Carlius is a third-rate city located in the Papal State. It belongs to the territory of the Duke of Orsini family. In terms of prosperity, it is far less prosperous than the capital Florence, but at least it has churches, markets, factories, and everything people need. of public buildings.
You can see the industrial products of the great era - the heavy rail trains whizzing through the city, bringing rare goods from far away, and the magical aristocratic Academy of San Carlo, which is constantly innovating by combining magic with emerging industries. , no one can completely deny the value created every day and the trend of expansion in the city of Kalliu.
Although in order to protect the current situation, the taxes in Kalliu are much higher than those in other cities, but at least there will be no poor people who cannot pay taxes and homeless people begging along the streets, because they will be driven out of the boundary by the guards. Go into the forest, the law is written in black and white.
The sun of a new day rises quietly, and the bells ringing loudly in the College of San Carlo also signify the beginning of the first class of the day. The entrance to the academy is a huge wooden door wrapped in metal, inlaid with shiny ivory carvings.
When you try to enter the Noble Academy of San Carlo, you will clearly realize that you are in a magical world at the transition of an era. The mechanical gears creak and the magical steps float one by one. Only students of the nobility are eligible. After being exposed to the mysteries of magic, only these children can afford the high tuition fees of St. Carl's School, even though most of them are just third-rate nobles living in this third-rate city. They came here only for their parents to use the money they collected from the people. In exchange for his children's diploma from a noble college.
Of course, St. Charles College also has a large number of very outstanding teachers. They are hired with high salaries as experts in various fields. They are the most prominent pride of this school. Some of these teachers are from noble backgrounds, while others are more proficient in art and industry. Or astronomy, familiar with the integration of magic and various wonderful scientific phenomena. This is why the college has many subjects and has established observatories, alchemy workshops and other teaching buildings.
The main teaching building of the Noble Magic Academy is a chapel made of red brick, marble and iron. Different from the conventional rigid style, the teaching building has Gothic carvings, and there are two knight stone sculptures standing in the huge arched doorway. , in the building, you can often hear sweet music from the art class, occasionally smell the strange stench that breaks your heart and lungs from the biology class, and there are waves of thick fog coming from the magic knowledge class.
As soon as you enter the stepped classroom, you will immediately notice that the classroom has a semi-circular design. Starting from the blackboard, the students' seats are arranged in rows and rows, forming a slope shape. Each seat is raised above the height of the seat in front, allowing everyone to see what's on the board.
The design of the classroom is also full of sunlight and air circulation, allowing everyone to focus on the teacher and the blackboard at the front of the classroom. Comfortable seats and spacious classrooms. Even in a prosperous era, only aristocratic students could have such treatment. As for how the children of the poor were educated, at least no one sitting in this classroom would care. .
When the old teacher hunched over and lightly scratched the blackboard with his skinny fingers, words composed of magic elements appeared in front of the students. He cleared his throat gently and said what he just said. The knowledge point continued: "Therefore, the rapid development of industry is inseparable from the prosperity of magic. People use magic to melt metals and shape metals, including the well-known source of steam power, which also relies on magic circles. basic principles."
The teacher's skinny body and the wisp of beard on his chin made him look like an old goat walking upright. Occasionally he would raise the high-precision lenses on the bridge of his nose. "Everyone should know that there are many types of magic, and most of them are innovative through continuous inheritance, but magic also has its taboos."
In the front row of the classroom, the black-haired boy Cesare Hunyadi was sitting there. With an expressionless face, he listened carefully to the class and took notes. What's interesting is that the row of seats in the classroom can almost accommodate There are twelve students, but the row where Cesare is located is extremely empty. Even the seats in front and behind him are deliberately empty. If he is not a campus bully, then he must be an extremely unpopular student. , the fact is obviously the latter.
Some students quietly discussed everything about Cesare. Due to the vicious rumors about the Hunyadi family, Cesare's life experience, his sister, and why he was a misfit and weirdo were always talked about by the students. topic. Even though they had lowered their voices as much as possible, it was inevitable that some gossip would still reach Cesare's ears, but Cesare didn't care. It seemed that he was already used to this strange look.
And not all students were deliberately isolating Cesare Hunyadi. A young man with brown hair and some freckles on his face was sitting next to Cesare. The boy's name was Sandino, the son of a foreign baron and Cesare's only friend in the city.
Although Sandino often looks dull, this is also the cute part of him. At this moment, he raised his eyes and looked at the teacher who was engrossed in the lecture. Then he put the book on the table with both hands to cover his face, and whispered to himself Cesare next to him said: Hey, hey! Cesare? can you hear? "
"Yeah." Cesare nodded and responded perfunctorily.
