Chapter 3: The Miracle of Crepes
"Ahh Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoIt seems that from today onwards, I will have to go back to my hometown and make a living by striking iron!"
When the apprentice selection was completed, Vivien walked through the Icewind Castle Academy with stiff movements like a petrified puppet, and the Icewind Castle, which once made her feel gorgeous and lively, became monotonous. The failure of the apprenticeship selection made the girl feel as desolate as the end of the world.
She even felt that even being favored by the apprentice reaper in Lolita's mouth was a thousand times better than losing the election in obscurity now. But unfortunately, the Grand Duke of Icewind Castle didn't seem to be involved in this apprenticeship selection at all.
Lolita, a new friend, a young girl with short bright yellow hair, walked ahead with her hands on her head and big steps, just now she was muttering in an indifferent tone.
Perhaps because of the different expectations, Lolita didn't seem to care at all about this life-and-life apprenticeship selection, she looked out at the scenery of Icewind Castle with her crimson pupils, and pulled Vivien's sleeve and whispered.
"Hey, Vivien, look ahead, that's the famous Claire Mage!"
Vivien looked ahead with her godless eyes like a marionette, and in the courtyard path of Icewind Castle, filled with snow berries and conifers, a young mage in black robe walked ahead.
He had short, pale blue hair, and looked like he had nothing but a black robe and a skeletal scepter about 1 meter long that he held in his right hand.
It is worth mentioning that the calm and handsome Claire mage in Lolita's mouth did not give Vivien the sense of stability that is unique to the powerful. On the contrary, whether it was the crystalline scepter with its head engraved in the image of a human cry of pain, or the cold aura that emanated from Claire's mage, Vivien felt that the Icewind Castle in front of her was as cold as winter.
Was it an illusion? Or was it the aura peculiar to the so-called powerful spellcaster? Vivien shuddered at the sight of Claire's back.
For the first time, she felt that the two junior apprentices who followed Claire and kept a distance of more than five steps from Claire were not so enviable.
"Hey, what are you doing! Really, I'm going to see what the famous Claire looks like! ”
When Vivien came back to her senses, she saw Lolita's cute expression of pouting and complaining slightly. The little girl, who was immersed in her own thoughts, was about to tell her friend about the strange feeling she had just felt, but soon she realized that slandering a teacher in this way might cause her a lot of trouble. So, the little girl shook her head and apologized to Lolita, who was also in distress.
"Forget it, I'm leaving the academy in two days, and as a celebration of my new friends, let me treat you to a crepe!" Lolita quickly forgave Vivien.
Vivien really didn't know what to celebrate today. However, if he hadn't met Lolita, a child, he might have been unable to withstand this huge blow and fainted. If you think about it this way, it may be a day to celebrate today as a reward for saving a huge amount of money that would probably be wasted in a medical center.
So, Vivien made up her mind and decided to have a good breakfast the day before leaving Icewind Castle to commemorate her unforgettable experience at Icewind Castle Academy.
As you follow the trail, you'll soon be able to pass through the leafy coniferous forest. This is a plant endemic to Icewind Castle, as this city in the far north is in a state of snow for most of the year. As a result, the vast majority of plants in Icewind Castle are Coldleaf plants.
On a snowy day, these conifers will be covered in a layer of snow, making the whole world look bright and moving. But now in the summer, those abrupt needle-like leaves seem to be lifeless and beautiful.
When two huge artistic stone pillars appeared in front of them, which had to be hugged by five adult men, it meant that they had arrived at the front door of the academy.
As a cradle for cultivating future mages, Icewind Castle Academy naturally has a huge attraction for aspiring mages from all over the continent. As mentioned above, except for the very few lucky ones who can become mage apprentices, the rest are basically above the squire class with thin assets. This means that the whole college is a great attraction for businessmen. Anyway, the students are stupid and have a lot of money, and they don't feel bad about spending their parents' money, which leads to the fact that the exterior of Icewind Castle Academy is full of all kinds of small vendors selling food.
Therefore, as soon as I came out of the gate of the academy, the world in front of me seemed to have changed world. Unlike the relatively cold and quiet interior of the academy, the wide square in front of you is full of enthusiastic shouts of vendors soliciting business. Dressed in a single dress that is rare in a year, they waved their signboards and vigorously greeted customers.
Naturally, the lucky ones who were able to pass the apprenticeship selection would not be here, and at this time, most of the people in the square were the losers. They seem to want to turn their grief into appetite, constantly stuffing their mouths with food, and tears can't control themselves with food and slip down their throats.
The sad atmosphere made Vivien feel even more uncomfortable.
"This way, this shop's crepes are delicious, Vivien, I recommend them to you!"
However, before she could retreat, Lolita, a young girl, dragged her to a vendor. The vendor's stall is very simple, using an old trolley as a platform for making food. The owner of the vendor was a middle-aged uncle, and when he saw Lolita, he greeted her happily.
"Yo, little Lolita, seeing that you are so happy, the apprentice selection must have passed!"
