"Ah....That was a filthy long speech"
Stretching her hands to the extreme, Julia groaned as she looked towards me.
"..."
I was already sick of talking to her, so I just ignored her by turning away my head.
-Stare
But it didn't seem like she would give up as she continued staring at me intensely seeking my attention.
'Should I just speak openly? she'll annoy me if I ignore her any longer...'
-Sigh
"I know, right"
I said with a fake smile and she immediately replied as if waiting for me to speak up.
"But still, I could stand it! Because Patience is the basic skill of a magician."
I was really not sure about that.
The Julia I know and patience were something that didn't exist together.
"Whoa~ Amazing~"
But I didn't want to get on her bad side just because of that so I acted as if I was amazed.
"Hmp! It's the basic thing that we learn at the renowned magic family of Rozentals."
She seemed to be very proud of her family.
"By the way, what's your name?"
Wow! She was talking all that sh*t with me without even knowing my name?
I don't if I had to be happy that she finally asked for my name or to be sad for the fact that she is only asking it now.
"Eren. Eren Pendragon."
I answered anyway.
"I came from the Pendragon family, located in the south of the Mauryan empire."
"Oh! The Pendragon Barony! I have heard of your family! Even though your family head is 'just' a Baron, it is said that he look after the fire dragon!"
Her way of speaking...No matter how much I tried to calm myself, it was still infuriating.
"Hey, tell me, have you seen the dragon too?"
She was like a cocky kid asking whatever questions that came to her mind.
"No, I haven't"
Technically I have, but not in this life, I didn't bother to explain that to her.
"What...? That sucks! You are nothing special then. But still you managed to get admitted to Freljord Academy, you may not know much-"
She suddenly closed her mouth, the non-stop mouth of her shut for the first time.
I don't know why but she seemed to have suddenly remembered something and looked toward me in a cautious way.
'I was so involved in talking that I started speaking to him informally!'
The praised genius of the Rozental family, Julia von Rozental. there was one thing that she was famous for even more than her talent in magic.
It was for her arrogant way of speaking.
Although she didn't mean to look down on people, her way of speaking easily made people misunderstand her and this caused a lot of problems back in her family.
'gasp! this way of speaking again..!'
Her mother had especially reprimanded her for not talking like that to anyone in the academy and here she was doing the same thing on her first day of the academy.
She slowly looked in my direction thinking about something.
'He doesn't seem very concerned though?'
I don't know what she was thinking about and I was not interested either.
"Ahem! So, what I mean is..."
She corrected her tone and started to speak formally to me, which gave slight chills to me.
"If there's anything you don't know, I'll teach you. For example, those people on the second floor"
I preferred her talking informally to me more than talking with respect, anyway I looked toward where she was pointing.
There were a bunch of guys sitting on the second floor of the auditorium, they seemed to be very important people as the academy has built a very luxurious lobby just for them.
Even among them, Eight of them seemed very prominent as they were seated with special seats there.
"They're the representatives from the seven towers and the Royal palace"
As a matter of fact, I know that and I had even met a few of them in my previous life.
"They are looking for talented students to keep an eye on in advance"
It was a common practice that was practiced every year.
The seven towers of the Mauryan empire.
Tower of Temperance in the North.
Tower of Patience in the South.
Tower of Purity in the East.
Tower of Prudence in the West.
Tower of Justice in the Royal Palace.
Tower of Wisdom in the capital, and
Tower of Diligence between the border of the Mauryan empire and the Kalinga kingdom.
Together there were seven towers that represented the Mauryan empire along with the Royal Guards that are directly under the command of the Emperor.
Except for them there were a few from small guilds and noble families too, looking for future talents.
As the event is of quite important, the leaders of each tower would be present during the ceremony unless they have some important work.
'I know all of them quite well, what kind of achievements they'll achieve in the future and even how some of them would die.'
The seven tower masters were the main force of the Mauryan who stood against the demon invasion, so even I who was surviving in the remote place was aware of them.
Among the seven towers, some of them worked in hand hand with the royal palace whereas some others were completely independent working as a guild.
They were all here to look for prospective students who had the potential to get stronger in the future.
Some lucky kids who would get noticed by them would get all kinds of support from them, from the tuition fees to research materials and elixirs, they wouldn't spare anything to support the talent.
"You'll be eligible to apply for any tower or the royal guards once you reach the third year, although it's already decided for me, you see..."
"The Tower of Temperance?"
The Tower of Temperance's master, Sylvia Oriane. She was the Archmage who had reached the highest level in fire magic and as such Duke Rozental had already arranged for Julia to become her disciple.
It was already a widely known fact among the nobles.
"Yeah! The tower master is my perfect role model"
The flame empress, Sylvia Oriane. She was indeed a powerful figure, but unfortunately, she met her end at the hands of a demon in my past life, which became a trigger for Julia's growth.
Eventually, Julia killed the demon taking revenge for her, but in doing so Julia exhausted her life force which lead to her demise at the hands of Lucifer, the demon prince of pride.
"If it is you, you will definitely be able to enter the Tower of Temperance even without your family's help."
That's how much of a genius Julia was.
"Hmp! You are stating the obvious"
Here we go again, I regretted complimenting her.
Although I was too insignificant to be recruited into any Towers in my previous life, it will be different this time.
As my gaze shifted toward the individuals seated on the second floor, one person's eyes met with mine.
'The strongest Tower...'
That day, I swore to join the strongest tower at any cost!
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