Chapter 8: Vivien, the Magical Apprentice

Karon Continent, Rose Kingdom, Oracle Town.

This is a town near the border of the Rose Kingdom, a town with a population of less than 50,000, and there are many such towns in the Rose Kingdom.

Cross Street is a lively commercial street, with endless crowds walking on this bluestone-paved road, with shops on both sides full of dazzling goods, and the boss shouting hard, just so that passing guests can take a closer look at their goods.

The white-haired old man sitting on the wooden recliner looked at the crowd and recalled the past.

"Legend has it that hundreds of years ago, Oracle Town was not called that. At that time, it was named Hongguo Town by the king because of its abundance of red water berries. ”

"At that time, the water berries in Hongguo Town were designated to pay tribute to the treasures of the royal capital every year, and many young men worked hard to cultivate the land in order to grow beautiful and delicious red water berries."

"At that time, the big tree in the center of the cross street was still a small sapling, and it used to be a small flower bed. If a young man meets a girl he likes, he will go there to pick a flower that he thinks is the most beautiful and give it to the girl he likes. ”

"Most of the girls who are given flowers will bow their heads with a red face, put their hands behind their backs, and twist in response to the boy."

"If the girl is willing to grow old with the boy, the girl will let the boy wear the flower in her ear."

"If she doesn't want to, the girl will gently take the flower and replant it in the flower bed to bless the next person who will seek love."

......

"Later...... The war is coming, and the orc army is here......"

"Later...."

"Later..."

Vivien was cleaning the house while listening to the chatter of the old man outside.

She had heard this story told by Grandpa Fick countless times, but the old man would always forget the plot in the middle of the story, which made Vivian, who liked to listen, also helpless.

Grandpa Fike's memory is also too bad!

Vivien thought as she sped up the cleaning of her hands, her white hands and the calluses on her hands seemed a little out of place.

Don't look at her small size, but when she gets to work, her speed is not inferior to Aunt George next door.

Because she's a serious magic apprentice!

Vivien didn't care about her long silver-white hair, which was tied up behind her with linen strings, and her oversized overalls looked a little funny.

What worries her the most is that she is 1.5 meters tall, and every time she cleans the dust on the cabinet, she always has to step on a wooden bench and tiptoe to hook it, and she wipes it very slowly.

And this will waste a lot of your time.

Today is the day of the mage assessment, and after finishing this part-time job, she has to hurry up and change into a mage robe and go to the academy to take the summoning exam.

"Grandpa Fick, I've cleaned up the room too, remember to wait and go back to the house, the ground just wiped will be a little slippery."

The old man didn't seem to hear the girl's voice, and still lay in his chair, recalling the story he had forgotten.

"Later...... Later......"

Vivien was accustomed to such conversations, took off her overalls, turned to the hanger at the door, took her patched white mage robe and mage hat, squeezed into the crowd, and ran in the direction of the academy.

Oracle Town School of Magic

"Vivien! You're late again! ”

Carol stopped Vivien with ease, she knew too well this troublesome student, and she was right to squat at this point in time every day.

I almost got in!

Vivien raised her head, looking at Teacher Carol in a blue robe with ruby eyes, thinking helplessly.

"Don't you know what day it is? Don't you know how important the calling exam is? ”

"Right...... I'm sorry, Mr. Carroll, I didn't mean to be late. ”

Vivien bowed a standard 90 degrees to the teacher, but the wide pointed magic hat almost fell to the ground, and she was in a hurry for a moment.

Carol looked at the clumsy Vivien and sighed.

"Follow me."

Vivien lowered her head and obediently followed behind the teacher, like an eagle catching a chick, following closely behind her mother.

"By the way, take this one and eat it on the way."

Vivien's hand sank into a bag of fine honey snacks she had seen on Cross Street, and this bag cost a silver coin.

She had never eaten such an expensive snack, and if she had the money, she could go to Aunt George's and buy a hundred pieces of black bread, which was enough to sustain her for a month.

She looked up at the back of the curly blond hair, and the corners of her mouth moved to say something.

"Don't think about it, I just don't want my students to faint on the call table because they haven't had enough to eat, that would be a shame on me."

