My wife, who's in a vegetative state, please stop eavesdropping on my thoughts.

Weiss pondered for a while, seemingly lost in thought.

Although Corona mentioned during the Snow Palace Trial that she wasn't a member of the Divine Court at that time, the Divine Court's attack was ultimately motivated by her. Otherwise, who would be so foolish as to attack a group of freshmen who had only been enrolled for a few months?

Therefore, whether it's self-directed or self-acted, or whether there's an information gap due to the sequence of events, the overall judgment will not change.

It's certainly not right to permanently ban a college's activities because of one special case.

【Ding! 】

Just then, a commotion suddenly broke out in the chat group, and a red dot appeared indicating an unread message.

Weiss initially thought it was patrol intelligence from the night patrol.

Upon opening the message, I discovered it was a private chat from Bingfei.

[Ice Queen: Weiss, do you know why Frost Princess Sineena resigned?]

[Anonymous user: Because I was bullied in the workplace...?]

[Ice Princess: No way!!]

[Ice Queen: I'll tell you a secret, but you absolutely mustn't tell anyone. It's said that Frost Duke resigned because the Frost family planned to target Adele. The Frost family suspects that Adele betrayed one of their Tier 6 family members in the underworld. Did you know about this?]

Anonymous user: I really didn't know that...

Weiss pretended to know nothing.

In fact, Adele had already privately warned them to be extra careful about the Frost family's movements recently.

Without a doubt, it was probably Adele who killed her.

But given Adele's cautious nature, it's impossible for her to leave any evidence, not even verbal evidence from friends and family, just as Weiss wouldn't leave any leverage for Ice Queen now.

[Ice Queen: Whether you knew before or not, you know now. I'm in charge of supervising the night patrol today. I heard Emily has already arrived home, so you should also know about the academy training camp, right?]

[Anonymous User: What, you suspect that the Frost Guild attacked Lunette's family members during the training camp? Frost wouldn't be that crazy..., would he?]

[Ice Queen: Who knows? I'm just telling you this possibility, I don't have any concrete evidence, so please don't tell anyone that I told you this. It's completely unfounded...]

Anonymous user: Okay, thanks, I owe you one...

It must be said that Miss Shiva's reminder did indeed raise Weiss's level of vigilance.

Based on his original assessment, no matter how desperate the Frost family was, it was unlikely that they would interfere in the collective activities of the academy factions. That was no longer just targeting the Lunette family, but rather declaring war on all the noble forces in the entire Night Patrol Royal City.

But now it seems that, just in case, it's better to go and keep an eye on things. Wasting time is better than something actually happening.

No matter how much you regret it then, you can only regret it in the morgue.

After closing the chat group.

Weiss glanced at the young swordsman drinking tea beside him and asked casually.

"Shall we sleep together tonight?"

"..."

"..."

"No, I want to quit pornography."

The little swordsman said solemnly and earnestly.

It's like returning Weiss's words from last month to him verbatim.

Weiss: ......

This must be because it entered a state of sage mode after clearing the kill threshold in one go, right?

Unfortunately, the Sword Saint rank has an extremely high, unlimited killing threshold, and since they haven't experienced any combat yet, it's unknown how long it will take to raise it back up.

It seems I shouldn't treat her so many times next time.

Just sleep...

...

A few days passed in the blink of an eye.

Soon it was time for the two extraordinary academies to set off for their training camp.

Before dawn, Emily and Moro had already changed into their Icefall Academy uniforms. They hurriedly ate a couple of bites of breakfast in the living room, then grabbed their luggage and headed out the door to join the rest of the group at the school gate.

Weiss followed slowly behind, not wearing the Lunette family uniform, but just buying an ordinary commoner's outfit along the way.

—The main entrance of Bingxia Academy.

Nearly a hundred first-year students gathered together.

Besides Emily and her brother Moro, Vera was also mixed in with the crowd, standing on tiptoe and looking around.

She glanced around at the night patrol guards responsible for escorting the convoy and quickly recognized several familiar faces.

Mona, with her long, bright green hair that reached past her knees, was also among them.

The leader was a purple-haired woman with a scorpion braid and wearing a brooch for a two-star cadre.

Serra...

Sera was in charge of supervising and escorting the Ice Cloud Extraordinary Academy throughout the entire process.

Vera knew her name because Luya, a female bodyguard of the Hayes family, had mentioned that they had actually met during the migration of the underworld during the riots.

She is said to be the strongest two-star combatant in the entire Night Patrol Headquarters, absolutely crushing the two guards, Winter Duke and Snow Knight.

In the past...

Because the strongest two-star right now is undoubtedly Adele Selene.

Vera was truly impressed by the fact that Adele, who was so powerful and decisive in Moonlit City, could still command such influence in Night Patrol City.

However, Vera couldn't help but sigh with emotion when she thought of Luya.

In fact, Luya was one of her few friends, but because the Hayes family was short of cash and could no longer afford to hire guards, Luya temporarily went to work as an outsourced employee at the Starry Sky Merchant Guild.

When she has more money in the future, she will definitely call Luya back.

