Chapter 898: Chapter 886: College: The Beginning of the Nightmare Chapter 898: Chapter 886: College: The Beginning of the Nightmare “There’s no helping it; among those unqualified parents from whom we took children, there indeed exists a group that is easily misunderstood by ordinary citizens,” Aeolus said, rubbing his brow with a hint of distress.

“These people, whom we can refer to as the poor, are unable to satisfy even the most basic needs for food and warmth. The number of children we have taken from these impoverished hands is not small.”

“Nothing but feces-producing machines that lack ambition and are unwilling to work!” Young Otto snorted disdainfully upon hearing Aeolus’s words, his face showing utter contempt,
The Senapus Subcontinent is now a vast construction site due to that sacred Demonsweeper war from years past, along with the ambitions of a Titan and a Son of the Dragon who aspired to become the eleventh emperor of this world. This continent can be said to have work opportunities everywhere, with cities being built and roads being repaired. In simple terms, there’s work available all over.

An able-bodied adult, without the need to be overly smart, just diligent and earnest, will typically have no problem providing for a family.

“Only those with some special skill could manage to live as poor people who can’t even guarantee food and warmth on this continent,” young Otto truly disdains the city’s poor.

On the Senapus Subcontinent, becoming poor from a commoner typically means you’ve reached an incurably lazy state. To put it bluntly, some are so lazy they wouldn’t even chew food if it was brought to their lips.

For such poor people, if we don’t take their children away, should we just let them starve to death by their parents’ side?

“There’s no other way; they simply aren’t familiar enough with the Legal Code, so it’s up to us, the enforcers, to personally step forward and educate them in detail!”

Aeolus shook his head helplessly; indeed, he had seen the fear of law enforcers in ordinary people from the bottom of society, and such fear comes from ignorance.

In the Legal Code, indeed there exists a stipulation that if a child’s parents are too impoverished financially, the child will be taken away to be raised by the government. But how poor must they be?

Poor enough to be unable to guarantee even the most basic food and warmth for their child, poor enough to give birth to a child but unable to raise them. Only parents impoverished to this extent would have their children taken from them.

And what conditions must one meet to not worry about enforcers taking away one’s child? Being able to satisfy a child’s basic needs and ensure that they grow up healthy and safe until they are of age for schooling.

After that, parents need not worry, because Muria has allocated a vast amount of resources to its own academy education system, and for students with average family conditions, they provide enough financial assistance each month to ensure their growth.

Muria’s academies are all focused on cultivating humans with extraordinary powers, and plainly speaking, a typical human family certainly cannot afford to nurture a professional.

Just the tuition for one term of primary school is enough to crush an ordinary human family. Take, for example, the warrior, the easiest profession to train and most prevalent, one still needs to train the body and cultivate Fighting Qi, starting with the basic requirement of eating meat at every meal.

Would the Legal Code strip parents of their rights for the mere fact that an ordinary human family couldn’t supply a child’s need to become a professional? Of course not. Muria hasn’t descended to such unethical depths to obliterate humanity.

“Let’s go out and spread the word!” Aeolus said, sighing as he adjusted his attire…

“How has the enactment of the Legal Code been progressing?” Muria inquired from atop the Throne.

“Master, here are the summarized results from our surveillance across the regions!” Below, among the many subjects of Muria, Mels voluntarily stepped forward to report, as he was the one who tirelessly worked on drafting the Legal Code.

“Overall it’s not bad, but there are still areas that are lacking and need corrections,” Muria said, nodding with satisfaction as he reviewed the data summary and saw that some chaotic situations had been suppressed since the enactment of the Legal Code. Yet, he still noticed some issues.

The Legal Code was the blood, sweat, and tears of devils, of devils with swords hanging over their necks. They consulted the legal codes of almost every country on the Continent, then drafted this near-flawless, in theory, perfect Legal Code.

But even so, this Legal Code, touted as nearly perfect, still encountered some irrationalities in its implementation. Or to say, it didn’t fit with the current state of the Senapus Subcontinent.

“Law is not immutable; law also needs to move with the times and be corrected according to actual circumstances,” Muria commented thoughtfully as he saw some trifling issues arise during the legal education process.

He believed that there was no such thing as a perfect Legal Code; the times would develop, progress, and everything, people and objects alike, would change. If the Legal Code did not evolve with these changes, it would eventually become obsolete.

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“His Majesty seems to have been living a bit too comfortably these days.”

“The adjustment period is over, let’s arrange some tasks for him!”

“Should we arrange for him to relentlessly pursue those who defy the Legal Code?”

