Chapter 935
What is your relationship with the great wizard Locke Augustine?
Chapter 935 What is your relationship with the great wizard Locke Augustine?
On the first floor of the central library at Mount Golden Crown, in the apprentice area, Julian stood beside Gregor, holding a pile of magic books and resources in his hands.
He was a little reserved because the wizarding world was completely new to him.
Gregor smiled at the reserved Julian and said, "You've learned Commonman very well; your teacher must have spread that language to your world. I tested your basic apprentice-level life magic knowledge before. Although your foundation is somewhat weak, many aspects involve unique understandings that only your teacher knows. In some ways, apart from not having directly studied Ogan runes, your magical foundation is already quite good."
A first-class wizard apprentice handed the test results to Gregor.
“Senior Gregor, this is the entrance examination for this new student. Because he is from a colonized world, there is no need to register his place of origin. Moreover, his aptitude is that of the Child of Wood Element and the Child of Light Element.”
Gregor looked at Julian with surprise.
He hadn't expected his junior to possess the talent of a dual elemental child. People with the elemental child talent not only have a better sensitivity to elemental particles, but their thinking and overall abilities are also more likely to be better.
Therefore, the existence of these elemental children can be tested using common-sense knowledge, because even if these elemental children do not study magic, but instead do other things, their chances of success will be relatively high.
Julian asked Gregor in a low voice, "My lord... is there anything I need to do here?"
"Who is the ruler here...?"
Gregor replied, “Rulers? There don’t seem to be any rulers here. If I had to name one, it would be the great wizard mentors and academy heads. But they don’t seem to be very involved. Now that you’re here, you can discard all your past perceptions of the world. There’s plenty to learn here.”
“From today onwards, you are enrolled at Golden Crown Mountain. This is your badge. I will now take you to collect your Third-Class Wizard Apprentice robes and benefits, as well as your daily attendance in the public classroom. You are a student of Archmage Locke Augustine, so your private lessons are designed for you by him.”
You can call me senior.
"This is a large academy, but Mount Golden Crown truly rules over a vast space and a vast number of mortals beyond your imagination. There are numerous wizards within Mount Golden Crown; you mustn't cause trouble while you're there, and you can't spend money recklessly. Here's one magic stone, the currency here..."
Gregor thought to himself, "Forget it. You should let me keep the magic stone for now, and I'll pay for it. Otherwise, I'm afraid you'll turn yourself into a debt slave in less than a week."
“Be careful, never sign any contracts that others give you. Sometimes they won’t call it a contract, they’ll use words like ‘transaction,’ ‘contract,’ ‘promise,’ ‘responsibility’ to fool you, but a contract is a contract. If you sign a contract, unless you can ask your teacher for help, you will suffer a great loss.”
Gregor knew he came from the colonized world and had no idea of its dangers, so he kept repeating himself.
"And remember, money is only your money when it's in your hand. Once it's out of your sight, it's no longer your money. So in this world, if you really don't understand, then remember one thing—no matter what happens, hold onto your money tightly, and your problems won't be so big."
Julian felt a little dizzy listening to Gregor's rambling.
He was completely bewildered.
There are still many things he doesn't understand in this new world, but he will learn them all.
Julian felt a surge of competitiveness.
He had known everything about the Three Caves World since he was very young, and now he would understand this more complex and vast world.
He followed Gregor out of the library and saw the vast castle complex. Walking through the corridors of the castle, Julian made up his mind to study hard here and figure out everything.
Of course, at that moment he had no idea just how outrageous his idea was.
Julian suddenly realized something and looked up tentatively, asking, "But senior, if I put my magic stones with you, wouldn't that mean I can't control my magic stones, and those magic stones still aren't mine?"
Gregor paused for a moment, then laughed.
"You seem to be smarter than the wolf giant."
At this moment, in the corridor, Gregor used his eyes to deter several wizard apprentices who were staring at little Julian with ill intent, and he mentioned Locke intentionally or unintentionally.
"But I'm still worried about leaving the magic stone on you. You don't know the rules of the wizarding world; here, money is key. There are plenty of people eyeing you."
"Some people make a living off people like you."
