Mage? Spell Engineer!.

Chapter 640 Enrollment
The open cafeteria was almost integrated into the hall. Most apprentices would not stay here to eat, so the three of them could find a seat to sit down at will.

Alek was a little unsure whether what he had in his hand was bread. He took a light bite and found that the food was incredibly fragrant and soft. A pleasant aroma of roasted wheat instantly filled his entire mouth. Then the salty and sweet taste provided by the sauce, the ham slices and the vegetables advanced all the way from the tip of his tongue to his throat, until it occupied his brain and his entire body and mind.

For no reason, he wanted to cry. The more he ate, the more sour his nose became, and the sourer it became, the faster he ate.

When he came to his senses, only the wrapping paper of the "Rorschach Bread" in his hand was left. Richard smiled as he watched him finish eating and pushed his portion over to him: "Eat it. Food is dispensable to me. During those years when I only had Yunjun cakes to eat, I was glad that I didn't have to draw energy from food to survive."

Alec blushed and said, "Thank you. This is the first time I've eaten something so delicious. I..."

"No more talking, just eat."

As the grain seeds of the main plane gradually mutated, the food in the astral plane was once only crops grown on the air elemental plane. Although these crops could be used to feed livestock, there was still a period of about ten years when food was extremely scarce all over the world. As a result, the Alliance and the Empire (Wa) even launched several wars over the air elemental plane.

The situation did not improve until the development of the water elemental plane, the spread of hydroponic technology, and the release of the pure seeds that the Forest Tower had preserved. The bread and vegetables in their hands were also hard-earned results:
The wheat comes from the local floating farm, the vegetables and spices are imported from the ecological ship of the Forest Tower in the orbit of the Air Elemental Plane, and the sausages come from the allied "Fonda" Food Group. The nearest factory is in the elemental plane near the lower level - it is said that they will hunt more "Tuntun" to obtain raw meat.

This is still a plane with a high degree of development and a complete ecology.

The dwarves in the Fire Elemental Plane would import large amounts of polysaccharide fiber powder produced by "Cloud Fungi", then mix it with the tubers of the poisonous plant "Dian Shu" that grows in sulfur soil and stuff it into fermentation tanks to produce extremely strong "sulfur wine" or "gunpowder wine" or "bomb wine". The solid precipitates left over from fermentation would be heated and cooked into a sour thick porridge.

For example, in the Dalberg border territory, the only supplies obtained were the dry, primitive and most difficult to swallow "star rations".

There were a few drinks that he had seen and drunk before. Jonas chose purple soda because his father didn't let him drink too much, saying it would affect his development. Alec asked for a sweet and sour drink that was like yogurt, which was said to be made from special, magical probiotics.

After a simple meal, Richard took them to go through the formalities. Alec noticed that the Earl, who had never had a servant, did not look like a noble. He was also highly respected here, but the reason was the red robe he wore.

"The opening ceremony is the day after tomorrow, but I have something important to attend to, and I can't keep your mother waiting too long." Richard apologized, "And it is necessary to separate now, before someone recognizes my other identity."

Senior students volunteered to lead them to their dormitories. The double dormitory only had simple linen beds, desks and cabinets that took up most of the space, buckets on the bay windows, clothes hanging ropes, and the most eye-catching were two brand new beige apprentice robes.

There was the sound of waves crashing outside the window. Alec walked to the window and was surprised to find that his dormitory was facing the boundless sea.

Isn't the magic tower in the plane of air? He couldn't understand and wanted to ask his senior, but he had disappeared. Alec thought the count's son would complain about the accommodation, but Jonas didn't have any emotion. He just lay down on the nearest bed, looking completely indifferent.

"You really have no talent for magic?"

"Really, really! My dad wouldn't have lied to you, right?" Jonas, who was lying down and reading a novel, rolled his eyes and said, "Can you please stop talking about this?"

"But we are magic apprentices now! Damn apprentices!"

"Don't worry about it. They will find a way. Isn't it just to teach 'Muggles' to cast spells? If they can't even handle such a small matter, then just close the school." Alec found that the more he communicated, the more he didn't understand: "What is 'Muggle'?"

"It's you and me. Oh my god, you haven't read Harry Potter, have you? It's a classic popular novel from fifty years ago, and it was even adapted into a fantasy drama." Jonas took out a tome that was almost torn apart from his storage bag, and threw it over to Alec without caring whether it would hit him or not.

Alec caught it and looked at it quickly. Jonas shook his head and muttered, "Thank God, at least he can read."

The opening ceremony was very boring and lengthy. Alec felt a little regretful. Although the principal Andrei who gave the speech was a white-bearded old man, he did not end his speech with a sentence like "idiot, crybaby, scum, screw!" like in the novel. Instead, he performed group hypnosis on many teachers and students - a chant that lasted for an air elemental plane, including a review of the glorious history of the Tower of Magic, the many difficulties after the Black Sun disaster, and the recent achievements.
By the way, he "inadvertently" mentioned that he had served as the supreme governor of the alliance. Alec learned this from the whispers of people around him when the principal appeared.

The only thing that interested him was that he finally heard part of the life of the mysterious figure "Rorschach".

"So are we going to meet the chief of the Tower of Magic? The great wizard Rorschach? It is said that powerful spellcasters have long lifespans. Is he still alive now?" Alec asked Jonas quietly while listening to the speech.

"What? No, the current chief is Master Caroline. Master Rorschach disappeared after the Black Sun disaster. Dad said he saved the world, and then..."

"Then what?"

Jonas frowned. "I asked my parents the same question, but they always just shook their heads and didn't know what happened. That period of history is a mystery! No one can explain it clearly. The only thing that is certain is that everyone survived, and then we were born, right?" When he said this, he obviously forgot that Alec was an orphan adopted by the dwarves.

Principal Caroline is a woman with completely white hair. It is impossible to guess her exact age, but her temperament and eyes always make people feel old and haggard. The only speech she made at the opening ceremony was to remind Principal Andre to pay attention to the time.

"Oh, yes, yes, sorry." The principal laughed dryly and finished: "Now, freshmen, please stand on your hands, palms up, hands and all fingers together. Get ready to receive the precious gifts from the Tower of All Arts! Although we have a lot, each one is priceless!"

There were more than 3,000 freshmen present. They held out their hands as instructed by the principal. Then Andre waved his hand, and countless alchemical devices like pocket watches appeared out of thin air and fell accurately into the hands of every freshman.

Is this jewelry? Alec looked at the "gift" carefully. The oval metal surface was engraved with complicated patterns, and a crystal clear crystal was clustered on the front, with regular small grooves under the crystal.

"See the groove under the gem? Please press your thumb on it, hard! Um, it's best to wipe your hands clean before pressing."

Alec did as he was told, and the tip of his thumb pressed into the groove. As he exerted force, he felt a sharp pain in his fingertips. It was as if the crystal contained a bag of liquid, and now his deep red blood seeped and spread into it until the colorless crystal turned into a ruby.

The gemstone glowed with an arcane glow, and Alec's consciousness seemed to be sucked into the small alchemy vessel, then rewoven and spit out. His fingers pressing on the grooves were already twitching, and his senses were twitching as well. Between the throbbing, it seemed as if he had noticed for the first time that there was something omnipresent, surging and stirring around him.

Someone beside Alec couldn't hold on and fell down, but he maintained his consciousness and didn't loosen his thumb. With beads of sweat on his forehead, he and Jonas looked at each other, exchanging surprise and joy. What their eyes saw was no longer just the invisible and colorless air, but also a corner of another world.

Caroline was watching the two of them from her seat at the front of the auditorium.

(End of this chapter)