Chapter 109
Royal Academy of Magic
The Royal Academy of Magic was established as the oldest educational institution in the Kingdom of Cleydale, and only those of noble blood who were 13 years old in that year were allowed to enter.
Ostensibly, the reason for its establishment was to teach the art of controlling magic to children of noble families who possessed a great deal of magical power. To bridge the educational gap caused by the wealth of noble families, it has become a three-year educational institution to acquire the education required to become a noble.
For this reason, non-aristocrats were not allowed to enroll in the school, but low-ranking aristocrats such as barons, who became followers of aristocrats, and “aristocrats in name only” who were adopted by aristocratic families, were allowed to enroll as long as they were considered to be “aristocrats”.
One of the biggest news stories at the academy recently was the admission of Crown Prince Ervan last year. The gentle prince, who was said to lack the grace of an influential noble family, was beginning to loosen his grip on the school last year with the arrival of his three fiancées from influential noble families.
The third-year students of the highest grade at school included Patricia, the daughter of the Duchess of Houdale, who was already enrolled as a candidate for the third queen, and Clara, the daughter of the Countess of Dandol, who was also admitted in the same year as the first fiancée who was to become the official Queen.
However, this year’s school, which welcomed new students, became even more noisy.
The year after the birth of the crown prince, a large number of children were born to have the opportunity to get closer to the royal family, so the school was blessed with more students than usual, but with the entrance of the first princess, Elena, and the inclusion of the second queen candidate, the first court magician’s daughter, Carla Lester, a lot of prominent girls passed through the school gates.
Among them, there was one new student, a lowly noblewoman who had entered the school as the first princess’s “Attendant”.
The princess’s personal attendant also serves as her maid of honor, and girls her age were likely to become the Lord’s favorites for the rest of their lives, as they were to be taken care of at the school as well.
The girl was rumored to be the closest to Princess Elena, even though she was the daughter of a junior noble family, a quasi-baroness.
It was a sunny afternoon with a gentle spring breeze, and the girl was sitting alone on one of the terrace seats, probably during a meal break, with few students around, eating a light meal and reading a book that looked like a small diary.