They gathered somewhere at the foot of the stands, with students on the periphery sticking their heads out to look around while trying to squeeze in.
It seems like there is something quite remarkable there.
"What are they looking at?"
Donna stopped to look, but because of the crowd she couldn't see what was in the center, and her curiosity was aroused for a moment.
"Well...it's already past two o'clock, the cafeteria must be closed, there's no need to rush over..." She raised her head and glanced at the sky, "It's just skipping lunch, I can just eat more in the evening..."
After some consideration, curiosity finally overcame the hunger which was not urgent at the moment.
Donna did not go to Beiyuan Canteen, but walked towards the crowded audience stand not far away, wanting to find out what was going on.
"There are so many people... and there's no way to squeeze in."
After arriving next to the crowd, she stood on tiptoe and jumped on the spot, trying to see the scenery beyond over the crowds of people.
But her height was a bit of a disadvantage. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't see past the crowd.
There was no way she could squeeze in, as her small body could compare to the tall and strong senior students.
However, she is not indifferent.
"Hey, hey, hey, what's going on? Why are there so many people?"
"It seems that the school has posted a notice. I'll ask the person in front..."
"…Activities? What activities?"
"Wait, I heard from our counselor that there seems to be a spiritual academy event this month!"
"Hey, what is it? Tell me about it."
"..."
By listening carefully to the conversations of everyone present, Donna was able to discern some information from the fragmentary words.
"Academic competition at the Spiritual Academy?"
Donna pondered over this string of words that seemed a little unfamiliar to her, and soon nodded in understanding:
"Is it a competition for students majoring in magic and martial arts? That's great. I also want to become a transcendent..."
The main body of the Imperial University is divided into two colleges: the College of Spirituality, which mainly teaches in the North Garden, and the College of Philosophy, which mainly teaches in the South Garden.
The School of Philosophy covers education in cultural fields such as politics, economics, natural sciences, mathematics, psychology, history, etc., while the School of Spirituality teaches in the field of extraordinary spirituality. The students are basically extraordinary people, or potential extraordinary people.
This so-called "academic competition", to put it bluntly, is a competition of skills between the mages and warriors of the Spiritual Academy.
Donna was born into an ordinary family and was influenced by her teacher Helen. Naturally, she had a romantic yearning for the extraordinary people with great powers.
And after meeting two powerful wizards, Xiaoyao and Sister Bernice, she was even more full of hope for the mysterious and magnificent spiritual power.
If you ask her if she wants to become a superhuman, of course she would like to.
But she also knew that this was impossible.
In the extraordinary field, whether it is a warrior who specializes in actual combat and practice, or an academic who is devoted to studying theory, in-depth research must consume enormous resources.
Regardless of whether it is the resources for cultivation or the various classics and secret techniques, they are basically not cheap.
It can be said that every extraordinary person is burning money all the time.
Otherwise, those adventurers in the wild wouldn't be so poor in general.
——It cannot be said that they are poor, because even the low-level adventurers who are only at the skill-tempering and apprentice levels have spending power comparable to that of the middle class in ordinary cities, but they cannot save their money.
Often, as soon as they get the money, they spend it on selling potions, books, weapons, and equipment.
If Donna's family worked hard to make money and she studied hard to get a scholarship, they could barely allow her to study philosophy at the Imperial University...
Then, even if her whole family was sold, it would probably be difficult to train a true warrior or magician.
For an ordinary person like her, the path to transcendence is destined to be just an unattainable fantasy.
"Hey, I don't know who Xiaoyao and Sister Bernice are. They are so young and strong. They must have a strong background. But I don't see what they are busy with all day..."
With endless emotion and regret, Donna shook her head, turned around and was about to leave the square that evoked her sad emotions.
"You'd better study hard so you can find a good job after graduation. As for being a superhuman, it's unrealistic... um."
But she had just turned around and her eyes accidentally swept to a certain place, and her movements paused.
The expression on his face also froze briefly at this moment.
Chapter 294: Disappeared from the face of the earth?
At the end of her sight, a young girl wearing a long dress decorated with palace elements and with long amber hair was standing upright about ten meters away.
Candice Octavius!
"It's actually Her Royal Highness the Princess... She's here too, this is not good..."
Donna suddenly became nervous and subconsciously took a few steps back.
"Yesterday, when Xiaoyao was chatting with her... um, I was right next to her. Her Highness the Princess must have seen me..."
She made a quick decision:
"To be on the safe side, I'd better not meet her... Although it may be a bit offensive to think so, I really can't guarantee that she won't cause trouble for me."
The person following Candice at this time was no longer the lean, serious middle-aged male bodyguard, but a maid who was dressed lightly and had a cold expression.
He should be one of Her Royal Highness the Princess' personal bodyguards on campus.
Now Candice was turning her head slightly and talking to the bodyguard who looked like a maid. Because of the angle, she seemed not to see Donna yet.
