Lionheart Empire, Lionheart Palace. This place was resplendent and magnificent, the very place where the Lionheart Emperor conducted his business.
Oscar was currently processing documents.
Eventually, he placed the fountain pen against his upper lip, pouting to hold it in place as he leaned back into his chair.
“I’m so tired. I really want to go out and play...”
“Can’t that guy Erich be a little more considerate of me? Honestly...”
As he grumbled, a figure suddenly appeared out of thin air before him.
Blink!
Oscar was momentarily startled when he saw the old man. He hastily stood up. “Grandfather, why are you here?”
The old man before him glanced at him. “I came to see how you’re handling being the Lionheart Emperor. Heh, playing?”
Oscar gave a sheepish smile and then asked, “Grandfather, aren’t you keeping an eye on Lina? How is she doing? Has she enrolled yet?”
It was no wonder he could sit here leisurely and complain even though his daughter had run off to the All Souls Empire to participate in their enrollment. He knew she was being looked after.
The old man chuckled. “She’s enrolled. Second place among the freshmen.”
“Freshman second place?!” Oscar was greatly shocked.
How could he not know his own precious daughter? Her talent provided extreme mobility, but she couldn’t learn any magic. Relying only on the Treasures in her rings, how could she possibly compete with those geniuses?
From what he knew, this year’s All Souls enrollment was unlike any other. Many great families and powerful factions had sent their core descendants to participate. There were plenty of Tier Eight and Tier Nine experts. With Lina’s strength, how could she have taken second place?
“Someone helped her,” the old man said calmly.
“Who?”
“A kid named Zhang Ye.”
“Zhang Ye?!” Oscar was even more stunned.
Wasn’t that the interesting little fellow he had met before? He had gone to All Souls Academy too?
“Is it the Otherworlder with black hair and black eyes?” he asked hurriedly.
“You know him?” The old man nodded and asked.
“Yes. I saw the radiance emanating from him and felt he was a very pure person, so I reached out to him. He’s quite an interesting individual,” Oscar said.
The old man chuckled and said, “He’s more than just interesting. That kid is simply extraordinary!”
“What’s wrong? Did he do something?” Oscar asked immediately.
“The top five freshmen—all of their points were given to them by him. What do you think he did?” the old man said indifferently. “Furthermore, even the two Origin Rock Beasts within the Gray Rock Secret Realm were subdued by him. He even took in a demon slime from the Demon Realm and a Dark Demon Broodqueen.”
“And his singing can actually influence the secret realm’s laws.”
“Tsk, tsk. This old man has never seen such a formidable little fellow before!”
“This...” Oscar was almost speechless.
He gave away the points for the top five freshmen? What kind of concept was that?
He could have completely dominated the rankings by himself!
This meant his strength was definitely far beyond his peers. Moreover, subduing Origin Rock Beasts and two extremely special creatures from the Demon Realm was even more incredible!
Oscar hadn’t even realized Gujiu was a demon slime; he had thought it was an Angel Slime.
However, he believed his grandfather’s words.
As for why his grandfather knew everything that happened in the secret realm... could a small secret realm really stop a Demigod?
This was also why Oscar felt safe letting Lina train outside.
“This old man is very fond of him.” Saying this, he cleared his throat and said, “Induct Zhang Ye as an Imperial Enshrined of the Lionheart Empire.”
“Eh!” Oscar was taken aback and couldn’t help but say, “Isn’t that a bit much?”
“How is it a bit much?”
“Do you know how much that kid did for Lina?”
“He gave her magic devices worth over 1.5 billion gold coins without a second thought!”
“I’ve seen those magic devices. They perfectly match Lina’s talents; they were tailor-made for her!”
“To create those magic devices for Lina, that kid pushed himself until his mental strength was exhausted and he fainted!”
“And he didn’t even plan on telling Lina!”
“Also, the training routines he set for Lina... after seeing them, I feel like the training we devised before was all absolute garbage. That kid is a genius! He is a talent the Lionheart Empire must seize!”
“Most importantly... I find that kid very pleasing to the eye.”
