I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha.

Chapter 74 Mentor Selection
The sun is shining outside.

Roland looked around and took in the entire scenery of Black Abyss Academy.

The entire academy is like a small city. A huge castle stands on the edge of the abyss on the northernmost side. Within the high walls are numerous buildings and dozens of courtyards of various sizes.

There are public classes in the morning and there are a lot of people on the road.

But there were also many people staying in some courtyards, some playing and moving around freely, and some gathering together to do some sports. Roland couldn't understand what kind of sports they were, but these sports seemed to be very popular among white wizards.

Most of the people mentioned above are White Chess apprentices.

Although the Black Abyss apprentices were dressed very similarly to the White Chess apprentices, they could be recognized at a glance in the crowd.

Most of them were quiet and solitary. They rarely gathered together, often traveling alone and in a hurry. Furthermore, these people rarely walked on the main roads, generally avoiding crowds and walking in the shadows, not wanting any attention or interaction.

Occasionally, some Black Abyss apprentices would stop in certain courtyards to watch the excitement, with mockery and sneers on their faces, and also a hint of envy.

In this academy, there are two worlds.

The White School and the Black Abyss School each existed in a different world. The White School's apprentices grew up in a greenhouse, unable to see the dark world of the academy. The Black Abyss apprentices grew up in the stormy night, unable to see the light.

"Mr. Benjamin." Helena pointed at a passing Black Abyss apprentice and asked curiously, "Why are their school uniforms different from ours?"

The passing Black Abyss apprentice looked extremely unhappy after being pointed at. He frowned, lifted his hood, avoided people's sight, turned a corner and left.

Benjamin smiled and said, "This place is a little different from our Baiqi Academy. We are divided into multiple branches, with the same uniforms but different insignias. Here, there are no divisions into different colleges, but rather multiple schools. The insignias are similar, but the uniforms are different."

After listening to this, Roland sighed inwardly: "These differentiated uniforms are the Black Abyss wizards' feeble attempt to maintain the Black Abyss Academy's presence. No wonder Professor Bernard was so cautious when discussing the Dark Arts yesterday. The White wizards in the academy are too powerful. The Dark wizards in the academy have been forced to bow their heads and behave themselves."
Benjamin added, "This division is very good. How can those mixed-blood bastards in Alexandra and the bugs in the Black Abyss wear the same clothes as us pure-blood wizards? If outsiders see us wearing the same wizard robes, they will mistake our college for a Muggle college or a prison. Hehe."

Roland frowned secretly.

Helena said with an unhappy look on her face: "Mr. Benjamin, it's really too much for you to say that."

Benjamin glanced at Roland, intentionally or not, and said to Helena with a smile, "Miss Helena, this is not the White Chess Academy anymore. A noble pure-blooded aristocrat like you, you'd better be careful from now on. There are a lot of bastards here, and they are all very lowly. In order to infiltrate the nobles, they will cling to you like stray dogs. Just kick them away. If you get in trouble, feel free to come to me."

Roland had a strange look on his face.

He thought to himself: "There can't be such a fool. This person is definitely not targeting me."
"This man has low power, yet holds a high position within the academy. He's likely someone's scapegoat. White Qi and Black Abyss have been engaged in a long-running feud. As a special member of the Alexandra family, I'm neither high nor low, making me a suitable target. He must be deliberately picking a fight. If I respond, I'll fall prey to his tricks. For now, ignore him."
Roland suppressed his dissatisfaction and said nothing.

In reality, Roland was overthinking things. He was too meticulous, always taking other people's intentions too seriously. But in reality, they weren't even in the atmosphere.

This Benjamin did have some background, but he targeted Roland not out of any deeper purpose.

He is pure arrogance, stupidity and pettiness.

Bernard said yesterday that many White Wizards attach great importance to bloodline. In their eyes, only pure-blooded wizards are considered human.

As members of a great family, many extreme white wizards who believed in the theory of bloodline could not bear to see someone of such low status as Roland enter the Black Abyss Family (Alexandra Family) and tarnish the noble bloodline.

Even though this family was somewhat opposed to them, it was still a noble family of great rank, and its bloodline should not be tainted.

This is what some extreme white chess wizards think.

Benjamin is one of them.

After crossing a courtyard, they entered the castle. Benjamin led them to his office. He took out four booklets and gave them to Helena and the other three.

Roland didn't get the pamphlet. He looked at Benjamin, but Benjamin ignored him.

Benjamin smiled and said to Helena and the others, "You can sit on the sofa over there and take a look. The booklet contains information about the various professors. They are currently recruiting apprentices. There are a total of seven professors for the public courses, and the staff is fixed.

In addition, if you wish to acquire more magical resources, you can choose to follow a mentor. Of course, you don't have to choose either. Also, please note that once you follow that mentor, you will be a member of that school."

Helena moved closer to Roland and looked at the booklet in her hand with him. "Senior Roland, it seems there are only four manuals. Let's read one together."

"Yeah." Roland lowered his head to read, not taking this little thing to heart.

After looking at the tutor's roster, Roland found that the tutor's situation was roughly like this.

Ulrike Bridger (X)

【Official Wizard】

[Race: Human]

[School: Old Black Abyss School]

[Specialties: Human anatomy, human mutation, negative energy particle neutralization, arcane magic]

【Provide three paid knowledge for free】

[Requirement: Apprentices must cooperate in conducting experiments once a month and may not shirk their duties for any reason.]

Looking at the professor, Roland thought to himself, "Well, providing three pieces of knowledge for free is a good reward. But I have to cooperate with the experiment. Alas, 80% of human mutation experiments are too risky to assist in such experiments. So there must be a trade-off."

"Eh~~" Helena looked up and said, "Mr. Benjamin, why is the content on the first page about Professor Bridger so strange? He even forced the apprentices to cooperate with the experiment?"

"Professor Bridger?" Benjamin took the booklet in surprise, glanced at it, and then laughed. "Oh, look, that X after his name? These are all people who have been expelled from the academy. Take this Bridger, for example. Humph, he recruited apprentices just to conduct human experiments. He's been sent to Arakko Prison—death sentence."

Roland: "Huh?!"

Helena and the others were in an uproar: "Death, death penalty?"

"That's right," Benjamin said mysteriously. "During their investigation, the wizards of Arakko discovered that he not only murdered his apprentices, but also secretly studied dark magic and made deals with the devils of Hell. He was a true dark wizard, so he was sentenced to death. His ashes have now been scattered into the Storm Sea. Counting the days, today is already the seventh day."

"Oh, so bad!" Helena and others were filled with indignation: "No wonder he was sentenced to death!"

After Roland heard this, sweat began to fall from his face. He thought to himself, "I've done all three of these: murdering wizard apprentices (both blonde and redheaded), knowing the dark arts, and making deals with the devil!"

At this moment, Benjamin looked over with a half-smile on his face. He deliberately said to Roland, "I reported most of these dark wizards."

Roland was stunned for a long time after hearing this, thinking to himself: "You are really amazing. You did such a thing and dared to spread it everywhere. You won't live for many days."
Roland pursed his lips. It seemed that this apprentice named Benjamin had set his sights on him. He didn't know what this guy's plans and purposes were.

However, I couldn't help but check.

(End of this chapter)