Although she had been prepared, Enoxia was still taken aback when she actually arrived at the gates of St. Freya.
St. Freya Academy is located on an artificial island off the coast of the Far East. This artificial island, with an area of over 1,000 square kilometers, and its surrounding waters can theoretically be considered part of the academy’s grounds in a broad sense.
Of course, forests, lakes, and various large laboratories occupy most of the island, leaving less than a tenth of the area for students’ daily activities. But within this hundred square kilometers, all kinds of shops, cinemas, and restaurants are readily available. As one of the most advanced places in the world, for most people, if you can think of it, you can buy it here.
Watching the Valkyries gathered in small groups outside the academy, chatting while eating crepes, Enoxia couldn’t help but recall an article buried deep in her memory.
“Is St. Freya’s Educational Philosophy Reasonable? For Ordinary People, It’s Almost Hell.”
[Cecilia hoped that every Valkyrie could experience the world as a human being before becoming a warrior. In respect of her final wishes, Theresa carried this ideal and founded St. Freya Academy.]
[Cecilia’s ideal was beautiful, but upon closer examination, it’s actually quite extreme.]
[Cecilia said it, Theresa heard it, both gave it a little thought and found the logic sound. However, they overlooked a crucial problem.]
[They forgot that they were both S-Rank Valkyries of Schicksal, possessing not only peak innate talent and bloodline but also supported by Schicksal’s top-tier technology and weapons as external aids.]
[At their level, training held little meaning; as long as they had strong willpower, they could ultimately reach considerable heights.]
[Both of them were geniuses, and geniuses don’t need training. Just provide them with a free and unrestrained environment, and they can create miracles.]
[Therefore, the St. Freya Academy of Cecilia and Theresa’s ideals was a “paradise for geniuses,” not an “academy for training warriors.” They hoped that within St. Freya’s free environment, countless S-Rank and A-Rank Valkyries would naturally emerge.]
[At first glance, this logic is nothing short of delusional.]
[Theresa’s success as an educator actually has nothing to do with St. Freya Academy itself; it’s entirely thanks to students like Kiana, Raiden Mei, and Bronya.]
[Theresa was fortunate enough to encounter a batch of “genius students,” which allowed the myth of St. Freya Academy to be achieved, and this also let the “fig leaf” of St. Freya Academy continue to exist.]
[Reasonably speaking, St. Freya Academy’s educational philosophy is basically no different from “hell” for ordinary Valkyries…]
The rest of the article used various arguments to specifically prove the core point that “St. Freya’s teaching philosophy is hell for ordinary people.” The entire piece was well-structured and seemingly quite logical.
But Enoxia knew that if you treated Honkai Impact 3 as a game, two words perfectly described the author: an armchair critic and a binary thinker.
First and foremost, the vast majority of ordinary people, who would be infected and turned into zombies upon the outbreak of a small-scale Honkai incident, simply don’t qualify to enter St. Freya. The situation assumed by the core argument doesn’t exist in the first place, so no matter how brilliant or logical the subsequent arguments are, they’re all nonsense.
Secondly, the author only saw the relaxed atmosphere at St. Freya but didn’t bother to think critically about why such an atmosphere was necessary. St. Freya actually has a strict assessment system internally. The fact that Kiana had to become a D-Rank Valkyrie in the rear if she failed her exams wasn’t even mentioned. Does being more relaxed than training like a machine equal not needing to train at all at St. Freya, and just playing all the time?
Finally, the author overly exaggerated the individual roles of Kiana and the others. The relationship between good students and good teachers has always been one of mutual achievement. Not just Kiana, but even someone as innately talented and self-disciplined as Durandal – if Otto had intentionally guided her values in a negative direction at the Sochi sanatorium, molding her into a villain like himself (“You may have lost your father, but you still have me”), she might have become a disaster even more terrifying than a Herrscher in the future.
So, when receiving any information, you must always think for yourself. Articles like this, which seem reasonable at first glance, are something Enoxia could generate tens of thousands of with a single click.
“Wow, is she a student of St. Freya too? She’s so beautiful.”
The chatter of other Valkyries interrupted Enoxia’s wandering thoughts. Hearing the praises reaching her ears, the corners of Enoxia’s mouth involuntarily turned upwards. This face, inherited from Elysia, was truly one of a kind, even in a place like St. Freya, which was full of beauties.
“It seems I’ve been lost in thought for a bit too long. As a new student, it’s time to report in.”
Seeing more and more students gathering, Enoxia stepped forward and followed the crowd to the sports field. Theresa wasn’t there. In front of the thousand beauties with various hair and eye colors was a teacher who looked very much like a school administrator.
“Ahem, students…”
Just as the administrator began to speak, a white figure stumbled hurriedly towards the field, crumbs still visible at the corner of her mouth, immediately drawing everyone’s attention.
“Idiot Kiana, late on the first day of school. Hurry up and get over here.”
Seeing Bronya’s expression that screamed “I really wish I didn’t know her,” and under the gaze of nearly everyone, even someone as socially fearless as Kiana blushed, lowered her head, and shuffled to stand behind Mei.
After the minor incident concluded, the administrator began an introduction to St. Freya Academy’s academic system.
If compared to secondary schools in Shenzhou, students qualified to enter St. Freya Academy are akin to those who tested into the best high school in the city in the entrance exams.
Furthermore, St. Freya is internally divided into regular classes and elite classes. The elite classes aim for becoming B-Rank Valkyries and higher achievements – if not Tsinghua or Peking University, then at least equivalent to top-tier 985 universities. The regular classes, upon graduation, directly become Valkyries below B-Rank, responsible for logistics and miscellaneous tasks, roughly equivalent to being content with getting into any university at all.
After the administrator’s speech concluded, it was time for grouping and placement tests.
