"The new semester means a new starting point, a new beginning."
"New students represent new ideas and new hopes."
"We old people will eventually go away."
"As history once said... This world is ours and yours, but in the final analysis it is still yours. You are like the sun at eight or nine o'clock in the morning, and hope is pinned on you."
"Life should be as gorgeous as summer flowers, and it should be as brilliant as fireworks."
"Here, no one will be silent."
"There is always a sky that belongs to you, waiting to bloom."
The atmosphere in the first hall was somewhat solemn.
Those huge light clusters under the ceiling have lit up again and are traveling along a complicated route, shedding a ray of light and spreading out into a vast white world.
Freshmen from the four colleges have walked out of the corridor and gathered in front of the unknown principal.
The robes of four different colors were clearly distinguishable, and they lined up in a long, neat line. They stood silently under the high platform, listening quietly to the voice that was somewhat old but full of wisdom:
"It is the school's luck that First University can win your favor; you finally chose this university, which is your opportunity and our opportunity."
“Have the opportunity to feel the progress of thinking in the collision and friction, have the opportunity to enjoy the long-lasting fragrance of wisdom that has accumulated over time, have the opportunity to witness the rise of one giant after another, and the blooming of one superstar after another!”
“This is the honor and wish of every faculty and staff member of our First University.”
"As you can see."
"First University represents progress and tolerance in the wizarding world."
“Just like the school’s triangle logo shows: no matter which angle you look at, it’s the front.”
"Each college is unique, but there is no fundamental difference between them."
"You will all be members of First University."
"So, I hope that every new student who enters the campus can face his classmates from brother colleges with an inclusive and positive attitude."
Zheng Qing took a deep breath.
His eyes flowed over the pure white mage robes of the Alpha Academy, and he curled his lips quietly.
Ever since Lao Yao confirmed that he was under the nightmare curse, the tolerance and goodwill he had originally gained from Augustus had disappeared.
All that remains is the cold deal with Serprano.
The ancients said well, repay evil with kindness. How can we repay kindness? The only way is to repay evil with kindness and repay kindness with kindness.
Being willing to tolerate does not mean agreeing to indulge.
Obviously, there were not a few freshmen who had similar ideas to Zheng Qing. Although there was no commotion among the students, a strange atmosphere had quietly spread.
Everyone communicated with each other with their eyes and expressions, and silently answered the principal's expectations.
The nameless principal sighed quietly.
"You are put into four different colleges not because you are any different."
"If you understand it this way, I can very responsibly assert that every wizard is unique and different."
"On the contrary."
"Each of you is a member of the wizarding world. What is the difference between wizards and wizards?"
"It's just that the school uses different admission methods, so you entered different colleges."
Zheng Qing frowned, feeling that the principal's words were very contradictory.
Now that we know that different admissions methods can create division and alienation, why not use the same method to select students?
This can be considered an artificial contradiction.
Sure enough, the principal's next sentence gave a very clear answer:
"Flowing water does not rot, and door hinges do not suffer from beetles."
"Without comparison and competition, First University may become a backwater...a green, hopeless backwater."
"Just like what I said at the beginning."
"The First University is your first university, our first university, and the first university in the wizarding world."
"This university carries too much responsibility...and hope."
"We must keep moving forward, without stopping, always moving forward!"
At this point, the unknown principal stopped his speech.
He unbuttoned his collar, as if the fragile buttons around his neck were constraining some of his emotions.
Applause suddenly sounded like a violent storm, spreading from the terrace on the fourth floor to the center of the hall.
Professors, school administrators, senior students, and freshmen who have just entered the school.
Everyone clapped their hands vigorously to vent their emotions.
This utterance seemed to frighten the principal.
The corners of his mouth curled up, and he raised his hand to stop the students from praising him.
"You are divided into four different academies." He repeated, his eyes sliding from the red-robed Nine Students team, to the white-robed Alpha team, and then to the yellow-robed Atlas
team, as well as the blue-robed Starry Sky Academy team.
All freshmen held their chests high and worked hard to show their most spiritual side.
"You should already know."
"Alpha College selects students based on their talents; Jiuyou College admits new students through examinations; Atlas values everyone's beliefs; Starry Sky College pays more attention to your practical ability."
A smile appeared on Zheng Qing's face.
To be able to describe the selection method of the group of fighting madmen in Starry Sky Academy in such an elegant way is indeed in the same vein as that old man in the newspaper.
"There is no doubt that this difference can better train your abilities."
"There is no need to deny that such branching will cause some differences in the school."
"The school will encourage you to develop your own strengths."
