Chapter 15: Calvin Duncan
Kenneth and Mick were stunned when they heard Auston say this. Mick asked curiously, "What do you mean we're done with these four years?" ”
Auston led the two to the living room, pulled a chair and sat down and explained to them, "Come, sit down." Luther School of Magic is tutored, you know? ”
Mick pulled up a chair and sat down, and Kenneth threw his luggage on the floor and sat down on it, glaring at Auston's question, then looking at Auston and shaking his head neatly.
Auston patted his head and said, "You didn't even know this and enrolled in school?" No wonder he was deceived by Professor Duncan! Wait, no, if you pass the admission selection and then enroll, there should be a senior who will take you to the school office to register? ”
Mick hesitated: "The two of us are directly enrolled in the school. ”
"What?!" Auston looked at the two of them and said in shock, "Are you two of those three exceptional entrants?" ”
Kenneth and Mick nodded together, both with a look of course on their faces.
Seeing that the two of them showed such calm expressions, there was no smugness, but the feeling that should have been like this, and couldn't help but look at the two of them again, and then regretted: "It's a pity, now you are really finished......"
Mick asked anxiously, "Auston, you said we were tricked away by Professor Duncan?" What does that mean? ”
Alston continued: "Our college implements a tutor system, which means that except for the designated courses, all courses are guided by the tutor until graduation after four years, and the tutor cannot be changed at will without major fault. Therefore, choosing a good tutor is especially important for your own studies. Every new student will be asked to choose their preferred tutor when registering at the school office, of course, the choice does not necessarily mean that you will be able to get your wish, after all, some professors are too famous, but the number of places is limited. However, I am 100% sure that there are absolutely only two of you who will choose Professor Calvin Duncan. So, congratulations, your mentor for these four years at Luther School of Magic will be the 'famous' Professor Duncan. ”
Kenneth didn't hear the irony in Auston's tone, and said happily, "Is that Professor Duncan famous?" So how did we get out of luck? ”
Mick and Auston immediately looked at Kenneth together with a caring gaze, and Kenneth saw this and wondered, "What's wrong?" ”
Alston had a little more affection for Kenneth: "I'm sorry, but when I say 'famous', I mean the bad side. Have you never heard of him? ”
"We have been living in Tushan Town, lonely and unheard, I hope you don't care." Mick said generously to Auston.
"Oh, it's okay, of course I don't care," Auston is an extremely shrewd person, knowing that the two of them are exceptional students, how can they still hold up the aristocrat's shelf, so naturally introduce the two of them to Calvin Duncan, "It turns out that you live in a small village, so it's no wonder you have to know him." ”
"Professor Duncan was originally a genius, born in Yedran Province, he had just turned thirty years old and achieved the achievement of a fourth-order magician, and at the age of thirty-five, he was invited by the Lutheran School of Magic to join the professor, becoming a promising new star in the wizarding world. But no one knew that he had been conducting a research that was impossible to succeed until three years after he joined the company, when a promising third-year senior under his supervision had an accident while conducting that research and became an idiot on the spot, and the academy leaders learned what the research he had been conducting was all along. ”
Auston looked at the extremely curious eyes of the two with satisfaction, and continued: "It turns out that Professor Duncan has been researching how to cast two different spells at the same time, trying to break the iron law of magicians. But it turned out to be not only a failure, but also a bright future for a young magician. This accident caused an uproar in the wizarding world at the time, and even alarmed the Wizards Association, which almost brought him to the top charge, but fortunately, the senior management of the academy resisted the pressure to vouch for him and paid a huge amount of compensation, so that Professor Duncan was not disqualified as a magician or even imprisoned. After this incident, Professor Duncan was indeed 'famous' in a sense. ”
"Then the senior management of the college did not directly dismiss Professor Duncan, but persuaded him to give up his useless research," Alston said with a mocking look, "but Professor Duncan insisted that he would become the Li Delan of this generation, and vowed that he would never give up his research." However, in order to repay the kindness of the college, he still compromised with the college, promising that he would never let students conduct this research with him, which kept his qualification as a tutor. However, the salary of the tutor is linked to the number of students, and after that kind of thing, how can any student choose him as a tutor? So for three consecutive years, he didn't have a single student, he didn't even have a tutor's office, and he couldn't afford to rent a house, so he could only stay in the laboratory specially provided for him by the college all day to conduct research. It is said that if no student chooses him as a tutor this year, he will be dismissed from the academy. ”
Speaking of this, Auston glanced back and forth between the two of them with a look of pity, and said, "So, you two might as well guess who Professor Duncan, who will go through the admission procedures for you, choose to be your mentor?" ”
Kenneth was a straight man, and even he understood when he heard this, and jumped up and said, "Let's go and change it now!" ”
"It's useless, and the student registration information can't be modified once it's registered. You can use your mental power to read the contents of the school card, is it possible that Professor Duncan will be merciful and let you go? Alston said with a teasing smile.
