Wizard: I brought the wrong system.

Chapter 75 Harvest
"Because they failed the death test, the ship fare is calculated as ten magic stones, and the airship fare as twenty magic stones."

"Faced with a bill of thirty magic stones, I can only become a member of the guard."

"What is the guard required to do? How did your friends die?" Yaro wanted to know why Narcissus's friends died, and whether there would be any hidden dangers in cleaning up these evil things.

Narciss glanced at Yaro. "Naturally, he died in battle."

"Death in battle?"

There are many ways to interpret "dying in battle": it could mean dying deep in enemy lines, dying after a long battle, or dying suddenly when encountering a powerful enemy.

The final outcome is the same, but the level of danger to Yaro is different.

"That's right. If you want to become a member of the Guard, you must first become a junior wizard apprentice. Only by becoming a wizard apprentice and being able to gather your spiritual power can you move freely in the strange space."

"But as you know, the academy won't give out meditation techniques for free if you don't pass the assessment."

"So, we can only owe the academy another ten magic stones as the registration fee, and another thirty magic stones as the cost of the meditation method."

"Year after year, if we don't work hard, when will we ever be able to get out of this mess?"

Fighting hard?
Since those people had the option of clearing out monsters while they were risking their lives, and so many people were doing it, I shouldn't be in any real danger of dying when I clear out these evil spirits, right?

……

Through the dilapidated corner of the ruins, Yaro and his companion immediately arrived at the mysterious hall of Battle Corner Street.

The location is slightly different from when we entered.

This place is full of different dark corners, and many young apprentices dressed in uniform black armor guard the perimeter of each corner, blocking the apprentices covered in gunpowder smoke.

"Please show your name tag and then place your loot in the inspection table here."

This……

Yaro looked up in confusion.

Narcissus obediently took out the things she had just collected and harvested, explaining, "This is a checkpoint set up by the academy to prevent reckless apprentices from bringing dangerous and strange items into the inner layers of the academy."

Is that so?
Yaro complied and handed over his personal name card and the strange powder he had collected.

He plans to continue hunting evil spirits, so he has also collected some evil spirit powder, hoping to find different uses for it, just like Delia did.

Although Narcissus had said that if she only went for three hours, all the spoils would be hers, she naturally wouldn't object to something she looked down on.

"Okay, we'll take inventory for you right away. Please go through this side first."

The young student was referring to a strange archway formed by intertwined vines still covered in green leaves.

Yaro asked Narcissus in a low voice, "What is this?"

This was Yaro's first time entering and leaving the academy's eerie space, and he never expected that there would be so many troubles after leaving the eerie space.

"This is to test whether the apprentices carry any unknown curses."

Isn't this just a security gate?

After Narcissus finished speaking, Yaro immediately understood the purpose of this thing.

The academy has quite a comprehensive set of defense measures.

Yaro looked around curiously and followed Narcissus through the strange archway.

The archway remained motionless, indicating that there was nothing wrong with Yaro's body.

The young trainee quickly finished counting and looked up to ask, "The items have been checked, Mr. Yaro, is everything correct?"

Yaro nodded in agreement.

"These are your gains this time. Also, this is your first time entering the strange space. According to the academy's regulations, you are rewarded with ten contribution points."

"This is your personal name card, please keep it safe." "Thank you."

Yaro took his belongings and weighed them in his hand, and strangely found that they seemed a little lighter.

Narciss tidied her belongings and explained in a hoarse voice, "Don't be surprised, it's four out of ten, that's the rule."

“This is much better than before. We used to only get eight out of ten harvests.”

"Were you once a member of the Guard?" The young cadet looked at Narcissus with surprise, then said to Yaro, "The strange spaces are collected and fixed by the teachers. The academy also needs to manage and maintain them. We just help the academy retrieve things, so it's normal to charge a fee."

Yaro nodded but did not reply.

……

The college's move was truly brilliant!
They'll drag you to a shady mine and tell you it's all a misunderstanding, but ask you to settle the expenses for the journey.

It's not much, just the kind you can't afford with all your savings.

What?
Thinking of working in a mine?

Hmm, take a look at this 'handbook', it's the kind you can't afford with all your money.

Also, since you're staying here, shouldn't you pay the accommodation fee?

The difference between this and a real black market mine might be that the academy's 'work manual' can grant people real, extraordinary power.

Moreover, this person will undergo intensive training and be given lofty but false ideals and pursuits.

Finally, we will offer another hope of 'transcendence'.

The academy will only charge tuition for six years, and there will be no further fees. All students will have enough time to pay off their debts before the mandatory eviction date of age 50.

This is a more profitable business than mining any kind of mineral; even making money out of thin air is more professional than this.

Once you bring people over, they'll owe the academy a debt they can hardly repay.

Is it possible for someone to desperately cleanse evil spirits and collect an excessive amount of various extraordinary materials to pay off their 'debt'?
That's just moving from the level of 'unlimited deprivation' to the level of 'limited deprivation'!

Just like the class leap from Shudra to Vaishya, what good is it even if you pay off your debts?
Let's not even talk about the fact that after six years, any fees will 'revert to their original price'.

Even regular students still need to pay 40% after 'mining'.

So, after paying off the debt, won't they still have to 'mine' for the college?
Further learning will require a substantial amount of contribution points and magic stones.

……

but.

Yaro had no objection to this.

What the academy provides is, after all, a method that truly enables one to obtain extraordinary power.

How many people would beg for such an opportunity but never get it?
This method of harvesting was far more lenient than many of the stories Bialo had witnessed in his previous life.

In those stories, the academy's methods could be considered perfectly legitimate.

However, having already endured the brutal entrance test and understood the inside story, and now knowing all this, it's really hard for Yaro to feel much of a sense of belonging to the academy.

But... would the academy care about a mere student's so-called sense of belonging?

……

After receiving seven gold coins from Yaro, Narcissus left indifferently without trying to stop her.

Yaro pressed his empty purse and shook his head helplessly.

(End of this chapter)