Curt has always believed that there are two fundamentally different kinds of people in this world. One is a genius, like Lizzie, and the other is not, like herself.

As the name suggests, a genius is a person who is born with an innate talent, and they have reached an inconceivable level of talent in some aspects. In some fields, what ordinary people need to work ten or even a hundred times harder to do, these people can accomplish without much effort.

I remember that Alvar Andes, a pioneer of new era mechanics who was hailed by everyone as "the last genius of the old era and the first genius of the new era", once said, "Genius is nothing but the guidance of ordinary people's ninety-nine points of effort with one point of intelligence".

Hard work is important, but without that intelligence it is meaningless.

He wasn't a genius, just an ordinary mortal—he thought so. Therefore, he never expects to achieve unrealistic results in certain fields, but instead works what he believes is "something that even mortals can do".

And now, standing in front of him, Cruise François is also a surviving person who has achieved unimaginable results. And judging by his experience, he is undoubtedly a genius as well.

When the Dominion was first incorporated into the empire, Catrice was just an ordinary pioneer village, and it was a land that was cultivated by a few families with a few backgrounds with a few scattered pioneer farmers. The surname François was among the "families with backgrounds" at the time.

Time flies, and some of the descendants of those pioneers have now become propertied owners who own a large number of farms, while some of the formerly prominent families have disappeared into history. Regardless of what happened to the other families, the François family still had a considerable influence in the Catrices.

Such a background is enough to be envied, and he was shown to have a much higher level of spell casting than ordinary people when he was a teenager. In particular, the ability to grasp the "air" in elemental magic was called "rare in a hundred years" by the teachers who taught at the time.

A genius is a genius, and the information about the genius that is known to everyone on the surface is basically only his glorious deeds. Judging from the above, from his birth to the present, he does not seem to have experienced anything that ordinary people would feel headaches.

As for the rest, it is not something that should be known to the general public.

Prior to this meeting, Curt had seen many photographs of the soon-to-be-aged man in the newspapers. But sure enough, through a layer of media, it was difficult to feel the sense of existence exuded by this mage who had been awarded the title of "Wind of the Twelve Directions" by the Imperial Central Magic Research Institute.

The moment he saw Curt approaching, with a barely changing expression, he spoke.

A steady, powerful voice came out of his dry lips: "You're Curt Leinster?" I've heard about you from many people, but I didn't expect you to be a little younger than I thought. Very good, you have a lot of fame at a young age, and I am looking forward to your future appearance. ”

Beneath the dim streetlights, his black coat almost melted him into the darkness. The wide-brimmed gentleman's hat that had been worn on his head had now been removed, revealing a rich head of silver. Black and silver, the tall and thin sorcerer has a perennial high position of coercion.

The air around him belonged to him, and the swollen air flow freely under his drive, regularly circulating a completely different realm from the outside world. Air. This beast, which had always longed for "freedom", now seemed to kneel before the old man and bow down to him.

"Wind in 12 directions" is a word derived from the respelling of the three ancient words used to describe "wind", "atmosphere" and "circulation" after being replaced with imperial Chinese. And the noun itself means "the wind blowing from the end of the world".

Although Lizzie was unhappy that he had been given the title - she did not think that the achievements of Cruz François were not enough to deserve such a title. But when Curt is in the realm of the wind, which he controls, it is not difficult to imagine the power he possesses.

"The problem is not here, I just think it's too exaggerated to have a human being with the name of God. Curt's slander was still heard by Liki, who maintained the soul connection, and she shouted in Curt's head with dissatisfaction, "In the religion of the Age of Mythology, the 'Wind of the Twelve-Directions' is used to describe the 'invisible and ever-present' god who controls the atmosphere. It may be difficult for people of that era to describe such a thing as 'air', so they will choose the more intuitive 'wind' to describe the sorcerer who controls the air, and it is from this that the zhì ......"

It may be an exaggeration to let a human have the title of the Lord of the Winds.

This would have been an unforgivable act of blasphemy in the old days when religious rights had a great influence on the world. But now this era is an era where you can use gods and demons to build stories, stuck thousands of years ago, and the name of a pagan god is used indiscriminately or something, I'm afraid no one cares about this kind of thing for a long time.

