Hermione was getting impatient with Xue as whenever she asked her something, she would simply nod or say yes or no.

At first she wanted to inquire about Zen, so she asked questions in a roundabout way, but Xue was an intelligent girl, so she pretty much knew where the questions were going.

Xue knew that she was trying to make her accidentally spill out information, so all she did was nod, say yes, or say no.

But this was also part of Xue's personality; she is a girl of few words. Additionally, she was Zen's follower; why would she snitch? He even saved her from that hellhole of a continent where she lived a hard life every day, not knowing when she would die, but it was Zen's appearance that gave her light to life.

In fact, Hermione did not really care about the matter with Gorgon and the Land of Dragons. She knew the extent of the Raverdieu families, so that land being destroyed by them should not be a surprise after what Gorgon did.

All she wanted was to know more about Zenryx Raverdieu. She was quite curious about him, as he seemed to be the most mysterious, scheming, and ruthless person she had ever met.

After Zen left the academy back then, she sorted out her thoughts and eventually understood that what happened with Gorgon and Zen was no mere coincidence.

First, Zen killed Gorgon's son, which led him to come to the academy to seek answers. She herself eventually informed him of all the details regarding the incident.

Zen most likely anticipated this, and so he left to go back to Tranquil City and revealed his location for everyone to see. After that, Gorgon and his army went to Tranquil City to find him.

She knew Gorgon was not the type of person who would kill innocents who had no part in what happened to his son. So she was confused about why he would destroy half of the city, or was it Zen who did such a thing? Such a ruthless thing could be done by such a young man?

Hermione also speculated that Zen was aiming for the resources of the Land of Dragons, as that land is filled with mana stones, ores, and all types of metals and such, but why would he need them? He had the Raverdieu family behind him; he shouldn't lack these things.

This was all she was baffled by.

Back to Xue and Hermione

"Alright, you can leave now; you still have to go take the test. I won't take any more of your time. Go." Hermione said.

"Ok Dean." Xue responded, and she got up from the couch and prepared to exit the room.

Hermione watched as she walked out of the room and thought, 'Sigh, I probably need to monitor this Zenryx Raverdieu once he comes to the academy. He smells like trouble and would probably cause trouble every day during his time in the academy!' A troubled expression could be seen on her face as she rubbed her temples with her fingers.

She also got up from the sofa and went back to sit on her desk to start working on paperwork.

ραndαsnοvεl.cοm At the testing building...

Due to the number of students, the academy was forced to make new classroom arrangements this time.

A total of fifty rooms were used, with each room having one hundred people. The first year students all occupied a massive building by themselves. Usually one building is shared by both first year students and second year students but this time the first years monopolize this building.

Other than Hawkin, Anna, and Lector, other professors also came to help supervise the testing. As the other professors that the academy had newly recruited have not yet arrived.

Two beautiful girls arrived at the entrance of the building, and there was a guard standing there.I think you should take a look at ραΠdαsnovel.cοm

Seeing these two girls, he looked at them and asked, "You girls are here for the written test also?

Both girls spoke in unison and said, "Yes."

"Why are you guys so late-" He thought of reprimanding them, but in the end he said, "Aiyaa, forget it; you both go to room D3." As he pointed in the direction of the room.

One girl smiled and thanked him, while the other simply nodded. They then both proceeded in the direction to which the guard pointed.

While they headed there, the girl looked at the girl walking with her and decided to initiate a conversation: "Hey, I'm Crystal, and you are?"

"Xue Shan." She replied.

'Xue Shan?' Crystal said it inwardly, thinking that it was quite a strange name and so foreign. "You are not a native of the Astre continent, are you?"

"Yes."

"Ahh, that's why; which continent did you come from?"

"Somewhere."

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They continued to talk, but just as you'd expect from Xue, she didn't say much. Crystal smiled awkwardly as she felt like she was talking to herself, and the girl beside her was like an emotionless puppet.

Sensing that Xue did not like talking, she decided to stop talking to her. They walked towards room D3 in silence.

Finally, they both arrived. As they opened the door and walked inside the room, all the people who were currently taking the written test stopped what they were doing.

Xue and Crystal seemed to have gotten all their attention for being late. The professor in charge of this room was Anna. "You little girls are quite late. I wonder what's the occasion that made you both late, hmmm?" she questioned with an annoyed expression.

"What's your names?"

"Xue Shan."

"Crystal."

"Hmm, Xue?" Anna thought of something and glanced at her, saying, "Ah, you must be the one who went to meet with the dean." Ok, you're fine, then go find a seat and start." She then switched her attention to Crystal, "What about you, little girl?"

"I apologize for being late, Professor; I had to go to the restroom badly, responded Crystal.

Anna looked at her suspiciously, but she ended up accepting her made-up excuse and proceeded to tell her to start her test also.

As this test was being held, a ship could be seen in the sky slowly approaching.