God says that all the sufferings are the temptations of God, and only those who have endured temptations will see the light of day.

"Hey, boy. Several students a few years older than Arthur stepped out of the shadows of the trees, and with playful eyes like leopards looking at a small antelope under their paws, they unabashedly stretched out their hands to Arthur. Arthur had just wiped away his tears and walked a few steps before he was stopped by them, don't leave after school?

It's just that not today.

"What?" Arthur's trademark look of ignorance was on his face, and he took two steps towards the grass behind the shadows of the trees, looking more like a cower in the eyes of others.

"Smack!" the tallest student in the room called at him impatiently, and then pushed him down into the grass, and said mockingly, "Don't think I don't know where you came from, little bug, boy, if you say another word to Miss Anna in the future, I will break your hands and feet, and let you crawl back to the castle at dusk." ”

The hair was very messy, and when he fell, he hit the stones in the grass, and his waist hurt terribly, Arthur was held down by the other two and searched before he got up, and after finding nothing, one of them spat at him fiercely, and scolded in a low voice: "Damn, this is a poor ghost who doesn't even have a copper plate!"

"He's just a poor, what else is there to do?" the tall man spat disdainfully, kicked Arthur on the ground, cursed twice, and turned to leave with his companions, when suddenly a figure swooped down on them, it was a thin child, with brown hair, riding on the tall man's body, still clutching his hair. The well-groomed hairstyle was suddenly grabbed into a chicken nest, and without waiting for the help of his companion next to him, the tall man angrily pulled the child off his back with his backhand and kicked it out.

"Fred?" Arthur glanced at and saw that his tall companion was walking towards Fred lying on the ground with the same angry stride, and he hurriedly got up from the ground, picked up a dead tree pole in the grass, and ran and swung it at the companion.

"Click!" the tree pole thicker than Arthur's arm was broken directly because of too much force when it hit the man's side, and after the blink of an eye, the man wailed and lay on the ground holding his arm, and the screams suddenly came out far and wide.

"Pratt?!" The tall man looked back at this scene, and suddenly became even more angry, and roared under a chicken nest hairstyle, "Damn! damn the bastards, I'm going to kill you!" said as he quickly pronounced a string of words in his mouth, but it seemed that anger confused his language function, and there were obviously several confusions in the words, and he had to stop and start anew. So the scene was strange, Arthur and the others who had joined Fred were all silently watching the tall man with his arms outstretched like an old woman, and there was a scream like a sound in the next place.

Time passed, and the complete term was still not successfully pronounced, and the tall companion walked up to him, pulled his arm, and whispered, "Rice, the teacher will come over in a while." The tall man's face turned red, and he was trying to pretend to be calm, and when he heard this, he immediately got off the donkey and said, "This term for advanced magic... Well... It's too complicated, you go and bring Pratt, and we'll take revenge another day. The companion secretly pursed the corners of his mouth, turned around and picked up Pratt, who was still humming on the ground, the tall man looked at Arthur and Fred, who were obviously two sizes younger than them, viciously, and didn't feel that there was anything wrong with bullying the small, and said: "Don't think this matter is over, damn it......"

"Can't get by, don't worry. Arthur wiped the saliva from his face, looked at him calmly, and turned to check on Fred's injuries. When the tall men left the scene, Arthur ran into the grass and deducted two gold coins under the turf, and Fred also helped each other to slip out, everyone knew that if they were found by the teacher, it would be a trouble.

"Don't say thank you to me. Fred sat on the bed in the dormitory with his teeth bared, his eyes shining as bright, and the kick was right in the chest, and he still felt a little stuffy.

"The saddest thing about human beings is not that they don't have courage, but that they dodge in the face of insults, and even if a dog is beaten, it will bite back, isn't it?" Fred stared at Arthur, his serious expression hanging on his dirty face, "This is what my grandmother said, and she wants me to remember it forever." ”

"If you hadn't done it just now, I'd only treat you as a roommate, not a friend, Arthur Raonis. ”

"Finished?"

"Hmm. ”

"Then shut up"

"Hmm. ”

Fred's chest was already bruised when he lifted his clothes, and the tall man's powerful kick still caused a lot of damage to the thin friend. Arthur sighed, rolled his eyes, and quickly ran downstairs towards the college cafeteria. After a while, the running panting brunette boy came back, carrying half a bottle of pine nut wine in his hand, and when he opened the cap, the rich aroma of wine instantly filled the small room.

Arthur rubbed his hands a few times, then poured the wine into the palm of his hand, pressed it to his chest under Fred's surprised gaze, and rubbed it vigorously. Fred sighed in pain at first, and then found that the dullness in his chest was beginning to soothe with Arthur's pushing, and the coolness of the volatile alcohol also shook his spirits.

