Chapter 79 Magician's Gossip
"The Royal Academy of Magic..." Jiang You hadn't decided yet whether to do business there.
It's true that university students are the easiest business to do business with. They're all strong and robust, with voracious appetites. They're hungry in the morning, craving for food at noon, and completely empty at night. Let alone in this age of culinary bliss, even in the world of artisan food, any business near a school that can achieve both affordability and deliciousness is unlikely to fail.
The downside is that students are always looking for new things, resulting in fierce competition and rapid store turnover. Without a compelling and appealing proposition, you'll be stuck in a cycle of constantly switching businesses and chasing influencers. While you won't fail, you won't survive, either.
In the Principality of Huntington, disputes over food on campus were probably less intense. However, Takumi Yuu hadn't forgotten that the original owner, Mi Yuu, had once been a student at the Royal Academy of Magic, and had used her mentor's connections to transform herself into a lich before her body collapsed from aging due to the unfortunate cauldron cleaning accident.
Judging from the diary and last words left by Mi You, Jiang You felt that she had a good relationship with her mentor. Although the mentor once reminded her, "Don't mention your name if you get into trouble in the future," she felt that this statement itself was more like a joke between acquaintances rather than a complete severance of relations.
Besides, Mi You and her mother, Mi Funa, seemed to have a lot of ties to the Evil Eye Moon. Judging from the writings they left behind, Jiang You had always felt that they didn't seem like bad people. But Andrei was also quite reliable in handling cases, not like a foolish official who would wrongly accuse innocent people... Perhaps there was some secret hidden in it that she didn't know.
Mi You's death and her arrival are both difficult to explain. The magic circle was so perfectly drawn, but there was a mistake in the most important part, the name... After all, could Mi You, a poor student, really draw such a perfect magic circle?
Jiang You couldn't tell if this was the final burst of practice that made perfect for the poor student who was about to die, or if there was some other existence that had interfered in the reality that Mi You hadn't recorded...
In short, she didn't really want to wave the "Charter of the Dark Arts" signed by Mebucha Huntington in front of the tutor when the situation was unclear... What if it brought bad luck to the tutor?
——Hey, aren’t there a few magicians from the academy here?
She thought for a moment and then casually asked Eslan, "By the way, I heard that the great magician Mebucha Huntington teaches at the Royal Magic Academy?"
"Oh! Everyone always asks about the Grand Mage when they hear about the Royal Academy of Magic. After all, he's the most powerful and highest-ranking Grand Mage in the Principality, and an Honorary Professor at our Royal Academy of Magic... well, that's what I said." Eslan stuffed half of the mutton bun into his mouth, chewing with his cheeks puffed out. "However, although Grand Mage Mebucha is very famous, he doesn't actually teach at the Royal Academy of Magic~"
"Huh?!" Jiang You asked in surprise. Did she make a mistake?
"Great Mage Huntington has his own Mage Tower just outside the capital. He teaches his own apprentices and conducts his own magical research, and rarely comes to our academy," Lani said. "Although he doesn't appear at the academy, as an honorary professor, he has access to some of the academy's resources and connections, and can freely recommend transfer students to our academy.
"I once heard from a senior classmate that the great wizard would occasionally come and give lectures in the early years, but in recent years he's probably been absorbed in studying necromancy and rarely appears in public. That's just as well, since our instructor and he are sworn enemies... ah, the kind of 'sworn enemies' that have nothing to do with personal feelings, just academic disputes."
As the saying goes, scholars look down on each other. The greats of scientific research either admire each other or dislike each other. The more talented a person is, the more likely they are to encounter a "rival" of the same generation, equally or even more talented. Jiang You has heard the story of "If there is Yu, why is there Liang?" so many times that it no longer strikes him as strange.
"Our advisor always said that the great wizard Huntington was a very lucky man. No one better at magic than him had a higher status, and no one higher status than him had magic skills. He never lacked funding for his projects; the king just gave him the money." Henry, the academic genius, sighed heavily as he ate his mutton dumplings. "Unlike us, the academy is so stingy with funding, and we have to split every dollar into two halves."
"But his disciples aren't very lucky," Eslan said. "For some reason, he always recruits strange students. Like his previous apprentice, who studied with him in the Magic Tower for several years and later entered our academy with a letter of recommendation from the Grand Mage. But he failed even the annual magic test and was expelled from the academy."
"Oh?" Jiang You was interested. Could this be referring to Mi You? It seemed like she'd studied at Mebucha for a while before entering the magic academy?
"What's going on? Could it be that she's a genius with a serious imbalance in her studies?"
"No, no, I've seen that junior sister before," Eslan recalled. "Her name was something like Mi... You. Oh, it's a bit like your name, Master You. Judging from the last name, she must be an immigrant from abroad. She's usually quiet and always seems distracted. She doesn't have a high affinity for magic, and she's not very good at drawing magic circles. She has no idea why the efficiency of condensing magic elements at a 30-degree angle is much higher than at a 29-degree angle..."
Jiang You: “.” Is the method of drawing your magic circle so demanding?
"I heard her mother is very accomplished in potions, but she herself is a bit of a letdown. She doesn't pay attention when brewing potions and always gets the order wrong... But magic isn't something that's passed down through blood; it still has to be learned," said Lani, who looked like a poor student. "Even though I like to slack off, I still have to study hard when I need to, otherwise I'll fail the exams and be expelled. I went through so much trouble to get into the magic academy, only to be kicked out like this. It's such a shame!"
Jiang You: "..." I understand. These three may look like poor students, but they are actually hardworking and good students. No wonder they all have the "fear of failing before the final exam." After all, real bad students don't care whether they fail or not.
——So, the great magician Mebucha Huntington doesn't often appear at the Royal Magic Academy, and maybe he can find out a lot about Mi You there.
Jiang You pondered for a moment. Perhaps, then, she could still go to the Royal Magic Academy to do business. But there was no rush. She could gather more information in the capital before making a decision.
Several groups of people finished their breakfast one after another, packed their luggage, settled the bill with the hotel owner and prepared to leave. However, when it was time to set off, Jiang You discovered that in addition to Heidi and the others, three magicians had also mixed into the team.
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