Chapter XXXIV Intelligence
Catrice College has a large number of students, and in order to relieve the stress of commuting, the college encourages students to live in the dormitory provided by the college. Depending on the fee paid, the dormitory provided by the college is divided into several levels, from the most basic dormitories to luxurious private cabins.
This is a separate room in the dormitory, and the price is in the upper middle range, so the room is also a relatively spacious suite. This is the dormitory that Curt has chosen for Lizzie in the college, and the unfurnished room is too empty for a person to live alone.
In a room with only simple furniture, there are now four people sitting opposite each other. On one side of the wall are Lizzie and Curt, and on the other side are Oscar with his head down and Hepburn who is half behind Oscar.
In silence, Curt spoke: "Let's talk about today's noon." ”
Today, he still wears the same formal clothes he wore at that time, and he did not carry his usual weapons. If you don't know him, you might only think of him as an ordinary young man with a very poor spirit, and you can't imagine that he is actually a powerful active mercenary.
He sat in the armchair and looked at Oscar, and his tone was quite regretful: "Oscar, I think you must have a good memory as an apprentice of a magician. I should remember when I told you that you should calm down your brain when you are in trouble, right?"
"I'm sorry ......"
Oscar hung his head down, like a child being reprimanded by a teacher. In fact, his relationship with Curt is not so deep, but it is not impossible to insist on calling it "master and apprentice". Oscar still has a lot of respect for Curt, a senior who taught a lot about the basics of the mercenary line.
"You don't have to apologize, and I don't want your apologies. ”
Curt held his forehead, after listening to Lizzie's report on today's lunch break, he didn't know how to evaluate Oscar's impulsive behavior for a while. To be honest, he was quite disappointed with Oscar's flippant appearance, but he also knew that with his character, it was an inevitable result.
"I'm sorry ......"
Oscar's head is lower.
After Lizzie suddenly barged in this afternoon and stirred up the situation, he expected that his behavior would be criticized by Curt. He hadn't forgotten what Curt had said at the time, "No matter what happens, keep a clear head," but as soon as he saw his friend in trouble, the rush of blood made reason take a back seat.
According to the clue he provided, Hepburn said that a senior in the book club he attended was openly looking for a practitioner who wanted to be the recipient of one of the spells they were practicing at the end of a discussion. He had already stated at the time that it was a safe practice, but many of the apprentices were reluctant to join.
Hepburn, who had always been looked down upon by apprentices of the same age around him, thought that he could take this opportunity to change the opinion of the people around him, so he volunteered to join Shiyàn. At that time, the senior was very happy to praise him, and at the same time introduced him to Danfoss, the leader of the research group.
Danvers was actually very good to Hepburn, most of them were just simple spells, and they would teach him a lot of knowledge. Since no one ordered Hepburn not to tell anyone else about these things, he naturally revealed the information to his best friend, Oscar, with whom he grew up.
At first, Oscar agreed that Hepburn was willing to take the initiative to contact Danfoss, and he and Hepburn realized that now, he has always been a bullied character, and he has to rely on Oscar to solve the siege every time. Now he can take the initiative to make friends with seniors, which makes Oscar feel his growth.
It's just that as time goes by, Oscar starts to feel that something is wrong. He learned from Hepburn that some of the things that Danvers's research team was working on seemed to conflict with what he was studying. At that time, he thought that this was the knowledge that he would master in the senior year, but when Hepburn said that this time the research team was going to cast ancient spells in the old real yàn building, and he also volunteered to be the real yàn, he couldn't sit still.
Following the senior apprentices who took Hepburn to the old Shiyàn Building, and returned a serious set of various equipment necessary to drive spells, which made him feel a little relieved. In particular, they also asked Hepburn to wear a talisman for protection, and it seems that the safety they promised before was not a lie.
But something wasn't quite right after the real yàn started.
A flame suddenly burst out of the Rubik's Cube, and it spiraled like a snake and climbed up Hepburn's body, burning Hepburn's clothes. It rolled upwards and again, and finally slammed into the amulet hanging from Hepburn's neck, shattering it in an instant.
Hepburn, who then lost his protection, fell to the ground under the guidance of an invisible force, and tried to keep hitting his head against the hard floor. At this time, although he looked panicked, he still relied on all his will to make his body stand up, so as not to grab the ground with his head after he really lost control.
