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"Andrew, have you ever seen the magic of light?" It was still before class, in the noisy classroom, the little girl Rui Yi moved her finger on the parchment scroll, pointing to a line of words on it and reading out. "Bright magic refers to the magic of the light system, which is different from the magic of the four elements of wind, water, fire, and earth. The Holy See claims that it is a magic system that can only be used under the blessing of the goddess of light... This kind of explanation means nothing. !"

Andrew glanced at the parchment, "The textbooks are all written by mages, and you can't expect them to give more definite answers."

Although this sentence is a bit disrespectful to mages, Rui Yi thinks what he said is correct: "I heard that Professor Hill will demonstrate light magic in this class. I have never seen what light magic is like. Have you seen it?" ?"

"I've seen it before," Andrew pursed his lips. "When I was young, my mother took me to a town near our house. I saw with my own eyes that the priests arrested a man, called him a heretic, and burned him to death with light magic." And the man they called a heretic was a mage."

"My God!" This is so cruel!The little girl covered her mouth, her newly established affection for Yannick Hill was once again faltering.

"Yes, the priest is so cruel quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack!"

"Ducks don't participate in human conversations." Andrew frowned and pushed his head away, and then said to Rui: "At that time, the mage and the priest were still in the stage of hostility, so the relationship between the two sides was very bad. Now there is a common enemy. So cooperate."

Rui: "But if there is no need to cooperate one day, will our relationship with the priest be the same as before?"

This question is too profound, even if Andrew is more mature than his peers, he still can't answer it.

Rey was answered by another gentle voice: "It won't go back to the way it was before."

Rui Yi and the others were startled, and turned around quickly, only to see the blue-robed priest standing behind them.

Seeing that the students around him were quiet because of his appearance, Yannick smiled slightly, and walked to the podium from the aisle beside Rui Yi: "Dear Rui, you asked a very good question, let me answer you."

With his appearance, the huge classroom gradually quieted down. Because of the previous lectures, the little mages already had a certain degree of familiarity with this beautiful priest, and they would not expect to use some childish tricks to plot against him. He, Yaerlin and others' potions hadn't passed their effects yet, so everyone just listened to the class obediently.

Satisfied with the effect, Yannick tapped the podium lightly with his staff.

"To answer this question, we must first start with the content of today's class. I promised you last time that I will demonstrate light magic and elemental magic to you today to show the connection between the two kinds of magic."

Yannick looked around, and was surprised to find that at this time, through the back door of the classroom, a young priest actually walked in. Judging from his robes, he should be a newcomer who had just entered the Holy See, and he didn't even have the qualifications for a junior priest. , he noticed Yannick's gaze, and responded with a shy smile, and sat down in the corner without disturbing anyone.

Yannick withdrew his gaze and didn't pay too much attention to this little episode.

"Then can any of you tell me what elemental magic is? Students who answer correctly will get a prize from Professor Lei Zhe. Oh, no, no, Yarlin, don't raise your hand, I don't want to hear ducks croaking, wait for you Let's talk about it after the effect of the medicine has completely passed!"

His words caused a burst of good-natured laughter from the students, and the atmosphere became relaxed again.Andrew blinked, thinking that even if a great magician gave a lecture, he would definitely not be able to do it like Yannick Hill.

Yannick: "Okay, Kelly, you answer, yes, it's you."

The little girl named Kelly did not expect the priest to remember her name. She was happy and shy, and stood up with a blushing face: "Elemental magic is a magic system composed of four elements: wind, water, fire, and earth. All mages use it." Magic cannot escape from this category."

"A pretty standard answer, I guess you just reviewed your textbook the night before, huh?" Yannick smiled approvingly and asked her to sit down. "But what I want to say is that this answer is wrong. It's not that Kelly made a wrong answer, but that the textbook is not completely accurate."

The classroom was noisy, everyone was discussing, and then after the priest tapped the table with his staff again, it gradually became quiet.

"Let's think about it first, what are elements? If wind, water, fire, and earth can be called elements, then does ice count? Does lightning count?" Yannick earnestly said, "There are also our common ones, Is the metal extracted from rocks and used to make soldiers' weapons count as an element? If they are all counted, then light and darkness should also be counted as an element!"

The little mages stared blankly at him. Considering that teenagers are more receptive than adults, Yannick's remarks were even more shocking than what he said at the magic seminar before.If other people from the Holy See were present, I'm afraid they would jump up and accuse him of heresy.

