Blessing from the goddess at the beginning, technology VS magic

Seeing Teacher Simone coming, Bud and Taylor stopped at the same time. Then the teacher continued: "You two just stand in the back and listen to the class. Come to my office after this class, and other students can find a good seat to sit down."

After class, the two of them went to the office and prepared to be scolded. Angela also wanted to follow, but was stopped by Bud, who said he could handle it.

"You two, do you know what the punishment will be for fighting in the classroom?" Teacher Simone asked.

Bader replied: "First compensate for the corresponding price of the damaged items, and then determine whether to disqualify scholarships and other selection qualifications based on the severity of the circumstances. If the circumstances are very serious, you will be expelled from school."

Taylor smiled proudly next to him, money? I don't need it anyway, and I don't need scholarships or other bullshit merit evaluations. I just want to make sure that you, Bud, can't continue in this school and pay the tuition. It depends on you.

"Do you know you are still fighting in the classroom? The teacher also understands your current situation. Now you can only rely on yourself. Without a scholarship, you will not be able to pay tuition next semester."

Of course Bud himself understands this, but the real problem is right next to him, why not talk about him? Because he was the prince of the Dart Empire, the teacher didn't want to offend him, so he could only give a verbal warning, but it had no real effect.

"And you, Taylor. Student Bud is in trouble right now. As classmates, we should help each other and stop having conflicts in the future. The school's punishment will also be useful to you. Seeing as you didn't cause too much damage this time, I won’t pursue it anymore, remember, there won’t be a next time!”

After a lesson, the two came out and walked in different directions. Angela had been waiting outside. When she saw Bud coming out, she immediately stepped forward and asked:

"Well, there's no big punishment, right?"

Bud said: "Don't worry, there is no penalty. You just have to pay for the table and chairs."

"If you don't have enough money, I can help."

"You don't need to worry about this. I still have this little money. Let's not talk about this for now. It's noon. Let's go eat."

Bud reassured Angela that he was a former prince after all and had a relatively generous hand, but Angela obviously did not believe his lies. While they were eating, another unpleasant voice came:

"Hey, our top student and the saint are having lunch together. I heard that Taylor is causing trouble for you again?"

The visitor is Rodney, the prince of the Stephen Empire. Coincidentally, the two most powerful empires in the Human Alliance have princes studying at the Holy Academy, but Rodney is one year older than Taylor. Rodney is 5 this year. grade students.

"It turned out to be His Highness Rodney, it was just a small conflict."

Bud stood up and saluted Rodney. In theory, there are equals in the academy, but since they are all powerful people, they inevitably have interests, so saluting those with high status is also an unwritten rule. Of course, Bud Saluting Rodney could also be interpreted as a sign of respect for the senior class.

Seeing Bud salute him, Rodney couldn't help laughing: "Hahaha, very good, that guy Taylor has been causing trouble for you. I came to you this time because I want you to follow me. I think You are very capable and will definitely have a bright future in the future. At least Taylor will not dare to trouble you again."

Bud asked: "Follow His Highness? How to follow?"

"You are an interesting person, hahahaha. Everyone who follows me is my friend. We share hardships and share blessings! Your tuition is no longer a problem. I can pay it directly for you. Of course you have to help me too. Just do it”

"Of course I'm very happy to be friends with His Highness, but I don't know what help His Highness wants from me?"

Rodney glanced at Angela next to him, and then said to Bud: "Don't rush this matter now, it's not troublesome, we can talk about it later."

After saying this, Rodney left, and Angela said: "You don't really want to be friends with him, do you? It would be too dangerous. Do you know how serious the dispute between princes in Stephen's empire is now? ?”

Bud said: "Of course I know, and I didn't agree to him immediately. It's just that he is the youngest prince. Do you think he has the ability to fight for the throne now?"

The current emperor of the Stephen Empire, Albert, is actually in good health. Logically speaking, it is usually when the emperor is about to die that the princes start to fight for the throne. So what is the reason for the current situation of the Stephen Empire? The problem lies with the current emperor, who is actually testing his sons now.

This Albert allocated a piece of land to each of his sons. Eight years later, he came to personally select. The one whose territory has improved the most will be the next emperor. He has five sons in total, and the youngest is Rodney. After graduation next year He went directly to the place assigned to him. It is now the 8th year of the alliance calendar. Albert is still very fair. He decided to wait until the youngest prince graduates before starting the clock. Next year will be the summer of 160st to the summer of 161th in the alliance calendar. .

In this way, even the youngest prince has the opportunity to sit on the throne of the emperor. There is no prince who does not like to be the emperor. It’s just that doing this seems extremely stupid to us. It will lead to great turmoil in the empire. In the continent of Emera, the ministers and their emperors of the two empires who can see such shortcomings are Merlin of the Dart Empire. The emperor and his ministers, and the other is Emperor Albert of the Stephen Empire and his ministers, because they are all people at the pinnacle of imperial power and know the pros and cons better than anyone else.

While other countries are all kingdoms, the difference between a kingdom and an empire is the strength of centralization. The centralization of empire is stronger than that of a kingdom. The kingdom is a feudal system of nobles. In aristocratic territories, the local lords often have a higher say than the king. Therefore, in the eyes of other kingdoms, there was nothing wrong with Albert's approach. He just turned the feudal nobles into his own sons. This was better, as he could take the opportunity to cut off the territories of some nobles and turn them into his own family.

Therefore, Emperor Merlin was very puzzled by this. Why was his old rival so angry that the country no longer wanted him?

Returning to the conversation between Bud and Angela, Angela said: "Obviously, this Prince Rodney also wants to be the emperor. No matter whether he has the ability now or not, no one can tell after 9 years. And I heard that he assigned The place is in the southernmost part of Stephen’s empire…”

Angela didn't continue talking. She believed that Bard also understood that the south of Stephen's Empire was close to the Kingdom of Dips and the other two countries. However, after a long time, Bard did not speak. She said fiercely. ’s punched Bud:

"Hey! You don't really want to hang out with him, do you?"

Bud came back to his senses and said: "Of course not, we are just friends, and I need his help now, otherwise Taylor will keep making trouble for me, otherwise I will not be able to deal with it."

Angela said angrily: "You must be careful and don't get involved in this princely battle."

Bud now felt like he was being lectured by an adult, so he quickly changed the topic: "Okay, okay, I still have to prepare for the fourth-year exam. Are you sure about the written test?"

Angela had a headache when she heard about the exam: "I'm not sure. I don't know where this school came up with these crazy questions. It's just a matter of counting. What the hell are equations? No one is going to learn them anyway. I just need to pass the actual test."

There are two types of exams in the Holy Academy every academic year, one is a written exam and the other is a practical exam. The written exam accounts for 30% of the score and the practical exam 70%. The written exam relies on some arithmetic, as well as magic spells and magic circles. In actual combat, each team forms a team to explore the maze, complete tasks, and then be graded based on the loot collected.

Since the score of the written test is not high and the questions are tricky, most people just need to pass. Therefore, almost no one studies for the written test deliberately. Only Bard cares about the written test for the scholarship.

After Bud's conversation with Rodney, Taylor did not come to trouble Bud anymore, but what exactly did Rodney want him to do?

The winter vacation has passed quickly, and the fourth-year exam is coming...