"Unbelievable, how do you do this?" Fred asked curiously, sitting in his chair, for bruises in the Empire there must be a special doctor to diagnose the dressing. Arthur rolled his eyes and said, "I didn't expect you to be hurt and talk so much." After speaking, he rubbed his hand a few more times before stopping, wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead, and said, "Don't push too hard these days, otherwise the injury will rebound." ”

Fred nodded, looked at him with a little admiration, suddenly thought of something, and said in a muffled voice: "Arthur, we haven't found the magic element yet, and we will be scolded by the teacher tomorrow." Arthur frowned, obviously thinking about this problem, but he thought about it more far-reaching, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought, there are too many noble children and too few civilian students in the Hongtong Magic Academy, although the academy does not discriminate against students from poor families, but it does not mean that the administrators of the academy will intervene in any disputes between these two groups and be the balancer among them, after all, the students of the academy are still young, and the conflict of interests of different classes is deep-rooted and often irreconcilable, and those noble children still have their own families standing behind them, and no one wants to rush into this troubled water。 And the surname Raonis can still make some fuss in the eyes of those who care, after all, it is still a bit of pleasure to humiliate the descendants of this once prominent nobleman. Judging from the performance of Vice Dean Bloom Melenste, who arranged for him to enter the academy, he didn't know that his teacher was a big man like Reis, even if he didn't know how big this big man was, but it should be quite big to be able to have afternoon tea with the Pope, so something like today should be just the beginning, and the rest should be ......

"Huh?" Arthur, who had woken up, waved away the small shaking hand in front of him, glanced at Fred, who was staring at him in a daze, and said, "When that person was about to release his magic just now, I felt a strange feeling around me, a very close feeling. Arthur thought about it again and said in a sure tone: "There is a small force surrounding me from the paulownia trees and grass next to me, and I think my talent should be ......"

"Wood elemental?!" Fred exclaimed, his face flushed slightly, and added curtly, "I know this, the wood element is one of the ten basic elements of magic, but it is relatively low in the ranking, because there is never a big man who has carried it forward, and it almost does not appear in epic stories, it is more like other magic elements...... Ingredients, uh, it's okay. Fred patted him on the shoulder comfortingly, smiling and revealing a mouthful of small white teeth, "At least talented, that's not a bad thing." ”

"You know a lot about magic, do you want to be a great mage in the future?" Arthur leaned back in his chair with a slight teasing, and the worn-out chair creaked as he pressed it. Hearing this, Fred asked rhetorically, "Don't you want to?" Arthur tilted his head to look at the orange twilight outside the window, he really had never thought about this problem, he was not averse to magic, but he was not obsessed with it.

In the office of the vice president of the Hongtong Academy of Magic, a knight in military uniform stood upright with his sword, and the two retinues behind him blocked the door like stone statues. The knight rubbed the silver swallow at the hilt of the sword, and slowly paced in front of the vice president of the academy, as if waiting for the master here to give some response, and Bloom behind the desk pondered for a moment, sighed with an embarrassed expression, and said: "Please tell Lord Piri that it is the duty of the Hongtong Academy to contribute to the cause of law and order in Deppshire, but the consistent purpose of the Imperial Academy of Magic is not to directly participate in any disputes, I think he will understand." ”

The knight's raised eyebrows moved, and he stopped and looked directly at Bloom, and said, "Mr. Bloom, you see, I didn't call you Vice Dean, and I think you should understand that Master Piri has sent me here today solely because of the good personal relationship between him and you, and this matter will not involve the Academy, and there will be no disputes, we just need your personal help." At this point, the knight smiled and continued, "Moreover, your selfless help will be rewarded in a way that you did not expect. ”

Piri Snake is a comet-like figure in Deppshire after the decline of the Raonis family, and it is said that behind him stood several large nobles who could speak in the capital, and Piri was the spokesman of these big names in Deppshire, so even the Consulate of Deppshire respected the city sheriff. But he had only met the famous Lord Piri twice at the nobles' dinner party in the county, and he had a good personal relationship. As the saying goes, there is no golden rose that suddenly blooms in the world, and the person in front of you says that the VIP who "accompanies the escort" is not so simple, the reason is so simple and easy to understand, and the matter that needs to be escorted by a senior magician will be an elegant thing with wine in hand and laughter?

The knight moved his shoulders slightly, the jackal carving on the shoulder pads glowed with a cold luster, he looked at Bloom with some impatience, a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes, it was obvious that the vice president was hesitant between conservatism and interests, in his opinion, if he wanted to obtain any huge benefit, he needed to take the same share of risk, the reason was also so simple and easy to understand, hesitation and struggle were just a waste of each other's time.

"I heard that the dean of your hospital will be retiring next year, Mr. Vice President. "The knight's patience was running out and decided to put the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Bloom, who was sitting in the chair, instantly tensed his waist when he heard this, and his pupils emitted an unprecedented light, taking charge of the Hongtong School of Magic will undoubtedly bring the ordinary Merinster family to a new level, so if you want to defeat the other two vice presidents with prominent families in the election, this "friendship" is indeed precious. Seeing this, the knight smiled strangely, sat down in front of the office with a relaxed look, and said, "Now, can we talk, Mr. Bloom?"