Chapter VII Apprenticeship
Getting out of the carriage, Li Xuan endured the soreness of his buttocks, and rode on the back of the horse again, his body shaking with the small arc of the horse.
It's not that he has to suffer this crime, it's just that in more than a week, Li Xuan has gradually smoothed out many things, and horseback riding is one of the compulsory courses in this world.
It has been 12 days since he left the abandoned Findrun, and Li Xuan has learned a lot of information in these 12 days. The last day that Pisver can remember in his memory is more than 400 years ago.
From this group of people, Li Xuan learned that the Age of Chaos lasted for a full 139 years before it ended, and then the Divine Age began, and it was now 310 years of the Divine Era.
And the old George who lured himself into this world, the old housekeeper and the young lady of the Stanlini family in the carriage have never heard of it. Thinking about the contract signed with Old George, Li Xuan always had a strange emotion in his heart, such a thing as loyalty to a family, Li Xuan really never thought about it, but the fact that he crossed into this world is inseparable from the Stanlini family. Now only after following them to the Stanlini family to cure Vivien's father, Viscount Orin, of the strange illness, is considering whether to go or stay.
From the mouth of Kassan, the big-breasted captain who played with the short bow, Li Xuan learned a lot about this world. Simple and complex, the group's destination is the city of Carroston, a city-state loyal to the Duchy of Zereva, which in turn is subordinate to the Empire of Arissanret. The powerful Arissanite Empire had a total of nine subordinate principalities that were loyal to him, from which Li Xuan could faintly feel the strength of the Arissanrite Empire.
Kassan's small group of mercenaries has no permanent residence, often joins with new partners, and sometimes has friends who leave, and over the years, she has traveled to many principalities, and even once to the Jun'en Empire in the southwest.
Although in Kassan's eyes, Carouston City is just a town that will leave after staying for a while, but even so, Li Xuan has learned a lot about Carouston from her. Carroston was only the domain of the Stennis family, not a fief, and although the fief of the Stellini family was also in Carroston, the fief was not large.
There are seven counts in the entire Duchy of Zereva, and there are many cities, including the main city, a total of twenty-four cities, although each count is in charge of 3 or 4 cities, but most of the cities are managed by many viscounts under his subordinates, although the number of viscounts in the Duchy of Zereva is not many, but there are not many who are willing to be busy with territorial affairs all day long.
From a fief of the nobility, you can see a lot of things, Carroston is the southwesternmost town of the Duchy of Zereva, this is a city-state used to defend both the Junn Empire and the Duchy of Dunslemont, once the war starts, it is a battleground for soldiers, and the performance of the historical city of Carouston also proves this, which has changed hands many times.
Economically, Carloston has its own peculiarities, half of the mercury production of the Duchy of Zereva is produced here, in addition to a large number of crystal mines and gem mines, it is a city-state that relies on resources to develop, and therefore has a lot of resource trade, so that the city of Carloston and its surrounding towns are connected to each other. The Stanlini family has been rooted in this city-state for hundreds of years, and the family has not been very prosperous, and there has never been a clansman who is good at fighting, and has only inherited the title of viscount, and has not been crowned with a higher canonization. On the other hand, many other noble families have risen and fallen for hundreds of years, with ups and downs, some of which are new to military exploits, and some of which are lost to strife. Looking at it this way, Stanlini is one of the families with the longest inheritance in the principality.
It seems that the Stanlini family is not as simple as it seems, and the family that can be inherited for hundreds of years in a border city that has changed hands several times must have its own unique inheritance heritage, Li Xuan thought.
"Your Excellency Li Xuan. A head poked out of the carriage, and Vivien beckoned to Li Xuan.
"What's the matter?" Li Xuan didn't want to have too much to do with this beautiful, strong, and curious daughter of the viscount. In addition, he didn't want his identity as a mage to be exposed, and specially told everyone that in terms of titles, he was not allowed to call himself Mr. Mage or His Excellency Mage. Although everyone had a lot of doubts about this, and they also talked about something in private, they all expressed their approval, and when they passed through two towns and several villages along the way, everyone also behaved very trustworthy, and it was obvious that they were a good team.
"May I invite you into the carriage? ask you for something?" Vivien blinked, her eyes full of hope.
Li Xuan looked at the little girl with a helpless expression, but he still nodded slightly, turned off the horse, and boarded the carriage. Although this doesn't want to have too much intersection with this girl, it doesn't prevent Li Xuan from appreciating her, and there are not many children who can travel thousands of miles to find the root of their seriously ill father, so they don't want to disappoint this filial girl too much.
