Sonia sat in front of Griffith wearing a beautiful slim school dress. Her long golden hair was tied into an elegant bun at the back of her head. From the perspective of the trainee knight, the fair neck and delicate earlobes were less than twenty centimeters away from his hand. As long as he lowered his head, he could see the girl's slender waist that he could almost hold with one hand.
"Has my hair been tied up?" Sonia asked Galadia, who was sitting next to her, in a low voice, somewhat uncomfortably.
"I'll help you comb it later," the elf with long straight black hair looked at Sonia, "I have a hairpin, can you use it first?"
"Yeah," Sonia agreed in the lowest possible voice, gently stroking the ends of her hair hanging down by her ears.
The girls occupied the first few rows of the large classroom. Most of their Shutorals were sitting in the back two rows, right next to their targets of protection.
Boys from nobility and commoners sat further back. Many people felt that the professor would not see them over a large crowd of people, and they were tinkering with something in peace.
"Before the emergence of professional magic teaching, nobles were accustomed to teaching their children to become wizards at home," the black-haired professor Lourdes Basilico Listener said in a constant tone, "This is not the case. Rigorous education has passed down the family’s secrets, as well as… the techniques of seeking death… lightning, pointing, and whipping.”
The last few words were a magic spell. Lourdes skipped most of the magic chanting and directly triggered a silver snake-like electric arc that struck towards the middle of the students.
"Crack-click!"
The eldest son of a baron was knocked out on the spot, and the gadgets he placed on the long table from unknown sources were burned into a pile of charcoal. Several noble boys sitting nearby had their faces blackened.
"Ah!" Griffith heard Sonia scream in fright.
The lecture theater, which was full of small sounds just now, suddenly fell silent, and everyone immediately sat up straight.
Lordes looked at his results with a hint of sarcasm, and waved his hand to summon two brownie elves. The short slave creature struggled to lift the eldest son of the baron who was knocked away and carried him out.
"I know that many of you already have a superficial understanding of magic and feel that the basic courses are not worth mentioning." Lordes' sharp eyes swept over the students row by row, and finally stopped at Sonia, "ignorance Let you be fearless. Tell me, Miss Sonia de La Mole, in recent generations of your family, how many people have gone crazy or even... died because of out-of-control magic?"
ah? Why are you asking me? Sonya looked up in surprise.
The words of the high-level mage seemed to contain irresistible magic and inducement. When he read the words "madness" and "death", the wand crazily overflowed with terrifying power. Sonia felt as if she was being shrouded in an invisible strangeness, and her whole body was immersed in coldness and fear.
Ordinary words usually do not trigger magic. A complete spell needs to burn mental power as the driving energy, use the complete spell to construct the energy form, and then activate it through specific commands. However, senior mages often set up their own "mantra" to skip part of the chanting, and mobilize the power of magic with just a few words.
Griffith noticed that the girl's shoulders were shaking slightly, her skin was as pale as ice and snow, and some kind of gray presence was surrounding her body.
Oops!
Griffith immediately stood up and walked around to Sonia's side in two steps.
Galadia, who was sitting aside, was also shocked by the inexplicable power. Although she was not Lourdes' direct target, she was caught in confusion and confusion for a while.
At this moment, a passionate and warm force appeared beside them. Sonia regained her composure as if she had been fished out of the sea of ice. She raised her head and found that Griffith's firm body had reached diagonally in front of him, blocking the fear thrown at him like a mountain.
Griffith was already in a fighting stance. He bent slightly and bent his knees so that he could explode at any time. The anger and blood in his body surged and spread with his hot breath and eyes.
"Shuto-Lal."
Archmage Lordes muttered something like a curse, and the continuous sound lingered in his ears, making it unbearable. He looked away from Sonya and stared into Griffith's eyes.
There was silence in the classroom. Fiona, who had just been drawing a bunny in her notebook, was frightened. She wanted to ask what happened but didn't dare to open her mouth. Lana, Midianmaia and several Shutoral clenched their fists. This terrifying wizard suddenly exuded a terrifying sense of oppression, making their whole bodies tense up.
It's terrible... Griffith, this idiot, provoked the high-level mage in the first class! How will it end now? Ophelia looked left and right in panic, fearing that everyone would take action in the next moment.
