Chapter 203.3
Summer in the Kingdom of Cleydale was not as hot as in the Empire, but it was very humid. However, there was a refreshing breeze in the town, perhaps due to the abundance of greenery, and if you chose the right spot, you could feel a slight hint of autumn.
It seemed that the Magic Academy would reopen soon after the return of Princess Elena, but in fact there is still no sign of it.
To begin with, many of the lower-class nobles who did not have mansions in the royal capital have returned to their hometowns. Even if they were informed of the reopening of the school by a magic tool of distant talk, it would take more than a month for the local nobles to return, so it was not so easy to decide when the reopening would take place.
Another problem was that the winter vacation was also long at the magic academies that the nobles attended, as the harvest was over and the social scene became more active during the off-season.
Normally, the children of nobles whose hometowns are far away would stay in the royal capital during the winter months to socialize. However, lower-class nobles sometimes prioritize their hometowns over social gatherings, so even after the reopening, some nobles decided not to return to their hometowns until next year.
Still, some nobles did not return to their hometowns and had already returned to the academy. They are the third-year students who will graduate this year.
They were 15 years old this year, and they need to graduate from the school as a sign of adulthood. Lower-class nobles were not so concerned about it, but middle-class nobles, barons and above, were eligible to attend the graduation party held at the royal castle, and it was a kind of pride for them to attend it.
For this reason, the nobles of the middle class and above, as well as the lower-class nobles who had been offered positions in the royal capital’s knight corps and government offices, were busy running around the school in preparation for graduation.