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Due to the embarrassment that was difficult to face, Hill went downstairs before Kiki finished cleaning up, trying to use the time alone to calm down his emotions.But as soon as his feet landed on the stairs, the voices of Amir and Tina were heard from below.

"What's the result of talking with that kid?" Tina's voice asked.

"It didn't work out. I was kidnapped by the young master of the Balotelli family just after I said a few words." Amir replied in a regretful tone.

"Abducted?" Tina was stunned for a moment, and then laughed jokingly, "I said, that kid Hill didn't think about that, thinking you were going to treat Kiki...hahaha..."

"Hey—" Amir sighed self-deprecatingly.

"It's inevitable for a child of noble origin to have complicated thoughts!" Tina stopped laughing, but her tone was still smiling, "And you don't need to be in such a hurry, that kid has just started to learn magic, and there is still a long way to go. That's it! The college has only just started teaching element perception and basic spells, although he hasn't learned spells yet, he has already started to meditate, and the progress is no worse than others!"

"Because it's just the beginning, it's easier to go on business trips." Amir sighed again, but didn't continue on this topic, and instead talked about the great magician's assessment.

Hill was standing at the top of the stairs listening, when he was patted on the shoulder unexpectedly, turned around, and saw Keech standing behind him with a puzzled expression on his face.

Hill hurriedly made a silent movement, but felt that he should not continue to eavesdrop, so he took a step and appeared in front of Tina and Amir as if going downstairs with Kiki.

Seeing Hill and Kiki come down, Tina immediately said, "Kiki, Amir and I are talking about you!"

Kiki looked at Tina and Amir suspiciously, but when he met Amir's eyes, his body froze involuntarily, recalling the terrible appearance he saw last night.

Amir says he's just in a bad mood, but Kiki somehow feels it's not that simple.

So, Keech didn't answer the words, but followed Hill to sit at the dining table in silence.

"You're really not cute at all!" Tina, who didn't get a response, immediately complained unhappily.

"Okay, dear Tina, I'll talk to him after breakfast." Amir said with a smile, "Now, let's deal with the 'serious business' on the table."

Just as they were talking, Avella came over with breakfast, and the several people immediately stopped talking, picked up their knives and forks, and began to enjoy breakfast.

...

After breakfast, Amir left Kiki in the hall on the first floor under the pretense of checking Kiki's homework.

Since Amir did not prohibit other people from watching, Hill unconsciously did not leave, and stood beside Kiki to accompany him to Amir's assessment.

Amir glanced at Hill, didn't say much, took out the "Basics of Magic Power", randomly selected a few pages for Kiki to recite, and took a few questions that were mainly explained in "Basics of Magic Power", and then Then he put down the book and said, "Very good, it seems that Young Master Hill still cares about you."

"I just did what I should do." Hill hurriedly bowed down, expressing his gratitude to Amir for his praise.

"However, you are about to leave, right? Remember you came here in the summer... six months... not long!" Amir said casually.

"Yes, I will leave here before the end of the year." Hill maintained a light smile, but clenched his fingers tightly.

— Three months, three more months, and he's leaving Keech!

——Time, far less abundant than he thought.

After expressing emotion, Hill quickly came back to his senses, and immediately began to doubt the intention of Amir's words.

— Almost like a warning.

As Hill thought about it, the stubbornness and rebellion that young people couldn't give up came out involuntarily.

"Your Excellency Amir's Great Magician assessment is not over yet?" Hill asked with a smile, thinking in his heart, I can stay here for at least three months, and you will leave in a few days.The assessment of a great magician cannot be completed within ten days and half a month, and it is not without precedent that it takes several years or even disappears forever.

"Yeah, I'm going back tomorrow to continue the assessment." Amir did not hide the regret and helplessness in his tone, "The goddess of fate really likes to play tricks on people, if I could have known earlier that I would meet in this year's selection Seeing such a treasure, I will definitely postpone this assessment and teach Kiki wholeheartedly."

——If you really think so, why would Tina accept him (me) as an apprentice?

The moment they heard these words, Hill and Keech had exactly the same thought in their heads.

Neither tried to spot Amir's lie, though.Keech habitually thinks without saying anything, but Hill has already begun to regret his pointless provocation that was purely passionate.