Too lazy to pay attention to Lizzie's tirade, Curt looked at Cruise François, who was controlling the air around him, and said, "Where, Monsieur François has won the prize." Compared to me, a nameless mercenary, your reputation as a high-level mage is truly thunderous. ”

The air around him was whirring, and the flow of magic could be faintly felt. The area within a few dozen steps should be under the control of Cruise François. The air was an extension of his senses, and it would give him a piece of information that they could perceive.

Curt felt fortunate he hadn't brought Lizzie with him.

Even if she is in a soul state now, she will not be touched by matter, and she cannot be seen directly with the naked eye, but the area where the size of the human body is significantly different from the temperature of the surrounding environment, as long as you enter here, you will definitely be detected by the surrounding air.

"Did you win? I don't think so. Cruise François's smooth expression hung a hint of a business smile, and Curt could hardly see what he was thinking, "There are many skilled personnel in the Mercenary Management Service, but at your age you have completed quite difficult commissions, and have assisted Grostide of the garrison in handling a few difficult incidents - I don't think there are many people who can do that." ”

Hearing him say this, Curt's eyebrows couldn't help but raise.

He couldn't think of any need for this sorcerer, known as the "Wind of the Twelve", to praise himself. Helping Grostide with the incident was not a formal commission from Grostet to the Mercenary Administration, and in theory this information should not reach his ears.

So someone sued him for this information?

He looked at Cruise François in silence, waiting for him to continue, while silently pondering the possible leakage of information.

"Curt Leinster, the 'Iron' mercenary of the Mercenary Administration. He came to Cutrice from Port Sani three years ago and lives at 27 Lime Street in Brooklyn. But the other party did not care about his suspicions, but recited Curt's information without ups and downs, "There is a relative, Lizzie Leinster, who has been recuperating at home for three years because of her frailty, and now she is getting better. A few days ago, I started my first year in the Theory Department of the Faculty. ”

Curt calmly watched him slowly read out the tasks and jobs he had participated in in the past three years one after another, and spit out all the identities he could find out, and couldn't help but want to laugh a little. Before he noticed, so much information about himself had already leaked out.

Thankfully, the personal information that Cruise François had found was true information that would not be a big deal even if it was known.

In the few years since he came to this new big 6 overseas with Liqi, he hasn't been slow enough to do anything that would reveal his and Liqi's true identities. The only thing that is more conspicuous is just to act as an "ordinary mercenary" quietly in a corner of the city.

Listening to Cruise François read over his information, Curt had a hypocritical wry smile on his face: "It seems that I have been investigated very thoroughly, so may I ask Dean Cruise François, what are you investigating about me as an ordinary 'iron' mercenary?"

This guy isn't easy to deal with......

Curt looked earnestly at this sorcerer who was about to grow old, but still had a lot of life and vitality, he seemed to be omniscient like his nickname, but he didn't know what his purpose was, which made people feel elusive. At the same time, he was also curious about how much information the other party still had in his hands.

"Don't you think you're very unwilling? Obviously, you have completed so many difficult tasks, and you are obviously not shallow, but after such a long time, you are only at the 'iron' level, and you can't get better job treatment. As if enjoying the initiative, he spoke slowly, "I think it's a pity, so I want to ask you - do you want to come to the academy to become a teacher? With your ability, it is no problem to be a teacher of sports classes, and if you vote for it, I think you can also start swordsmanship courses in some departments." ”

What was he thinking? Curt was a little unsure. Although his tone sounded like he was trying to persuade Curt to join them, it didn't look like that was the case from the way he looked at him. The conditions he offered could not be said to be weighty, but Curt did not think he meant what he said.

After much thought, Curt thought it would be better to reject his proposal, and he scratched his face and said, "I'm sorry, I appreciate your kindness, but I'm quite satisfied with the status quo." And I think I'm better suited to be a mercenary than a faculty member in the academy. ”

He didn't expect that the other party would reply with a laugh for this answer.

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