Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 39 The Benefits of a Second-Class Wizard Apprentice

In the heart of the port city, in the central building of Lilith's Hut, a public classroom, Locke entered the office of Sassari, the resident teacher of the All Things Class and a first-class wizard apprentice.

Sassari is also a resident teacher of Basic Magic Mechanics, one of the three fundamental public courses. He is also a dark elf, a minority race in the academy.

Sassari looked at the application form Locke handed him and raised an eyebrow. "I think you haven't been to my basic magic mechanics class for almost a week."

"I didn't expect you to have already become a second-class wizard apprentice."

"I remember you only came to our academy last year, and your aptitude isn't even level 5 or higher. I remember all the names of wizarding talents with aptitudes of level 5 or higher..."

"Currently, those promising fifth-level wizards who came last year haven't even become second-level wizard apprentices yet..."

Sassari looked at Locke with a curious expression, her eyes filled with inquiry.

As a first-class wizard apprentice at Lilith Hut Academy, he would naturally be curious about this somewhat unusual situation.

Locke was unconvinced, since he had Sophia's connections to back him up. "Well, Sophia said I might have a special talent that wasn't detected when I enrolled."

"My magical power is naturally much more stable than others."

Sassari nodded immediately, a look of understanding on his face, and stopped thinking about it. "I see. Well, you're really lucky."

"This rate of progress is almost catching up with the progress rate of a level 6 wizard prospect."

"Mana stability... I understand. Then your talent is best suited for developing in potion-making, alchemy, and enchanting."

“I remember Lady Sophia, she is a first-level potion master and breeder, and the All Things course I teach happens to be a prerequisite for both of these courses.”

Sassari simply wrote her name on the application form, saying, "Since this is Lady Sophia's wish, then I don't need to review it repeatedly."

"Go to the payment counter outside and pay with magic stones."

The Course on All Things is considered an advanced course. Even if a third-class wizard apprentice has so many magic stones and wants to learn it in advance, they will usually be stopped by the resident teacher.

After all, the wizarding world is not a safe and harmless one.

For wizards who lack sufficient magical power, simply listening to the lectures is dangerous.

Wizarding aspirants often have several training contracts with the academy, and Lilith's Hut naturally doesn't want to see them die in the classroom for nothing.

Moreover, those first-class wizard apprentices who have accepted missions from the academy find it troublesome if someone dies or something happens in their classes, so they will conduct certain threshold checks on their courses.

Only with their signature could Locke pay the fees to attend the course.

Locke bowed to the dark elf Sassari (lower-level wizard apprentices in the academy are required to perform basic etiquette towards higher-level wizard apprentices), then turned and left his office.

Locke walked to another wooden hut and reluctantly handed 150 magic stones to a second-class wizard apprentice at the payment counter.

The second-class wizard apprentice checked the magic stone and application form, confirmed the signature, and said to Locke in a gentle tone, "Augustin, alright, I've registered your name. From now on, you can attend classes in the All Things Class."

Locke nodded to him and turned to leave.

Instead of returning to the Dwarven Street, he walked to a street in the port city, flagged down a two-wheeled cart pulled by lizardmen, and got in. "To Anvil Square in the southeast." The registration area for Lilith's Hut was located in Anvil Square.

The lizardman coachman, upon seeing Locke wearing the robes of a wizard apprentice, immediately said respectfully, "Yes, sir wizard."

About half an hour later, Locke arrived at Anvil Square and entered a wooden house that was protected and hidden by a barrier.

After explaining his purpose, Locke used the amethyst matrix at the registration desk to perform a mental strength test, which displayed the number [54].

'My mental strength has increased a little. That's right, it must be because I learned the spell model of magical fire that my mental strength increased.' Locke thought, 'And these past five days, I've completely digested the strange substance from the crimson jewels that remained in my mental strength.'

'Therefore, my mental strength was passively increased.'

'The strange substance within the rose-red gem, I don't know what it is, but it can actually enhance the mental power of a wizard apprentice. I'm already a second-class wizard apprentice, and it still enhances my abilities.'

Locke thought, 'Although the speed increase is much slower than before, only about a third of what it used to be.'

"The 'All Things Course' is a general knowledge course on understanding all things. I hope that through this course, I can learn what the special substance inside the rose-red gemstone is."

Locke didn't dare to show the rose-red gem to Teacher Sophia.

After all, he couldn't explain the origin of this precious jade, nor did he know its value or whether it would attract the attention of a formal wizard.

A halfling second-class wizard apprentice at the registration desk paused for a moment after seeing the numbers on the amethyst matrix, then a warm smile appeared on his face.

Halflings are a subspecies of humans, a special race that only appears in the Southeastern Corner Region, a region shrouded in demonic energy. They are generally not as tall as a ten-year-old human child, but they are more cunning and shrewd.

The halfling second-class wizard apprentice said to Locke, "Congratulations, congratulations, senior. I see you only came to our academy last year, but you became a second-class wizard apprentice in just one year."

"That speed is really impressive."

"I think that you will definitely become a first-class wizard apprentice in the future."

Locke was taken aback when he heard him call him "senior," but he immediately realized that in the wizarding world, the most powerful come first, and the other person was trying to curry favor with him.

Despite being only second-class wizard apprentices, the halfling wizard apprentice in front of them was already over fifty years old, with gray hair and wrinkles on his face.

Only these second-class wizarding apprentices, who have already given up their careers, are now not working as assistants in the laboratories or shops of the various first-class wizarding apprentices and formal wizards, but are wasting their lives in places like the registry office.

Therefore, given the vast difference in their social standing, it's natural that he would address me as "senior" in an attempt to curry favor with me.

Of course, this should also be considered a form of self-protection.

Other second-tier wizard apprentices who advance quickly may not be as easy to talk to as he is.

The halfling second-class wizard apprentice respectfully handed Locke an academy badge representing Lilith's Hut. "Senior Augustine, this is our academy's badge. Second-class wizard apprentices all wear it on their wizard robes."

"To identify oneself."

"Secondly, it is a place that only second-class wizard apprentices can enter and exit."

(End of this chapter)