Chapter 176: Necessary Preparations
Early in the morning, Su Wen finished his daily practice, sat in the small courtyard in front of the apartment, played a few cards in the simulated war chess, and fell into deep thought. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info As the only entertainment during this time, after the first few days of passion, the idea of creating a set of war chess games with memory gradually stabilized, and it has been used by him as a trick when he is extremely bored, and the priority is not high.
After all, there were so many things he had to face before this.
Today is the third day after the end of the Academy's Trials, and it is also the day when the last event of the Entrance Trials is held, that is, the ring match in the Academy's internal training grounds, which truly tests the ability of magicians to fight each other. Unlike a few days ago, this trial was closed and not open to the public, and there was very little information leaked out of the past years other than the results of the competition - however, none of this had anything to do with Su Wen, and Ptolemy's Grand Magus had appointed him not to participate in this multiplayer PvP event, because this evening, he would be attending an academic dinner with this respected elder in the heart of St. Peter's College: Master Durham's Towers.
For this reason, Su Wen had been preparing for two days, but he still did not feel that he could easily cope with all the situations, and he understood the importance of this academic dinner for him, which would be his first step into the magical world of the Duolun Empire. Su Wen never wanted to bet all his treasures on the pit daddy system, so being able to break out of this world with his own ability has always been Su Wen's ultimate goal.
And the motivation that supports this goal is actually very simple, not to explore the mysteries of this world, not to prove his worth, not to the illusory opportunity to return to the original world, this lofty and lofty ideal has long been meaningless, Su Wen just wants that no matter how the world changes, he can control his own destiny, that's all.
So, I'm going to be the Archmage.
This is Su Wen's psychological portrayal today.
I have to say that the ignorant are fearless, just like the people in the market will joke about the king of a country, as if the latter is as close as the old king next door, but only after really understanding can we know how big the gap between the two is. Fortunately, Su Wen has never been blindly confident, although he has a good start that most people dare not think of, but he has always been in awe of magic, a field he has not really set foot in, and because of this, more than tonight's academic dinner, Su Wen maintained an extremely serious attitude and did not dare to be careless.
Suven heard a "squeak" from the wooden fence, and it was Laetitia who had returned.
Laetitia, dressed as usual in a neat maid's outfit, carried a basket full of vegetables and bread, with a slight sweat on her forehead, but her complexion was very good, and she did not have the trance-like appearance of a few days ago, and on her neck, a blue pendant like a drop of water emitted a soft glow in the sun. The long curly hair made Laetitia look a lot smarter, and she brushed her somewhat disheveled bangs and chuckled at Suven.
"Master, you must be hungry, I'll go and prepare breakfast. ā
"Don't worry, Laetitia, how was last night? There are no strange noises, right? You ran out to train before four o'clock today, if I hadn't reacted quickly, you would have sneaked away. ā
Laetitia's face gradually turned red.
"No, it hasn't been seen since that day. I feel like I'm getting more and more energetic and always want to do something to get it out of my head, like training and ...... Well, master, am I a little too much, and if you think too often will cause you trouble, I will keep it in moderation in the future. ā
Although Su Wen didn't know why Laetitia's understanding was slightly skewed, but when this kind of words were said by the woman, the crit effect produced by it was even no less than the lethality of the good guy card.
Su Wen, who was hurt, felt that he was almost a waste.
"I'm going to prepare breakfast first, goodbye host......"
Before Su Wen could answer, Laetitia seemed to sense that something was wrong, and blushed and ran away first.
Su Wen seemed to feel a faint laugh in his head, he looked up dissatisfied, and saw that on the balcony on the second floor, Xiao Shi and a small number of its proliferators in the larger glass bottle were enjoying the sunbathing.
ā...... Hahahaha stupid father, you will never be able to lift your male style in front of your mother in the future!"
"I think you've had enough of a good life, wait, I'll stuff you back in the box when you get up. ā
"Bastard! stupid! Bad, you know how to threaten Xiao Shi, you don't want to think about how long Xiao Shi has been hidden in the snow, really, you will only notice me when you use Xiao Shi, and you are not allowed to lose your temper Xiao Shi!"
"It's only been a few days, but it's just a few months since a guy dragged it out...... Ahem, anyway, I'm busy right now, soak up your sun, don't bother me. ā
Su Wen dropped the deluxe version of the gold-inlaid card in his hand, raised his hand and rubbed out two tongues of fire, seemingly anxious but helpless. Ptolemy has not yet told Su Wen more things related to his research, and Su Wen's magic path has not been used as a reference by any predecessors, and the entire collection of nearly 10 million books in St. Peter's Library seems to have become useless.
