Chapter 941

Chapter 935 What is your relationship with the great wizard Locke Augustine?

On the first floor of the Central Library at Mount Golden Crown, in the apprentice area, Julian stood beside Gregor, holding a stack of spellbooks and resources.

He was somewhat reserved, as this wizarding world was entirely new to him.

Gregor smiled at Julian’s restraint and said, “Your Common Tongue is quite good; your teacher must have spread that language to your world. I previously tested your basic apprentice-level life magic knowledge. Although your foundation is somewhat weak, many aspects involve unique understandings that only your teacher knows. In some aspects, apart from not having directly studied the Ogan runes, your magical foundation is already quite good.”

A first-class wizard apprentice handed the test results to Gregor.

“Senior Gregor, this is this new student’s entrance test. Because he’s from a colonized world, there’s no need to register his place of origin. Furthermore, his aptitude is that of a child of wood and a child of light.”

Gregor looked at Julian with surprise.

He hadn’t expected his junior to possess the talent of a dual Elemental Child. Those with this talent not only have a better sensitivity to elemental particles, but their thinking and overall abilities are also more likely to be superior.

Therefore, the existence of these Elemental Children could be tested using common-sense subjects, because even if they didn’t study magic, their chances of success in other endeavors would be higher.

Julian asked Gregor in a low voice, “Sir… what do I need to do here?”

“Who are the rulers here…”

Gregor replied, “Rulers? There don’t seem to be any rulers here. If I had to name one, it would be the Grand Wizard Instructors and the Headmaster. But they don’t seem to be very involved. Now that you’re here, you can discard your past perceptions of the world. There’s something for you to learn here.”

“From today onwards, you’re enrolled at Golden Crown Mountain. This is your badge. I’ll now take you to collect your Third-Class Wizard Apprentice robes and benefits, as well as your daily classes in the public classroom. You are a student of Grand Wizard Locke Augustine, so your private lessons were designed by him.”

“You can call me Senior.”

“This is a university, but Mount Golden Crown truly rules over a vast space and a vast number of mortals beyond your imagination. There are numerous wizards within Mount Golden Crown; you mustn’t cause trouble there, and you can’t spend money recklessly. Here’s one magic stone, the currency here…”

Gregor thought, “Never mind. You should let me hold onto the magic stone for now; I’ll spend it for you. Otherwise, I’m afraid you’ll become a debt slave in less than a week.”

“Be careful, never sign any contracts given to you by others. Sometimes they won’t call it a contract; they’ll use terms like ‘transaction,’ ‘contract,’ ‘promise,’ ‘responsibility,’ etc., to fool you. But a contract is a contract. If you sign one, unless you can ask your teacher for help, you’ll suffer greatly.”

Gregor knew he came from a colony world and had no idea of the dangers of this world, so he kept repeating this.

“And remember, money is only your money when it’s in your hands. Once it’s out of your sight, it’s no longer your money. So in this world, if you really don’t understand something, just remember one thing—no matter what happens, hold onto your money tightly, and your problems won’t be so big.”

Julian listened to Gregor’s rambling, feeling a little dizzy.

He was confused.

There were still many things he didn’t understand in this new world, but he would learn them all.

A competitive spirit rose in Julian’s heart.

He had learned about everything in the Three Caverns World when he was very young, and now he would understand this more complex and vast world.

He followed Gregor out of the library and saw the huge castle complex. Walking in the corridors of the castle, Julian made up his mind to study hard here and figure out everything.

Of course, at this moment, he didn’t know how outrageous his idea was.

Julian suddenly realized something and looked up tentatively, asking, “But senior, if I put my magic stones with you, wouldn’t that mean I can’t control my magic stones, and those magic stones still aren’t mine?” Gregor

paused for a moment, then laughed.

“You seem smarter than the wolf giant.”

In the corridor, Gregor shooed away several wizard apprentices who were eyeing young Julian with ill intent, casually mentioning Locke.

“But I still don’t feel comfortable leaving the magic stone with you. You don’t know the rules of the wizarding world; here, money is key. Many people are after you.”

“Some people live off people like you.”

