Colin stepped out of his newly rented apartment and walked like a real office worker to the nearby Higher School of Magic of Elijah.

Inside the office.

Dorothy read the materials on the table carefully.

Her appearance can only be regarded as average, but she knows how to dress up very well, with red lips and white teeth, gold-rimmed glasses, and a corset magic robe that perfectly outlines her figure, and her every move reveals a sense of temptation.

Despite only working on the administrative side of the academy, Dorothy is still a mid-level magician who has passed the exam.

"Mr. Snape, according to your previous contract, you will currently be offered a tentative salary of 4.5 gold francs per week, and of course this amount will increase every year with the end of the probationary period."

"I've looked at the contract carefully and have no opinion on that." Colin thought that every time he teleported, it would cost him more than 400 gold francs, and these small sums really didn't need to be too reassuring, but he couldn't behave too casually, otherwise it would be somewhat suspicious.

"The school cafeteria is in the northwest corner, and the faculty only eats on the second floor, or you can have the staff bring you to the office on a regular basis. Meals, rental allowances, and transportation subsidies will be provided separately......"

"Rather than that, I want to get information from the library as soon as possible." Colin interrupted the other party at the right time and smiled at his request.

"Ahh Dorothy lifted her gold-rimmed glasses and said with a charming smile: "You are indeed a magician who concentrates on academics, please rest assured, as agreed before, you have the library authority of Ilya College second only to the principal, but because you have just arrived, a lot of identity information is still being perfected, if you pass now, there is a high probability that you will be stopped by the staff who don't know you." ”

"Maybe I can take a look at the location first." Colin insisted.

"Of course that's fine."

Dorothy glanced at the timer on the wall and said with a smile: "It's lunchtime, why don't we go to eat first, and then I'll take you around the school by the way, although it's not as famous as Cambrid, but our campus is bigger than them, and the environment is better, I'm sure you will like it." ”

Ilya is a typical resort city, and as the only High School of Magic in the city, and the best in the Principality of Banner, the public areas of the campus are open to the public.

Therefore, the school spends a lot of money every year on the maintenance and improvement of the campus environment.

Colin had no suitable reason to refuse this time, so he had to nod his head in agreement.

Ilya's climate is warm and humid, and the campus at the end of September still has a distinctly summer character, with warm sunshine, lush foliage, and a refreshing chill of leaves as the sea breeze blows.

On the top floor of the cafeteria, in a private room reserved for senior faculty members, Dorothy handed over the tray of food and sat down gracefully to eat.

"Mr. Snape, I wonder if you have any topics you are currently working on?"

"Honestly." Colin swallowed a piece of gray taro stained with onions and beef juice, lamented that Ilya's food was not worthy of its status as a "tourist city", and said:

"In the six months of Cambri Regis, I have already overdrawn too much energy, so after the end of the graduation thesis, I have not touched specific research, and I am currently only reading two books on the magical archaeology of the Anxi era to relax my mind and rest."

"It only took half a year to complete the Cambri Ridge Magic Pattern major, which is known as the difficulty of hell, which is indeed an unbelievable thing."

"It's not easy for Ms. Dorothy to be promoted to the middle level at this age."

"It depends on who you compare yourself to." Dorothy gently wiped the corners of her mouth with a napkin and smiled, "In the eyes of someone like you who can relax with historical and archaeological books, our intelligence is probably no different from that of Warcraft." ”

"Ma'am, you're so good at laughing."

Colin knew exactly why Dorothy was bringing up the topic.

In addition to the role of teaching, the main responsibility of the Higher School of Magic in the Western Continent is in the study of magic.

Most of the high-level magicians of the Magic Federation will serve as professors in major academies, but the energy of teaching actually only occupies a small part of them, and most of the time is still focused on the study of various topics.

Even the main indicators of the comprehensive strength of each college are how many achievements can be produced in research, the papers published by the college every year, and the various awards it has received.

As for how many excellent students can really be taught, it is not the main thing, and even the purpose of cultivating students is to provide fresh blood for the academic research of the college, so when Colin left Cambridge, even the Archduke of Brighton brought a letter to him. It shows how much attention the major colleges attach to talents.

The Elijah School of Magic hired Cohen Snape, of course, with this in mind.

Generally, specially hired professor-level magicians will have two choices, either they will come with their own topics, or they will choose an existing topic in the academy to study.

The academy will decide how much support to give after consideration, and the benefits will be redistributed between the two sides after the results, of course, as an academy, the greatest benefit is still reputation, so many times, the magician will get all the material support, and the price to pay is only to associate the academy with the signature of the paper.

Colin didn't embarrass the other party, and took the initiative to ask, "Can I hear what topics are currently in the college?" ”

"If you don't have a good option for the time being, I'm happy to help."

Dorothy ate less than one-sixth of the food, put down the tableware, and introduced: "There are many research groups in the academy at present, but it is estimated that there are only five or six that can match your identity and professional counterparts, and if you exclude those who already have a person in charge, there are only three left." ”

"Which three, please?"

"One is the optimization of the Earth Demon Pattern No. 6 basic framework; One is the study of improving the energy conversion rate of the Burning Demon Pattern Group; The last one is the effect of the water element's high-energy collapse on the water magic pattern. ”

Dorothy first introduced it, and then explained: "On the last topic, the question is too broad...... As you know, more than half a year ago, His Excellency Felix, the Grand Magician of the Duchy of Osterea, was helped by a mysterious person to prove the fourth conjecture of Laxiri, and successfully completed the construction of the theoretical system of the high-energy collapse of the water element, so our academy also hopes to make a breakthrough in this regard. ”

Colin nodded, and then asked, "The second, the subject of the Burning Demon Pattern Group, I heard that Lord Iris was in charge of it before?" ”

"Indeed." Dorothy nodded: "However, Lord Iris believes that he cannot solve the contradiction between the 'Thermal Equilibrium of the System' and the 'Third Law of Thermal Disorder', so he voluntarily gave up this topic. ”

Colin agrees with the head.

Half an hour later.

Dorothy tilted her head sideways and asked cautiously, "So, what is your choice?" ”。

Colin thought about his ultimate purpose for coming here, and after weighing the current situation repeatedly.

"If no one else is doing research on these things for the time being......," he smiled, "I would like to work on these three topics at the same time." ”

(End of chapter)