Outside the town, a market similar to last year's exists, but it is much more deserted compared to the lively scene in the square.

Of course, no matter how deserted it is, it is also a market once a year, and there are still a lot of people. But the problem was that the Circus of Lion and Fire was nowhere to be seen, and Chado spun around here and asked from the vendor about a possible outcome.

"Did you stay in Connefila City?" Shado muttered. In fact, he also knew that even if the Lion and Fire Circus came over this year, it was unlikely that Mu Yan would be there, and it was not even possible to contact Mu Yan through the Lion and Fire Circus.

After all, Mu Yan mentioned that he was only temporarily living in the circus, and then he would travel around with an uncertain itinerary.

Not being able to see Mu Yan, Xia Duo felt a little lost in his heart, but life will never go well, so he packed up his mood and returned to the Mage Tower.

It's really lively outside, but that's not his liveliness, there is always one, he will hold Mid-Autumn Festival, New Year, Qingming, Dragon Boat Festival and the like in Daxialing, celebrations from his hometown, that is his liveliness.

…… The top floor of the Tower of Time, the Lord's Study. Nia stood by the projection window, looking at the crowded scene in the square outside, and from time to time magical fireworks rose into the air, level with her line of sight.

"Nya, the inheritor, is still half the time agreed with Bishop Ambriel."

"Got it." Nia withdrew her gaze from the window and sighed,

"Alas~ Father still couldn't come back after all!" After returning to the desk and sitting down, Nia didn't bother to read any more paperwork and information, and at the moment her worry about her father occupied most of her thoughts.

She pushed away the paperwork on the table with some irritability, and asked casually, "Taling, how many new apprentices have you accepted this year?" ”

"Ten."

"What?!" Nia could scarcely believe her ears, but Taling's words could not be faked, so she asked,

"How many did it cost to come to the Mage Tower to take the test?" She was a little skeptical that the content of this year's assessment was too difficult, so that the pass rate was too low, and only ten people were accepted, but in previous years, there were more than ten people at the least!

"Ten." The pass rate is 100%, which is in line with the pass ratio of previous years, after all, it must be smarter than the average person to take the exam, otherwise, there is no need to waste this time, energy, and most importantly, money.

The Tower of Time does not set too high a threshold for recruiting apprentices, basically as long as you are an adult, you can come, but it is not good whether you can successfully become a mage apprentice, or even a full-fledged mage.

The threshold is so low, it stands to reason that there are only ten people so few! This is something that Nia couldn't figure out, and continued to order Taling,

"Bring those ten Rao archives!"

"Also, how many apprentices have chosen to leave when their apprenticeships expire this year?" The apprenticeship contract lasts for a total of three years, and as long as the contract expires, as long as you fail to become a mage apprentice, you must leave unconditionally, and once you become a mage apprentice, you can stay in the mage tower forever.

In previous years, it was common for people who failed to become mage apprentices to leave, after all, the apprentice's salary was too low, and they had to pay backwards in order to study.

And those who become mage apprentices generally want to become full-fledged mages, knowing that once they leave, they can almost insulate themselves from the magical path, and these are all possible, and they are not willing to leave.

Nia instinctively felt as if something bad was happening, but she didn't come up to what it was, and just subconsciously asked about the rest of the apprentices.

But Taling told her that the results were not so good,

"Inheritor Niya, 72 apprentices have chosen to leave this year."

"Impossible!" Niya subconsciously retorted, she knew that there had not been a time in the last three years when the number of new apprentices had exceeded 50 rao, and this was certainly not the batch of three years ago!

She soon realized that many of the apprentices who had wanted to stay in the Mage Tower had given up on the path of magic.

In Niya's eyes, leaving the Mage Tower is tantamount to giving up the path of magic, and there are no such good conditions as the Mage Tower outside!

At this time, Taling had already transmitted the information of this year's ten new apprentices, and they were on the desk in front of Niya, and they could be reached out.

Nia examined them one by one,

"Billing, from Savile."

"Stark, from Savile." ……

With a "snap", Niya slapped all the materials on the table, she already realized what was wrong, and she also took care of the others, Niya began to rummage through the bookshelves behind her.

The document was very conspicuous, not difficult to find, as if someone could put it here, Nia opened the paperwork, and on it was a decree she had signed earlier, "Specific Implementation Steps for the Official Territory of the Savile Lords" Niya remembered the pride she felt when she signed the decree, and her father didn't have anything at that time, but took out the archive separately and put it on the bookshelf behind her.

It now seems that land may be more attractive to civilians than ethereal magic. None of the ten new apprentices were ordinary civilians, and those who could have a household registration in Savile Town were at least craftsmen, traders, and relatives of military officers with assets.

"Stupid!" Niya couldn't help but curse, what else in this world can change her life more than learning magic!

She didn't even need to look it up, she could roughly surmise that most of the apprentices who left the Mage Tower should be from ordinary families.

But why can't they just grit their teeth and persevere! Nia rubbed her eyebrows, it was easy for them to leave, but she had a headache, the consequences of the loss of apprentices could not be seen in the short term, but in the long run, the foundation of the official mage was shaken.

This year is like this, and next year may not be what it will look like! But the decree can't be changed at will, which will not only lose her authority externally, but also make her lose face in front of her father!

And if you abolish the decree you signed with your own hands, your father will be very disappointed! Since taking over the territory, Nia has been trying to be the best she can be, wanting her father to be proud of her.

"Nya, the inheritor, return to camp at the agreed time with Bishop Ambriel—10 minutes!"

"...... "Now that her father is not here, she must participate in the celebration of Bai in place of her father, and there is also an event to distribute holy water to the people in the evening, Niya can only put aside the apprenticeship for the time being, change into a set of ceremonial robes, and leave the mage tower.

…… And on the other side, the Great Xia Collar in the south. Lord Epps was looking at the sudden riot of the magic web inside the Lost Lock with some madness, he knew that the Lost Lock was about to collapse, and the plane crystal was about to appear!

He's been waiting for this moment for too long!

"After all, I still haven't been able to find the plane crystals before the collapse of the Lost Lock!" Epps sighed with emotion.

Even, in this maze that was about to collapse, he took out a bottle of elf fruit wine with great interest, and without using a cup, he just carried the bottle and poured it directly into his mouth.

As he poured, he admired the scene of the collapse of the lock, and at the same time chanted in an almost vague elf like an aria: "What a delicate and clever skill!" ”

"It's a pity!"