Ikrit Academy. The Gothic Revival building on the edge of the Magic Engineering Institute is one of the hallmarks of the campus—

The old liberal arts building of the Magic Engineering Institute.

This historic building with its red brick facade and classical reliefs used to be a workshop where magic engineers unleashed their creativity. Decades ago, it was renovated and began to be used as a public building providing magic engineering technology services to students from other departments.

When Lan Qi first entered the school, he came here once to collect his student bracelet, but he didn't go to the higher floors.

The first floor is the Public Magic Engineering Technology Service Center.

The second floor is the New Magic Engineering Technology Creative Workshop belonging to Professor Polao, the academic leader of the Magic Engineering Institute.

The third floor is the Student Management Committee.

The wind is rather noisy today.

After their only class in the morning, Lan Qi and Hyperion went directly to the old liberal arts building along the school road and arrived at the third floor via the stairs.

As soon as they stepped out of the stairwell, a wide and bright corridor appeared before them.

Several exquisite chandeliers hung from the ceiling, casting soft light throughout the corridor. The maroon wooden carved walls were decorated with gilded patterns, giving Lan Qi and Hyperion the feeling that the place was solemn and extremely quiet.

They walked on the soft carpet that stretched to the end of the corridor, towards the door of the student council room. Turning their heads, they could see the scenery of the academy through a row of huge windows: green lawns, rows of trees, and scattered students passing by.

Finally, they reached the deep red double doors at the very end.

"Hyperion, are you ready?"

"Yes."

With Hyperion's nod, Lan Qi gently knocked on the door twice.

"Come in."

Soon, a gentle, calm, and steady male voice came from behind the door.

Lan Qi pushed open the heavy mahogany door. The air, mixed with the scent of coffee and candles, rushed towards them. What came into view was a spacious meeting room of hundreds of square meters, and only three people inside—

Behind the desk facing the door, sat a handsome man, his back straight, his eyes as bright as stars, with the air of a knowledgeable researcher.

The long table in front of him, made of dark wood, was as smooth as a mirror. Behind him, the crimson curtains by the huge half-covered windows shimmered in the sunlight like theater curtains.

Standing next to the long table was a woman with a gentle expression, also looking at Lan Qi and the others with slight puzzlement. She was holding a stack of documents, seemingly preparing to take them to the right side of the meeting room and place them on a row of tall bookshelves along the wall.

The left side of the meeting room seemed to be a rest area, equipped with a coffee table and luxurious leather sofas on both sides, the colors matching the tables and chairs.

Sitting on the very comfortable sofa was a man with gray-white hair, wearing small sunglasses.

"May I ask, have you two encountered any trouble at school?"

The student council president, sitting in the main seat, looked at the two visitors with a friendly and confident smile.

He seemed to recognize Lan Qi and Hyperion, two figures who had caused quite a stir as soon as they entered the school.

But the president did not treat them as special people, but asked them as usual.

"Hello, we would like to ask if the student council is still recruiting?"

Lan Qi felt very comfortable with the president's attitude.

It wasn't just that he had no hostility towards Hyperion.

The way he looked at him was also calm, not with the strange feeling that other students had when they saw him.

As Vivian said, the president was indeed a knowledgeable person.

The president nodded, understanding their intention, and then he stood up from his chair, signaling them to sit in the rest area for a detailed discussion.

Soon, the president sat next to the gray-haired young man, while Lan Qi and Hyperion sat on the opposite sofa.

The woman by the bookshelf, after putting down the documents in her hand, came over with a tray and porcelain cups, pouring a cup of coffee for each of them.

"I am Monast, the president of the Student Team Management Committee, and she is the vice president, Asina."

Monast thanked the woman pouring coffee and introduced her to Lan Qi and Hyperion.

"He is Frey, a freshman from the Knight Institute who just joined the student council."

Then he spread his palms and pointed to the gray-white-haired young man sitting on the sofa.

Lan Qi and Hyperion exchanged glances. They both had a slight impression of this guy named Frey.

The second round of the entrance examination was a joint examination for the Knight Institute and the Sage Institute, and they were separated until the third round.

And this freak from the Knight Institute passed the second round of entrance examination faster than Lan Qi—

Compared to Lan Qi arresting the evil couple with the law, he chose to directly mortgage loans and resisted the extremely cold wind and snow with his physical fitness.

Originally, Lan Qi and Hyperion were wondering which team Frey had been recruited by, but they didn't expect that he had already joined the student council.

"Actually, the Student Management Committee is currently in a state of serious manpower shortage. With the graduation of the previous student council members, only Frey has joined as a newcomer under the recommendation of the dean of the Knight Institute. I was originally considering that many affairs this semester may require me and Vice President Asina to personally solve them after handling the work handover with the school. I didn't expect you two to come at this time."

President Monast took a slight sip of coffee with a slightly tired expression, slowly put down the porcelain cup, retracted his fingers, and then looked at the two with a smile.

It seemed that just the fact that the two of them came here to express their intention to join had relieved a lot of pressure on him.

Lan Qi nodded, the president's meaning seemed to be willing to accept the two of them.

"I have already heard of your strength. If you don't mind the possible hard work and troublesome affairs of the student council, I am very willing to invite Lan Qi Wilfort and Hyperion Alanzar to join."

"..."

A moment of silence.

A gust of wind blew in from the window, the curtains fluttered gently, bringing the fresh air outside, gently brushing the table, passing over the sofa, brushing the pages, bringing a slight rustling of paper in the quiet moment of this meeting room.

President Monast and Vice President Asina were both very friendly, and although Frey didn't know what he was thinking, the way he looked at the two of them was no different from looking at ordinary people.

Lan Qi and Hyperion finally exchanged glances and nodded.

"I am very willing to join the student council."

"Me too."

"Then welcome you two to join. I, as the president, will take care of the application procedures with the school. In addition, there is also a second-year alchemist in the student council who serves as the secretary, but she is usually busy with the newspaper and only comes here occasionally. You will have the opportunity to meet her in the future."

The two nodded solemnly.

But looking at the president's solemn eyes, it seemed that there was something troublesome that he wanted to entrust to them now.

"Actually, the student council has a job that is imminent. Originally, I was a little worried about letting Frey go alone, so I was preparing to accompany him after handling the backlog of affairs at hand. But if the three of you work together, I can safely handle my job."

(End of this chapter)