Man is infinite, and his ambition is to slay the dragon

"That's right, let me introduce you both."

Yueying Moya came between the two groups of people.

"There are currently eight students in Akatsuki College, two in the third year, one in the second year, and five in the first year."

"The two third-year students are Kurogane Ouma and this Hiraga Reizumi. You've already met Ouma, Sieg-san, and this is Hiraga Reizumi." Moon Shadow Membrane Fang came to the side of the man dressed as a clown, "He is a B-rank knight who can use his inherent spiritual equipment to remotely control humans or objects - in fact, I don't know whether he is here himself or his puppet."

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Flame Beast. I'm Reizumi Hiraga, and I'm a third-year student at Bunqu Academy."

The clown bowed deeply to Sigurd.

"For the second year, it's you, Sieg-san. Everyone here has heard of your deeds. You were the abnormal being that caused the [Flame Beast Riot] last year."

"The first grade has the largest number of students, including Rinna from Lianzhen College and Yui Tadara from Tanlang College—"

Tadara Yui - that was the name of the girl with dark circles under her eyes wearing cold-proof clothing.

At this point, Yueying Mofang glanced at the door and said, "Strange, are the others not here yet? Rinna?"

"Yes, uncle." Rinna Kazematsu nodded. "Except for the [Black Shadow Killer] who was not invited in the first place, [The Goddess's Beloved] is on the way, and [Bloody Da Vinci] broke his bones when he was out because of his cunningness, and is currently receiving treatment in the hospital."

"Is that so... Then it seems that I can only introduce the representatives of Pojun College, Jumen College and Lucun College to you next time, Mr. Qige."

An expression of regret emerged on Yueying Moya's face.

"But it doesn't matter. You will definitely meet each other when the [Eve of the Festival] starts. There is no need to rush now."

73. Undercover in the Seven Colleges

When Moon Shadow Membrane Fang finished the introduction, Sieg also found information about the three people in front of him from the Japanese branch's database through the Klinghild and Brunhilde.

[Rina Kazesai, a freshman at Lianzhen College, has been selected as the representative for the Seven Stars Sword Festival. Her special ability is to be a beast master, and she can use a collar-shaped spiritual equipment to turn ordinary humans or animals into swordsmen.]

[Duoduoliang Youyi, a freshman at Tanlang College, has been selected as the representative for the Seven Star Sword Martial Arts Festival. Her special ability is complete reflection, which can reflect any attack back to the attacker with its original power.]

[Hiraga Reizumi, a freshman at Wenqu College, has been confirmed as the representative for the Seven Stars Swordsmanship Festival. His special ability is Hell Spider Silk, which allows him to control any object or even living thing through his inherent spiritual equipment that is no different from spider silk.]

(......I see.)

Sieg glanced at Moon Shadow Fang and asked, "Have all seven Knight Academy been infiltrated?"

Lianzhen Academy——Rina Kazematsu

Tanlang Academy——Duoduoliang Youyi.

Wenqu College - Pinghe Lingquan.

Wu Qu Academy——Black Iron King Horse.

Plus...Pojun Academy - Ziegfell.

Except for Ju Men Academy and Lu Cun Academy, all seven knight academies already have an undercover student from Akatsuki Academy. Even according to what Rinna Kazematsu said just now, Lu Cun Academy and Ju Men Academy have already had students from Akatsuki enrolled. The same is true for Po Jun Academy, but Sieg is just taking over temporarily.

And it seems that all the Akatsuki students have already obtained the right to compete in the Seven Star Sword Festival from their respective hidden academies.

"exactly."

Yueying Moya nodded and said, "However, except for Wang Majun who had already enrolled in Wu Qu, and you who were recruited later, not all the students of Akatsuki Academy are regular swordsmen - all of them are supporters sent by the [Rebel Army]."

——Rebel army.

Upon hearing about this organization, Sieg's eyes changed dramatically when he looked at Rina Kazematsu and the other two.

Almost at the same time, Duoduoliang Youyi directly revealed her inherent spiritual outfit, and a sharp electric saw was suddenly aimed at Sieg!

"Ohhh! Tadara-san, what are you doing?!"

Pinghe Lingquan suddenly exclaimed!

Duoduo Liang Youyi stared at Sieg: "What are you doing? The look on the face of this stupid [Flame Beast] just now seemed to want to eat me up. How could I not fight back?"

"Oh, it seems our new classmates have some opinions about our backgrounds."

"...It really gave me a scare."

Ignoring Hiraga Reizumi's somewhat sarcastic words, Sieg stared at Yueying Moya and said, "Based on my understanding of this world, the rebels can be said to be a terrorist organization that is the world's public enemy. It's no exaggeration to say that they are just rats crossing the street. The International Magic Knights Alliance that Japan has joined is just like the Great Power Alliance. It has been fighting against the rebels for many years."

