Chapter 20: The Song of the Journey
Regarding gargoyles, the book "Introduction to Magical Machinery" introduces it as follows: among the many magical mechanical creations, there is a special type - golems, which are made by imitating creatures, rely on magic crystal cards to provide magical power, can act according to the orders of their masters, and even have considerable logic and judgment ability. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info and the gargoyle is the oldest of the magical mechanical golems, originally designed and created by the craftsmen of the Gray Valley, it has been improved countless times over the years, and finally listed as a fourth-order class (the strength is equivalent to a fourth-order professional), known for its strong defense and self-healing ability - want to destroy a gargoylee with teeth and claws in front of you?
In Toddell, many schools of magic use gargoyles as messengers, and although there are already many quicker ways to send information, mages still prefer to use letters to deliver non-urgent messages, which they always say is more formal.
Seeing the gargoyle hovering in the courtyard, Morin hurriedly recalled the relevant introduction, and ran down the stairs with a smoke, how could he care about teaching Xiao Hei who was eating indiscriminately. Seeing the boy abandon himself, the black fire looked at the strange guy hovering outside, the little green eyes were full of curiosity, and hurriedly jumped in the air to catch up with the boy, his slender arm grabbed his collar, and fell behind, looking from a distance, it looked like a cluster of flames ignited by the boy's black hair.
Noticing the boy in the courtyard, the gargoyle rolled its dark yellow eyes to scan Merlin's body, as if to confirm his identity.
Immediately after, the huge rock-like gargoyle turned into a black-purple light and rushed towards Merlin, the light became smaller and smaller, and finally shrunk into a fist-sized ball, similar to the little black that fell on the young man's shoulder. The light did not stop, and went straight through the young man's clothes, Morin hurriedly pulled open his sleeves, and saw a gargoyle mark appear on his right shoulder, although the mark was small, but it was extremely real, and even faintly could see the faint lines of magic on the dark skin, which seemed lifelike.
And in the mid-air where the gargoyle turned into a black glow, a white letterhead slowly floated down.
Mo Lin hurriedly went up and picked up the letterhead, wanting to see which college had admitted him.
Although it won't be too famous an academy, there is still a difference between good and bad in the remaining magic academies, and the boy secretly prayed, hoping that it would be the better ones.
But when he glanced at the handwriting on the envelope, he froze. He slowly twisted his neck, stared at Baron Pike, who had already gotten up from the bench, his blue eyes were full of incredulity, and stammered, "Yi...... Iluvita School of Magic?"
I saw the lettering on the envelope in beautiful gilt ink: To dear Monsieur Maureen Calland, from the great Illuvita.
"Daddy...... Your connections are so strong?!" The young man's heart at this time couldn't tell what it was like, surprise and excitement were mixed together, and he was still a little unacceptable: "It turns out that your legion leader is real, but even the legion leader of Gesok's empire may not be able to send his own child to Iluvita Academy casually, that's Iluvita!"
Morin was a little incoherent, gasping for breath to calm himself down, he had rejected the invitation of the Illuvita Academy to fight in the direction of the war, and thought that he would never have a chance with this academy again, but who would have thought that the often unreliable father would send him directly in, and this fall was really a test of the heart.
At this time, he looked into the gaze of Baron Pike, which was really worship.
Enjoying Morin's adoring gaze, the baron coughed lightly, put on a meritorious appearance, and said lightly: "I told you a long time ago not to worry, isn't this admission notice coming, you still look distrustful, it really hurts your father and my heart." Saying that, he looked sad and sighed, but muttered in his heart, there are not many opportunities to make little Morin worship me so much, and I can only take credit for it, anyway, others don't know.
"Then why didn't you tell me earlier, I've been in a hurry for so long!" exclaimed Morin.
If I had known that I would have told you, Baron Pike's old face turned red, but fortunately he was not conspicuous in the harsh afternoon sun, and reprimanded: "It's just to hone and hone your unstable temperament, otherwise how can you live alone when you go to school in the future!"
"Why don't you open the letter and see what it says?" Seeing that Merlin was about to speak again, the weak-hearted baron hurriedly changed the subject.
Thinking of the letter, the young man hurriedly went into the room and took out a thin knife, and carefully removed the silver sealing wax on the letterhead, which was also printed with the logo of the Illuvita Academy, an elegant and holy silver tree.
There were three sheets of paper in the envelope, two of which were densely filled with words, and Maureen read it out with the shortest one:
Dear Mr. Maureen Calland,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted into the great Iluvita Academy of Magic. Of course, as we all know, our academy also has a small test for new students: no matter where you are at this time, you need to come to the academy alone, we will protect you from some dangers, but there are more difficulties for you to overcome.
If you're afraid of a solo journey, press and hold the black gargoyle mark on your right shoulder and say "quit." We would regret to cross your name off the list of new students.
Please also note that the college will open on September 1st, so please be sure to arrive in advance. Some points to note are listed in the annex, including how to get to the college from your current location, so please check it out.
From the great Eluvita Academy of Magic.
After reading it in one sitting, Maureen felt as if his heart was flying in the air.
