Chapter 7: Stein's Gift

In the morning, when Andy and Brown Sr. were having dinner, Brown Sr. mentioned that in the evening three days later, the Phillips would have a coming-of-age dinner for Andy at their estate. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In this world, it is a very important custom to hold a coming-of-age ceremony when you are an adult. Men are sixteen years old and women are fifteen years old.

It is common to have a banquet and then invite all friends and family to attend. The original Eddie Charles originally wanted to become a low-level wizard apprentice and then make a splash at the bar mitzvah, but unfortunately it backfired, and his sixteenth birthday was spent in bed.

Now the Phillips have heard that Andy has recovered, so they want to help Andy make up for the bar mitzvah

Phillips was a grain merchant in Andath City and used to be good friends with Andy's father, Sir Charles. In order to obtain tax exemptions, many of Phillips' properties are now under the name of Sir Charles.

Andy and Brown Sr. were cared for by the Phillips in Dallas City. Mrs. Leafps even joked that she would marry her daughter Gerala to Andy when he was promoted to a wizard's apprenticeship.

Andy didn't care much about the coming-of-age ceremony or anything, seeing that Old Brown looked serious, decorating the venue, inviting guests and other things were all entrusted to Old Brown.

Suddenly, an owl opened Andy's window with its talons and flew in. Andy didn't look too surprised.

He knew it was the wizard's messenger. As long as the level 3 sorcery "Courier Contract" is required, small creatures can be cultivated into couriers. Once a creature has made a contract with a wizard courier, it will be able to share a protective force field with the wizard and gain a massive speed bonus.

Andy removes a bound scroll from the owl's talons and opens it to see the contents of the scroll, "Wizard's Tower - Stein".

Andy hurriedly said goodbye to Old Brown and went out in the direction of the Wizard Tower.

Wizard Stein did not meet Andy in the lab, but in the living room. When Andy arrived, he was talking to a middle-aged man in uniform. Seeing this middle-aged man, Andy's pupils shrank.

This is John Knight, a follower of Stein Wizard and the husband of Kelly, the chief maid of the Wizard Tower. Four days ago, he had said that something had called Kelly away at home, so that Sally could take over Kelly's duties. After Sally's accident, it was he who investigated the cause of Sally's death or came to the conclusion that Sally died at the hands of bandits.

Andy quietly saluted Stein and greeted Knight Han. Stein looked anxious and gave Andy a letter without even inviting him to sit down. Said

"I'm going to take care of some things soon, I'm going to travel far away, and I'm going to come back uncertainly. Sighing, Stein then said, "It's time for you to have a coming-of-age ceremony, I'm afraid I won't have a chance to attend." This letter should be considered a gift for your bar mig."

"Teacher, what is this?"

Before Andy could finish asking, Stein explained, "Since you're an adult, you should have your own career." This is a letter of recommendation addressed to Count Louis of the Southern Satrian province. That's a kind and generous elder, and you can be a clerk under him first. Once you can break through the knight rank. For my sake, he will most likely give you a knightly fief. I heard that you have a good talent for martial arts, and if you can get the appreciation of Count Louis, it is not impossible for you to be canonized as a noble knight in the future. ”

"Teacher, I'm ......"

"I know you're reluctant, and that's the best choice. Maybe if you had practiced martial arts without distractions from the beginning, you would have been able to be promoted to knight by now. Go to Satrian Province and I'll let John escort you there, which is located in the south, far from the war, and best suited for the Charles family to spread out. As for the sorcery you've learned, it's a beautiful dream......"

As he said this, Stein's unquestioning voice began to muffle, as if he remembered some unbearable past. Thinking of the impending parting, Stein couldn't help but look up at the young man in front of him carefully, and then he was stunned.

"It's ...... It's ......" Stein had an unexpected look on his face

"It's a mental power fluctuation, you've succeeded! You're already a beginner wizard apprentice. ”

"yes," Andy smiled, "thanks to the teacher's Nobeisu potion, I was able to make it so quickly." ”

Stein also smiled and said, "The potion is only an auxiliary, and the focus is on itself." ”

"I didn't have any hope that you would become an apprentice in witchcraft. You must know that the wizard's promotion has the highest success rate only when you try to level up for the first time. If it doesn't work out the first time, it will be more difficult the next time. ”

"It is easy to recover from the damage of mental backlash, but it is difficult to adjust people's mentality. It's amazing that you can get out of the shadow of failure so quickly and succeed in leveling. With such perseverance, even if you don't have good qualifications, maybe you can really go further on the path of wizarding. ”

Andy's face was slightly hot, what to get rid of the shadow of failure, what to stoic, he said he was completely unaware.

He didn't think about anything, he was easily promoted, and his mental power had reached the level of a mid-level wizard apprentice. I really want to learn level 1 witchcraft in two days and advance again, and then look at the expression on Stein's face.

Of course, he was just thinking about it, and he would never do it if he was wary of everything around him. He just wanted Stein to express that he was determined not to give up the study of witchcraft.

"Do you have a soul talent awakening?" Stein asked expectantly.

"Friends of apprentices"

"Haha, well, although the strong memory talent does not have an obvious advantage after the realm is high, it will be of great help to your apprenticeship in your studies, so that you can free up more time to meditate and improve your mental power" Stein said as he asked for the letter of recommendation to Count Louis, and the letter of a "fire initiation" was reduced to ashes.

"Since you have the heart to go further on the path of witchcraft, then this letter is not for you. Come with me," Stein said, walking towards his lab.

Andy hurried to follow, leaving Knight John looking at their backs with a twinkle in his eyes.