"And now... Japan's Prime Minister has secretly recruited so many rebels and is secretly planning some shameful secret plan - is this considered a betrayal of the country, Prime Minister?"

"Haha, at this stage, if this situation is exposed, it will indeed receive this kind of evaluation."

Moon Shadow Fang was not panicked at all, but accepted Sieg's evaluation calmly: "But in order to protect this country from the inevitable disaster, I think this is what must be done now, even if it requires the help of the rebel army - everything is for the future of this country."

"That sounds nice, but as the Prime Minister, don't tell me you don't know what kind of people the rebels are." Sieg glanced at Duoduoliang Youyi and others.

"They believe that the sword-wielders are the real humans, and they advocate that the sword-wielders dominate the non-sword-wielders. They have launched countless terrorist attacks in various countries..."

"You are a terrorist who destroyed the Japanese branch last year, so you have no right to blame us." Tadara Yui interrupted Sieg and sneered, "Compared to what you did, most of the things the rebels did were just minor things. Speaking of which, I heard that if they hadn't been able to find you for a year, the rebels would have wanted to recruit you and make you one of the Twelve Apostles."

Did the rebels even think about recruiting him?

Zig glanced at her and said, "Not interested. I don't think I'm a good person, but I don't intend to hang out with a bunch of street rats."

"what about now?"

"Prime Minister, can I get rid of her now?"

As he spoke, cold air had already gathered in Sieg's hands, but before the silver sword could fully condense into shape, Kurogane Ouma had already pressed his shoulders and said, "You can fight, but fight me first."

"Oh?"

"Don't get me wrong - first come first served, follow some rules." Kurogane Ouma said this to Duoduo Liang Youyi, "Be more restrained, [No Transfer], you are not qualified to shout with your level."

“…Tsk!”

Duoduoliang Youyi's eyes showed a bit of fierceness for a moment, but it quickly disappeared, and he put away his spiritual clothes reluctantly.

Seeing this, Zigg also dissipated the coldness in his hands, turned around and sat down on the sofa beside him.

Yueying Mofang, who was standing aside, looked at the scene in front of him and responded with satisfaction: "As the first meeting between new classmates, it seems to be quite effective."

"Can you call this good?"

"After all, I never thought that the students of Akatsuki Academy could get along well. For me, the most important thing is that each of you is indeed good enough to win the Seven Star Sword Festival. As for your private relationship, I don't really care."

Said Yueying Mofang.

"Of course, it's best to get along with each other if possible. After all, we still need your cooperation for the [Eve Festival] later."

——The eve of the festival.

This was something Sieg had heard more than once, and it sounded like a major operation that depended on whether Akatsuki Academy could successfully participate in the Seven Star Sword Festival.

Sieg frowned, "What exactly is the pre-event festival?"

"Indeed, I need to explain this to you first. Please take a seat, everyone. I'll trouble Charlotte to prepare some tea for everyone."

"Yes, Mr. Moony."

The maid beside Rinna Kazematsu nodded slightly, turned and left the living room and went to the nearby kitchen.

After Rinna Kazesatsura and the other two, along with the big black lion, sat down, Yueying Moya began to explain the contents of the [Eve of the Festival].

74. Attack Pojun Academy?

"To put it in the simplest terms, the requirements for participating in the Seven Star Sword Festival are just one thing - participants must be student knights enrolled in the seven knight academies."

"As long as this requirement is met, even members of the rebel army can participate in the Seven Star Sword Festival. On the other hand, if this requirement is not met, no matter how outstanding the student knight is, he cannot participate in the Seven Star Sword Festival."

"Therefore, according to the rules, students of Akatsuki Academy cannot participate in the Seven Stars Sword Fighting Festival, and the [Eve of the Festival] is a plan to allow students of Akatsuki Academy to obtain the right to participate in the Sword Fighting Festival - specifically, to [replace a certain knight academy]."

Replaces one of the seven Knight Colleges.

The content of the plan mentioned by Moon Shadow Membrane Fang moved Sieg for a moment: "...Can the Knight Academy be replaced?"

The seven Knight Academies are training institutions for magic knights opened by the International Magic Knight Alliance in Japan. In terms of ownership, they belong to the alliance, not the country. Even if Yueying Moya is the Prime Minister of Japan, he does not have the power and ability to allow an academy of unknown origin to replace a knight academy.

"Under normal circumstances, it is indeed impossible, but it only requires artificial creation of special circumstances, such as -"

"[A certain knight academy was unable to participate in the Seven Star Sword Festival because the academy was half destroyed and all the contestants were seriously injured. They had to transfer the right to participate to the National Akatsuki Academy]."

(——!)

Zigg was slightly shocked, his eyes trembling: "...So it's this abacus?"

Only students from seven knight academies can participate in the Seven Star Sword Festival, but there is no specific fixed list of which seven knight academies they are.

Although people and society have been accustomed to collectively referring to the existing knight academies over the years, if one of them is squeezed out and the National Akatsuki Academy is squeezed in, then according to the rules, the National Akatsuki Academy will be [one of the seven knight academies].

