Chapter 116: Fatal Timing [1]
Just a few days before Andromalius descended, when Aint Armian was returning to the Academy by ship.
The Academy was busy preparing for the new semester. Among them, Gerhard was the busiest person at the Academy.
"I hope the prepared items won’t be insufficient?"
"Yes. We’ve filled the warehouse with goods and even secured extras."
"It’s better to have too much than too little. If we can’t sell everything at the Academy, we can sell it elsewhere."
"Yes."
The start of the semester meant students returning, and wherever people gather, money flows.
"The merchants in town..."
"Professor Dominic needs teaching materials..."
Moreover, since a city had formed within the island, they didn’t target only students.
"What about the festival preparations?"
Above all, the second semester featured the Academy’s greatest festival, held in celebration of the Empire’s Founding Anniversary – a week-long spectacle of parades, magical demonstrations, feasting, and ceremonies that attracted visitors from across the continent. What had begun centuries ago as a simple day of patriotic observance had evolved into the island’s most anticipated event.