——No matter what, you shouldn't offend a senior magician!

——You are here to win help, not to make enemies!

Hill warned himself.

But Amir did not show any concern with Hill, as if it was really just a sigh of relief in the chat, he said a few words casually and then turned back to Keech's homework.When he learned that Keech didn’t have a formal textbook now, but only used a copy of "The Legend of the Continental Kings" in Hill’s hand as a reading material, Amir frowned and asked Hill and Keech to continue their self-study, while he turned around and went out. The mage tower.

As soon as he was gone, Keech turned to Hill and asked, "Are you really going to leave before the end of the year?"

"Yes." Hill nodded.

"Then, will you come again in the future?" Keech frowned.

"It's a bit difficult." Hill pretended to be helpless and sighed. "The Magic Association is not a place where I can come and go at will. Once I leave, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get a chance to come in again."

"That is to say, you...can't see you again?" Kiki's mood immediately fell.

Hill raised the corner of his mouth, raised his hand to grab Kiki's black hair, and said with a smile, "Why can't I see you? Although I can't come in, Kiki can go out!"

Keech couldn't help being taken aback, since he entered this place, he never thought of leaving.

"At the end of the year, I will go to the territory to live for a while, but in March next year, I will return to the imperial capital." Hill said, "At that time, as long as you can get the permission to enter and leave freely, we can enter the city of Yasha meet here."

"In the city..." Kiki immediately remembered the huge city surrounded by towering walls that he had seen from afar.

Although the Magic Association is located in Yasha, the capital of the Yalong Empire, its specific location is in the southern suburbs of Yasha, not within the walls of the imperial capital.Kiki only glanced at the distant view of the imperial capital in the carriage, and then was taken into the Magic Association, without seeing the true appearance of the capital.

"But, how do you see it?" Kiki frowned, he didn't know how to enter the capital, and he didn't know how to leave the Magic Association.

Hill also realized that they had to find a way to communicate first, otherwise even if he returned to the imperial capital and Kiki left the Magic Association, the two would not be able to meet in the huge city of Assia by luck and tacit understanding alone.

But it is definitely not possible to communicate by letter. On the one hand, Hill does not want the family to know the existence of Kiki; Can be successfully delivered to his hands.

—He is still too weak.

Hill thought helplessly, and said casually: "It would be great if we could use magic weapons to communicate like Magician Tina and the others."

"A magic weapon? Is there such a magic weapon?" Kiki immediately opened his eyes wide.

"There should be." Hill replied uncertainly, "At least, I saw that Magician Tina used a magic weapon that can communicate with magicians outside in the wizard's tower. Oh, and, When you apprentices first arrived, Magician Tina also used a crystal ball to spy on the hall where you were, and there was no sound, but the image was very clear."

Kiqi's heart moved, and he asked: "Can you let me see that thing?"

"On the fourth floor, in Magician Tina's room." Hill shrugged embarrassingly, "Maybe we can find a reason to watch it, but it's just for watching. She definitely won't give it to us, and I It is also uncertain whether that thing can only be used in the Magic Association."

"Hmm..." Keech didn't speak any more, and lowered his head to think.

Keech didn't want to use the thing, he thought about whether it could be copied.However, his power cannot be created out of nothing. If the materials used to make that kind of magic weapon are not common, then even if he faints again, he may not be able to replicate it.Besides, as Hill said, if that thing can only be used in the Magic Association, then there is no need for him to waste his efforts.

——Look for a chance to take a look first!

Keech made up his mind.

...

Near noon, when Keech and Hill were sitting in the hall waiting for Avella to prepare dinner, Amir returned to the Mage Tower with a box of books.

"Stop looking at those politicians' stuff, and look at something that is really useful to you." Amir said while reading books such as "Animal Encyclopedia", "Plant Encyclopedia", "Mineral Encyclopedia" and so on. The heavy classics were placed in front of Kiki, and finally a thin "A Brief History of the Mainland" was placed on top.

Kich glanced at these beautifully packaged and horribly heavy books, and then noticed that Amir was holding several books with black covers in his hands, which were very different from the "Basics of Magic" and "Introduction to Alchemy" he had read before. is alike.

——Is it possible to touch magic again?

Kiki immediately looked up and looked at Amir expectantly.

