The city of Nilogaard first had an academy, then slowly expanded with the academy as the center, and finally became a city.

Therefore, the college is the core of the city, the closer to this core, the more prosperous the city, the higher and grander the houses, the cleaner the streets, and the west of the city, which is closest to the college, the people who live in it are either rich or expensive, and the west of the city is also called the rich district by the local people.

Since it is a rich area, it is naturally a place where wealth gathers. The common feature of the consumption places in this place is that they are expensive.

Lawson's carriage came to the rich district, found a 'quiet garden' inn, and opened a large suite for five people in the backyard of the inn, and the basic cost of staying overnight was as high as 120 silver luntes, and if you bought some food and drink, it easily exceeded 200 silver luntes.

This is equivalent to twice the total income of the average farmer in the Parason Empire for a year of hard work.

It's not easy to live in a big city.

After renting the Prancing Horse Mansion, Lawson only had less than 2,000 silver left in his pocket, and after seeing the consumption level of the rich district, he knew in his heart that he had to find a way to make money as soon as possible.

Of course, if you want to make a little money, hard work is enough, but if you want to make a lot of money, you still need opportunities, and you can't rush it.

After settling the group, Rosen took the scroll and Anne with him as planned, and walked towards the entrance of Nilogaard Academy.

Tranquility Garden Hotel is just 100 metres from the entrance of the college. When he reached the entrance, the first thing Rosen saw was a tall white stone wall, about 15 meters high, with a number of heavily armed soldiers walking around the stone wall.

Rosen looked at it and sighed softly: "This stone wall is taller and thicker than the outer wall of the city. Depending on the situation, a large number of defensive warriors can also be placed on the wall. ”

In the game, he was accustomed to the defenses of the Nilogaard Academy, but when confronted head-on in the real world, the thick and magnificent aura was completely unfelt in the game.

Anne listened and smiled, "This is normal." In the beginning, Nilogaard College was a huge military fortress that had never been conquered since it was founded. To do this, the parapet wall is not strong. ”

"Hmm~ That's reasonable."

Soon, the two walked to the gate of the college, the style of the gate is a huge doorway, the doorway is seven or eight meters high, five or six meters wide, on both sides of the road in front of the doorway, there are three statues of people more than 4 meters high, different shapes.

Anne whispered, "These six are the founders of the Nilogard Academy, the original members of the Academy's Blue Cloak Council, and each of them is a famous great magician at the time. ”

"The Council in Blue?" Rosen heard a somewhat unfamiliar word.

He had heard of the Blue Council in the game, but because the game had not been available for a long time, he had not been exposed to the Blue Council, and the only thing he knew was that the Blue Council was the highest core of the Academy.

Anne knew this very well, and she said: "The Council of Blue, the decision-making core of Nilogard Academy, is also the highest achievement of a magic professor in the academy. It is said that the conditions for entering the Council of Blue are very demanding, you must first have outstanding magical powers, and then make great contributions to the Academy, and you must also abide by the oath of allegiance to the Academy for the rest of your life, and you must not have bad deeds in the past...... Anyway, overall, it has to be the best six people in the academy. ”

"Hmm~ If you want to bring the crown, you must bear its weight. Nilogard Academy is the most outstanding magic capital in the continent, and the promotion conditions are harsh, which is normal. ”

Saying that, the two walked to the statue, and at the foot of the statue stood two guards guarding the door, and the guard on the right saw the two of them, and the spear in his hand was horizontal, blocking the way of the two: "Sir, madam, report your identity and intention." ”

Rosen took a step forward and said, "Warrior, my name is Rosen. Laplace. The lady next to me is named Anne and is a stalker. On our way to Berkeley, the city of freedom, we meet a magician who is being hunted by a wizard hunter. Before he died, the magician asked me to give something to the sage of the Academy, Nyya. ”

Hearing this, the warrior looked Rosen up and down a few times, then turned his head to look at Anne, and suddenly asked, "Look at your clothes, you are the Southern Empire."

Person? ”

Rosen was stunned for a moment, but still nodded and admitted: "Yes, I am from the south." ”

The warrior smiled coldly: "We have just driven the army of the Parasen Empire back, and now you are running over to deliver the scroll and ask for it by name."

Don't you think it's ridiculous to give something to a sage? ”

"It's ......" Lawson really didn't think about it. According to his impression in the game, the aborigines of the game should not have formed a deep national consciousness, because of the Northern Expedition, they will indeed have some hostility towards the southerners, but this hostility is less severe in the more developed places in commerce, and it is basically affected in Nilogaard Academy.

Anne hurriedly stepped forward and explained, "Warrior, that's right. The territory of the Parason Empire is now very chaotic, and there are routs everywhere, and we have to take refuge in the north. ”

Upon hearing this, the warrior immediately gloated and laughed: "Hahaha, I didn't expect that the arrogant and greedy southerners would also go north to take refuge one day. ”

After laughing, he glanced at Rosen and said, "Seeing that you are young, your hair has not grown, so you should not be a spy." Forget it, I'll help you inform the chief magician, as long as he agrees, we will naturally not stop it. ”

He turned and entered the gate of the academy, and after about five or six minutes, an old man in gray robe with gray hair and a thin body walked out of the gate, his brow furrowed, and a pair of triangular hanging eyes seemed to contain a trace of impatience.

