Derien scrutinized the boy before him.
To be honest, when he learned that the special admission slot he had given the Third Princess had been given by her to someone else, Derien still felt somewhat disappointed.
His original intention in giving Amy the special admission slot had been to let her enter the academy directly and receive the protection of the Magic Academy, so she would not have to get involved in the royal family's struggles.
After all, in Derien's eyes, the Third Princess possessed excellent Magic Talent. If she was willing, then for the sake of his formerly good relationship with her mother, Derien could take her as his student.
Who could have expected that the Third Princess would not do so, but instead run off to another country by herself?
Now that she had finally returned, she had even given the special admission slot Derien had once given her to an unfamiliar boy.
Derien did not care what status the boy had or who he was. He was merely disappointed that Amy had refused his good intentions.
As a result, his impression of Li Qi was also terrible.
In his view, the Li Qi before him was probably another noble trying to use the back door.
Although there were not many nobles like that in the academy, there were still quite a few. Derien had seen plenty of them.
Compared with the other professors who threw nobles with little talent into the academy for a few petty benefits, Derien had always been someone who adhered to the "academy tradition."
Only talented mages were worthy of becoming students of the academy, and only they were worthy of becoming his disciples.
Thus, Derien had already decided that if the boy's talent was inadequate, he would simply find him another mentor.