But now, Yannick sneaked a glance at the young man sitting in the corner. The other party just listened attentively. Although he showed a very surprised expression, he did not overreact.

"Maybe it's difficult for you to accept this statement, but you know, I didn't say this on purpose to please you. Everyone knows that our current magic comes from the power inheritance of the gods. Although they have fallen, they still have The remaining power exists on this continent, so we can freely use this element. But have you ever wondered where the power of the gods came from? The gods at that time, in addition to the four elements, also had The well-known God of Sunlight, God of Trees, God of Alchemy Protection, etc., if their power is not included in the natural elements, what is it?"

Facing the pensive expressions of the little mages, Yannick raised the top of the staff and tapped it on the palm of his other hand.

"This problem is not limited to you. For thousands of years, many sages have thought about this problem. It's not that they can't come to a conclusion, but they have no practical proof to support their theory."

The little mages opened their mouths wide, watching a cluster of flames appear in the priest's upturned palm, and made bursts of surprised sounds.

The priest showed a gentle smile: "Kelly, come up and try this flame to see if it is an illusion."

Kelly blinked, stood up, and walked to the podium. Witnessed by all the students, she put her hand on the flame, and then ahh, it was no surprise that her fingers were almost burned by her reckless actions.

"it is true!"

"Of course it is true." The priest smiled.

The little mages below were unwilling to be lonely, and all raised their hands to express that they wanted to try it, and even Yarlin raised his hand high.

"Okay, Yarlin, come up." The priest showed a helpless expression.

Yarlin was very happy, grinned, and ran to the podium in three steps at a time.

He learned how to behave, and instead of stretching out his hand directly, he got a quill pen, trying to see if the flame could set the pen on fire, but before the pen touched the flame, the flame suddenly turned into a ball of water, which splashed across Asia. Erlin looked up and down.

The classroom roared with laughter.

Yarlin was about to die of anger, he knew that he was being teased again, but when the priest held back his smile and wiped his face with a handkerchief, for some reason, his furious anger suddenly couldn't come out , and finally had no choice but to walk back to his seat with a flushed face, only to be greeted by playful winks from his friends.

The students were amazed and began to feel incredible.

"Priest, I would like to ask, how did you conjure the flames and water polo just now?" A young apprentice mage stood up and asked.

"Do you think this is an illusion? Yarlin." Yannick didn't answer him, but asked Yarlin first.

"No, it's not..." Yaerlin was a little depressed, "Because there are still drops of water on my head."

Everyone laughed again.

"Okay, thank you, Yarlin, and thank you for speaking for us." Yannick also smiled, "I said that all magic in this world is inseparable from the gift of nature. Elements are like this, and so is light. So I can not only use light magic, but also the elemental magic that you call freely. This involves the topic I want to talk about today, the similarities and differences between elemental magic and light magic. I believe you can answer me now, these two What is the connection and difference between the two? Well, Andrew, you can answer."

Andrew stood up: "I have seen your speech at the Magic Seminar. I think what you want to tell us is that no matter it is elemental magic or light magic, they all belong to natural magic. In the age of the gods, even light The goddess has the highest divinity, and she is not above the gods because of this. Instead, as the last fallen god, she assumes the responsibility of protecting the mainland. The greater the power, the greater the responsibility, so we should not stick to elemental magic It is a question of which is more powerful, or light magic. On the other hand, if the human world falls and human beings cease to exist, then no matter which kind of magic there is, it will be meaningless."

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Yannick applauded him: "Andrew, you surprised me. I really didn't expect that at your age, you would say something that even the archmage couldn't say!"

Andrew blushed a little after being praised by him. Driven by the priest, there was a burst of warm applause in the classroom, which made people who just passed by outside the classroom stop.

"Yes, what I want to say is what Andrew just said." Yannick smiled, "Just now Ruiyi raised a question: if one day, mages and priests no longer need to cooperate, then our relationship will continue Won't it go back to the old days, when there were only gallows and heresy?"

"What I want to say is that it is undeniable that there have always been various differences and disputes between mages and priests, but if I refused to walk into this magic academy to give lectures to you at the beginning, and if you If you don’t want to sit down and listen to my lectures, the differences and disputes will become more and more serious.”

