Such a "simple" and "sincere" Lucien, so that Victor couldn't hold back anymore, Harry laughed, tears were about to flow out, and the others, whether it was Rhine, or Lot, Phyllis, etc., all laughed very violently, and failed to maintain their demeanor, even the old gentleman Xavier, shook his head and smiled, but Anne, Colin and other students who had not yet been able to study music with Victor laughed with faint bitterness and jealousy.

Lucien looked at everyone's reactions in confusion, probably understanding that his lack of common sense caused some joke, but seeing that they were not strange and confused, it shouldn't be too serious, so he asked out loud, "Mr. Victor?"

Victor coughed a few times, restrained his smile, and looked at Lucian seriously: "I mean, Lucian, are you willing to learn music with me?" Although you are older, the road of music is more about talent, and even if you are generally talented, you can become a qualified musician by studying with me for a few years, and you don't have to worry about your future life. ”

Then he paused and humorously added, "Of course, the tuition is free." ”

This made Lott, Rhein, and the others chuckle again.

For Victor, his pupils are divided into three kinds, one is to learn the written word, 5 ginnars per month, if he takes a fancy to him and gets permission, he can become a second type of student, a student who studies music with him, 10 silvernars per month, and only when he studies music, shows outstanding talent or talent, can he become his third type of student, who can perform with him, and use his connections and fame to be a true disciple.

There is only one such disciple, Victor, and he has become an excellent musician.

And Lot, Phyllis, and Herodotus all belong to the second type, and if Lucien agrees, it will also be the second type, but the tuition fee of 10 silver narls per month will be waived.

Although Victor teaches students about 7 gold talers a year, which is equivalent to the best kind of non-businessmen in the civilian class, that is, the annual income of a qualified musician, such as Anne's father, the Aalto city court clerk's salary is only 15 gold talers a year, but the vast majority of Victor's income comes from the nobles, Performances invited by other national music associations are normally 100 quintals a year, and this is a high level that can be achieved by people in high society who do not have their own estates and do not know how to do business.

So even if Victor turned down all the invitations in the last year and couldn't make ends meet, there was still nothing wrong with waiving Lucian's tuition.

Lucien didn't expect Victor's thanks to him to accept him as a student studying music, and for a while, he was a little hesitant, but soon, Lucien thought of the contents of the witch's notes and his thoughts about repaying Uncle Joel's family, and thought to himself:

"For the time being, I don't know where the road is a good place to learn magic, then for a long time, I'm afraid I will have to continue to live in Aalto, after all, this is the largest and most prosperous city in the west, the closest to the dark mountains, and the most mixed people, if you want to find magic materials and information, it is much more convenient here, in this case, it is a good choice to disguise the identity of a magician as a music student or musician, and earn the money you need, which is a very respected profession in Aaltoke. ”

Since he planned to start studying magic in Aalto, Lucien didn't want to make money with the various inventions and creations in the library, because it would easily attract the attention of the church, and it would not be too late to do so when he found a place or country where he could safely learn magic.

The thoughts in his heart were quickly sorted out, and Lucien smiled sincerely: "Thank you, Mr. Victor, I hope you can teach me beautiful and elegant music. ”

Victor nodded with satisfaction: "Lucian, your simplicity, diligence, seriousness and intelligence are something I have rarely seen, and I hope you can achieve some achievements on the road of music in the future." ”

After saying this, even if Lucien was officially allowed to study music with him, Annie, Colin and the others suddenly became a little lost and unhappy.

"I'm really not pure. Lucien couldn't help but retort in his heart, he just didn't have common sense just now, and at the same time felt that the gazes of Colin, Renee and the others looking at him were quite complicated.

Victor called Ace in, returned Lucian's five silver narls to him, and then invited Rhine and Xavier to the study, thanked them privately, and asked Lot, Phyllis, and Herodotus to stay in the piano room to practice, and so on to cooperate in continuing to renovate the harpsichord.

Lucian, because he had no musical foundation, borrowed the "Dictionary of Common Words", and went out of the hall to go home.

