Chapter 1 Monday Morning

It was a Monday morning.

The first rays of sunlight spilled onto the campus of the Ikrith Academy, golden light rising diagonally, falling on the red brick walls of the ancient buildings, causing them to shimmer with sparkling crystals.

The native plants of Ikrith swayed in the morning breeze, the trees and grass were covered with morning dew, and a fresh fragrance filled the air.

Accompanied by the chirping of orioles and sparrows, the hall doors of the main library slowly opened, and students appeared on campus one after another, some hurrying to early classes, others leisurely enjoying their breakfast, with occasional bursts of laughter.

Walking through the green lawn where the old liberal arts building on the border of the Magic Engineering Institute is located, and walking a few more minutes, you can see an artistic iron tower-style glass curtain wall building, the sunlight reflecting on it, appearing tall and bright.

This is the fifth floor of the main building of the Magic Engineering Institute.

Inside the dean's office.

Professor Bolaao was sitting at his work desk, surrounded by drawings, parts, and various mechanical tools.

He had not been in the office for long, but he was already holding a mechanical pencil, quickly drawing on a translucent blue drawing, occasionally stopping to inspect the small and delicate parts next to the drawing with his magical engineering glasses.

His slightly upturned pale hair gleamed in the office lights, his eyes focused, completely immersed in the work at hand.

Just then.

There were two cautious and slight knocks on the door outside, seemingly trying not to disturb Professor Bolaao as much as possible, but there was really something important.

"Come in."

Bolaao did not raise his head, his deep voice calm and powerful, obviously accustomed to being asked for help by various possible people during breaks in his work.

The door was slowly pushed open, a beam of light poured in from the crack in the door, and a young magical engineering teacher walked in, gently turning back to close the door, and then greeted Bolaao:

"Professor Bolaao, good morning, we received contact from the Card Maker Association, a student was assigned to..."

The young magical engineering teacher's hesitant voice echoed in the spacious room surrounded by innovative drawings and magical devices, seemingly still not sure of the contents of the document in his hand, wanting to take one last look.

"Silver grade?"

Professor Bolaao stared at the drawings on the table and asked absentmindedly, obviously preferring to invest his time and energy in his scientific research, rather than such trivial matters.

"No... it says Platinum grade."

The young magical engineering teacher's voice was full of disbelief.

"Oh."

Professor Bolaao answered indifferently,

"Huh? Platinum?"

Then he raised his head again, took off the silver-framed glasses resting on the bridge of his nose and placed them on the table, staring at the young magical engineering teacher in confusion.

He had never heard of a student being directly assigned to Platinum grade in all these years.

Advancement starting from Gold grade often requires accumulating a large number of research results, patent certifications, finished product sales, industry reputation, and other dimensions in the association to meet the standards, before being eligible to participate in the advancement assessment.

Similarly, having an Epic-level work is also the most difficult prerequisite for obtaining Platinum grade qualification, without exception.

To bypass these and reach Platinum grade in one step, one can only create an orange Epic in the registered Card Maker exam.

"He made an orange Epic in the registered Card Maker exam?"

There was a hint of certainty in Professor Bolaao's question.

His most outstanding student, Mi Gaia, made magic cards, summon cards, and equipment cards in the registration exam, three different categories of pink Sacred, which can be called the ultimate stable performance and comprehensive coverage, but was only assigned to Gold grade, very close to Platinum.

"Yes, he made one orange Epic and three white common cards. Because the single card score of that orange Epic was very exaggerated, he was ultimately assigned to Platinum grade."

The young magical engineering teacher nodded, and stepped forward to hand all the documents from the Ikrith Card Maker Association to Professor Bolaao.

Many important documents need to be reviewed and signed by Bolaao, the dean of the Magic Engineering Institute, and it may also be necessary to communicate with the dean of the Sage Academy.

Bolaao took the heavy brown leather file bag, directly found the page with the detailed finished card evaluation table, and began to read it.

Bolaao also found it a bit unbelievable that he could make a Tier 3 Epic in the Card Maker exam.

Almost no Card Maker has the possibility to make an orange Epic so early.

Even with extremely rare materials and the best perfect performance, a genius should only be able to make a pink Sacred at best.

"It shouldn't be, it shouldn't be."

Bolaao stared at the production process and detailed analysis of the Epic-level work [Radiant Virtue], muttering to himself.

Every Epic card has uniqueness, will anchor the world, run through history, and the person who can create this kind of card will also have a little bit of legendary color, which is definitely not something a teenager can possess.

"Do we really have such a powerful student?"

Professor Bolaao didn't think there was such a genius among the freshmen and old students of the Magic Engineering Institute at all.

He knew exactly how much each student weighed.

Although, to be precise, direct Platinum grading is still currently Gold grade, as long as you obtain this qualification, completing the approval and becoming Platinum grade is only a matter of time. As fast as a few months, as slow as a year, a student will become an official Platinum-grade Card Maker.

"...It's from the Sage Academy, named Lan Qi Weierfu Te (Lanci Wellfort)."

The Magic Engineering Institute teacher, who was waiting in front of the desk like a servant, saw that Professor Bolaao was still focused on the analysis report of the Epic card, and could only awkwardly remind him.

"!"

Professor Bolaao heard the name, the veins on his forehead jumped, and he slowly put down the document in his hand.

He had a fresh memory of this name.

"Truly the rising Dong Xi..."

Bolaao looked at the morning sun outside the window, and couldn't help but mutter to himself.

That guy was the one who broke the artificial shadow world startup terminal, forcing him to put aside his scientific research project at the request of Loren, the dean of the Sage Academy, and rush to urgently repair it overnight.

The most important thing is that the huge amount of scientific research funding advanced by their Magic Engineering Institute has not yet been approved for reimbursement!

"Because the handover work on the Card Maker Association is basically done with our Magic Engineering Institute, and the Sage Academy is not very familiar with these contents, Dean Loren has made an appointment to visit you later, and will bring Lan Qi Weierfu Te to see you."

The young magical engineering teacher felt the ominous atmosphere in the dean's office, hurriedly saluted Professor Bolaao, and then prepared to leave.

He knew that the Hutton Kingdom's financial situation was not good last year, and Professor Bolaao was very angry that the Magic Engineering Institute had its funding cut by one hundred pounds per month, not to mention that this time, Lan Qi caused a astronomical loss of eight thousand pounds before the start of school.

"I see, let Loren come directly."

Bolaao said with some gnashing of teeth, the murderous look in his eyes could not be hidden.

(End of this chapter)