At the ball after the celebration banquet, Princess Elsa accepts Charlie's invitation and the two dance together.

For a while, it became a hot topic in the upper class of Haynes City, and many people turned over the events of a year ago, compared the changes in attitudes before and after, and found that the contrast was amazing, and the two of them could resolve such a deep grudge, which was really amazing.

As a result, everyone sang the praises of Her Royal Highness's generosity and tolerance, but Charlie was rarely mentioned, and occasionally talked about by young people, mostly accompanied by sour tones and indignant curses, of course, they could only vent in private.

As Charlie had predicted, some of the world's critics of him gradually disappeared.

The Magic Ideas Contest was scheduled two weeks after Three Saints' Day, and Charlie only had more than ten days to deal with the business at hand.

Upon his return to Fort William, Charles began to prepare for his apprenticeship, and with the help of the chip, he brought the earth's Arabic numerals and basic arithmetic rules to the continent of Wagland, and added some basic knowledge of plane geometry and space geometry to quickly compile a book of elementary mathematics that would help learn and accurately draw magic arrays.

Then, he saw the first batch of apprentices recruited by Master Ron, 12 young people about fifteen years old, about the same age as him, and the reason why he did not recruit younger children was very simple, the factory needed workers on the production line, and did not need them to have much potential, as long as they had a certain amount of hands-on ability, and mastered the "elementary mathematics" compiled by Charlie, coupled with high-intensity training, they could meet the requirements of the factory.

The 12 handsome-looking teenagers and girls, with five points of gratitude for Master Ron, two points of vision for the future, two points of doubt about their own abilities, and one point of vigilance about the unknown environment, stood in front of Charlie, some of them could not even suppress the trembling of their hands, so they had to hold their trouser legs tightly and grit their teeth to insist.

Charlie glanced at the crowd and smiled what he thought was kind.

"Some of you may know me, some of you may not, let me introduce myself, my name is Charlie, Charlie Pavel, I was once called 'Haynes Yiba', I believe you are very familiar with this title.

Unfortunately soon I will be your mentor, your boss.

If any of you are very repulsed, even disgusted, and do not believe me, then you can turn around at once, go out and turn right, and find Mr. Brian, and he will send you home with a good reward. ”

Speaking of which, Charlie paused deliberately, waiting for them to make a choice. The children looked at each other, and after a brief commotion, none of them left.

Charlie smiled in return, "Very good, it seems that you are all full of longing, you all have dreams, this is a good thing, I admire friends who have dreams."

It's just a pity that I'm going to puncture them right away, and Master Ron's decision to recruit you doesn't mean that you have some undetected magical talents that are deeply hidden.

In fact, with the development of magical civilization to this day, the magic talent survey technology of the Wagland Continent has been very, very mature, and basically it will not misjudge the talent of apprentices.

At worst, it's just that talent reviews can't determine your type of talent, and in that case, you're just as prominent and dazzling, but no one can affirm your value.

Obviously, none of you have the talent to impress......"

These hopeful teenagers' faces darkened, and some even showed dissatisfied expressions, why was it not encouragement when they met, but ridicule?

A teenager interrupted Charlie angrily and said, "What do you mean by that? Is there something wrong with your brain? Calling us here just to show off yourself?!

That's right, we are ordinary civilians, you are the son of the Grand Duke, and you were born with a golden key, but does this mean that you have the qualifications to trample on our dignity?!"

A young man beside him chimed in: "Yes, why do you say that we have no talent? Don't you also carry a bunch of rubbish titles?! Compared to us, you are not even as good as us, what right do you have to criticize us?!"

Charlie waited for the two of them to finish speaking, and said sincerely: "I apologize to you if my words just now hurt your self-esteem, but I don't plan to take them back, because I stated a fact. ”

The first young man let out a cold snort in his nose and laughed: "You are really a hopeless young master, Lao Tzu won't play with you!"

With that, he walked away.

The second boy had no idea of leaving, but he jumped out after the former, and now it was difficult to ride the tiger, he looked at the others, and no more people seemed to react, so he gritted his teeth and rushed out.

Although no more people rushed out, the people who remained in the room looked gloomy, and they no longer had the hopeful energy they had at the beginning, and their spirits were half discharged.

In the room, the atmosphere was very depressing, and even Anna and Yolanda, who were watching from the sidelines, showed worried looks, they didn't know what Charlie was doing, and they needed to comfort these apprentices, but now they were desperately attacking them.