It turned out that he was really going to school in Iluvita, not only did he have no restrictions on the direction of development, but what made him even more excited was that he would soon be able to meet Barron, and he didn't know if he would be so surprised that he couldn't hold the hammer when he saw his sudden appearance in the academy. As for the solo journey, I, Mo Lin, have survived my grandfather's demonic training as a gifted boy, so I will not have any fear of this journey of less than twenty days.
The young man's blue eyes shimmered with the bright afternoon sun, and what could be better than this......
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The days flew by, and in the blink of an eye, it was the middle of July, and Maureen was sweating profusely in his room packing his luggage.
On the young man's vermilion bed, there was a large and surprisingly brown leather backpack, which was deeply sunk into the futon, and the backpack had not yet been buttoned, and the clothes inside had already bulged out.
"Whew......" Morin let out a sigh of relief and sat down on the bed, Xiao Hei was still leisurely attached to the boy's shoulder, waving his arms as if to cheer the boy up.
"Are all the things packed?" asked the baron, fanning his fan, as he walked into the room.
"It's loaded...... bar. Maureen thought for a moment, but was really stuffed with the mess in his bag, and replied uncertainly.
"Did your mother put on your custom-made clothes?" asked the baron.
The boy nodded.
"What about the black crystal card that grandfather left you, right?" reminded the baron.
The boy touched his chest and nodded again affirmatively.
"Silver Ring ......"
The boy raised his right hand, and a silver ring on his middle finger perfectly blocked the inky ring marks.
"The shelf-stable food that Ed prepared for you is also loaded?" the baron could see that he was still not very reassured, and reminded again.
"It's on, it's all on, and you can't put it on what you don't have!" called Morin.
"But there's one more thing to pack. As he spoke, the baron pulled out a boxy brown metal box with some protruding keys on the surface, and of course the intricate gold ornamentation and the coat of arms of the Callander family: a dark blue violent bear. He handed the box to the boy.
Mo Lin glanced at the things in his father's hand, and said helplessly: "I can't even use magic cards, what's the use of carrying it, don't bring it!" It turned out that the baron was holding a card box. There are all kinds of cards, magic cards, magic crystal cards, and even others in Todel, but all of them are almost identical in size, thin and thick, so it is very convenient to carry them in a special card case.
Hearing the young man's answer, the baron showed a hint of cunning in his eyes, lowered his voice, and said mysteriously, "This is not a magic card. ”
"What's that?" Seeing Baron Pike's mysterious look, and hearing that it wasn't a magic card, Merlin suddenly came to his senses. The little black on Morin's shoulders also came to his senses, and his body floated around the card box, and his small green eyes looked left and right. After getting along for a while, it is no longer afraid of the baron, but it will still slip into the inky ring marks when it encounters strangers.
"This is a war chess card for simulating command battles, I heard you say that you received an invitation from Victor Academy, so you must have a bit of talent in this regard," the baron looked at the metal card box in his hand, and said with some reluctance: "You can play when you have nothing to do in the future, and it can be regarded as a good way of entertainment." But don't treat them badly, at the beginning of your father and me, they were invincible. ”
Merlin took the metal card box and pressed the buttons, but the card box did not respond, and he couldn't help but look at the baron suspiciously.
"This game requires a lot of mental power, and when you have enough mental power, you can naturally open it, of course, don't get obsessed with it, you still have to find a way to learn the coursework in the direction of law when you get to the academy. With that, the baron waved his hand and walked out of the room.
Mo Lin and Xiao Hei tinkered in the room for a long time, and found that they really couldn't open the card box, so they reluctantly wanted to put it in the backpack, only to see Mo Lin twist the button of one backpack, and before he could twist the other, he snorted, and the button didn't know where to fly, and at the same time, the stuffed things in the bag scattered on the bed with a bang.
The boy looked at a mess of things and wanted to cry without tears.
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The morning in Harry Harbor was not as quiet as usual, and it was not Morin, who usually trained, that broke the tranquility. At this time, the people in the town were running to tell each other, and slowly rushed towards the entrance of the town.
"Do you know, Young Master Morin is about to go to school far away, and he may not be able to come back once in a year or two. ”
"Really, I can finally sleep peacefully in the morning!"
"But the young master is still quite cute and polite to people. ”
"Oh, oops, I'm starting to be a little reluctant to hear you say that. ”
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It was the most common conversation among the townspeople this morning.
The morning fog has not yet lifted.
Maureen stood on the road of the town.
He was dressed in black civilian clothes and carried the large brown backpack with a dagger on one side and the strange musket his grandfather had left him on the other. Although he had made sufficient preparations, his blue eyes were still full of tears when he looked at the dense crowd at the gate of the town, especially the parents in front of the crowd and Ed, who was already full of tears.
"It's fun to go to school, but it's a bit reluctant. Merlin thought that Xiao Hei was hiding in the inky ring marks at this time, only stretching out a slender and inconspicuous arm, waving goodbye to the people he knew.
The boy laughed while wiping his tears and said, "Father and mother, I'm going to school, you can go back and rest." Come on and give me some younger siblings. Ha ha. Uncle Eddard needs to take care of my father and don't let him eat too much. And Aunt Ram won't have to cook so much breakfast in the future, and Uncle Will, it's better to keep the eggs for yourself. Ha ha. See you everybody!"
After speaking, Merlin waved his hand vigorously, turned around and walked into the morning mist......
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