Heart of Snow

"Professor Ferdinand"

"Oh, Dean Gale, you're here?"

Approaching the burly old man standing before him, the dean of the knight department, Gale Walker, waved his hands in greeting. Ferdinand, slightly bowing his head, acknowledged his superior with a respectful nod.

"I didn't expect to see you here, Professor Ferdinand. I thought you would be watching over Celine as usual."

"Hoho~ I would like to, but I know she'll do well, just like last semester," Professor Ferdinand replied with a hearty smile. "Professor Yuki is recording her progress for me, so it's not really a problem."

Right now, they were in the monitoring room, where hundreds of magic crystals projected live video feeds of the ongoing exam happening in the forest. The room buzzed with activity, as each crystal monitored one to two students, and academy staff busily took notes and recorded each student's progress.