Ash was a day student at Brilliant Academy. The next morning, he wore the academy uniform and went to the academy with Ivan and Yelena. This was his first step towards formally studying.
Ivan originally thought that he would need to take Ash to find out where his class was, but he didn't expect that after he entered the academy with the admission notice, someone was already waiting for Ash at the door.
——It’s the kid from the Kilvington family, I think his name is Angel?
"Ash, here!" The child spotted Ash and waved happily, but when he glanced at Yelena beside him, his face suddenly turned red and he became shy.
Ash walked over, and remembered what he promised Angel yesterday. He stopped in his tracks and looked at Yelena, wanting to introduce the two sides: "Ye——" But he had just uttered a syllable when Angel grabbed his hand and pulled him in one direction.
"Hurry up! We're going to be late!" Angel muttered quickly.
be late?
With the intention of studying hard, Ash came to school early: "..."
Angel's strength was naturally not as good as Ash's, but Ash still obediently let Angel pull him away. He turned back and waved to Ivan and Yelena, signaling them not to worry.
"I didn't expect Ash to get along so well with the kid from the Kilvington family." Yelena watched them go away, feeling a little emotional, "Ash doesn't know yet that the Kilvington family is the biggest intelligence chief of Iluv, right?"
"Let Ash discover these things slowly by himself." Ivan said solemnly. Ash, who came out of the closed Broken River Plain, was as simple as a blank sheet of paper. If he wanted to grow up and be independent, these experiences were indispensable.
On the other side, with Angel leading the way, Ash naturally didn't have to worry about not finding his class.
After they were away from Ivan and the others, Ash asked doubtfully, "Don't you want to meet Yelena?"
Angel lowered his head and pulled off his magic robe. His magic robe was dark green with white stripes. The white stripes looked like the trajectory of the wind. One could tell at a glance that his talent was biased towards the wind element in the elemental system.
After tugging at his robe for a long time, he finally spoke in a voice as thin as a mosquito: "...a little, nervous."
Ash nodded in understanding and asked, "Will you always be nervous in the future? Should I introduce you to her?"
Angel struggled for a long time, not sure if he had the courage to face Yelena's bright face and devilish figure, and he was not sure if he would run away again next time. He sighed depressedly: "Let's talk about it later. I'll think about it."
If I always run away when I see Miss Yelena, I will become a strange person in Miss Yelena's eyes!
Ash hummed softly, thinking to himself that when he saw Sigourney, he would only feel happy and would not be as nervous as Angel.
They were now walking towards the elementary school department.
The elementary department trains wizard apprentices, from trainees to full-time apprentices to senior apprentices. After graduation, when they become full-time wizards, they will enter the advanced department next door.
At this moment, many little wizards were rushing to the classroom. Along the way, just as Yelena said, the little wizards with different talents were dressed in colorful clothes, especially the little wizards with elemental talents. They were dressed in azure blue, red, gray-brown, emerald green, pale blue, silver, and light purple. In the crystal white academy, they were a beautiful scenery.
"Ash, you are also in the first trainee class, right?" Angel asked when a magnificent castle carved out of ice and snow could be vaguely seen.
"Yeah." Ash nodded. When he got closer to the castle, there were already more wizard apprentices. Standing among them, he didn't look as awkward as he did when he was testing his talent yesterday.
When the talent was tested, there were a lot of ten-year-old kids, but he stood out from the crowd.
However, in the elementary academy, there are many wizard apprentices who are 16 or 17 years old. After all, it is rare to be promoted to a formal wizard before the age of 20.
Young official wizards like Yelena and Ivan have to be said to be exceptionally talented.
Angel led Ash into the castle. Unlike the first time they came, they walked around left and right and found their class in a corner on the third floor of the castle.
The classroom is spacious and bright. The desks and chairs are made of logs. A retro crystal chandelier hangs from the ceiling. Lush green plants grow by the windowsills, dotted with a few pink and yellow flowers, making the classroom full of vitality.
"Let's be desk mates." Angel invited Ash.
Ash readily agreed and sat in the front seat by the window with Angel.
At this time, many children had come to the classroom. I thought Ash was a brother who was sending his younger brother to school, but it was incredible to see Ash sitting down steadily. Then I remembered that I heard that there was an unlucky guy who was only 16 years old in the test team yesterday. Could it be this person?
For a moment, the children's curious eyes were all focused on Ash.
Ash didn't pay attention to these, he helplessly found that the desks and chairs in the classroom were too short for him. He struggled to put his two long legs under the desk, and felt that his current sitting posture must be very twisted.
Like an adult sitting on a children's table and chair.
No, not like. It is what it is.
These are tables and chairs for ten-year-old children.
Ash, who entered a period of rapid growth at the age of sixteen: "..." I have to bring my own set of tables and chairs tomorrow.
Ash was thinking this, and before the first class started, the teacher walked into the classroom and solved this troublesome problem.
The first teacher was a ruddy old man with short white hair neatly combed back. He smiled and looked amiable. When a pleasant piece of music sounded from the castle, he walked into the classroom.
He immediately noticed Ash, who looked particularly out of place, and his awkward sitting posture.
He immediately laughed: "Student Ash, you are too tall, can you sit in the last row?"
Ash nodded, winked at Angel apologetically, then stood up with difficulty and walked to the empty seat in the back.
