Chapter 8 – The Main City

In the afternoon, towards the end of the evening, we finally arrived in the capital city of Goureth. Nestled at the foot of the mountain on the eastern edge of Pizar, most of the town is on the plain at the foot of the mountain, and the whole town is surrounded by walls. There are only a few occupants of the hill and the castle where the king lives, but the Academy of Magic is not in the main city. The Academy of Magic sits on the mountainside of Mount Bizar, and if you want to go to the Academy, you have to climb the mountain and visit it, but there is no special reason to do so. Either you need the help of a mage from the war college in your town. They serve as knowledge instructors for students in the War Academy, and if they develop students with magical potential, they will introduce them to the Academy of Magic.

When our group approached the city gate, the surrounding residents all looked at Ao Rui and Sui Ye behind him with admiration, looking quite majestic. When the guards saw Ao Rui coming, they also opened a shortcut for us to pass first. It really deserves to be the general of the apocalypse, which makes me admire Ao Rui even more, although looking at his expression looks a little anxious.

"I said Suiya, can't we go around a little farther and go to another entrance?"

"What are you ashamed of, are you afraid that Saki Domain will see you "that"? Apparently Suiya knew something, and said with a slight mockery.

As soon as you enter the door, you will be greeted by a slightly short but spacious road, and the surrounding buildings are quite imposing and beautiful. At the end of the road is a three-way street, and at the fork in the road, there is a tall stone statue on the left and right sides of the road, with quite handsome and exaggerated movements. If you look closely, you can see that the stone statue on the right is the one behind me now, Ao Rui. I looked back at him, and he had bowed his head slightly, one hand in front of his eyes, and a smile on the corner of his mouth. It seems that this is what Ao Rui said just now.

"Ah, so shy, so shy, why did you want to do this look in the first place" Ao Rui looked quite regretful.

"How do I know what was going on in your head when you were in your twenties," Suiya complained without mercy.

"Anyway, let's hurry up and go first," Ao Rui began to urge, and it seemed that he really wanted to get out of this quickly.

However, the sculpture opposite Ao Rui is a bear man, wearing a cloth suit. It has left hand forward, palm up, right hand slightly bent across the waist, and it looks completely unaware of what it is doing. With these questions in mind, I asked Ao Rui for this information.

"What do you mean by him, of course he's also the Apocalypse. But in the war, he and I are similar in nature, I am mainly in command or something, and his words are mainly to make plans and so on. Of course, he is also very good, and in a previous battle, I cooperated with him and successfully repelled the enemy when the combat strength was insufficient. But it won't be long before you can see him."

"Wait? You say Gulie? He's here? Suiya suddenly became excited, and questioned Ao Rui like this.

"Well, after the war, he entered the Academy of Magic as a lecturer because of his strong magical ability. I remember you've seen his abilities, right? Ao Rui was a little puzzled, and explained to Sui Ye in a flat manner.

"That's not right! That's not the problem! Don't you see what's strange about him? Suiya still said excitedly.

"Huh? What's wrong, he's just friendly? Ao Rui was even more puzzled.

When Hota heard the word friendly, she felt completely abandoned, and she seemed relieved when she glanced at me.

"Alas...... Ao Rui, you're such a natural fool. But this shouldn't have any effect on Saki, "Suiya looks quite helpless.

Then we started walking in the direction of the War College, and along the way I saw a lot of things that I had never seen before, such as a lot of potions outside an alchemy workshop, and a magic supply shop that sold special parchment and some magic herbs. It's something I've never seen before. Ao Rui also saw my interest in these things, so he explained to me the effects of these props. Although he knew what these things did, he said that he didn't need them at all.

"I don't use spell release scrolls much, I don't know how to do magic myself, so I don't have spells to store and use, and this pair. Our martial arts have a move called Huitian, which can quickly heal the wounds on the body, which is much stronger than the healing potion, and if the limb is broken, only the mage with the active wood attribute can heal and ......"

Listening to Ao Rui's explanation of these props, we have unconsciously arrived at the War College, which covers a large area, about the size of two castles. When I arrived at the door, the two guards who were guarding the door immediately came over to pay their respects to Ao Rui and asked me what they were doing, and I took the opportunity to observe the college, which was a very old-looking wooden gate, and a stone side wall with a room for teaching. After Ao Rui said that he wanted to find Gu Lie and planned to take me to the Academy of Magic, one immediately contacted Gu Lie through magic, and the other said that he could let us go in and have a look and wait for Gu Lie. We then left the horses in the stables inside the academy and headed to the middle ground. In this academy, indoor lectures are mainly located on the second floor of the fence and in the middle of the pavilion, which is mainly used for training, with a lot of wooden weapons, scarecrow targets, and even a special shooting range for children with potential archers. But now there is basically no one on the second floor, and there are a few students on the training ground who are exercising, some of them are younger than me, and some are about the same age as me, and sure enough, the level of the capital is different.