Taking this opportunity, Donna hurriedly quickened her pace, tilting her head to keep an eye on Candice's situation, while walking quickly in one direction, trying to hide herself behind the crowd.
But before she took a few steps, the female bodyguard who was communicating with Candice suddenly stopped and looked over at her with a touched look.
"Ah, she saw me!"
Donna immediately felt something was wrong, and an ominous premonition rose from the bottom of her heart.
Sure enough, the moment the female bodyguard saw Donna hurriedly leaving, her brows frowned slightly, then she lowered her head and said something to Candice in front of her.
Next, Candice was stunned and turned her head to look at Donna.
"Ruined……"
Realizing that she had been completely discovered, Donna's face suddenly fell. She stopped silently with a look of distress and took the initiative to give a simplified greeting to Candice:
"Hello, Princess."
She knew that if she was discovered by the other party, it would be unrealistic to run away immediately or pretend that she didn't see it and slip away.
Not to mention that there was a royal bodyguard watching, whether a mortal like me could escape. Just ignoring a member of the royal family was an offense enough for the other party to hold him accountable.
So, in a desperate situation, she simply left it to fate and took the initiative to greet Candice.
This was the only viable solution she could think of.
"Ok?"
Seeing Donna not far away, Candice immediately thought of something.
The little princess of noble birth raised one eyebrow, her beautiful clear amber eyes slightly widened, and she said in surprise:
"It's you?"
She naturally remembered Donna.
When that rude guy contradicted me yesterday for no reason, this female student with dark green hair, who was about the same age as me, was right next to him!
After a moment of stunned silence, she immediately fixed her eyes and ordered sternly:
"Come here."
Although Candice's voice wasn't very loud due to the distance between them, Donna couldn't hear clearly what she was saying, but based on her somewhat fierce expression and her own situation, she could guess what she was saying.
So she swallowed hard, hesitated for a moment, and slowly walked towards Candice.
"It's over, it's over, it's over..."
Thinking that she was about to face the wrath of a member of the royal family, she suddenly became extremely nervous. Cold sweat oozed from her forehead and she lowered her head involuntarily, not daring to look him in the face.
If Xiaoyao was around, she might not be so anxious, after all, she has a master backing her up.
Unfortunately, she was alone at the moment, with no one to help her, and she had to bear everything that happened next on her own.
The distance between the two of them was only a dozen meters, but it took her almost half a minute to walk there.
The strong sense of tension made her steps slow down, as slow as a snail.
"Hey, let me ask you."
Candice crossed her arms and looked at Donna who was walking slowly towards her. She frowned slightly and asked in a tone that was obviously unhappy and impatient:
"Do you know the man in the cloak yesterday?"
"Forehead……"
Hearing this question, Donna stared at the tip of her shoes, feeling a little confused for a moment.
Before Candice asked the question, she had already guessed based on her intuition that the other party would ask about something related to Qi Ji.
But even so, she didn't know how to answer better.
Tell the truth directly? But if she did so, the other party would inevitably ask more questions, and she would almost certainly reveal all the information about the tree house and Sister Bernice.
Will this cause any trouble to Xiaoyao?
Donna was reluctant to do this.
However, lying or just doing it half-heartedly is not very practical, because deceiving a royal family member is not a mistake that can be brushed aside! And it is not necessarily possible to avoid being discovered by the bodyguards.
"Hey, I'm asking you something."
Seeing that the other party didn't respond for a long time and just lowered his head, wondering what he was thinking, Candice suddenly became anxious and urged with a bit of anger, deliberately raising her voice:
"What's your relationship with that guy? Where is she now?"
Clement started investigating the matter of the strange cloaked girl yesterday. At noon today, he suddenly came to report that he had found some key clues and if nothing unexpected happened, there would be results today.
But now she has met someone who is obviously very important, and maybe she can get the answer directly from her.
Why not ask him in person? There's no harm in that.
"Uh...well..."
Donna grabbed the edge of her skirt in distress, her dark green hair soaked with cold sweat, her eyes were tearful, and she was so anxious that she was about to cry.
"I, I... eh?"
When she was extremely anxious, she was suddenly stunned.
Because she found that the light in her field of vision...suddenly became much brighter.
Originally, Candice and the female bodyguard were standing in front of her, and the sunlight was partially blocked by them, so the light in Donna's field of vision was weakened.
But now, the light in front of my eyes suddenly became much brighter, and there was no transition at all, the change was very abrupt.
What does this mean?
Donna didn't know.
So, with doubts and confusion in her heart, she slowly raised her head and looked forward.
"……what?!"
The moment she saw the scene clearly, she was stunned, and an expression of extreme surprise appeared on her face.
She saw nothing.
——That’s the problem!
Where's Princess Candice? Where's the female bodyguard?
Where did they go?
Her Royal Highness the Princess was talking to me just a second ago, how come she disappeared all of a sudden?
Donna turned her head and looked around blankly, only to find that the two people were nowhere to be seen.
Princess Candice and her bodyguards disappeared without any warning!
