Chapter 134: Black and Gold – 5
The Lekachep Circus School was established 28 years ago.
At that time, the emperor of the empire was making every effort to break the prestige of the church over nearly two centuries.
He abolished the sermons of bishops, which were essential for imperial ceremonies, and replaced them with the mockery of jesters. The targets of ridicule were mainly corrupt nobles and clergy.
Furthermore, he encouraged people to go to the theater instead of the church every Sunday. In the capital, the emperor himself even went as far as to personally oversee the construction of a national theater.
The most radical move he made was to acquire venerable cathedrals and convert them into theaters.
The Saint Victor Church in Yeterinpuurk also suffered such a fate.
The Saint Victor Church was a memorial built on the site where Saint Victor had provided relief to the sick and the poor without taking any money. Due to his miracles of healing the crippled and opening the eyes of the blind, the cathedral was also known as the Palace of Miracles.
The emperor who seized ownership of the Palace of Miracles sent palace jesters as managers and turned it into a place to train acrobats.
The jesters summoned all the painters in the city to paint the cathedral, which was originally pure, in various vibrant colors.
And he recruited five renowned acrobats of the time as instructors.
Thus, a place was created where one jester and five acrobats came together, and that was the Lekachep Circus School.
Regarding the emperors actions, the church warned that an era of darkness with devils from the abyss roaming the earth could be revived, but such a thing did not happen even after decades.
The emperor believed that the advancement of education and technology would strengthen human spiritual power and overcome fear of the darkness.
In fact, among intellectuals nowadays, there was a saying that books and lamps were what the devils from the abyss feared the most, so the emperor could be considered a visionary who looked ahead of his time.
The statue of the emperor standing in front of the circus school was erected based on such a background.
For the elderly locals in Yeterinpuurk, the building still known as the Palace of Miracles was bustling with many people in front of it.
Since the start of the Circus Grand Prix, tourists often visited this place to watch the competition, but today the scale was several times larger than usual.
Among them, the proportion of teenagers was particularly high.
Dressed in various colorful clothes, they seemed nervous under the gaze of the spectators and acrobats.
The reason the circus troupes staying in Yeterinpuurk did not hastily recruit them but waited for today was because of this.
Today was the day of the entrance exam for new students at the Lekachep Circus School.
Lekachep had a reputation for producing outstanding acrobats every year.
Almost half of the currently renowned stars were graduates of Lekachep.
Among the teenagers who came to enroll here, there were children whose parents were directors of major circus troupes and disciples of famous acrobats.
The reason the contestants came here was to scout students who performed well on the entrance exam.
While Lekacheps admission qualifications were something everyone coveted, participating in the Circus Grand Prix was equally prestigious.
Moreover, if one advanced to the finals and stood on the stage of the Sky City Hippodrome, the Wonder Stage, it was an honor that any acrobat would not disdain.
Originally, Lekachep did not allow such overt scouting activities.
However, when it was selected as one of the six theaters, Lekachep temporarily allowed scouting only during the competition period.
Rather, it actively created a rule called the Draft to prevent students from being unfairly contracted.
Therefore, circus people who came to watch the entrance exam had to follow the rules of the draft and could not contact the children until the exam was over.
After completing the registration, the aspiring students finally began to relax a little and engage in various conversations with other nearby applicants.Updated from novelbIn.(c)om
They talked about what talents they specialized in, which acrobat they hoped to become, whether they would enroll or join a troupe, and which circus troupe they were aiming for.
The children who came here often lived lives quite different from their peers. Perhaps thats why they enjoyed the fact that they were surrounded by many friends who were similar to themselves.
At that moment, a girl pointed somewhere and shouted.
Its the Golden Carnival!
The children who had been chatting, and the adults who had been watching them, turned their heads in the direction she pointed.
The Golden Carnival.
One of the three circuses that received three stars.
A dream team led by the current No. 1 magician in the industry, Lord Fantastic.
They had come to Yeterinpuurk.
Could it be that Lord Fantastic himself had come out?
The square in front of the school fell silent in an instant.
The circus people, who had attracted everyones attention, looked puzzled.
A golden-haired magician in a black cloak, a tanned old man, a jester wearing a skull mask, a woman dressed in thick clothes as if it were midsummer, and a teenage girl.
Who are they?
Golden Carnival?
Hey, seems like there are a lot of promising newcomers this year, huh?
Lord Fantastic was someone who could dress himself up as needed.
He greeted the professor with a familiar face, as if meeting an old friend from his hometown, and then looked around at the test takers.
The gazes directed at him deepened with awe.
That was exactly what he intended.
By showcasing his acquaintance with the professors to aspiring students who hadnt even passed the entrance exam yet, he wanted to make them feel the vast difference in status.
He had no hesitation in employing his top-notch skills and strategies.
To him, everything, whether it be performances, festivals, or raising children, was a game.
Reyna, are you okay?
A man in his thirties from the Golden Carnival approached her, his voice trembling.
He whispered to her while covering her face with his back so that people couldnt see her.
Reyna gave him a slightly melancholic smile.
Im fine. Its not the first or second time hes done this. Hes obsessed with the circus.
Ah
Despite her venomous words, tears glistened in her eyes, causing the man to feel awkward.
Lets go. We cant let Lord Fantastics daughter show any signs of sadness, can we?
As they passed each other, Reyna quickly adjusted her expression.
She transformed into the proud and noble Golden Libra.
She lifted her chin and looked around at the children gathered in front of the school, her eyes filled with arrogance.
Wow, whos that?
Shes so beautiful.
Oh, isnt that Lord Fantastics daughter?
Ah, the Golden Libra
Poor thing. Always compared to her father.
Could we end up like that too?
There was not a single flaw in her expression as she stood before the crowd.
There were students on the school building watching her from above.
Ugh, why is that girl acting so arrogantly?
She seems to like the Golden Libra. Ha, bet shes interested in Charlie Senior.
Students who had finished preparing for the exam with the help of professors were discussing and gossiping while looking down at the crowd.
These exam takers seemed to lack a backbone.
That circus troupe below, they could easily wipe out anyone below the director.
The audience seemed more interested in what was under the girls skirts than the circus itself.
Thats what the kids were gossiping about, recalling the legendary entrance exam that took place four years ago.
Back then, Lord Fantastic had also brought his daughter.
He intended to embarrass Lekachep by having his masterpiece achieve the highest score in all subjects of the entrance exam.
Was this the best a top-notch family could produce?
In fact, his plan almost succeeded.
Reyna had rewritten all the records of the top scorer at the time.
However, there was a newcomer who appeared like a comet at that time.
That was Charlie.
He had no parents, and his mentor wasnt a famous acrobat.
He was from an unknown circus school in the countryside.
It was one of those places that sprang up like mushrooms to supply the lack of acrobats after the terrorist attack 17 years ago.
And the Golden Libra ended up losing to a country bumpkin.
Out of a total of 25 entrance exam tasks, he lost 12 and won 13.
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