After Li Xuan got into the carriage and sat down, Vivian sat up and said with a solemn expression: "You said before that all people, even a farmer, can become a mage as long as they have learned. You haven't started thinking about your future trip yet, and I want to become your disciple and learn magic from you. ”
Li Xuan listened to Vivian's words, but did not answer her immediately, looking at Vivian's nervous and embarrassed appearance, he had a faint headache, I don't know why, he didn't want to refuse her. Along the way, his status in the team was transcendent, and he was quite indifferent to everyone else, but for some reason he was very kind to Vivian, and this unwarranted kindness always reminded Li Xuan of that mysterious contract. And along the way, Vivian's many invitations and whimsical inquiries, Li Xuan was also able to answer her patiently. Li Xuan knew that she had mustered up the courage to ask herself questions, and she was even trembling when she greeted her for the first time.
"That's what I said. Li Xuan spoke slowly. In Pisford's memory, there were many types of magic, ranging from simple to complicated, and the gap between them was also very large, and there were some simple spells that could be cast with enough learning and understanding. It's just the mastery and mastery of magic that is difficult.
"Learning magic is not easy, I can teach you some magic knowledge, but how much you can learn depends on your talent and hard work. Li Xuan said slowly, for some reason, he still agreed to a lot of resistance in his heart.
"Really? That's great. Thank you. No, I should call you Sensei. Vivien was so excited that she almost pounced on Li Xuan, but she finally remembered some of the reserved manners of the aristocracy. tried to stand up and salute Li Xuan very seriously, but was directly stopped by Li Xuan.
"Let's start now, Teacher!" Vivien sat down, and Vivien's face was excited and excited.
"Good. Li Xuan had a helpless expression on his face, and after thinking for a while, he slowly asked, "What kind of cognition do you have about magic?"
"My father never let me go to the Magic Guild, I only know Master Giroud, and I heard Butler Kade say that Master Giroud is a very great magician who is good at fire and earth......" The Viscount's daughter's chattering voice was serious and interesting, from her mouth Li Xuan knew that she actually had no concept of magic at all, and she had rarely seen a mage cast spells, in her eyes magic was mysterious and unpredictable, and it was not much different from before she accepted Pisver's memory.
In Pisliver's memory, it was difficult to become a good mage, and the biggest obstacle was talent, and an apprentice with a gifted sense of the elements was often easier in the process of learning magic.
Human beings' perception of magical elements is relatively weak, but human mages who are good at borrowing from external objects have invented the meditation house and the awakening liquid, in the meditation room, taking the awakening liquid to reach a certain dose, even ordinary farmers can easily perceive the magic element. But it is not easy to build a meditation house, it requires a lot of resources, as well as frequent infusion of high-level magic power of the four series. In addition to many complex materials and complicated configuration processes, it is also necessary to have extremely strong magic control, and generally only high-level elven mages can make a more perfect configuration of the awakening liquid. Few ordinary human mages are able to perfectly concoct the Awakening Liquid.
Pisford is a half-elf born of a union between an elf and a human. In the half-elves, there is a distinction between the paternal blood half-elf and the maternal blood half-elf, and only the paternal blood half-elf inherits the special perception of the elven clan for the magic element, and many paternal blood half-elves have a perception of the magic element even beyond the ordinary elf. On the other hand, the matrilineal half-elves have a much better perception of magical elements than ordinary humans, but they rarely reach the level of elves.
In the elven race, few male elves will combine with human women, and most male elves do not have a good impression of human women, and even think that humans are cunning, scheming and like to fight. Therefore, the elves who are united with humans are often female elves, forced to combine with powerful human males. There are only a handful of male elves who are truly willing to marry human women, and Pisver's father, Greel, is a typical example.
Li Xuan found that teaching an apprentice was not an easy task, and it was obviously even more difficult if he was still a chattering female apprentice. After less than an hour in Mali, he vaguely began to regret his hasty behavior, and looking at Vivien in front of him, he couldn't help but rub his temples, and patiently continued to educate her about Pisver's understanding of magic.
"And what shape are they?" Vivien interrupted Li Xuan again.
Taking a deep breath and resisting the urge to scold his mother, Li Xuan squeezed out a smile and slowly explained: "Have you ever seen the fog in the early morning? When you can perceive the magic element, you can find that the magic element is like a mist, permeating us. ”
"I wish I could see that soon. Vivien's eyes were misty, and she began to fantasize as she cupped her cheeks.
"The magic elements perceived by everyone are not the same, people who are more sensitive to the water element will perceive it like a light blue mist, while those who are sensitive to the fire element perceive a faint red, the earth element is dark brown, and the air element is white. Li Xuan said slowly.
"What about you, teacher, what color do you perceive?" asked Vivien.
"Hehehehe, you want to ask the teacher what department he is good at, right?" Li Xuan smiled and narrowed his eyes, and slowly stretched out a hand, as if he was touching something, and in a trance, his whole world was filled with colorful mist.