By the time he left the laboratory, it was already noon.
Before he could even leave the gates of the Imperial City Magic Academy, Ron was stopped by the dean of students, who just so happened to be passing by, and invited to have a meal at the academy cafeteria.
As a specially appointed teaching assistant at the Imperial City Magic Academy, Ron had never once visited the academy cafeteria.
Watching the youthful, lively students coming and going through the cafeteria, Ron could not help feeling sentimental.
If the original Ron had not suffered those malicious exclusions as a child, then perhaps when Ron had transmigrated here, he might have been studying at this academy.
Then he would have met the campus belle and the school bully, embarking on a stirring underdog's path to turning his life around.
That was the normal script!
After getting their meals from the teachers-only serving window with the dean of students and getting a taste of the school culture from his former world, Ron and the dean of students sat down at a window seat.
They chatted as they ate, talking about this and that.
Listening to the dean of students talk about the Card Research Institute, Ron saw the admiration in his eyes and thought that if the man knew about his plan to poach people, he wondered whether he would still be this enthusiastic.
Come to think of it, the mages at the Card Research Institute were also excellent targets for recruitment...
Mm, he would consider that later. He would jot it down in his little notebook first.
"Your Highness Ron, ahem..." After praising Ron at great length, the dean of students finally got to the point. "Marquis Wosh asked me to convey his greetings to you."
"Also, he wishes to ask