Chapter 402: [Bonus chapter]The Events Office
Every student group had a meeting room within that location, including the ethics council, the student group that managed the library, as well as most of the student groups that organized research groups. So that even though the place was extravagant and grand, it still had a good use of space, and it was efficient.
With its architectural style based on the use of marble and the glittering crystals of the academy. The Student Council building was one of the buildings that had already caught Luke's eye; it was an eye-catcher within the academy's landscape. The marble columns in front, with their smooth, gleaming parts, reflected a part of the grandeur of the place.
The building was built more than two centuries ago and is one of the academy's newest buildings, second only to the forge, with intricate details and sculptures of magicians and important students on its walls. The main entrance to the building is adorned by a columned portico, leading to a large center with a polished marble floor.
Here visitors are greeted by a wide, elegant staircase leading to the upper floor where the meeting rooms and Student Council offices are located. The meeting rooms are spacious and well-lit, decorated with antique carpets from different parts of the continent, and on the walls, oil paintings of former professors and prominent students mark the corridors.
All the rooms have comfortable chairs and circular conference tables, which allow the academy's students to discuss important matters for hours in comfort.
The offices in the Student Council building are cozy and well-organized, providing a quiet and productive working environment for the members. Here, they can focus on their daily tasks and ensure that the needs of the students are effectively met.
In addition, the Student Council building has a resource-rich library, which houses the only collection of books that are not focused on magical study, and is a place with archives and data on the happenings of the academy. Soon, Luke's name would be filled in on several new books.
The moment Adrian and Luke entered the door of the building, a curious fact appeared. That place, unlike the secretary's office, did not have a secretary. All the maintenance of that place was done by students.
So, when the two of them arrived there, the only thing they had to do was to get a map with the directions to each room. The building had four floors, all full of rooms for the organization of student groups, and in the basement was the library with several archives of documents related to the study groups, the history of the academy, and other important points of that place.
Even though Adrian already knew which room he should arrive in, the two students took the map. This way Luke would be able to read it and see how large the building was, by the way, none of the rooms were totally unused, since the free rooms were free for students to study and use as a research place.
Adrian and Luke started up the stairs, the main events committee room was on the top floor, next to the student council.
"So our research group is entitled to a room here?" Luke questioned, as he looked at the map in his hands. That piece of paper wasn't very large, but no doubt the number of over eighty different study rooms made that map a bit confusing.
"Part of Zhanid's staff studies here, theoretically they are also part of the Magical Unification Study Group, but Megan prefers to give access to the lab only to students who are direct pupils of Zhanid... But if for example you are without time to revise documents, the staff here does an excellent job" Adrian commented, while walking through the corridors.
The golden-haired young man was a little apprehensive, but it was nothing too worrying. Luke could tell by the sound of Adrian's heartbeat, which quickened a little, how uncomfortable the young man was.
It was not unusual for a person to have his heart rate increase when he was walking and climbing stairs like the two of them, but Adrian was still a young boy. It made no sense for his body to respond in this way. Everything indicated a certain nervousness, probably because of what they were about to face.
Inside Adrian's head, an image was fixed, a man he hated and who undoubtedly did not want Luke to have to battle. A student that everyone at the academy avoided precisely because of his rude and offensive attitude, but the worst part of all, was that he was on the events committee.
After Luke and Adrian arrived on the third floor, there was only one more flight of stairs to get to the committee. The blond-haired boy then stopped and looked Luke in the eye, he had a worried look on his face, like someone who knew that the half-wolf's reaction would not be very good.
"I just ask you to please not make an abrupt decision. Inside that room will be someone you will definitely not like" Adrian commented.
Luke nodded, confirming that he would do his best not to get angry. But it was hard to give a conclusive answer without knowing who this person was and what they would say.
Then Luke and Adrian arrived on the fourth floor. The atmosphere there was different from the others, the whole building itself had luxurious and elegant corridors. But this corridor was different, it had several statues of magicians, dressed in robes that Luke had never seen in his life.
Adrian was apprehensive, in front of the stairs was a gigantic double door made of black oak wood. At the top was written "Student Council", this was not the room the two of them were supposed to enter. However, a statue next to the room caught Luke's attention.
"That statue looks a bit like Zhanid doesn't it?" Luke questioned.
As soon as the half-wolf approached, he realized that in fact, it not only looked like but was exactly the mage. However, he was eternalized with a much younger appearance in that statue. Below the statue was a block of marble supporting it, with a golden plaque engraved on it.
On the plaque was written:
''Zhanid Mortrinded, first student council president to attain the rank of Supreme Mage during his performance as a student. It is with great honor that we leave your legacy within the heroes hall of our institution" Luke read aloud, surprised by this.
"What is a supreme wizard?" the half-wolf questioned.
Adrian gestured with his hands, asking Luke to keep walking. As the half-wolf followed him, the boy began to speak "Sorcerer supreme is a title, to achieve it you must have one of the highest skill rankings in the academy. Few teachers have this title, Zhanid got this statue precisely because he earned this title as a student.
It was somewhat interesting to wonder what Zhanid's story was, but that was a question the half-wolf would look into another time. Finally Adrian and Luke were in the correct room, the corridor led around the student council room, so when the two made the turn, it was possible to see the sign for the events committee.
One of the doors was open, while the other remained closed. That gate, when locked, had an engraving in the wood, which was now cut in half. However, it was possible to see four stars around a sword.
Luke immediately noticed how Adrian's heartbeat had accelerated, the boy was much more nervous than before. With each step the blond boy took, his heart beat five times, his breathing was heavy, but the young man tried to keep up with his gentle smile.
Until both students hear shouting, it was an argument.
"You know! I don't want any wimps in the main event! We need to make a stricter entry process!" A male voice said.
"That's why the event will have a qualifying round its airhead! Is it really so absurd to leave qualifying battles before the main event?" A woman shouted
As soon as Luke and Adrian approached the door, it was possible to see the full view of the room. Sitting in an armchair in front of the main window that illuminated that room was a beautiful dark blue haired elf with a serious look and a completely neutral face. In front of her was a desk.
The elf was watching an argument in front of her, a small girl with short green hair arguing with a tall muscular boy with red hair. Both were dressed in academy uniforms, but only the elf had a gold pendant on her uniform.
"Silence," said the elf.
The moment those simple words were spoken, the two stopped talking at the same instant. They turned to the head of the committee and behaved like two soldiers responding to a general. The atmosphere in that place changed in seconds.
Inside that room there were still other committee members, most of whom were girls. All the other members were focused on their respective tasks, each of them reading, some reviewing long piles of sheets and others writing on equally staggering amounts of paper.