"Tell me, trainee knight, who asked you to leave your seat?" Lordes asked in a hoarse voice.
"As the candidate for heraldry of the Larmore family, when asked about the respected ancestors of the family, according to etiquette, I should answer for Miss Larmore." Griffith was surprised at first, but reacted immediately, He replied gently with an unchanging expression.
"Five years ago, Senator Fiennes de Lamore passed away after being exposed to a hidden existence during an experiment. Fifteen years ago, Count Lapis de Lamore, Luculus de ·Viscount Larmore fell while fighting an evil entity..."
Griffith slowly talked about the tragic experiences of several ancestors of the Larmore family. These are the records kept in the library of the Earl's Mansion. His tone was not sad, it was as high-spirited and solemn as praising a hero's deeds.
Sonia looked up at Griffith in surprise. She had recovered from the unprepared panic, and stared blankly at Griffith along with many students.
When Griffith finished talking about the fifth fallen ancestor of the Larmore family according to the time flashback, he paused. The topic had been changed, and the trainee knight returned to his normal standing posture, looking at Professor Lordes with non-hostile eyes.
"Go back to your seat, apprentice knight, and raise your hand to ask for my permission before answering the next question." Lordes twitched the corners of his mouth and quickly wrote on the list with a pen, "Griffith... Brandon’s final grade will be deducted by 5 points.”
Immediately afterwards, the professor did not give a chance to appeal, and raised his voice, like a saw pulling on everyone's eardrums, "After listening to the famous and tragic past of the Larmore family, have your shallow brains become... Are you more cautious? Open your introduction to magic and don’t read false history and nonsense. Chapter 2, page 67, the development of charms and the basis of the use of inspiration..."
Griffith breathed a sigh of relief. His blood could only last for more than ten seconds, and he slowly took two steps back and returned to his seat. When he stepped back, Sonia quickly turned to look at him, her blue eyes sparkling.
"The existence of magic is expressed in magic energy networks and structures," Professor Lordes continued his lecture. "Through inspiration, even if a creature cannot use magic spells, it can also listen, observe, and touch. Or through meditation and other methods to perceive the existence of magic.
"Be careful and use caution when listening, observing, touching or meditating."
…
The introduction to magic did not end until lunch time, during which Archmage Lordes only gave everyone a few short breaks. Finally, the unsmiling archmage assigned reading assignments from three books and required everyone to submit reports before class on Thursday. Before leaving the house, his cold eyes glanced at Sonia, as if he wanted to see through her gaze, which shocked the girl again.
"Go and eat quickly!" Galadia quickly patted Sonia on the shoulder and helped her comb the ends of her hanging hair. "My classes in the afternoon are light spells and divination theory, and potions in the evening."
"Me too!" Sonia turned to look at her trainee knight, "Griffith, where are you?"
"My courses are Infantry Command and Standard Battalion. It's a pity that they can't be taken together," Griffith said. "I plan to use the evening time for self-study."
"Many of Toral's classes are not taught together with us," Fiona walked over briskly and held Sonia's arm. "I hope the professor in the afternoon will be more cute. Ha~ I was exhausted in the morning."
Hometown Watts provides a buffet-style lunch at noon. Students of all grades gathered in the hall, taking bread, ham, roasted chicken, yogurt, vegetable salad and pudding from the tables nearby, and gathered in groups. We ate at the long table.
The hall was as lively as a spring fair.
There is no extra charge for these foods! Griffith filled his plate with delicious food and walked to the long table. The girls with Galadia and Sonia as the core have occupied a large area, leaving no space for the trainee knights.
Galadia looked up at the confused trainee knight, then turned her gaze to an empty seat, then quickly moved back and blinked at him.
It's girls time, you sit over there...
Okay, okay, Griffith was amazed. He didn't expect that the elf's eyes could actually talk.
It was no different from the couches used at Beyeland balls and banquets. The most beautiful girls formed a small circle. Next to them were several daughters of noble and mage families, and even more peripherally were girls from common people. Sonia maintained her dining etiquette and ate gracefully, occasionally stopping to say a word or two to the girls on the fringe of the small circle so that they would not be embarrassed.
