Winter turns to spring, the snow melts, time flies like a silver shuttle, and in the blink of an eye, it is February, which is a special day for Helily Oaks Academy, because after a relatively long vacation, all students will return to the academy in these days to start a new round of learning.

After the werewolf incident, Jiang Zhe and his family lived in the village called Rio, the hometown of Professor Hodder, for nearly two months, during which Professor Hodder fulfilled his obligations and responsibilities as a professor and taught some practical skills to these children.

Professor Hodd is a professor whose strength is close to that of a great magician, although he is only proficient in fire-based blue magic, defense against the dark arts, and some special types of magic, such as [Flash], [True Eye], etc., but after all, he is a relatively powerful professor, although he is not very proficient in water-based blue magic, illusion, amplification and other magic, but it is obviously more than enough to guide some teenage children.

Under the guidance of Professor Hodd, the strength of several children has increased to a certain extent, among which Lavia has made the fastest progress, as for Jiang Zhe...... Unfortunately, he hasn't fully mastered the special magic of [Flame Flash].

It's not because of the lack of talent, on the contrary, Jiang Zhe, who has intelligence beyond his peers, has to surprise Professor Huo De again and again, what he lacks is still a problem.

After all, Flame Flash was the result of Professor Hodd's research for nearly twenty years, and it was obviously impossible for Jiang Zhe to master it in a short period of time.

But in Professor Hodd's personal case, it is not difficult to see from the smile in his eyes that the professor is very satisfied with this.

Of course, Professor Hodder does not discriminate against Lavia and Jiang Zhe because they are his apprentices and the others are not, and he is very dedicated to guiding each child.

However, it has to be said that Hodd's way of teaching education is very different from the traditional education of Reochs College.

In the Reox Academy, the process of students learning magic basically follows the traditional education model of hundreds of years, that is, through the demonstration of the professor, through the assistance of gestures and spells, so that the students can successfully perform the magic, of course, it is not only the Reox Academy, the empire's large and small magic academies, and even Salonia, all follow this education method.

Maybe this is to take care of the children's curiosity, after all, even if they only master one or two magic, but for the younger children, this can make them more motivated and interested in learning magic, after all, not many children can calm down and memorize those boring magic theories, which is a kind of rapid prototyping education model.

At this age, professors don't require students to understand the reasons for the formation of magic, or the nature of magic, as long as they can perform magic smoothly and have the corresponding power, they are excellent students.

It is not until the children grow up and pass the apprentice mage assessment that the essence of magic will be revisited as a mage.

It's a way of educating that you use it first and understand it later.

However, Professor Hod's education method is different, of course, this does not include the other children in the first-grade fire green magic course, while teaching Jiang Zhe and Lavia, Professor Hod intentionally or unintentionally added this education method to other children.

This is a completely different mode of education from traditional magic.

In the traditional education model, the first thing students need to master is to perform magic spells, gestures, etc., but when these students become magicians, they will face a very serious problem, advanced magic, can not be performed only by spells and gestures.

"If you don't understand it, how can you master it?"

If it is some talented academies, then the problem is even more serious, maybe when they have achieved something in the field of magic, they will suddenly find that except for some advanced and very difficult magic, their magic almost does not need to rely on spells and gestures, have you seen a few great magicians who still need to chant those complicated spells when casting magic?

In other words, if the traditional model of education is followed, what they learn as children will hardly be useful after they become qualified magicians.

Spells and gestures can indeed be used to cast magic, but magic is made up of more than just spells and gestures!

I think all magicians will agree with this truth, then, as the existence of a great magician, the director of the Reochs Academy, Gretel Keynes, will not be unintelligible.

In fact, in the end, it is very simple, first, although the Reoks Academy is not directly subordinate to the Imperial Magic Institution, but it is the most core talent training institution of the Empire, and most of the students will serve the Empire after graduation, some are assigned to various research institutions, and some are directly used as soldiers and put into the battlefield.

After all, mages have replaced knights as the most powerful damage force, and in order to deter the surrounding small countries and to deter Salonia, the empire needs to have enough reserves of mages.

I think that if the country is in danger, it is not incomprehensible for the empire to apply for the organization of the students of the Reochs Academy to participate in the battle.

