Shadow Palace Opens

Seeing everyone present staring at him with disbelief on their faces, George stepped forward with a smile and waved.

Of course, he knew Julius's intentions. But since it did him no harm, he simply went along with it.

"How could a mere commoner possess such powerful magical ability?"

"His magic power looks very low. Could there have been a mistake?"

"Judging by him, he should have only received his Magic Book recently. Why have we never heard of him before?"

As the Magic Knights observed George, they began discussing him among themselves.

Even though the words had come from the Magic Emperor himself, they still could not believe that such a young man with such low magic power had accomplished so much and uncovered the Word Devil's conspiracy.

After years of subtle influence from the Magic Emperor, the noble mages cultivated later on had gradually become far less discriminatory toward commoners and lower-class citizens.

Furthermore, there were non-noble captains like Jack and Yami, whose strength had genuinely earned everyone's respect.

So long as commoners or lower-class citizens truly possessed strength, aside from a few particularly extreme nobles, most noble mages could accept them.

But George simply did not seem like some exceptional genius mage.

If it had been Yuno, the lower-class citizen recruited by Golden Dawn, they might have found it somewhat more believable.

After all, Yuno possessed the same Four Leaf Clover Grimoire as the First Generation Magic Emperor, and all nine captains had chosen him during the selection exam.

"It was indeed George who released me from my seal. Furthermore, even I must admit that I am inferior to him in magical research."

At that moment, the First Generation Magic Emperor, Lumiere, entered from the side hall with Secré.

The mages below erupted in another wave of astonished