Throne of Magical Arcana

With such a "simple" and "sincere" Lucien, Victor couldn't bear it any longer. He laughed so hard that tears were about to flow out. The others, whether it was Rhine, Lotte, Phyllis, etc., all laughed very hard. It was violent and failed to maintain his demeanor. Even the old gentleman Xavier shook his head and smiled. It was just that Anne, Colin and other students who had not yet followed Victor to learn music had faint bitterness and jealousy in their laughter.

Lucien looked at everyone's reactions in a daze. He probably understood that his lack of common sense had caused some kind of joke. However, seeing that they were not surprised or confused, it shouldn't be too serious, so he asked aloud, "Mr. Victor?"

Victor coughed a few times, suppressed his smile, and looked at Lucien seriously: "I mean, Lucien, are you willing to learn music from me? Although you are a little older, the road of music, It's more about talent, and even if your talent is average, you can become a qualified musician after studying with me for a few years, and you don't have to worry about your future life. The musicians that Arto goes out with are the ones that nobles from other countries like to invite most."

Then he paused, and added humorously: "Of course, tuition is free."

This made Lott, Rhine and the others laugh again.

For Victor, his students are divided into three types, one is to learn characters, 5 silvers per month, if he is favored and allowed, he can become the second type of students, students who study music with him , 10 silver nars per month, only when learning music, if you show outstanding talent or talent, you can become his third type of student, a true disciple who can follow him to perform, and use his relationship and fame.

Victor currently has only one such disciple, and he has already become an outstanding musician.

Lot, Phyllis, and Herodotus all belong to the second type. If Lucien agrees, he will also be the second type, but the monthly tuition fee of 10 silver gnars will be waived.

Although Victor teaches students, there are about 7 gentalers a year, which is equivalent to the best among non-businessmen in the civilian class, that is, the annual income of a qualified musician, such as Anne's father, the secretary of the Alto city court The annual salary of an official is only 15 gentalers, but most of Victor’s income comes from performances invited by nobles and music associations in other countries. Normally, it is 100 gentalers a year, and this is the upper class. Here, people who don't have their own manors and don't know how to do business can reach a higher level.

Therefore, even if Victor turned down all the invitations for the past year and was unable to make ends meet, it would still be no problem to waive Lucien's tuition.

Lucien didn't expect that Victor's thanks would be to accept him as a music student. For a while, he hesitated, but soon, Lucien thought of the contents of the witch's notes and that he wanted to repay Uncle Joel. The thoughts of the family, secretly thinking in their hearts:

"I don't know where is a good place to learn magic. I'm afraid I will have to continue living in Alto for a long time. After all, this is the largest and most prosperous university in the west, the closest to the Dark Mountains, and the most diverse people in private. In the city, it is much more convenient to find magic materials and inquire about news here. In this case, it is a good choice to use music students or musicians to disguise the identity of a magician and earn the money needed. Very respectable profession.”

Since he planned to start learning magic in Alto, Lucien didn't really want to use the various inventions and materials in the library to make money, because it would easily attract the attention of the church. When he found a place or country where he could learn magic safely, he would It is not too late to do so.

The thoughts in his mind were quickly sorted out, and Lucien showed a sincere smile: "Thank you, Mr. Victor, I hope you can teach me beautiful and elegant music."

Victor nodded with satisfaction: "Lucien, your simplicity, hard work, seriousness and intelligence are something I have rarely seen. I hope you can make some achievements in music in the future."

After saying this, even if Lucien was officially allowed to study music with him, Annie, Colin and the others suddenly became a little disappointed and unhappy.

"I'm really not innocent." Lucien couldn't help retorting in his heart. He just had no common sense just now, and at the same time felt that Colin, Renee and others were looking at him with rather complicated eyes.

Victor called Ace in, returned Lucien's five silvers to him, and then invited Rhine and Xavier to the study to thank him in private, and let Lot, Phyllis, and Herodotus stay Come down to practice in the piano room, and continue to transform the harpsichord with cooperation.

