Chapter 793: Chapter 622: I Am Just That Strong
The Divine Auffa Empire had recently been abuzz with juicy gossip, the most captivating being the news of three Crown Princes pursuing the same girl.
However, as suitors, the ordeals of these three Crown Princes were truly indescribable.
Pursuing a girl and catering to her interests is of utmost importance. It’s normal for a girl to like colorful and green clothing, but beyond that, Ai Lin’s favorite things were related to combat. She enjoyed researching magic, loved magical artifacts, adored Teleportation Gates, and relished facing off against powerful warriors.
This left the three princes trying to woo her scratching their heads, as no one knew exactly what she liked, or if she was simply toying with them.
During this period, Ai Lin also gained a systematic understanding of the strengths of the Divine Auffa Empire itself, as well as their magical research levels. Simply put, with its standing among the top Empires of this plane, the Divine Auffa Empire’s strength was beyond doubt. By abandoning other powers to specialize in magic, their research had reached heights unattainable by other nations, one notable feature being how magic permeation almost affected every aspect of the plane.
Yet, to Ai Lin’s surprise, she discovered many extremely difficult subjects in the magic research institute that the White Dragon Empire had already solved many years ago. Ai Lin could assert that, in terms of academic research alone, the White Dragon Empire’s magical research was almost twenty years ahead of the Divine Auffa Empire.
This could not help but make Ai Lin think of the Giant’s expectations of humans: no power at all, but unmatched wisdom.
Yes, even the magic humans could use was not their own, but from the Dragon Clan. Yet humans had research achievements that were twenty years ahead of this magical Empire!
How could this not fill Ai Lin with pride?
But this pride, seen through the eyes of those researchers, was not so attractive. Because if Ai Lin was proud of herself, it inherently made others feel belittled.
The researchers, who usually dwelled in their laboratories, had no clue Ai Lin had fully asserted herself that day, and they probably wouldn’t care even if they knew. Now, all they knew was that their research was being looked down upon by the new girlfriend of their Empire’s Crown Prince.
At that moment, Crown Prince St. Antonio stood by Ai Lin’s side, following her as they shuttled between different research teams. This habit stemmed from Long Yi, who liked to visit each place, help if possible or at least provide an audience. Naturally, Ai Lin had adopted this habit too. However, now her actions seemed more like a leader inspecting, which made the researchers somewhat irritable.
Especially glaring was the One-Star mage badge on Ai Lin’s chest, barely shining, indicating the girl was merely a lowly One-Star Mage.
"Your Highness, these things are not worth seeing, and this place is so dull. Miss here might not even understand, so perhaps we should go somewhere else," the accompanying old Mage suggested, noticing his colleagues’ dissatisfaction.
Crown Prince St. Antonio had wanted to leave for a while; the place was indeed very dull and boring, nowhere near as amusing as those magical artifacts. What’s the use for a Sanctuary Mage like you to look at these?
"How about it, Miss Ailin, shall we go somewhere else?" Crown Prince St. Antonio proposed.
"No need, I find this place quite interesting, especially fun to listen to a bunch of people arguing about what one plus one equals," Ai Lin decisively joked with a laugh.
"One plus one equals... what..." The old Mage was taken aback initially, his rigid thoughts unable to comprehend the situation, but then it dawned on him that this was pure mockery of their inability to solve even simple magical research!
"Hehe, it seems, Miss Ailin, you must also have profound knowledge in the study of magic, right?" the old Mage couldn’t resist asking directly, and the surrounding researchers also stopped their work. They had been discontented for a while now and were gearing up to enjoy the spectacle.
Are you kidding? This place gathered the elite of the entire Divine Auffa Empire! They might not be very strong in combat, but who in the whole plane could compare to them in magical research?
"Of course, my proficiency in magic isn’t deep," Ai Lin humbly denied it, and just as the old Mage was about to retort, Ai Lin changed her tune, "But I might be a bit stronger than you."
At that moment, Ai Lin was very serious, not seeming to be joking at all.
Crown Prince St. Antonio helplessly covered his eyes.
Big sister, can’t you not do this? We all know you’re a Sanctuary Mage, and you’re formidable! But your strength has nothing to do with your knowledge of magic research—it’s two different things! You could make a fool of yourself if you’re not careful! These are all mages devoted to research, no matter how powerful you are, they won’t respect you! They wouldn’t even respect the Emperor!
Hearing Ai Lin speak this way, all signs of respect had vanished from the old Mage’s face.
"If you say so, then I might have a few questions to ask," the old Mage said.
"Wait! Ailin! Let’s go, we wouldn’t want to interrupt their work!" Crown Prince St. Antonio hurriedly interjected, absolutely not wanting Ai Lin to embarrass herself here. These researchers were ones to insult without using foul language! What if Ai Lin was infuriated by them?