"How is it! How is it, I've been eliminated, and I'll have to roll up and go home in two days! So, you have to get me a discount today, uncle! Bring me two strawberry crepes!"
The uncle's expression stiffened, and he couldn't seem to keep up with Lolita's brain circuits. After a wry smile, the uncle began to skillfully prepare the food, and soon, he handed the crepe to Lolita.
Vivien noticed, however, that it wasn't two, but four.
"Count me as a gift to you and your friends, don't be discouraged, Lolita. There is more than one path in life......"
"Thanks!"
However, to his disappointment, Lolita did not have any feelings of loss at all. On the contrary, she was also excited to take advantage of a small advantage. She handed Vivien the two crepes in her hand, and just as Vivien wanted to thank her and take them, a small pink hand rudely pulled out of the air and snatched the food that belonged to her.
The two little loli looked at the visitor in surprise, only to find that there was a silver-haired and two-ponytail girl in front of them, who was smaller than them, with a puffed out bun face, swallowing the two crepes at a very fast speed like a hamster. Seemingly choking on her esophagus in the middle of the process, she very unceremoniously snatched the small iron kettle from Vivien's hand and poured it down with a grunt.
Vivien stared at the delicate young girl with only crimson eyes, while her new friend Lolita grabbed her by the shoulders and shook it like crazy, trying to make the food thief spit out the crepe that had swallowed it.
"Goo--what are you doing! Don't shake it, your head is going to get dizzy! Do you know how long Miss Ben has been waiting for you! Really, Miss Ben stared at these wonderful foods, and her saliva was almost dripping all over the ground!"
The young girl burped, and she stared at Lolita in front of her with puffed eyes, looking completely unaware of being a food thief.
"Really, if it weren't for that megalomaniac who had run out of money, and who had no need to eat as a book, Miss Ben would have been so miserable!
The silver-haired young girl with a double ponytail babbled and complained about what she didn't understand, and then puffed out her chest like some big man...... By the way, she seemed to feel that her small body was not worthy of the awe-inspiring momentum, so she jumped into her uncle's trolley. In the stunned expressions of the three of them, they stood on the cart and continued with their hands crossed on their waists and a ho-ho-ho laugh.
"In return for your third sacrifice to Miss Ben, Miss Ben, the great, powerful, noble, and mystical Book of Etroac, or Her Majesty El for short, has decided to respond to your expectations with great mercy......! Ahh
The young girl, who looked like she had a brain problem, said something she couldn't understand, and because her posture was so exaggerated, the cart slid and fell out in a very unsightly way. Because her words were so impactful, the three people, including the uncle, couldn't react, and could only watch as the young girl was about to make intimate contact with the hard floor with her immature face.
However, the fall that was expected to hurt when it looked like it didn't happen. Before that, a young man with pale blue hair and emerald green eyes had already caught her first.
"It's really uncomfortable for both the master and the servant. Elle, after letting Charlotte know that you dare to slander him like this, I guess you will have another painful memory. ”
The man in front of him was Claire, a genius mage who was famous among the apprentices! He held the skeletal scepter in one hand and the silver-haired young boy named Elle in his chest in the other, and behind him, the two schoolchildren were looking at Vivien and Lolita with cautious eyes.
"Well, this, this...... You're not that kind of person, Claire!"
"Hmph! That maybe! I haven't seen you for a few days, and you look even more stupid than before, Atroac! I don't know how Lu Sien, who is as famous as my original master Eagle, could have made such a fool as you, and simply disgraced the evidence of our roots!"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, the magic wand is talking!"
Lolita jumped back like a fried cat, and it was truly a surreal scene. Before Claire could speak, the scepter, which resembled the scream of a human soul, spat out, and when she noticed the startled Lolita, she grimaced at her with a very bad amusement.
Claire carefully looked at the two little Lori's with her emerald green pupils, and this time both Vivien and the nervous Lolita had the illusion that their souls had been seen through, which made the two little ones can't help but take a few steps back.
"So, are the two of them Charlotte's new apprentices? If Her Highness Sylvia knew that you were actually using this method to screen Charlotte's apprentices, I wonder if she would give you some color. ”
"Hmph! That expressionless guy has no interest in punishing me! Besides, who made Charlotte's bastard go on a passive strike, and didn't even screen the apprentices! In that case, it would be better to use my way to choose!"
"Your way is to choose whoever invites you to eat! Also, don't insult Sylvia! Sylvia is so cute, why is she described as expressionless by you brainless bastard!"
The terrifying-looking wand exploded. It roared like a machine gun in a dull man's voice, almost like it was waging a holy war of faith.
"Shut up, Eagle Scepter, there's no room for the bones to speak!"
"No! I think you both shut up for me. ”
Claire spoke, striking the statue of pain at the top of the scepter on the young girl's forehead, and both stopped the argument with a dull cry of pain. Then he looked up at Vivien and Lolita, and motioned for them to follow.
The two little Lori, who couldn't figure out the situation, glanced at each other and chose to follow the mage obediently. Although she doesn't know exactly what happened, Vivien has a vague feeling that her future life path may become extraordinarily exciting.