Therefore, this must have been a huge decision for Jonah and the other two children’s parents. After all, there were quite a number of children in Magical Beast Village, but the only ones who really had the courage to send their children to take part in the magic assessment were just these three families!
“Jonah, listen to your Uncle Hudders’ instructions on the way there!”
“Andrew, be obedient. Don’t be cheeky and make any trouble!”
“Joseph, the capital city is not like the village...”
The doors at the village’s entrance opened. Under Jonah and the other two’s parents, the villagers, and their little companions’ looks of envy, an old ox cart slowly drove out of the village.
There were many children in the Magical Beast Village!
However, not many families dared to send their children to take part in the magic assessment.
...
Not only was the old and rundown ox cart constantly creaking, but the ride was also very bumpy. It wasn’t comfortable sitting on it at all. Νevertheless, the three young children, Jonah, Joseph, and Andrew, still looked very excited. They constantly chatted without a moment’s pause during the way there, just like three joyous little sparrows!
Unfortunately, their excitement only lasted for two days before it disappeared. The three children gradually couldn’t take the long, arduous journey anymore. Like plants shriveled from the cold, they became... all wilted!
Captain Hudders had expected this from the start, and there was no other way around it. The term was beginning soon. Even if they had to grit their teeth, they had to endure it all the way to the capital city, regardless! None of them were allowed to give up halfway at this point!
After five days of dry and boring traveling, they finally reached the capital city—Fire Dragon City!
...
Fire Dragon City, the capital of Fire Dragon Kingdom, was also the Dragon God Empire’s biggest and most prosperous city in the west. The city was situated on flat land and divided into two regions, the east and the west.
Fire Dragon Kingdom’s royal palaces, as well as the nobility and high-ranking officials’ mansions, were located in East City.
As for West City, it was mainly an academic city. The majority of magic academies and warrior academies were located there. Thus, West City was comparable to the college towns on Earth!
Meng Lei and the others entered Fire Dragon City in the afternoon that day.
“Wow!”
Fire Dragon City’s level of prosperity wasn’t something that Magical Beast Village could compare to at all. The smooth, level, and sturdy ground of Elysium Avenue, pure white and organized buildings, a dazzling array of products, all manner of people in the crowd...
The three little fellows’ eyes were bedazzled, and they looked just like country bumpkins!
“So this is the capital city? It’s so beautiful!”
Jonah’s eyes were bright and shiny as she looked to the left one moment and to the right the next. She was so excited that she looked just like a happy skylark. However, in contrast to her behavior, the two young boys, Joseph and Andrew, suddenly became awkward and constrained instead. They were clenching the corners of their gunny clothes the whole time.
“Country bumpkins!”
The noblewomen and young ladies going to and fro were dressed in trendy clothes, wore lavish jewelry, and also wore fragrant perfumes. None of them bothered giving Meng Lei and the others a proper glance at all!
Young noble ladies born in the capital city naturally had an innate sense of superiority. This caused Joseph and Andrew, who were entering the city for the first time, to develop a sense of shame and inferiority, and they didn’t dare to meet their eyes.
Upon seeing the two boys’ reactions, Captain Hudders shook his head and didn’t say much. This was always the case when people like them entered the city for the first time. His reaction had been even more unseemly than Joseph and Andrew’s back then!
He could only say this—it would be fine once they got used to it.
The precondition was that they had the chance to, though!
What surprised Hudders was Meng Lei, however. He sized up the crowd going to and fro, clicking his tongue in wonder and admiration as he looked at them curiously. There was no sense of awkwardness or inferiority coming from him at all!
As expected, this child has extraordinary character!
Hudders nodded secretly to himself. Then, he brought the four children with him and headed to West City.
That place was the gathering point of all the great academies. Assessments to evaluate one’s magic talent were specially set up over there, and it was also where the children’s destinies would be determined!
Chapter 17: Magic Academy, Humans Beneath Beasts
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“There are a total of 70-odd academies in our Fire Dragon Capital City!”
As they walked down the gray crystals-paved Elysium Avenue, Captain Hudders spoke on and on without even a moment’s pause and gave them an introduction of the academies. He continued and said, “Out of which, only three are magic academies. They are respectively the Fire Dragon Magic Academy, Douglas Magic Academy, and Dragon People Magic Academy. All of the rest are warrior academies!”
“Only three magic academies? There are only so few?”
Jonah and the other two boys looked surprised.
“Talent is required to cultivate magic!”
A smiling Captain Hudders continued his explanation. “And only one in ten thousand possesses magic talent. This has led to the magic academies’ inability to increase in numbers!”
Jonah and the other two boys turned nervous and uneasy at once when they heard what he said.
One in ten thousand? Would they be the lucky ones among the ten
