Carter City was silent at night, and there were hardly any people except for the patrolling soldiers walking back and forth.

Dean and Victor carefully avoided the patrol's route and quietly made their way to the Noble Quarter.

"This is it!"

In front of a villa with a huge garden, Dean stopped and whispered, "Let's go in......"

As he spoke, Dean took out a badge and shook it in front of the iron door, and the door clicked open a narrow crack in the door.

"You can also swipe your card here? It's very intelligent......" Victor complained to himself in his heart.

The two men walked briskly across a manicured lawn and walked straight to the main entrance of the villa.

"After meeting the mentor in a while, please don't be too cramped."

"Hehe, thanks for reminding ......"

Victor replied as he looked around the villa and found nothing out of the ordinary.

"Dumb ......"

A short, thick chirp sounded in the tree to the left of the villa's main entrance, and it was particularly permeating in the silence of the night.

Victor's heart throbbed, and he followed the sound to see a raven with a black sheen and a purple-blue metallic sheen, standing on a branch, staring at him deadly.

Suddenly, the black raven spoke out and said to Victor and Dean in a hoarse voice: "Lord Rosa told you to go directly to the study on the second floor, and pay attention to keep quiet!" Don't interfere with the adult's spell research......"

Dean replied respectfully, "Yes, Ms. Raven." ”

Then he introduced to Victor, "This is my mentor and Mr. Rosa's companion, Lady Raven. ”

"Good evening! Ms. Raven, I hope you have a good time......"

Victor greeted politely.

"Quack! I like it...... Polite little guys......"

The raven pecked at its own feathers with its thick beak.

Nodding his head again, Dean led Victor to the main entrance and up the spiral wooden staircase to the second floor of the villa.

"Victor, why do you ...... to a bird? So polite? Dean asked curiously.

Victor smiled slightly, "For a mage, a magic pet is more than just a companion and a friend...... In a sense, it's more 'relative'!! ”

Dean nodded, then shook his head again.

……

Naviktor followed Dean through a long hallway to a brown-red wooden door.

"Teacher, we're here."

Dean tapped lightly three times and whispered.

"Come in."

A steady, thick baritone came from the room behind the door.

Cautiously pushing the door open, Dean motioned to Victor with his eyes to slow his pace.

Dark walls, dark red floors, large brown bookcases, and a simple desk create a strong visual sense, which is Victor's first impression of this study.

A middle-aged man with black hair sits back in a chair behind a simple desk, flipping through the book with a thick crusty cover. On the desk in front of him, a quill floating out of thin air, writing rapidly on the parchment that was spreading.

"A mage's hand? It's so cool!! ”

Victor's eyes were drawn to the unheld quill, and he thought to himself, "Although I can also use the 'Mage's Hand' spell to write, I will definitely not be able to do it as distracted, and the speed of writing is not as fast as I can write by hand......"

"It's an honor to meet you, Lord Rosa."

When Victor bowed slightly, he moved his gaze to the hardcover book in the middle-aged man's hand, only to see two words written on the cover in bright silver patterned font: nature.

Rosa closed the book in his hand, and the quill that flew out of thin air also stopped, and inserted itself into the pen holder.

"Welcome, fellow travelers on the path of the mage......"

Seeing Victor's gaze fall on the book in his hand, Rosa raised an eyebrow, not caring about his faux pas.

"What? Interested in this book? ”

Victor was stunned for a moment, and he quickly realized his gaffe.

"Yes, sir. Thank you for your understanding! I'd love to see ...... if possible."

Victor bowed down again and apologized.

"It's nothing ......"

Rosa stood up and waved his hand, and said with a warm smile on his face, "Listening to Dean's description, you should be learning the modern magic system...... And the articles published in this journal "Nature" are all the content of the modern magic system that has only emerged in the past hundred years, and I'm afraid you still can't understand it! ”

"But it doesn't matter, as long as you go to Greenland and learn the basics for a while, it won't take you a few years to change your mind......"

Rosa handed the Nature in his hand to Victor, "I am very pleased with your request for knowledge! In that case, you can casually take a look at this journal and learn about the new magic system...... However, you must not hope to understand, because it takes a lot of time and knowledge to accumulate ......"

Victor, who took over the journal Nature, said gratefully: "Thank you, Lord Rosa, for your generosity! ”

"Don't rush to thank me just yet......"

Rosa said thoughtfully, "Maybe you don't know, the battle between the Eternal Temple and our Continent Magic Society has been going on all along!" In order to avoid some unnecessary troubles...... Mr. Victor, you need to prove your position. ”

"Proof of position?"

Victor looked at Rosa suspiciously, and then at Dean who was standing aside, "Lord Rosa, how do I prove my position?" ”

"Don't worry! It's a little bit of a request, but it won't let you do anything dangerous......"

Rosa smiled and explained, "All you need is a simple magic contract. ”

As he spoke, Rosa snapped his fingers, and a piece of parchment covered in handwriting with faint magical fluctuations flew out of the text box on his desk and floated in front of Victor.

"By soul, I am a seeker who walks on the path of a mage...... Truth is my eternal faith...... The gods are false, they are nothing more than the shackles of the temple that bind freedom...... If I disobey it, my body and soul will be destroyed in the most complete way......"

Victor quickly glanced at the contents of the magic contract, and secretly smacked his tongue: "This contract is really amazing, it can almost completely avoid the infiltration of the Eternal Temple into the Continental Magic Society!" ”

For Victor, who is already a mage, there is certainly no problem in signing this agreement.

After reading the magic contract, Victor did not hesitate, he gently wiped his left index finger with his right hand, and a small wound appeared oozing blood.

"Magic tricks."

Victor manipulated the Zero Ring spell and signed his name on the contract with his own blood.

After seeing the magic contract signed by Victor without hesitation, Rosa nodded with great satisfaction and said, "Very good! In the hall on the left side of the first floor, there are more than a dozen mage apprentices who are also preparing to go to Greenland, if you are interested, you can also go and talk to them. ”

"Thank you again for your generosity!"

After expressing his gratitude, Victor followed Dean back and downstairs, to the hall on the left side of the first floor.