"If you want to protect these books in this Holy Radiance City, under the nose of the Holy Sect, this association can't do it on my own. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info", said the old mage, looking around at the countless bookshelves that surrounded them.

"When Medea first joined the Mage Guild, she showed her incredible talent and difference, she learned everything quickly, and her thinking was always wild, and we all thought that she would become a great mage, and even the greatest mage who could go down in history, just like the hero King Siluri Relot, and become a hero among mages. ”

But she was also a very strange child, always like the wind, doing whatever she wanted, which prevented her from focusing on magic, which is why some of her subjects were always unsatisfactory. ”

But even so, her strength and talent earned her the title of Pupil of Truth. ”

"I wanted to keep this unpredictable wind in check, to keep her in this association, to let her protect this society, but in the end Medea broke free and left without looking back. ”

Like all old men, the old mage babbled as he recalled, and Al listened quietly, knowing that the best thing he should do now was to listen quietly, and that would be fine.

"Little Al, are you wondering what greatness is, how can you become a great mage? Many mages, including me, believe that only Medea in this generation can become that great. ”

"Isn't Master Sheldon okay?", Al asked reluctantly.

The old mage shook his head, "Maybe he can see faintly, but he can't always touch it." It's like a mountain you see when you're in a hurry, and you always think it's very close, and you can get there with more effort, but it's actually far away. ”

"So, you think the necessary condition is talent, don't you?" Al somehow got angry, and he said angrily, "Because Teacher Medea is a genius, she is born to stand at the top of everyone, and no matter how we jump, we can only touch the corners of her skirt." But I think, at least for now, she is still standing among us, not standing on our heads, talent is like a seed, only if you water it hard, you can only bloom, if you always fish for three days and water it with a net for two days, then this kind of seed will never be able to open. After saying this, he regretted a little, Medea was his teacher after all, and it was really inappropriate to say this, as if he was cursing her.

"But it's always a seed, isn't it?", the old mage glanced at Al with pity, "Medea's talent, Sheldon's devotion to magic, I sometimes think that if they were combined into one, they would be the most perfect and greatest mage." ”

"That's why I'm a half-ass, and I can't touch either side. Al thought with a wry smile, he now understood why he was so angry just now, so angry for Master Sheldon, he was actually for himself, for himself who was not gifted enough, for himself who was destined to become a stepping stone, he could only look up to others, and for what the old mage said, hard work can never catch up with the anger of the cruel theory of talent.

It was only after listening to the old mage's last words that he suddenly realized that he had the right to be angry, and it was Master Sheldon who was really entitled to be angry, not him, Al Edward.

He was just a half-ass, he didn't have Medea's once-in-a-century talent, nor did he have Sheldon's dedication to magic, and he couldn't live without madness, he just used magic as a tool and a weapon, like a hammer in the hands of a blacksmith and a sword in the hand of a warrior, nothing else.

It's ridiculous that he wants to be a "great" mage, and he wants to use what little of the earth he has with him, and he wants to use this just as a fulcrum to pry the door to the truth, which is too arrogant and ridiculous, in the words of Master Sheldon: "too underestimating magic".

With such a mentality, he will one day break his head and bleed on the road of magic, and his nose and eyes are swollen, and the old mage has insight into this, so he is like an old man chatting about homely things, and he has said so much, not only not wanting to hurt his self-esteem, but also wanting to remind him that this is the hard work of a teacher.

There was silence for a moment, until Sheldon came over, and Al stood up abruptly and saluted the old mage, "Thank you very much for your teachings, I have benefited a lot, and I will always remember your care and love for me." ”

Sheldon was startled, and it wasn't until Al left that he asked the old mage, "Teacher, what did you say to him? ”

"It's just some gossip from the old man. Mage Potter looked at Al's departing figure and whispered, "The little guy has a lot on his shoulders, I don't know what that kind of burden is, but I just reached out and helped him remove some of it as much as I could, so that he could stand up straighter and walk faster." ”

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The next day, Al went to the library of the Mage Guild again and met with the old mage.

"Little Al is here. "Sheldon was experimenting in the place we discussed yesterday, and you can catch up with it now." ”

Al smiled and shook his head, "I'm not participating, I'm here today to ask you for advice." He paused and asked very seriously, "Is there any way to increase your strength quickly?"

The smile on Mage Potter's face disappeared, and he asked solemnly, "Little El, have you figured it out?"

Al nodded, "I thought about it all night yesterday, and I thought it clearly, I will not participate in your research with Master Sheldon in the future, and the most important thing for me now is to improve my strength, so I specially came to you for help." ”

After Al returned to the old mansion yesterday, he thought a lot, and the old mage's words touched him a lot, and he repeatedly asked himself: "Why do you study and study magic?", it is true that after Sheldon and Mage Potter got along for a long time, he also gradually liked to study magic, just like Sheldon declared: "Because I like it." ”

He has never forgotten what he studied magic for, to fight against the dark magic that would destroy the kingdom and cause a series of tragedies in the future. And now the research he is involved in Sheldon and Mage Potter, although his theoretical level has improved a lot, it will not be able to enhance his strength in a short period of time, and it will only consume his precious time.

Even if he knows how deep the foundation is, how high the wall is, and the excessive pursuit of power will only cause his foundation to be unstable, and it will be harmful instead of beneficial, but he can't care about it now, so he can only help the seedlings and try to see if he can take a shortcut.