The villain queen eavesdropped on my inner thoughts and won't let me lie down?

——Octavia Shelley

As everyone knows, this is the true name of the Eternal Night Empress, so this preface must have been written by the Eternal Night Empress herself!

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, as the most powerful magician of our time, why would she say such a thing? If learning magic cannot save the people of the Empire, then what can?"

Filled with a bellyful of little question marks, Aishali was completely drawn in by this magazine…

On the treetops, the tiny green apples that had just formed swayed gently in the breeze.

……

……

Not far from the City of Mysteries, a small town nestled against the continuous green mountains, an ancient and gloomy castle was carved out.

Beneath the dilapidated exterior, the interior was resplendent and magnificent.

This is actually the oldest magic academy in the Green Vine Kingdom, the Royal Magic Academy.

The Royal Magic Academy and the Imperial Magic Academy have always been competing for the title of the strongest in the Empire, they are old rivals.

The current Dean of the Royal Magic Academy, Earl Huntington Hall, a legendary Realm Walker, is the Eternal Night Empress's magic enlightenment teacher, an old generation of legendary powerhouses in the Empire.

The Eternal Night Empress's daily random spatial teleportation spells are inextricably linked to the solid foundation laid by Dean Hall.

To this day, the Empress still respectfully calls Dean Hall 'Teacher'.

However, while possessing extraordinary magical strength and a rigorous academic spirit, Dean Hall is also a conservative aristocratic magician.

In his heart, people are different, and there are clear layers:

First class: aristocratic magicians.

Second class: commoner magicians.

Third class: nobles without magical talent.

Fourth class: commoners without magical talent.

Fifth class: foreigners and other intelligent creatures.

Dean Hall is the extreme representative of the Empire's most traditional aristocratic magicians.

They are incredibly loyal to the country, willing to risk their lives for loyalty and honor.

But they are too lazy to even glance at the people of the third class and below.

It is precisely because of this that the Eternal Night Empress invested more resources into the Imperial Magic Academy.

Because Dean Hall has always only liked recruiting aristocratic magic apprentices, maintaining an arrogant and neglectful attitude towards commoner students.

However, the Eternal Night Empress is clear that the Empire is now too vast, and it is impossible to manage the huge territory relying solely on the limited number of nobles.

So even with the sentimentality of being a teacher, the Empress cannot tolerate some of the old traditions of the Royal Magic Academy.

Dean Hall has been exploring other worlds these days and only returned to the Eternal Night World at noon today.

He did not hear the Empress's speech this morning, but saw a copy of "New Arcana" placed on his desk.

After listening to the secretary's introduction, the old man, dressed meticulously and full of aristocratic elite demeanor, revealed a smile: "Little Ao has come up with new tricks again, let me take a look."

Even though there are many differences between the teacher and disciple, she is still his most proud disciple!

Smiling, he opened "New Arcana", but as he read, Hall's smile disappeared, and his brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

He was incredibly angry with the preface.

Learning magic cannot save the people of the Empire?

Magicians have made countless contributions to the Empire and are the foundation of the Empire's strength. Does Your Majesty now want to abandon magicians?

Your Majesty, don't forget that you are also a magician!

But Hall felt that his disciple was not stupid, so there might be some misunderstanding. He suppressed his anger and continued to read the preface.

The opening was a very sincere sentence:

"When I was young, I also had many dreams. Most of them were forgotten later. Until today, when the Empire is thriving, I have the right to dream again…"

However, the Eternal Night Empress also talked about the Empire's predicament:

"…The threat of the Seven Gods to the Empire is the current urgent matter. The power of magicians is the foundation of the Empire's strength, but how can this power benefit all the people? I am already invincible in the world. If enemies come from the sky one day, what should I do?…"

"…How healthy and strong are the bodies of the Empire's people? If they don't have magical talent, most of the time they can only be used as meaningless materials and onlookers for public displays…"

"So our first priority is to change their situation and provide weapons to all citizens who are willing to fight for the Empire. The first weapon I thought of was alchemical items…"

"…But alchemical items are too expensive, and the Empire cannot afford them. Industrialization reduces costs and enhances national strength, which is the primary responsibility of our generation…"

After talking about the power of the Seven Gods, a cloud of despair lingered in Hall's heart. Suddenly, the Eternal Night Empress changed her tone:

"Yes, although I have great fears from the heavens, hope cannot be erased. Because hope lies in the future, and it must not be subdued by my inevitable proof of nothingness, to what he calls possible."

"I only hope that the Empire's one hundred thousand magicians unite, and the Empire's four hundred million people unite. Perhaps my generation cannot change anything, but burning oneself to illuminate a possible path for future generations can be called no regrets."

The article, more than a thousand words long, was not considered long, but Hall felt quite moved after reading it. The initial anger subsided a lot.

Little Ao has indeed borne a lot for this country.

Her idea is good, but she has gone in the wrong direction.

How can sacred magic be used to help mudbloods cultivate land and improve their lives?

Magicians are enough to protect this country, they are not afraid of any strong enemies! There is no need for low-level creatures who don't even know magic to help fight!