On the stage, the dean stood on the makeshift platform and began his usual pre-departure pep talk, which was rambling and too long to listen to.

Vera slept almost the entire time until the very end, when she was in a daze and not fully conscious, when she heard the headmaster pleading with them to defeat White Frost Academy.

Then, the first-year students boarded the caravan in batches according to their pre-assigned carriage numbers.

The training camp was located at a suburban camp hundreds of kilometers away from the capital, and it would take almost a whole day for a horse-drawn carriage to reach it at full speed.

Not long after Vera boarded the carriage, she discovered that the person responsible for guarding the carriage along the way was none other than Mona.

"So, how confident are you about this training camp?" Mona asked curiously, peering through the car window.

"Uh, this training camp doesn't really concern me. I'm in Group D, so even if we win, I'll only get one point," Vera said casually.

This training exercise was divided into four groups: A, B, C, and D.

Each group has 20 students.

Group D wins 1 point.

Group C will get 2 points if they win.

Group B will get 3 points if they win.

Group A will get 5 points if they win.

The winner will be determined by the total score of the four groups.

In other words, the main focus is still on the elite nobles in Group A, led by Emily.

Unless Groups B, C, and D win three consecutive games, they can barely surpass their opponents by one point. But even if they win, it won't mean much, and it won't look good. It's just to let them experience the atmosphere of actual combat.

In fact, besides their four groups, there were dozens of other students who were purely there to watch and have fun, and did not participate in this friendly competition.

After being assigned to Group D, Vera was in a state of complete despair.

If I had known, she wouldn't have been assigned to Group D if she had done fewer assignments.

You can come here purely for a picnic and fun...

Vera and Mona chatted idly through the car window, while several other trainees from Group D glanced over curiously.

Unexpectedly, this mysterious transfer student actually knew the members of the Night Patrol.

That's really mysterious...

Before long, as the Ice Cloud Academy's caravan left the city gate, they soon encountered the White Frost Caravan traveling not far ahead, escorted by one of the Seven Guardians, the Snow Knight.

That makes perfect sense, after all, White Frost is also Snow Knight's alma mater.

Many trainees were surprised by this. They did not expect that a mere freshman training camp would be taken so seriously by the Night Patrol, which sent two high-ranking members, Sera and Snow Knight, to escort them. Wasn't this making a mountain out of a molehill?

Such a configuration could only be shaken by moving an entire hostile supernatural force over, right?

At the same time, upon seeing the Snow Knights appear at the rear of the White Frost Caravan, several students on Bingxia's side couldn't sit still any longer. They leaned out of the carriages, and some of the bolder ones even jumped off and ran over.

Snow Knight initially thought the group of younger students were there to get his autograph, and was just about to feel a little touched that he was so popular among the students when the girl in front of him blurted out, "Snow Knight, could you please get me an autograph from Snow Queen?"

"I want one too! I want one too!!!"

"Snow Knight, do you have the Ice Queen's extravagant dial number?"

After asking around, most of them wanted to collude with the Snow Queen and the Ice Queen.

TM actually has someone who wants the King of Cang.

He's going to the southern front himself...!!!

The Snow Knight's face darkened instantly, and he immediately dispersed all the students.

However, just as he breathed a sigh of relief, another voice came from behind.

"Snow Knight, please give me an autograph."

The Snow Knight turned his head with a complicated and strange expression.

Upon realizing that it was Sera who had made the joke, he shook his head helplessly.

There was no way around it; in terms of both seniority and combat record, he was the lowest among the direct guards.

Looking back, the most glorious moment of his life was actually graduating from White Frost as the top student of the academy before officially joining the Night Patrol.

At the time, I thought it was just the beginning of my peak.

As a result, even the newly joined Ice Princess has surpassed herself by a huge margin.

Even Weiss, whom he initially thought was a thug, was...

Forget it, let's not talk about this person.

The Snow Knight got angry just thinking about it.

He had clearly been silently protesting with a week of hangovers, yet even his own sister, Xuehou, didn't know. Those night patrol members really have no sense whatsoever...

A whole week has passed and no one has come to report the situation!

"Ugh......"

Seeing the Snow Knight's visibly颓废 (颓废 is a difficult word to translate directly, but it conveys a sense of listlessness, apathy, and a sense of dejection) aura.

Immediately, many of the male trainees in the group who had been secretly watching him showed thoughtful expressions.

If they could learn even a tenth of the melancholy from the Snow Knight, wouldn't they become a little more popular in the academy?

The sky gradually darkened.

The carriages traveled for most of the day in the twilight, until the night had completely fallen, when the two academies' caravans finally stopped in a wide, shady area.

What comes into view is a huge lake and a lush, green area.

A week-long intensive training exercise will take place in this area.

The matches will proceed in the order of groups A, B, C, and D.

The entire four-team battle was broadcast live via screen projection by the college instructors, who used extravagant spells. No finishing blows or killings were allowed; these were basic rules explained by the headmaster before the battle began.

The Snow Knight reached the lake shore and immediately sent a private message to the Astrologer.

[Snow Knight: Miss Star, are you there? Could you use your ability to divine again and see if anything major will happen at my location recently?]

Logically speaking...