From afar, Rosen felt a slight movement in the air around his body, and immediately after, he noticed that the air began to circle between him and Anne, like an invisible hand, constantly probing the situation of the two of them.

Rosen's heart moved: "It seems that this old man should be an orthodox magician, judging from his method of manipulating the elements, this old man's strength and skills are very average, and now he has been transferred to be the guard of the academy gate, he should only be a third-rate one-star magician." ’

However, although the other party's strength was weaker, he was also an academy magician, so Lawson naturally wanted to show respect, so he bowed down from a distance and stroked his chest and saluted.

As soon as he saluted, an old man's impatient voice came from the other side: "Southerners, don't bow pretendly, Nilogaard is not welcome to you." ”

"This ......"

Rosen and Anne glanced at each other, both of them looking helpless, this sentence alone was enough to show that this old man was more hostile to the Parathan Empire than the guard warriors.

However, the Civil War had just ended, and this hostility was quite normal, and they were entrusted by dead magicians to deliver letters, not to quarrel with people.

Rosen took a deep breath, suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, took a step forward, and said, "Your Excellency, I am Rosen......."

"Don't say it, I'm not interested in your name. Didn't you say that there was something to bring to the sage? Take it. The old man looked extremely impatient, and after speaking, he stretched out his hand to Rosen, waiting to get something.

Rosen shook his head: "No, I am entrusted by someone, and I must hand over the things to the sage to rest assured." ”

"Heh~~" The old man smiled disdainfully: "This is the most ridiculous joke I've heard in Marcus's life." How noble is the status of a sage, you are a child, plus a freak stalker, what qualifications do you have to meet the sage? ”

Anne was not angry, and argued: "Lord Marcus, it doesn't matter if you say I'm a freak. But Rosen is an alchemist, not to mention anything else, the magic mirror he created alone surpasses Master Parkland! ”

As soon as the words ended, a burst of laughter rang out at the entrance of the academy, and the two gatekeepers, the magician Marcus, all laughed.

After laughing, Marcus sarcastically said, "Alchemist? The craftsmanship is still more than that of the Parkland masters? It's so funny. ”

Anne was furious: "You ......"

"What? Am I wrong? Marcus sneered: "Child, I tell you, this is Nilogaard, the capital of wisdom, wisdom and order

The birthplace of the city. Here, savage southern fools are not qualified to talk about magic, and the so-called magic of southerners is no different from folk juggling! ”

As he spoke, Marcus's face showed deep contempt, and the two guards beside him nodded their heads in deep agreement with his words.

Seeing that Anne was still arguing, Lawson stepped forward and grabbed her arm, squeezed it gently, shook his head at Anne, and then turned to the magician Marcus and said, "Sir, since you despise my alchemy so much, then even if I put it in your hands, you will definitely not give it to the sage, right?" ”

"Hmph~ You're very self-aware." Magician Marcus smiled contemptuously, waved his sleeves, turned around and walked back towards the gate: "Go back, Southerner, I'm too busy to afford to delay with you." ”

After he walked into the gate, the gatekeeper who had reported the news before spread his hands to Lawson: "Look, I informed you, but the principal won't let you enter the academy." So, I'm also helpless, Master Alchemist~"

"Haha, Master Alchemist~" the other guard repeated in an exaggerated tone.

Kindly came to deliver the news, but was inexplicably ridiculed, the Buddha would be angry, and Lawson was also very unhappy. He forcibly suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, nodded slightly, and saluted: "Thank you." ”

After saying that, he turned around and left, he was afraid that if he walked slowly, he would not be able to hold back his anger, and reward these two ignorant fools with one air cannon per person!

Anne quickly followed, and after walking more than ten meters, she said softly: "It's too much, why don't I find a chance to teach them a lesson?" ”

Rosen shook his head slightly: "No, it's just a few clowns, there's no need to dirty your hands for them, and you will learn a hard lesson when you have the opportunity to do so in the future." ”

He's not a bully, but it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge, and it's not too late for ten years, Marcus, the gatekeeper magician, he remembers the name!

"So what now?" Anne was helpless.

Lawson didn't have a clue either. This is not a game, you can break if you want to, and in the real world, the result of breaking is to be besieged to death by countless guards and academy magicians.

He could only say: "Go back first, find another opportunity." ”

Anne nodded: "That's all." ”

Both of them were holding back a breath of anger in their hearts, but they had nowhere to vent, so they walked all the way in silence.

After walking for a while, a lifelike lion statue suddenly appeared on the side of the road, and next to the statue was a large number of steps, and at the top of the steps was a circular arch, and a large group of people were walking out of the arch.

"It's an auction house, so many people came out, it should be an auction that has just ended."

Rosen secretly thought in his heart, this is the rich and noble area in the west of the city, and these people from the auction house are either rich or expensive, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Rosen stopped and avoided, and waited patiently for this group of people to walk over.

Soon, the flow of people was basically gone, some got into the carriage, some carried the sedan chair, some walked away, and above the steps, only a young man with rich clothes and a handsome face remained.

This young man looked about twenty-five or sixteen years old, with brown hair, dark blue eyes, three-dimensional and delicate facial features, a tall and well-proportioned figure, and gorgeous clothes.

It's just that this noble son seems to have encountered some difficulties, his face is gloomy, and his soul is unbearable.

He stood at the door of the auction house in a daze, and when everyone was gone, he took one step down the stairs, but this step actually stepped into the air, and then the whole person lost his balance, and he was about to roll down the high steps.