom, saw from a distance a familiar-looking figure standing there, frowning at the moment, seemingly lost in thought because of something.

He snorted and lazily said:

"Emi, bet?"

Emi saw Prince Conard too, and after a pause, he said, "Bet on what?"

"A thousand gold coins, and I bet that his highness has bad ideas bubbling in his belly."

"Don't, Bridges, don't fool me ...... with such a wager it's not obvious!" Emi said playfully.

Several of the princes of the royal family had the same lineage of moralizing, and of course, this Prince Connor was the optimal champion.

"Oh, I am sorry, it is my fault ...... something that can be seen at a glance indeed should not be used as a bet." Bridges narrowed his dark eyes and said falsely.

He walked forward slowly and didn't avoid speaking, so of course Connor saw him.

As natural hostility would have it, Connard sank his face.

"Clark."

"Excuse me, please, you're in my way." Master Clark said in a lazy accent.

By now Bridges was so close to Connor that Connor could clearly see those pure black eyes, which contained a smile but were full of provocation.

Conard had to admit that this only child of the Clark family had a blessedly good skin - even if that face always wore a look of indifference at all times.

"Willey's living in Luxembourg?" Connor said suddenly.

Bridges gave a start, his dark eyes narrowing momentarily.

One had to admit that when Young Master Clark put away the usual laziness and playfulness on his face, his entire being exuded an aura and pressure that didn't fit his age.

"Connor," Bridges said slowly, "do you know what I find most objectionable about you?"

Conard pursed his lips and didn't say anything, he just stared at him grimly.

Bridges however was fearless, he snorted and said with a single word:

"You've always been foolish enough to have ambition written all over you."

Bias doesn't understand that those are delusions of grandeur.

Connor was indeed enraged, his façade of gentleness torn to shreds, his entire face reddening with rage, his hand already in place of his wand.

Bridges, of course, noticed - he never let his guard down, shall we say, when it came to this Prince Conard - and no good knight would ever let his guard down in the presence of an enemy.

He quirked a corner of his mouth, his dark eyes looking up at Conard.

"Are you sure, you want to fight me here?"

The handsome face didn't show any mocking expression, but Connor just read disdain into it.

What was he disdaining?

Connor looked to Bridges and after meeting those dark eyes he got his answer, he didn't care to fight himself.

Bridges stood up straight, he was lean and looked vaguely taller than Conard.

Instead of using his usual diffident emphasis, he spoke very calmly:

"If you were a knight, perhaps I would be willing to fight you today, but you are a wizard" after a pause, he added, "or a light one."

It was well known that the light system was not known for its offensive power, and even offensive spells were pitifully few.

Connor sulked and tried to retort, even though he acknowledged Bridges' statement in the deepest recesses of his mind - but he couldn't say a word.

Defaulting would leave him completely on the back foot, and that was something Konrad couldn't accept.

But a clear female voice interrupted him.

"I'm sorry, I don't mean to interrupt your conversation, but if it's okay, could you move over ......"

"You guys are in my way."

These déjà vu words ......

Connor froze and turned his gaze away - Miss Willey stood a short distance away, looking at them expressionlessly.

She had been sweet-looking and smiled extraordinarily, but at the moment that fair face did not exhibit vivid emotion.

Bridges froze as well; he hadn't expected Edith to come out of the exam room, nor had he expected her to walk right up to here-just in time to hear his, that is.

Inexplicably, a strand of weakness crossed Young Master Clark's heart.

Edith had wanted to wait for Elena and the others to go back to the dormitory together after she passed the test, but Elena said that their test was late, and the place was crowded and crowded, so she was told to go back to the dormitory first, and Edith nodded her head in agreement when she thought about it.

As a result, when she came out, she just saw Clark and Connor standing together, and the atmosphere between them was tense and looked like they were on the verge of a fight.

Not to mention Connor, Clark how to say is also considered her "acquaintance", can't just stand by and watch them fight against the school rules, the result is that she just wanted to go up to persuade to hear Clark's words.

Edith couldn't say how she felt, she just didn't feel good - even if what Clark had said was true.

Originally wanted to persuade the fight, but now also lost interest - love whoever, these two love to fight how they want, what does it matter to her! Anyway, she was just a weak light magician, she couldn't help or intervene.

Edith nodded to Bridges with a cold frown, and now Connor had already sidestepped to make way for a position, and she walked over without looking away.

The moment she brushed past, a sudden and great annoyance rose in Bridges' mind. He wanted to go up and stop her and explain to her.

But explain what? He had no way to speak.

Eventually Bridges gave up on the idea - but the abandonment didn't make it any easier, his negative feelings were even amplified.

He was seen frowning so much that he could pinch a fly, and even his sarcastic remarks about Connor were no longer in the mood.

