Team villains except me

Chapter 574 The School Bell Rings at Yuto Academy

The northern continent seemed to be shrouded in a melancholy and gloomy atmosphere.

Norvia exhaled, and the white mist quickly dissipated, much thinner than smoke, but the wind was exceptionally biting. This wind was particularly hateful, able to penetrate her thick coat and pierce straight into her bones.

Norvia thought it was normal for Ellit to dislike the cold weather. Here, those in distress were even less likely to survive.

The snow beneath Norvia's feet was as hard as a brick. By the time she reached Yuto Academy, her boots were mostly soaked, and her eyelashes were covered in frost, like snow-white single-leaf fans.

She didn't use water magic. She wanted to feel just how cold the northern continent really was. She wanted to know how much sugar would be needed to suppress the chill with sweetness.

Norvia stretched out her stiff fingers.

Winter on the northern continent is despairing. In the air, snowflakes, and biting winds, oppression and indifference are the absolute dominant colors.

...Is it because there is an abyss here? If the abyss is the entrance to other worlds, then the northern continent can almost be considered the end of the entire world.

"Are you contemplating the truth of the world? Nolvia Riley, aren't you really considering majoring in theology? You have real potential."

Norvia looked up and saw a young woman with dark green eyes, strong eyebrows, and a high nose. She wore yellowed, worn-out glasses, and her cloak was covered in snow and dust.

It's Becky Cocker.

Norvia had only seen this abyss scholar in the communicator's feed before.

From the image to the real person, Becky Cocker is thin and short, but her eyes are sharper.

Becky Cocker extended her hand to Norvia.

"Hello. This is our second meeting. I'm Becky Cocker. Miss Riley, welcome to Yuteng Academy."

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The gates of Yuto Academy are magnificent. Dark green vines dangerously entwine around the academy's emblem, creating a menacing and vivid effect.

Becky noticed Norvia's gaze. She looked at her own academy's emblem, tilted her head, thought for a moment, and then spoke.

"That vine was left behind by Carole, the first person of the Abyss Clan, after she became the dean. The flagship major of Yuteng Academy is wood magic, so keeping the vine alive is not a difficult thing."

Norvia nodded.

She was simply reminded of spiderwomen by the vine.

Stepping into Yuto Academy through the main gate is like stepping from winter into spring.

Yuto Academy is like a garden, with novel and diverse plants lining the streets. These plants seem to filter out the usual despair of the northern continent, leaving only a warm atmosphere.

Becky explained.

"There's a protective shield above Yuteng Academy. It's transparent, protects against cold air, and filters the air. After all, most students in the academy are wood-type mages, and there's a department that specializes in replicating rare plants. Their graduation certificate is these plants found on the streets. The weather on the northern continent isn't suitable for these plants to survive, and the coldest time on the northern continent isn't suitable for human habitation either."

I feel this continent was never meant to be inhabited. It's like a promised land left by the gods, a place where fire can be preserved.

Becky's words were filled with theological jargon. Nolvia felt no need to explain, and she didn't ask Becky what she meant.

The northern continent is like a gene bank. The northern continent of the world, the abyss of the northern continent, the space without god-like laws within the abyss... they all correspond one to one.

The bell suddenly rang.

Norvia paused, and soon, a large number of students poured out of the various teaching buildings.

The noise drowned out the silence, the footsteps were chaotic, and Norvia could no longer hear what Becky was saying. Even though this was the northern continent, the students in the academy were all alike. Complaints, drowsiness, hushed conversations—these did not cause any distortion.

Becky grabbed Norvia's sleeve.

"Come to my office. Yuto Academy is like a zoo when classes end. Our students are very noisy. I don't know what your Abosger is like, but at Yuto Academy, you can't complain if you get your big toe stepped on because you're daydreaming."

Nolvia didn't understand why Becky was being so specific, but soon, she was no different from a sardine in a can. The crowd was dense and unyielding, and heat rose from the friction between shoulders. If Becky hadn't been holding her back, she probably would have been swept into a classroom by the flow of people.

When the bell rang again, the streets of Yuto Academy were empty once more.

Becky's cloak was even dirtier.

Becky loosened her grip on Norvia's sleeve and patted her own cloak.

"It's not their fault. The founder of Yuto Academy didn't expect so many students to come here to study. Yuto Academy has been expanding, and many teaching buildings have been built, but the roads are still very narrow, and the break time is too short. Students who need to change classrooms often have to walk a long way to get to the next classroom. There are also graduation certificates of unknown people on both sides of the road, and if you damage those plants, you will be held accountable."

Being late is considered a very serious attitude problem here. They don't want to be late, so they have no choice but to do it this way.

Norvia nodded. She was also a student and had witnessed the spectacle of Abosge's classes ending. But Yuteng Academy was clearly far more terrifying.

Becky stopped in front of a building, took out a crystal card, and frowned with dissatisfaction.

"The root cause of this situation is that other forces do not allow Yuto Academy to make large-scale changes, and they also come to the academy to inspect it from time to time."

Lord Cabra was constantly harassed by these forces, and in the end, he could only open a branch school on the southern continent!

The crystal card beeped, and Becky casually pushed open the door.

"My office is on the third floor, please come in."

Norvia looked up at the towering castle that seemed to reach into the clouds.

She asked Becky somewhat hesitantly.

"How many floors does this office building have?"