Charlie said, "I know that the people who stay don't all support my point of view, you may just want to know why I said that, why did Master Ron choose you, and what kind of opportunities do you face?"

I will answer these questions in turn.

First of all, I want to congratulate you, you will definitely have a lot more opportunities in the future than the two of you just now, and now I will explain, why do I say that?"

Charlie spread his hands and said, "It's very simple, I don't want to deceive you!"

A child growing up in a civilian neighborhood will have at least two formal opportunities to test your talents at your age: one is the Community Magic Introductory Test at the age of six, which determines the beginning of the magical path, and the other is the final exam after graduating from a community college, which gives you one last chance to prove yourself and decide whether you can enter a more specialized magical academy.

What does it mean that you have been denied both chances? ”

Yes, this is an irrefutable fact, and although the teenagers wanted to refute him, they could not find any reason.

At this time, a girl with short red hair asked, "Then it depends on what kind of talent you are referring to?"

Charlie followed the voice, he saw a pair of stubborn eyes, and said with a smile: "You are not convinced! Yes, I will show you what talent is? Who will perform a first-order spell? Any type can be." ”

The red-haired girl stepped forward and said, "I'll try it!"

I saw her preoccupied, chanting incantations quickly, and in the blink of an eye, a little flame ignited from her right hand, like a small torch, illuminating the surrounding area. As an apprentice from a civilian community, it is rare to be able to release spells in a short period of time, even if it is a first-order spell, as long as she is given some resources, she has the ability to reach the same level as Yolanda, Ron's assistant.

Out of the same hatred and hatred, the other nine teenagers and girls applauded one after another, and their eyes showed a strong fighting intent.

Charlie smiled, raised his right hand, the flames appeared out of thin air, his fingers opened, and suddenly flames several meters high burst out, so frightened that the others couldn't help but scream.

Then, the flames came alive in his hands, sometimes like a handful of shining orange gravel, which he threw into the air and fell again, sometimes like a nimble snake shuttling back and forth in his fingertips, and sometimes it was furious like thunder, setting off a raging storm of fire, but it was always under his control, and did not affect the people around him.

Finally, Charlie grabbed an iron sword, the flame color turned pale blue, blazing, and in the blink of an eye, the blade was burned red and softened, Charlie casually threw it aside, ending the performance.

This didn't look like a first-order spell anymore, and with the limited magical experience of this group of teenagers, it was impossible to tell if it was a spell or a group of spells.

Charlie explained, "If your mental power is far beyond ordinary people, you can control the fire elemental to change any shape, just like you control your own limbs.

If you have a fire affinity, then your fire spells will be much more powerful than others, and first-order spells like this can also burst out with power that is not inferior to second-order or even third-order spells. Moreover, Flame Affinity gives you the ability to learn quickly, meaning that you can master fire magic much faster than anyone who doesn't have the talent.

This is the meaning of talent, the growth of a mage is expensive, and choosing to invest in an apprentice with excellent talent is a consideration of cost, and it is very reasonable to pile up limited resources on the person who is most likely to become a strong person.

So, don't complain about why you didn't get a chance?

Before intuitively recognizing the difference in talent, this group of teenagers had some feelings of inferiority and pride, believing that they were not inferior to others, but only inferior to their humble backgrounds, and their parents could not help in this regard.

Now they have a deep understanding, hope is completely extinguished, and they are caught in an extreme mood of self-denial.

Charlie saw that the atmosphere was almost brewing, so he said loudly: "Like what the two people who left said, it was their own conjecture, we never do meaningless things, and hitting you will not allow me to get any benefits, I said so much, is it to let you recognize the reality, recognize your own situation, and understand what choice you should make?

Now, back to the second and third questions, why did Master Ron pick you over, and what opportunities are you facing?

I can't guarantee that you will become a great magician, because it is obviously not in accordance with the law, and you will not believe it when you say it, but as long as you follow my arrangement, I can guarantee that you will have some opportunities to change your own destiny, so that your family can live a happy life, and even be proud of your profession in the future!"

There was a brief silence in the room, and Yolanda suddenly began to applaud, and soon led the apprentices to applaud, the applause was not particularly enthusiastic, they were still confused, but some impetuous and unrealistic fantasies had been worn out, and only the flame of struggle was left in their eyes.