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Latis, who witnessed the revival of the Dawn Tree with her, must be the one who understands her best. If she could recruit him as her confidant, it would definitely be a happy thing.
As for the city of Titania that Latis mentioned in the beacon communications... although it's hard to imagine how large it could be in such a short time, it probably wouldn't be bad.
At this moment, she hoped that after Latis passed the assessment for becoming a new noble, she could bring him to the capital to assist her. Even if Latis had no background or power, it didn't matter, because over the years she had still accumulated some wealth.
At worst, he could just give him all his assets. Slinger believed that, compared to others, Latis was definitely the best choice.
However… if I were to give him all my assets, it would feel like I was just giving him away as part of his dowry… Wouldn’t that be treating him like a royal consort?!
No, no, Slinger, don't think like that...
Slink blinked, stood before the examiners, and asked:
"Have you all prepared the corresponding evaluation forms and target materials?"
“Ready, Your Highness,” the examiners replied.
“Okay.” Slingk shook her head slightly and glanced at Carter Sham, who was in charge of evaluating Latis. As far as she knew, examiners wouldn’t put much effort into preparing for people like Latis who didn’t have a noble background, or people from places outside the capital’s aristocratic background.
These guys in the capital are always all talk and no action...
Fine, if Latis's assessment doesn't go well, she'll just take over the assessment process herself. In short, she'll do whatever it takes to keep Latis here.
Thinking this through, Slingk stopped worrying. She picked up the white parasol in her hand, weighed it lightly, looked at the elegant teleportation platform not far away, entwined with mandarin duck flowers, and said:
"Let's go."
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"Extra! Extra! Urgent Daily Report!"
"The true identity of the mysterious King of Titania has been revealed, and his appearance has caused an uproar across the entire floating island!"
The cries of newsboys echoed from the street, and the examiners who had just stepped out of the Golden Hall of Lundia looked at each other for a moment before bursting into laughter.
"Detonate the entire floating island? The Lundia Daily is exaggerating!"
"What King of Titania? Never heard of him... In the territory of Norrad, is there anyone who doesn't know what's good for them and dares to call himself king?"
"I guess it's some minor lord from the countryside who came up with the title, and these bored mages just took it as a joke. It doesn't matter."
"Tsk, quite a few people are buying newspapers from the newsboy. Indeed, the overly relaxed atmosphere of Lundia is not worthy of being the center of the kingdom. Why don't we go to the parliament and propose that all three schools be moved to Siyuanhua Castle?"
"Come on, the capital is so expensive, how can it accommodate so many country bumpkins? Just order high-level mages to serve in the capital."
"Hahaha...you guys." Carter chuckled, glancing at his colleagues, and couldn't help but complain:
"Don't you all know that the higher these mages climb in their cultivation, the more stubborn they become? I certainly don't want to see these simple-minded and blunt mages at the social dance!"
"Well, that's true."
His colleague shook his head and muttered:
"If people like that really dominate the social circles of the capital, then we're doomed..."
"That's why our performance evaluation responsibilities are so important."
Carter, with a hint of self-satisfaction on his face, looked around the streets of the inner city of Lundia and said:
"Those students participating in the assessment, if they're originally from the capital, that's fine. But if they're from local gentry or powerful families, we must hold fast to our 'integrity' and not let 'power' sway our wallets! Hahaha... Hmm? Where's Her Highness the Princess?"
Suddenly realizing what was happening, everyone quickly searched for Slink's whereabouts. A moment later, someone spotted Slink queuing to buy a newspaper next to a newsboy and shouted:
"The princess is there! Let's go there quickly!"
The examiners sighed helplessly at the little princess's presumptuous decision and began walking towards the newsboy.
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"An urgent daily report."
After finally finishing in line, Slingk took a five-cent silver coin from his purse, placed it in the newsboy's hand, and nodded, saying:
"No need to look anymore, thank you."
"Ah! Thank you, beautiful lady."
The newsboy, somewhat flattered, accepted the silver coin, glanced cautiously at the elegant Slinger, not daring to look closely at her, and then lowered his head to hand over an urgent daily newspaper, explaining in a low voice:
"King Titania has been the hottest topic in the daily newspapers these past few days. The whole of Londia is talking about him. If you're new to Londia, I recommend you check out the newspapers from a few days ago..."
"Huh?" Slingk took the newspaper and blinked curiously.
She had, of course, already known from Latis's beacon communications that Titania was his newly established power, so the King of Titania must be Latis himself...
The question is, what's going on with this overwhelming discussion? It's only been a few months, and Latis has become so popular? But that doesn't seem right; the mages of Lundia don't even seem to know who the King of Titania is… What on earth happened?
She stepped aside from the line and walked to the side of the street. She picked up a newspaper, intending to unfold it and check today's urgent news, when she heard a flurry of footsteps, followed by the examiners calling out with discontent:
"Your Highness, why did you leave the group without telling us?!"
"Your Highness, Princess?!" The newsboy standing nearby was shocked and fell backward, losing his balance.
"be careful."