Su Wen could even predict how difficult his magic path would be, but this difficulty did not make him retreat, but made him even more impatient.
At the same time, Archmagister Ptolemy did not tell him anything important until the academic dinner, but only told him to behave appropriately when the time came. This attitude is also the source of Su Wen's anxiety, after all, it is about his own future, naturally the more you want to know, the better, but it is undoubtedly reducing Su Wen's pressure, so that he does not need to be overly nervous. After all, the protagonist of this academic banquet will definitely not be Su Wen, but the Ptolemaic Grand Magister, Su Wen is just a practical object among them, to put it mildly, just a small chess piece.
At least for now.
Therefore, most of the preparations Su Wen has made in the past few days are actually studying the aristocratic etiquette and magician etiquette of the Duolun Empire. Su Wen has never paid much attention to these red tapes, but they really can't be learned, as a superpower that has witnessed the ups and downs of the glorious continent for 3,000 years, Duolun attaches great importance to culture and etiquette, and Duolun is definitely one of the best on this continent.
Doing as the locals do, he didn't plan to put on a show.
And just when Su Wen subconsciously let the tongue of fire fly around him, while recalling the magician etiquette and aristocratic etiquette in his head, he suddenly noticed that something appeared on the road outside, red and very festive.
Wait, isn't this Alexin who has disappeared for three days!
On the night of the end of the entrance exam, Su Wen noticed that Alex did not come back, and did not pay much attention to it at the time, and as a result, he did not see her all day the next day, at which point Su Wen finally couldn't sit still and contacted Senior Brother Carlito and informed him about it. However, Carlito, who was reading a book in his study at the time, did not show nervousness after hearing the ins and outs of Su Wen's narration.
Here's how he replied.
"I know all of what you're talking about, and I'm honestly surprised that Alex can win, but her fun-loving personality doesn't mean she stays in the cage and sleeps. She tells you that he wants to have more time at the celebration of the magic festival, and let her go with confidence, nothing will happen, this is at most a grind that must be experienced in the process of growing up. ā
Hone your sister, is it also a tempering to be tricked into a meat poop * device!
Su Wen wanted to roar angrily at that time, but he finally held back. Although Senior Brother Carlito is very small, he doesn't look like he is unreliable, and since he has already said so, it is almost certain that there is the tacit approval of the Ptolemaic Grand Magister behind it, and Alex is also a disciple of this master after all, and it is not his turn to intervene in how he should educate and guide.
Then, on the third day, Alex still didn't see the dragon's shadow, and until now, that is, on the morning of the fourth day after the trial, Su Wen finally saw the stupid dragon that seemed to be squeezed dry.
Su Wen hurriedly put down the work in his hand, took three steps and made two steps to the street, and picked up the crumbling and haggard Alexin.
"Water...... Su Wen is a good person, give the old lady a ......"
The red dragon was weak and weak.
Su Wen helped the red dragon into his yard, Alex seemed to have found a support, his whole body hung limply on Su Wen's arm, and the two huge objects on his chest squeezed Su Wen's shoulders heavily, until Su Wen threw her on his chaise longue, she was paralyzed and half lying in a big shape, looking like she had been played and collapsed, very pitiful.
After drinking two large basins of water, Alex finally regained some of his life.
"Su Wen, the old lady is so miserable!"
She choked up with snot and tears.
Su Wen frowned: "Speak slowly, don't worry, what's going on?"
As a result, the red dragon cried as soon as he spoke.
"The gold coins on the old lady's body are all gone!"
Su Wen's face became more and more gloomy: "Deceived by someone?"
Although Honglong cried sadly, he still shook his head decisively, as if he wanted to try his best to correct the problem in Su Wen's words: "It's not that I've been cheated, it's that I've lost everything, my mother has gambled in a gambling city for three days, and now the poor can't even afford a glass of water......
ā......ā
Su Wen was silent for a while.
"Are you in debt?"
"They said that they could mortgage their assets to continue playing, but the gold coins were gone, and the old lady didn't want to play anymore!"
"That's okay, I'll accompany you on a trip, if you lose so much, you must be deceived, gambling is such a thing, there is no dealer who does not cheat, in Tuscany, we have nothing to fear. ā
"But they didn't cheat, it's the old lady's bad luck......"
"I'm starting to understand Brother Carlito's thoughts, stop talking nonsense, eat something first, and then I'll accompany you on a trip. After Su Wen finished speaking, he shouted in the direction of the kitchen of the apartment, "Leticia, prepare two more kilograms of bread for breakfast!" (To be continued.) )