Free Web NovelChapter 7: Chapter 7: Scheming and Struggle
"Huo Lin’s teacher?"
When it came to the level of an Official Wizard, even Victoria didn’t dare to gossip. No one knew how many strange and bizarre forms of Witchcraft an Official Wizard might command.
"Hmm, that is a possibility!"
After a long silence in the room, Victoria nodded. Wizards were beings who pursued the Truth. Many Wizards who could no longer perceive the Truth would often turn to researching bizarre forms of Witchcraft.
Therefore, Andre’s idea was also plausible.
"Andre, if Huo Lin comes to you again, you can pretend to agree at first, but in the end, you must refuse her. As a reward, I will recommend you to a better Wizard Academy."
As Victoria spoke, she took an Iron Disc from the Storage Ring on her hand and handed it to Andre.
"This is a Recommendation Order for the Azure Sky Wizard Academy. With this, plus your Talent, getting into this Wizard Academy will be no problem."
Andre quickly refused. Such an item was too precious; he couldn’t possibly accept it.
"Take it. It’s just a Recommendation Order. I want her to know that a High Level Wizard Apprentice is nothing."
Victoria forcefully pressed the Iron Disc into Andre’s hand.
She wanted to make Huo Lin fall from her fantasy Heaven and crash into the mud. She wanted to shatter Huo Lin’s state of mind, making it impossible for her to ever advance another step and become an Official Wizard.
"Alright," Andre said, accepting the Recommendation Order.
"Just do as I say!"
After Victoria finished speaking, she left Andre’s room with Rui Qi and the others.
After Victoria and Rui Qi parted ways with Vivian and Yian, Rui Qi asked curiously, "Victoria, do you think your plan will succeed?" Even though the two of them had grown up together, she couldn’t understand what Victoria was thinking right now.
"Andre is a true talent. He could become an Official Wizard based on his Talent alone. I’m just making an early investment."
"Once he enters the Wizard World, a favor from someone who is guaranteed to become an Official Wizard is something countless people would want but could never get."
"Besides, Andre is a smart man. He knows what to do."
Victoria glanced at Rui Qi, a smile gracing her lips.
"If that’s the case, who knows, we might even need to ask him for help in the future."
Listening to Victoria, Rui Qi flicked her fingers, and an Iron Disc appeared in her hand. It was identical to the Recommendation Order Victoria had given Andre—another Recommendation Order for the Azure Sky Wizard Academy.
"But that’s all assuming he actually enters the Azure Sky Wizard Academy."
Victoria smiled and nodded. On the surface, giving Andre the Recommendation Order for the Azure Sky Wizard Academy was to get back at Huo Lin for recommending the Cangsen Wizard Academy to her, the Little Princess.
But in reality, the Recommendation Order was meant for Andre himself.
By exposing Huo Lin’s scheme, she could rally the geniuses among the new blood of Wizards, like Andre, to her side, with her at the center. That was her true goal!
As for Huo Lin recommending the Cangsen Wizard Academy to them, in Victoria’s eyes, it was a trivial matter, something that couldn’t be more insignificant.
Compared to the value of Andre, Vivian, and the others, a High Level Wizard Apprentice like Huo Lin was nothing.
The reason she consulted with Andre, Vivian, and the others about thwarting Huo Lin’s recommendation to the Cangsen Wizard Academy was, in essence, for her own benefit.
The path of a Wizard was fraught with danger. Even in a Wizard Academy, where countless forms of Witchcraft established the Rules, there was no shortage of madmen who developed psychological problems from trying to perceive the Truth.
Moreover, the Truth had always been jealously guarded by the various Wizard Schools. Why should the Truth they worked so painstakingly to perceive be passed on to others?
This situation had caused the methods for later Wizards to obtain the Truth to become increasingly narrow. freewёbnoνel.com
These days, the methods for obtaining the Truth could be broadly divided into four types.
The first was to obtain the Truth perceived by one’s elders, such as through her own blood relationship with the King of Qianyuan.
The second was to be born with supreme intelligence and comprehend the Truth on one’s own through daily life. A third was to have a stroke of incredible luck and obtain the inheritance of another Wizard.
However, many of these inheritances concealed Witchcraft for possession and rebirth. Many "lucky" individuals, after obtaining a Wizard’s legacy, were instead possessed by a contingency left behind by the Wizard before their death, becoming a tool for their resurrection.
Aside from the three methods above, the only remaining way was to obtain it from a Wizard Academy.
This was also the easiest way. The Wizard Academy system had existed since ancient times, a method specially established by the ancient Wizards to prevent the legacy of Wizardry from being broken.
For this very reason, the competition within the Wizard Academies was incredibly fierce.
New blood like Andre and the others, selected from among mortals, had no idea what it was truly like inside a Wizard Academy.
’But how could I, a descendant of an Official Wizard, not know?’
Therefore, to catch up to her ancestor, the King of Qianyuan, and another ancestor who had returned to their ancestral land—and also to become an Official Wizard herself—Victoria knew she had to control every resource around her.
And before entering the Wizard Academy, these new blood of Wizards selected from among mortals were the first resource she could grasp.
She had to gather these people around her and form her own clique to increase her chances of obtaining the legacy of the Truth in the absurdly competitive environment of the Wizard Academy.
’I will let no one interfere with my plans.’
Victoria parted ways with Rui Qi, the flames of ambition burning in her amber eyes.
Back in Andre’s room, he tossed the Recommendation Order in his hand onto the table.
’Every single one of them wants to gain some benefit from me!’
Andre shook his head as he looked at the Recommendation Order. As someone who had lived a second life, and one from an age of information explosion, how could he not see through Victoria’s plotting?
’Victoria’s Recommendation Order and Huo Lin’s request are, in essence, the same thing.’
’Sigh, I guess having too much Talent is a sin in itself. But it’s a pity you’ve all picked the wrong person!’
Andre walked to the bookshelf, picked up the first volume of *A History of Wizard Civilization*, and began to flip through it.
’I am a descendant of the Deities. It’s my destiny not to get involved in these treacherous mind games before I’m fully grown.’
’Even if these petty struggles only have upsides and no downsides for me, and even if they seem very tempting, they’re not worth mentioning when compared to my own life.’
’Reading and understanding what Wizards are like now—that’s what’s most important for me.’
Andre immersed himself in his books, ignoring the sounds of the outside world.
「Three days later.」
The Flying Vessel slowly came to a stop. The new blood of Wizards recruited this time walked out of the vessel, led by the Wizard Apprentices.
