(Heartfelt thanks to Lei Xiang, npctaojie, Sanshan Ershui, and Erciyuan de Shuangxiezuo for their rewards!)
The first time Sylvia heard that someone was transferring into the advanced course class was on the night before the new term began.
That night, Sylvia learned of it from the maid who attended her and was responsible for her care, and it came as quite a surprise to her.
Of course, Sylvia was not surprised that someone was transferring into the advanced course class. What surprised her was that her maid would even mention such a trivial matter.
After all, Sylvia was a Princess. Though her maid was only a maid, she was still the Princess's maid. Why would she pay attention to a student changing classes, much less report it to her?...
However, after asking around, Sylvia finally understood why her maid had specifically told her about it.
It was because the person transferring into the advanced course class was not some outstanding student from the academy, but someone who had skipped the basic course entirely and entered the advanced course directly!
Entering the advanced course without taking the basic course?...
Wasn't that pulling strings?!
Thus, that very night, Sylvia's impression of this new student whose name she did not yet know plummeted to rock bottom.
Aside from her special status as the Fourth Princess of the Roreyamon Knight Kingdom, Sylvia was also one of the famous figures at Ansarivan Dragon Riding Academy because of her meticulous and straightforwardly tough demeanor.
In order to achieve results befitting her status and conduct herself in a manner worthy of it, Sylvia had pursued her studies at the academy with extreme rigor.
And through such effort, Sylvia had successfully raised her Partner Dragon—Lancelot—into a Holy Dragon while she was still taking the basic course!
Such an