Chapter 15 Like Gathers Things
Reox, Jiang Zhe has always thought that the magic academy he longed for was like the school of his previous life, but the moment he entered the gate of the academy, he found that he was wrong.
If nothing else, Reochs occupies an area dozens or even hundreds of times that of the school in the previous life, not so much a school as a huge castle.
Of course, the castle is not in front of Jiang Zhe now, but far away, so far away that Jiang Zhe can only see a small black shadow, and in front of Jiang Zhe at this moment is a dense jungle, in the jungle, there is a path paved with cobblestones, a lower road that is more than ten meters wide - compared with the jungle on both sides, this road can indeed only be called a small road.
"It's all here, aren't they?" said the middle-aged magician as he walked over to the group of children, no, the future magicians, "You should be honored that you are about to meet an ancient castle that bears witness to the history of magic, Helriox!"
Compared to the excited looks of the children nearby, Jiang Zhe was very calm, to be honest, whether it was Reoks or witnessing the history of magic, he was not interested at all, he was only interested in magic itself.
Glancing at the winding path, Jiang Zhe said, "So, how do you get there?
The middle-aged magician glanced at Jiang Zhe in surprise, and said with a playful expression, "It's always been like this...... However, for the new students who come to Reox for the first time, the academy will make a special exception......" After speaking, he took out a staff from his magic cloak, and after reciting a dry and incomprehensible incantation, the sound of horses' hooves gradually sounded in the distant forest, and then, more than a dozen carriages gradually appeared in everyone's sight.
Jiang Zhe has seen this kind of carriage on TV, it is very similar to the Western medieval carriage, whether it is the body or the lamp holders on both sides, it contains a strong Western cultural color, but Jiang Zhe does not care about the carriage itself, he pays attention to the horse pulling the carriage - is it really a horse?
Looking at the horse whose whole body was wrapped in flames, no, it should be said that it was almost composed of flames, Jiang Zhe, who had never seen real magic, was stunned when he saw it.
"Flame summoning magic, a very high-level magic," beside Jiang Zhe, a girl with fluffy red hair seemed to see Jiang Zhe's shock, and said with a hint of pride, "Do you want to know why this is a very high-level magic?"
"Not much interested, thank you!"
"You!" The girl was very angry and glared at Jiang Zhe fiercely, then turned around and got into the carriage.
In fact, she would be wrong, Jiang Zhe said that she was not interested, referring to the magic itself that was not interested.
As Jiang Zhe, who had never been exposed to magic, he was interested in those who had the magic of attacking surnames, not such horses that could only be used to pull carts - in Jiang Zhe's opinion, those burning horses looked dazzling, but there was nothing special about them.
"Alright," he retracted his staff, and the middle-aged magician beckoned to the children, "It's getting late, let's all get into the carriage, it's still a long way from the castle." ”
As the magician said, there is indeed a long way to go from the castle of Reoks, and along the narrow and winding path, it suddenly opens up to a large sky blue lake, because of the setting sun, the lake reflects a golden light, which is very dazzling.
On the surface of the lake, there were some unknown birds, and they didn't seem to be surprised when they saw the carriage, and they all looked here.
In addition to the birds, there seemed to be a lot of beasts living in the forest of the Reoks Academy, at least Jiang Zhe saw a grizzly bear, a bear paw on the trunk of a tree, the body stood up, the eyes were rolling, looking at the carriage slowly passing by.
Looking at the seemingly kind bear, Jiang Zhe smiled slightly, "Interesting......" As soon as the words fell, a question came from the seat opposite, "What's your name?"
It was the red-haired girl who spoke just now, she was not very old, similar to Jiang Zhe, but it could be seen from the clothes on her body that the girl had a good family background, because Jiang Zhe saw a badge tattooed with a sword and wattles on the chest of her blouse, and eighty percent was born into a big family - in the empire, only big families and families that have made outstanding contributions to the empire are eligible to tattoo swords and shields, after all, these two are the main components of the imperial emblem.
"Soth!"
"Where's the last name?"
Glancing at the other party lightly, Jiang Zhe put his eyes on the scenery outside the window: The ghost knows what his surname is......! In other words, how can you have a name?
'Soth, hee-hee!' a chuckle came to Jiang Zhe's mind.
“......”
What's going on?
That familiar voice...... Who is it?
I only remember that after crossing over, I came to a small lake......
And then what?
Why do you wake up again in a forest?
What exactly have you forgotten in the meantime?
No, it is impossible to forget......
I don't remember the name Soth for no reason, someone must have called me that......
Who exactly?
Finally......
"Hey!" Suddenly, a somewhat impatient voice disrupted Jiang Zhe's thoughts, "I'm asking you!"
Frowning and looking at the girl who seemed to be a little angry, Jiang Zhe said, "Is there anything wrong?"
"Where are you from? I see you don't seem to be a local......
"Ron!"
"Ron?" the girl tilted her head in confusion and was about to speak when a chuckle came from the car, "Ron, I seem to remember the name of a small village......"
