The Monster Knight Wants Maternity Leave (Completed Main Story) - Side Story 10

Bursting fireworks and fluttering paper petals.

Beneath the cloudless sky and fluttering flags of every nation, the academy festival began with the headmaster’s opening remarks.

As the invited guests stepped one by one from the carriages lined up near the school gate, cheerful, boisterous greetings soon drowned out the music, filling the square.

This was because all the outsiders were family or acquaintances of the academy students.

And there was a specific reason they had been invited.

This academy festival was a celebration to showcase the abilities the children had cultivated before graduation.

More important than simply showing off their talents to gain attention—like students from the Swordsmanship or Magic divisions—were those entrusted with a far weightier duty.

These students were precisely those from the General division.

The esteemed heirs, soon to assume the role of lords, would either host business presentations, organize small competitions to demonstrate their knowledge, or display collections to prove their discernment.

If they had none of these, they might even use the occasion to advertise goods from their territories—it was that critical an opportunity.

In short, from this moment until the debutante ball, this festival held immense influence over their futures as nobles.

Thus, wherever something this important occurred, hidden rivalries and schemes inevitably followed.

Behind the building, in a secluded spot untouched even by the bright morning sun,

the two people who met there shared a similar motive.

“Adrian, it’s been a while.”

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