When Andy left the Wizarding Tower, Andy still had a faint smile in his eyes. In the lab, Stein also gave Andy a letter. But this is not a letter of recommendation for Count Louis. Rather, it is a letter of recommendation for admission to Grim College.

Graeme Academy is the largest wizarding academy on the continent of Duolun and is the cradle of training wizards. His mentor, Stein, was from Graeme College.

According to Stein, each college graduate has a referral for admission to Grim College. Back then, he bought a place from an old wizard who was dying of life and entered the Grim Academy.

Andy was also surprised that Stein's mental power talent was actually a third-class talent like Andy. Andy knows all too well what third-class talent means.

If there are no other opportunities, just a good step meditation method and step-by-step meditation, it will take five or six years from beginner meditation to reaching the spiritual power requirements of a beginner wizard. Even if you are lucky, you can succeed in every promotion, and it takes fifteen to eighteen years to go from a beginner wizard apprentice to a middle wizard apprentice, and about fifty years to get from a middle class to a high one. The promotion from a high apprentice to a wizard is not a bottleneck for promotion, and it will take one hundred and fifty years.

In total, it would take about two hundred and twenty years for a third-class qualified witchcraft cultivator to cultivate step by step, and there was no hope of being promoted to a wizard. The cultivation efficiency of second-class qualifications is about three times that of third-class qualifications, and the efficiency of first-class qualifications is ten times that of third-class qualifications.

The orthodox enrollment path, Grim Academy also only recruits first- and second-class talented students.

In the apprenticeship stage, the lifespan of a wizard apprentice does not increase, and only the promotion to a full-fledged wizard can change the essence of life and increase lifespan.

So, generally speaking, it is impossible to become an official wizard with a third-class qualification. Stein's success in just three decades must have been an extraordinary opportunity. The opportunity apparently began the moment he became a student at Graeme College.

According to Stein, although the cultivation talent of wizards is important, the importance of resources is even higher than that of talent, and there are many potions, secret treasures, meditation methods, and soul talents that can improve spiritual power and speed up cultivation, and these can only be accessed when he arrives in the royal capital and enters the big platform of Grim Academy.

In addition to the letter of recommendation, Stein also gave Andy a badge of unknown purpose. The coat of arms is inlaid with a flame carved out of crystal. Stein refused to tell Andy what the badge was for anyway, only that Andy would know if he arrived at Graeme Academy.

Although Andy has repeatedly expressed his desire to continue his studies with his mentor, he is reluctant to leave Dallas City. But Stein didn't know why he was determined to let Andy go. And urged him to leave as soon as possible.

Stein gave Andy all the level 1 witchcraft materials that Andy needed to learn in the future, and even 2 witchcraft materials. Once again, Andy is warned to leave Dallas in the near future. Andy said that he would go to the royal capital after the coming-of-age ceremony, and Stein stopped urging him.

Stein recommends that Andy join the Darkmoon Circus convoy and leave with them, as it would be safer. Andy agreed.

The Darkmoon Circus has a long history, from the time when the Duolun Continent was still unified to the present. They can be unhindered in both the Kingdom of Elam and the Duchy of Sain.

It is an organization dedicated to educating ordinary people about witchcraft. It is said that it was originally started by a few witchcraft apprentices who had no hope of promotion, and at first they only made ends meet by performing witchcraft tricks to others. Later, their descendants became a brilliant wizard, and with his support, the Darkmoon Circus grew rapidly, and its target changed from commoners to nobles and wizards.

The Darkmoon Circus controls many wizard resources, and everywhere it goes, it has to trade with local wizards, amassing a huge amount of wealth. Through the triennial mainland tour, the Darkmoon Circus has established contact points in various places, collected a lot of intelligence, and can always find good seedlings to absorb into the organization at the first time, and spare no effort to cultivate its wizard seeds through a large number of resources, so that the strength of the circus snowballs.

Now the Darkmoon Circus is one of the three major wizarding organizations on the Duolun Continent.

On the Duolun Continent, there are often many unknown dangers in the wild, and following the convoy of the Dark Moon Circus will certainly be much safer. Corresponding to the security are their charges. Five magic stones, half of the magic stones that Stein gave to Andy will be used, and the rest will be used as his expenses when he enrolls in the royal capital.

The Magic Stone is a common currency among wizards, which can not only help wizards quickly recover their mana, but also provide energy supply for witchcraft arrays, witchcraft golems, witchcraft treasures, etc., and has a wide range of applications in the wizarding world.

Andy looked curiously at the few magic stones in his hand, and the crystal clear magic stones reflected the crystal-like brilliance. He was amazed by the magic of this world, and he couldn't wait to understand and explore this world. His heart had flown to the royal capital, to the magical Grim Academy.

As for the mastermind behind the murder of his predecessor, the insults, sarcasm and ridicule he had received before, and the grievances and grievances of the previous generation and the previous generation, Andy didn't want to care about all of this, he just wanted to have a trip that he said.

For his predecessor, that hapless Andy Charles, although he inherited his physical and social relationships. But Andy has no sense of substitution for all this.

He is still facing this new and strange world from the perspective of Andy, the hard-working orphan on Earth. Anyway, he crossed over, and he didn't receive the entrustment of his predecessor in his soul, nor did he feel any demons, resentment, or anything like that.

He is Andy, Andy the Earthling, Andy the Traverser. It is not a substitute for anyone, nor is it the continuation of anyone's life.

"Hey, buddy, he's going to change the map. Yam Nala!" Andy shouted into the sky.

Suddenly, he lowered his head again and sighed softly, "Oh, I have to take Old Brown with me, respecting the old and loving the young is the traditional virtue of the Young Pioneers!"

Uh, why do you think of Catherine when you mention child-friendly, is it an illusion?