"Social balls were highly purposeful. The Moon Clan were no fools; they held lavish Under the Moon Balls not merely to gather everyone together to commemorate some old wizard's birthday from thousands of years ago."
"Especially at First University."
"The students had already come of age, and the advantages of their bloodlines were gradually becoming apparent. Marriages between male and female wizards had thus become the primary goal of all alpha students attending such balls. It was not merely their choice, but a demand of their bloodlines."
Jiang Yu slowly cut off a small piece of steak, her voice quiet but clear as she explained her understanding of the Under the Moon Ball to the male wizard seated across from her:
"...Compared with those mixed-bag balls outside the school, the Under the Moon Ball held at First University had a baseline threshold, because even the least qualified attendees were ordinary First University students."
She drew a line through the air with her silver knife:
"This baseline is 'Registered Wizard.' Any First University graduate is, at the very lowest, registered rank—far above the level of most wizards in the Alliance."
"Wizards of ordinary bloodlines, burning with ambition for greater achievements; wizards of noble bloodlines, looking down as they select spouses best suited to their families' requirements... and those whose aptitude and bloodline were neither high nor low, burdened with their families' future and hopes—only at balls like this did they have a chance to meet 'friends' whom they might otherwise never be able to know."
Su Shijun had never told Zheng Qing about these underlying, unspoken matters.
The young publicly funded student carefully dealt with the food on his plate, nodding repeatedly to show that he had learned a great deal.
Given his special status, the two had not gone to