"Gold?"

Taria was confused, and then listened to Mary's explanation for a long time, and then realized that it turned out that doing anything here costs money. The Gaylan family is only the "middle class" in the entire city, and although the family is wealthy, it is definitely not rich enough to allow their children to learn magic.

For the nobles in the current city, those who are qualified to learn magic add up to only seven or eight families in the nearby territories, and because the city has a high-level mage in charge, there will be a matching "magic prop" shop, otherwise it is impossible to see a mage like Nephi on weekdays.

It took Taria a whole day to learn this information, and when she returned home after being persuaded by Mary, her heart could no longer be held back, and she wanted to explore the world of the "mage"...

In the next month and a half, she began to study the language and knowledge desperately, reading the books at home day and night - but at this time, Taria did not realize that the books at home were obviously "problematic".

In the rest of the world today, most of the books used are parchment books, which are expensive and rare. But on the bookcase in Baron Gaelan's house, there are many real "paper" books. The content ranges from language and history to art, various family histories, and heraldic histories, and three or four of them also mention the group of "mages" to a greater or lesser extent, and one book is dedicated to the magic of "plane spells".

The more she learned, the more excited Taria became. She has an instinctive thirst for "power", and she also learns that "mages" are the privileged class of this world, which strengthens her confidence to immerse herself in hard work.

And as she read many history books, she finally had a rough outline of her understanding of the whole world and the era in which she is currently living...

But soon, she also realizes that her situation is not good: in this era, the fate of aristocratic women is often not chosen, and they end up becoming tools for marriage.

The big nobles relied on marriage to gain power support or de facto territory, while the minor nobles fought for commercial interests. The territory of the Gailan family is not large, and the annual territory tax is not even enough for the family living in the city to spend on carriages and servants, and the real profit is mainly from the winery and the sale of wine, and Taria is twenty-three years old, it stands to reason that she should have married a long time ago, if she hadn't been unwilling to agree to the marriage all these years, it is estimated that she would have married other noble children in the chamber of commerce...

After Talia's body fully recovered, she had overheard her parents whispering about her marriage in the restaurant several times—the boys of a certain family were of the right age, and the forces of a certain family would be more beneficial to the Gailan family after marriage.

These words made her deeply realize that her parents' "love" for her was simply a kind of comfort, and all the purpose was to exchange her as a bargaining chip when needed...

She didn't understand what her fate would be after "getting married", but she also learned from Mary that the biggest role of "Miss Noble" after marriage was to keep having children.

Taria didn't think it was any good, she began to go to the streets to collect more clues, and "coincidentally" found that the famous high-level mage in the city, "Ethan", was openly recruiting apprentices.

He is going to go through a ritual to qualify and select the right people to become his apprentices.

Tariya realizes that this is her chance, and she also learns that the so-called "qualification test" is not only a talent, but also a basic knowledge of magic. In order to find and get in touch with these, Taria finally chose to "take a gamble" - she took out all the savings she could find in her room, and even sold those precious jewels, scraped together thirteen gold coins, and went to Dawson's magic supply store to buy a so-called "spell textbook".

But the white-haired boss Dawson clearly saw her intentions, shook his head and refused: "Spells are never self-taught to succeed, and there are many people who have died for this, I see that you are still the daughter of a nobleman, live your life well." ”

Taria still insisted, she didn't look pleading like most women, but her brow furrowed, and even the focus swept over old Dawson's neck... Obviously, some of the instincts that remain in her consciousness still make her inclined to use violence to solve problems.

And without waiting for Dawson to say anything, Neffie pushed the door and walked in, and after seeing Tariya, she raised her eyebrows, with a look of surprise on her face, and then nodded to say hello, and after finding that Dawson's expression was not very good-looking, she asked, "Is there something wrong?"

"She had to learn magic, so she came over with gold coins to buy textbooks. ”

Dawson smiled bitterly and explained, but instead of persuading Taria with him, Nephi looked at her for a few seconds and said, "Why do you want to become a mage?"

Taria seemed to have already thought of an answer, and immediately said, "I don't want to be a bird in a cage. ”

Unbeknownst to her, her answer not only made the corners of Nefi's mouth twitch, but even made the invisible "behind-the-scenes" nervous at the same time.

At one point, Nephie wanted to quit the half-plane for help, but soon realized that she was only going to make things out of control, so after a few seconds of silence, she sighed and said, "There are many ways you can change your fate, why did you go this way?"

Tarya's expression froze, and she found that this was indeed a problem: it seemed that from the moment she heard about magic, she had an irrepressible desire to contact and learn magic, and she was deeply sure that she would be able to learn it, and learn it well...

Seeing the other party's hesitation, Nephie secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, because it meant that the initiative of the topic was back in her hands - without waiting for Taria to answer, she continued: "Learning magic is not as simple as learning equestrian and aristocratic etiquette, if you want to master it, you must get rid of all interference, and those who can do this among the nobles are often the most tenacious elites in the family center, do you really confirm that you have this qualification?"

Nefi said a lot in one breath, and finally warned faintly: "If you can't do it, then don't think too much." Learning magic is never a beautiful thing, it can even be said to be boring and painful. ”

"I... I can do it!"

After Talia finished speaking, she also felt as if she was lacking in confidence, but she quickly lifted the money bag that she had been holding in her hand: "I took out all the gold coins, just to ask for a book, if it really doesn't work..."

It seemed that she had overcome a lot of difficulties before she whispered: "It's really not good, then I'll give up." ”

Neffie glanced at the heavy money bag, turned his head to Dawson next to him, and said, "Is there anything left in the upper part of the Elemental Handout?"

Dawson knew what she meant, and shook his head with a wry smile to get the book, and Taria realized that she had really found the "way", looked at Nephi for a few seconds, and finally said, "Thanks... Thank you!"

The thanked Nefi's expression was a little weird, but she still stiffened her face and waved her hand: "That book can be bought for six gold coins, but the things on it may not be understood, if you have questions, you can come to me and ask, don't guess by yourself - by the way, I am here for paid consultation, and answering questions is not free." ”

Taria didn't bargain at all, and immediately performed a standard ladylike salute and smiled with great sincerity.