Wizard: I brought the wrong system.

Chapter 70 Pricing
After settling the matter, Desi immediately took Yaro out again.

“Yarlo, if you want to advance to the intermediate wizard apprentice level, you really can’t avoid the academy’s strange space.”

"However, if you want to go in, there are many things you need to prepare."

Yaro asked worriedly, "Prepare? What do we need to prepare? Will it take a long time inside? I'm only a beginner apprentice now, and I haven't learned any offensive spells. I can't handle many energy-based monsters. I hope they're not taking me into those spaces."

“Narcissus is a very principled person who does things honestly and fairly. You can tell her your requirements and don’t have to worry about her cheating you.”

Yaro was taken aback. Wait a minute, what was Brother Desi just saying?
"Honest and trustworthy? The kind where you pay to join? Aren't you recruiting teammates?"

“This isn’t about recruiting teammates,” Desi laughed. “They are formal knight-level wizard apprentices who will be at the forefront in battle, and they will also take on small tasks for newcomers in normal times.”

"These kinds of tasks only pay a maximum of ten gold coins, enough to earn a little living expenses."

It turns out they were a team of full-time bosses.

However, ten gold coins is not a small amount. Yaro only spent five gold coins to buy ten grams of glitter powder as a spell-casting aid.

If we only consider normal living expenses, Yaro didn't spend a single gold coin in half a year.

"Don't worry, Yaro, I'll pay for it. After all, this should have been my responsibility, but I recently took on a good job and haven't had the time to spend with you."

"It's alright, Brother Desi. This is clearly my business. I'm sorry to have troubled you to run around like this. How could I let you pay for it!"

Although he thought the price was a little expensive, Yaro couldn't let Desi pay for it, so he was adamant and changed the subject before Desi could refuse, "Brother Desi, what good job have you taken on recently?"

Desi smiled and said, "Do you remember Professor Alice?"

Alice, the mentor?
The image of that beautiful woman flashed through Yaro's mind, and he subconsciously swallowed.

Although Instructor Alice likes to use her mental power to enhance her charm, to be honest, even without those little tricks, few people can resist her charm alone.

However, Yaro knew some of Alice's tricks and therefore always remained wary of her.

Noticing Yaro's subtle movements, Desi chuckled, "I knew you'd remember."

Yaro pressed him seriously, "Brother Desi, what are you doing?"

“It’s nothing serious,” Desi said, picking through the wallets on the counter without looking up. “Every year, Master Alice gathers some intermediate wizard apprentices to infuse a magic circle into her. Only after others leave can the next person join.”

"I finally managed to snag this mission after a lot of trouble."

Every year?

There shouldn't be any problems.

Yaro put aside his worries and followed Desi to make his selection.

……

When Yaro first saw Narcissus, he was actually a little disappointed, especially since they had just talked about his mentor Alice.

Narcissus was probably around twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old. Beneath her watermelon-shaped short hair, her slender willow-leaf eyebrows resembled double swords, and her almond-shaped eyes, which should have been beautiful, instead appeared sharp and domineering on her face.

The tall, imposing figure, about 1.8 meters in height, was clad in a set of dark gray heavy armor, which was covered with crisscrossing dark brown claw marks, and a strong smell of blood emanated from it.

Just then, Narcissus coldly scrutinized Yaro with her snake-like brown vertical pupils, and even glanced at the knight's longsword at Yaro's waist.

"Formal knight?"

A hoarse, androgynous voice suddenly rang out, and Yaro was stunned for a moment before he realized that it was the woman in front of him asking the question.

"Uh, no."

The standard for judging a formal rider is very simple: if you can carry 500 kilograms of weight for half an hour of training, you've passed the test.

Yaro added a few points to the Strength attribute, but the [Strength: 6] attribute still failed to meet the standard, not to mention the even lower Constitution and Endurance.

His frail physique made it impossible for him to bear such weight.

His low stamina also prevented him from continuing. Narcissus said indifferently, "Your breathing technique is quite good."

Hearing this strangely toned praise, Yaro could only force a dry laugh and reply, "Thank you."

Yaro's Knight Breathing Technique had long since reached an advanced level, but the advanced Knight Breathing Technique did not bring him any magical power.

Just like meditation, meditation doesn't fill the body with power or bring about super strong effects.

Kabir once said that the purpose of the 'Knight's Breathing Technique' is to better train muscles.

Advanced knight breathing techniques can only allow Yaro's body to absorb void energy faster, provided that the body has been trained and the muscles have room to absorb energy.

"Has undergone knight training?"

“Not yet,” Yaro chuckled sheepishly and quickly explained, “I’m too young to undergo knight training.”

In Yaro's understanding, the Knight's training was the muscle-tearing training from his previous life, which put the muscles in an abnormally fatigued state and slowly absorbed void energy.

They should be at least twelve years old before they can begin appropriate knightly training.

Otherwise, it may affect bone development.

Narciss's vertical pupils turned blood red, revealing a ferocious intent, and an invisible killing aura quickly swept towards Yaro.

"Shut up, I didn't ask the little brat!"

The feeling of being pricked on the back did not affect Yaro at all. His cat-like movements and superb nerve reflexes gave him the confidence to detect and defend against any attack intentions from Narcissus immediately.

"What...do you mean by this?" Yaro asked casually.

Narcissus stared intently at Yaro, who remained calm and composed.

After a moment, Narcissus withdrew her gaze and explained in a cold voice, "Pricing."

Pricing?

Yaro was taken aback.

"How many magic tricks do you know? How proficient are you?" Narciss continued to ask, her tone still cold, but her attitude seemed much better.

This……

Yaro hesitated and looked at Desi beside him.

Is she trustworthy?
Should I say it?

Desi already knew some of Aro's traits; after all, when they first met, Aro had told him that Aro's teacher always called him 'cowardly Aro'.

Therefore, he was not surprised by the gaze that Yaro cast at him, and simply nodded slightly in response.

“Water, fire, earth, six basic magic tricks of the three elements…” Yaro thought for a moment, then repeated what Desi had said, “They can all be used to form hand seals and cast spells.”

"Oh?"

Narciss's usually composed face finally showed a slight change. She glanced at Yaro with surprise, then nodded and said, "Set off immediately and return in three hours. Any spoils are mine, seven gold coins."

"I'll be back in three days. I don't need to pay anything. You get four and I get six."

"Huh?" Yaro looked at Narcissus in confusion. "Returning in three days?"

Desi, who had been silent all along, suddenly laughed and patted Yarrow on the shoulder.

"Haha, Brother Yaro, Narcissus acknowledges your abilities and is willing to take you in for a while, but the choice is up to you."

Is that so?
"Can you tell me what kind of eerie space we're going to? Or can I choose it?"

"Return in three hours, you can choose; return in three days, to the Bloody Forest."

Bloodshed... in the forest?
(End of this chapter)