Don't confiscate my citizenship

Anyway, it's enough money to give to this stupid son.

I hope he can grow up soon. May the goddess bless him.

What a great thing it would be if he was not pretending today, but was really so calm, steady, humble and polite.

……

As the night deepened, the wall lamps in the spacious corridors on the second floor of the mansion glowed faintly, immersing the entire mansion in a tranquility and peace.

Most of the servants in the mansion had finished their work for the day and went to rest.

Of course, there were also servants who had not yet left work.

As soon as Lanqi opened the door of the study, he found the maid waiting outside.

The considerate maid named Francine who was not as afraid of her as the other servants.

Lanqi found that it seemed that she and the housekeeper were the only ones in the mansion who were willing to take her seriously.

After a polite greeting.

"Master, are you sure you are not fooling me?"

Francine followed Lanci out of the study with some concern and whispered beside him.

She heard the conversation in the study just now and knew very well how Lanqi spent his time every day before.

The entrance examination to the Alchemy Academy includes written examinations on many subjects, including Kingdom Arithmetic, Pharmacy, Material Processing, Basics of Magic Engineering, Principles of Alchemy, etc.

Even if Lanqi spent money to hire the best teacher and started learning hard, it would be too late.

"It's just an entrance exam."

Lanqi chuckled and closed his eyes. His calm expression seemed to show that he didn't care about the difficulty of the exam at all, and he had no intention of stepping up his review.

"Uh……"

Seeing this, Francine even suspected that Lanqi had really given up from now on and was experiencing the last carnival.

But she also knew that even if Lanqi failed to enter school, he would not go home to be scolded or end up hiding under a quilt on the streets of the royal capital.

Young Master can work flexibly in the capital.

You can definitely make a lot of money just by selling paintings.

"Don't worry, I'll study the exam rules tonight."

Lanqi sensed the maid's worry, smiled, and added with certainty, his eyes as clear as when he was facing the code.

"That's good……"

"Hmm? Test rules?"

Francine was shocked.

She always felt that there was something else behind Lanqi's words.

Although it is definitely a good habit to read the precautions carefully before taking the exam...

But what is there to study about the Alchemy Academy's entrance examination rules?

Soon, after saying goodbye, Lanqi quickened his pace and walked towards the bedroom, leaving the maid with a confused and tangled face in the corridor.

……

Go back to the bedroom and close the door.

Lanqi found the admission reference book of Ikerit Academy from the bookshelf.

He came to the desk, pulled out a chair and sat down leisurely, slowly picked up the pen, stared at the book in his hand, and planned the schedule for the next three months.

He was serious about the admission.

He did promise his father that he would be admitted successfully.

But he didn't say which branch he would enroll in.

"Although I don't like fighting in my life, I only like to end fights... But if we really have to fight, if I'm prepared, I don't think I will lose."

Lanqi muttered to himself as he flipped through the Ikerita Academy brochure.

This academy includes the Alchemy College and the Magic Engineering College, which focus on theoretical research and backup support and have difficult to speed through exams.

Of course, there are also the Sages' College and the Knights' College, which focus more on direct combat and tactical application.

Lanqi's method is simple.

That is, roundabout admission.

When the time comes, he can just change the college he applies to from the Alchemy College to one of its other branches.

Although the examination points of the two French cavalry academies, which focus on actual combat, are quite different, the main purpose of the examinations over the years has always been the examinees' adaptability, character and mentality, and actual combat capabilities.

This is also closely related to the most difficult dungeon in this world, "Shadow World".

The next three months.

As long as he can successfully create some key magic cards with "Lanqi characteristics", he can then buy a few magic cards that can be found on the market to form a combination.

It’s not that Lanqi is incapable of performing a move that would make all the college leaders’ eyes go dark!

Chapter 8: Talia Finds Humans Incomprehensible

In the sky of the border city-state, a few stars are still twinkling faintly, as if they are poems that are about to disappear in the night sky.

