Asking for recommendation tickets and monthly passes, there were fewer yesterday, and my little heart was a little hit.
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The layout of the third floor is very different from the second floor, the first thing that catches Lucian's eye is a blue and white living room, flanked by rows of wide windows, sunlight shines in, making it extremely bright.
Although this living room is much smaller than the hall on the first floor, the randomly stacked sofas, round tables the size of coffee tables, small black writing boards hanging on the wall or behind high chairs, and pots of verdant plants all give people a strange sense of vigor in the mess.
There were more than a dozen young boys and girls in the living room, the oldest might be fourteen or fifteen years old, and the youngest was only about twelve years old, they were either sitting on the sofa, concentrating on calculating at the round table in front of them, or three or four people gathered in front of the small blackboard, discussing seriously, making Lucian almost think that he had broken into some kind of study salon, study club or something.
Perhaps because the designer of the third floor wanted not to let people coming up the stairs directly disturb this atmosphere, this living room was facing the other side, so that Lucian and Tom could only see the backs or sides of the teenagers, and the thick carpet covered the sound of footsteps, so they were not disturbed.
"Annick, this book "Mathematical Principles of Philosophy of Magic" is very interesting, the three basic laws of force field magic in it seem simple, but if you think about it carefully, it summarizes the laws when we perform force field magic, and it seems to be popular in daily life. A girl's voice that was as crisp as a birdsong sounded, and she whispered to her companion on the sofa next to her.
They were sitting back to each other on a semicircle sofa not far in front of Lucian and Tom, and the young man with fluffy yellow hair raised his head and said, "Leilya, I heard Mr. Astal say that the content contained in this book "Mathematical Principles of Magic Philosophy" is one of the two pillars of the modern magic system.
Another girl with long linen hair next to him interjected: "Leilia, Annick, are you all just watching the first part? It tries to use the concept of "force" to explain the movement and phenomena of the entire world, including stars, tides, etc., and names the force between the stars and the earth as gravity, thus deriving the movement trajectory of the stars. It seems that we can refer to it when learning astrological magic in the future?"
Leilya's black hair was tied in a jumping ponytail, and she moved with her nod: "En, it seems to be true, but why can't I understand the derivation process, and those mathematical methods called calculus, and I can't understand how to calculate them at all, Heidi, Annick, what about you?"
"Me too, I read it like a fairy tale, and I couldn't understand it at all." Heidi, who had long flaxen hair and a voice that seemed to be rising, replied not very carefully, "But didn't Mr. Astal say it when he gave us "Mathematical Principles of Magic Philosophy"? Before becoming an official magician, you only need to memorize a few theorems and formulas, and there is no need to fully understand and figure it out. What we currently need to learn is "Fundamentals of Magic Geometry", "Mapping of Magic Principles to Model Construction Processes", "Symbolic Meanings of Structural Figures", "Elemental Equations Behind Magic Formulas", "Preliminary Elements", "Common Algebraic Problems", "Classification of Low-Order Meditation Methods", "Analysis of the Nature of Cold and Heat", "The Role of Motion and Force in Magic", etc."
She seemed to show off her memory a bit, completely memorizing a book that needed to be studied.
"Hearing Heidi, I also remembered that Mr. Astal did say that if you can fully understand the Mathematical Principles of the Philosophy of Magic, then you will study calculus systematically for another year, and when you have enough mental strength, you will be qualified to try to become an intermediate magician." Leilia echoed Heidi, "But we don't know when we will be able to finish learning so many basic magic books that you have memorized. Without the teacher's guidance, I would have been dizzy for more than 15 years, and now I get dizzy just by reading a few pages a day. Hey, I don't know when I will become an official magician."
Apprentices who don't want to become formal magicians are not good apprentices, and those who can pass the assessment certainly have their own ambitions.
Annick scratched his pale yellow hair: "If it's all self-study, I don't know how long it will take, but didn't Mr. Astal say that when we arrive in Alinge, the council will arrange for a formal magician to teach us? Then maybe I can finish learning it in four or five years, and I have enough ability to impact the rank of magician, and then I will ......."
"At that time, we will be members of the city council, husbands or ladies with servants." Heidi's tone was very longing.
Leilia also said yearningly: "And the council also promised that when we become official magicians, we will bring our parents and relatives to countries such as Holm or Colette."
The three of them were silent for a while, and sighed in unison: "Official magician......"
Tom, who was standing quietly on the staircase behind their sofa and listening, had a rare smile on his thin and gloomy face: "The three of them, along with Splinter, Olmos, and Katrina, are all teenagers who have become apprentices in magic at the time of this assessment, among which Sprint and Katrina have both spiritual talents and arcane talents."
As he spoke, he pointed to Splinter, a dark red-haired boy who was instructing others in front of a blackboard, Olmos, a brown-haired boy who quietly wrote and calculated, and Katrina, a tall blonde girl who was discussing problems with the three girls.
"They are all good children." Lucian replied in a tone belonging to a formal magician.
The conversation between the two alarmed the apprentices in the living room who were learning to discuss, and they either turned their heads or stood up directly to look over, and then saluted politely: "Hello, Mr. Tom."
This Mr. Tom is a knight-level powerhouse, so he naturally deserves such respect from them.
