CHAPTER XXXIII
Under normal circumstances, neutral talents are sent to the Imperial Academy of Magic, where they are further measured by specialized mid-level magicians in the Measurement Academy until there is an accurate result, which may take a few weeks, half a year or even longer.
In fact, the assay team is to find out the children with neutral talents, like Feleg, who are directly recognized by the Becca magician, and must be able to become a magician, and it is almost impossible to find them. If you find one, you don't need to enter the Measurement School at all, and you will be directly brought into the Magic School by those magicians who are waiting to accept apprentices for individual guidance.
Merlin's situation is indeed quite special, she has already passed the age of measurement, and it can be known from Francis's words that this is the second time she has been tested.
"Miss Merlin, tell me your age, and have you ever been to the Imperial Academy of Magic?" Feleg was used to being a magician, and even when facing Merlin, who was older than him, he naturally called her by her name.
"I'm eighteen years old and haven't been to the Imperial Academy of Magic. Merlin replied calmly.
"Oh?" Feleg looked at Merlin in surprise, and sure enough, it was a little strange. Magical talent can't be changed, and if it's also a neutral talent when she's eight years old, she's supposed to have gone to the Imperial Academy of Magic.
Standing up, Feleg walked up to Merlin and looked him up and down, this was just curiosity, whether a person had magical talents, it was absolutely impossible to tell from the outside.
"Hmm...... This ......" Francis Magician coughed twice and stood up.
"Do you have anything to say?" said Feleg, surprised, the old fellow seemed to know something, and refused to tell himself just now, and then interjected again.
"Yes, the Cushings are the big families in the kingdom of Mecca, and Merlin's father was a duke of the Empire, and it would have been possible to establish his own principality. However, the old Duke of Cushing had a good relationship with Prince Mecca and preferred to live here, and Miss Merlin was given the title of Baroness of the Imperial Order when she got married, so she could now wear the family crest as well. ”
"Oh, that's right. Only then did Feleg understand that the girl in front of her had a great background, the dukes of the empire were nothing, there were more than two hundred dukes that had been established, and there were even more dukes who had no power and power. Listening to the meaning of Francis's words, it is clear that Duke Cushing is still full of influence.
But if you think about it, it's still not right, maybe the Cushing family has the ability to create a talent magic pill, but it will definitely not be wasted on a girl.
"Miss Merlin, what other brothers and sisters do you have in your family?" asked Feleg, seeing Francis's somewhat appreciative gaze, and it seemed that he had guessed correctly.
"My father has only one daughter under his knees. Miss Merlin's face darkened, and she looked up again, looking at Feleg with a determined gaze. She didn't expect that the mage sent by the Imperial Academy of Magic was so young that he could get the badge of the magician, and after just asking a few words, he had already guessed eight or nine points, and it was really powerful, and her heart moved, and she had a new idea.
Fleg was silent, this matter is indeed not easy to do, it is obvious that Merlin has taken items such as talent magic pills, which can improve magic talents, but the results are not ideal, only reaching neutral talents, whether he can become a magician, the probability is very low.
Even if she really becomes a magician in the future, she will only be the lowest magician, the magic talent is difficult to change, but it is the most important magician, relying on the improvement of medicinal power, after Merlin barely becomes a magician, it will be several times more difficult than others, or even dozens of times.
"Dear Lord Feleg, I wish I could become your magic apprentice, or your follower. Merlin looked at Feleg, whose face was getting worse and worse, and then said, "I have the badge of a mid-level fifth-level samurai, and if I really can't, let me be your maid." Merlin gritted his teeth.
Magic apprentice? That's absolutely impossible, not to mention that Feleg himself is not a graduate himself, and only accepts half a year's guidance from the teacher, even if he can accept an apprentice, it is impossible to accept an apprentice with such a talent as Merlin.
As for followers, it's even more of a joke, high-level magicians, there will be many people who want to become their followers, and among these followers, there are extraordinary martial arts and strong fighting spirits.
They become followers of magicians for various reasons, but the ultimate goal is only one, that is, to follow in the footsteps of the strong and charge towards higher goals, so only powerful magicians will have followers. In addition to high-level magicians, those powerful royal families and great nobles will also have many followers, and even some extremely powerful samurai will also have followers.