Vivien lowered her head, took out a piece of snack and put it in her mouth, the silky taste of honey and milk filled her mouth, so sweet, sweet that it made people want to cry.

"The teacher is such a gentle person."

The scale of the magic academy in Oracle Town is not large, after all, there are only one in ten thousand who really have magical qualifications, and the vast majority of the students of the magic academy can only stop at the magic apprenticeship stage and can no longer move forward.

"Here, you can go in. Remember what I said, meditate and feel the magic node, don't worry, as long as you build a stable magic circle, you will definitely be able to summon low-level elemental life. ”

Carol turned around and saw Vivien, whose cheeks were bulging, nodding vigorously, and helplessly summoned a cloud of clear water that floated in front of Vivien's eyes.

"Drink some water, it's okay, there's still half an hour before the exam starts, don't rush."

Carol greeted the invigilator at the door, and watched Vivien enter the summoning classroom.

Come on, little guy, no matter what is summoned, as long as the summoning is successful, you will pass the exam.

The Summoning Classroom is a circular building nearly 20 meters high and 100 meters long, in which the space is very large, and the center is a 1-meter-high round platform, around which are rows of stone seats, which are convenient for students and teachers to watch the summoning results.

The reason why this place is built so big is because the seniors of the higher level will also take the summoning exam here, and most of the demonic beasts they summoned are very large, and if the classroom is too small, they may face the embarrassing situation of being summoned by the demonic beasts that break the roof.

It is worth mentioning that the graduation ceremony is also held here every year, after all, it is the largest classroom in the college.

There were no empty seats in the quiet classroom, and the students were quietly meditating and pranayama with their eyes closed, hoping to get a satisfactory summoning beast, while the teachers were in the first row with their heads sideways and whispering to each other, and the others were attended by seniors or juniors.

"Wow"

As soon as Vivien entered the examination room, she attracted the attention of the audience.

It's just that her unique long silver-white hair and patched robes are too dazzling.

Beauty is original sin.

"That's the girl, right? First in the grade? ”

"I heard that she is not good at magic."

"You deserve it, look at that long silver hair, at first glance, it's a slut who seduces men"

"Maybe it's in the tavern......"

Ignoring the eyes of the others, she glanced around and found her seat in the penultimate row.

The words against her along the way continued.

"John and her?"

"That's right, it's her ......"

"What's the matter with that raged clothes? Sewn from her aunt's torn socks? ”

"Hahaha, Jace, you're disgusting to me"

"The Poor Ghost Still Wants to Be a Magician"

......

The short-haired female classmate sitting next to her shrank to the side as if she was afraid that her clothes would rub against her.

"Really unlucky"

Vivien heard the grumbling next to her, but she didn't care about it, just quietly closed her eyes and began to meditate.

Gossip can't affect her, and caring about what others say will only lead her into the abyss.

"Silence!" A gray-robed teacher stepped up to the podium and stopped the growing discussion.

Half an hour later, the gray-robed old man standing on the round platform coughed, the classroom door was slowly closed, and he slowly told the exam rules to the candidates in the audience.

"Now the exam begins, the candidate hears the name and comes to the stage, and summons his first summoned beast with the magic array under his feet......"

"According to your summoned beast type and strength, I and the other three teachers will give you a rating"

"Candidates who fail to summon will not be able to participate in this year's practical class, which means that they will not be able to graduate from the Academy of Magic, and will only be able to complete the rank of Magic Apprentice, so please pay attention to the exam."

The candidates in the audience listened quietly to the exam rules.

Vivian also listened carefully, she had been preparing for this exam for a year, and she had to work three part-time jobs a day and cut down on food and clothing, just to be able to make up the materials needed for the summoning.

Summoning the circle requires daily maintenance, which is a significant expense that needs to be deducted from the students' tuition fees.

And summoning Warcraft also requires a magic core to activate, even the lowest-level magic core costs more than 10 gold coins......

"It must be successful!"

Vivien held the first-order wind attribute demon core in her hand tightly, and her eyes stared intently at the summoning platform.

"Then I announce, the exam begins!"

"First Candidate: John Loftus-Cheek"

A boy in a black robe in the third row stood up, his golden curls and kind smile made people think that this must be a sunny boy.

"Please take the test"