"Besides that, there are even more difficult tasks waiting for you. The full support from Golden Crown Mountain will only last for one year. In the second year, the benefits will be halved, and in the third year, only one-third will remain. Starting from the fourth year, there will be no benefits at all, only the minimum guarantee. In other words, you must become a third-class wizard apprentice and a second-class wizard apprentice within three years."
"Otherwise, you will lose all resource support, and you will become a victim..."
“You are in such a hurry, exhausted from your busy tasks. At such a time, it is troublesome to guard against some villains who have lost all hope of progress and want to harm you. I am different from them because our teacher is Locke Augustine, and I am also likely to advance to become a first-circle wizard.”
Wizard Gregor pointed at Julian and said, "So I will take care of you. I will take care of you mainly because of my teacher's orders to me. Firstly, I have to consider my teacher's feelings, and secondly, if I take good care of you and help you complete the task, my teacher might reward me, even if it's just that he trusts me more and gives me projects to do. I can benefit from that."
"I have indeed fallen behind recently."
Gregor thought of Williams; he also wanted to obtain the resources for the Crystallization Magic Plant technology.
But what can he do when he's not a first-ring wizard yet, while Williams is?
Alas, he missed his chance.
Julian was holding a pile of magic books in his hands.
"Senior, in the Three Caves World, in our city-state, we consider helping others to be natural. Mutual assistance is what we should do."
"That's how everyone will become better off. That's what my father told me."
Gregor the wizard's ears twitched; he was eager to test him. As a wizarding apprentice from Golden Crown Mountain, he was quite shrewd.
Although he acted very innocent in front of Locke.
The wizard Gregor was interested in finding out about his relationship with Locke.
"Who is your father? Was he also a student of the teacher?"
Julian nodded.
“Yes. My father was also a student of the teacher. However, he was a ranger. The teacher once invited him to become a wizard, but my father wanted to help the teacher seek the truth more…”
Gregor became wary.
'A ranger? Then this little native's father must be a key member of the teacher's power system. No wonder the teacher asked me to give him special treatment, allowing him to directly enroll at Golden Crown Mountain. Even ordinary wizarding instructors don't have this kind of authority; they have to wait for Golden Crown Mountain's fixed student recruitment days each year.'
'It seems this kid is important to the teacher. I'll treat him better. But I don't really need to care; he's just a third-class wizard apprentice who isn't even a native. I don't think the teacher will value him that much. Unless he becomes a first-class wizard apprentice and shows the teacher his potential to advance to a full wizard.'
Gregor had made up his mind about his attitude towards him.
Gregor snorted coldly.
"Mutual help is a natural law? Then let me ask you, let's assume that in the city-state you're talking about, if your friend wants to ask you for help, and that favor violates the city-state's laws, though those laws are somewhat vague, would you help or not?"
Julian said, "This..."
Gregor then asked, "Let's assume you have grain in your home, but it's part of the city-state's public grain, while another friend has no grain and is starving. He asks you for the city-state's public grain. Would you help him or not?" Julian hadn't expected such a dilemma.
"This……"
Gregor said, "If you don't help, you'll seem heartless. If you do help, you'll go to jail and your death is imminent."
Gregor led him to the common classroom for third-class wizard apprentices inside the Golden Crown Castle. He glanced around and saw that there were no formal wizards lecturing there, so he simply pushed open the door. Instantly, hundreds of wizard apprentices and prospective wizard apprentices in the common classroom all looked at them.
Many wizarding apprentices stood up and bowed to Gregor, the wizard who was about to become a full-fledged wizard, which could even be described as flattery.
Julian, meanwhile, was caught up in the questions Gregor had just asked, looking bewildered and deep in thought.
Gregor said to him, "So it's better to start with an equal exchange and do things officially."
"Welcome to the world of equivalent exchange. Here, every bite of food you receive requires your effort to obtain."
"This is the common classroom for third-class wizard apprentices. I checked, and the basic magic rune course will start in an hour. You can start here for now. I'll find a third-class wizard apprentice to take you to your dormitory. I need to rush to do an experiment my teacher gave me."
Gregor estimated the time and therefore sped up his speech.
Julian stood there, stunned.
There are so many people.
