The royal capital of Castia is close to the sea and has a thriving fishing industry, so there is a huge port to the east for fishermen to sell their hard-earned seafood.

Next to the harbor, there is a luxurious building that has nothing to do with the smell of fish, and although there are countless fishermen who come and go every day, when they talk about this topic after dinner, there are always all kinds of strange theories, and the most accepted one is that this building is the palace of the king who died two years ago.

Of course, they know in their hearts that these statements are unreliable, but there is no need to delve into this kind of matter as a talking point, after all, they all work for the nobles, and after high-intensity work, how can they still have the heart to think about things that have nothing to do with them.

However, unlike these fishermen, Milian also lived here, and although he was a young man who usually spent most of his time managing the fish market for the nobles, he knew the building well, because he would go there to work whenever he had free time, and now in his third year.

Royal Academy of Magic, Valhalla, this is the full name of the building, different from the high-rise buildings seen outside, when someone approaches the academy, they will find that the outside of the building is like a labyrinth, and they will be trapped if they are not careful, so the most basic ability of the students who go to study is to find the gate of the academy smoothly, of course, the same is true for the teacher.

However, this phenomenon has been criticized by many nobles, who strongly recommended that the academy demolish all the surrounding houses to ensure that students do not get lost in school, but this suggestion was directly ignored, according to the former head of the academy, the magic academy also has a threshold, if the students can't even find the academy gate, then there is no need to come to school.

Although the current head of the house is a man who tends to be inflammatory, and always obeys the orders of those nobles, but in this matter alone, he listened to the advice of all the teachers, that is, to do what the previous head of the house said, after all, he did not want to cause public indignation.

Milian used to be a student at the academy, and because of his excellent grades, he was exceptionally promoted to a faculty member when he graduated, and although he was still far from his mentor, he was already considered the best among his peers.

The so-called instructors, in fact, are equivalent to the assistants of the tutors, when those experienced tutors are obsessed with the study of new magic, they will be sent to teach students, and this situation is often very common, and some students have not seen their tutors until they graduate, and the longest time spent with them is the instructor who changes several times a year.

In addition, the reasons for the replacement of faculty members are surprisingly consistent, basically because they can't become mentors and feel hopeless, so they voluntarily resign.

This is where Milian stands out from the rest, having been a faculty member for three years and never thinking of leaving.

Despite his talent for magic, he would never have a chance to become a mentor in this academy if he couldn't study powerful magic.

However, he didn't care about it, after all, he spent most of his time managing the fish market because he was much more lucrative than being a teacher, and it was the job his dead father wanted him to take over.

The tutor he followed was very diligent and basically didn't miss a single class, which made him a very awkward situation as a teacher, and his colleagues often ridiculed him as a dispensable person.

Only he knew in his heart that this mentor's talent was very ordinary, and he was not capable of studying powerful magic like other tutors, and she was able to serve as a mentor only by relying on relationships, and this kind of thing was no longer news in today's magic academy.

Today was supposed to be his day off, and the management of the fish market could be handed over to the shift changer, but he decided to go to the academy anyway.

He didn't know why he was like this, he was physically and mentally exhausted from his daily work, and he could have gone home and rested, but whenever he sat in class and watched the lecturer named Liz give a lecture, he felt very good.

After more than ten minutes, he walked through the maze outside the academy with ease, and then found the classroom where he worked every day.

This classroom is on the tenth floor of the academy, which is also the top floor, and he is half tired from climbing the stairs every day, and he sometimes can't understand why Liz can keep going, although not being able to study magic is one thing, but she is obviously from the famous magic family Kadlec, and it is a matter of saying that she will transfer herself to a lower floor to teach, but she just doesn't do it.

Of course, Milian is not interested in speculating on other people's minds, so no matter how strange he feels, he will not ask in person.

There was still half an hour before the start of class, and Liz arrived at the classroom early as usual, and then looked out the window in a daze.

When Milian came, he didn't bother her, and he wouldn't give a loud reminder until the class was about to go, so even though the two met almost every day, they still rarely spoke, and they could be said to be the most familiar strangers.

"It's you, Milian, it's so early." Liz turned around and smiled and said that she looked like she was in her twenties, with outstanding looks and a very soft voice.

"Hehe, I don't have anything to do anyway, I might as well come to the academy to have a look." Milian replied perfunctorily, and he couldn't help but complain to himself, who can have you early.

Liz nodded slightly, then added.

"Have you heard of Pandora's Box?"

"This, of course I've heard of it, after all, it's a magic organization in the royal capital, and everyone in the magic world should know about it."