"Hello, Lucien. Brown-haired, blue-eyed, and small, slender features, Renee suddenly rushed up from behind, showing a sunny smile, "I'm Renee, Renee? Weisz, you're really talented at learning words and languages." ”

Lucien was busy going back to check the dictionary to read the witch's notes thoroughly, how could he be in the mood to talk to Renee: "Hello, Renee, I left late today, I still have urgent matters, I'll have a good chat with you another day, I'm sorry, I'm in a hurry." ”

"It's no coincidence, you're busy with your went, Lucien, see you later. Renee's smile faltered, but she quickly recovered, full of understanding and thoughtfulness.

At this time, Anne and the aristocratic male student Simak passed by Lucien, snorted faintly, and then without looking at the two, kept a graceful step, and walked out of the gate.

Behind them and Lucien, Renee's smile froze, she didn't expect that she just wanted to establish a normal personal friendship with Lucien, which actually made Annie dissatisfied, and the deliberate approach and curry favor of the past few days was completely wasted.

Colin and Davy glanced at Renee with a sneer, then looked deeply at Lucien's back and shook their heads, why didn't they have such good luck.

............

When he returned to his cottage in the district of Adjan, it was only five o'clock in the afternoon, and Aalto, who was close to the hot summer, was still bright, and Lucien made an excuse to study hard, and told Aunt Elisa not to go to her house for dinner in the evening, and then baked a black loaf of bread to satisfy her hunger, and as for the good thing of waiving the tuition fees and returning all the eight silver nars to Aunt Elisa, he postponed telling them about the family to-morrow.

At this time, there is nothing more important for Lucien than reading the witch's notes and learning magic!

After eating the black bread, Lucien locked the wooden door that had been repaired, laid out the paper and quill, and made a study appearance, before opening the soul library and quickly adding the dictionary to it.

With that done, Lucien opened the witch's magical notes and read them carefully against the dictionary.

With the experience and accumulation of the previous few days, by about ten o'clock in the evening, Lucian had already deciphered all the contents of the magic notes except for the last few pages, and he breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart:

"It seems that the witch's ancient Silvanus script is not very learned, so the magic notes are very detailed, some even copy the notes of the family ancestors, I can completely learn magic according to her records, but her magic notes only end on how to become an official magician, and I need to find another way later, or reverse learning the ancient Silvanus script from the magic notes, and deciphering the Book of Stars and Elements. ”

Regardless of what happens after becoming a full-fledged magician, Lucien is now ready to start learning magic.

According to the records of witches, in the ancient magic empire, magic was recognized as the mysterious changes of the four basic elements of earth, fire, wind, and water under the action of spiritual power, and later added light, darkness, soul, etc., and could summon monsters from hell, abyss or other alien spaces, so magic was divided into eight factions: elemental system, astral system, necromantic system, illusion system, summoning system, force field system, change system, alchemy system, and "Book of Stars and Elements" It is a spell book that mainly focuses on the elemental and astral systems, and contains a small amount of magic from other factions.

Before becoming a full-fledged magician, one cannot learn one-ring magic, only informal magic, known as a magic apprenticeship.

The spell structure of informal magic is very simple, in Lucian's opinion, it is just a clear rune composed of standard geometric patterns at the junior high level, which is simpler than a six-pointed star, and then it can be cast by reciting its pronunciation and using the corresponding magic materials to form a rune with mental power.

According to the standard of spiritual power, that is, the number of informal magic that can be used at one time, from full to dry, magic apprentices are divided into three levels, apprenticeship, formal, and advanced, which are five, ten, and twenty respectively.

After tempering your spiritual power and soul through meditation to a certain limit, you can use the potion to construct a one-ring spell imprint model in your soul.

Those who can successfully construct one will become a full-fledged magician, and the casting of this spell will not require the cooperation of spells, spellcasting materials, and gestures, but only depends on whether the mental power is exhausted and whether it is still in the buffer period of the previous magic.

After reading this, Lucien suppressed his eagerness to try, and continued to decipher the last few pages, intending to read them in their entirety first.

