Musa at thirteen o'clock fifty-five o'clock.

It's finally almost there—the corners of Christopher Kelvin's mouth curl slightly, staring at the quartz clock ticking on the wall, and the shortening distance between the two hands.

It's finally almost here.

In order to wait for this moment, in order to be able to participate in the auction, he began to prepare a month ago, although his family has a lot of influence in the local area, but in the final analysis, it is a down-and-out nobleman in a remote area, not to mention influence among the nobles on the top of the mountains, even people who have heard of his surname, there are not a few people, compared to many fictitious nobles who don't even have fiefs, and it is not much better than a little richer commoners.

However, thanks to the warmth and coldness of the people during this time, the eldest young master of the high-ranking Kelvin family abandoned his former vanity and impetuousness, and really began to reflect on his past words and deeds, and really washed away his innocence and naivety, and became a qualified heir worthy of the title.

At the same time -

Feeling powerless, he also realized the importance of strength.

Anturk Freemasonry - Led by a senior who shares a similar situation to him, he joins this mysterious society under a strange name, and after several trials, he succeeds in becoming a core member and opens the door to a new world.

- It was a world called Arcane.

Under the guidance of his predecessors, he successfully hooked up with a black-robed mage and became his apprentice - receiving teachings in secret in the basement of Anturk Academy, meditating in his personal study, feeling the pulse of the ether a little bit, and gaining insight into the reality of the world.

There may be many entanglements and exchanges of interests, but the increase in power is real.

It was only at this time that he really knew why the knightly class had become the cornerstone of aristocratic rule, and why the children of many great nobles had to receive the most orthodox knightly education as soon as their bodies and minds matured, even if they could not condense the "strong current" and become a warrior, they had to become a qualified knight.

Because—

All power is to itself.

Even though he is now just an ordinary mage apprentice, and he has only mastered a few common tricks, his mentality has changed drastically from a few months ago - compared to the big boy who never grew up before, he is now more calm, more confident, and more courageous.

Because he knew that he wasn't like anyone else, that he was a mage.

Power can change a person's heart, ordinary people suddenly get the power may breed the evil in the heart, but the mage is different, the power of the mage comes from the exploration of the world and the resonance with the ether, is really rooted in the fertile soil of knowledge, little by little to unveil the mystery of the world, understand the truth hidden under the surface, lay a solid foundation, precipitate the heart - and then in the teacher's words and deeds, learn to calmly analyze problems, learn to deal with problems calmly, learn how to hide their identity, Learn how to use spells to help strengthen your position in your family......

And so on and so forth.

It's an investment.

Gradually, Christopher Kelvin came to his senses.

The current position of the mage is a little embarrassing, the scale of the heresy trial and witch hunt is much smaller than hundreds of years ago, and the living environment of the mages has also improved a lot, however, the problem lies in this, although the power of the church on the top of the mountains has shrunk in recent years, it can still exert a huge influence on the secular royal power, while the inquisition of heresy and witch hunting on the surface have decreased, the investigation in the secret has never stopped, even if they are the heirs of the nobles who have the right to inherit, once they are caught by the inquisitors, They will be sent to a dark prison, tortured day and night, and finally lose the last bit of humanity in the cry of despair.

At that time, there were still people who didn't believe it, but when the black-robed mage sneered, took out a list, and reported the names of the nobles who had mysteriously disappeared or died violently at home in recent years, even the most reckless guys, couldn't help but sweat coldly - no one wanted to be the owner of the next name on the list, even if it was just possible, no one wanted to gamble, dared to gamble.

It was not until much later that Christopher realized that when he joined the core of Freemasonry, his interests, his destiny, were closely linked to the school.

At the same time, he came to a shocking conclusion:

- The school is consciously, purposefully, and systematically infiltrating the aristocracy of the entire kingdom!

He didn't talk to anyone about this conclusion, nor did he hear anyone talk about it, but he knew that he was definitely not the only one who thought of this layer, and there must be other smart people, and the reason why he had never heard any news leaked out was not because the school had consciously blocked it, but because-

No one dares!

