Chapter 73

Chapter 73 Substitute Class

He gathered the bodies of the five apprentices of the Blood Curse Court, placed all the fragments in a sack, and put it into the Star Ring, ready to take it back and use it as fertilizer for his flowers.

The White Wizard Association has a strict ethical review mechanism to prevent breeders from using wizard apprentices as fertilizer for magic fields, but if these people are dark wizards, it doesn’t matter.

Dark wizards have no rights protected in the society of white wizards.

Locke looked at Gabi, who was a little ashamed. At this time, her driver had regained his consciousness, but he could not remember anything.

Gabi glared at the confused driver.

Then, Gabi apologized to Locke sheepishly, “I’m sorry, senior, it happened so suddenly that I didn’t react.”

“Luckily, I have you by my side, Senior.”

Gabi suddenly felt terrified. “If I had met them alone, I would have been dead.”

Gabby paled.

Locke nodded. “It’s not your fault. They were all out to kill me. I just dragged you into this.”

“But it’s really dangerous outside the academy recently, so you should go out less.”

Compared to the dark wizards, the white wizard apprentices, who spend most of their time in research, are definitely far inferior in combat power.

But white wizards also have their own advantages.

Compared to Lilith Cottage’s method of using contracts to bind apprentices’ personal relationships, the method of those dark wizards directly using curse magic to control their own apprentices is inefficient and has serious internal friction.

After all, one is “voluntary” formed through a complex contractual relationship, while the other is forced.

The subjective initiative is different.

Locke and Gabi got on the carriage and continued to head back to the academy headquarters, but Gabi was already very impatient with her coachman.

If it weren’t for the fact that a coachman was needed on the return trip, Gabi would have been unable to tolerate the mortal coachman she hired.

…

After returning to the port city where the headquarters of Lilith Academy is located, Locke and Gabi parted ways and immediately went to Witch Sophia.

Inside Witch Sophia’s office.

Locke placed the amethyst matrix back on her desk, “Teacher, I’m back. This is a report I wrote on the way.”

“The plague in the Ashgra Mountains has been resolved. The source was a konjac plant.”

“Also, teacher, I have something more important to report.”

Witch Sophia stopped writing and said, “Humulous konjac? It seems you have a good harvest this time.”

“Wait a moment……”

“This feeling is… demonic pressure.”

The flower on Sophia’s witch hat turned a bright red, as if indicating that its owner was feeling a bit emotional. “Locke, have you become a first-class wizard apprentice?”

Locke nodded and said, “Yes, teacher. Thanks to your usual teaching and that bottle of Scarlet Echo Potion, I was able to become a first-class wizard apprentice so quickly.”

Witch Sophia was stunned for a moment. “You enrolled about two years ago, right? Time flies! We’ve been teacher and student for two years now.”

“My original plan was that you would at most become a second-class wizard apprentice before I left Lilith’s hut, but your growth rate has far exceeded my imagination.”

Witch Sophia said, “That’s really fast. He advances almost once a year. This speed is no less than those ‘Children of Elements’.”

“This advancement speed is almost the same as when I was a wizard apprentice. My affinity for wood elemental particles is level 7.”

Wow, Locke didn’t expect that Witch Sophia would advance so quickly during the apprenticeship stage.

I was able to achieve this promotion speed only by relying on the accumulation of many resources.

Locke said: “Teacher, it turns out that you are the son of the ‘wood’ element.”

Sophia smiled and said, “The current means of aptitude testing are still very rudimentary, so the evaluation of a wizard’s aptitude is far from being an assessment of a person’s true potential.”

“This has always been my view, and this view has been verified to the greatest extent in you.”

Sophia said, “Locke, for wizards, the result is more important than the process. You can become a first-class wizard apprentice in just one year. Your talent is no less than those so-called Sons of the Element.”

“It’s just that their talent is more obvious, while yours requires someone to carefully discover it.”

Sophia said, “I once personally witnessed an apprentice who had absolutely no talent for Potions. He later switched to alchemy and eventually became a first-ring alchemist. This world is sometimes so helpless. Talented people waste their lives because they don’t discover their gifts, or mistakenly believe they lack them.”

Sophia paused. “Besides you, the happiest person to become a first-class wizard apprentice is me, your teacher.”

“Now that you have become a first-class wizard apprentice, you can take the exam for the formal breeder certificate and the potion master’s assistant certificate.”

Sophia’s interest in Locke increased greatly. Originally, she taught him seriously just because Locke was her first student.

But now it’s not just because of that.

It’s also because of Locke’s talent.

For formal wizards, an outstanding student is always more likely to get their attention.

In addition, the teaching assessment in the Star Sea mainly consists of three parts: the first is one’s own title, the second is one’s own achievements, and the third is the outstanding students taught.

She had just become an official wizard, so she was definitely at a disadvantage on the second piece, and the third piece was completely blank.

But now, Locke has become a first-class wizard apprentice in two years and has also obtained a breeder’s assistant certificate. If he can obtain a potion master’s assistant certificate and a breeder certificate in the next few years, he will be able to serve as an example of her own outstanding student.

This will be of great help to the wizard organization in the Star Sea in their assessment of her.

Therefore, Sophia looked at Locke with even more respect. “Dear Locke, I underestimated your qualifications before.”

“I don’t care how you got promoted.”

“I’ll give you two tasks. Within the next year and a half, obtain a formal Breeder’s Certificate and a Potions Assistant’s Certificate. Is that a problem?”

Locke was a little surprised. “Teacher, the time you gave me this time is so tight.”

Witch Sophia lowered the brim of her wizard hat and said, “Geniuses and mediocre people have two different teaching methods. I used the wrong teaching method on you from the beginning.”

She crossed her arms and leaned back in her chair. “Keep a little pressure; it’s good for you. The requirements at Lilith Cottage Academy are too relaxed for you. You’ll get lazy over time, Locke.”

“Don’t worry, I’m not that unkind.”

“Locke, as long as you pass the exam to obtain either a formal breeder certificate or a potion master’s assistant certificate within a year and a half, I will consider you a pass.”

Locke thought for a moment, then simply followed Sophia’s line of thought and continued his deduction. “Potions is a bit more complicated than breeding, but the Potions Assistant Certificate is easier to obtain than the full Breeder Certificate.”

“After all, the status of a formal breeder in the academy is already quite high.”

“So, I’d better pass the Potions Master’s Certificate within a year and a half?”

Witch Sophia was a little amused by Locke. “You actually thought about it seriously.”

“It’s up to you. As long as you pass one of the certificates, you’ll be considered qualified. From now on, I’ll give you two and a half hours of lessons every day.”

Locke looked at Sophia strangely. “Teacher, do you have so much time?”

Witch Sophia tapped her fingers on the table and said, “This is exactly what I wanted to tell you next. During this period, many of the tasks assigned to me by the academy are teaching tasks.”

“That means I will have quite a few new wizarding students this year.”

“I guess you want me to establish a deeper connection with the academy. I was originally worried about it, but now that you have become a first-class wizard apprentice, everything is fine.”

“You can take their classes for me.”

Witch Sophia said with some regret, “It’s a pity that I don’t have any other students. When I was promoted to a first-class wizard apprentice, my teacher gathered all his first-class wizard apprentice students, even those outside the academy, and held a celebration in the academy.”

“This is also a way to invigorate the mentor-apprentice relationship.”

“But you’re my first student, so… there’s no way we can have this kind of celebration. There are only two of us…”

Witch Sophia thought for a moment and said seriously, “You should be an adult this year, right? I’ll give you a birthday present tomorrow to celebrate.”

“By the way, what do you want to report to me?”

(End of this chapter)