After lunch and a short rest, Haiyuna led Moriarty out of the Mage Tower and headed for the Great Teaching Building.

"Cousin Haiyuna, has Hockenheim always been so quiet and peaceful? It seems that there are not many mage apprentices studying here. Walking side by side on the gravel path with the girl, Moriarty asked a little strangely as she looked at the quiet campus.

"That's true, there are about thirty mage apprentices enrolled in the academy." Haiyuna nodded.

"Thirty?" Moriarty looked at Hayona in surprise, it was unbelievable that such a large magic academy had only such a large number of apprentices.

"You should also know that in order for a mage apprentice to become a full-fledged mage, in addition to extraordinary wisdom and unremitting efforts, he must also have enough wealth to support his magical studies. Otherwise, even the most gifted seedlings will be rejected from the wizarding world because of poverty. Seeing Moriarty's doubts, Haiyuna sighed slightly.

"So..."

"Therefore, the reality dooms that the mage apprentices who have the ability to enter Hockenheim to study can only be a few 'lucky ones'. Most magical seekers can only study hard outside the academy, or enter the academy as a civilian to do some chores in exchange for a paltry salary and a chance to ask questions once a quarter, until they have reached a certain level of strength and accumulated the necessary money before applying to officially join the academy. Haylena said helplessly, seemingly sympathetic to the "out-of-school" who could not afford to join Hockenheim.

"It's quite a pity." Moriarty also nodded and said.

One might wonder why those in power don't use administrative funds to subsidize the admission of poor mage apprentices to the academy. In this way, when these people become successful in their studies and even become full-fledged mages, they will in turn bring great benefits to those in power. But in reality, because the cost of learning magic is so high, unless it is a national unit, it is impossible to support a large number of mage apprentices who will only consume but not produce anything for a long period of time. On the other hand, even if any city lord was willing to put his family on the line to fund the apprenticeship of a mage, it would be difficult to find enough teachers to teach these students. As Schmidt said, no formal mage would waste valuable time teaching that would not help them advance to the next level. And at this point, even the most powerful in power cannot be forced. Otherwise, he would be at odds with the entire mage class.

"So, Moriarty, I hope you will cherish the opportunity in front of you. Join Hockenheim, join Dad's Studio, and your future is bright. At this time, the black-haired girl stopped, turned to look at Moriarty, and said very sternly: "I think both Dad and Aunt Helen are looking forward to you striding on the road of magic." ”

"Thank you, Cousin Hayna. I'll take your words to heart. Moriarty also looked into the girl's eyes and assured earnestly.

"Yes." Haiyuna nodded, then smiled lightly, "Let's go, let's go to Lord Depra's office now." ”

Leaving the path, the two walked slowly across the wide lawn towards the gate of the school building. The lawn in the afternoon should have just been sprinkled with water, reflecting a piece of crystal light in the direct sunlight. When you step on it, you will feel a softness on the soles of your feet, like stepping on a sponge pad.

Passing through the lawn, Hayura and Moriarty entered the large school building and led down a long corridor to Guò to an open office. In the room, a white-haired old man in a mage robe sat at a large desk, writing something. On the wall behind him, a painting is full of dots and lines, but the meaning is unclear, abstract, and even dizzying when viewed for a long time. …,

"Your Excellency Depra." Although the door was open, Hayuna didn't go straight in, but stopped at the door and knocked on the door.

"Ah, it's Kaiyna, come in." Depra put down the quill pen in his hand, raised his head, took off his round-rimmed glasses, and looked at the black-haired girl with a smile.

"Yes." The girl nodded, and then walked in with Moriarty.

"Who is this gentleman?" Depra asked when she saw Moriarty behind Heryna.

"Let me introduce. This is my cousin, Moriarty. Ensberg, from the Kingdom of Erathia. With that, Hayura turned to Moriarty and said, "This Lord Depra is the provost of Hockenheim's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. ”

"It's an honor to meet you, esteemed master." Moriarty glanced at the two white gem flowers on the robe on the old man's chest, and bowed very respectfully.

The gem flower, the symbol of a high-level mage, is only eligible to be worn by a mage who has broken through to level nine or above. The two gem flowers showed that the old man's career level in front of him had reached level ten. White, on the other hand, means that the elemental realm in which it specializes is the wind elemental realm.

