[The main set chapter, you can jump, but it is not recommended to jump]

The boys who were chosen, except for those who served Master McCarthy that day, were given a one-day break, and the rest of them were still making potions related to the basement.

However, compared to the years in the dark basement, it is clear that their lives are much better now.

For example, you don't have to worry about eating and drinking, you can add two meals a day to three meals, you can also taste whole brown bread, and even drink freshly squeezed snow goat's milk. Each person was given three sets of regular clothes, enough to keep warm in the cold on a snowy day.

The people in the castle began to teach them to learn, and this was the first time that the boys knew the word knowledge, and they began to read and write, although it was a little later at this age, and it was much more difficult, but no matter how slow it was, it could eventually accumulate, and in a week, two weeks, three weeks, they learned how to write their names, and they also knew what some common words meant.

They also gained the freedom, albeit limited, being allowed to move around the corridors of the castle, flipping through the regular books in the small stacks, and being able to use the remaining materials to make some of the starter recipes they had learned from the books while the task was completed. But this limited freedom is precious to these boys.

Hodge, in particular, had already used his free time to go through all the books in the small library while the other boys were holding heavy books just to know two more words.

A whole different world gradually unfolded in front of him.

Hodge thought that this otherworld was only based on the Middle Ages, but after reading these books, he realized that he was wrong, and the people in this world understood the world itself even more than this era.

Herbology, alchemy, astrology.

These are the three disciplines that are enshrined as the cornerstones of humanity.

Among them, astrology is the most mysterious discipline, astrologers observe and understand the laws of the world by observing changing astrological signs, and can even infer changes that have not yet happened on this basis.

They had discovered a hundred years ago that the world they live in is not flat, but resembles a sphere that constantly rotates around the sun.

This spherical world has only one continent, a narrow strip from north to south, and other oceans.

The continent was divided into hundreds of countries hundreds of years ago, large and small, in the past hundred years, first set off a unification war in the south, integrating the entire southern continent, and then the south sent troops to conquer the north, and it took hundreds of years to finally complete the unification of the continent, the new empire became the only power, all the lords must obey the orders of the empire, otherwise they will be regarded as rebellion, the iron hooves of the imperial army have trampled the world once, when necessary, they do not mind repeating history again.

At the same time, Hodge discovers that there is no religion here.

The people living in this world all believe in the same god, he has no name, only as a belief in everyone's heart, according to legend, all the knowledge in the world comes from the gift of this unknown god, the nameless god does not like any service, he prefers to see people work for themselves rather than for the gods, so any form of religion is blasphemy for the gods.

There is something advanced here that is different from the Middle Ages, but this does not mean that the pedantic stench is expelled, and as with all medieval stories, in addition to the traditional princes and nobles, there are also occupations on this continent, and there are also high and low jobs, and the class system is extremely strict.

At the top of the pyramid are the "magicians" and "priests".

Magicians are the darlings of the gods, this intelligent group has the world's most advanced alchemy, and can use the power that ordinary people can't control, every magician is a precious treasure of the empire, this magic road is not easy, resources and talents are indispensable, the official magician recognized by the Magician Guild will be given the title of hereditary nobility by the empire, and obtain fiefs, and enjoy some immunity privileges that ordinary nobles do not have.

Compared to magicians, priests are more humble and pious. Considering themselves to be loyal servants of the gods, they received a rigorous and comprehensive education in the priesthood, and each qualified priest was a polymath, second to none in terms of the methods of improving the fields and the families of the continent, and was particularly skilled in herbology. The gods have bestowed upon them the divine power to try to heal the dying sick when the medicine loses its effect.

The gods wanted people to help each other, and the pastor went to the places where the world needed help. The nobility of the mainland generally believed that a single title of nobility could not be used as a judgment of whether or not they were truly noble, and that only a priest in the family could be called a true nobleman.

In the war of the nobles, even if the defeated side is all killed by the victor, the victorious nobles will never attack the priest of the enemy family, and will even give the other party enough money to return to the priest's city or travel further afield.

This shows the status of the priest in the continent.

The next level is the "knight", where the knight is not equal to the cavalry, or even belongs to the ranks of the soldiers, and they are far from being comparable to ordinary soldiers with their combat skills.

Further down, there are "merchants" and "soldiers"

Then there are the "commoners", and the social status of the "mercenaries" who only work for money is below the social status of the commoners.

At the bottom, it is made up of "slaves".

In addition to this, there is a profession that is not listed in the social status, they are the common enemy of all human beings, and only the word evil can describe their existence.

"Wizard. Hodge whispered as he flipped through the page.

There are similarities between wizards and magicians, just from the perspective of the effect, there is no difference between the witchcraft that wizards are good at and the magic used by magicians, and it is also the use of mysterious power that ordinary people cannot grasp, but there is a big difference in the way it is cast.

Here, magicians do not rely on one or two spells to cast their magic, but the mastery of alchemy allows them to discover a magical medium that resonates with the world, and this medium is essentially alchemical powder, through which the magician can sense the magic flowing in the world and summon them to use it for himself.

Sorcerers, on the other hand, derive their magic from themselves and can perform powerful sorcery without the use of any intermediate substances.

As for the reasons for judging them as evil, there is not a word.

It seems that wizards are equal to evil, and have become something that generally does not need to be explained.

Seeing this, Hodge habitually sneered, and as a person with modern social memories, it is not difficult to guess the reason.

"It's just fear. ”

Human beings are always subconsciously afraid of the unknown, and according to the book, the birth of a wizard is an irregular awakening, and the power in his possession is extremely powerful. Magicians are socially recognized because magic can be explained, whereas witchcraft cannot be analyzed.

For this mysterious unknown, human nature does not choose to accommodate wizards into their circle.

Rather, it is a choice - to erase the unknown.