On the fifth day back to the welfare home, the final grades of this semester were mailed in from the college, and I took a brief look, and most of them were A's, but they were just ...... The workout classes were all B's, and I thought maybe I should send the results to Ryan, even though he might say I don't like to exercise or something.

The fall break at the Academy of Magic is a month-long one, which is neither long nor short. It just so happens that with the mark that Ryan gave me, I can take a course in herbology this vacation, and the rest of the time...... Lai begging Master Bouz to teach me more in his clinic seemed like a good choice.

Unfortunately, ideas are always much better than reality.

I don't have a diploma from a magic academy, nor do I have a mercenary guild certificate to heal magicians. Most of the places where herbology is taught only allow me to sign up for beginner classes, but these relatively elementary things, Master Buz has taught me for a long time, and even if I did, it would only take time and markcoins to learn.

It's been my third day wandering around the city, and I'm still getting nothing, and I'm a little worried.

Although I had written to ask Ryan what to do, he seemed to be busy and had not replied to me yet, and I had to give up when the sun was setting in the west. After buying beef and a roast duck at a deli in the city, I went back to the welfare home.

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Master Bouz was full of praise for the deli's beef, but he didn't like the roast duck very much, probably because he hated the smell of the roast duck when it was charcoal-smoked. So, I left all the beef for him, and the roast duck was cut into two plates and left for myself to eat.

It's just that...... Despite my hard work, I was left with a plate of clean duck meat, and if I hadn't eliminated it today, it might not taste like this tomorrow.

It's a hassle.

I can't help it, so let's take it back to my room, maybe I can have a supper at night.

As I walked to the room, I saw a man squatting in front of the door, his unkempt flaxen head standing straight up, even swinging his head as often as he swayed his head.

"Xavier?"

I shouted, and he seemed to hear it, so he hurriedly stood up, took the pipe from his mouth, and stuffed it into his coat pocket.

Aren't you afraid of burning your clothes?

I approached him: "You have something to do with me?" ”

He seemed excited when I asked him, put his hands in his pockets, and a big smile appeared on his face: "Hey, I heard you're looking for a place where you can take a course in herbology." ”

…… He's very well-informed.

"Yes."

"Did you find it?"

I shook my head: "There is no suitable one yet. ”

"That'...... Do you want to come with me? Xavier pulled his hand out of his pocket and gestured, "This kind of vacation course is expensive...... I have a friend who happens to be studying herbology in one place, and the price is very cheap, only twenty-five marks at a time. ”

I've never heard of such a cheap herbology course...... However, I can deduce that at such a low price, only those who have had their healing mage or healing pharmacist certificate revoked are willing to open it.

"It's just...... The course was run by a pharmacist whose certificate had been revoked. ”

Predictable.

But if you have twenty-five markers, it doesn't hurt to listen to it. I'm already sick and rushing to the doctor.

"But don't worry, he was a mercenary of the Storm Mercenary Regiment......"

"Are courses billed on a daily basis?"

"Huh?"

Xavier seemed to be racking his brains to convince me, but was stunned by my sudden question.

"I mean, is the course billed on a daily basis?"

“…… Well, if you don't think it's good to listen to it...... You can also skip going. ”

"Thank you." I opened my door and was about to put my things inside, when I suddenly heard a "grunt".

Turning his head, Xavier was holding his stomach, looking elsewhere with some embarrassment.

“…… Why don't you have some? I raised the roast duck in my hand: "Although it was cut, I haven't eaten it, and it's clean." ”

"It's okay to eat it...... Who are we with. Xavier swept away his previous embarrassment and took the roast duck from my hand, scratching his head with joy.

“……”

"Then I...... Let's go back to the room first. He waved at me and turned to go to his room.

"Oh yes...... This one is given to me, what do you eat? ”

I was about to close the door when a thick arm suddenly reached through the crack in the door.

"I've already eaten it."

I had no intention of opening the door, so I pulled his arm out and closed it.

Through the door, there was his somewhat muffled thanks.

……

Suddenly I felt that he was such a simple and happy guy.

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From the next day, Xavier and I went to the place where the black apothecary was studying.

He was a mercenary of the Storm Mercenary Regiment before, although the teaching is not rigorous, and the order of teaching is reversed, but he has a lot of practical experience, and he can also tell us a few words about many things that are not recorded in the book.

Read 10,000 books and travel 10,000 miles. Mage Bouz is the former, and the apothecary named Darcy is the latter.

I'm a little glad to be here with Xavier, and the course has really benefited me a lot.

However, I remember that Xavier was a fire fighter, and it was very strange that he could think of studying herbology.

…… It also made me look up to him. After all, there are low-level fighters like him all over the street now, but if in addition to the fighting skills of fighters, he also has the ability to memorize herbs, and he will have more chips than others in the future to recruit mercenary groups.

I just don't know if he came to study herbology because of this.

"Kroll, we'll be fifteen years old after winter." During the break, Xavier suddenly said to me with great emotion: "The age limit for mercenaries in the mercenary union is seventeen years old, which means that I have to stay up for three full years before I can leave Panson......

"You really want to leave the orphanage?"

"It must be, the old man in Pan Senli is really annoying to the old man in charge of everything...... I'm annoyed. ”

"As soon as I reach the age of seventeen, I will immediately roll up my baggage and find a mercenary team to join, and then follow everyone across the entire Big 6 and make a shocking career!"

It's very ambitious.

"What about you, Kroll?"

As if dissatisfied that he was the only one singing a one-man show, he raised his arm and struck me lightly.

Damn, the handwriting I was taking is slanted off, and the neat notes have a crooked stroke, which is really embarrassing to look at.

In desperation, I had to use a knife to carefully scrape off the extra stroke, and then replied to him without looking back: "It's the same as you." ”

He began to shout excitedly again, looking like the two of us were really like-minded, hey, let him make up for it by himself, I better stay away from him, lest I accidentally scrape the paper by scratching the words.

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