Chapter 134 - Answers
"You really should’ve told me this earlier, Aurea."
"I’m sorry, Mom. I forgot completely about it until Lovelace started asking me about it the other day."
Lillian sighs and looks at the ceiling of the room we’re in. It’s an office in the second biggest city of the kingdom, Groenburg, and I have just told her the thing about the heroes summoning.
"Alright, I allow you to graduate by the end of this semester. Make sure to have the graduating thesis written by then."
"Right! Thank you, Mom!"
Though the Royal Academy is similar to Earth’s middle and high schools, it has a graduation thesis system like a university. You can graduate without doing it, but a good thesis is often seen as a huge CV bonus.
But if you want to graduate early, like me, then it’s a hard prerequisite. You aren’t allowed to graduate early without presenting one. But you are allowed to enroll in the thesis course and not do any other classes.
Which is exactly what I’ll do. I get to still live in my quarters in the Academy dorms, but I’ll spend most of the day in the arena and write my thesis a little bit at a time during the night.
Oh, and I’ll found the club anyway, if I have to spend one semester in that place. It might be fun, and I might end up finding more promising recruits.
Sounds like a solid plan.
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Ingela joined our little army the next day and quickly became the most promising recruit. Her passion for the magic arts exudes in every syllable she chants, in the precision and care with which she formulates her own arias.