"I met another magician today, and in Aalto I actually met other magicians! ”

After reading a page, Lucien suddenly deciphered this important content, Aalto really has other magicians!

Suddenly, Lucien perked up and continued to interpret:

"I found a strange red-eyed rat in the sewers, it smelled of magic, I don't know where it came from, I haven't found it for a long time. ”

"After experiments, this red-eyed mouse reproduces extremely quickly, has toxic blood, is mildly hallucinogenic and paralyzed. ”

"Combined with the Lapland Blood Vine, the effect is unexpectedly good, and the magic trap I envisioned can finally be arranged. ”

"Who cultivated them?"

Seeing this, Lucien couldn't help but glance at the ground, if the red-eyed rats were not magical creatures cultivated by witches, whose were they, and what other dangers were there in the sewers?

So Lucien hurriedly explained:

"I met the magician again, and his view of magic was so different, very knowledgeable, and had a fascinating charm. ”

"However, he went so far as to say that ancient magic, except for many powerful and weird spells that can be referred to and used, is completely outdated, is an obscurantist, instinctive exploration, how is it possible?!"

"He showed me a magic book that he treasured, it was not thick, it was a kind of book called a periodical, this magic book was called "Arcane", according to his explanation, "Ao" represents the knowledge of the origin and operation laws of the world, and Arcane is the meaning of the essence and principle of magic, which is very interesting. ”

"The first issue of Arcane was published more than three hundred years ago, and on the first page there was an article by a great Arcanist, a speech from one of his magical conferences. ”

Judging by his expression, he had great respect for the Grand Arcanist, even to the point of worship. ”

"I read this article carefully, and there is a trembling feeling all over my body, I don't even know how Lu Dao got home, my mind is messy, I want to record it, why did I never think about this?"

These lines of text, like most of the text on the last page, the letters are large and small, undulating, and appear messy and trembling, as if their owner is in a rather agitated mood, and Lucien deciphers it suspiciously, wanting to see what the article that has kept the witch from calming down for so long:

"Ladies and gentlemen, many years ago, our revered ancestors of mankind, from dragons, from elves, from giants, from demons, The devil and various magical creatures learned how to use spiritual power, and then through the analysis of their body structure and blood characteristics, they gradually fused their bloodlines, transformed their bodies, invented a lot of meditation methods to enhance their spiritual power, and referred to the structure of the magic patterns inside and outside their bodies, created various magic, and thus obtained a powerful force, drove the demons back to the abyss, kicked the devil back to hell, and let the dragons, elves, and giants either retreat to the remote and uninhabited mountains. The wilderness and the alien space have either surrendered to our feet. ”

"The glorious victory made the ancient legendary magicians more persistent in their pursuit of strength, to the abyss, to hell, to all kinds of alien space conquests, until the Cult of Truth grew, and in just a few hundred years, the three major magic empires were destroyed, and the glory of the past turned into today's bitterness, confusion and despair. ”

"Dear gentlemen and ladies, it's time to be still, not to be fooled by the amount of force, it's time to calm down and think about something, we need to figure it out:"

"What is the nature of magic?"

"What kind of creature has mental power?"

"What is the nature of mental power?"

"In what form does it exist?"

"Are earth, fire, wind, and water the basic elements, and if so, in what form and by what laws do they constitute this wonderful world? If not, what are they? What should be the magical elements?"

"What is the nature of the soul?"

"Are souls and consciousness different, and if so, in what form does consciousness exist?"

"Do we need 'tools' to illustrate and help build magic models?"

"God exists or not, and if so, what is His essence and form of existence? What is the form of existence of the vampire ancestor Etna, and why can he not die?"

"Why do they have a sun and a silver moon in this world, what do they rise and set every day, and what is the force that allows them to maintain this kind of operation? If we ask more about these seemingly normal things in the material world, we will find that we still don't understand the truth, whether these truths, laws, and knowledge are related to magic, whether they can be combined with magic, and whether they can help us explore the essence of the magical world?"

"Your dear friend, Douglas. ”