Connor obviously wanted to continue the unfinished "fight", but Bridges was not in the mood for him, and after giving Connor a sour look, the young master turned his head and walked away.

Connor froze in place, unable to figure out how Clark had "given up" on the business of taunting him.

Bridges was on his feet - as if that would be a good way to vent his frustration.

But apparently it couldn't.

So he stopped and just stood there with a wrinkled brow.

Emi had been following him all the way, and when she saw that he suddenly wasn't going, she almost didn't brake and hit him.

"Bridges, you ......"

This young master whipped his head around and suddenly spoke without a thought:

"Why do you think she has such a big temper?"

Emi ahs in confusion.

As a result, it was as if Young Master Clark's side of the conversation had opened up.

"It's not like I said that to her, what's she so angry about?"

He couldn't be more of an asshole than to say something that offensive to a little girl.

In the end, he even said with a bit of annoyance and aggravation:

"Turned his head and left, did not even say hello, in vain misunderstood me ...... even have no place to explain!"

Emmy cloudy listening to half a day to listen to understand, he puffed a laugh:

"Feelings, you are half angry because of this?"

Looking at Emi's indebted smiling face, Young Master Clark's face brushed black.

Only to see him turn his head and walk away, clearly not wanting to say another word to Emi - not even a word.

*

Late in the evening, the table lamp was on in Edith's room, while she was taking a quill pen and writing a letter earnestly under the lamp.

Dear Mom:

It's been a few days since I left home and I miss you.

Aunt Jolene has indeed been very kind and caring to me, as you say, and Luxembourg has decorated my room almost exactly as I had it in the Tagmat - which is a relief, but I still recognize the bed a little.

But don't worry, your daughter can adapt well, just like now in Sophia's dormitory, I can still sleep peacefully too.

Formal classes will begin tomorrow, and before that, I just passed a test about tutor selection.

I chose Instructor Faust and Instructor Bertha to conduct professional magic instruction for me, and to be honest their tests were very difficult, but I still passed them with flying colors! You have always said that I lacked an enterprising spirit, and of course, that may be true. However, once I have the desire to forge ahead, nothing can stop me can it? This test is just the first step in proving it.

By the way, Tutor Faust seems to be an old acquaintance of Grandpa, and he made a point of greeting Grandpa during the test (Edith didn't write that the greeting in Faust's mouth was that the old thing had a short life), but of course, regardless of whether or not he and Grandpa are acquainted, I'm convinced that he didn't let go of the water during the test (he's clearly been making things difficult for her all along)

When writing here, Edith stopped, she was a little hesitant to mention Penny's matter to her mother, after considering it again and again she gave up, with her knowledge of her mother, she will definitely be angry with Penny, and even angry with the Hall family, it's better to wait a little longer.

After thinking for a while, Edith talked about another matter.

By the way, about Aunt Jolene's son, Bridges, to be honest I don't get along with him very well, and even just a short while ago we just broke out into a fight, and I don't think he likes me. Of course, maybe with his personality he wouldn't like anyone either. I think he's a bit arrogant and venomous ...... I know at this point you're going to say that a real lady shouldn't be counting a person's faults behind their back again, well okay ...... then cross out the above.

Anyway, I think he and you before the mouth of the "gentle and considerate" "good character" and so on the adjectives do not match, honestly such a huge contrast makes me shocked for a long time- And I had always trusted your words before this (and I will continue to do so).

Anyway, I kind of don't know what to do with him, can I just not deal with him?

May the health be good

Your confused daughter

Polina's reply came very quickly - the interval between them was not more than two days.

Edith opened the letter as if her mother were talking to her face to face.

Dear baby.

First of all, congratulations on passing your mentorship, everyone faces many choices as they grow into adulthood that their parents can't interfere with - it's up to you, and I'm certainly fully supportive of your ideas.

Mentor Faust did know your grandfather, he even knew me, and the Garry family and we Willey's were originally family friends - you'll know this later.

I'm glad you're willing to go ahead and change yourself, but I hope the reason you change is not to prove anything to me, but for yourself.

As for Bridges--

I'd just like to say that in some cases, it's always hard to avoid the bias that we humans bring with us when we go to look at others.

Mom's advice to you is that if you can let go of some of those primitive inherent prejudices and take a fresh look at the person, you might be able to find something new behind his arrogance and rudeness.

I hope you gain a precious friendship.

Love, mom.

"Precious friendship?" Edith grunted with a slight toothache.

With a solemn face, she was currently racking her brain wondering if that young master had any special hidden merits that she hadn't discovered.

After a few seconds, she stood up.

Letting go of her prejudices and revisiting.

For the sake of friendship, she might have to talk to Master Clark.