When he reached the last row, before he sat down, he heard the teacher say with a smile: "Wait a moment."
Ash paused, and the next second, he saw the short table "growing taller" and "growing larger" at a speed visible to the naked eye until it matched his size.
"Please take a seat, Ash." The teacher said with a smile.
"Thank you, teacher." Ash sat down, his eyes shining. The changes in the tables and chairs happened right under his nose, which was both magical and interesting.
"The most basic Transfiguration. You can do it if you become an intermediate wizard." The old man looked at the children in the class who also had bright eyes and smiled, "Hello everyone, I am your cultural teacher and also the instructor of this class. You can call me Teacher Gabi, or Grandpa Gabi."
"Here, I would like to congratulate you all on your successful admission. You have taken a solid step on the road to becoming a great wizard." He smiled, "As the admission notice says, may the elements and rules favor you."
"Here I want to ask a question." He looked at everyone encouragingly, "Does anyone know why wizards place so much emphasis on elements and rules?"
Angel was the first to raise his hand.
So Gabi gave him the chance to answer.
"Because elements and rules are the foundation of magic." Angel answered with his head held high.
"Angel, really? That's right." Teacher Gabi nodded with satisfaction. "The power of a wizard comes from manipulating elements and controlling rules. The elements and rules of nature are what we call a complete magic system."
"The more familiar we are with this system, the more comfortable we will be at using magic, and the stronger we will become."
"Perhaps you heard a lot of bedtime stories when you were young? Were there many stories about legendary wizards that happened in ancient times?"
“Yes, yes!”
The children in the classroom immediately found a resonance and started talking about which story character they thought was the most powerful.
Ash, who knew nothing, listened at a loss as to what happened in ancient times, when this wizard blew up a star, and that wizard evaporated a sea area... Were the wizards in ancient times really that powerful? Or were they just made up in the stories?
Ash wants to go back to the wizard tower at night, so he can ask Selvi to help find some books on this subject.
Gabi interrupted the discussion and said, "You may be wondering, is this just a story, or is it true?"
Ash was thinking: "..."
"I can tell you responsibly that most of it is true."
The children exclaimed in amazement. They admired the heroes in the story, but they didn't take it seriously. After all, they were in the wizarding world and knew what the real abilities of wizards were. Compared with reality, the plots described in the story were too exaggerated, to the point that even they, as children, didn't believe it.
But Gabi said, “In ancient times, wizards were just that powerful.”
"The low-level wizards at that time could probably defeat our current black-robed wizards."
The children were stunned: "It's so far away?"
Gabi looked at the frightened children and couldn't help laughing again: "Of course, it doesn't mean that our current wizards are that far behind the ancient wizards. Everyone sitting here is no less talented than the ancient wizards."
"The reason for the difference in strength is the difference between the ancient and modern environments."
In order to make it easier to understand, Gabi gave everyone an analogy.
Many years ago, the magic system of this world had just been born and was still in its infancy, just like a two or three-year-old child. Children are very innocent, like a blank sheet of paper, with all their emotions written on their faces, and it is easy to tell what they are thinking.
At this time, it is very easy to cheat him of his candy, find his weaknesses, exploit his flaws, threaten him, or order him.
By now, the magic system has gradually grown and matured. Just like a simple child has grown up, his weaknesses are still his weaknesses, but he has grown up, more rational and calm, with brains and strength, and his mind is unfathomable. You can no longer read his thoughts and emotions, let alone discover his weaknesses and catch his flaws.
The ancient wizards faced a magic system that was just born and in the process of development, just like a child. Therefore, they easily found countless loopholes to exploit, easily figured out its rules, and manipulated its elements at will. The way to manipulate magic was strong, commanding, and controlling from a high position.
The magic system that wizards face today is like a deep and meticulous adult. If you can't find its loopholes, you can't use them to take shortcuts.
"We can only deal with it patiently, immerse ourselves in it all the time, and have persistence and perseverance, so that we can gradually understand its expressions and movements, build a good relationship with it, and borrow its power."
Gabi said seriously, "This process is undoubtedly long, boring, and difficult. This is because the world we live in now is no longer friendly to us wizards. With the same talent and potential, no one can reach the heights of the ancient wizards."
"The first lesson I'm going to teach you here is to make you realize the difficult situation we're in," Gabi said slowly. "But at the same time, I also hope that all the students here can remain steadfast in their pursuit of truth after recognizing this."
"Can everyone do this?" Gabi raised her voice.
"Yes--" The children were fearless and shouted in unison.
"Are you so sure?" Gabi smiled. "Okay. You may not understand these words now, but please keep them firmly in mind. When you are confused in your future journey of exploring the mysteries of magic, please be sure to recall the emotions surging in your hearts now."
What emotions are surging in your heart right now?
Ash raised his hand and touched his heart——
He was extremely shocked and confused.
Because he suddenly discovered that the space he entered in his dreams every night seemed, seemed, and as if it were the feeling of the magic system described by Teacher Gabi.
The elements and rules belonging to the stars opened their arms to him without any defense, allowing him to swim freely in them and whisper to him. They did not require him to command or control them, nor did they require him to make an effort to get close to them and maneuver around them. Instead, they actively prompted him, informed him, and warned him.
The magical system that ancient wizards faced was a newborn child.
The magic system that wizards face now is unfathomable.
What about the magic system he faces?
——Like his own child? Or, like his own parents?
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