However, being in an environnt like Pamir Academy, even if Anvis keeps a low profile to the extent that outsiders might consider him insignificant, he still cannot escape the vortex among the nobles.
At night, after finishing the day’s affairs and returning to his residence, Anvis suddenly received an unexpected visitor.
Although Pamir Academy is entirely enveloped by the dazzling Mystery Lock, its interior still mimics the sky of the external world at all tis.
Under the illumination of two huge new moons, one silver and one purple, Prince Lanno stood at the door of Anvis’s courtyard, in front of a bush blooming with pale silver flowers, and touched the fruit at the center of many small flowers.
Accompanied by a wave of invisible yet magic power-infused fluctuations, the evergreen magic power bush spontaneously parted, revealing a quiet pathway leading deeper into the courtyard, also alerting Anvis of the visitor.
Following so invisible guidance, Lanno walked along the path, passing through clusters of rare and exotic flowers and plants, and finally stepped into Anvis’s residence.
In the elegant reception room filled with a fresh and fragrant aroma, Lanno finally saw the young man with light golden cropped hair and deep blue eyes, whose deanor shone softly and brightly like the afternoon sun.
Seemingly not expecting a visitor at this ti, Anvis was dressed in a simple white casual outfit, which unexpectedly added a touch of laziness to his deanor.
"Welco, dear Prince Lanno. My preparations were a bit rushed; please forgive my inadequate hospitality."
Seeing Lanno enter the room, Anvis gracefully stood up and slightly bowed his chest in greeting.
"I apologize, Anvis, for not informing you in advance before coming. But this ti, I am not here as a prince, so I hope you wouldn’t bla a friend’s unavoidable actions,"
Lanno explained with a bit of helplessness upon hearing the undertones in Anvis’s greeting.
"Heh, Prince Lanno, you are joking again,"
With a polite smile, Anvis waved his hand, and the various magic beverages replaced the glasses of cold water on the tray.
"But won’t your clandestine visit to cause you any trouble? Surely many people are watching you now?"
Watching Lanno pick up a cup of light blue Star Lychee Juice, Anvis casually asked.
"Sure, but what can I do about it?"
With eyes intermingling blue and purple, Lanno looked at Anvis, took a sip of the delicately sweet yet starkly cool juice, and also smiled.
"I currently lack the power to completely stop their peeping; under these circumstances, deliberately doing nothing is pointless and would only arouse more suspicion."
"So, you simply pretend they don’t exist now?"
Anvis pointedly asked.
"My influence is too weak to contend with my brothers. So, unless there is sothing special, I indeed just pretend they don’t exist,"
Sitting comfortably opposite Anvis, Lanno sipped the gently blue Starlight Juice and shrugged.
"But they still know their limits, such as our current eting. They know I suddenly ca to see you, but they can’t grasp the details of our discussion."
"Is it because their Observation Magic can’t penetrate the magical protections of your residence?"
"Because you are an Olivendi, their task is only to monitor my movents; it is not necessary to risk offending you by forcibly peeping here. At most, they will report back to my brothers after the fact that I t with you here.
But my style has always been casual, so even if I suddenly ca to chat with you tonight, it’s not particularly unusual."
Saying this, the youth with purple-black soft hair gave a slight smile and raised his glass to Anvis.
"Most importantly, are you aware of your reputation in Pamir?"
My reputation?
Anvis was slightly startled and casually snapped his fingers to add a layer of radiance to himself.
"A profoundly wise scholar? Unimaginably handso? The perfect dream lover?"
"No, it’s a useless playboy, a lazy person with just familial background, an escapist idealist!"
His eyelid twitched as Lanno stifled the urge to let his cheeks twitch, not wanting his expression to appear too discourteous.
How in the world does this guy manage to say these self-praising words without changing his facial expression?
The crucial point is, due to Anvis’s family background and the extraordinary charm brought by his bloodline, these evaluations he ntioned indeed exist.
"...Of course, those evaluations you ntioned do exist, but that’s not the key point."
Taking a deep breath, Lanno forced himself to calm down.
"I presu you are also aware of my situation, being rated as the weakest prince, with hardly any nobles willing to join , and the talents among my peers all snatched away by my older brothers."
"So, what relation does such a , have with soone like you?"
Drinking the remaining juice in his glass in one gulp, Lanno delicately placed the glass back on the tray, his gaze casually sweeping the room, taking in various ancient relics laid around, his tone suggestive.
"A prince who shirks duties, eting privately with a descendant of the Four Great Families who also shirks duties?"
Looking at the seemingly harmless, weak youth with a deceptive deanor, Anvis suddenly burst into a silent laugh.
"Then, may I know the true purpose of your visit, Mr. Lanno?"
"Mr. Anvis, I can see that you and I are of the sa kind."
Lanno waved his hand and shifted his position on the sofa.
"No need to hurry to deny it, no matter how much you disguise, we are ultimately in this relentlessly competitive environnt, no one can remain outside the ga’s rules.
Right now, we are still in the mild environnt of the academy, but once we graduate from Pamir and step into the real ga of nobility, how then can you hide?"
Looking at Anvis whose expression remained unchanged, the delicate youth with heterochromatic eyes sighed and took out a grayish-black slab fragnt, placing it on Anvis’s table.
That fragnt had no aura of magical power, but its surface bore a strange marking, looking like a twisted vortex, or perhaps an abstract eye.
"Anyway, I didn’t co here today just to discuss life with you.
Five days from now, the once-every-fifty-years Radiant Secret Realm will open. All those who are qualified can enter to explore. This year, I hope you will join my camp."
"The Radiant Secret Realm is about to open? Isn’t it not yet the Ice Sealing Month?"
Glancing at the fragnt on the table, Anvis asked back with so confusion, while quickly recalling information related to the Radiant Secret Realm.
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