"You're still planning to compete in the Freshman Crown Cup? ............. Do you even have a team?" Barros frowned.

"Mr. Barros, Miss Tilisha enrolled at Coleman Academy specifically to join a team," Blaise added.

"Oh? How strong is this team? How many members? Their Divine Child leader must be exceptionally gifted, I presume?"

".............." Blaise fell silent at that.

As one of the archive room’s overseers, she knew the boy teamed with Tilisha wasn’t some top-tier Divine Child—he was the bottom of the barrel.

A duo with a blind Divine Child and a Divine Maiden who couldn’t even activate her Realm? What kind of mismatched pair was this??

Just seeing their lineup screamed "filler team." Weren’t they guaranteed to be easy prey and free EXP on the Crown Cup stage??

No other student would join them. Barring miracles, only these two would enter the tournament.

This was Coleman Academy—a place crawling with prodigies. Blaise could already picture them shivering in fear under the gaze of powerhouses during the Crown Cup.

"I truly have nothing right now... but please. Just give me one month." Tilisha swallowed her pride, bowing her head. Golden silk-like hair spilled over her shoulders.

"Barros, Jem—we don’t need to enforce rules so rigidly. Let’s give this child a month," Blaise pleaded gently.

"Ah, I don’t mind. She hasn’t undergone Divine Maiden Transformation yet. Who knows? Maybe she’ll surprise us after," Barros agreed, then glanced at Jem.

".......... Don’t look at me. Decide between yourselves." Jem pursed his lips and turned away.

"Then it’s settled. Miss Tilisha is officially enrolled as a Divine Maiden." Barros finalized it, then fixed Tilisha with a stern look.

"Miss Tilisha, you’re now a registered Divine Maiden of this academy. We’ll wait one month. But............... if you show no results at the Freshman Crown Cup by then, the academy will expel both you and your Divine Child. Understood?"

"My deepest gratitude," Tilisha pressed a hand to her chest, her voice so sweet it made their ears tingle.

*Sigh. What a waste. That scar on her face... if not for it, she’d rival ‘Silver Moon’ Astrid as a campus beauty.*

The evaluation ended with Tilisha rated D-Class—the lowest tier for Divine Maidens.

She felt no resentment. Being allowed to stay tuition-free was already a blessing; she dared not ask for more.

Unlike Divine Children, Divine Maidens paid no tuition. Exceptional ones even received stipends and resources.

The four left the evaluation hall, unaware they hadn’t been alone.

"Tch. Thought something unexpected might happen. Just another wild Divine Maiden—can’t even manifest a Realm. Wasted worry." Flan emerged from the shadows, sneering toward their retreating figures.

"Probably some mongrel from a minor clan with diluted bloodline. No Realm? Pathetic."

Flan scoffed, having watched the entire test.

*As if that blind Divine Child could ever find decent teammates.*

A powerless Divine Maiden and a powerless Divine Child—a perfect match. Let them suffer a crushing defeat together at the Freshman Crown Cup.

Flan relaxed completely. Dilin was no threat.

That brat was just a fish in a drying puddle. Once the sun evaporated his last drop of hope, he’d rot on the shore.

Satisfied, Flan departed.

Coleman Grand Library.

Dilin sat in a corner of the book-filled hall, human once more, hands in pockets. A microscopic glow flickered in his eyes—unseen by others.

Finding specific books here was torture, even for librarians. But Dilin faced no such struggle.

Every title and summary on every shelf materialized instantly in his vision.

Normally, such visual overload would blind anyone. But after bonding with the Golden Chalice Butterfly, his Divine Analysis had evolved terrifyingly—his mental fortitude now processed all text at a glance.

In his personal status panel, the digestion timer for 【Blade of Ruin and Creation】 ticked downward with real time.

*28 days left.*

Dilin stared at the number. It was a countdown to his death sentence.

With Tilisha unable to manifest her Divine Maiden Realm, all hope now rested on her final chance: Divine Maiden Transformation.