Chapter 81 Strange, the wind changed the thermos cup
It has been half a month since Beatrice entered the First Empire Magic Academy.
She originally thought that after entering the magic academy, she would receive guidance from famous teachers, study hard with the empire's best magic freshmen, and finally become an outstanding magician, making the witch look at her with new eyes.
But things went against her wishes, and Beatrice soon learned a hard lesson from life.
She was 12 years old and should have been in the elementary magician class. However, because her magic talent had only been awakened for less than two months and her theoretical foundation was very weak, the academy had assigned her to the foundation class, where she would learn the most basic theoretical knowledge.
If Shen Jiang were here, she would say this is just preschool.
Indeed, this was where the foundations of future wizards were laid. Here, teachers were solely responsible for explaining the history of magic and the Empire, cultivating the image of wizards as noble beings in the minds of these young children, and only then for teaching basic magical knowledge. The students in this class, generally between the ages of five and seven, were almost all apprentices whose magical talents had recently awakened.
Beatrice seemed completely out of place here.
Both her age and her civilian status were extremely out of place.
Beatrice didn't care about the pranks some of her classmates played on her or the gossip behind her back. After all, she'd seen so much outside that these trivial things meant nothing to her. She simply wanted to skip a grade as quickly as possible, learn truly useful skills at the Magic Academy, obtain the high-quality Philosopher's Stone provided to outstanding students, and then return to Dragon Mountain as quickly as possible to continue serving the Witch Master.
"Do you know that there's a rumor circulating in the city lately that the Iron Forest has been marked by a dragon and has become its territory. Anyone who trespasses into the forest will face the dragon's furious dragonfire?"
Beatrice was taking a nap on the promenade beside the garden when she heard the familiar talk about dragons and immediately pricked up her ears to listen.
"Your information is out of date. My father is one of the palace guards. I heard that they once sent an elite squadron of the empire to the Iron Forest, but they all disappeared mysteriously. Only a few horses they left behind were found on the outskirts of the Iron Forest."
"What? Is it true that there are dragons in the Iron Forest?"
"Apart from dragons, what else could kill so many powerful magicians in an instant without leaving a trace? It's a pity that my father strictly forbade me to go to the Iron Forest, otherwise I would really like to see what dragons look like, and maybe even become a dragon tamer."
"You're crazy! That's a legendary dragon. Even our teacher might not be able to defeat it."
"Hmph, so what about a dragon? I heard that the king is... ahem, I'm only telling you this, you mustn't spread it out." The little boy who spoke glanced at his friends and suddenly found that a circle of people had unknowingly gathered around them, and even the commoner in the class was eavesdropping.
"When did you sneak in?"
Beatrice said calmly, "I was here before you came. I come here for lunch every day. You were just too engrossed in your conversation to notice me."
Speaking of which, the way these noble classmates, who usually looked down on her, spoke of the dragon with such admiration in their voices made Beatrice feel a sense of disconnect. These people, who usually acted so condescendingly, wondered if they knew she had lived on a dragon's mountain for a year and would be utterly astonished.
George was very dissatisfied. He was not the most senior among the group, but because of his father's special position, he often got a lot of exclusive information in advance. Because of this, even the eldest daughter of an old aristocratic family like Youla had to play along with him.
George was very unhappy that she dared to talk back.
"Do you know what a dragon is, you poor commoner?"
Beatrice was almost amused by him. It was true that she was a commoner, but she had worked for the witch-lord for a year and had accumulated a lot of strange wealth. If she sold them to a grocery store, she could get a lot of money, right?
Beatrice took out the toast her mother had made for her last night from her bag. The soft, white toast quickly attracted the attention of several aristocratic classmates. Then, Beatrice took out a thermos from her bag and unscrewed it. The steam rising from the mouth of the cup made several people stunned.
Yula looked at the new classmate's hand curiously. She was familiar with the soft bread, which often appeared on her breakfast table. But the cup emitting a white and delicate pearlescent luster was the first time she had seen it. Not only was the workmanship exquisite, but the most important thing was the graceful and clever design, which immediately struck Yula's heart.
"Is this a magic cup that can store heat? Where did you buy it?" She had seen magic cups before. Many alchemists in the empire could make them, but she was sure she had never seen such a cup in the first store on Imperial Street.
A group of people gathered around the lowly civilians and started talking about it. Seeing this, George said angrily, "Don't you want to know the king's plan for the dragon in the Iron Forest?"
In response, Youla said, "Can you lend me this cup?"
Clearly, everyone was more interested in the new student's mug. Beatrice, however, was the first to speak up for George, saying, "This is a thermos mug given to me by a man I respect the most. It doesn't require any magic to keep things warm. If you're interested, I have plenty more. But for now, let's hear about George's latest news."
Beatrice simply didn't want to mingle with these little brats, but if she wanted to, it would be easy.