Griffith looked aside and found that there was no need or possibility to join in. There were Shutoral from several families eating their own food. They haven't formed cliques yet and seem to be enjoying the food in front of them.
"Mr. Apprentice Knight." A somewhat familiar voice sounded from behind.
Griffith turned around and found a man wearing a Homemon Watts teacher's robe looking at him not far away. His face was kind and gentle.
Velonos!
In the Eastern Province, he led people to support Griffith and Galadia who were attacked by the resident mage Rudias.
"Professor Velonos?"
"Haha, I'm just an associate professor. Long time no see," the associate professor said, "Would you like to have dinner together? I heard that you are still alive after you contradicted 'Dry Ice' Lordes."
Will associate professors eat with students? Griffith nodded immediately and sat down aside.
"Have you taken the Alchemy and Potions course?" asked the kind associate professor. "After witnessing Rudias's crazy research, I guess you will not be able to forget the scene you witnessed that day."
"No, Associate Professor," Griffith replied honestly. He had enough classes on Monday and had to leave time for reading and homework.
"Oh, that's not possible, I'll put you on the student list right now," Veronos said while chewing a baked potato. "As a spellbreaker, the most important thing you can't miss is alchemy and potions. Do you listen to me?" wrong."
Using orcs, elves, and goblins to repeatedly crossbreed to create monsters, it went crazy beyond the bottom line. However, the orcs are actually so powerful. The potions that heal the body and restore the spirit are also very magical.
I was indeed interested and curious.
However, I really don't have time. Griffith was about to refuse when suddenly, the "Potion Preparation Notes" he had carried with him for the past two days suddenly started to get hot. As he touched the notes in surprise, some strange information flooded into his brain.
The notes showed some records about potions, waiting for him to read.
"I specialize in the cultivation of magical life," Assistant Professor Velonos told Griffith straight to the point. "The many familiars you see in this academy range from owls and bats to brownies. and the rock puppet, I am responsible for the daily care and cultivation.”
Brownies are also bred? Griffith involuntarily turned his head to look at the brownie elf on the side of the hall who was constantly delivering baked meals.
"Haha, yes, Brownie is also a magical life form," Veronos followed Griffith's line of sight and naturally discovered his focus, "You can come to the Second Potion Laboratory when you have time. , which is on the second basement floor of the northwest tower and is the incubation base."
"Thank you, Associate Professor, I am indeed very interested," Griffith nodded, "I always thought they were naturally reproducing life forms."
"Brownies don't have females, and they don't have the desire or ability to mate." Velonos dug another spoonful of chickpeas into his mouth. "Creatures without the need for reproduction will be more obedient, and their emotions will not fluctuate easily. Yes. A very good assistant in magical experiments."
"But why are you looking for me?" Griffith asked, "I am Shutoral. My attainments in magic will be limited by my blood."
"What are you thinking? It's just that your subjects related to magic will be affected," Veronos smiled. "Alchemy requires knowledge, enthusiasm, meticulousness, firm will and hands, and it has little to do with magic talent. . Over the years, the great mages with outstanding attainments in the field of magic have devoted too little attention to alchemy, which has hindered the development of this discipline."
"I have been seeking Shutoral to join the noble and promising field of alchemy," the associate professor continued. "The professor's focus is on theoretical research, and the preparation of potions is left to me and the students. Alas~ You know, now it is very difficult for us to even guarantee the production of the necessary potential potions every year. Alchemy needs new people like you with a flexible mind and a strong will to join. You know, we have a little allowance, and every year we brew a total of 100% of the potions. There is so much excess product, the professor doesn’t care what to do with it.”
It sounds good... Griffith knew that magic potions had a huge effect in treatment, strengthening, etc., but they were too expensive to afford.
Now that you have such an opportunity, you might as well give it a try!
"Thank you, Associate Professor Velonos," Griffith nodded, "Then..."
"Very good, I'll add you to the list and prepare for the alchemy class in the evening. Come to the second laboratory to find me after it's over!" Velonos said cheerfully, "Believe me, this job will give you a lot of lessons. It will bring you a lot of unexpected help! Moreover, I will introduce you to Lord Salorian and listen to his advice when you start your studies!"