The second reason is even more understandable, in the modern era where magic is commonly used, magic is no longer as mysterious as it used to be, in order to learn magic, in order to obtain the title of nobility, in every thousand people in the empire, there will be five, or even ten magician apprentices, nearly one percent of the proportion, but how many can successfully become magicians? few! How many can break through this level and become great magicians? Very few!

In recent years, the Imperial Magician Evaluation Agency has been much stricter in the assessment of magician qualifications, because the Empire and Salonia have finally put aside their prejudices and tried to contact each other, but in the past, in order to achieve sufficient reserves of magicians, the Empire's large and small magic academies, even the Reochs Academy, have adopted an accelerated education model, and even some magicians have used fireball magic for a lifetime, but they don't even know the reasons for the formation of fireball magic and magic theory.

To put it nicely, these magicians are dedicated to the glorious progress of the empire, but it's not good to say, they are just cannon fodder, magicians are not knights, at least knights may still have a chance to escape after losing hand-to-hand combat, but it is much more difficult for magicians to escape after defeat.

There have been examples in history of a knight killing a great knight in a duel, but there has never been an example of a magician killing a great mage in a duel, and the huge gap in rank is unimaginable!

In the face of the great magician's powerful spiritual power, ordinary magicians have almost no ability to resist.

Professor Hodd especially didn't want his apprentice to become cannon fodder, especially the boy, the professor put almost all his heart and soul into it, when the boy practiced Flame Flash, the professor had been standing by watching and instructing, even the slightest mistake, even a trace of superfluous action, the professor would ask the boy to stop the current action, disperse the condensed fire element, and re-cast the magic of Flame Flash.

It's not that Professor Huo De is harsh, but the magic of Flame Flash is originally about being done in one go, and if you want to master it, you need to hone it for a long time, and in this process, as long as there are a few irregular movements, or mistakes, you may form a wrong habit, which will obviously be fatal when you engage the enemy in the future.

What satisfied Professor Hodd was the most incredible was that the boy never showed the slightest dissatisfaction, even if his eyes were sometimes tired or impatient, but he would always follow Professor Hold's guidance and use concise and standard movements to perform magic.

Originally, Professor Hodd also wanted to eliminate the boy's snapping fingers, after all, this is also a redundant action, but unfortunately, this action may have become a habit, just like the professor's habit of raising his hand, if it is removed, it will affect the whole process because of the sudden change, and in desperation, the professor had to give up.

Sixteen seconds, a seemingly good number, is the time it takes for Jiang Zhe to cast the flame flash now.

During this time, sixteen seconds is already the limit, and it may not be possible to break this number for a long time to come, but Professor Hodd doesn't really care, on the contrary, he is already satisfied.

"Stomp, stomp!" the two black horses pulling the carriage galloped unhurriedly on the road where the first snow melted, and after a few hours of running, both horses were tired, but fortunately, they had already entered the Oretchen area, and it was only about half an hour away from the Reochs Academy.

At this time of year, the front of the Reochs School of Magic is always crowded with people, whether they are the nobles of the empire or ordinary commoners, they all want their children to attend this historic magic school.

And at this time of year, it is also the busiest time of this wizard city, the wizard alley in front of the Reox Academy is even more crowded, and the shops affiliated with the academy have opened their doors to welcome every guest who can bring them benefits, of course, these guests are still mainly nobles, and ordinary civilian families can really hardly afford the high price of those magic props.

In general, the contradiction between the commoner cadet and the aristocratic cadet arose here in the first place.

Second-year students, the academy allows them to carry wands or wands, of course, this also includes other magic items, such as jewelry, pendants, etc., but the problem is that even if the shops in Wizard Lane implement price reductions for students of Reox Academy, ordinary civilian students still can't afford or are unwilling to spend so much money to buy magic items.

As we all know, magic props can be used to amplify the power of magic, or calm the mind, and after living in the academy for a year, the freshmen are already relatively familiar with this originally unfamiliar place, so some hidden contradictions are gradually revealed.

Since the second year, the aristocratic students and the commoner students have basically determined their own circle of friends, and there are few situations where the aristocratic academy and the commoner academy live in harmony, at least, when the commoner student sees a noble student who was originally under his strength, after obtaining magic items, he actually defeats himself, this sudden feeling of weightlessness will make him feel very uncomfortable.

On the other hand, as a necessary prop for magicians, if a student can't have his own wand, I'm afraid that he will be looked down upon by other students because of 'losing the magician's face'.