"Really? Then I'm really lonely, because I've only heard about it recently," Liz said, looking out the window again, "I didn't expect to see what I look at every day, and now I don't know what it really is." ”

"What you look at every day?" Milian muttered softly, then followed Liz's gaze and looked out the window, only to see the vast sea level.

Liz noticed that he was also looking, but looked confused, so she walked up to him and pointed somewhere at sea level.

"Ah, I found it, could it be that you've been looking at that?"

I saw a few small black dots on the sea outside the harbor, which from a distance looked like they were connected by wires.

"Well, as far as I know, that's the stronghold of Pandora's Box," Liz said, smiling slightly, "pretty childish, isn't it?" As a guru, he wastes time on this kind of thing. ”

"How so?" Milian hurriedly comforted her, "As long as time is spent on what you want to do, it is not a waste, no, to be precise, there is no such thing as a waste of time in this world...... Ah, I'm sorry, but you're the guru. ”

"Oh? Milian, do you think so? Liz was surprised by his words, but more delighted.

"No, no, please forget my words." Milian hurriedly waved his hand.

"Why should I forget such profound words? On the contrary, thank you for guiding me. ”

"Ah, this."

Milian was at a loss for a moment, he didn't know if the other party was sarcastic about him or if he really thought so, but from Liz's expression, he could vaguely tell that he belonged to the latter.

"It's said that Pandora's Box has a total of seven official members, all of whom are witches, and you know what? Witches used to be a contemptuous term for female magicians, because they were always deviant, keen to study some despicable magic, and disdainful of the civilization established by humans to this day, just like demons, but unfortunately most people don't know that magic was not created by humans, but precisely demons, elves and dragons, and the original human magicians just learned magic from them and then taught it to others. ”

"I know that, too." Miriam nodded, his former mentor had told him about it, but he was a little strange how Liz could talk to him so much today.

"You know?" Liz was visibly surprised, but then gave her an appreciative look.

"Well, but now the situation is completely different, and later people found that women seem to have a clear advantage in the study of magic, after all, magic does not rely on brute force, but carefulness, otherwise even the magic array cannot be drawn, and it is difficult to do the time-consuming and laborious work of flipping through ancient magic books, so now giving female magicians the name of witches is actually a compliment."

"Yes, in this era, not everyone can become a witch, especially a mediocre guy like me, who is obviously from a famous family."

Liz's tone was quite calm, as if she had already recognized herself.

Milian couldn't refute this, and comforting the other party at this time would only be counterproductive, but he suddenly wondered why Liz was so abnormal today, so he couldn't help but sigh.

"I always feel like you've talked a lot today."

"Oh, this one, because I'm leaving soon."

"What, what?" Milian's eyes widened, and for some reason, his heart suddenly became heavy.

"I inquired that Pandora's Box is willing to accept new members, although there are only seven full members, I can join them as a supernumerary, I don't ask for more, as long as I stay there and be satisfied."

When Milian heard this, he couldn't help but look frustrated, he actually knew the reason why Liz wanted to leave.

This magic academy is completely different from before, because the status of magic among the nobility is getting higher and higher, they try their best to send their young people here, regardless of whether they pass the entrance exam or not, and these noble children often need special attention from the tutor, otherwise the nobles will force the head of the academy to expel the mentor.

If it was the previous head of the house, he would definitely not succumb to the obscenity of the nobles, but the current head of the house is different, he successfully squeezed out his predecessor, and then flattered the nobles just to get more support, so he will definitely do it.

But in this way, the atmosphere of the academy changed, the originally strong academic atmosphere became smoky, and finally, this human academic temple was full of gangs and intrigues.

Milian couldn't be clearer that Liz's magical talent was very average, and if it weren't for the family connection, she wouldn't be a mentor at all.

But what if she became a mentor? People who knew the inside story still looked down on her, even she looked down on herself, so she always wanted to refine her magic and impress those who looked down on her, but unfortunately the current academy was not where she expected.

Milian had expected such a day, but he didn't expect it to be so soon, and if he could, he would like to stay by Liz's side and be her assistant.

"Ah, I almost forgot," said Liz again, "I'll have to leave now, but there's credible information that a transfer student named Fiona Sandra will be coming over today, and you'll have to take care of it then." ”

"Oh, wait......" Miriam stopped talking, he also wanted to leave with Liz, but he couldn't get the words out of his mouth.

"If there's nothing else to do, I'll go first, let's meet again." Liz smiled and beckoned, then turned and walked out the door.

Milian involuntarily followed her, but finally stopped at the door, and could only look at Liz's back in a daze, he could not say that sentence after all.