Full-Time Wizard: Starting with Harvesting Wheat

The wizard apprentice's eyebrows were curved into an arc-shaped triangle.

—Although I could see a hint of metal-type talent in your blood, I never expected it to be a level five talent.

She clicked her tongue in amazement.

Roy noticed that the emotion conveyed by her thought message was joy.

Why should we be joyful?

He slowly took a few steps back, gripping the iron sword tightly.

—You don't need to be afraid.

The other party seemed to sense his urgency.

—If I can gather people with wizarding talent, I will also receive a reward; it's a win-win situation.

—I would never harm you.

This thought seemed to be imbued with some kind of calming magic, causing Roy's heartbeat to immediately slow down.

The muscles in my arms also relax at the same time.

Only the spirit continues its futile struggle, but it cannot regain control of the body.

He could only stand there, dumbfounded.

Damn it! The wizard is so powerful, he's controlling his emotions!?

"It's my turn." Karazhan went up to greet him with some excitement. Wizards were quite mysterious to a boy his age, and in some ways even more attractive than knights.

After the wizard apprentice changed the magic water, Karazhan couldn't wait to hold it, feeling the sensation of water flowing through his fingertips.

"Is this... magic?" He looked expectantly at the surface of the water in the beaker.

The water was as still as a mirror.

Hmm...maybe the magic couldn't get in, so he gripped his hand even tighter.

It was another failure.

—You do not have elemental talents.

The wizard apprentice said calmly.

"What!?" Karazhan exclaimed in shock. Did this mean he was going to fall behind Roy again?!

Don't worry, elemental talents are not necessary.

She quickly explained, and added Roy to the "channel" as well.

—Elements are just one of the wizarding schools, and like me, I don't have any elemental talent.

—It's fair to say that only a small percentage of people have this talent.

After she finished speaking, she looked at Roy with a somewhat envious and resentful gaze, making him quite embarrassed.

However, this also gave him a slight sense of superiority.

Then he extinguished it instantly!

No matter what you do, a sense of superiority is unacceptable!

"My lord..." Roy began, his voice extremely humble.

—You can call me Soraya.

The transmission of thoughts is much faster than speaking, and Roy was interrupted before he could even finish his sentence.

Soraya?

This name sounds familiar.

Wait a minute, isn't this the inventor of the Bloodline Resonance Fern?

He had previously thought that the person who invented this plant was a genius, but he never expected that a person would actually appear alive and well in front of her.

He calmed down, and his mind suddenly became much more at peace.

"...Miss Soraya, I have many questions now."

--Yeah?

Soraya was not surprised and nodded slightly.

—Go ahead and ask.

"Excuse me, how do you manage to speak directly into our minds?"

Soraya raised an eyebrow, slightly surprised. He had thought Roy would ask about their situation and future, but it turned out to be about witchcraft.

—It seems you have a thirst for knowledge.

Soraya explained.

—I am a wizard of the Bloodline faction. The purpose of the Bloodline faction is to analyze the bloodlines of various creatures, extract the relevant biological characteristics, and transform them into one's own abilities.

—You should have met wizards from our faction as well.

She suddenly said something meaningful.

You mean...

—Your blood shows signs of having been extracted; that's the result of our school's sorcery, the blood extraction spell. Blood extraction can gather the vital components of blood and then extract them. For some precious experimental subjects, it can obtain the desired materials without causing death.

Roy remembered.

No wonder he didn't die after his bloodline was extracted; it was because of this kind of witchcraft.

Wait, does that mean that after the wizard drew his blood, he originally intended to continue using him as a test subject?

That's terrible, absolutely terrible!

Then, Soraya said:

—I know who the wizard who extracted your bloodline is.

Roy and Soraya's "conversation" did not shy away from Karazhan, who listened from the side and recalled the rumors that Roy's parents had been killed by a wizard a few months ago and that he himself had suffered terrible treatment.

It's fair to say that Roy and that wizard were sworn enemies. Now that he has the chance to get news of him, Roy must be extremely eager.

To his surprise, Roy did not show any surprise upon hearing this, nor did he continue to ask questions.

Instead, he calmly replied, "I understand."

It's like hearing something that has absolutely nothing to do with me.

--All right.

Soraya paused for a moment, then chose to remind him.

There's a prerequisite for bloodline fusion: you can only extract blood from a creature you've personally killed for the fusion. In other words, if the wizard who extracted your blood still wants to perform bloodline fusion, they will definitely come and kill you.

A fleeting ripple appeared in Roy's pupils. He knew that to draw a magic circle with blood, one had to personally kill a creature, but he hadn't expected that the process of bloodline fusion was still indispensable for the wizard.

Doesn't this mean he's being targeted by a wizard?

It's terrible.

Seeing that Roy's expression was slightly unpleasant but he didn't react much, Soraya nodded secretly and answered Roy's initial question.

—The reason I can directly transmit information to your consciousness is because I acquired the power of an electric eel through bloodline fusion.

—An electric eel is a creature capable of generating low-frequency electrical signals. Hmm…

She was thinking about how to explain "electricity" to the boy when she saw his knowing expression.

And Karazhan looked completely bewildered.

She continued tentatively:

—Driven by mental power, I can modulate a bio-electromagnetic field of a specific frequency band, carrying language-coded information, and direct it to the neural regions of the brain.

—The normal communication between electric eels can only be controlled within a range of five meters, but the mental power of us wizards is enough to enhance the transmission range of the signal.

This time, she used many technical terms that people of this era would never know, and finally saw Roy frown, and she suddenly felt relieved.

She thought this guy really knew how electric eels transmit information.

That's too bizarre.

This form of information dissemination is part of the basic curriculum of our bloodline faction. If you join the bloodline faction later, you will learn it sooner or later. So don't be discouraged if you don't understand it now.

Soraya reminded her again.

"Thank you for your explanation, Miss Soraya." Roy bowed politely, his gesture showing respect for a superior. As for the other forms of witchcraft, such as depriving them of sight and hearing and soothing their minds, Roy didn't ask how these were done.

After all, he was just an ignorant country boy who probably had never even seen an electric eel.

—Now, I need you to sign a contract.

Soraya took two parchment scrolls out of the drawer.

—By signing this contract, you will be considered my students. If you become wizard apprentices, I will receive a reward from the academy, and you will also receive funding from the academy.

"Academy?" Roy keenly caught this key word.

—Gulimo Academy, a sacred place for bloodline and flesh faction wizards.

Soraya said.

Of course, you can choose not to become my students, but if you choose this path, you will be infected with blood flukes. Once you talk about wizards, the blood flukes will activate and drain your blood.

—By the way, there is also a blood fluke inside the Lord of Historia.

As she spoke, Soraya raised her slender index finger, and a red ladybug landed lightly on her fingertip, its carapace brightly colored.

Schistosomiasis

[Characteristics: Before mating, male schistosomes are no different from ordinary insects. After mating, male schistosomes enter a "lazy" state. After the female schistosome dies, the male enters a "struggle" state, using every means to strengthen itself and take revenge on the creature that killed its mate.]

[Description: A type of parasite that can survive in a variety of environments, typically requiring little blood to survive, and relying on blood to sustain itself]

Based on its characteristics and description, the insect's life is essentially a cycle of having its mate crushed to death, then, in a fit of rage, draining the host's blood, seeking revenge on the person who killed its mate, only to be crushed to death itself.

This proves that it's better not to have a partner.

However, it does have a strong deterrent effect.

Roy then lowered his head and scanned the contract.

Karazhan stood frozen in place, staring intently at the parchment.

"Wait, am I the only one who can't read?"