In particular, most of the students with noble blood will proudly believe that magic belongs to the nobility for family reasons, and only those with pure blood and outstanding talent can become magicians, and they have this bloodline.

The contradictions and prejudices between the two will become more intensified with the growth of grades, and there have even been scenes in history where commoner cadets and aristocratic cadets have intensified into duels.

The academy has been trying to change this situation, but unfortunately, it has never been able to eliminate the inherent estrangement, prejudice and contradictions between commoners and nobles, which may be the inevitability of this era.

The "Squeak...... carriage stopped when it was about a hundred yards from the gate of Reox Academy, and then Professor Hodd turned and knocked on the window—normally, carriages were not allowed to drive directly into the academy.

"Get off, imps!" came Professor Hodd's chuckle from outside the carriage.

Jiang Zhe, who was sitting next to the car door, subconsciously pulled down the car door and walked down, it seemed that it was because he had been sitting for a long time, and he felt a little sore in his shoulder.

"Heh, it's still the same," looking at the back of the person who got out of the car, Scott, who was sitting next to Jiang Zhe, smiled slightly, pushed his eyes, closed the book in his hand, and stretched out his hand to Lavia, who was sitting opposite, and smiled, "You first, Lavia!"

"Thank you," Scott's 'ill-intentioned' smile seemed to be a little unbearable, and Lavia got out of the carriage with a slight hint of crimson on her face, and then there was a conversation outside the car about the girl teaching the boy, and the boy was confused.

"Why are you still like this?!"

"Me, what's wrong with me?"

"You...... Forget it!"

“...... Inexplicable!"

"Hey!" Listening to the conversation outside the car, Alan squeezed her eyes strangely at the somewhat ignorant Lisa, making her giggle, and then rushed out of the car in front of Scott, stretched out her hand and said gently, "Please, beautiful young lady...... Slip ...... carefully"

"Hmph!" Secretly glancing at Jiang Zhe, who was looking at herself, Lavia turned her head and snorted softly.

"What's wrong again?"

"It's nothing, I'm fine!" Lavia said lightly.

"You don't always have to be inexplicable, okay?"

"Inexplicable? I can't explain it?" As if stepping on Lavia's sore foot, the girl turned her head angrily and glared at the boy fiercely.

"Okay, okay," Professor Hodd walked over in time and said helplessly, "You two are really, arguing at every turn...... Soth, you're a boy, just let Lavia ......"

"I ...... Okay, okay, whatever she says is okay, right?"

"What do you mean by that? I don't need you to let me!"

"Alright, alright," Professor Hodd patted his forehead with some distress and said to Alan angrily, "Alright, Alan, don't be funny!"

"Yes, Professor," Alan grinned as he helped Lisa out of the car with the same courtesy that he didn't know from nowhere, and then knocked on the window and said with a playful smile, "Come down, what are you doing!"

As if hearing Alan's words, Larella subconsciously stood up, during which she suddenly found that Scott was still sitting in the carriage, and quickly sat down again, secretly glanced at Scott, lowered her head and kept silent.

Obviously, Scott saw this scene, turned to Dia, who was sitting in the innermost, and said, "Senior sister, please first!"

"Uh...... Thanks, giggle......" Dia smiled and walked out of the car.

After Dia got out of the car, Scott glanced at Lyreira, hesitated, stood up and said softly, "Get off!"

"Oh......"

Glancing at Lyrela, who stood up with her head down, Scott, who was like a model of aristocracy, got out of the carriage without losing his manners, he didn't make any funny movements like Alan, he just stood by the door, quietly watched the long-haired girl get out of the carriage, and then turned his gaze away.

"It's back again......" Taking a deep breath, Jiang Zhe said with a slight sigh, and as soon as the words fell, Lavia said in a mocking tone, "What is coming back? It's just been more than two months since I left, and I ...... like something."

However, it seemed that Jiang Zhe seemed to have completely ignored Lavia's words, and his eyes seemed to catch something at the gate of Reox Academy.

"Okay," at this time, Professor Huo De had already changed into the magic robe unique to the professor of the academy, walked over and patted Jiang Zhe on the shoulder and said to the children, "Let's go in first, what do you look like standing here!"

"Yes, Professor!"

The people who crowded at the gate of Reox Academy all got out of the way when they saw Professor Hodd, after all, they were professors of Reox Academy, and maybe they would be professors of their own children in the future.