"You remember that the school dance is this weekend, right?" Sandino continued in a low voice.
"Yeah." Cesare hummed again. His cold expression seemed to be uninterested in any topic other than teaching, or perhaps the perfunctory response was already his most enthusiastic result.
"Don't just say yes, let me tell you some big news. I may have found a dance partner. Do you remember the rich man's daughter Yvette? I think she is interested in me and she agreed to dance with me." , the corners of Sandino's mouth couldn't help but rise, with pride and excitement.
"By the way, have you decided who you want to be your dance partner? Don't tell me that you are going to dance with your own sister. It's too cliché! Hey, have you tried asking Velatia? I always feel that she is right You have a feeling that she might like a mysterious and handsome boy like you."
When Sandino finished speaking a lot in one breath, Cesare was still writing something in his notes without paying any attention to what he meant. When Sandino wanted to raise his voice slightly and continue speaking, Cesare suddenly stopped the quill in his hand, raised his head and looked forward for a moment, then turned his head to look at Sandino, and spoke helplessly. Say: "I think..."
"What do you think? Does Villadia look down on you?" Sandino urged anxiously.
"No, I just think the teacher is looking at you." Cesare glanced forward, and along with Sandino's trembling gaze, he looked at the teacher's face in front of him. That goat's face was not even good-looking in itself. Shi's facial features were twisted together angrily. The teacher pushed up his glasses and tapped the blackboard lightly. "Sandino-san, please stand up for a moment."
"Yes...teacher, I'm sorry, teacher..." The moment Sandino stood up, bursts of snickering came from the classroom. For this group of descendants of high-ranking officials and nobles, the status of the son of the baron was already very low.
"Can you please answer what are the taboos in magic, or what should we not try to do with magic? Name one of them, and you can sit down, sir." The teacher restrained his anger and said politely asked.
"I...uh...please let me think about it, I remember it seems...is..." Sandino's face turned red, and after recalling countless wrong answers in his mind, he finally lowered his head and said in an extremely low voice: "I don't I know the teacher..." After saying that, there was another round of ridicule in the classroom, and the embarrassed Sandino wanted to pry open the cracks in the classroom floor and sneak in.
Just when the teacher decided to continue questioning Sandino to embarrass him even more, he noticed that Cesare next to him raised his hand. The teacher did not want to have anything to do with this student who was inextricably related to the Hunyadi family. What's the relationship, but he still accidentally called his name, "Classmate Cesare, it seems you want to answer this question?"
"Yes, teacher." Cesare stood up naturally and replied: "The taboo of magic is that you cannot question or challenge the authority of the Bible. For example, creating life is the prerogative of the Lord. We are not allowed to use magic to make any related attempts. We should also respect all living creatures in the world.”
Although his classmates discriminated against Cesare's eccentric family and his indifference and isolation towards all situations, they could not deny Cesare's seriousness in learning and his profound knowledge. After listening to Cesare's answer, the teacher nodded with satisfaction.
As the answer says, not only does magic and industry coexist on this continent, but the power of faith is also extremely important, not to mention that this is within the territory of the Papal State. The Lord is above everything, followed by the Pope above everything else.
"Okay, although Mr. Cesare answered very well, Mr. Sandino, you have to listen carefully." The teacher waved his hand helplessly and asked Sandino to sit down. Just when Sandino was about to sit down, Sandino's chair was suddenly pulled out by an invisible force. In the back row of the classroom, the person who could be seen doing it was Boris, the repeater, a troublemaker who was very tough in the background. Guy. Everyone in the school knows that he is Lord Gallen's most loyal "lackey".
At the moment Sandino was about to fall, a stronger force pulled the chair back, and Sandino just happened to sit on the chair that was pulled back. At this time, Sandino still didn't know what happened at this moment, but Boris behind him could see it clearly.
It was magic. He used the levitation technique to move the chair, and the other person used the traction technique to pull the chair back. Moreover, the magic power was much better than his. Yes, he could see clearly, it was that "freak" Cesare. Boris gritted his teeth, broke the quill in his hand, and thought to himself, it doesn't matter, let's settle the accounts together later.
After Sandino sat down, he noticed that the chair had moved. He was stunned for a moment until Cesare patted him on the back to bring him back to his senses. "Pay attention, otherwise the teacher will call your name again." "But what happened just now..." "What were you thinking about? Next is the mechanical engineering class. Have you finished your homework?"
"Huh? What! There is still homework in that class???"