Mick immediately took out the school card from the ring that Calvin gave him, and probed his spiritual power into the sycamore wood card, which was not bounced open like the admission certificate, but penetrated smoothly, and then came into contact with a brownish and yellow halo, and as soon as he made contact, a message immediately appeared in his mind:
Mick Hylut, male, twelve, student of the 463rd year of the Lutheran School of Magic, chosen mentor, Calvin Duncan.
Mick only felt that his head was numb, and when he looked at Kenneth, he found that Kenneth was still trying to mobilize his mental power to probe into the enrollment card, and his expression was stunned after success, and then he directly threw the student registration card on the ground, and said angrily: ", that uncle is playing with us!" ”
Auston went into the kitchen to retrieve a cup of coffee while the two were checking the student registration cards, moistened his throat, which was a little dry because he had spoken too much, and saw the two of them sitting with dull faces, leaning against the table and shaking his head, and said, "Your certificate of exceptional admission was issued by Professor Duncan?" ”
Kenneth and Mick nodded numbly.
"No wonder," Alston added another layer of sympathy in his eyes, "Generally speaking, professors do not and are not allowed to interfere in the selection of mentors by students, but if it is a professor who provides students with exceptional admission certificates, they are qualified to choose mentors for students, which is a reward for the university for discovering outstanding talents." For example, the current student council president, Claire, was selected by the famous Professor House Dyverson, and his current mentor is Professor Divisson. ”
And Alston's words only made Kenneth and Mick's hearts a little heavier.
"Auston, how do you know so many things?" Kenneth was puzzled, the information that Auston knew was obviously not something that ordinary students could understand, after all, it also involved the decisions of the academy's higher-ups.
"It's not surprising that the people of the Constantine family know this, Kenny." Mick was weak. Even Mick, who has a good upbringing, has the urge to jump in the face of the encounter in front of him.
"Konstantin? Isn't that the name of a large province in the southeast of our region? Kenneth realized the identity of Auston in front of him, pointed at him and exclaimed, "You are the son of the Marquis of Constantine?" ”
Auston smiled humbly, showed an excellent tutor, and said, "To be precise, it should be a grandson, after all, my grandfather is still alive." However, I am only the third son of my father, not the first heir, so you can treat me as a normal classmate. ”
However, Kenneth was only surprised for a moment before he became angry again: "I'll go find that professor!" ”
"It's useless," Auston said gracefully after taking a sip of his coffee, "Professor Duncan has done everything in accordance with the Academy's procedures, and you have no defensible reason to contradict him." ”
Mick glanced up at Auston and said, "So what do you think we should do?" ”
"Pick a good room, pack your luggage, take a hot shower, get a good night's sleep, and then, resign yourself to your fate." Auston shrugged and said.
Kenneth and Mick looked at each other and looked down with a lamentation.
Auston on the side showed a helpless expression, shook his head and took a sip of coffee, well, a little bitter.
Kenneth and Mick's "wonderful" college life began.
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Calvin, who made Kenneth and Mick gnash their teeth, was now standing in a small office, flanked by cabinet-like bookshelves full of esoteric and difficult books. In front of Calvin was a plane plane table, which was once piled with books so that it was impossible to see the person behind the table, but now it was piled up on both sides, trembling so much that one couldn't help but worry about whether it would fall down immediately. Two flags hang on the wall behind the wooden table, one with two sycamore staff crossed to symbolize Lutheran, and the other is a growing and rotting sycamore tree symbolizing the flag of Luther School of Magic.
And an old man sitting behind a wooden table, with blond hair and brown eyes, and a wrinkled face, was none other than Alvar Rudd, the principal of Luther's School of Magic who had deliberately troubled Kenneth at the school gate before.
I saw him cross his hands and say to Calvin: "I have verified that those two teenagers are indeed children who deserve to be selected for school. Calvin, I have to say, you're in good luck. ”
Calvin didn't dare to gasp and replied respectfully, "Headmaster's praise." ”
"I think you've already chosen a mentor for them, right?" Alva's eyes shone with a penetrating sparkle.
Calvin pursed his lips and nodded firmly in his eyes, "That's right, I will be their mentor, and I will continue my research at the same time." ”
The old man's blue eyes stared at Calvin intensely, and Calvin responded with a determined look, even though he trembled slightly.
After a long time, the old man slowly retracted his gaze and sighed: "Your research is just in vain, why bother to be so persistent and even delay the future of the two children?" ”
A trace of shame flashed in Calvin's eyes, and then he touched his sweaty head and said to the old man: "Headmaster, those two children are geniuses who can become top magicians, and I will definitely not joke with their future." You can rest assured of that. ”
"So you're going to hold on?" Alva sighed, after all, he was the one who made the final decision to keep Calvin.
"Until the day I die." Calvin's eyes sparkled with unrepentant determination, or paranoia.