Full-Time Wizard: Starting with Harvesting Wheat

"What happened, Olivier?" Roy strode forward and struck up a conversation with the knight's squire.

Based on his observations over the past few days, Olivier's status among all the servants in the manor was in the middle to lower ranks, perhaps because he had previously worked as a groom.

"Roy? You're finally back," the other person said with a relieved expression. "I promised the mayor I would take good care of you. If you had really disappeared, I wouldn't know how to explain it."

"Let's not talk about that now," Roy interrupted him, his tone slightly forceful. "What happened to the wound on your forehead?"

Olivier waved his hand: "I tripped and fell during training, it's nothing serious. But where were you two yesterday?"

Noticing that he was reluctant to talk about his injury, Roy changed the subject.

"It was the lord who summoned us." He wasn't lying; the steward had indeed relayed the lord's orders.

"So, it's not a bad thing?" Olivier scratched his head, without doubt, after all, it was impossible for him to lie.

"Okay, I'm relieved to see you're all alright."

He gestured to an empty table in the dining hall and said, "I'll go eat first." Then he turned and walked towards the food pick-up area.

"Roy, Karazhan." A voice cut in at the opportune moment—it was Marley who had seized the opportunity to come over.

"Do you have a good relationship with that servant?"

He asked curiously.

Roy had a sudden thought: Marley was there all day yesterday, so he might know the origin of Olivier's injury.

He nodded. "We're both from Lanxi Town. Do you know how he got injured?"

"It's not convenient to talk here." Marley looked around and, feeling that there were too many people around, led the two to a quiet corner next to the dining hall.

"I'm not sure exactly how he got hurt, but I saw where he was yesterday," he said in a low voice. "After you guys suddenly disappeared during training this afternoon, he first went to the dormitory to look for you, and then he ran almost all over the entire manor, without stopping until evening... You can tell he was really worried about you guys, he probably searched everywhere he could."

According to the lord's rules, the back mountain was a restricted area, so Olivier did not venture there, but instead searched repeatedly in other areas.

"And then what?" Karazhan asked anxiously.

Marais, eager to build closer ties with them, naturally shared everything he knew:

"After that, I saw him go to see the old butler, most likely to find out where you were. But judging from his expression when he came out, he probably didn't get a satisfactory answer." He glanced at the two of them discreetly, lowering his voice even further.

"Then... he happened to run into young Master Leylin who was taking a walk, so he went up to him and struck up a conversation."

That's all I know.

Although he dared not explicitly state the details of what he saw due to his position, the meaning was self-evident.

It was Raylin Lotter who injured Olivier.

Roy narrowed his eyes almost imperceptibly. Back during his last interrogation, he had sensed that Leylin was no benevolent person, especially towards commoners, whose inherent contempt was almost undisguised.

He was weak then and unable to fight back. Although he is still weak now, he has a powerful backer who can now stand against him.

"Roy, could it be that Olivier did this for us...?" Karazhan hesitated, unable to finish his sentence.

"He probably questioned Leylin for our sake, and then he got injured," Roy said without hesitation. "I'll make Leylin pay for this sooner or later."

He said this without any attempt to hide it from Marley, who was standing next to him, which startled him.

To be able to speak so forcefully and disrespectfully to the lord's third son, could it be that Roy's actual status is much higher than he thinks?

Upon thinking of this, Marai bowed even lower.

After resting in the afternoon, Roy was full of energy. When it was time to practice breathing techniques in the afternoon, he and Karazhan calmly demonstrated the ability to maintain normal breathing, which drew envious glances from the surrounding teenagers.

Even Leylin couldn't reach this level in a single day, and others wouldn't believe that they were truly beginners in breathing techniques. They would assume that the two had been practicing for a long time beforehand to achieve such progress.

From the instructor's perspective, this is the only possibility.

He was slightly taken aback when he heard that the two men wanted to ask him for advice on the Lion Breathing Technique.

Since you learned the breathing techniques early on, why didn't you learn the later content?

He could only conclude that they were pretending not to have learned it.

However, the instructor could only accompany the two "young masters" and finish teaching them the rest of the content.

"The Lion Breathing Technique is a bloodline breathing technique. The reason why people with the bloodline of the Lothl Lion find it easier to practice is because they can more easily imitate the characteristics of a lion and construct a lion in their hearts," the instructor explained.

"You have already mastered normal breathing. In your daily lives, you should pay attention to making this normal breathing a true normal state before you can begin to practice the lion's breathing."

The true normal state?

Noticing Roy's puzzled expression, the instructor sneered inwardly, thinking that Roy's acting skills were really good.

"True normalcy is to transform your current breathing into the normal breathing you have learned."

Roy understood; the instructor meant to keep breathing in a normal state 24 hours a day!

This completely and fundamentally improves the way you breathe!

"That's right." The instructor nodded slightly. "Once you've mastered true, normal breathing, and your every breath is improving, you can try practicing the Lion Breathing Technique."

He saw that Roy and Karazhan had already calmed their minds and bodies, immersing themselves in the practice of breathing techniques.

I wonder how long I'll have to pretend before I learn it this time?

If ordinary, normal breathing is a deliberate practice, then true, normal breathing is a state of constant concentration, and they are not comparable.

If you practice normally...

It wouldn't be unreasonable to spend several months on it.

In fact, judging from Roy's current progress, it seems that it really will take several months.

He had previously familiarized his muscles with the training process, which only took him a week.

But this normal breathing requires engaging the whole body and maintaining it at all times.

This requirement is much higher than that of forging.

He studied for a while, then opened his eyes, having lost some interest.

They met Karazhan's gaze, who also had his eyes open, and suddenly a slight smile appeared on their lips.

It seems that both of them felt that this ordinary cultivation was too slow.

If that's the case, then don't bother fixing it.

They have a better way.

They have a wizard apprentice behind them. Since he can help them quickly sense auras and learn to breathe normally, it shouldn't be too difficult for them to extend this state to 24 hours.

The instructor was taken aback when he saw them stand up after a while.

So fast?

So you're not pretending anymore, huh?

Roy straightened his clothes, glanced at the instructor with a disdainful look, and said with a chuckle.

"We'll leave for a bit, you won't mind, will you?"