my age of magic

Chapter 1066 168. Scribe Exam 2
In front of the gate of the Inscription Trade Union Headquarters, there are two three-meter-high humanoid sculptures on both sides of the gate. The reliefs on the copper gate are covered with mottled traces under the wind and rain. Only the bracelet on the copper gate It has been polished so that it is shiny and shiny, and it can reflect its own reflection on it.The reliefs on the copper gate have become blurred. It seems to describe a war. I found that the reliefs on many buildings in the imperial capital depict various war scenes.

This is very different from El City. The buildings in El City are basically monotonous patterns, and there are very few such reliefs on the surface that are like works of art.In recent decades, El City has been cleaned by barbarians on the ice and snow tundra several times. Not many ancient buildings in the city can be preserved.

But the imperial capital is different. The people in this city have not suffered the baptism of war for nearly a hundred years, so many ancient buildings have survived. Although the headquarters building of the Inscription Union was repaired not long ago, there are many Many cultural relics with the characteristics of the inscription guild have been preserved, and the two statues in front of the guild gate and the ancient bronze gate are one of them.

The two statues are carved from a kind of black spar. The statues are two magicians wearing magic robes. They are wearing hoods, unfolding magic scrolls with their hands, and posing to read aloud to people. The black spar that is not gold and jade is the most suitable rock for carving. This black rock is called smoked jade, and its texture is soft and lubricated, which can be drawn by craftsmen every line.

Today, the surface texture of the statue has become somewhat blurred. These two statues are the masterpieces of the famous sculptor Amos Blair. Today, there are not many works of this master sculptor. The two statues in front of the headquarters building of the Inscription Union The statue of the magician is the work of this master sculptor at his peak. When many sculptors come to the imperial capital, they will inevitably pay their respects in front of the headquarters building of the Inscription Union.

These two statues stand on the left and right sides of the gate of the headquarters building of the Inscription Union, also to alert every inscription master, reminding them to keep in mind that carving skills and techniques are one of the basic criteria for judging whether an inscription master is good or not.

When I came to the headquarters building of the Inscription Union, I stood obediently and basked in the sun beside the stone seat under the statue. Katerina stood beside me quietly. Like the other magicians standing here, we were all quietly waiting for the inscription The trade union headquarters building officially opened its doors.

At this time, a young magician was standing under the opposite statue. He looked a little bored. He held his chin with one hand and looked at me curiously. Then he looked at Katerina next to me, with light blue eyes. Blinking, with a high bridge of the nose, the tip of the nose is a little red, and there are a few faint freckles on the cheekbones. She is wearing a black magic robe. The magic badge on the chest is the same as mine, which is the badge of a junior magician. .

His character seems to be a little jumpy, standing under the statue, always moving his feet from time to time, holding a magic carving knife in his hand and spinning it quickly between his fingers, watching him fiddle with the magic carving knife He looked like a butterfly dancing in the flowers, and he knew that the carving knife in his hand had become a part of his body, and only superb knife skills could handle the magic carving knife like this.

I can be sure that he is not a magic student in the Royal Academy of Magic, nor has he ever appeared in the Academy of Magic. It seems that the imperial capital is still too big, and many magicians usually hide in their own small world. During the ceremony, it will probably emerge from its nest.

The middle-aged magicians next to them were almost standing there with their eyes closed and resting their minds. At this time, no one was willing to chat.

When I was feeling bored, I heard someone say to me, "Hi, hello."

I turned my head and saw the young magician under the opposite statue. I don't know when, but he was already standing in front of me.

"..."

He had already put away the magic carving knife he was fiddling with in his hand. He rubbed his hands awkwardly and asked me, "Did you come here with the teacher to see the world, or did you come to take the inscriber exam?"

I raised the recommendation letter in my hand. It was a recommendation letter made of magic parchment. It not only had the seal of the Magic Academy on it, but also a comment written by Bruce, the vice president of the Magic Academy. Write: There is a magician Ji Jia in the Inscription Department of our institute. After various investigations, our institute believes that he is qualified to take the qualification examination for junior inscription masters. Please approve it from the headquarters of the Inscription Guild!

