The first time he came to the library floor, Xia Duo looked around curiously, but in fact, there was nothing to see, this place was similar to the library before the crossing, except that there were many more single transcription rooms and spell laboratories.

There are more than 20 sections in the library, but there are not many books in each section, and there are many duplicate books, which may not add up to as many books as a middle school library before Xia Duo crossed.

Knowledge is too scarce and knowledge is too precious.

On the way here, Sammy had already introduced Shado to this official apprentice named "Eldridge", a merchant family who had been intelligent since childhood, but whose mind was not on magic, but wanted to become a great merchant.

But even so, he went from an ordinary apprentice to a full-fledged apprentice, and after that, he stopped working on magic and did not leave, but stayed in the mage tower as a merchant.

The attitude of the above acquiesced to him.

……

In a transcription room full of goods, Chadordo met with Eldridge himself, as well as two ordinary apprentices who were working here.

"Edrich, I've brought you a new customer, you can entertain him, I'll leave beforehand."

"Go ahead, my credibility is recognized."

After sending Sammy away, Edridge turned his attention to Chado, "Mr. Chado, is there anything you need?" From candles, matches, and sewing needles to magic scrolls and spell books, I have them all. ”

Eldridge is the most mage-less apprentice Xia Duo has ever seen in the Mage Tower, and he really deserves the name of "Merchant Apprentice"!

After talking about the fact that he was going to sell the opportunity to ask questions, Edrich's eyes suddenly lit up, but when he heard the question from Ganar, who could only think of the official apprentice for the time being, the light instantly weakened a little, but he was still very much looking forward to it.

"Mr. Chateau, are you really ready to sell your questioning opportunity?"

"It's true, although I'm a full-fledged apprentice now, I've just joined the Mage Tower, so it's a good idea to ask questions in a short period of time for me to exchange it for the resources I need."

Eldridge instantly understood what Xia Duo was planning, and asked again, "What about after that?" ”

"We'll see later, and if you need it, you can sell it."

"Good, good!" Edrich said in a loud voice, and began to rummage through the cluttered desk in the transcription room, and soon turned to a ledger, and then said, "Mr. Chardo, the afternoon class is about to begin, is it okay to start trading today?" ”

"Yes, but can I advance some in advance?"

"Yes, but only half of it can be advanced."

Speaking of this, Eldridge remembered that the two of them didn't seem to have talked about the specific price of asking a question, so he took out a piece of parchment and handed it to Xia Duo, "This is the reward for a question opportunity, usually paid in the form of gold coins or spell casting materials, if you have other requirements, you can also make it, but there is no guarantee that someone will be willing to accept it." ”

Xia Duo understands that intermediaries don't produce anything by themselves, and rely on resource integration to earn intermediary fees, but Edrich also sells some goods by himself here, which can be regarded as a part-time business.

It is written on the parchment that a single opportunity to ask a question can be exchanged for 10 gold coins, or the equivalent of a spellcaster. This is the price of Edridge here, and if Xia Duo contacts it himself, it is likely to exceed 10 gold coins.

But Xia Duo is very satisfied, with such a channel, he doesn't need to waste time by himself, and the exchange of gold coins for time is very cost-effective for Xia Duo now.

"Is it okay to switch to parchment and ink?"

"No problem."

Eldridge turned around and counted out a stack of parchment and a small wooden bottle from the pile of goods, and handed it to Xia Duo, "Half of the advance is 5 gold coins, 3 gold coins of ink, and 2 pieces of parchment 3 silver coins, a total of 14 pieces, and the extra silver coin is considered a discount for the first transaction." ”

Chardo nodded and took it, after which Edrich picked a question from a ledger used to register questions and informed Chardo that it was what he needed to ask in the afternoon.

It's the same question about [Repair], but it's a little different from what Dean asked, this question asks about the structural transformation of [Repair] under different material cast objects.

It seems to be a bit of an application level, Xia Duo speculated that this apprentice should be closer to mastering the [Repair Technique] than Dean, but even if he was only a thin veil away from the official apprentice, he still had no qualifications to ask questions, so he could only look for help from others.

Although he felt a little emotional, if he was allowed to help others ask questions for free, Xia Duo would not do such a stupid thing.

From this point of view, mages seem to be extremely egoistic!

I've been in this atmosphere since the apprenticeship, and I don't know what the scenery above is, and Xia Duo is looking forward to it.

……

With the question conveyed by Edrich, Xia Duo hurriedly left the library floor and returned to the hall on the first floor, where almost all the people on the first floor were gone, except for the seven or eight apprentices who had been in class together yesterday and were chatting together.

Seeing Xia Duo's arrival, their voices were a little quieter, but they didn't say anything to Xia Duo, and seemed to have excluded Xia Duo from the small circle.

However, Xia Duo doesn't care, it is almost impossible for such a small circle to survive, and it will quickly disintegrate according to the speed of each person's learning progress, without any benefits, who is willing to accompany the "junior students" to play at home.

Xia Duo casually found a vacant seat, took out some of the dictionaries that had been sorted out, and began to read and memorize them silently, and so on until Ganar, who was teaching at half past twelve, arrived.

As with yesterday, today's lesson does not touch on any specific magical knowledge, but rather establishes a magical worldview for the apprentices - from the characteristics, ranks, and progression routes of the wizards, to the mages' understanding of everything.

Chado was intrigued by such a course design, and he speculated that if such initiation lessons were not summarized from long-term practice, then the person who designed them must have been a wise man.

And he is a wise man who is good at teaching.

After the lesson, Chardo asked the question that Edrich had given him, and Garner answered again, but this time instead of pointing to a certain book, he directly explained how to do it, and then left.

Chado could not understand, and fearing that he had forgotten, could not afford to get dinner, hurried to the library, informed Edrich of Garner's answer, and received the other half of the honorarium—a small bottle of ink, 14 pieces of parchment, for which he also paid 1 silver coin.

As he leaves the library, Chateau meets Dean who comes to borrow the book, but this time Chado does not forget to re-agree with Dean on the terms of the deal.

It's going well, Dean doesn't have much right to speak, he borrowed the book "Geometric Principles in the 0 Ring Spell" yesterday, which is very useful, but it is not enough for him to master the [Repair Technique] smoothly in a short period of time.

He also needed Chardo's opportunity to ask questions.

The two re-agreed that during the week, Dean would have to decipher the words of Naisha for Shado after dinner, including pronunciation and interpretation; And Xia Duo asked Dean one more question.

After a week, reschedule.

……

In this way, Xia Duo's life in the mage tower gradually got on the right track - sorting out the dictionary during the day, taking classes in the afternoon and using the opportunity to ask questions, finding Dean to decipher the words of the Nay language at night, and occasionally lighting candles to study after the lights went out.

Little by little, the first week of Shado's time at the Mage's Tower passed.