Although this school has not covered it up, everyone knows that the stakes are very high, and there are many involved, and if one is accidentally caught in this whirlpool, it will not be only himself who may be killed when the time comes, but the entire family, and even the entire elite class on the top of the mountains will cause a major earthquake!

This is not the realm that these little people should tread!

In the dead of night, after meditating, the young apprentice occasionally thought about the heart-wrenching truth and wondered if it was the right thing to do to join Freemasonry on the spur of the moment—to this day, he had not given himself a definite answer, but he knew that he had never had even the slightest remorse for it.

"Bell—"

Christopher Kelvin was awakened from his memories by the sound of gold and iron that suddenly came to mind, and his gaze subconsciously turned to the direction where the sound came, to the direction where the quartz clock was—

There, the two hands, one long and one short, happen to be at an angle of 30 degrees.

It was fourteen o'clock in the morning.

– The afternoon session of the auction has finally begun.

His eyes fell on the alchemy screen in the center of the private room - alchemy is a sub-discipline that mage apprentices must learn, mages know more or less some alchemy, but he specializes in apothery, and his understanding of this aspect is very limited, and it is not clear what mechanism it works on.

But it didn't matter, his attention was quickly drawn to the plants listed above.

Unlike the high-quality opening and closing of the morning, the afternoon auction was very bland in comparison, without deliberately creating suspense or pre-heating the atmosphere, but simply listing the rare plants collected by each chamber of commerce one by one, and then auctioning them one by one in order.

Soon, he found the one he needed.

- Holy Heart.

Growing in the inaccessible polar snowfield, the flowering period is very short, only two to three sunshine days, artificial cultivation is extremely difficult, large-scale cultivation is basically not possible, but its petals are an indispensable main material for making meditation elixirs, not to mention the Gable located in the south, even the origin of the north is a sought-after commodity, unless it is specially commissioned to consignment by the mercenary group, otherwise it is basically not seen in the south.

Difficult to transport, difficult to preserve......

Hardly any caravan would make such a loss-making trade.

For apprentices and low-level mages, the primary task is not only to cultivate a set of logical thinking that mages should have in the subtle education, but also to accumulate spiritual power, learn to meditate better and more stably, and consolidate the cornerstone of the path to high-level mages.

As a low-level elixir, meditation elixir cannot immediately help apprentices and low-level mages improve their mental power, but during the effect of the drug, users can more clearly perceive the flow and pulse of the ether, and enter deeper meditation, so that they can stand on a higher level of perspective to understand the world, so as to reflect on the mistakes they made in the past meditation, improve the efficiency of meditation, and lay a good foundation for future promotion.

For this, he is bound to win!

He even raised a large amount of money from the family through means early on.

Fourteen fifteen Musha ......

14:22 Musha......

Musa ...... 14:30

Musa ...... 14:33

14:35 Musha......

Christopher Kelvin checked the time over and over again, and when the dust settled on the third lot, the fourth lot, the Holy Heart, finally appeared on the screen.

His heartbeat inevitably slowed down, and an indescribable throbbing swept through his body and mind.

It was the first time he had seen exotic flowers.

Small flower bones, delicate posture, pure white face...... Everything is so fascinating.

Almost subconsciously, he knocked down the bidder.

And then—

Prices go all the way up.

From one gold coin at the beginning, it has climbed to ten, twenty, and has not slowed down in the slightest.

The nobles who like exotic flowers and plants may be only a few of them, and it may be more of his peers who participate in the bidding-the young apprentice suddenly wakes up, it is said that the price of the Holy Heart in the Northland is not expensive, and only ten to twenty silver coins can buy one, but considering the difficulty of transportation and preservation along the way, it stands to reason that the price of one or two gold coins is more appropriate, but now this price is far above its normal price, and the contradiction between supply and demand is simply obvious.

Luckily, he was well prepared.

As the price continued to climb, fewer and fewer people participated in the bidding, until—

"Thirty-seven gold coins once," the host on the screen read out the countdown aloud, "thirty-seven gold coins twice...... Thirty-seven gold coins three times, sold! ”

The hammer falls, and the dust settles.

Christopher Kelvin couldn't help but let out a long breath.

- Promotion is in sight.