Probably the most valuable thing on it is the seal of the Academy of Magic and the personal seal of Vice President Bruce. This recommendation letter was obtained by the Yerkes scholar for me. Shaking the recommendation letter in his hand, he shouted to me: Jijia, you can take the junior inscription qualification exam.

In fact, I did not expect that there is no registration place for the inscription master qualification exam. Magicians who want to take the inscription master qualification exam have only one way to register, and that is to ask the inscription master in the inscription trade union to write a letter of recommendation.

Many magicians in the Grimm Empire are not good at engraving, and the inscription master is a very expensive life occupation in the early stage, so the magicians who dare to choose this kind of magic profession in the Grimm Empire basically have The support of nobles, wealthy families or big chaebols, otherwise, the high cost of magic materials alone would not be affordable for an ordinary magician.

Of course, Yerkes Scholar and I can be regarded as outliers among these magicians. I have always had the support of Yerkes Scholar’s ​​inscription design drawings, and I also have a very high success rate in drawing magic circles, so as long as I continue to draw magic scrolls and magic pattern structures, and there is no shortage of magic crystals.

"Ha! You also plan to take the junior inscriber qualification exam?" He said with a surprised expression.

I nodded.

He held out his hand to me, and I extended my hand politely, holding both hands together.When shaking hands, I felt that his hand was very strong, the palm was a little dry, and there was a layer of calluses on the palm, which should be left when practicing carving.

Just like that, the young magician who stood a full head taller than me began to chat with me enthusiastically.

He was very talkative, even chatty, and his name was Norbert Gillingham.

But he seems to be closed to the news in the imperial capital. I said my name is Jijia, and he didn't have a weird expression, which made me a little relieved.

(What I am most worried about is that when I introduce my name, the other party will show a surprised look, and then say to me: Hey! You are Ji Jia! I have admired your name for a long time! I heard that you just married the flower of the imperial capital ——Princess Yingli, the jewel in the palm of His Royal Highness Qige and Prince James, it’s really not easy!)
Every time someone says that to me, I feel like pouring a bucket of ice water over their head.

He seemed to be very unfamiliar with my name. Hearing that there was no surname after my name, Norbert asked me: "Are you a magician born in a commoner?"

I nodded and admitted: "Well, I'm from Sloit Province in the north."

"So you are from the north!" He exclaimed, and then he asked me non-stop questions like a cannonball: "So... Excuse me, which family do you belong to, I mean , Which family paid to train you? If you are a magician from Sloit, shouldn’t you take the inscriber qualification test at the Sloit Magic Association? Why did you travel all the way to the imperial capital? "

I said to him: "First of all, I am not a magician from a noble family. No one paid to train me. Learning inscriptions is just my personal hobby, so I don't belong to any rich and noble family."

"Personal hobbies..." Norbert was a little dumbfounded. Obviously, he didn't think a magician could stand here just because of some hobbies, but I don't want to explain it to him in too much detail.

I then said to him: "Besides, I am a magic student at the Royal Academy of Magic in the Imperial Capital. I came to the Imperial Capital to learn more advanced magic knowledge, so I will take the junior inscriber qualification examination in the Imperial Capital, not in the Imperial Capital. Leuth."

Hearing what I said, he immediately gave me a thumbs up, and said in praise: "I didn't expect you to be a magic student."

Afterwards, we began to chat about why we chose the magic profession of inscriber. You must know that basically all magicians can draw magic scrolls. Many magicians earn living expenses by virtue of their superb skills in drawing magic scrolls. There are not many magicians.

Norbert told me that when he showed great interest in engraving at the Junior Magic Academy, the family decided to tilt resources towards him and train him to be an inscription master, even if he became a junior inscription master. Some great nobles are also of great significance, because that means that the family can independently make and repair the magic pattern structure.