Until the dawn of the morning quietly arrived, a faint blush appeared on the horizon, covering the Lanch family's mansion with a hazy color.

At this quiet moment, Lanqi's bedroom seemed particularly peaceful. The light poured in through the light curtains, as if wisps of pure elves were dancing.

But Lanqi has woken up.

He moved his body, pushed the quilt aside, hung his feet, and gently placed them on the carpet, feeling the soft touch under his feet.

"Why did I dream that I was in the underworld? The King of Hell took a long vacation, and I signed the Book of Life and Death on his behalf..."

He rubbed his eyes, recalled his dream, and muttered to himself,

"By the way, the borrowed code can be returned now."

After stretching vigorously, a feeling of relaxation spread throughout his body. Lanqi straightened his back and stood up from the bed.

After washing up, he did not go downstairs to have breakfast right away.

Instead, he opened the curtains beside the desk and bathed in the warm and just right morning sun.

The breeze caressed the leaves outside the window, and birds were chirping on the treetops not far away.

A string of crisp notes floated along the windowsill into Lanqi's bedroom, filling the entire comfortable morning light.

Two weeks have passed since I borrowed the code on the table from the border library.

These days, the books on his desk are piling up more and more.

In addition to the code, he also asked the trustee to buy him a few basic books that were directly sold in the Card Makers Association of this city-state.

The magic in this world is difficult to learn and use, just like mathematics, a doctoral field. If you can't learn it, you can't learn it.

Lanci was probably convinced that he did not have the talent to become a "traditional wizard who could use magic on his own".

But the good thing about this world is that everyone can use magic through "magic cards".

However, there are limitations on the amount of magic cards that can be bound to souls.

Therefore, they will not affect the uniqueness of combat positions, but will only make the strong stronger.

Ordinary people can also use various convenient small-scale life magic through magic cards.

It is precisely because of this that magic craftsmen who can make magic cards are a very popular profession!

Compared with making other types of magic props, card making requires not only a thorough understanding of the principles of magic engineering, but also extremely high creativity and brainpower, as well as extremely high drawing skills.

Fortunately for Lanqi, the knowledge related to magic engineering, such as the production of magic props and the principles of magic equipment, was surprisingly simple for him to read, and he could understand it quickly even if he read ten lines at a glance.

"Of course, it is also possible that the level of the textbook compilers is higher."

Lanqi sighed as he looked at the pile of reference books on the desk.

Coincidentally, these textbooks are all written by the same author:

"The Basics of Magical Engineering in the Kingdom of Hutton, Seventh Edition - Written by Bo Laao"

Common Misunderstandings in Making First-Order Magic Cards——Bolao

"Card Maker's Code of Ethics - by Bo Laao"

I heard from the Card Makers Association that Professor Bolaio is the instructor of the Magic Engineering School of Ikerite Academy.

Unfortunately, Professor Bolaio does not have students.

Otherwise, Lanqi would have wanted to work hard for a hundred days and apply for the Magic Engineering College.

However, compared to the Magic Academy, which has a complex and arduous academic schedule and special tutors, he still prefers the free and relaxed course structure of the Sage Academy and the Knight Academy: there are fewer required courses and more elective courses, and one can graduate as long as he completes all the required courses and gets enough credits.

As for those Magic Engineering Academy courses that suit you, you can just add them as elective subjects into your course schedule when the time comes.

This was the conclusion Lanqi came to after carefully studying the information from Ikerita Academy.

"Okay, now that we've studied the theory, it's time to experiment with making magic cards."

Lanqi felt that the so-called "mana" that he had consumed in drawing Talia's portrait a few days ago should have been almost recovered by now.

Today you can go to the Card Makers Association to rent a card-making workshop and try to practice.

as well as.

Since we have to leave the city-state and head to the royal capital in two and a half months.

Things on Talia's side also need to be arranged.

Although she is a demon, she and I need each other.

Perhaps, the two of them can become good trading partners in the future.

Lanci looked out the window.