"However, the school will not indulge the uncontrolled collision between your different ideas and traits!"
"The school will not allow these differences to turn into divisions, and divisions will lead to hostility."
"You need to understand the nature of different colleges, see your own weaknesses, and know your shortcomings."
"Gifts and talents create the silver cross of Alpha School. Talent is passed down in the blood, and talent is accumulated in wisdom... But they will bloom with freedom. Alpha, don't be complacent in the cross, and learn to look at it with an equal eye.
For this world, you must find your own beliefs and then practice your wisdom."
The freshmen in white robes stood tall and solemnly, looking extremely proud to be the first to receive the principal's evaluation.
"Equality and fairness are the basis of all examinations and the foundation of Jiuyou Academy. But too much internal competition will consume your energy, the strict grading system will constrain your thoughts, and the heavy academic load will suppress your inspiration...
...Classmates, you are still young, and life is not just about the present, but also poetry and distance! Let your free souls fly, find the light of your soul, and chase your dreams among the stars and the sea!"
A burst of warm applause broke out from the team of Jiuyou Academy.
This remark was very much to their liking.
Of course, like all speeches, these words are of little use to the students of Jiuyou Academy who are deeply tortured by exams.
I just had a bowl of chicken soup for the soul with everyone.
"Faith is Atlas's choice. But there are always people who confuse this concept and simply place their faith on the unknowable and nameless existence above us; or they regard hope, freedom, and the truth, goodness and beauty of the world as some kind of faith.
... This is a hypocrite. True faith is choice... I will not force you to seek common ground while reserving differences, but I hope you can truly understand what you serve - they are all loving Fathers, and you should also be loving children.
"
There was silence in Atlas's team.
All the freshmen looked at the principal with serious expressions.
No one opposed or protested, and no one supported or cheered.
Just like the usual style of this college.
Silent, quiet, solid as a rock.
"And Starry Sky Academy. I like your simple and rough style!"
There was a roar of laughter and applause from the team at Starry Sky Academy.
Zheng Qing glanced at them enviously.
Maybe the whole university, those blue robes, dare to be so unscrupulous in front of the president!
The principal smiled, raised his hand, pressed it down, stopped the restlessness of the young wizards of Starry Sky Academy, and added:
"However, I hope that after the battle, when you are resting, you will think more about life and look up at the stars; remember that your battlefield is outside the school, and your enemies are monsters... and more importantly,
Vice Principal Shi Hui once again protested that the school's budget exceeded the standard. What can I do? I am also desperate... So I hope you will reduce the loss rate of school public property and the occupancy rate of the school hospital this semester, so that our lovely Ms. Shi can face
Smile more!"
This time, the freshmen from the four colleges laughed, and even the students and professors standing higher up on the second and third floors also laughed.
Zheng Qing smiled softly and raised his head to glance at Ms. Shi Hui behind the unknown principal.
She had a straight face, her lips pursed tightly, and her face was expressionless.
Without her support, the laughter in the hall quickly dissipated.
"Gift and talent, justice and equality, faith, and fighting spirit!"
"This is your choice at First University!"
"The red circle, the silver cross, the golden triangle, the blue star... You young people who have just entered school must feel the connotations of various colleges, understand your respective glory, inherit them, pass them on, and carry them forward.
.”
"You are the future and hope of the wizarding world."
"This is what the school requires of you, and this is what the universe requires of you."
"When you stand here and look up at the stars, I don't ask you to see the future path from the complicated stars, nor do I expect that the corners of your robes will not get wet by the water of the river of destiny. I just hope that you will not live up to the steps you step on.
The soil is covered with dirt.”
"This is the place to start and the only place."
"Now, the dean of your college will issue the school badge and the college badge to the new students!"
…
Above the first hall.
In the semi-enclosed corridor under the terrace.
Assistant teacher Hilda held her chin and looked curiously at the principal in the center of the hall.
"Do you feel that... this year's principal is a little different?" He rubbed Thomas next to him, and the copper ring on his ear hit the silver nail on his cheek, making a crisp sound: "I feel that the content of this year's speech is a little fuller.
...Well, it has more meaning."
"Maybe this is the true level of the principal." Thomas smiled in a low voice and did not answer Hilda's question directly.
"Silence!" Zhang Yu's gentle voice sounded behind the two of them: "There are hundreds of wizards in this hall whose eyes and ears are smarter than yours... I don't want any bad rumors to spread among the teaching assistants."
Hilda smiled dryly, raised her hand, and made a zipper motion near her mouth.
Thomas stared silently at the tall figure in the center of the hall.
His eyes were dark and his expression was deep.
This chapter has been completed!