"Now, it's time for the kids to get out of school. But they can choose to work out on the academy's practice range after school or something," Ao Rui said.

"But when you were at home, you practiced directly with me, so this group of children should be a little bit different from you," Ao Rui could hear when he said this, and his tone was full of kindness and pride.

"Hey, look who's here"

From the stairs next to it, a figure walked down slowly, with a deep and gentle voice. He came out of the stairs, dressed in a blue and white cloth coat, which felt a little mismatched on the large brown bear.

"Yo Gulie, how are you doing here" Ao Rui greeted him happily.

"It's okay, come and let me hug"

Gu Lie walked over and hugged Ao Rui directly, and hugged him up. Ao Rui was also quite happy to treat this old friend, laughing like a child. Suiya watched from the sidelines, her expression indescribable.

"What's the matter, Suiya, do you want to come and hug too," Gu Lie turned his head to her.

"Uh...... No...... No, I won't bother you both" Suiya turned her head and smiled awkwardly.

Then Gu Lie began to knead Ao Rui's arm, as if to look at something.

"Ao Rui, you're fat," Gu Lie said teasingly.

"Aha, maybe I've been eating a little too fat lately," Ao Rui also replied with a big grin.

"Isn't it supposed to be strong again?!" I complained in my heart, but I didn't say it.

"Then Ao Rui, what's the matter with coming to me this time" Gu Lie said over and over again and began to knead Ao Rui's face, Ao Rui didn't mind, maybe this is a dead friend.

"That's right, you know what happened in Demori."

"Well, the massacre that happened half a year ago" Gu Lie also began to stop and calmly treated.

"The child was the only survivor at the time, and I raised him afterwards. However, a series of things have happened recently, and I think he should be given room to develop, so I took him to the Academy of Magic. Ao Rui said truthfully.

"Hmm...... That's right," Gulie cupped his chin and turned his head to look at me.

"The Academy of Magic requires a certain amount of talent and luck, as the lord of Willover, do you want to stay with him for a few more days to see if it is suitable?" Gu Lie looked a little thoughtful about Ao Rui, and walked over to me as he spoke.

"I think you'll know right away if you're qualified," Ao Rui said to Gu Lie, his words full of confidence.

When Gu Lie heard this, he smiled softly, and then crouched down to look at me. After a closer look, he asked me some questions.

"Tell me about yourself, kid"

"Well... My name is Hansaki, and I'm thirteen years old. Well...... It seems that there is nothing else to say" After thinking about it carefully, there really is nothing else worth saying except for name and age.

"Thirteen years old, and a little chubby, was it in a slightly wealthy family before?"

When Gu Lie asked, I thought I could tell him about my home. Then I told him about the Han family.

"I said Gu Lie, isn't this a little too cruel for a child." Ao Rui felt a little sorry for me, afraid that I would be sad when I remembered what happened before.

"No, I just have a little impression of the Han family, let me think about it......" Gu Lie seemed to be a little concerned when he heard what I said, although I didn't know what it was.

"Oh oh yes, Mr. Han was kind to a certain mage in the kingdom before, so I just remembered it."

"Of course, if Saki is qualified to enter the Academy of Magic," Gu Lie seemed to only care about this matter now.

"Kid, show me what you learned today." Ao Rui said to me.

In the morning, I was able to fulfill the magic skills that Honya had taught me. So this should be the best proof of my magical abilities.

"What did you learn today? Could it be a miracle......" Gu Lie was about to ask, but when he turned his head, he realized that there were already signs of magic on my body.

"Today, how long did it take him to succeed, if I'm not mistaken, the fastest record for a freshman in the academy now is ......"

"Eight hours, me. But I'm no longer the fastest record from today," Suiya said suddenly.

Gu Lie was obviously shocked by Suiya's words. He began to stand up and asked Hota.

"So how long did it take for Saki Domain"

"I almost succeeded in teaching," Hoya said solemnly.

It was almost impossible to accomplish it in this time, and Gu Lie was a little shocked. But he also quickly calmed down.

"That's a real talent."