Chapter 7 007: Elemental Castle
I don't know how long the carriage had been galloping, and it was already late at night when it stopped.
Luo Xi got off the carriage and looked around. This was a valley. They were at the entrance of the valley, and there was a stone-paved path leading inside.
There were strange trees on both sides of the road, with large fruits like morning glories. The stamens were shining, illuminating the way ahead.
"Streetlight tree! I've seen it in a book. It turns out there is such a strange thing!" Nicole said in surprise.
This magical scene excited the apprentices and swept away all the tiredness of the journey.
Walk along this small cobblestone path and pass through a colorful garden until you reach your destination.
"Look, the castle, here we are!"
“It’s so big!”
"Is this where the giants live?"
This is a very large castle. Luo Xi estimated that it covers at least dozens of square kilometers. The high walls and obelisks make humans seem as small as ants in front of it.
The corridors and rooms inside are of normal size and seem to have been newly built on the basis of the original castle.
There was already a witch waiting in the castle. She was a lady who looked very serious and spoke in a cold voice. Her name was Witch Sarah.
She distributed dormitory keys and an apprentice manual to the apprentices and briefly explained the rules here.
"The dormitory is in the east district. There is a map of the castle in the handbook. The first thing you need to do when entering the castle is to familiarize yourself with the various areas here. You should know which places you can go to and which places are strictly prohibited."
"Apprentices are not allowed to appear in the corridor after 10 pm. Those who violate this order will bear the consequences at their own risk."
"Read the manual carefully, remember the rules and abide by them. This is what you must learn first when entering the wizarding world."
"Okay, I'm done here. Do you have any questions? Each person can ask one." Witch Sarah asked coldly.
The apprentices looked at each other, and seeing how stern she was, no one dared to ask any questions.
Finally, a man who looked very wealthy raised his hand and asked, "Madam, I just looked at the apprenticeship handbook and it says they all have double rooms. Can you change it to a single room for me?"
Witch Sarah shook her head and said, "No."
"After the three-year training period, if the castle feels that you are worthy of training and qualified to enter the inner castle, we will improve your living environment."
On the way, Wizard Luke told them that their training period after entering the castle would only be three years, and during these three years, all resources, including training resources, would be arranged free of charge by the castle.
If they pass the assessment after three years, they can enter the inner castle for further training, and then they can be considered to have officially joined the castle.
The boy continued to ask, "Can I choose my roommate?"
Nicole also secretly pulled Luo Xi's sleeve and whispered, "I don't want to be roommates with strangers, Luo Xi, how about I live in the same room with you?"
Before Luo Xi could answer, Witch Sarah said, "No, roommates are decided by random drawing, men and women are separated, whoever gets the lottery gets the roommate."
Nicole pouted: "Well, I hope my roommate is not a troublemaker."
After distributing the keys, Witch Sarah took out a pocket watch to check the time, and then ordered: "Okay, those who have received the keys should go to your dormitories immediately. There is still half an hour until ten o'clock."
"What? We don't even know where the dorm is."
Witch Sarah didn't care about that. She said she would look at the map herself and then turned around and disappeared into the corridor.
"Look at the map."
The apprentices quickly opened the map in the manual, but they were immediately overwhelmed after seeing it.
The routes on this map are crisscrossed and marked so densely that it looks like a maze. It is difficult to understand it, let alone use it.
Nicole asked anxiously, "What should I do, Luo Xi, have you found where the dormitory area is?"
Rosie frowned.
He didn't know whether the witch was just so irresponsible or had some other ulterior motive, but he didn't want to be punished. The most urgent thing was to figure out the map as soon as possible.
After thinking about it, he opened the system panel and entered a day's time point into it.
Now his time points have accumulated to nearly two hundred days, so it doesn't matter if he invests one day on this kind of thing.
You begin reading the apprentice manual, concentrating on it.
[A day has passed, and you have become familiar with the contents of the apprentice manual.]
【Apprentice's Manual: Mastery.】
A large amount of miscellaneous knowledge quickly flowed into Luo Xi's mind, and the originally unfamiliar apprentice manual instantly became familiar.
Luo Xi then said to Nicole: "Follow me."
Taking Nicole through several cumbersome corridors and walking up several moving ladders, we finally arrived at the dormitory area.
Luo Xi first sent Nicole to the corridor of the girls' dormitory: "Just go in from here, look at the house number."
Nicole's eyes lit up with stars, and she looked at Luo Xi with great admiration like a little fangirl: "Luo Xi, you are amazing, how did you do it?"
She still can't understand this map.
Luo Xi said casually: "Just think of it as my special talent. Okay, let's go in quickly. It's getting late."
Nicole went into the corridor, quickly found her room number, opened the door, and waved to Luo Xi from a distance.
Luo Xi then turned around and went back to his dormitory.
There are actually only a few corridors between the boys' dormitory and the girls' dormitory, and there is a shortcut in the middle.
It was a moving oil painting. The image in the painting would transform into a corridor every half an hour. One could directly pass through the corridor to reach the boys' dormitory area.
There are many similar "shortcuts" in this castle. It is like the world of Harry Potter, with floating ghosts, moving armor, moving staircases, and countless bizarre things.
Soon Luo Xi arrived at his dormitory, the door of dormitory 213.
“That’s not a good number.”
After making a random complaint, Luo Xi turned the key, opened the door and walked in.
The dormitory is rectangular, about 20 to 30 square meters, with a set of wardrobes, desks, beds, etc. on each side of the middle, and there is also an independent terrace outside.
Luo Xi's bed was on the left. He went over, put down his luggage, and began to make the bed.
The luggage was actually nothing special, just some clothes and souvenirs, all brought from his hometown, packed in a large box prepared by his mother.
“Ding! Ding! Ding!”
Just as I finished tidying up, a dull bell rang outside the window. It rang ten times in total, which meant it was ten o'clock in the middle of the night.
Luo Xi looked at the empty bed next to him. His strange roommate was obviously late. He didn't know what kind of punishment he would receive. The apprentice manual only said that apprentices who did not arrive at the dormitory by 10 o'clock at night would be punished, but it did not specify what it was.
Just as Luo Xi was curious, suddenly, a strange noise came from outside the door.
Along with it, there are some weird sounds...
(End of this chapter)
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