“His Majesty has grown to this stage; there’s no need for excessive caution. It’s time for him to explore the mazes!”

“How should this be arranged?”

“Quite simple!”

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“Aeolus, finally, we’ve been given a slaughter mission from above!”

“What mission?”

“Find and kill a group of slave traders who traffic children! No need to take them alive!”

“Let’s go!” Aeolus, who had lingered in this city for nearly two months, was also impatient to act.

Originally, the pair was only responsible for taking children away from unqualified parents as enforcers. They were finally going to act against the criminals who truly threatened the Legal Code by breaking the rules.

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“You damned bastards! If you kill me, you won’t have an easy time either!” The slave trader glared fiercely at the blond youth who, holding a Long Sword and stepping over a floor covered in filthy blood, approached him.

Aeolus, looking at the slave trader who, even when death was knocking, still issued threats, expressionlessly raised his blood-stained sword. He had not a shred of sympathy for slave traders who treated their own kind as commodities.

“You won’t have an easy time after killing me!” Just as Aeolus’s sword was about to behead the slave trader, a bad premonition surged in his heart, followed by a familiar fluctuation.

Following the direction of the fluctuation, Aeolus saw a Shattering amulet in the hands of the slave trader. The familiar space fluctuation he sensed was emanating from it.

“Damn!” There was no time to dodge; Aeolus could only let out a single word before being swept up by the space fluctuation, and then his surroundings changed rapidly.

Dark, damp, bloody, foul… familiar sensations. Aeolus didn’t need to search around to know where he was. He was far too acquainted with such places.

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“Considering the time, Aeolus should be finishing his high school studies about now!” Muria calculated the time briefly, then his eyes revealed a contemplative expression.

“Dad, does that mean brother is going to college now? Which school are you planning to arrange for him?” Tiffany asked eagerly when she heard her brother was about to finish high school.

“Where else could it be? Over the years, I’ve unsealed part of the Dragon Clan Bloodline in him, so I can rightfully send him to the Sinapus Dragon Clan Academy!”

“You’re sending brother to the Dragon Clan Academy?” Gladys looked at her father. “But that’s the Dragon Clan Academy. Dad, is it appropriate to send brother there after unsealing him?”

“It’s not only Giant Dragons in the Dragon Clan Academy, there are also Dragonkin and Dragon People, right?” Ketiya asked, somewhat puzzled.

“So the academy reforms from a few years ago were because you wanted to send brother there!” Gladys realized looking at her father. Ten years ago, the Dragon Clan Academy had undergone an educational system reform that was nothing short of seismic.

The Dragon Clan Academy’s admission was no longer limited to pure-blooded members of the Dragon Race but was opened to all beings with Dragon Clan Bloodline. Of course, while the admission range was expanded to an unimaginable extent, to date less than a hundred beings with Dragon Clan Bloodline have received acceptance letters from the academy, a number exceedingly rare, and still less than a tenth of the new students the academy admits every year.

Watching her daughters guess at her past actions and behave like wise sages after the event, Muria picked up a cup of tea and remained silent. As one of the Eternal Life Beings among Eternal Life Beings, his vision naturally had to look centuries ahead.

The reform of the educational system at the Dragon Clan Academy could indeed benefit his son but was simply taking advantage of the situation. The real reason was that the time for reform had truly arrived.

Even among those beings with non-pure Dragon Vein, there were some exceptionally outstanding individuals, and this subset of individuals could not be discarded.

Indeed, among these beings, there had been a special existence, the Mountain Dragon King who had achieved the status of Dragon King with the body of an Earth Dragon. Strictly speaking, He could not be considered part of the Dragon Race, but now, which dragon would dare to deny His status as Dragon King?

His direct descendants, though very similar to Earth Dragons, which dragon would dare to deny their status as True Dragons?

Therefore, Muria had lifted the enrollment restrictions of the Dragon Clan Academy, opening the admission standard to any being with Dragon Clan Bloodline and extraordinary Talent.

“By the way, Dad, I have a question!”

“What is it?” Muria glanced at Gladys, who was asking the question. “Go ahead!”

“Although brother is now receiving a System education, what he has learned is mostly very public knowledge. If he enters the Dragon Clan Academy for study, it seems like he won’t be able to keep up with the curriculum.”

“Who said I was going to arrange for Aeolus to go to the university department?” Muria countered.

“Then what?”

“Aeolus has a lot to learn that the Dragon Clan Academy can provide, so he will start from the Primary School Department and learn from the beginning! Of course, I’ll have him take the jump-grade exams!”

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