The one who spoke was a child with blond hair, wearing a black gown, with exquisite workmanship, obviously not from a small family.
Having said that, the seven or eight children who were in the same car with Jiang Zhe seemed to have relatively good family backgrounds, but Jiang Zhe was the only one who ...... Yes, it's special.
Glancing lightly at the somewhat complacent blonde boy, it was not difficult for Jiang Zhe to guess what this guy was thinking, people usually like to elevate themselves or prove themselves by hitting others, don't they?
"Ron, is that the name of a small village?"
Jiang Zhe was not interested in playing tricks with a ten-year-old child, although he looked only ten years old, "You said yes, right?" ”
"You!" the blonde boy was obviously dissatisfied with this answer, his face turned red, and suddenly he thought of something, and said to the children in the car, "By the way, I just heard a very interesting story, do you want to hear it?"
"Tell me about it!" said a child with round eyes and concentrated attention to the book in his hand.
The blonde boy glanced at the other party dissatisfied, and when he found a blue and green shield tattooed on the family crest on the other's chest, he put away the dissatisfaction on his face and said mockingly, "This year, a civilian ...... came to Reox"
"This is not unusual!" the bespectacled boy turned a page of the book without even raising his head, and said lightly, "Every year Reochs recruits some civilian students...... It is undeniable that there will be some excellent magicians among the commoners, and magic is not only for nobles......" As he spoke, he glanced up at the family crest on the other's chest and said lightly, "Did you say so?
"That's right, Lord Ogier...... The blonde boy smiled slightly, glanced at Jiang Zhe, and said mockingly, "But this commoner is a bit special, he actually begged Reokes to let him owe the five hundred gold coins, hey! Civilians are civilians, isn't it good to stay in the countryside......? My father said that as soon as a person is born, his fate has been arranged...... Want to be a magician, want to be a nobleman?
"He?, pleading with Reox?"
"This civilian?"
When the blonde boy sneered for a while, there was inevitably a slight discussion in the car, and even the red-haired girl who first talked to Jiang Zhe was also surprised, looking Jiang Zhe up and down.
Jiang Zhe didn't make any comments on this, just held his head and looked out the window.
However, the boy with glasses surnamed Ogier turned his head to look at Jiang Zhe who was sitting next to him, and saw that he was unmoved, and said suspiciously, "Don't you want to defend a few words?"
With his eyes still out of the window, Jiang Zhe said lightly, "That's the truth, there's nothing to justify, besides, I don't think there's anything to be ashamed of, just like you said, magic doesn't just belong to the nobility, as for fate or something, it's worthless in my eyes!"
"You!" the blonde boy blushed and suddenly sneered, "Look, I didn't lie to you......"
Amid a few chuckles and taunts in the car, the bespectacled boy slammed his book shut, reached out and said, "Scott Ogier!"
Turning his head with a little stunned, when he saw the sincerity in his eyes, Jiang Zhe hesitated, stretched out his hand and said, "Soth!"
"Good!" Scott smiled and nodded, and continued to read his book, ignoring the blonde boy in the seat opposite, whose face flushed.
By this time, the carriage had passed through the path in the woods, and in front of it was a vast and flat meadow, behind which stood a huge castle, which was the 'holy place' where more than 30,000 magicians lived hundreds of years ago.
Huge, majestic!
When he saw this ancient castle, Jiang Zhe couldn't help but think of ancient Chinese cities, and it was hard for him to imagine that there were no less ancient castles in another world than ancient Chinese cities......
Like everything else in this world, the castle is also biased towards Western culture, the whole castle is made of a man-high boulder, and the walls outside the castle are covered with climbing vines and some moss - this is a kind of majesty that is different from ancient Chinese architecture!
The castle is surrounded by four pointed towers, towering into the sky, the tallest one Jiang Zhe couldn't even visually detect its true height, and later Jiang Zhe knew that there was actually a library inside, which kept more than 20,000 phases of magic and its related spell casting gestures, spells, props and other materials, almost all the magic materials of the empire were gathered, and even the library of the royal magician was not as comprehensive as here.
The carriage stopped on the stone paved road outside the castle, and the voice of the middle-aged magician was heard outside.
"Alright, boys, you can come down!"
Has it finally arrived? The gateway to the wizarding world?
Taking a deep breath, Jiang Zhe pushed the car door and walked down, and behind him was a blonde boy with a flushed face and angry eyes, and a red-haired girl who also stood up and looked at Jiang Zhe's background in amazement......
Is he really a commoner walking in front of the nobles? Scott Ogier pushed his glasses, glanced at the stunned crowd in the carriage playfully, turned around and stepped out of the carriage, walked to Jiang Zhe's side, and said with a chuckle, "You seem to have them off, man!"
At this time, Jiang Zhe looked at the gate of the ancient castle on the steps that was more than 20 meters high, and when he heard the voice, he turned his head and said in confusion, "Am I going to provoke them?"