"But thank you very much, you didn't do this. At this point, you have done better than many adults. You are not a great mage yet, and your outlook on life has not yet formed, but there are many mages and priests in you that cannot be compared. The most precious quality, that is tolerance. Greet me with cute pranks instead of deadly attack spells, and greet me with kind listening instead of malicious words. I want to be able to face such you in such a school It was a pleasure to teach."

Yarlin turned his head and found that Rui was listening intently, his eyes were shining brightly, and there seemed to be suspicious water in his eyes, and when he looked at Wei Ze, he was already wiping tears with his hands.

Well, from this point of view, I was quite excited to hear it, so it's not embarrassing, right?

The silver-haired priest smiled gently: "Everything requires a first step. No matter what others think, as long as we stick to our own ideas in our hearts, we may not be able to change the world yet, but as long as we ourselves are bright, the world will always have a bright future." One day will become brighter. Prejudice and misunderstanding will only bring hatred and destruction. Only creation can lead to progress, and only tolerance can lead to greatness.”

After a few seconds of silence, there was a loud applause in the classroom, enough to knock the roof off.

The applause continued for a long time, and even the birds outside the window were startled and flew away in a panic.

Yannick smiled. This group of young mages was far cuter than he had imagined. They were passionate and youthful. They were more receptive to new viewpoints, and they would not be easily bound by the worldview of adults.

However, when he saw the person walking in from the door of the classroom, his expression was mixed with surprise.

Beside the headmaster, Mude Fan, a proud student of St. Simon of France, looked at him with a smile, and applauded with the students: "I thought it would be a blessing for you that His Majesty the Pope sent you here. Heavy blow."

The silver-haired priest raised his eyebrows and smiled: "To be honest, I like your teacher more than you."

The students watched in surprise as the principal and his party walked in.

Mu De Fan laughed: "I'm sorry, the teacher is busy now. I heard that I'm going to come to Guardian, so please ask me to come and see you. I will be very sad if you say that!"

The priest raised his eyelids: "Your Excellency, Great Mage, I can't find a trace of sadness on your face."

Mulder Fan blinked: "You don't think you still hate what I locked you up in La Serena, do you?"

Yannick showed a smirk: "Oh no, how dare I?"

If you have something to say, hurry up, if you have nothing to say, get out, I'm busy!

The principal smiled and said, "Priest Hill, it seems that you and Master Fan have a very good relationship, so I don't need to introduce you."

Yannick: "Oh no, you misunderstood. In fact, I'm only familiar with his teacher, and I'm not very familiar with Master Fan himself."

Mulder Fan: "..." Obviously he is still holding grudges.

Aphra, who was accompanying the principal, looked at Yannick and Mulder Fan Zhijian, who seemed to be facing each other but were very familiar with each other, feeling a little complicated.

In fact, the headmaster just brought Mudd Fan over to visit the school, not to listen in on Yannick's class, but Mudd Fan was very interested, so everyone listened outside for a while, but unexpectedly heard what Yannick said Speech.While being shocked, he also felt that Yannick's outrageous remarks were not tolerated by the Pope, and he wanted to kick him here to fend for himself.

But it was precisely because of these words that all the mages who followed the principal, even those who were prejudiced against Yannick, changed their minds greatly.

Yannick exchanged pleasantries with them for a while, dealt with Mudd Fan, and hurried out of the classroom, catching up with the young priest who had quietly come to attend the class just now, and now wanted to leave quietly.

"Please stay."

The priest found a secluded path and planned to leave, but he was still called to stop him. He turned around in a panic and found that it was Yannick. His expression relaxed a little, and changed into apprehension and respect.

"Hello, I'm sorry, I came to attend the class without your permission..."

"It's okay," Yannick interrupted him gently, "I just want to know, what's your name, where did you come from, and where do you work now?"

"Ah," the young priest lowered his head, "My name is Hayden, and I am a clergyman in a small church near the imperial capital. I have just entered the Holy See not long ago, not yet, without any title..."

"Me neither," Yanick laughed, "Let me tell you a secret, in fact, I was deprived of the bishop's authority by His Majesty the Pope, and now I am not even a low-level priest. This robe is just a habit, and no one comes Just leave me alone, otherwise I would have violated the commandments of the Holy See."

"I, I admire you very much..." Hayden summoned up his courage and said, "I heard about your deeds from other people, and I also heard that you are giving lectures here, so I wanted to come and have a look, it really is very impressive Shocking, please, can I call you teacher?"