What is it like to be a teacher as a magister?

Chapter 4 The Magic Fountain
"teacher."

In the study, Tessa folded her hands in front of her and bowed slightly to the old man in the old magic robe:
"Mr. Donald Garr from Hall School of Magic is waiting outside the tower for an interview."

"Donald? Did he say something?"

The old man with an ebony pipe in his mouth didn't lift his head. He was standing by the bookshelf, flipping through a cowhide-bound book that was thick enough to kill a knight.

"It should be about Prince."

Tessa relaxed her hands and drooped naturally, letting the long sleeves of the magic robe cover her white palms, and said: "It is said that Hall School of Magic is very lively these days."

The movement of the old man's hands paused for a moment, then he closed the book and said with a smile: "I can hear dissatisfaction from your words."

Tessa was stunned for a moment, then lowered her head and said, "No disciple."

Then he took a few steps closer, took the book from the old man's hand, and helped put it back on the shelf.

"There's nothing wrong with that. Since you grew up, you've become too obedient." The old man sat back on the high chair behind the desk, took the pipe into his mouth, and said with a smile, "Compared to this, I still prefer When you were young, you took advantage of my unpreparedness and pulled out my beard."

Tessa raised the corners of her mouth slightly, showing a look of nostalgia—she might be the only person in this world who dared to pull out Roman Sagan's beard.

"You don't like Prince?" the 96-year-old magister asked bluntly.

"No matter who the teacher accepts as an apprentice, I will take care of him the same way. However, do you really think that Prince is the right candidate?"

Roman said with a smile: "You used to complain that I didn't accept too many disciples, so now it's not good for more people to help you?"

Tessa sighed, "I just think he's a little impetuous, not as calm as he appears on the surface."

"Spirit can be tempered slowly." Roman hesitated for a moment, and said, "Princis has some conditions that others don't have."

"Is it because of Hall's School of Magic?" Tessa asked.

"Why do you say that?" Roman smiled and looked at the disciple.

Tessa said: "I found that you have always been concerned about that academy."

Roman was noncommittal and asked, "Do you remember that magic fountain?"

"Remember, you said that it was left when you visited Hall School of Magic when you first became a magister."

"Then do you still remember that I asked you to observe that fountain every day for three consecutive months?" Roman asked again.

"Of course I remember." Tessa lowered her head: "It's a pity that the disciple is stupid, and finally got nothing."

"It's not your fault..." Roman Sagan said this, hesitated for a moment, and seemed to be lost in memory, and finally sighed:

"I was a young man, I awakened my spiritual power at the age of 9, started at the age of 12, intermediate at the age of 18, advanced at the age of 26, and became a great magician when I received the title of 'Guiding the Storm' at the age of 36. At that time, I determined to create a new magic path , when he was appointed as a magister at the age of 50, he had already made a small achievement, so he was very energetic.

"When I visited Hall School of Magic, I had a sudden inspiration. I couldn't help engraving a magic circle in public. I was going to take it back immediately, but after thinking about it, it would be good to stay there. Maybe it won't be long before I can point to this magic circle. Array tells everyone that this is the beginning of an era!
"I returned to the Mage Tower full of confidence. I thought it would take a few years to succeed, but who knows, since then, my strength has grown day by day, but the road of magic has hardly made any progress. Now."

It was the first time for Tessa to hear the teacher talk about his experience so completely. After a moment of silence, she said: "So that fountain has such a history."

"Yeah." Roman sighed, and said with a wry smile, "I thought it was the beginning, but who knew it was the peak."

Tessa had never seen such a disappointed look on the teacher's face, and she didn't know how to comfort her for a while, so she could only continue to ask questions to divert his attention: "So you often pay attention to Hall College, and you hope that one day, someone will be able to understand you. s work?"

"It's one more hope." Roman nodded.

"However, most of Hall School of Magic are just magic apprentices. Can anyone really understand it?" Tessa asked.

"Sometimes knowing too much will distract you from your concentration. If you want to understand the magic circle, the knowledge you have learned during your apprenticeship is enough."

Roman coughed and continued: "The most proud achievements in my life were all completed before the age of 50.

"The stronger my strength, the more rigid my thinking;

"The more familiar I am with the rules of this world, the less I can jump out of them.

“This is a sad and helpless thing.

"So I figured it out, pioneering things should be done by young people, and my responsibility is to find that person."

After listening silently, Tessa asked after a long silence, "So, Prince is the one you are looking for?".

"He does still have a gap, but I have no choice."

Roman left the seat, turned and looked out the window: "I have waited for 46 years, and I really can't wait any longer."

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Colin was almost woken up by Roy's shaking, and when he sat up on the lawn covered in dew, he realized that it was dawn.

"Elements are on top! You won't be here watching the fountain all night, you might as well go and sleep with it." Roy fussed.

"If it's not that I'm afraid of being expelled from the academy, do you think I don't want to?" Colin, who had slept in the open air all night, had a severe headache and didn't care to argue with Roy.

"Jennifer has already delivered everything." Roy said.

"What?" Colin was obviously still asleep.

"Brother! Please don't scare me!" Roy almost spurted blood.

"I see." Colin finally regained consciousness, and asked immediately, "Have you brought the pen and paper?"

"Bring it."

"give me."

"Right here?" Roy was taken aback.

"What's the problem?"

The lawn of the college is the place where everyone learns and communicates. Especially when the weather is good, many people will lay out mats, prepare food, and sit with books for a whole day.Regardless of whether you can see it or not, at least it is very atmospheric.

Roy couldn't refute, so he could only put the things he had just taken from Jennifer on the ground.

"This is the best gray bird paper. A silver shield can only buy a palm-sized piece. Prince really has spent a lot of money." Roy looked at the pile of at least forty or fifty sheets of paper in front of him, shaking his head and sighing. .

Colin reached out and touched it, shaking his head and sighing even more. For earthlings who are accustomed to using paper lavishly, it is hard to bear to look at this kind of paper that can easily draw a few hay fibers. Books with Chinese characters have to be dried to the thickness of bricks.

Therefore, when doing calculations and drawing, most magic apprentices would rather use stones to write on the ground.

Fortunately, the quill pen is easier to use than expected, except that it is troublesome to dip the ink frequently.

Half of the paper that Roy brought was blank, and the other half was the magic pattern basic framework and computing module that Jennifer had promised.

Ke Lin didn't look at those things, but picked up the blank paper by himself, and quickly wrote down two lines of calculations, but his eyes were still fixed on the magic fountain in front of him.

"Where did the extra energy come from?"

He scratched the tip of his nose with the quill feather and muttered to himself.

Roy thought that he would start working now, so he lightly put the food box prepared in advance beside him, and then ran away as if flying away.

(End of this chapter)