Greetings, Mister Principal

With the launch of several fireworks, the 305th annual meeting of the Mercury Balance officially began. The mages who received the invitation letter entered the mansion on the shore of Lake Wagner from the main entrance. Near the mansion gate, countless low-level mages were standing looking eagerly at those who they had only seen in books and papers in the past.

"That's Madame Maria, my god, she is so young!"

"Is that His Excellency Lizmo, I just finished the analysis of Lizmo's Hurricane Lance!"

"I can't believe my eyes, that is His Excellency Frederick Demetrius, the leader of the mercury balance!"

"Will His Excellency Steinion come today? I admire him the most!"

......

The low-level mages were whispering, among them there was Peter.

He was neatly dressed, like going to a party. Peter believed that a good dress could increase his chances of being remembered. He glanced over the members of the Mercury Balance who were constantly entering the manor, but unexpectedly found a familiar face.

"Reiner?"

Yes, the mage apprentice Reiner that he just had met yesterday was walking openly on the road leading to the mansion like other middle-level mages. Since there were also mages wearing formal attires, so almost no one noticed the existence of such a mage apprentice.

In fact, it was not only the middle-level mage that could participate in the meeting. Sometimes people would bring their own students with them, so the appearance of the third-ring, second-ring, or even the first-ring mage was not so surprising.

But the appearance of a mage apprentice was a little weird.

"Hey, man, are you going to the wrong place?"

Peter's call caught Reiner's attention, and he approached slightly before hearing Peter's inquiry.

"Wrong place? The academic conference should be held here, I asked the hotel waiter."

Reiner glanced at the map marked by the waiter in his hand and confirmed that he had made no mistake.

"Of course the academic conference is held here. I mean that path is only walked by the high-level mages who attend the conference. You should come to my side, or you will be driven out by the guards."

Peter kindly reminded that some guys who tried to get through in the past were mercilessly thrown into Lake Wagner.

"Uh, but I have to attend the meeting."

Reiner said, not only Peter, the people around him also turned their heads when they heard Reiner's words, staring at Reiner as if they were looking at some rare creature.

"Attending the meeting, are you kidding me, Reiner?"

Peter's first reaction was that the other party was teasing himself, and he confirmed again that the man in front of him was indeed an mage apprentice who had not yet obtained the rank.

"I'm not kidding, Peter."

Reiner took out the invitation letter from his pocket. The letter with the mercury balance dazzled his eyes in the sunlight. Peter's eyes widened in disbelief.

A mage apprentice was invited to participate in the annual academic conference of Mercury Balance? ？ ？

"I have to get in quickly, Peter, if we have a chance, let's talk again tonight."

Reiner didn't say anything more but hurried to the gate, and disappeared in the crowd that was queuing at the gate.

Peter stared blankly at the other person going away. Before he got back to his senses, he heard the person next to him come to ask.

"Do you know the person just now?" "Which Excellency's student is he?"...

Faced with these questions, Peter thought for a moment and cleared his throat before speaking.

"Ahem, in fact, he is my best friend, I have known him since..."

......

The mages belonging to the Mercury Balance seemed to have long been accustomed to the scenes that both sides of the street were occupied by low-level mages. They came to the gate and took out their respective invitation letters. At the gate, several fourth-ring mages responsible for the inspection work were carefully checking the invitation letters of the guests.

In the past, there had been incidents where invitations were stolen and used by other people. Fortunately, those people just wanted to hear the research results of high-level mages instead of making some attacks, but the impact was still very bad. Since then, academic conferences' security work has been strengthened a lot to prevent similar accidents.

Anton was one of the mages in charge of reception. He has just joined the Mercury Balance for less than a year. But thanks to his professor, he was able to get this job. It must be said that the work at the gate of the mansion gave him the opportunity to meet a lot of high-level mages. If he was lucky enough to be recognized by high-level mages, then his future would be limitless.

"Thank you for attending this conference, Sir Levi."

Anton had just finished checking the invitation letter of a fifth-ring mage. He turned his head to look at the next visitor, but he found that there was no sign on his body to show his rank, as if he was a mage apprentice.

"A mage apprentice? I think you came to the wrong place."

He spoke as politely as he could, looking up and down the handsome apprentice.

"Uh, this should be the venue of the Mercury Balance Academic Conference, right?"

The visitor was Reiner.

"Yes, but only an invited mage can participate in this meeting."

Anton was already a little impatient, because there were already several people in line behind Reiner, and if he read it right, there was a sixth-ring mage among them.

"Then I am in the right place."

Reiner pulled out the invitation letter in his hand, and Anton was a little unresponsive for a while.

"Eh, let me check."

He took Reiner's invitation letter and confirmed that the information was indeed his.

Could it be a student of a high-level mage?

Anton's mind turned quickly, and his attitude immediately changed.

"Yes. Indeed, this is an official invitation letter. Please come in. The meeting place is at the end of the corridor that way. I am Anton Ferrier. Please forgive me for being rude earlier."

"It's okay."

Reiner took the invitation letter handed back by the other party, answered, and walked into the manor openly.

After passing the garden aisle, he entered the mansion, followed the direction of the flow of people to the conference hall, and found his own seat.

The conference hall was more like an auditorium. Many mages had already arrived that taken their seats. They talked in low voices or read books they brought with them, and most of them were looking through the conference catalog distributed in the conference hall and abstracts of the works of the mages who spoke on the forum.

Reiner naturally got a copy, but before he opened it, he heard the two mages next to him whispering.

"Do you know, I heard that there is a shocking discovery in this meeting, and it turned out to be proposed by a low-level mage!"

"What is it?"

"I don't know. I just heard it from my professor. He also heard it from other excellencies."

"A low-level mage's discovery will actually be mentioned in this meeting. Is it possible that another Excellency Alberton will be born?"

The two said, one of them noticed Reiner's mage apprentice identity, but out of politeness, they only mentioned it and did not continue the discussion.

Because the meeting officially started