Now in the Grimm Empire, only the Constructed Knights are considered the strongest combat power. All territorial expansion and confrontation with dark forces are inseparable from the power of the Constructed Knights, so a certain noble can have an inscriber dedicated to his family. , then it means that his constructed knights are endless, as long as there is enough time, the magic pattern structure will be continuously produced.

At the same time, there is no need to worry about the damage of the magic pattern structure on the battlefield. For junior inscribers, repairing the magic pattern structure is also a compulsory course for them.

It wasn't until I said that I was a magic assistant under a magic scholar in the Inscription Department of the Magic Research Institute that Norbert showed a sudden look and said to me: "No wonder you don't need the support of the nobles. It turns out that the people standing behind you He is a university student of the Magic Research Institute. I heard that the resources of the Magic Research Institute are the most abundant in the entire imperial capital. Even when magic herbs are scarce, the Imperial Capital Magic Research Institute has not cut off the supply of magic herbs... "

While we were chatting, the copper door of the headquarters building of the Inscription Union suddenly creaked, and someone opened it from the inside. A group of mages wearing magic robes stood neatly inside, and these mages all looked at it expressionlessly Among the group of people at the door, the old magician standing in the center took a step forward, and then the entire gate became silent, and all the magicians waiting outside the gate surrounded the gate, only one Crushed footsteps sounded.

Norbert tugged at my arm, and the two of us joined the crowd toward the door.

Seeing that Katerina was still following me, he whispered to me: "You are not allowed to bring followers inside the examination room, let your constructed knight wait for you outside."

I nodded and whispered to Katerina: "Or you can wait for me at Qige's place. Anyway, this place is not far from the research institute. I'll go find you after the exam."

Katerina pointed to the apple trees outside the headquarters building of the Inscription Union, and said to me, "I'll wait for you under those apple trees."

Seeing that Katerina was so persistent, I nodded and said in a low voice, "Okay."

Seeing that I agreed, Katerina cast 'Blink' in the crowd without any hesitation, and she appeared outside the crowd in the next second, startling some of the attendants standing around, but when When these people saw that Katerina was wearing a gorgeous magic-weave outfit, they immediately looked away. No one wanted to provoke a knight in a costume for no reason.

After Katerina left, Norbert whispered to me next to me: "Giga, is this Miss Constructed Warrior your follower?"

I hesitated a little, thinking that Katerina should be regarded as my follower now, so I nodded.

"Her eyes are beautiful, and that long red hair," Norbert told me.

I smiled and said nothing.

The old magician standing at the gate of the inscription union began to say to us unhurriedly: "The magician who is taking the junior inscription qualification examination is standing on my left. The Mickey scholar standing in front of you is brought into the examination room for the written test."

Then he said: "Mages who are taking the intermediate inscriber qualification exam, please stand on my right..."

His voice is not high, but his voice is very clear, with high penetration and recognizability, so that I can hear clearly even standing on the outer circle.

Sure enough, most of the magicians waiting in the headquarters building of the Inscription Union took part in the junior inscription qualification examination, and these people accounted for more than [-]% of the total number. Norbert and I mixed among a group of middle-aged magicians, It's a little special, but the people in the inscription union seem to be used to it, and they didn't take another look at us because of it.

Only those old mages wearing golden magic badges on their chests stood on the right side of the old mage. Sure enough, these second-rank mages were taking the promotion exam.

In the end, the old magician said: "Those who take the senior inscriber qualification exam can stand in front of me. Next, I will test it myself."

There were many people standing at the gate of the headquarters building of the Inscription Union, and amidst the whispers, no one answered.

After waiting for a while, the old magician sighed softly, turned around and returned silently to the headquarters building of the Inscription Union, and the remaining magicians from the Inscription Union began to tell us about the examination rules and the matters to be paid attention to: Elementary level of magic runes The exam is divided into three parts, the first part is a written test, and the basic theoretical knowledge answer sheet.The second part is to make a magic pattern structure, and the third part is to defend in front of the examiner with the made magic pattern structure.

Then, we were brought into the headquarters building of the Inscription Union...

(End of this chapter)