He felt that as the Empress's teacher, it was necessary to persuade her with reason and correct her wrong thinking in a timely manner.

Hall suppressed his impatience and finished reading the entire "New Arcana", noting down the points he felt could refute the Eternal Night Empress's views.

After all, he can no longer physically beat his disciple, so he can only prepare more fully on the path of reasoning.

He felt that "New Arcana" had some merits, but overall, this path was too narrow. He must guide the Empress back to the right path in time.

Enhancing the strength of magicians is right, and more communication is also right.

But it's enough for magicians to communicate and become stronger. There is no need to waste magicians' precious time on producing and arming useless people who don't know magic.

With that time, isn't meditation more appealing?

Having prepared a grand outline of thousands of words of advice, Hall snapped his fingers, and a space gate appeared in front of him.

But before he could step into it, the space gate closed in front of him again.

???

The old man's face became strange, and then he bitterly complained like a lonely old man:

"She can't… at least she shouldn't, how can she not even be willing to talk to me?"

Hall tried to teleport to Maple Spirit Moon Shadow Palace, but the teleportation spell was unilaterally extinguished by the Eternal Night Empress.

This was a refusal to talk to him.

Could it be that he, a dignified Realm Walker, has to take a carriage to Maple Spirit Moon Shadow Palace to have an audience?

Oh my old friend, this is too unmagical!

Just then, the secretary asked for instructions: "Dean, Roger Charles requests to see you."

"That useless younger brother? Refuse!"

Hall was annoyed, and when he heard that it was the famous good-for-nothing from the Imperial City, who was not even a primary magician, he naturally had no interest.

The secretary added: "Young Master Charles said that he is requesting to see you as the owner of Drinking Ice Manor."

"The owner of Drinking Ice Manor? Isn't that the president of 'New Arcana'? This… let him in!"

Hall slammed the table angrily and stood up.

This kid is cooperating with the Eternal Night Empress to make magazines and publish such rebellious remarks, intending to mislead the Empire's magicians.

If he can't see the Empress, now this kid has delivered himself to his door. Let's see if he can wake him up today!

The door opened, and Roger entered the Dean's office.

Roger was dressed very aristocratically today, with a dignified appearance and elegant demeanor, maintaining the "just right restraint" pursued by the Empire's nobles.

Moreover, quite pure fire magic flowed on his body, and he had reached the level of a primary magician.

Roger's age was not considered excellent, but at least he was a magician.

And he was a noble.

And he was very good-looking.

This was the first-class person in Hall's eyes.

The old man immediately changed his view of this famous useless younger brother.

This Dean Hall is not only an arrogant old aristocrat but also an old simp.

He didn't have any children himself, but he liked good-looking younger generations.

The important reason why he was willing to teach the little princess, who was far behind in the order of succession, was that Octavia was better-looking than her older siblings.

This time Hall wanted to wake up Roger, but because he was dressed quite pleasingly today, he changed his mind and prepared to persuade him nicely first.

Roger's attitude was also very sincere: "Dean, I am here this time to ask you to come out of the mountain and publish an article in 'New Arcana' to directly respond to Her Majesty's 'Learning Magic Cannot Save the People of the Empire'."

Hall was stunned, forgetting the speech he had prepared, and subconsciously said: "Invite me? I can't write words of praise and support Little Ao's fallacies against my conscience!"

Roger smiled and said: "'New Arcana' needs your insights. No matter what you say, as long as the logic is sound, we will publish it."

Hall was immediately puzzled: "Didn't you make 'New Arcana' because you support Little Ao's views?"

"No, I made 'New Arcana' to make magic great again. 'New Arcana' publishes Her Majesty's articles, which only represent the author's own views. We are an absolutely neutral platform and have no inclination! On the contrary, we welcome all magicians to speak, as long as they have something to say, they can publish in the magazine."

Roger put all the blame on the Empress, not mentioning that he was the one who proposed the magazine.

At this moment, in Hall's eyes, he was as innocent as a weak little white flower, completely because of the Empress's oppression that he published those remarks that made Hall angry.

Hall was indeed very interested after listening.

The Eternal Night Empress won't see him. Perhaps debating publicly in this 'New Arcana' is a more intuitive and effective method?

Even if Little Ao stubbornly refuses to repent, as long as the Empire's magicians recognize his views, isn't that enough?

He asked eagerly: "Can I refute the Empress and publish remarks that damage Her Majesty in 'New Arcana'?"

"Of course, we guarantee that the Dean's article will not be changed by a single word, and we will not block any sensitive content."

Roger acted as if he was running a magazine just to let you scold to your heart's content.

Dean Hall was instantly ignited!

He patted Roger on the shoulder vigorously and laughed loudly:

"You are a good boy, good, I accept this commission!"

Roger took his leave in a timely manner and showed a smile only after leaving the office.

See, isn't this water stirred up?

What good is there to ask for in this wave of "randomly make requests" to the Eternal Night Empress?

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Chapter 69 Rhythm Master Little Roger

The Eternal Night Empress is a good student who respects her teacher, and also a tough girl who always faces things head-on.

So even if she disagrees with Hall's views, she will not refuse to communicate but will try to refute the other party head-on.