As a magician, Feleg does not have the strength to be followed, not to mention that Merlin does not look like a powerful samurai, there are mid-level samurai everywhere, and it will not bring much help to the followers, but her identity is a little special.
Dean Albot said that don't take followers lightly, they don't just add help to the magician, they don't just bring service, and similarly, the magician has a lot of obligations and responsibilities to the followers.
As for the maid, it's even more ridiculous, Merlin is the only daughter of the Cushing family, can she serve people?
As soon as the door opened, the Duke of Cushing slowly walked into the room with the support of two maids, and Merlin stepped forward to take the place of a maid, hugged his father, and lowered his head, not daring to look at the old duke's face. What he just said was really embarrassing for the family, and he actually said such a thing as a maid.
There was no need to ask, Feleg also knew that the old man in front of him was the patriarch of the Cushing family, Lord Duke, and seeing that there was no surprise on Francis's face, he knew that he had long known that the duke was here. Thinking about the Dean's expression at that time, it turns out that these people all know what is going on.
As long as there are people, there is such a thing as affection, but unfortunately the magic talent is not human, even if he has taken the talent magic pill, no magician is willing to accept an apprentice like Merlin, so the dean handed over the trouble of Merlin to himself.
Francis was more relaxed, he was only an intermediate magician, and he was already over seventy years old, and Duke Cushing's energy was so great, naturally he would not take a fancy to such a magician.
"Hello Feleg Magician, to become a magician at such a young age is really promising. Duke Cushing said with a smile, and after a few words, he had begun to gasp, and it seemed that he was in very bad health.
"Hello, Lord Duke. "Feleg performed a magician salute, he liked it very much, and it was not rude to face anyone, even the monarch of the empire.
"With your wisdom, you already understand the whole thing. Merlin did take the Talent Elixir, but it didn't seem to work very well. The old duke smiled self-deprecatingly.
He set up an immortal honor for the Oakland Empire, if he wanted to establish his own principality, it would be easy, but unfortunately it would be of no use to him, the Cushing family was thin, and when it came to grandchildren, there was only one granddaughter, Merlin, what was the use of a principality?
It wasn't until ten years ago, after the eight-year-old Merlin was determined that he had no magical talent, the old duke gritted his teeth, and used the huge wealth he had earned from his life's efforts, coupled with his vast connections, and the strength of ten years, and his great favor, in exchange for an incomparably precious talent magic pill, but unfortunately this drug was far worse than he expected.
The Imperial Academy of Magic is not so easy to enter, even if the Duke can talk directly to Emperor Wu Tian, it is impossible to achieve his goal, so he has to send his granddaughter here. In the School of Magic, those magicians who have deep relationships naturally know about Merlin's affairs for a long time, and they can only let magicians who have no interpersonal relationships and have little understanding of things to face it.
Obviously, the old duke's energy is really good, and even the dean Albert can touch it, so the old guy chose Feleg, the youngest magician in the Auckland Empire, to introduce him to the old duke in this way, as for the final result, naturally he doesn't need to worry.
"Lord Duke, with your net worth, you don't need to worry about Miss Merlin's future life, why do you have to make her a magician?" asked Fleg, a little undecided.
"Magician Feleg, the Talent Magic Pill has spent most of my wealth, and even so, the rest is enough for Merlin to live for a lifetime or even several generations, but after my death, with the current Merlin, is it capable of protecting them?" said the Duke.
Looking at the expression on Duke Cushing's face, Feleg thought that what he said was not all the truth, and looked down for a while, but did not ask directly, if he didn't want to say it, it was useless to ask himself.
"The Cushing family's current financial situation is not very good, but they can still come up with some good magic materials to ......."
This doesn't seem to be of much use to magicians, at least Feleg doesn't have the slightest interest, there are a lot of elemental ores in the valley grasslands, and countless memory metal ores, and with these two alone, Feleg is already a rich country.
Now he is no longer a little hairy man who didn't understand anything when he first walked out of the Demon Realm Forest, he knows very well how amazing the wealth contained in that ring mountain range is.
Looking at Duke Cushing's expectant gaze, and then at Merlin with a determined face, Feleg sighed, nodded lightly and said: "Duke Cushing, for the time being, I can't accept her as a magic apprentice, three years, I will give her three years, if her performance satisfies me, she can become my official magic apprentice, other than that, I can't promise you anything." ”。
"No problem, if you need anything......".