Gradually, night fell, and the stars gathered in the night sky, forming one dazzling galaxy after another.
Carlotta, in her dorm room, couldn't help but marvel at the sky outside. In her previous world, due to atmospheric pollution, such a brilliant starry sky was no longer visible, which stirred some emotions in her heart.
"Knock, knock, knock."
Suddenly, a knocking sound came from the door.
Carlotta turned around to open it and couldn't help but show a look of surprise when she saw who was outside.
"Miss Clarke? What's the matter?" Carlotta asked curiously, looking at the merchant's daughter in front of her.
Although Avery Clarke was her classmate, they didn't have much interaction.
The closest they had ever been was when Avery, controlled by Soren, attacked her, and Carlotta had knocked her down with a single sword strike. However, Avery no longer remembers that incident.
Having grown up in privilege, Avery had intelligent eyes, giving off a clever vibe.
She spoke quickly, "Miss White, come with me quickly. Morholt, who just entered the academy, has challenged Fenwick to a duel, and Fenwick has accepted. They've already gone to the dueling arena, and many people have gone to watch."
Carlotta was momentarily stunned, then remembered Morholt, Beatrice Morholt, the first noble child to enter the academy today.
Her father, Count Morholt, was a powerful Count with control over the military, making his status quite distinguished.
This person actually challenges Amelia to a duel?
Carlotta did want to go and see, but as she was about to move, she couldn't help but asked, "Miss Clarke, why did you specifically come to tell me this?"
Avery smiled and said, "I thought you and Fenwick were quite close, so I felt it necessary to let you know. I saw you two having meals together and even sharing food."
She thought only people with a certain level of closeness would display such intimacy.
Carlotta knew Avery had misunderstood; she and Amelia were mere acquaintances, not particularly close.
But there was no need to explain. She walked out of the dorm and closed the door, saying, "Let's go to the dueling arena."
The dueling arena wasn't too far from the dorm; it was a vast building with many areas for duels.
By the time Carlotta arrived with Avery, the place was already packed with people.
Not only were there first-year students, but also many from the second and third years.
The largest dueling area was surrounded by layers of onlookers, and the duel in the center had already begun.
The two combatants were naturally Amelia and Beatrice.
With just one glance, Carlotta couldn't help but show a strange expression because she saw a bow floating in front of Amelia, continuously shooting arrows at Beatrice.
She felt this method of attack was somewhat familiar, had Amelia replicated Soren's magic through memory?
Carlotta found memory magic quite fascinating; it allows one to fight using the enemy's own techniques. If you used your opponent's methods against them, wouldn't it drive them mad?
She didn't know that Soren had already been angered many times by such things.
Beatrice had long, wavy golden hair and a tall figure, exuding a heroic aura.
She was a knight-class transcendent, wielding a sword that shimmered with fiery light, dazzling and brilliant.
After a few glances, Carlotta recognized it as the Flame Knight Path, a famous but difficult-to-master path. Only those with certain status and position were allowed to practice it.
It was said that Count Morholt was highly skilled in the Flame Knight Path, dominating the battlefield and earning the title of "Flame Count."
As the daughter of the Flame Count, Beatrice naturally inherited her father's expertise in the Flame Knight Path.
She continuously blocked the attacks from the memory clone of Soren and steadily closed the distance.
In a short time, she was upon Amelia, delivering a dazzling, fiery slash that shattered the floating bow on the spot.
But by then, Amelia had already withdrawn, and a sword wreathed in flames appeared in front of her. No matter how you looked at it, it seemed like Beatrice's Flame Knight Path at work.
This made Beatrice's chest heave with anger as she shouted, "Amelia, is this the only way you know how to fight? Aren't you afraid of bringing shame to Viscount Fenwick?"
Amelia replied unhurriedly, "Are you suggesting that I, a practitioner of memory magic, should engage in close combat with you, a practitioner of the Flame Knight Technique? I hope you're the only shameless one in the Morholt family."
Beatrice was furious and immediately charged forward.
Carlotta watched the battle with great interest. She could see that Amelia remained composed and was unlikely to be at a disadvantage in this duel.
At the same time, she noticed that the focus wasn't solely on the two duelists in the arena.
Among the crowd, there were many noble children with significant conflicts between them, also drawing a lot of attention.
For example, a pair of young men nearby had a dissent and were about to duel, but since the nearby arena was occupied by Amelia and Beatrice, they had to go to another area for their duel.
In this building, there were many arenas of various sizes suitable for dueling.
Avery also noticed the situation and whispered, "That's Ramsey and Nelson. They're about to duel too. That makes the seventh pair to duel today."
Hearing this, Carlotta couldn't help but ask, "So many people are dueling? Are there really that many grudges?"
In the Wendell Empire, people of status and position generally didn't engage in random fights; they usually agreed on a time and place for a duel.
Duels didn't have to be the death; it was enough to determine a winner.
The victor gained face, and that was all. When Carlotta first heard about this popular dueling culture in the empire, she could only think of how inefficient it was.
Not only were they not fighting to the death, but there wasn't even a wager. Whoever wanted to duel could go ahead; she certainly wouldn't get involved.
"You didn't know, Miss White?" Avery gave her a surprised look and then explained, "Due to some political reasons, the nobles in the academy are roughly divided into two factions. Those duels belong to different factions. For example, Fenwick and the new student Morholt are dueling because of these factional reasons."