Fanatics of the Magic Academy

Rose asked Mason in confusion:

"Do you learn knowledge simply to maintain your own rationality?"

Don't you want to think about how to change your life? Are you just going to be a homeless person for 30 years?

Rose found it somewhat hard to understand. Logically speaking, if someone had been continuously learning and improving for a full 30 years, it would be quite remarkable.

The purpose was simply to maintain one's own rationality, rather than to seek a better life.

Mason looked into Rose's eyes, shrugged, and said:

"Because being a homeless person can ensure survival, but moving up in social status is not guaranteed."

Even in the slums of the magical capital, the social security system is quite comprehensive.

It's easy to survive as a homeless person.

Of course, this is on the premise that you don't get any enhancers on you.

Mason continued:

"Your thinking is dangerous; you're always yearning for a better life."

I've seen too many people like you, thinking about living a better life.

But in reality, it's stepping into an abyss.

"Danger?"

Rose couldn't quite understand it.

Mason looked at Rose, sat down in front of Kenneth's grave, and began fiddling with the dirt path, head down:

"Yes, you know about Kenneth's life story, right? I remember Kenneth telling you about it."

Rose nodded. It seemed that Mason and Kenneth were indeed very close friends who could talk about anything.

Mason continued:

"As you know, after Kenneth sold his luxury villa, he bought a place in a not-so-good neighborhood."

He built a magic pool back then, but it was smashed by people in the community.

That's how the world works; if you're in a certain position, you need to be aware of your place.

Once you exceed a certain limit, everything around you, including your environment and the people around you, will do everything they can to pull you down.

For example, I've seen quite a few people like this, who have had some opportunities, or are a little smarter than others,

He just wanted to change his fate, escape his homeless status, get married, find a good job, and support his family.

Ultimately, most of them were burdened with debt and had to work more than ten hours a day as manual laborers.

And in order to keep going, most of them have to take cheap boosters to maintain their jobs.

Most of their children are so malnourished that they don't even grow teeth.

Mason casually crushed an ant on the ground, stood up, clapped his hands, and said:

"But I'm different. I'm a homeless person, and I have a deep understanding of myself."

I am a homeless person, and a homeless person should live like a homeless person.

Most of the homeless people who died were either addicted to performance-enhancing drugs or had unrealistic expectations.

Most people who accept their homeless status can live for more than 10 years without any problem.

"If you're lucky, you might live to be 30. There are plenty of people like me who are."

Rose fell silent for a moment, then suddenly remembered Tiana and asked:

"What will you do if you get sick? If you're willing to be homeless and have no assets, won't you just have to wait to die if you get sick?"

Mason shrugged and said:

"If you're seriously ill, you'll just have to wait to die; if you're seriously ill, you'll just have to tough it out."

It's as if having assets guarantees you won't die.

Do you remember that homeless woman from earlier?

Rose was a little puzzled, but nodded nonetheless, wondering why Mason had suddenly brought this up.

"That woman used to be middle class in a working-class neighborhood, then her husband got sick, and she had to pay for hospital visits."

The appointment was booked three months in advance, so I had no choice but to take the painkillers prescribed by the doctor.

In the end, the husband died, and the exorbitant medical bills bankrupted their family.

She was left with only one child, who froze to death after only two days of wandering the streets with her.

As you've seen now, she ended up as a homeless man's sex slave.

Mason stretched and patted Rose on the shoulder, saying:

"I'm telling you all this because Kenneth asked me to take good care of you before he passed away."

To live a fulfilling life, one must clearly understand one's own position and the environment in which one lives. If one harbors unrealistic fantasies and then puts them into action...

"You'll die."

"Those magicians who have fallen on hard times, those once great figures, despite their declining sanity, still possess abilities far exceeding those of ordinary people."

But none of them outlived me, because even in their destitution on the streets, they clung to unrealistic fantasies.

Some choose to escape reality, while others take action; both types of people generally don't live more than a few years before dying.

Then, Mason looked directly into Rose's eyes and said:

"Although you are precocious and don't seem like someone your age at all, and your physical condition is almost that of an adult,

You possess a maturity far beyond that of the average adult, but I can clearly see something unrealistic in your eyes, and that's dangerous.

Then, Mason picked up a shovel, seemingly intending to leave.

"So I hope you can get rid of those things; it will allow you to live much longer."

Rose was silent for a while, deep in thought, sensing that something was wrong.

Seeing Rose remain silent, Mason, carrying a shovel, said:

"We should go. This forest isn't safe; wild animals often roam here."

If you get too cold in winter, you can come here to gather some firewood, as long as you don't get caught by those nature conservationists.

Rose nodded and followed Mason.

Rose could clearly sense that Mason meant well and genuinely wanted him to live longer.

However, Rose believes he is different.

It wasn't the vague and uncertain identity of a time traveler that gave him that gave him confidence.

It is the objective facts that give me confidence.

His confidence stems from his traits of being a fanatical materialist and his current status as a second-circle mage.

Rose believed that the identity of a second-circle mage was definitely not that of a nobody in this world; it carried social status.

The problem is how to integrate into the social system after becoming a magician without being killed.

In this world, magicians are subject to special circumstances; they can be killed just like ordinary people.

The specific reason is that when social status changes, reason collapses, and the lower one's social status becomes, the more one is ultimately crushed and plunged into the abyss.

But he was different; his "fervent materialism" was like a safety net.

Social status declines, rationality decreases, however, the [fervent materialist] loses sanity but increases faith.

Faith transforms into reason, reason improves, and with improved reason comes higher social status.

The lower one's rationality, the higher one's social status; the lower one's social status, the higher one's social status.

Regarding those immune to the kill line,

This part is about locking health.

The basic version has a permanent certificate.

Good heavens, [the fanatical materialist]!

What kind of cunning is this? I knew you'd amount to something from the moment you were a kid!

Upon hearing this, ambition and hope welled up in Rose's eyes.

With a fervent materialist as his backing, he was confident he could make a name for himself in this world.

Rose could accept temporary forbearance, temporarily working as a homeless man collecting corpses, but she couldn't accept living such a miserable life forever!

Mason walked ahead, thinking to himself:

"Am I being a bit harsh? But these are things he has to face."

Mason thought for a moment, then turned to the Luo racetrack:

"If you encounter any problems, you can come to me, and I'll try my best..."

Mason was startled when he saw Rose's eyes.

Looking at Rossai, who showed no signs of disappointment or silence, but rather an excited and ambitious expression, he began to doubt his own and Rossai's mental state.

"Was what I said just too bland? Or is this little thing out of its mind?"