The Wife Is a Superstar 2

Chapter 244 World - Renowned Campus

The helicopter flew for more than an hour before they reached a remote part of the Alps. This part of the mountain range was off-limits to outsiders. Cross Academy basically owned several whole mountains as private property.

Moments later, a great sprawling fortress became visible. It spanned several mountains, a marvel of architecture and engineering. Most of the man-made structures were built below the permanent snow line, where there were forests and even pastures further below.

However, the entirety of Cross Academy reached up to the glacial region on top. This was where the observatories, research facilities and focused training grounds were located.

The helicopter landed on a designated helipad within a retractable dome. It opened for them and then closed again after they landed. There were several other helicopters parked inside.

On another side of the mountain was a runway and a massive interconnected hangar for the airplanes. Cross Academy owned several helicopter and airplanes, but most of its alumni had their own private aircraft. After all, they were some of the most successful and wealthiest figures in the world.

After landing, Jennie and Grandpa rode a minibus to reach the main castle which was also the academy's administrative building. The castle was the first structure built when the great founder Professor Galaxianne Arria von Cross established the academy. The fortress and the other buildings were added much later by her successors.

The journey from the helipad to the main castle took about thirty minutes. They passed through several districts along the way. Since the entire campus spanned several mountains, Cross Academy was like a small country in itself.

The helipad and the hangar were considered as the airports. The campus also had its own private bank with several exclusive branches in other countries to serve its students and alumni. It had its own hospital, public transportation, gas station, restaurants, mall, cinema, parks and many more.

The academy's security force acted like the campus' private police, enforcing the academy's rules. It also had a private fire station with trained firefighters.

There were also residential neighbourhoods for the students, alumni and all the staff working permanently for the academy.

Further down the mountains were crop and livestock farms, orchards, vineyards and woodlands. The academy had its own food business supplying its residents and exporting any excess products to Switzerland and other partner countries. Its top-class brewery and winery produced world-famous beer and wines.

Visitors could also stay at a five-star hotel. Of course, they would need to pay for their accommodations from their own pocket. Not everyone could just enter the campus, so visitors needed to obtain special permission from the academy before they could come. Most of the time, the visitors were world and business leaders, royalty and other important figures who wanted to develop a close relationship with Cross Academy.

Basically, the campus had everything they needed to live conveniently, even luxuriously.

Despite all of these, the academy's official students and alumni rarely ventured outside to enjoy the campus' convenient recreational features. The geniuses would rather spend all their time studying, learning and improving their skills with their instructors and peers.

The districts were mainly populated by the workers and their families. Not all people staying in the academy were students, alumni and instructors. Some were regular people who came to work. Many of them lived in the campus permanently with their families.

Finally, the minibus arrived in front of the main castle. Jennie and Grandpa disembarked and entered the intimidating castle made of stone.

It wasn't a pretty castle like the ones built for royalty or nobility. It was big, crude and unsophisticated. It was a castle built to weather the harsh elements of the Swiss Alps and to provide a safe haven for the Cross Academy students when it was just founded.