Hila ordered a lemon tart, crème brûlée, carrot cake, and two cups of black tea.
“Black tea is the best combination.”
“You come here often? You seem familiar.”
“I’ve only been here once or twice before the semester started.”
“I see.”
“But the lemon tart and crème brûlée are their signature dishes! You’ll be satisfied.”
While waiting for their order, Hila naturally led the conversation.
“The campus will be very crowded tomorrow.”
“Why?”
“It’s the general studies department’s opening day. You’ll see a crowd incomparable to now. They outnumber the magic department by more than three times.”
“Weren’t you saying that overlapping lectures are rare anyway?”
“True, even if freshmen have to take general courses, there are no overlapping subjects between the General Studies and Magical Studies departments. But we still have to use the common facilities. And the relationship between the Magical Studies and General Studies isn’t good.”
“Why?”
“I don’t know, it’s been that way for ages. It’s less so nowadays, but it used to be really bad.”
I’d read a history book not long ago that explained the nature of the conflict between ordinary people and magicians, stating that they were like oil and water, never mixing well in any era.
The history of this place alternated between periods when magicians ruled as the dominant class and periods when they were oppressed by ordinary people. There was not a single moment without discrimination and violence.
Especially in the past, when there were far more magicians, it was even worse.
Recently, magic has been tabooed, and magicians have come under the control and management of the country, blurring the gap with ordinary people. But discrimination and hatred have not been completely eliminated.
“Why do they dislike each other?”
“It could just be an inherent aversion to differences, or it could be that hatred has seeped into their blood from generations before.”
“Do you also dislike ordinary people?”
“No, I’ve lived as an ordinary person. My mom filed the magician registration late. I was eighteen when I registered as a magician, so that’s why I’m like this. I can’t even handle mana properly; I’ve failed so many times.”
“…Huh? That sounds like me.”
“You too? I thought I was the only one.”
Gibnen had clearly said that birth reports and magician reports are usually filed together, so the chance of an omission was low. Yet here was another person who had beaten those odds.
“Fascinating.”
“Yeah. Riley, when did you register as a magician?”
“Me? I haven’t yet….”
“You haven’t? So you’re not registered?”
“Yeah.”
“…How did that happen?”
“…I really don’t know, I don’t have any information.”
“So how did you find out you’re a magician?”
“By using a teleporter.”
“Didn’t you have to verify your magician status? They usually do.”
“My… no, my father mumbled his way through it. I don’t know; it seems like there’s some complicated situation. I don’t know anything.”
While they were talking, the prepared dishes arrived.
The ice cream had a wonderfully chewy texture, and the crème brûlée melted in the mouth as soon as it was tasted. It was neither too sweet nor too bland, and it went perfectly with the black tea.
“It’s delicious, isn’t it?”
“Yeah.”
Just as they were enjoying the sweetness filling their mouths, that’s when it happened.
“Sister?”
At the familiar voice, Riley lifted her head.
“…Claire?”
Why are you here?
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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