Ernst Academy's main gate was a full fifty meters wide. Above it stood an enormous crescent-shaped structure covered in all manner of intricate magical runes. Its complexity alone made it clear that the Magic Array on Ernst Magic Academy's gate was a large-scale spell.
The academy entrance was still quite bustling. A row of staff members processed enrollment paperwork as boys and girls presented their admission letters and identification.
"Young Master Ross, Young Master Linley, Hadley, go register first," Lei Si said.
Without hesitation, the three took their admission letters and identification over to complete their enrollment.
Since there was a whole row of staff, Ross and the others did not register together, instead splitting up to have different staff members process their enrollment.
I wonder whether my arrival will cause the four brothers of 1987 to disappear. Hadley felt torn. He wanted to live with Linley, but he did not want the original story's pure brotherly bond to disappear.
He might as well leave it to fate!
At the enrollment station Linley chose, another boy was still completing his paperwork ahead of him.
Strictly speaking, the boy in front of Linley was only a child, half a head shorter than Linley, with an old man accompanying him.
"Hello, I'm Reynolds, from the O'Brien Empire." The boy registering ahead of Linley suddenly turned around and greeted him warmly.
"The O'Brien Empire?" Looking at the boy before him, Linley was inwardly startled.
The O'Brien Empire lay east of the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts, while Ernst Academy lay to its west. To reach Ernst Academy, one had to detour around the northernmost or southernmost end of the mountain range, or else cross straight through it. Crossing the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts without ninth-rank strength was extremely dangerous.
Without crossing the