Familiar gates, familiar plaza.
Sonia hadn’t expected to return to the Duel Academy one day.
She also hadn’t expected that day to come so soon.
“Is this where you used to study? The environment looks pretty good.”
Yide also surveyed the surroundings.
Although he later learned that the Millennium Puzzle was summoned here, he had already woken up in the lower city, so he had never seen the scenery here at all.
“Mm.”
Sonia’s little head nodded, then she quietly asked.
“Mr. Yide, do you really think I still need to come back to school?”
“Of course.”
Yide looked at Sonia strangely: “If you can come back to school, why wouldn’t you?”
You’re not going to skip school too, are you?
Sonia’s cowlick drooped: “I just feel that since Mr. Yide is already teaching me, there’s no need to come to school.”
The work Mr. Yide is doing now is actually quite like a teacher’s, teaching her things from time to time.
If she has to attend the academy teachers’ classes during the day and Mr. Yide’s classes at night, wouldn’t she have too many classes?
Yide hadn’t expected that this was what Sonia was worried about, and was a bit speechless.
“Don’t worry, I’ve basically taught you everything I need to in the past two days. The rest can only be taught to you during duels.”
“What’s more, being a student of the academy always grants you some extra resources, doesn’t it? Aren’t those what you lack the most right now?”
“That’s right!”
Sonia’s eyes immediately lit up.
Because she had always been at the bottom, even if the academy prepared resources for cultivating students, not much was allocated to her.
But now, she has Mr. Yide!
She’s going to make the academy pay!
“Hurry up, Xiaoya—”
While Sonia was pondering, Tivia had already walked ahead.
She urged her on as she walked, her striking red hair bouncing vibrantly.
“Got it, Tivia.”
Sonia quickly followed.
However, they didn’t notice.
As they walked into the academy gates, Edward, who had separated from them earlier, stood in the distance watching their backs, frowning.
To apply for Sonia’s re-enrollment, finding ordinary teachers certainly wouldn’t work.
So, Tivia went straight to the principal’s office with Sonia.
Pushing open the door, an old gentleman with a handlebar mustache sat opposite the desk.
He didn’t seem surprised to see Tivia enter, merely pinching his neatly trimmed snow-white mustache.
But upon seeing Sonia, he clearly paused, as if remembering something.
“Hello, Principal, long time no see!”
Sonia greeted him politely.
The principal said with a smile: “Oh-ho-ho, it’s classmate Tivia and classmate Sonia. What can I do for you?”
Tivia was direct: “Principal, I’m here to ask you to approve Xiaoya’s re-enrollment!”
“Is that what this is about, after all…”
The principal gave a wry smile, then shook his head: “I’m sorry, I can’t do anything about this.”
“Classmate Sonia’s withdrawal was decided by the five-person board of directors above, and the reason was very legitimate: Classmate Sonia’s practical combat performance was consistently at the bottom.”
“I am merely a principal, I have no right to change a decision personally made by the board of directors.”
Divia seemed to have already guessed the principal’s words, and a smile played on her lips: “If Xiaoya were still the same as before, of course I wouldn’t dare to come directly to you.”
“But, Xiaoya has been reborn!”
“Just a few days ago, she even defeated a D-class protector of the Mad Heart Group in the lower city!”
“D-class protector?”
Hearing that, the principal’s hand, which was stroking his mustache, suddenly paused.
Divia pressed on: “Many people can testify to this! What’s more, Sonia even created a new term!”
“Term?”
The principal almost pulled out his mustache.
If an E-class duelist defeating a D-class protector was possible, then an E-class duelist creating a new term was simply unheard of!
He wasn’t a duelist of the common beginner level in the lower city; he certainly knew what a term represented!
With the gradual refinement of dueling, no new terms had appeared for many years now!
“Is that true, Classmate Sonia?”
Sonia didn’t keep him in suspense; she directly drew her deck from her card box and handed over one of the cards.
The principal took the card directly, and soon he frowned.
“Hmm?”
“The effect of this card… why does it look a bit dirty?”
Sonia froze, then her face changed when she saw the card name [Spell Deflection].
Oh no, she picked the wrong one!
Why did she give the dirtiest card to Principal Grandpa?!
Fortunately, the principal didn’t dwell on the specific effect but instead looked at the term in front.
Looking at the words [Flash], and perceiving the specific effect of [Flash], the principal’s expression became complicated.
“It really is a new term…”
“And this effect, it seems something similar hasn’t appeared before either…”
“Right! I told you Xiaoya has transformed.”
Divia at this moment behaved like a parent showing off their child, looking at the principal.
“Such a performance should be enough for Xiaoya to re-enroll, right?”
The principal fell silent.
After a long while, he sighed as if making a decision, then looked at Divia and Sonia with a changed expression.
“Classmate Divia, you’re right.”
“Such an excellent student, allowing her to remain outside is indeed a great loss for the academy.”
“I will personally explain to the Board of Directors. Now, in the name of the principal, I approve Classmate Sonia’s re-entry—”
“Wait a moment, I object!”
An unpleasant voice interrupted the principal.
Hearing this voice, Divia instantly turned around, looking at the figure who appeared at the door of the principal’s office.
“Edward Faulkner? Why are you here?”
“Hmph, if I didn’t show up here, how would I expose your tricks?”
Edward responded dismissively, walking past Tivia and Sonia, and standing in front of the principal’s desk.
“Your Excellency Principal, I object.”
Looking at the displeased old gentleman, Edward’s tone was flat: “Creating a new term only means Sonia Seth was lucky for once; it doesn’t represent anything else.”
“I already said, this can be easily verified. Many people witnessed that duel; you just need to find any spectator to prove it. If you were eavesdropping just now, you shouldn’t have missed it.”
Tivia mocked Edward’s eavesdropping, but Edward seemed not to have heard the latter half of the sentence, instead staring intently at Sonia.
“Besides asking, isn’t there a simpler way to verify?”
“Since Sonia Seth can even defeat a D-class protector, then an E-class shouldn’t be a problem for her, right?”
“What do you want to say?”
Sonia felt that Edward’s previous words were all paving the way for this moment.
Edward curled his lips mockingly: “What I want to say is very simple, Sonia Seth, in the name of Edward Faulkner, I challenge you to a duel!”
“If you win, I won’t say another word about your enrollment!”
“But if you lose, go back to your trash heap!”
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Xiaoya’s re-enrollment Should be Sonia’s re enrollment
Xiaoya is used by Tivia for Sonia, so that scene is from Tivia’s perspective.