“Besides, there are even more difficult tasks awaiting you. Golden Crown Mountain’s full support will only last a year; the benefits will be halved in the second year, only a third in the third, and from the fourth year onwards, there will be no benefits at all, only the bare minimum. That means you must become a third-class wizard apprentice and then a second-class wizard apprentice within three years.”

“Otherwise, you will lose all resource support, and you will become a sacrifice…”

“You’re in such a rush, exhausted from your busy tasks. At a time like this, it’s troublesome to also guard against those who have lost all hope and want to harm you. I’m different from them because our teacher is Locke Augustine, and I have a good chance of becoming a first-ring wizard.”

Wizard Gregor pointed at Julian. “So I’ll take care of you. I’ll take care of you mainly because of my teacher’s orders. I’ll do this out of respect for my teacher, and also because if I take good care of you and help you complete your tasks, my teacher might reward me, even if it’s just trusting me more and giving me projects to work on. I’ll benefit from that.”

“I’ve indeed fallen behind lately,”

Gregor thought of Williams. He also wanted to obtain the resources for the crystallization magic plant technology.

But he wasn’t a first-ring wizard yet, while Williams was.

Alas, he missed his opportunity.

Julian held a pile of magic books in his hands.

“Senior, in the Three Caverns World, in our city-state, we consider helping others a matter of course. Mutual assistance is what we should do.”

“That’s how everyone becomes better. That’s what my father told me.”

Gregor the Wizard’s ears twitched; he wanted to probe. As a wizarding apprentice from Golden Crown Mountain, he was quite shrewd,

even though he appeared innocent in front of Locke.

Gregor the Wizard wanted to find out about his relationship with Locke.

“Who is your father? Was he also a student of the teacher?”

Julian nodded.

“Yes. My father was also a student of the teacher. However, he was a Ranger. The teacher once invited him to become a wizard, but my father wanted to help the teacher seek the truth…”

Gregor grew wary.

‘A Ranger? Then this little native’s father must be a key member of the teacher’s power structure. No wonder the teacher asked me to pull strings for him, letting him directly enroll at Golden Crown Mountain. Even ordinary wizarding instructors don’t have this kind of authority; they have to wait for Golden Crown Mountain’s fixed student recruitment days each year.’

‘It seems this kid is important to the teacher. I’ll treat him better. But I don’t really need to care; he’s just a third-class wizarding apprentice who isn’t even a native. I don’t think the teacher will value him that much. Unless he becomes a first-class wizarding apprentice, showing the teacher his potential to advance to a full wizard.’

Gregor made up his mind about his attitude.

Gregor snorted coldly.

“Mutual help is a natural law? Then let me ask you, let’s assume that in what you call a city-state, if your friend wants to ask you for help, and that favor violates the city-state’s laws, though those laws are somewhat ambiguous, would you help or not?”

Julian said, “This…”

Gregor asked again, “Let’s assume that if you have grain at home, but it belongs to the city-state’s public grain, and another friend has no grain at home and is about to starve to death, and he asks you for the city-state’s public grain, would you help or not?”

Julian hadn’t expected such a dilemma.

“This…”

Gregor said, “If you don’t help, you’ll seem heartless. If you do help, you’ll end up in prison, your death is imminent.”

Gregor led him to the common classroom for third-class wizard apprentices within the Golden Crown Castle. He glanced around; there were no formal wizards lecturing. He pushed open the door, and immediately all the hundreds of wizard apprentices and prospective wizards in the classroom turned to look at them.

Many apprentices stood up and bowed to Gregor, the wizard about to become a formal wizard—it could even be described as fawning.

Julian, however, was caught up in the questions Gregor had just asked; he looked confused and pondered deeply.

Gregor said to him, “So why not start with an equal exchange, and be as businesslike as possible?”

“Welcome to the world of equal exchange. Every bite of food you receive here requires effort.”

“This is the common classroom for third-class wizard apprentices. I checked, and the basic magic rune course starts in an hour. You can attend classes here first. I’ll have a third-class wizard apprentice take you to your dormitory. I need to rush to do an experiment my teacher gave me.”

Gregor estimated the time and thus quickened his pace.