"Are you sure this is something that can be done?"

"of course."

Facing Sieg's question, Moon Shadow Membrane answered confidently and firmly: "The Seven Stars Sword Festival is an annual event. Both Japan and the Alliance cannot sit idly by and watch it be suspended for a year due to external forces. The chain reactions and consequences caused by this cannot be easily dealt with."

"Therefore, no matter what happens, the Seven Stars Sword Festival will definitely be held. And when a vacancy appears in one of the Seven Stars, it is very reasonable to find a replacement - having said that, the students of Akatsuki Academy must also be enrolled students."

"This is also the reason why I will let you enroll in other colleges first. You need to prioritize your qualification as a contestant for the Seven Star Sword Festival. Only after you achieve this can we hold the [Eve Festival]."

(So, is everything ready now?)

Sieg glanced at the people in the room and then continued, "So, which Knight Academy is going to replace?"

"That hasn't been decided yet, but the best targets right now are - Poqi Military Academy and Wuqu Academy."

"------!"

In an instant, as Yueying Moya finished speaking, everyone in the room suddenly felt a gust of cold wind sweeping in at great speed.

With quite obvious magical fluctuations emanating from his body and cold air lingering in his hands, Sieg stared at Yueying Mofang: "You'd better be kidding. Although I agreed to join the Akatsuki Academy, I also said that I will act according to my own ideas and will - how long do you think it will take me to kill all of you before you attack the Pojun Academy?"

"Hehe, I think apart from Wang Ma, the rest of the people combined can't even last ten minutes, right?" Yueying Moya smiled calmly, "But please calm down first, classmate Qige. Pojun Academy is just a candidate after all, and Wuqu Academy is also one of the candidates. Wang Ma is much calmer than you."

"..."

There was no change in Kurogane Ouma's expression, as if Wu Qu Academy was not the school he attended at all.

Yueying Moya continued to explain: "The reason for choosing these two academies as the best options is very simple. Wu Qu Academy is the strongest academy among the seven knight academies. Last year, it took the top three places in the Seven Star Sword and Martial Arts Festival. If we defeat it, the impact and influence it will cause will naturally be the greatest."

"Although Pojun Academy has not achieved good results in recent years, I think it is not inferior to Wuqu Academy in terms of strength. [Raikiri] Toudou Daohua is undoubtedly at the level of a Seven-Star Sword King. The two members of the Kurogane family are also of sufficient level. Add to that the Red Lotus Princess - from an international perspective, Pojun Academy can cause a greater impact than Wuqu Academy."

Of course, after all, [a princess of a country was attacked and seriously injured by members of the rebel army] was something that Famillion could never tolerate, not to mention that the one who hired the rebel army was the Prime Minister of Japan. It would not be surprising if it directly led to a war between the two countries.

"According to the original plan, one week before the Seven Stars Sword Festival, I would have you attack one of the two academies. By showing the world your strength and power, I would have earned the right for Akatsuki Academy to be included in the seven knight academies. But now this plan has to be slightly changed."

"Before that, I want to ask you, Mr. Zieg - you don't really care about what the world thinks of you, right?"

"what?"

Such a sudden question made Zigg stunned for a moment. After a pause, he nodded: "I really don't care. If I cared, I wouldn't have done it last year. Why, will the change of plan affect my reputation?"

Yueying Moya nodded and said, "It will indeed affect your social evaluation to a certain extent."

"I plan to have students other than you attack one of the Pojun and Wuqu academies, and after they defeat the representatives of that academy, you will step in to [stop] them."

"[The student knights carefully trained by the alliance are no match for the talents trained by the country, and the only one who can stop them is the Flame Beast].

"As long as this fact is established, then under the consideration of public opinion and the alliance, you will undoubtedly be able to obtain the right to participate in the Seven Star Sword Festival. Your identity as an Akatsuki Academy student will only be revealed after that."

To put it simply, it means [directing and acting by oneself].

In order to get the right to compete in the Seven Stars Sword Festival, Sieg needs to bear a certain degree of notoriety. I am afraid that afterwards, society and the media will directly label Sieg as a "liar" and a "hypocrite".

But if this means I can compete in the Seven Stars Swordsmanship Festival and fulfill my promise to Kurogane Ikki—

"There are two conditions."

Zig said.

"The academy we attacked was changed to Wu Qu Academy. Also - tell me the biggest secret you have been hiding from me."

"If I can do it, I don't mind being scolded and looked down upon."

"If you can't do this, you will all die here."

The silver sword that took shape in an instant pierced the floor, and the chill it emitted made everyone tremble - except for the Black Iron King Horse.

Feeling the biting cold, Yueying Moya sighed softly and extended his hand to signal Kurotetsu Ouma that he didn't need to take action yet: "It seems that you have already made up your mind to [die together] with us?"

"if not?"