"Heh," Scott smiled, pushed his glasses and said lightly, "don't care, it's just the boring vanity of some boring nobles!"
Glancing strangely at Scott beside him, Jiang Zhe said, "If your guess is right, you are also a nobleman, right?"
"So I say, it's the boring vanity of the aristocracy, not the aristocracy......"
"You're talking funny!"
"The same goes for you!"
When the children all got out of the carriage, they saw the middle-aged magician whistle, and the carriages slowly returned along the path, and finally disappeared from everyone's eyes, and at the same time, the gate of the castle slowly opened, and a middle-aged female magician wearing a dark green magic cloak came out of it.
"Are these the kids?"
The middle-aged magician shrugged his shoulders and said to the group of children behind him, "Come in, children, the academy is ready for a banquet for the new students, of course, before you can do that, of course, you have to follow Miss Tilda, she will assign you a dormitory, and if nothing else, you will live there for a year...... I advise you beforehand, Reox is very large, so it's best to remember the way to your quarters, and don't run around, especially at night! Also, until you've learned a life-saving spell or two, you'd better not approach the woods outside the castle - whether it's north or south! The mage's curiosity is not for ...... here."
"Alright, Hodd, don't scare these lovely children," said the middle-aged sorceress, smiling slightly, "though I like to be called Miss Tilda, but ...... Boys, you can call me Lady Tilda, and if there are no problems, please come with me!"
"Yes, Miss Tilda!" said the children, smiling.
"Lovely kids. Miss Tilda chuckled and turned and walked through the door, followed by a group of children, no, from the moment they set foot in Reochs, they were already Reox's magician apprentices.
Not only the gate, but the hall inside was even more amazingly large, at least Jiang Zhe had never seen anyone's hall to this extent.
The hall is illuminated by torches, and on the walls of the hall are portraits of dark magicians from all ages, so vivid that when children pass by, they take off their hats and smile......
Ms. Tilda led the children to the west tower, which looked extremely tall from a distance, and was now clearly even more majestic, and if nothing else, it should have been the residence of the students of Reoks.
In Ms. Tilda's explanation along the way, Jiang Zhe learned that the tower was divided into seven floors, from the bottom to the top were the residences of the students of each grade level, and the seventh floor belonged to the professors, of course, some talented graduates could also live here if they wanted to stay in the school.
Bringing the children to the hall on the ground floor of the tower, Ms. Tilda walked towards a table in the hall, on which there was a black box carved with a magic circle, which looked very mysterious.
"All right, children, please stand up," said Lady Tilda, patting the black box, and said with a smile, "plus you, there are three hundred and twenty-nine in the first grade, and you are the last of them, after you have been assigned to the dormitory, you will first familiarize yourself with your quarters, well, in fifteen minutes, meet here, is there any problem?"
"May I ask Miss Tilda, how is the lodging allocated?" asked a boy, puzzled.
"It's easy," said Miss Tilda with a smile, "and you'll just have to catch the parchment flying out of this box later......
"Excuse me Miss Tilda, we girls ......"
"Don't worry," said Ms. Tilda, with a bit of a joke, "I'm not going to assign you to a room where the boys live, oh, yes, it may not be necessary, but I'm here to remind the boys that there's an enchantment in every room and every door here, so ...... Disturbing people, especially girls, is punishable...... Oh hehehe......"
"Is this a reminder? How do I not feel like this laughter?" said Scott, pushing his eyes.
"I feel the same way!" Jiang Zhe echoed with a wry smile.
"So......" Lady Tilda drew a wand from her magic cloak, and tapped the black box, which shook and spat out as many parchments as the children, and flew into the hands of each child.
Stretching out to take the flying parchment, Jiang Zhe muttered the words on it.
“1-101?”
"Oh?" Scott, who was beside him, glanced at him in surprise, raised his parchment between his fingers, and smiled, "It seems that we have to get along for a long time......
"Heh!" Jiang Zhe smiled, to be honest, he had a good impression of this bespectacled, well-mannered boy, and felt that he was different from 'those' aristocrats......
"So, let's go see where we live, Soth?"
"Very!"
What does the dormitory in the magic academy look like? It shouldn't be the same as the dormitory in the university in the previous life? It's too boring...... No, there should be something interesting......
Jiang Zhe and Scott found the room in the number, and the door was open......
Before Jiang Zhe could look at the settings in the room, he saw a strange guy standing at the window with his upper body up, posing one by one......
"Hey guys, you're really late...... Well, don't you have any opinion about my toned body, don't be stingy with your compliments......"
Glancing at the guy's muscular figure, Jiang Zhe opened his mouth and was stunned for a long time, then suddenly turned to Scott and said, "I feel like we have to change rooms......
Scott seemed to come back to his senses from his shock, pushed his glasses, and said with a strange face, "I feel the same way!"
ps: I fell asleep yesterday while looking for information......
The new book system is not perfect, and it is very difficult to find information...... >_<
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