Julian stood there, stunned. So

many people…

At the same time, the prospective wizard apprentices all looked at him with scrutinizing eyes, while other wizard apprentices looked at Gregor with longing, racking their brains to establish a connection with him.

Unfortunately, Gregor turned and left.

The crowd whispered among themselves.

“Didn’t this year’s enrollment stop a long time ago? How can he still be admitted?”

“Is he from some prestigious family?”

“Don’t guess. Gregor brought him here, and he’s very likely a student of the great wizard Locke Augustine. Great wizard Locke Augustine doesn’t have any formal wizard students at Golden Crown Mountain, so this person is very likely a direct descendant of that great wizard.”

A young girl from a noble family, who was about to become a wizard apprentice, widened her almond-shaped eyes upon hearing this.

“What?”

“How can he be so lucky? He got accepted as a disciple of a Grand Wizard as soon as he entered. That’s a Grand Wizard! My parents told me he’s someone I’d never even meet in my life.”

“How did he get to…? Isn’t it only after starting as a second-class wizard apprentice that you might be chosen by a wizarding mentor to become their private student and take their private lessons?”

A young girl from the imperial family beside her whispered, “Keep your voice down. It’s all fate. We’re lucky in the mortal realm, and having someone in this university is just lucky. A Grand Wizard… that’s someone who can rule countless mortal nations. If we can become his disciple in this academy, that’s… incredibly lucky.”

“The teacher we have in this academy might be our teacher within the academy, but outside, they might be someone we would never normally encounter.”

The princess’s eyes brightened slightly, and she raised her hand, gesturing for Julian to sit down.

“Young man, I am the seventh princess of the White Tiger Empire in the Golden Crown Mountain region. You may sit next to me.”

The other prospective wizards were also taken aback. They hadn’t expected such a move and immediately stood up, inviting Julian to come over.

The princess’s face darkened. She hadn’t expected her so-called princess title to be completely useless here, making her seem ridiculous instead.

Julian’s special relationship with the Grand Wizard made him the center of attention the moment he appeared.

However, Julian remembered Gregor’s warning to him earlier, so he politely declined everyone and sat on the edge, away from everyone.

But even sitting on the edge, he couldn’t prevent people from approaching him.

After an unknown amount of time, a formal wizard at the Qi Transformation stage walked in from outside the classroom. He swept his cold eyes over the group of students and snorted. If it weren’t for the Golden Crown Mountain teaching assessment, which included his overall performance in lecturing freshmen, he wouldn’t bother lecturing these foolish mortals.

The formal wizard frowned when he heard the noise.

“Quiet. Stand up and explain why the class is so noisy.”

Julian hadn’t expected this formal wizard to point a finger at him right away. He immediately stood up, and everyone sitting around him moved away.

Julian swallowed hard.

Is this the wizarding world?

Julian stammered, “I…I don’t know either. Senior Gregor brought me in.”

The gas wizard paused, his pupils shrinking rapidly.

“Who is Locke Augustine to you?”

Julian thought for a moment and said, “He’s my teacher.”

The gas wizard was silent for a while.

‘No, I also want to become that breeding genius’s apprentice.’

‘How can I become his apprentice? Can’t I? I also want to become his apprentice and infiltrate the Red Dragon lineage…’

The gas wizard gave him a cold glance.

“In that case, sit down. You caused a disturbance on your first day of school. I will…tell your teacher about this.”

His eyes brightened slightly as he thought of a way to establish a connection with Locke.

Julian slowly sat down, a bitter feeling rising in his heart. He hadn’t expected to find himself so isolated and helpless on his very first day in this new world, and then even cause trouble for Professor Locke.

Would this wizard really cause trouble for Professor Locke?

Had he disgraced his teacher?

At this moment, the unsuspecting aspiring wizards all looked at Julian, who had just been the center of attention and was now ‘disgraced,’ with mocking eyes. They didn’t know the inner workings of the wizarding world, and therefore didn’t realize that the ‘wizard instructor’ on the podium was merely looking for an excuse to establish a connection with Locke.

He was just a contract-based lecturer with an uncertain future.

Of course, in front of these students, he was the most authoritative wizard instructor.

(End of Chapter)