Following the princess' order, the coaches of each carriage whipped their horses and started for the main gateway of the castle.

The main gate of the castle was heavily guarded by knights in shining armor with lethal weapons at hand. And when these knights saw the long line of luxurious carriages approaching, they hurriedly lifted open the gate and gave a solemn salute when the carriages passed by them.

"I still can't believe that we're really in another world..."

Yuan who was blankly staring outside of his window, suddenly heard someone's faint whisper beside him.

He slowly turned his head to look at Daniella, who had her gaze fixated on the scenery outside of the carriage. Large mansions and other such rich residences were at the far side of the road they were commuting on. The streets was clear and peaceful, and no one could be found walking around on the sidewalks of the road.

"Hmm... I wonder why there aren't any people here? It's so quiet."

Alaine asked no one in particular, but Jacob answered her anyways,

"Probably because they're still sleeping."

"It's already late in the morning, I doubt everyone's like you who sleeps around all day and only gets up between meals." Yuan retorted.

When Alaine heard this, she couldn't help but laugh while Daniella smiled slightly in amusement.

"Hey, I'm just saying you know, if ever I had a house that big and fancy I wouldn't want go out either." Jacob muttered matter-of-factly.

Not long later, the long line of carriages finally exited the wealthy district through another gate and continued on a bustling road filled with people.

"So many people here." Alaine's eyes twinkled in curiosity, as she surveyed her surroundings via the window.

Then suddenly, the usually quiet and reserved ice queen Daniella, spoke out to them, "This must be the Capital the Third Princess talked about. We must be nearing our destination."

"She's right about that."

Yuan thought to himself, as he continued to blankly stare out of the window of their carriage. Many different people each wearing different clothing busied themselves on the street.

Various establishments were also built on the side of the road, practically taking up the whole city. There were numerous inns, taverns, restaurants, hotels, banks, etc. lining up the streets, and a constant stream of people were going in and out of these buildings.

"Man this place sure is hectic, huh."

"Yeah."

Jacob and Alaine said respectively. And about twenty minutes later, they were now heading to what was apparently the academy, judging by the countless youths dressed in uniforms making their way towards the tower.

After entering the academy through its gates, the long line of luxurious carriages found a clear spot on the campus ground and freely parked there.

"This must be our stop." Yuan said as he got out of his seat. "Come on, let's get off."

His three seatmates got off the carriage together with him, and they waited there while looking at their classmates coming down from the other carriages. When every single one of the high school students finally had their feet on the ground, Princess Rachel loudly clapped her hands to get their attention on her.

"I hope everybody had an easy and relaxing ride from the castle to here in the Capital." The princess said to them with a smile, "And now, I welcome you all to the most prominent and prestigious school of the Capital, Lionfang Academy!"

Right after she said so, the group of high school students moved their gazes around the surrounding area of the campus.

They couldn't help but notice a few students of the academy were looking and pointing at their direction discreetly while saying something to their friends.

"Oh, Third Princess Rachel, you've arrived!"

"Yes, hello and good morning to you too Headmaster Valir."

"Please Your Highness, the pleasure is all mine. I'm very glad to have you arrive here safely in our humble school."

Afterwards Headmaster Valir suddenly turned his gaze towards the grouo of high school students that were together with the Third Princess. And then suddenly, he spread his arms wide open in a welcoming gesture, while proclaiming loudly to all of them,

"And to all of you: I, Valir Legaspi, headmaster of this school, formally welcome you esteemed guests to Lionfang Academy!"

With his formal greeting out of the way, Headmaster Valir put his arms down and turned back to the princess.

"Now then, shall we go inside the tower, Your Highness?"

"Yes, we should. Please lead the way for us Headmaster."

"Of course."

The both of them started moving towards the entrance of the tower, and Yuan and his classmates promptly followed along with them.

"Yo, this academy is huuuuge!"

"It's much more bigger than the academies of Earth that's for sure."

"Yeah... I wonder what type of courses and tracks they offer here?"

Jacob and Yuan casually chatted with each other while following the two leading figures in front of them.

"They probably study magic here, right?" Alaine joined in on their conversation with a question of her own.

"That's most likely the case. From what I can see magic is definitely practiced here in this school." Daniella was the one to say something this time.

Headmaster Valir abruptly stopped in his tracks and faced the door in front of him that had a plaque that wrote, "Headmaster's Office."

"Let us discuss the details inside, Your Higness."

"Mhm. Let's all go inside then." Princess Rachel nodded her head.

Respectfully opening the door for them, the headmaster first waited for everyone to go inside before closing the door shut and heading to his desk.

"Please Princess, take a seat."

Without a word, she took her seat on one of the couches available in the office, but Yuan and his classmates remained standing from where they were.

When the princess saw this, she courteously said, "Please everyone, kindly take your seats."

Some were hesitant while others were not, and soon all the vacant seats in the office were all taken up by someone.

"I'm so sorry everyone for the lack of seats. I'm afraid that some of you will have to remain standing there for the time being." Headmaster Valir politely apologized to them, bowing his head while doing so.

Afterwards, he lifted his face and glanced at all the people present in his office and declared, "So then, let's start our meeting shall we?"