Tom was not as gloomy as usual when facing these energetic and slightly naïve children, and he smiled and said, "I want to praise you from the bottom of my heart for working so hard. However, "Mathematical Principles of the Philosophy of Magic" is our Chairman, the greatest arcanist His Excellency Douglas, the first work to systematically expound his arcane theory, which contains the most mainstream mathematical tool he invented, calculus, so it is not something you can understand and master now.
Although he is a second-class knight, he grew up in Alinge and has no lack of common sense about magic.
"Thank you, Mr. Tom, for your teaching." At about fifteen years old, Splinter, who had a faint fluff on his lips, stood up and replied, handsome and slightly unruly, as if he was the leader of these dozen or so magic apprentices, and said proudly, "I have never delayed a little time, I have already become an official magic apprentice yesterday."
The sound of pumping came from the mouths of other magic apprentices, and Splinter was able to become an official magic apprentice so quickly!
Tom said in surprise: "What a genius. And Splinter, you are very enthusiastic, I see that you have been instructing them in their arcane skills."
"Of course, we are all companions." After receiving the praise, Splinter replied with childish joy, and then he saw Lucian beside Tom and asked with kindness, "Mr. Tom, is this your new companion? He looks a little older, I don't know if he is a formal magic apprentice or a high-level magic apprentice? Hehe, do you know about arcane? If you don't understand, you can ask me." Later he said to Lucian.
Katrina also stood up, she wore a long white dress, bright and beautiful, her green eyes were radiant, and she had developed mature and tall at the age of fourteen, comparing the washboard-like Rayelia and Heidi, two beautiful girls of the same age, like children: "I can also teach you arcane problems, and I can become an official magic apprentice in a few days!"
In her mind, it seemed that young Lucian, who was about twenty years old, was at most a high-level magic apprentice, and he should have never been exposed to arcane.
The other magic apprentices remained silent, quietly watching as the two most outstanding companions continued their rivalry over time.
Tom pointed at Lucian amusedly and said, "This is Mr. Evans, an official magician."
"Official magician?!"
"So young?!"
Different exclamations came from the mouths of these boys and girls, although the description they saw in ancient magic texts was that "a boy with exceptional mental talent can probably become a full-fledged magician at the age of eighteen after his mind matures and his soul is stable." But the status of an official magician is so high, it must be quite difficult to advance, it is really hard to imagine that there is such an excessively young magician, maybe he uses some magic to maintain his appearance?
Tom shook his head and smiled: "When you arrive at the council, you will find that there are still fourteen or fifteen-year-old formal magicians, so it is normal for Mr. Evans to be able to advance before the age of twenty, and in my opinion, he is smarter than most formal magicians."
"Hello, Mr. Evans." All the magic apprentices thoughtfully withdrew their surprise, resting their right hands on their foreheads and bowing deeply, even more solemn than to Tom, because in front of them were formal magicians, whether in ancient times or now, for their apprentices, this was an existence that required awe and obedience.
Lucian smiled and nodded: "We will be companions from now on."
Tom asked softly in Lucian's ear, "Do you need to learn arcane with them?"
"I want to see the books they mentioned and discuss them with them." Lucian replied softly without the slightest shame, nothing compares to the acquisition of knowledge, and his arcane part of the foundation is probably better than that of many magicians below the advanced level.
Tom smiled and said, "Then you should complete half of the council's small request ahead of schedule. And these books are only for apprentices, and formal magicians need to go to the association to receive them, and now they can only learn by communicating with them."
"What request?" Lucian asked suspiciously.
Tom explained: "It is a requirement to guide magic apprentices, and if you want to receive the Association's book gift and assist in conversion, you must complete the task of mentoring magic apprentices, and when someone becomes a high-level magic apprentice, it will be successful. Although there will definitely be no senior apprentices along the way, there are still a few who are promising to advance from apprenticeship, so they are half completed. When they arrive in Alinge, they will enter the secret magic school in each county to study, and they will not pester you."
"Okay." Lucian appreciates the council's emphasis on magical apprenticeships, which is a necessary factor for an organization to thrive properly.
The magic apprentices watched the two gentlemen whisper, very puzzled but afraid to discuss it, and then saw Tom clap his hands: "Boys, girls, you have a chance. Since Mr. Evans needed to learn the arcane, he wanted to find a few apprentices to study with him. It's a lucky thing to have the guidance of an official magician!"
Some of the apprentices whispered excitedly on their faces, if they could take this opportunity to become a real apprentice of a magician, their status would definitely be greatly improved after arriving at the council, and some looked at Lucian with a slight frown, this Mr. magician didn't seem to understand the arcane, there was nothing that could guide them in this regard, and some were worried that calling him a teacher would affect the possibility of becoming an official disciple of other powerful magicians in the future, after all, every magician in the ancient magic empire was extremely strict in accepting real apprentices, and there were basically direct exclusions from teachers before.
"Who would like to?" Tom interrupted their discussion.
Sprint was the first to stand up and said with a little pride: "If it's arcane, I don't think I need Mr. Evans' guidance." Maybe when Mr. Evans makes up for the arcane foundation, he will become an official magician. Since someone can succeed at the age of fourteen or fifteen, why can't they?
"Sorry, Mr. Evans, me too, I don't want to disrupt my arcane learning arrangements." Katrina lowered her head and replied, her long blonde hair fluttering slightly.
The answers of the two seemed to represent an attitude, and the six or seven apprentices who had an excellent relationship with them hesitated and did not nod.
(End of this chapter)