The reason why high-level mages are called masters by the world is that in addition to having deeper magical knowledge and mastering higher-level spells than middle-level mages, another crucial difference is that high-level mages can obtain the recognition of the four elements and form their own elemental realm. Of course, compared to the true Grand Arcanist, the Elemental Realm of the High Mage is still a pseudo-realm that cannot be manifested. But even so, once they have formed their own elemental realm, high-level mages can additionally obtain a variety of powerful supplementary effects such as "Powerful", "Delayed", "Ranged", and "Large Area" when casting spells of the same system.

For example, if Depra, who has the Wind Elemental Domain, summons the first-level spell Wind Breath (Wind Magic) at the same time as Moriarty, then the spell effect of the two must be very different. At Moriarty's current level, he can only bless the Wind Breath for one beneficiary at most; Master Depra, on the other hand, will be able to benefit at least one squadron at the same time, and the gain range will be much higher than that of Moriarty.

Generally speaking, any high-level mage can only choose one elemental realm to specialize in, and it is rare for them to specialize in two elemental realms. This is not only due to the fact that a person's energy is really limited, and they are greedy for more than they lose, but more importantly, because the four magical elements are inherently mutually exclusive. In particular, the elements of water and fire, wind and earth, are fundamentally opposites. Just as a gentleman cannot please two ladies at the same time, it is difficult for a mage to balance and unify the magical elements with similar attributes. And only a very small number of genius mages, with the help of good luck, can play a side-kick, and at the same time choose two elemental realms that are not so mutually exclusive to specialize, such as water and earth, or fire and wind. However, such a special case is really rare among the rare, and it is the limit of the known wizarding world.

"Well, hello, Mr. Morati." Depra looked at Moriarty and nodded faintly, as if he already knew who the other party was. And the reason why there is a question is just the first time to meet and go through a procedure. Then, the High Mage turned his gaze back to the girl and asked, "Haiyna, is there anything you are looking for me?" ”

"Yes." In formal settings, Hayyna always looked at each other in what she said and did, and from this point of view, there was no doubt that she was Schmidt's daughter: "Moriarty is an apprentice mage. This time, he came to Hockenheim in the hope of entering the academy to study magic. ”

"Well, your father has already communicated with me about this matter just now." Depra crossed his hands on the desk, leaned back in his chair, and said to Moriarty: "Since even His Excellency Schmidt recommended you to become a 'referral student' of this college, it should be no problem." ”…,

"Thank you, Master." Moriarty bowed again.

"Then, Hayna, you can take Moriarty's apprentice through the formalities. I'm here, no problem. Depra nodded, picked up the quill on the table again, and began to trace on the large drawing board on the desk.

"Yes, I'll retire." Haiyuna bowed to the High Mage and exited the room with Moriarty.

The two then went straight to the second floor of the academic building, where they went through the formal enrollment procedures and paid the tuition fees for the first year of study in the administrative section. After that, Moriarty received a Hockenheim's Mage Apprentice badge and a class list. The badge represents Moriarty's status as a cadet, and at the same time allows him to purchase various low-level magic materials from the academy at a ninety-fifty percent discount on the outside market price; The class list indicates his class schedule. Moriarty took a quick look and saw that most of them were basic theory courses in magic. Come to think of it, this is also due to the fact that Moriarty has never received a systematic magical education before, and this is deliberately arranged. As for the various magic study books and even spell study scrolls, they are available in Hockenheim's large library, but at an additional cost. For this, Moriarty has also anticipated.

"Alright, Moriarty, from now on you are an official member of the Academy. Welcome to Hockenheim. Walking out of the school building side by side, Hayruna smiled and said to Moriarty.

"Yes, it's a new beginning for me." Moriarty looked at the girl and nodded, smiling as well.

"It's still early, I'll take you straight to the library, okay? Maybe before dinner, we can work together to sort out an outline for your study plan. As she spoke, she turned to the right, where Hockenheim's library was located.

"Yes, thank you, Cousin Haiyna." It was a blessing to have a zealous cousin, and Moriarty immediately agreed and followed.