Chapter 17: Taling, Registration
The destination is less than twenty meters to the left of the elevator, and there are only a handful of rooms in this circular corridor that do not close.
Chateau followed Leonard and entered the room, which was an ordinary wooden table with only a few books, a stack of parchment, and an inkwell with a quill in it, and behind the table was a small bookshelf half a man high, but the books were not full.
Finally, there is a round table in the corner of the corner for unknown purpose.
Behind the wooden table, a middle-aged man in a mage robe was reading, and when he saw Leonard and Xia Duo coming in, he put the book in his hand on the table and smiled: "Leonard, why do you have time to come to me?" β
"I'm not free, hurry up and register him, I was caught running errands by the teacher after only half of the experiment was done." Leonard was a little impatient, and added another sentence after speaking, "By the way, give him 10 times the exchange of 0 ring magic scrolls, and deduct it from my share this month." β
"Taryn, Command: Teleport, Leonard's Lab."
A flash of white light flashed, and Leonard vanished, leaving only Xia Duo and the middle-aged mage with big eyes and small eyes.
"AhemβMaster Leonard is a little bit of a little bit β informal, you don't have to be weird." The middle-aged mage explained, and then began to go through the process, "Young man, what's your name?" β
"Shado."
"Where?"
"Savile Lords." Naturalization in Savile Town is not difficult, and Chardo was naturalized more than half a year ago.
"Well, that's it, ask more, what do you have to do with the lord? If you don't want to say it, don't say it. β
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Xia Duo had the intention of borrowing a tiger skin, but he didn't dare in the mage tower, God knows if the lord would be observing him in some way, Xia Duo could only answer truthfully, "It doesn't matter." β
The middle-aged man was a little unconvinced, obviously it was sent by the lord's students personally, how could it have nothing to do with it, but in the mage tower, he didn't dare to use spells to ask at will, so he had to give up, pointed to the round platform in the corner, and said to Xia Duo, "Stand on that round platform." β
Xia Duo obediently did so.
The middle-aged mage said again: "Turn around in place, say a few words, whatever you want." β
Xia Duo did the same, "It's so nice today, is it okay?" β
"That's it."
The middle-aged mage took out a piece of parchment from the pile of parchment on the wooden table, held it in his hand, spat out a few short syllables from his mouth, a faint light flashed, and Xia Duo saw a three-dimensional image of himself appear above the parchment, slowly spinning.
Before he could take a closer look, the three-dimensional image dissipated on its own, leaving only a bust of the front of Xia Duo on the paper, and the middle-aged mage took a quill from the inkwell on the table, added a few strokes to the parchment, and cast another spell.
The paper disappeared from his hand!
This is the second time Xia Duo has seen space magic today, and if it is also space magic when he enters the door, then he has seen it for the third time, which greatly strengthens Xia Duo's desire to learn magic.
"Okay, the registration is complete, go out to the sixth room on the left hand side to get clothes and tools, they will tell you the next arrangements, now go out!"
Xia Duo was about to ask how to arrange him, so the middle-aged mage picked up the book on the table again and drove him out, fortunately, this also explained where Xia Duo was going next, otherwise Xia Duo didn't know what to do in this unfamiliar mage tower.
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Walking out of the room of the registration office, counting six on the left-hand side, there was also a room with an open door, and when Xia Duo came here, he happened to see a young man in a mage robe leaving from here, and he didn't mean to say hello to Xia Duo at all.
He didn't care at all about how there was suddenly an extra civilian in the mage tower, and Xia Duo judged that he was also an apprentice, because his mage robe was extremely simple compared to Master Leonard and the middle-aged mage before.
It was a linen robe with a hood, and a line of text embroidered on the chest, which Xia Duo couldn't read, guessing that it might be the name of the apprentice, as for whether it was or not, it would be clear to see the clothes assigned to him later.
Walking into this room, it was similar to the previous registration office, and it was also a middle-aged mage reading a book, except that there were a lot of loose parchment papers on the mage's desk, and a wooden box that was slightly smaller than a normal suitcase.
Seeing Xia Duo come in, the middle-aged mage just glanced at it, stretched out his hand and pointed to the box on the table, and said-"Xia Duo is it, the thing is on the table, there is a manual in it, just do it, if you don't understand, ask Ta Ling, take the box now, go out!" β
After speaking, he looked at the book by himself, no matter how much Xia was over.
Xia Duo still picked up the box and walked out of this room, this was the second time he had been kicked out, could it be that the mage was so indifferent? Don't want to say a word?
With a full stomach full of suspicions, Xia Duo opened the wooden box directly in the corridor outside the door, and at the bottom it looked like it should be the clothes of the hair, and there was a manual pressed on the clothes, saying that it was a manual, but Xia Duo pinched it, and it was just a few pieces of parchment sewn together with threads, which was very simple.
Anyway, Xia Duo couldn't understand the words on it, so he put it aside first and checked other things-
a quill pen without ink or blank parchment;
A candle, and the Mage Tower still needs a candle?
A box of matches, for lighting candles?
A wooden wine glass, similar to the one at the Old Neil's Inn, can the mage drink?
Nothing else, no more!
Xia Duo stood in place, a little dazed, should he ask Taling next? Recalling the moment when Master Leonard first called to Taling, Chardo tried:
"Talein, Command: Guide."
No response.
"Taling, Command: Explain."
Still no response.
Xia Duo was going to try one last time, and if it didn't work, he would have to go back and ask the two middle-aged mages.
"Taling, I'm Shado, what should I do next?"
Still unresponsive, just as Xia Duo was about to turn around and go to the mage for help, a chuckle came from where he could not see from the circular corridor, and then a young apprentice appeared in Xia Duo's sight.
"You can't command Taling without being an official mage."
Xia Duo's eyes lit up, and he finally saw someone who was willing to take the initiative to talk to him, "Hello, my name is Xia Duo, I just joined the Mage Tower today, can I ask you a few questions?" β
"Absolutely." The visitor did not refuse, but after a change of voice, he added, "However, mages have always respected the principle of equivalent exchange, and apprentices are no exception, and if you want to get my guidance, you must pay a price." β
"What do you want? I don't have any money for you, so maybe you can ask me for help in the future. β
"Hehe, I don't want your money, as long as the box of matches in your box, I will show you how to communicate with Taling, and even the precautions of some apprentices, what is your choice?" The person who came said.
Xia Duo thought about it, he didn't think of anything when he needed to use matches, and if he really needed it, he could also use [magic tricks] to make fire, he was now a person who could use magic.
Instead of going back to the official mage and asking, it is not too difficult to pay a box of matches for the apprentice to answer.
"Yes, but I won't be able to give you the match until you answer."