Wizard: I brought the wrong system...

Chapter 34 Desi

After helping Mengli climb onto the boat with difficulty, a young man who looked to be in his early twenties came to greet him.

He wore a grey-black apprentice robe similar to the one worn by Yaro, except that it featured an owl's head outlined in gold thread.

Upon seeing Yaro's attire, he couldn't help but pause in surprise.

Yaro quickly released Monri, steadied himself, and respectfully performed the etiquette of a wizard's apprentice.

Good day, senior.

Seeing Yaro bow, the young man quickly returned the greeting, saying, "Good day."

Judging from the young man's manner of bowing, Yaro immediately made a judgment in his mind: he was not from a wizarding family, and there was a high probability that he was not even a nobleman.

Don't be fooled by the fact that his manners are similar to those of Yaro; there are actually many details to the etiquette of a wizard's apprentice.

Putting everything else aside, the right hand must be extended straight out, and the fingers cannot be pressed together.

This is because most apprentices cast spells from their right hand, with the fingers fully extended and all fingers visible, to show that they are not hiding their spells and have no intention of attacking.

Then, place your palms three finger-widths above your heart; this signifies that "knowledge is above oneself."

Sometimes, because many people have relatively wide palms, there isn't enough space between their chest and shoulders to fit their outstretched palms, so they will deliberately stick their little finger and ring finger up just to achieve this purpose.

This etiquette doesn't have strict requirements for the left hand, as long as it's not covered. However, the etiquette of nobles is also the right-hand posture, so generally, wizards of noble birth will also follow the requirements of noble etiquette and keep their left hand close to their trouser leg.

Even when returning a greeting from a superior or elder, one should either simply nod or, if returning the greeting, make the same gesture with one's right hand.

"Are you... the wizarding family that sent out this message?"

Yaro smiled slightly: "Senior, you flatter me. How could I dare to call myself a wizarding family? My grandfather was just an ordinary person who came from the common people and barely managed to board the ship."

Upon hearing this, the young man's expression softened considerably. He took a few steps forward and asked, "My name is Desi, what's your name, junior?"

Yaro chuckled to himself, "Yaro Garna, my first teacher of literacy, always calls me 'cowardly Yaro.' Can Senior Desi just call me Yaro directly?"

"The cowardly Yarrow?"

Desi immediately laughed and said, "Okay, don't worry, I'll only call you Yaro."

Yaro feigned happiness and said, "That would be wonderful."

The two looked at each other, burst into laughter, and immediately felt a tacit understanding.

"By the way, Yaro, who is this person next to you...?"

Blindfolded and limping, Monri was indeed quite conspicuous. What Desi was more curious about was why a boy like this was allowed to board the ship.

"His name is Monri, and he was a companion I met along the way."

Yaro met Monri in a nearby town, but others would say that he met Monri on the way and they came together.

Yaro deliberately changed the subject, then explained, "Unfortunately... on the way, he inexplicably entered a strange place, and after coming out, he became like this."

Monri naturally wouldn't refute Yarrow.

After all, what does it matter whether we finish halfway or not?

This good brother of mine almost lost his precious chance to board the ship because he argued with the wizard!

A strange place?

Desi's eyes flickered slightly, as if he were deep in thought.

"By the way, Senior Desi, judging from your accent, you're not from around here, are you? Where's your hometown?"

Yaro continued chatting with Desi.

During this process, more and more teenagers who had passed the test boarded the deck. When they saw the young man in the gray-black apprentice robe next to Yaro, they mistook him for a wizard and dared not disturb him. They could only stand aside at a loss, whispering to each other and discussing what to do next.

"My hometown."

Desi gazed at the sea, sighed softly, and said nostalgically, "My hometown is so far away from here, the continent of Anduru. I wonder if you've ever heard of it, junior?"

Anduru Continent?

I've never heard of it before.

Yaro's expression remained unchanged, but he deliberately frowned in thought, and hesitated before saying, "This sounds somewhat familiar, Senior Desi. Could you say a few words in your hometown dialect?"

"Oh?"

Desi looked at Yaro with surprise and tentatively said a few words.

A thought struck Yaro: it was indeed the 'Yurio language'. He had guessed it earlier from the way Desi's speech was converted, and he hadn't expected it to actually be this language.

Then Yaro followed up in the 'Yurio language', saying, "Brother Desi, I never expected we were so destined! My grandfather must have come from the same place as you!"

Even within the same language, there are slight differences in how they speak. This is normal, though. Not to mention other continents, even on the 'small island' where Yaro lives, the speech of ordinary people varies slightly in different towns.

"Really? Did your grandfather tell you about the city where he was born?"

This was no challenge for Yaro. He learned each language and understood its general scope, and naturally he also memorized the names of several cities.

"I think it was called Nomi City? My grandfather only mentioned it to me casually a couple of times, so I don't remember it very clearly."

"Nomi City? I know it, it's not far from my hometown!"

……

With Yaro's deliberate flattery, the two chatted more and more enthusiastically in the same language, and soon they were calling each other brothers, almost to the point of becoming sworn brothers.

Don't underestimate Desi's role. After he completes this mission, he will have to fill out a report. Ordinary wizard apprentices like Desi may think it won't be of much use, but in reality, the purpose of this report is to examine the apprentices' nature.

The first principle for any organization is unity.

That's why Nicole repeatedly instructed Aro to blend into the group of test-takers.

Those apprentices who think they are the best in the world, like to be unconventional, and are arrogant and domineering will be recorded as a deduction. This will result in a significant difference in their scores when they are assigned to academies later. However, it is hard to say whether such students will like those assignments.

As Yaro and Desi chatted, the boys in the open space had finished their tests. Nicole, disregarding the joy and sorrow of the others, went up to the deck, looked at Desi, and coldly said, "Make sure these people are settled and maintain order on the ship."

After saying that, she picked up the black cat, turned around, and went into the cabin.

"Yes, Your Grace, Wizard Anise."

Arro was not surprised to hear Desi address him, because he already knew that his mother was using a pseudonym at this time.

"Quiet down, everyone!"

Desi looked at the remaining sixty-odd people on the deck, quietly clenched his fist, and said in a serious tone, "My name is Desi, and I am an intermediate wizard apprentice. You can call me Senior Desi from now on."

Yaro noticed Desi's nervousness, but this was not surprising. When selecting candidates for this position, the Jungle House would deliberately choose wizard apprentices with relatively weak personalities, so that the new students could show their true nature.

"Come with me, we will now assign you accommodations."

……

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(End of this chapter)