Enrollment assessment

After walking some distance, the two women brought Eros to the entrance of a Small Church. They spoke softly to the priest inside, who was resting with his eyes closed, dressed in sea-blue vestments:

"Father Takrida, please conduct Eros's enrollment assessment."

Takrida opened his eyes, and a glimmer of blue flashed through his pupils before vanishing.

He looked Eros up and down, then frowned slightly at his pale face.

"You're the child from the Rose Duke House? I heard you suffered a backlash from using a spell beyond your level?"

Since Eros's family currently had a rose engraved on its coat of arms, the title of Rose Duke had spread far and wide.

Still, Eros was somewhat surprised that a priest at the academy actually knew about his situation.

After a moment's thought, he understood why. Estelle must have informed the academy.

He gave an awkward laugh and said nothing.

Father Takrida snorted. "Young people always reach beyond their grasp, unwilling to keep their feet on the ground."

What could I possibly say to that? Eros could only keep laughing awkwardly.

Seeing that Eros did not argue, Father Takrida lost interest in lecturing him.

He reached to one side for a transparent crystal ball, walked up to Eros, and said flatly:

"Just place your hand on it!"

Eros asked no questions and obediently placed his hand on the crystal ball.

The next moment, Eros felt the little Book of the Night in his mind begin to glow faintly. The crystal ball beneath his palm also glowed faintly, except its light was green.

As the light grew brighter, the transparent crystal ball became greener and greener, until it finally turned into an emerald-green sphere.

Everyone present except Wendy was somewhat startled by the sight. Why was the light green?

Didn't normal people all produce white light? Why was his light so rebellious?

Father Takrida was also taken aback. He asked hesitantly, "The bloodline you awakened isn't human?"

At those words, the young noblemen who had followed them erupted into an uproar!

What the hell? Not a human bloodline? Did the Rose Duke House have nonhuman ancestry?

Eros nodded, revealing a little information as his family's elders had instructed him:

"The elders of my family said I awakened the bloodline of the Elf Race!"

The uproar grew louder, and the young noblemen all began whispering among themselves.

Young nobleman number one said, "Could it be the legendary Elf Race?"

Young nobleman number two said, "Is that really true?"

Young nobleman number three said, "No way. The Elf Race left the Croatia Continent tens of thousands of years ago. How could their bloodline still remain on the continent?"

Hearing the noisy chatter around him, Father Takrida frowned and barked, "All of you, be quiet!"

The voices around them fell silent. Only then did Father Takrida nod and say to Eros:

"The Elf Race belongs to the distant past. I can't determine it for certain at present. Wait here for a moment..."

With that, he turned and headed toward the back of the Small Church.

Before long, he returned with two others who were also dressed as priests.

However, their vestments were different colors from his: one wore gray, while the other wore golden yellow. The three of them appeared to belong to different churches.

The other two hurried up to Eros and looked him over, then glanced at the Emerald Light Orb in his hand. After marveling at it for a while, they said to Father Takrida:

"We can't determine it either. There are simply too few records concerning the Elf Race."

For a moment, all three were at a loss, unsure how to establish the truth.

Just then, the gray-robed priest clapped his hands, as though something had occurred to him:

"Why don't we ask for a Divine Artifact Judgment?"

Father Takrida exchanged a glance with the remaining priest in golden vestments, still somewhat hesitant:

"But requesting the Sacred Artifact requires the approval of the deans..."

The gray-robed priest was clearly impatient. He immediately said, "I'll go ask a dean for permission right now." With that, he hurried off.

Everyone remained where they were and waited again. Before long, a large group of people who were clearly senior academy officials approached.

Behind them followed a large crowd of students who had no idea what had happened but wanted to join the excitement.