And because Lucien had no background in music, after borrowing the "Common Language Dictionary", he left the lobby and prepared to go home.

"Hello, Lucien." The brown-haired, blue-eyed Renee with small and slender features suddenly caught up from behind, showing a sunny smile, "I'm Renee, Renee? Weiss, you are really good at learning words and languages So talented."

Lucien was busy going back to look up the dictionary to fully interpret the witch's notes. How could he be in the mood to talk to Renee: "Hi, Renee, I left late today, I have something urgent, I'll talk to you another day, sorry, I'm in a hurry."

"What a coincidence, you can go about your business, Lucien, goodbye." Renee's smile faltered, but soon recovered, full of understanding and consideration.

At this time, Annie and the noble male student Simak passed by the other side of Lucien, snorted lightly, then walked out of the gate at an elegant pace without looking at the two of them.

Behind them and Lucien, Renee's smile froze. She didn't expect that she just wanted to establish a normal personal friendship with Lucien, but she actually caused Annie's dissatisfaction. The deliberate approach and flattery these days were completely wasted.

Colin and David glanced at Renee with a sneer on their faces, then looked deeply at Lucien's back and shook their heads, wondering why they didn't have such good luck.

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When I returned to my hut in Aderjan District, it was only after five o’clock in the afternoon. Aalto, which was approaching the scorching summer, was still bright. Lucien found an excuse to study hard, told Aunt Alisa not to go to her house for dinner at night, and then I baked a loaf of black bread to satisfy my hunger, and as for the good news of waiving the tuition fee and returning all eight silvers to Aunt Alisa, I will tell the family until tomorrow.

At this time, for Lucien, there is nothing more important than reading the witch's notes and learning magic!

After eating the black bread, Lucien locked the repaired wooden door, laid out paper and quills, and pretended to be studying. Then he opened the soul library and quickly included the dictionary in it.

After finishing this, Lucien opened the witch's magic notebook, compared it with the dictionary, and carefully interpreted it.

With the experience and accumulation of the previous few days, at about ten o'clock in the evening, Lucien had deciphered all the contents of the magic note except the last few pages, and heaved a long sigh of relief:

"It seems that the witch's ancient Sylvanus script is not well learned, so the magic notes are very detailed, and some even copy the notes of the family ancestors. I can completely learn magic according to her records, just her magic notes It’s only up to how to become an official magician, and I need to find another way later, or learn the ancient Sylvanus characters from the magic notes in reverse, and decipher the "Book of Astrology and Elements."

No matter what happens after becoming an official magician, now Lucien can start learning magic.

According to the records of witches, in the ancient magic empire, magic was recognized as the mysterious changes of the four basic elements of earth, fire, wind, and water under the action of spiritual power, and later added light, darkness, soul, etc. , abyss, or other different spaces summon monsters, so magic is divided into eight factions: elemental, astrology, necromancy, illusion, summoning, force field, transformation, alchemy, and "Astrology and Elements" "Book of Magic" is a magic book mainly based on elemental and astrological systems, mixed with a small amount of magic from other factions.

Before becoming a formal magician, one cannot learn one-ring magic, and can only learn informal magic, which is called a magic apprentice.

The spell structure of informal magic is very simple. In Lucien's view, it is just a clear rune composed of standard geometric patterns in junior high school, which is simpler than a hexagram. Then, by reciting its pronunciation, it can be formed with the help of mental power to stimulate the corresponding magic materials. Runes can be cast.

According to the standard of spiritual power, that is, the number of informal magic that can be used at one time from full to dry, magic apprentices are divided into three levels, apprentice, formal, and advanced, respectively. Five, ten, and twenty.

After tempering the mental power and soul to a certain limit through meditation, you can use the potion to construct a magic imprint model in your soul.

Those who can successfully construct one will become official magicians, and the casting of this spell will not require the cooperation of incantations, spell-casting materials, and gestures. It only depends on whether the mental power is exhausted and whether it is still in the buffer period of the previous magic.