“The Light of Righteousness on him is so dazzling that even this old man almost dares not look directly at it.”
“Such a person is worthy of trust.”
At this point, he suddenly sighed with emotion. “He really is extraordinary...”
Oscar’s mouth hung open. He could hardly believe everything he was hearing, much less that his grandfather thought so highly of Zhang Ye.
“That kid said he would try to help Lina find a way to solve her constitution’s problem,” the old man said slowly. “He did what we couldn’t, so this old man has a premonition that he might actually be able to do it!”
“For Lina’s sake, he deserves this position as an Imperial Enshrined!”
“Furthermore, there is one more thing. Once I tell you, you’ll understand.”
“What is it?” Oscar asked urgently.
“He has mastered Lina’s innate magic.”
Oscar stood frozen on the spot.
“You should know what that implies.”
“Any magic, he can learn just by looking at it. Even innate magic born from one’s very nature is no exception for him.”
“Could the Lionheart Empire possibly miss out on such an existence?”
“I understand!” Oscar nodded heavily, excitement gradually showing in his eyes.
This was an opportunity!
It was the chance for the Lionheart Empire to completely rise!
They had to seize it!
“Alright, that’s enough. This old man is going back to see his precious great-granddaughter.” With that, he disappeared from the spot, his faint voice still echoing in the surroundings.
“Those magic devices... tell him to make one for this old man to play with later.”
...
At this moment, Zhang Ye had no idea he had been completely seen through. He arrived at the Performance Hall in high spirits, preparing for the auditions.
The Performance Hall was isolated by magic, preventing outsiders from entering. This was to maintain a sense of mystery.
Walking into the building, he saw that the auditions had already begun, though it wasn’t his turn yet.
He and Renomon’s group found a place to sit and watch the auditions.
A fire mage was performing fire magic on stage. The flames were brilliant, looking like fireworks. It was quite nice.
However, they were eliminated. The reason given by the three judges was simple—too boring.
It made sense. Many people went on stage just to perform magic. Was a magic academy ever short on magic?
Without some kind of unique twist, they were basically all eliminated.
After a dozen people in a row were eliminated, finally, one person passed the audition.
Zhang Ye watched with great interest.
The next one to take the stage was... a Dwarf?
No, not a Dwarf. She was just short.
She looked like a little girl.
She was only about 1.5 meters tall with a petite frame. She wore a slightly loose school uniform and had long, pink-blue wavy hair. However, her wavy bangs covered half of her small face, leaving only her chin visible.
But based on that chin alone, Zhang Ye was certain this little girl was definitely very beautiful.
“He... he... hello, ev... everyone...” The little girl seemed extremely nervous after taking the stage. It took her over ten seconds just to say “hello everyone.” Her small face grew redder and redder, as if she were about to cry.
“Don’t be nervous,” a female judge said with a smile.
But the little girl seemed even more nervous. “I... I... I’m sorry!”
This “I’m sorry” was actually quite fluent. After saying it, she turned and ran.
She just ran away...
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Were you just here to act cute?
Clearly, she was too nervous and couldn't finish her performance.
The judges shook their heads.
With such a personality, she was indeed not suited for performing on stage.
“Number 88.”
Zhang Ye was taken aback. Oh, it’s my turn?
He quickly ran onto the stage and directly condensed a magic guitar.
“Hello everyone, hello judges and mentors. My name is Zhang Ye. Next, I would like to present a song for everyone.”
He wore a confident smile, showing no stage fright at all.
His handsome appearance and gentle, sunny temperament immediately attracted everyone’s attention.
This included a little girl who was hiding in a corner, peeking out with half her head.
She envied such confidence.
Unlike her, who stammered for ages just to say one sentence on stage...
“This song is titled ‘Butterfly Spring.’ I hope you all like it.”
After speaking, he directly condensed a high chair and sat on it. Then, his fingertips plucked the magic strings. Several magic discs even emerged around him, vibrating slightly. Every vibration produced a drumbeat.
The beautiful music instantly enchanted everyone.
In the audience, a pink-haired woman’s eyes lit up immediately.
“It’s him!”
“The Great Vocalist!”
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