You came into contact with 'Whisper'.
Just one look at the exquisite snuff bottle deeply attracted Xia De.
Xia De had seen more exquisite things in his own world, but at this moment he felt that he must possess this. Fortunately, the woman's voice brought his thoughts back to normal, and Dr. Schneider just smiled at Xia De's loss of composure:
"Even a poet-level relic will have an impact on ordinary people, so the church and the academy will try their best to contain and control the relic, but you really recover very quickly... After I open it, you will fall into a dream. The dream will last for 7 minutes and 23 seconds. You will understand the past and present of the academy in the dream, which will help you believe what I say."
"Such an exact time?"
Xia De asked, and then, under the doctor's guidance, leaned slightly against the back of the sofa, making a posture conducive to taking a nap.
"Almost every ring wizard who joins Saint Byron's correspondence course must use this relic to confirm the information they receive. It has been used countless times and has never made any mistakes."
The doctor laughed.
This "never" sentence structure made Xia De a little worried. But he did not express his feelings, and signaled the doctor to start.
"Okay, please prepare—"
The doctor stood up and covered his mouth and nose with a wet towel to prevent himself from falling asleep, while making a retreat gesture:
"start."
The lid of the pot was opened, colorful smoke came out, and Xia De immediately lost consciousness.
Xia De had a dream. In the dream, his soul left his body and rose to the distant sky. He looked at the prosperous steam city in the gray fog and the steam factory spewing thick smoke in the distance...
Then we flew north, passing over cities, mountains, grasslands, and forests, and finally saw snow-capped peaks, and behind the highest peak, the great ice cap in the far north.
Maybe it was just a moment, maybe a few hours or even a few days, the sky in the far north darkened. In the dark night, under the colorful aurora, behind the shining glacier mountains, a huge building complex appeared.
This was a strange dream that he had never had before. After waking up, Shade only remembered that he walked in the huge academy, strolled in the ancient castle, and looked up at the stars from the top of the spire. He shuttled between the lecture halls with seats, searched for the formula of herbs in the basement, and checked the list of relics in the library... ...
Mysterious, ancient, deep, secretive, that is St. Byron's College, but it is also a gathering place for mystics. Behind the glaciers of the Far North, it has stood from the distant past to the present.
When I opened my eyes, my vision was still a little blurry. The doctor's appearance became clear on the sofa opposite. He was busy putting the lid of the snuff bottle back on and putting this poet-level relic back into the box.
"How about it, now you know that the academy really exists?"
After putting away the snuff bottle, the doctor smiled and asked Xia De. Xia De sighed with some melancholy, and actually missed that strange dream.
"It is indeed true. What the doctor said is indeed true."
Even though it was just a dream, this special dream was enough for Xia De to make the right judgment.
"The only side effect of this poet-level relic is that it is mildly addictive."
Dr. Schneider's voice was very gentle, and it carried a strange power, as if he wanted to use it to completely pull Shade back from the dream world:
"Forget that dream, Shad Hamilton. But sooner or later, you will join us as a ring wizard, riding a steam locomotive to the city in the far north, hiking across the ice cap under the aurora, snuggling together in the long night in the blizzard, helping to climb the highest glacier, and then entering there, St. Byron's Comprehensive College, the ring wizards... My dream is to be promoted to the tenth ring in the college and get a lifelong teaching position in St. Byron's. Shad, if you like it there, then join us."
It took Xia De some time to recover from the dream that was both real and unreal. When the doctor formally asked for his opinion again, Xia De nodded without any hesitation this time:
"Yes, I hope to join the academy and become a correspondence ring mage."
Dr. Schneider showed a smile from the heart:
"Then congratulations, Shade. Please allow me to call you that. You are about to become the fifth ring wizard in our group. Please wait. Miss Dorothy Louisa has just been here. She will host the entrance ceremony for you with me. I can introduce you to each other and let her know that I am not always so unlucky. The entrance ceremony requires at least two people in the group to be present to prevent new ring wizards from being deceived."
Even though the doctor had been enthusiastic since his visit to 6 Saint Teresa's Place this morning, his enthusiasm increased even more:
"Oh, Louisa is a fourth-year correspondence warlock of the fourth ring, and her main job is a novelist. I know you have just 'awakened' from your blindness and stupidity, and you probably haven't read her works, but she is quite famous. Her two short stories, The Snail's Dream and A Midsummer Night's Wish, won the kingdom's literary award three years ago. She was even summoned by His Majesty the King along with 35 other winners."
"Actually, you don't have to mention the total number of winners that year."
The door was pushed open, and the blonde lady I had just seen stood outside. She was still dressed the same way, but she looked a little angry:
"Doctor, is it necessary to tell others all the unimportant information about your friends every time you introduce them to them?"
It seems that the atmosphere in the four-person correspondence ring magician group where the doctor is is very good. At least everyone is friends. Shade is very happy about this. But Shade also guessed that maybe the blonde writer had been listening to the conversation outside the door just now.
"It's impossible that everyone is completely unguarded."
He thought silently and prepared to stand up and say hello.
The doctor avoided answering the blonde's question and motioned Miss Louisa to sit down with a smile:
"Detective Hamilton has accepted my invitation. Now our team finally has five ring warlocks."
"Doctor, are you really not using this strange relic that overdraws your luck?"
She was skeptical, but she walked in anyway and held out her hand to Shade:
"Dorothy Louisa, novelist and part-time journalist."
Miss Louisa seemed very capable, so Shade stood up and shook her hand.
"Shad Hamilton, a detective, I guess."
“This is a pretty good profession.”
As they talked, the two sat down again. The doctor coughed, indicating that he was going to talk:
"Xia De, please allow me to call you that. The last thing before you officially enroll is the tuition fee."
Xia De was stunned, and the sad reality once again dispelled the joy in his heart. He blinked:
"Yes... tuition."
He realized that when the doctor introduced the church and the college, he did not mention the important shortcomings of the college. After all, the Orthodox Church would definitely not ask for money to recruit members.
"The school charges according to grade. Wait a minute..."
Dr. Schneider took out a document from the bookshelf behind his desk. The blonde girl didn't say anything, but looked at the two of them with interest.
"This is the fee standard. Since we are a correspondence course and do not communicate directly with the college, the college has produced these documents to prevent group leaders from charging random fees... I heard that this kind of thing was very common hundreds of years ago."