After reading these, Lucien suppressed his eagerness to try, and continued to read the last few pages, intending to read them completely first.

"I ran into another magician today, and actually met other magicians in Alto! He looks very different from the reclusive magicians, very weird."

After deciphering a page, Lucien suddenly deciphered this important content, Alto really has other magicians!

Immediately, Lucien cheered up and continued to interpret:

"I found a strange red-eyed mouse in the sewer. It smells like magic. I don't know where it came from. I haven't found it after searching for a long time."

"After experiments, this kind of red-eyed mouse reproduces extremely fast, the blood is poisonous, slightly hallucinogenic and paralyzed."

"Cooperating with the Lapland blood vine, the effect is unexpectedly good. The magic trap I imagined can finally be set up."

"Who cultivated them?"

Seeing this, Lucien couldn't help but glanced at the ground. If the red-eyed mice weren't magical creatures raised by witches, whose were they? Are there other dangers in the sewer?

So Lucien quickly went on to interpret:

"I met that magician again. His views on magic are so different, his knowledge is very profound, and he has a fascinating charm."

"However, he actually said that ancient magic, except for many powerful and strange spells that can be used for reference and use, is completely outdated, and it is an ignorant and instinctive exploration. How is it possible?!"

"He showed me a magic book in his collection. It is not thick. It is a kind of book called a periodical. This magic book is called "Arcane". According to his explanation, 'Arcane' represents the origin and origin of the world. The knowledge of the law of operation, arcane means the essence and principle of magic, which is very interesting.”

"This "Arcane" was the first issue published more than 300 years ago. On the first page, there is an article by a great arcanist, which is his speech at a magic conference."

"Judging from his expression, he respects that great arcanist very much, even to the point of worship."

"I read this article carefully, and I felt a trembling feeling all over my body. I didn't even know how I got home. My mind was in a mess. I want to record it. Why have I never thought about it?"

These few lines of text are the same as most of the text on the last page. The letters are large and small, undulating, messy and trembling. It seems that the owner is in a very excited mood. See what is the article that has kept witches from calming down for so long:

"Gentlemen and ladies, many years ago, our respected ancestors learned how to use spiritual power from dragons, elves, giants, demons, devils and various magical creatures, and then by analyzing them The body structure and blood characteristics of their own, gradually fused their blood, transformed their bodies, invented many meditation methods to enhance spiritual power, and created various magics by referring to the structure of the magic lines inside and outside their bodies, thus Gaining great power, the demons were driven back to the abyss, the devils were kicked back to hell, and the dragons, elves, and giants either retreated to remote mountains, wilderness, and alien spaces, or surrendered to our feet. "

"The glorious victory made the ancient legendary magicians more persistent in their pursuit of power. They went to the abyss, hell, and various other dimensions to conquer, until the truth of the gods grew stronger, and the three major magic empires were destroyed in just a few hundred years. The glory of the past has become the bitterness, bewilderment and despair of today."

"Dear gentlemen and ladies, it's time to be quiet, don't be confused by power, it's time to calm down and think about some issues, we need to figure out:"

"What is the essence of magic?"

"Why do creatures have spiritual power?"

"What is the essence of spiritual power?"

"What form does it exist in?"

"Are earth, fire, wind, and water the basic elements? If so, in what form and by what rules do they form this wonderful world? If not, what are they? What magical elements should there be?"

"What is the nature of the soul?"

"Are souls and consciousness different? If not, in what form does consciousness exist?"

"Do we need 'tools' to illustrate and help model magic?"

"Does God exist? If so, what is His essence and form of existence? What is the form of existence of the ancestor of the vampire, Etna, and why can he not die?"

"Why does this world have the sun and the silver moon, why do they rise and set every day, and what force keeps them running like this? If we ask more questions about the seemingly normal things in the material world, we will find that We still don't understand the truth, whether these principles, laws and knowledge are related to magic, can they be combined with magic, and can they help us explore the essence of the magical world?"

"Your dear friends, Douglas."