"These few books, let's talk about them after lunch." Amir also saw Kiki's intentions, shook the books in front of him with a smile, and then put them in his hand, not allowing him to touch them casually like those few miscellaneous books .

Hill's heart tightened, and he suddenly realized that not only did he not have enough strength to compete for Kiki, but he also couldn't give Kiki the magic knowledge he wanted most.But then, he noticed that Kiki's face seemed not quite right, instead of the surprise when he saw the book for the first time, there was a bright unhappiness on the contrary.

Keech was really not happy.One of the things he dislikes the most is being "baited", because Rocky often promises him benefits to do things for him, but refuses to fulfill the promise afterwards, making him suffer in vain.Xiu Qi also often teases him with delicious food, looking like he wants to taste it for him, but in the end, [-] out of [-] will stuff it into his mouth.

After going back and forth, Kiki will never be tempted by these beautiful-looking temptations again.

——If you don’t give it, you won’t give it, who cares!

Keech turned his head away, intently waiting for Avella's lunch.

At this time, Amir also realized that his teasing seemed to not only fail to get the proper response, but also aroused Kiki's disgust, so he squinted his eyes and formed a new judgment on Kiki's weird character.

At this moment, Tina, who seldom showed up, came downstairs again and had lunch with Amir, which caused Hill to wonder whether Amir had succeeded in pursuing her.

...

After lunch, Kiki was taken to the fourth floor by Amir and Tina, together with the brand new black magic books.

"Sit down, let's talk about your next learning process." After taking a seat with Tina, Amir pointed to the seat opposite him and motioned Kiki to sit there.

Kitsch sat down in silence, and subconsciously scanned the three magic books: "Magic Soundtrack", "Elementary Spells", and "Analysis of the Magic Circle".

- real magic!

Kiki's heartbeat suddenly accelerated a lot uncontrollably.

"I've heard about your progress from Tina. I wanted to talk to you last night, but... unfortunately, I didn't have time." Amir shrugged helplessly, then changed his voice, We got down to business.

As Keech expected, Amir allowed him to start learning real magic, and the three books in front of him were his next learning materials.However, since Amir has no time, Tina has no energy, and Avella has no teaching ability, Kiki still can only continue to study by reading books.

""The Original Sound of Magic" and "Elementary Spells" can be read together, and you don't have to learn one of them first before moving on to the next." Amir said, "As for this "Analysis of the Magic Circle", just read it casually as a pastime. That’s fine, if you don’t like it, it doesn’t matter if you don’t watch it.”

Keech hesitated for a moment, and said, "What should I do if I encounter something I don't understand?"

"Write it down on paper and ask Elvira to hand it over to me." Tina continued, "If I'm free, I'll explain it to you. If not, you can continue to read other things first."

"Well, that's all we can do for the time being." Amir nodded, "If you have anything else, such as what you want, let's talk about it together. I'm leaving tomorrow, and by then, even if you want to ask, you won't be able to find it." object."

"Hey, don't pretend that I don't exist!" Tina interrupted dissatisfied.

"Aren't you busy!" Amir quickly comforted with a smile.

Keech didn't listen to the sweet talk of Amir and Tina, thought about his own needs seriously, and said, "I want the paper and ink for making magic scrolls."

"Hello—" Hearing this, Tina immediately frowned.

But before she could reprimand her, Amir agreed first, "Yes."

"Hey, hey, hey! He's had an element disorder once, so you're not afraid that he'll come back and become a cripple who can't cast spells?" Tina reminded bluntly.

"I believe in his ability." Amir interrupted Tina with a smile, then turned to look at Kiki, "Is there any more?"

Kitsch bit his lip, looked up and said, "I want to see that crystal ball, and the magic weapon that can talk without meeting."

Amir obviously didn't expect Kiki to make such an inexplicable request, and was taken aback for a moment.

Tina next to her immediately became interested, raised her eyebrows and asked, "Like magic weapons? Okay, I have something more fun, do you want to have a look together?"

"These two are enough." Kiki said with downcast eyes.

Tina was about to continue persuading, when Amir interjected, "Wait a minute, my dear, let me guess why he wants to see these two magic weapons - you are interested in these two things, is it because Hill, want to keep in touch with him after he's gone?"