After all, she had plenty of novelties that these self-righteous aristocrats who grew up in ivory towers had never seen before. They were used to using these little things that made life convenient. Looking at the sparkling and curious eyes of these classmates, Beatrice felt that these people really had never seen the world.
To regain everyone's attention, George took a deep breath and lowered his voice to announce the bombshell: "The King has found several of the most powerful mages in the empire and intends to tame the dragon that appeared in the iron forest outside the imperial capital, Duogang City. Once the dragon is tamed, the entire continent of Orm may become the territory of the First Empire!"
He looked at everyone with pride. "Well, this news is quite explosive, isn't it?"
Unfortunately, no one cared about this overly grand plan and started chatting enthusiastically around Beatrice again. They wanted to know if Beatrice had any other objects as magical as this thermos that did not require the use of magic circles.
Beatrice's face remained expressionless, but she secretly felt that something was wrong.
Grand Mage? That should be an extremely terrifying existence. Grand Mage-level magicians possess extremely high wisdom and magical power, especially water magicians, who are good at countering fire magic.
However, when she and her brother spread the news, they emphasized the Black Dragon's extremely powerful fire magic in order to intimidate the magicians in the First Empire who were interested in the Iron Forest. In their efforts to build momentum, they forgot that they had also exposed the Black Dragon's unique characteristics.
If the king really found a great magician who could restrain the black dragon Godwin, would that implicate the witch?
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The golden gate appeared in Longshan, and Shen Jiang naturally appeared in Longshan as well.
The last time Shen Jiang followed Black Dragon Godwin to the Iron Forest, he took her back to Dragon Mountain without asking. Shen Jiang didn't mind. After all, with such a large murder case happening in the Iron Forest, the First Empire would probably pay more attention to this place during this period.
If she happened to run into those self-righteous Imperial Knights or Magicians the next time she came, she might even be captured and dissected alive for research. It would be better to follow the Black Dragon back to Dragon Mountain.
Today is her return day, Ellis and the others all know it.
Shen Jiang called Priest in her heart. As her disciple, Priest could unilaterally and unconditionally answer her call no matter where he was. Of course, Priest was not qualified to do this to her.
Shen Jiang: "Priest, take Ellis and Catherine back to Longshan."
Thinking that Priest didn't like to get close to the black dragon, Shen Jiang added a sentence to increase the enthusiasm of the vampire: "I brought potions~"
After waiting for a while, seeing that several people had not appeared, Shen Jiang thought that Priest might have to go from the valley of Jinlong Kailan to Duogang City first, and then pick them up from outside the city. He couldn't help but sigh: "The transfer efficiency is really low."
Shen Jiang circled the familiar hill and slowly came to the dragon circle where the red dragon Quick was imprisoned.
It is not accurate to say that he was imprisoned. The red dragon only had a metal collar on him. He could move freely if he wanted to, but after Automatic Priest kicked him over, the red dragon Quick seemed to be trapped in an emotional circle.
He had no interest in anything except lying in the dragon pen not far from the cabin.
Shen Jiang talked to him, but he acted as if he didn't hear her and didn't even lift his eyelids.
"Red Dragon, do you live in the mountains too? Are there a lot of common weeds that are an eyesore? Can you tell me what those weeds look like?"
"Have you ever thought about leaving here?" This sentence was like a key, finally making the red dragon react.
"Get out." Although the red dragon had no magic power, its eyes were full of hostility, and that look made Shen Jiang feel nervous.
Before Shen Jiang could react, a huge black figure appeared above them. Godwin slowly came down, walked up to the red dragon and lifted him up with his foot.
"What's your attitude?"
His followers were indeed a little weaker, but she was his follower after all, and he was the only one who could be fierce.
How dare this stupid dragon look at her like that?
Godwin ignored the foolish dragon and sternly lectured his followers, "Once you encounter a hostile opponent, no matter how powerful they are, you must not lose your composure. Similarly, no matter how weak they are, you must not underestimate them."
Shen Jiang nodded hesitantly, feeling a little sympathy for the red dragon. When it was kicked over just now, she seemed to see a tear silently rolling down the corner of its eye.
"Lord Godwin, thank you for your teachings. I will always remember them." Shen Jiang looked at him with admiration. She completely agreed with Godwin's theory.
She had never seen Godwin lose a fight, and she didn't expect that Godwin was so powerful, yet he still remembered such a small thing as not to underestimate any opponent.
If the senior magician they had met in the Iron Forest had had this awareness, he wouldn't have been killed by Priest and Ellis.
Shen Jiang thought of something important and quickly asked respectfully, "Lord Godwin, have you found a new dragon's nest? If you have, I'll send someone to clear the weeds for you."
Godwin nodded, and directly grabbed Shen Jiang's waist with his huge triangular claws, intending to take her over to have a look.
Shen Jiang panicked and was about to say that it was so cold and asked her to wear a hat and knee pads.
Who knew that after rising to a high altitude, the air currents passing by her body did not take away the warmth of her body.
Shen Jiang thought to himself: Strange, why does the wind seem to have changed today?
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