I am the heroine's godfather!

It seems that this person's reputation extends beyond Isnar; he is renowned in other places as well.

Facing the onslaught of magic, Felicia remained completely calm, her hands glowing with the light of alchemy.

"The second law of creation: Shadow!"

The shadows swept towards the pillar of light, and for a moment the two sides were locked in a stalemate.

"The laws of creation? That's not..."

"Grandma Baron's signature move! It's said that she was Her Majesty Messiah's alchemy teacher."

"Is this person actually a disciple of Baron? I've never heard of him before."

An alchemist in the audience recognized Felicia's technique and exclaimed in surprise.

"The sixth law of creation: fire!"

As Felicia chanted, flames surged forth, attacking Charlotte. Charlotte swung her sword with her left hand, cleaving the fireball in two, eliciting a sigh: "What brilliant swordsmanship!"

"Isn't she from the Academy of Sages? How come her swordsmanship is so superb?"

"It's really incredible."

"This is the future chief of our Sage's Academy. Do you have a future chief like this?"

Are you crazy? Are you looking for death?

Charlotte cleaved through the flames, her right hand continuing to write: "Light Magic Shard!"

Felicia took a few steps, then began to chant: "The Law of Creation, number seven, Earth!"

An earthen wall appeared, blocking Charlotte's attack, before being shattered in the next moment.

This is also a drawback of the Law of Creation. The Law of Creation is indeed very powerful, enabling alchemists to gain considerable combat strength, but in reality, it is somewhat of a double-edged sword. The magic it unleashes is relatively fragile, giving it no advantage in battles of the same level. It can only rely on its versatility to bully lower-level opponents.

But what's even more absurd is that the laws of creation require a great deal of magical power from the caster, making it difficult for low-level alchemists to perform.

Only geniuses like Felicia and Baron can use it.

However, alchemists certainly don't only have this one way of fighting.

Chapter 153 Winning the game, losing life (not really)

Alchemist, a mysterious profession, unlike other majors in the Alchemy Institute, does not seem to have many distinctive features.

Herbalists can concoct medicines, and enchanters can enhance weapons. These are all professions with excellent job prospects (scratch that) and whose characteristics are very easy to see. But what kind of profession is an alchemist?

The answer is equivalent exchange, and creation and destruction.

The essence of alchemy is equivalent exchange, and its ultimate goal is creation—the creation of matter, the creation of life, the creation of everything.

Perhaps, in the end, we can even create the world?

Of course, this is just a joke.

Of course, alchemists are also adept at destruction. In a war, a powerful alchemist can be even more terrifying than a powerful mage. Various weapons of mass destruction can make either side possess terrifying combat power.

However, alchemists also have their own shortcomings, such as their relatively weak combat abilities. It was precisely for this reason that Granny Baron developed the Creation Laws series of alchemy techniques. Loran and Messiah had also learned this alchemy, which contained many ingenious ideas, but it wasn't particularly useful to them.

However, for a novice like Charlotte, this kind of problem is quite difficult to handle. The opponent has a mix of multiple elements, and there are bound to be elements she can't process; the variations are also numerous, making it inevitably challenging.

She wasn't bragging.

Charlotte became serious, realizing there was a reason for Felicia's pride. Even though Felicia had suppressed her strength to the same level, Charlotte still felt some pressure.

Really... I have to say, no wonder he's the child that Loran picked up.

Charlotte sighed, took a step forward, and fired her lightsaber straight through Felicia's earthen wall, heading straight for her.

Felicia remained calm and used the same old approach: "The first law of creation is light!"

With both sides using the same light-attribute attack, they were evenly matched for a time.

But Charlotte clearly didn't expect to defeat Felicia so easily; the lightsaber attack was merely a feint. The next second, Charlotte vanished, only to reappear in front of Felicia!

The audience gasped in surprise as Charlotte's Watcher's Sword gleamed with an unstoppable, chilling light! The high wall Felicia had hastily erected was clearly no match for Charlotte's attack and was easily breached!

Felicia retreated in a panic, but no matter what she did, she couldn't outrun Charlotte's sword!

Gonna win!

The audience held their breath, and Anna and Laura were even about to cheer.

But Charlotte sensed something was amiss.

She saw a hint of a smile on Felicia's face!

what!

Charlotte's intuition suddenly sensed a hint of danger. She saw Felicia gently remove the glove from her left hand with her right fingertips, and the next second, Charlotte realized that she had lost the ability to move at all!

This is......!

Charlotte was shocked, while Felicia had already landed on the ground like a soft leaf, the strange six-pointed star in her left hand emitting a captivating red light.

"What is this?! What kind of magic did Felicia use to hold Charlotte in place, unable to move an inch?!"

"An alchemical array... Oh, I see. So Felicia wasn't just fighting Charlotte; she was setting up an alchemical array."

Loran narrowed his eyes: "No wonder Charlotte was able to handle it so easily... Indeed, the most important thing when fighting alchemists is to finish the battle quickly."

"I haven't lost yet!"

Charlotte wasn't about to give up so easily. She gritted her teeth, accumulating light magic power, and slowly broke free from Felicia's restraints! But Felicia merely chuckled, the patterns on her left hand shimmering with light, and a longsword was forged! Charlotte's all-out attack was easily dodged, and the next second, Felicia's figure appeared far away from Charlotte.

As she dodged, Felicia's right eye emitted a deep blue light. Tica, watching from the stands, suddenly froze, staring intently at Felicia, seemingly in disbelief.

Felicia laughed:

"No, you've already lost. The moment the alchemical array was formed, your defeat was only a matter of time."