Oscar couldn't stand it now, and immediately rushed in to interrupt the spell ceremony that was being held, and the Rubik's Cube, which had lost its magic power, quickly disappeared, and Hepburn's twitching body stopped.
In fact, Oscar had never met Danvers, the leading senior apprentice, before, and his understanding of him only stayed in Hepburn's introduction. But after he stopped "Shi Yàn", Danfoss kept calmly saying words of contempt for Oscar, which made his anger rise all of a sudden.
After calming down, he remembered that if his enthusiasm was really out of control, he would be unlucky in the end. No one cares what Danfoss said before, the only result is the fact that "Oscar beat Danfoss and others".
On second thought, Oscar suddenly felt that Danfoss was trying to provoke his anger and cover up the illegality of their actions. If his plan succeeds, they will be able to divert the perception of the incident from others, and their status will suddenly shift from the status of the perpetrator to the victim.
The timing of Liki's insertion was actually just right, if she appeared Hepburn half a step later, she wouldn't be able to pull Oscar. Although he is a boy with thin arms and legs, his strength is actually worse than that of many female apprentices, and at that time, barely restricting Oscar's actions almost required him to do his best.
The end of the matter was rather abrupt.
After being pointed out by Lizzie about the misconduct, Danfoss simply threw down the sentence "How can a mortal like you understand the meaning of our research?" Then he took the members of the research group and left the teacher, who had left no trace of the spell.
After that, there was nothing to do, and Lizzie squeezed Oscar's purse to get a lunch, and then led them to the room after finishing the afternoon class.
"Uh...... This gentleman, please stop criticizing Oscar. Actually, he got into a fight with Danfoss and them all because of me. At this time, Hepburn saw that Oscar was criticized by Curt, and he also seemed quite cringe, but still tried to intercede for him, "And he still didn't hit Danfoss in the end." ”
"If he did, it wouldn't be that simple. Lizzie was unceremonious, and casually approved Hepburn's intercession back, "The combination of the two of you is also strange enough." It might be just right for two people to add a piece and divide it in half, but now it's really not a long time. ”
"I'm sorry ......"
This will even Hepburn bow his head and apologize, although Oscar was criticized by these two for him, but in front of Liqi, who really helped him and Oscar, he couldn't raise his head at all. And she was right, he joined the research because he had some guts, but he didn't expect it to backfire now.
"We're not asking you to apologize!"
Lizzie was angry, and the two of them only knew one apology now, which was hard for her to accept. She really began to think about whether to think of a way to transfer some of Oscar's excess love to the skinny teenager, so that the two of them could balance their roles a little.
"Forget it, there's no point in going on. ”
Curt patted Lizzie on the shoulder, motioning for her to stop pursuing it.
Then he looked at Hepburn, who was still cowering, and asked him in a calm tone: "You're Hepburn, right, I'm Curt Leonster, barely an acquaintance of Oscar in the mercenary management office." Can you please tell us more about this period of life?"
Curt's gentle tone calmed Hepburn a little, and he began to recall about Danfoss: "Actually, things weren't supposed to be like this......"
If you ask what is the difference between a mediocre person and a gifted person, the most obvious thing is that in the latter as a matter of course, things that can be done like breathing, the former require a lot of energy to catch up, and may not even be able to learn no matter how hard you try.
Hank Danfoss falls into the latter category. With a wealthy family, his talents are excellent, and all the apprentices of the elemental department are obvious to all. Not only can you easily pass the Guò Academy's tests with the top grades in your grade, but you can also easily complete difficult spell details.
It's just that good people have more or less quirks, but Danfoss is okay, he's just a little too interested in ancient spells. He often said that the spells taught in the academy today were only universal knowledge, and that only ancient spells symbolized the glory of the sorcerer.
Based on this point, Danfoss formed a small group with some like-minded friends, and declared that it was a research group of like-minded nature. They rummaged through old paper for "hidden knowledge" while trying to train in the ancient style of spellcasting.
However, according to the senior who brought Hepburn into the club, for a long time, they did not have anything to call a pioneering present, and only stayed at the surface stage. The ancient spells mastered are just simple spells that can be found in old books that can be flipped through in the library.
Danforth was disappointed by this situation, and he was eager to go further in the realm of archaic spells.
So the other day, things changed.
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