The city of Carter was very quiet at night, and there were almost no people except the patrolling soldiers walking back and forth.
Dean and Victor carefully avoided the patrol's route and came quietly to the noble quarter.
"This is it!"
In front of a villa with a huge garden, Dean stopped and said in a low voice, "Let’s go in..."
With that, Dean took out a badge and shook it in front of the iron door, and the door clicked and opened a narrow slit.
"You can also swipe your card here? It's very smart..." Victor murmured inwardly.
The two walked quickly across a trimmed lawn and went straight to the front entrance of the villa.
"After seeing the tutor in a while, please don't be too cramped."
"Hehe, thanks for reminding..."
Victor replied while looking around the villa, and found nothing special.
"Dumb..."
A short and harsh scream sounded from the big tree on the left side of the villa's front entrance. In the silent late night, this sound was particularly permeating.
Victor's heart beat abruptly. He followed the prestige and saw a black raven with purple-blue metallic sheen standing on a branch, staring at him.
Suddenly, the black raven uttered a human voice, and said to Victor and Dean in a hoarse voice: "Master Rosa told you to go directly to the study on the second floor. Be careful to keep quiet! Don't disturb the adults. The magic research..."
Dean replied respectfully: "Yes, Ms. Ruiwen."
Then he introduced to Victor: "This is my mentor, Mr. Rosa's partner, Ms. Ruiwen."
"Good evening! Ms. Ruiwen, I hope you will have a good mood..."
Victor said hello very politely.
"Quack! I like... the polite little guy..."
The raven pecked its feathers with its thick beak.
After nodding his salute again, Dean led Victor into the main entrance and walked up the spiral wooden staircase to the second floor of the villa.
"Victor, why are you so polite to a bird...?" Dean asked curiously.
Victor smiled slightly, "For a mage, a familiar is not only a partner, a friend... In a sense, it is also a'relative'!!!"
Dean nodded and shook his head again.
…
Across a long corridor, Victor followed Dean to a brown-red wooden door.
"Teacher, here we are."
Dean tapped three times and whispered.
"come in."
A steady and thick baritone came from the room behind the door.
Pushing open the door cautiously, Dean motioned to Victor with his eyes to relax his steps.
The dark walls, dark red floors, large brown bookcases and a simple desk formed a strong visual sense. This was Victor's first impression of this study.
A middle-aged black-haired man leaned back on a chair behind a simple desk and flipped through this thick, hard-covered book. And on the desk in front of him, a quill suspended out of thin air, writing quickly on the unfolded parchment.
"The hand of the mage? It's so cool!!"
Victor's gaze was attracted by the unhandled quill pen, and he thought in his heart: "Although I can also use the spell of'Mage's Hand' to write, I can never do distraction 2. And the speed of writing is not as fast as writing with your own hands..."
"It's an honor to meet you, Lord Rosa."
When Victor bowed slightly to salute, he turned his gaze to the hardcover book in the middle-aged man's hand, and saw two words written in bright silver pattern font on the cover: nature.
Rosa closed the book in his hand, and the quill that was flying out of thin air also stopped and inserted it into the pen holder by itself.
"Welcome, fellow on the path of the mage..."
Seeing Victor's eyes fall on the book in his hands, Rosa raised his brows, not paying attention to his rudeness.
"What? Interested in this book?"
Victor was taken aback, and he soon realized his gaffe.
"Yes, my lord. Please forgive me! If possible, I would love to see..."
Victor bowed again to apologize.
"this is nothing… "
Rosa stood up and waved his hand. With a gentle smile on his face, he said, "Listening to Dean's description, you should learn the modern magic system... And the articles published in this journal Nature are all I'm afraid you still don't understand the content of the modern magic system that has only emerged in the past 100 years!"
"But it doesn't matter. As long as you arrive in Greenland and learn the basics for a period of time, you can change your mindset in a few years..."
Rosa handed the "Nature" in Victor's hands, "I am very pleased with your request for knowledge! In that case, you can read this journal casually to learn about the new magic system... But you Do not hope to understand, because it takes a lot of time and the accumulation of knowledge..."
Victor, who took over the journal Nature, said gratefully: "Thank you Lord Rosa for your generosity!"
"Don't rush to thank me..."
Rosa thoughtfully said: "Maybe you still don't know, the battle between the Eternal Temple and our mainland magic society has been going on! In order to avoid some unnecessary trouble... Mr. Victor, you need to prove your own position."
"Prove the position?"
Victor looked at Rosa suspiciously, then at Dean who was standing aside, "Master Rosa, how can I prove my position?"
"Don't worry! There is a small request, but it won't let you do dangerous things..."
Rosa explained with a smile: "You only need to sign a simple magic contract."
As he said, Rosa snapped his fingers, and a piece of parchment filled with handwriting with faint magical fluctuations flew out of the file box on the desk and floated in front of Victor.
"I swear by my soul, I am a seeker walking on the path of the mage... Truth is my eternal belief... God is false, it is only the shackles of the temple that binds freedom... If it is violated, my body And the soul will be the most complete destruction..."
Victor quickly browsed the contents of the magic contract and smacked his tongue secretly: "This contract is really amazing. It can almost completely avoid the eternal temple from infiltrating the mainland magic society!"
For Victor, who has already been employed as a mage, there is of course no problem in signing this agreement.
After reading the magic contract, Victor did not hesitate. He gently wiped the index finger of his left hand with his right hand, and a small wound oozing blood appeared.
"Magic trick."
Victor manipulated this zero-ring spell and signed his name on the contract with his blood.
After seeing the magic contract that Victor had signed without hesitation, Rosa nodded with satisfaction, and said: "Very good! In the lobby on the left side of the first floor, there are more than a dozen people who are also going to Greenland. Master apprentices, if you are interested, you can also communicate with them."
"Thank you again for your generosity!"
After Victor expressed his gratitude, he followed Dean back and walked downstairs to the lobby on the left side of the first floor.