Seemingly out of mercy for the loser, and perhaps as a way of teaching her "sister," Felicia explained, "Within this great formation, the strength I can unleash far exceeds your imagination."

"You could have won."

Felicia continued to explain: "If I had acted quickly from the beginning, I would have been no match for you, even though I suppressed my strength to the first rank. But you were too cautious, and that's how you fell into my trap—and so, the alchemical array was formed, and your defeat was only a matter of time."

"Just admit defeat, don't make yourself look too bad."

Charlotte still wanted to struggle, but she knew she had already lost. After a long silence, she gave up in despair.

"Charlotte concedes defeat. The winner is Felicia!"

Felicia actually defeated Charlotte in the exhibition match! Everyone was shocked and asked: Who is Felicia?

This isn't too outrageous, after all, Felicia had always been relatively unknown, with only a few people knowing about her talent, and as for her identity, only Lundilan and Loran knew about it.

However, Felicia is no longer worried—since Loran is in this academy, why would she need to worry about trouble coming her way?

It's easy to imagine that from today onwards, the name Felicia will be quite well-known throughout San Castaño.

Charlotte walked off the stage dejectedly, and her friends quickly surrounded her to comfort her.

"Well......"

Although her friends were still comforting her, Charlotte was still a little sad until she felt a familiar warmth on her head.

"Alright, so what if you just lost once? Why do you look like a little rabbit whose bottom was wiped by a bear?"

"What kind of metaphor is that?!"

Charlotte pouted, feeling both amused and exasperated.

Loran skillfully comforted her: "Alright, alright, Felicia is older than you after all, and she has much more practical experience than you. It's normal that you can't beat her."

"Well......"

Charlotte was still a little sad, so she buried her head in Lorraine's chest and wiped her tears all over him.

After a long while, she finally said in a muffled voice, "Lorraine, I need to practice more later!"

"Yes, yes, yes, I'll have Mia and Caroline help you with extra practice during the holidays."

After comforting Charlotte, Lorraine breathed a sigh of relief, then noticed his eldest daughter looking at him with a forced smile, her eyes filled with unmistakable resentment.

You've never sung this kind of lullaby to me.

Chapter 154 Princess? Not anymore.

Loran took a deep breath, feeling immense pressure.

What's going on? Why does this feel like a chaotic scene? Wait, even if it's a chaotic scene, it shouldn't be Felicia and Charlotte, it should be Messiah and her own sister, right?

Ah, but because of Serena's personality, she naturally wouldn't have any conflict with Messiah. However, just thinking about how Messiah would react after she recovered and found out what had happened between her and Serena gave Loran a headache.

Wait, we've gone off-topic.

The most pressing issue now is how to handle Felicia's situation.

Loran met the girl's dark eyes and smiled helplessly: "You played very well."

"Of course, after all, I am your and Grandma Baron's student."

Felicia remained calm, as if she had done something utterly mundane. Perhaps defeating Charlotte was no difficult task for her at all? Although she had suppressed Charlotte to the first tier, Felicia was a few years older than Charlotte and had learned more, so she still held the advantage.

"To be honest, this is the first time I've ever experienced a battle where I have such an advantage."

Felicia suddenly said, "Back in Arcana, all my opponents were stronger than me. This is the first time I've fought against someone weaker than me."

Loran asked with some surprise, "Didn't you participate in the previous dueling tournament?" After all, with Felicia's strength, she should have an advantage against opponents of the same level.

"No."

Felicia shook her head: "Like I said before, if we attract too much attention, I'm afraid the people of Arcana will come after us."

"So today?"

"Because I don't have to worry anymore."

Felicia smiled faintly, her words carrying an unquestionable trust, as if it were a matter of course: "Because you are here, in front of me."

I feel at ease because you are here.

Because you are here, there is no need to worry about wind and rain.

Because you are there, danger is always one step behind you.

Loran was speechless for a moment. After a long while, he reached out and covered Felicia's head: "Yes, I'm here."

"Honestly, I'm so old already, why do you still treat me like a child who needs comforting..."

"Also, you played very well today, I'm proud of you."

Felicia's pupils contracted slightly, her lips parted slightly, and she froze. After a long, long time, she narrowed her eyes and smiled, "Mmm!"

Although she knew long ago that this was something that only happened in fairy tales, even if it was just being willful, for a fleeting moment, Felicia wished that time could stand still here.

But fate was truly unkind.

"What are you doing to His Highness?!"

A furious voice rang out, and then, Loran and Felicia watched in bewilderment as a white-haired child charged at them like a bull, knocking Loran aside and pulling the hand that had been covering Felicia's head away.

Felicia was furious.

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Let's rewind to right after the match ended. As soon as it was over, Tika kept whispering to herself, seemingly troubled. Kyle, curious, asked, "Tika, what's wrong?"

"I...no, how could that be, but that eye..."

Tika seemed to have lost her soul, then suddenly grabbed Kyle's hand: "That person, that person on the field, what's his name!"

"Who? Charlotte?"

"It's not her! It's someone else!"

"Um, I think her name is Felicia? What's wrong?"

"What about the last name?"

"I'm really not sure about that..."

Kyle looked confused: "Tika, what's wrong? Is something the matter?"

"I...no, I need to find her, it's her, it must be her."

As if she had lost her mind, Tika abruptly shook off Kyle's hand and ran towards the Alchemy Institute. After asking around and finding out where Felicia had gone, Tika didn't even have time to say thank you before rushing off, leaving the senior students in the Alchemy Institute looking at each other with puzzled expressions.