After passing through the crowd, Jiang Zhe and his party walked to the gate of the academy, where several professors of the academy were standing, who seemed to be dealing with the affairs of the new students, and when they saw Professor Huo De, they all smiled and said hello.

"Hey, Hold!"

"Hi Heidi, hi Rose...... By the way, Eden, your son is ten years old this year, right? Why don't you bring the little one?"

"My son is only nine years old this year, okay?" A chubby-looking magician rolled his eyes in annoyance, then looked at the children behind Professor Hodd, and said in some surprise, "Hold, those little ghosts...... You're not really going to take them to your place, are you?I said can you live in that place......?" Amazing, amazing, I couldn't even use a fireball when they were so young......"

"You're going to use it now?" said another professor with a smile, "Well, if you can cast three fireballs in a second, ...... tonight," the professor turned his head and said to Professor Hodd, "Don't interject, don't include your ......"

"Ahem!" As if he had noticed something, Professor Hod quickly coughed twice and said angrily, "You think I'm happy to go, okay...... Ross, how's this year's student enrollment going?"

"How's it going?" the professor named Ross gestured to the long line with his eyes, shook his head and said, "I guess I can't make it to lunch, I wonder how there are so many more this year......

"That's because you, Professor Rose, are here!" a laughing voice came from nowhere.

It seemed that the voice was too familiar, and several professors subconsciously turned their heads, and found that at some point, Grand Magician Gretel Keynes, the director of the Reox Academy, was standing behind several professors with a smile on a very ordinary cane.

"Dean!" several professors bowed their heads in respect, especially Professor Ross, who looked a little embarrassed.

"Hehe," as if seeing the embarrassment on Professor Rose's face, the old dean waved his hand and joked with a smile, "Isn't it great that there are many students here......?"

"Well, I'm just kidding...... Just kidding......"

"Hehe," the old dean smiled, and when he turned his head, he saw Jiang Zhe, and his eyes showed a bit of a narrow smile.

There was no way, Jiang Zhe could only walk up and shout embarrassedly, "Long time no see, respected great magician......"

"Long time no see?hehe, hmm, hmm, long time no see, little guy," I saw the old dean holding his cane in both hands, looking Jiang Zhe up and down a few times, and then seemed to have found something, frowning slightly, and then, the old dean's eyes swept over the back of Jiang Zhe's left hand, only a slight pause, and quickly moved away, slightly frowning eyebrows then unfolded, nodded and said jokingly, "How many gold coins are there on your body this year?"

"Twelve!" Jiang Zhe shrugged his shoulders at a question that was embarrassing for others, and didn't seem to care.

"Okay, okay," the old dean nodded, leaned over to look at Jiang Zhe, and said with a smile, "I heard that you got a flaming red stone last time, but you sold it again?"

"Yes...... Yes," with a little embarrassment, Jiang Zhe secretly glanced at Lavia, and saw that she seemed to have forgotten, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "It's very simple, magic props are just props, and you can't rely on them too much......"

"Anything else?" asked the old dean with a smile.

"And ......" Glancing at the old dean, Jiang Zhe was a little embarrassed, and whispered, "Otherwise, how can I raise five hundred gold coins?"

"Hehe, little one, you are very honest and frank," nodding, the old dean's smiling eyes swept behind Alan and Scott, and said with a smile, "Amazing, amazing...... Obviously, the old man has already been satisfied with those things about the activity map.

"Don't boast about these little ghosts, Dean, they'll be proud," Professor Hodd said with a smile, then asked suspiciously, "Oh, by the way, you're here ......."

"I'm waiting for you!"

"Wait...... Wait for me?" Professor Hodd was a little surprised, and then as if he had thought of something, he frowned and said, "Is something wrong?"

"Hmm," the old dean frowned slightly, nodded and said, "I received the magic letter you sent, and I regret what happened in that Asher village......

"Yes...... That's what the dean is for......"

"Of course not," the old dean shook his head, patted Professor Hodd lightly on the shoulder, and whispered, "your letter says that you met a man named Argus on the way?"

"Yes...... yes!" Professor Hodd nodded blankly.

"Okay, then you can go to my office with me now and explain the whole process to a few distinguished guests in detail......"

"Honored guests?"

"Yes, these distinguished guests have been looking for the man, ...... from Thessalonia."

"What...... What?"

(To be continued)