Slinger lightly tapped the ground with her parasol, and a gentle magical force instantly wafted behind the newsboy, helping him to his feet. She shook her head slightly, closed the newspaper, and looked at the examiners with her unfocused golden eyes, calmly saying:
"You can go to Queen's College to find the relevant targets yourselves. You don't need to report to me about the process. After I visit the principal of Queen's College, I will go to visit a friend."
“Ah…but what about Her Majesty the Queen…” the examiners said hesitantly, “She said that Her Highness the Princess would be in charge of managing us…”
"It doesn't matter."
Slinger looked up at the gradually brightening sky, gently opened his parasol, and said:
“Your movements are all under my control. You can arrange your own time. Disperse. Carter Sham, you stay.”
"what?"
Carter, looking completely bewildered, pointed to himself and asked:
"I?"
“Hmm.” Slinger subtly raised the corners of his mouth and calmly explained, “Your assessment target is the friend I’m going to visit. He will come to pick us up in the outer city in a while. You will stay with me and you must not leave the group at will.”
"Hiss... This?" Carter gasped, his heart filled with shock. The commoner student whose name he didn't even remember was actually a friend of the princess?!
Oh no, there must be something wrong with the data...
He was taken aback. Something was wrong. It seemed like he hadn't seen any detailed information about the candidates from the very beginning.
Carter scratched his head, glanced around at his fellow examiners who were scattered about, and his doubts grew stronger. He couldn't help but run a few steps to catch up with Slinger, who was walking towards Queen's Academy, and politely asked:
"Your Highness, may I ask... what exactly is going on with the candidates I'm being assessed?"
"You'll know when you meet him."
Slinger chuckled mysteriously, ignoring Carter's confusion, and subtly channeled his magic to suspend the parasol beside him before opening the newspaper.
"With one punch, the Tiger King dies; with one thought, the Sky Island rises!"
"When people thought that the power of the Thousand-Meter Palace was the limit of that man's strength, he punched the monster lord who was blocking the development of the eastern border of Senhai Territory to pieces."
"When people thought that surpassing the strength of a monster lord was the limit for that man, he led a large number of dead across the entire Forest Sea Territory."
"Just when people thought that the mystery of walking between death and reality was the man's limit, he suddenly raised a new floating island that had been silent for twenty years!"
"Where exactly is that man's limit?!"
"what……?"
Slinger couldn't help but widen her eyes. Even though she knew that Latis was no ordinary person, she only imagined that he could build up a small organization like a merchant guild in the next few months. As for becoming a lord... she had never even thought about it, let alone the lord of a floating island!
What happened to him?
Several civil engineers, yawning as they prepared for work, passed by, their muttered murmurs, tinged with disbelief, reaching the little princess's ears:
"...So the monster lord in the east is indeed gone. That King Titania was really powerful. He has avenged so many high-level mages."
"Yeah, the association has started telling us to build infrastructure to the east. Maybe in a while we'll be able to visit the vicinity of Titania..."
The civil engineers quickly passed them and headed out of the city. Carter glanced at their retreating figures and murmured in disbelief:
"No way... a high-ranking monster lord was killed by that inexplicable King Titania? Is this really true?"
He stared wide-eyed, hesitated for a moment, and then awkwardly asked Slinger for instructions:
"Your Highness, may I go buy a newspaper? These monks are saying all sorts of strange things, which has piqued my curiosity..."
"It's okay, take a look at this one."
With a hint of secret pride, Slinger handed the newspaper to Carter.
"Thank you, Your Highness." Carter took the newspaper and quickly began to read it.
Slinger slightly tugged at his white gloves, caught the parasol hanging in the air, and, listening to the sound of newspapers being turned behind him, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows with a smile.
She thought she probably didn't need to worry about anything anymore.
Although she was filled with eager curiosity, she was always a slow-paced person. These hearsay rumors had blurred the image of Latis himself, and she did not want to delve into these events. On the contrary, what she wanted most at the moment was to see Latis as soon as possible, ask him how he was doing, and whether he felt tired after achieving so many miraculous accomplishments.
The sun is shining so brightly today...
Slinger raised his head and looked at the spire wall at the end of Tianhai Street. Beyond that, there were countless mage towers. Beyond the mage towers was the dense forest of Senhai Territory. Further away, there stood the newly revived Dawn Tree.
Are the morning glories still blooming in full glory today?
I suppose so.
She chuckled softly and lowered her head, suppressing her curiosity and restraining the urge to immediately send a beacon communication to Latis.
Anyway, she'd see him soon enough, and then she could talk to him in person. She was also curious to know if anything had changed about Latis...
Suddenly, a very shocking shout came from behind.
"No, what does it mean that 'the lower levels of the floating island are no match for us, and who dares to stand against us? Only I, Lord Niu, the Great City Lord,' am ''?"
Slinger blinked, then curiously turned back to look at Carter, who was furiously scratching his head. Carter wore a bewildered expression, and said loudly, as if both amused and exasperated:
"What do you mean by 'a dragon claw print with a diameter of over ten meters was found at the scene'? Is this photo really not photoshopped? No, are dragons rampant these days? My God, just what kind of power is Titania...?"
He took a deep breath, feeling a chill run down his spine, and closed the newspaper, muttering:
"After seeing reports like this, I'm even tempted to visit Titania. But the thought of having to go through that tedious noble examination makes me feel pretty bored..."