Meanwhile, the prospective wizarding apprentices all looked at him with scrutinizing eyes, while the wizarding apprentices looked at Gregor with longing, racking their brains to try and establish a relationship with him.
Unfortunately, Gregor turned and left.
The crowd whispered among themselves.
"Wasn't this year's enrollment supposed to have stopped a long time ago? How could he still be admitted?"
"Could he be from a prestigious family?"
"Stop guessing. The man was brought by Gregor, and he is very likely a student of the great wizard Locke Augustine. The great wizard Locke Augustine did not have any formal wizard students at Golden Crown Mountain, so this man is very likely a direct student of that great wizard."
Upon hearing this, a young girl from a noble family, who was about to become a wizard's apprentice, immediately widened her almond-shaped eyes.
"what?"
"How could he be so lucky? He became an apprentice of a great wizard as soon as he entered the sect. That's a great wizard! My parents told me that he's someone I'll never meet in my life."
"Why should he...? Isn't it only possible to be selected by a wizarding mentor to become their private student and take their private lessons if one starts as a second-class wizarding apprentice?"
A young girl from the imperial family beside her whispered, "Keep your voice down. It's all fate. We're lucky in the mortal realm, and it's even luckier to have someone in this university. The Great Wizard... he's someone who can rule countless mortal nations. If we could become his disciple in this academy, that would be... incredibly lucky."
"The teachers we study under in this academy may be our teachers within the academy, but outside they may be important figures we would never normally encounter."
The princess's eyes brightened slightly, and she raised her hand, beckoning Julian to sit down.
“Young man, I am the seventh princess of the White Tiger Empire in the Golden Crown Mountain Region. You may sit next to me.”
The other aspiring wizards were also taken aback. They hadn't expected such a move and immediately stood up to invite Julian over.
The princess looked grim. She hadn't expected that her so-called title of princess would be of no use here, and would only make her look ridiculous.
Julian's special relationship with the Grand Wizard made him the center of attention the moment he appeared.
Julian, however, remembered Gregor's warning to him earlier, so he politely declined everyone's invitation and sat on the edge of the room, away from everyone else.
Even though he was sitting on the edge, he still couldn't prevent people from getting close to him.
After an unknown amount of time, a formal wizard at the vaporization stage walked in from outside the classroom. He swept his cold eyes over the group of students and snorted. If it weren't for the fact that the teaching evaluation of Golden Crown Mountain included his overall performance in lecturing freshmen, he wouldn't bother lecturing these foolish mortals.
The formal wizard frowned upon hearing the commotion.
"Quiet down. Stand up and tell me why it's so noisy in class."
Julian was surprised that this formal wizard pointed at him right away. He immediately stood up, and everyone sitting around him immediately moved away from him.
Julian swallowed hard.
Is this the wizarding world?
Julian said slowly, "I...I don't know either. Senior Gregor brought me in."
The vaporization wizard paused for a moment, then his pupils suddenly contracted.
"Who is Locke Augustine to you?"
Julian thought for a moment and said, "He is my teacher."
The vaporization wizard remained silent for a moment.
'No, I also want to become an apprentice of that breeding genius.'
'How can a mortal be allowed to worship him? I can't! I also want to become his disciple and infiltrate the Red Dragon School…'
The vaporization wizard gave him a cold glance.
"In that case, please sit down. You caused a disturbance on your very first day of school, and I will... tell your teacher about that."
His eyes lit up slightly as he thought of ways to establish a connection with Locke.
Julian slowly sat down, a bitter feeling rising in his heart. He hadn't expected that on his first day in this new world, he would find himself in such a helpless and isolated situation, and then cause trouble for Teacher Locke.
Will this wizard cause trouble for Teacher Locke?
Did he embarrass the teacher?
At this moment, those aspiring wizards who were unaware of the truth immediately looked at Julian, who had just been in the limelight but was now 'losing face,' with sarcastic and mocking eyes. They did not know the inner workings of the wizarding world, and therefore did not know that the 'wizard instructor' on the podium was just looking for an excuse to get in touch with Locke.
He was just a contract-based lecturer with an uncertain future.
Of course, in front of these students, he was the most authoritative wizard mentor.
(End of this chapter)