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Under Avella's guidance, Kiki returned to Tina's mage tower smoothly.

Tina was sitting in the hall on the first floor, which was extremely rare. When she saw Kiki walking in with Avella in a green robe, she immediately showed a happy smile on her face.

"Very well, at least I didn't embarrass me!" Tina raised her chin and said proudly, "If Amir was here, he would definitely be satisfied with you."

"Amir...Your Excellency, there is still no news?" Keech asked.It's been a year, and he's still not used to adding honorifics to specific people.This may be related to Amir's connivance. Amir is almost critical of Kiki's pronunciation, but he never cares much about his tone and words when he speaks.

"Don't worry, the great magician didn't do anything to him in the assessment, and it's impossible for him to die for a small adventure." Tina waved her hand disapprovingly, "You can rest assured and wait for him to come back with a gift!"

A month and a half ago, Amir received an invitation to explore the ancient monuments, and because of this, he left the Magic Association.Although the inviter vowed that this was just a preliminary exploration and would end within a month, Amir still hasn't returned.

However, even before that, Amir was not resident in Tina's mage tower.Except for the first month when he came back, Amir was away for most of the time, and only returned to the Mage Tower at the beginning of each month to check Kiki's progress and then assign more homework.

—I don't expect him to come back!

Keech thought.

Perhaps it was infected by Tina, or perhaps it was the nature of teenagers who love to play. In the past six months, Kiki has become more and more interested in magic weapons.Although his actual craftsmanship is not exquisite, he has a unique talent in the selection and application of materials.After helping Tina solve the problem of replacing high-level materials with low-level materials twice in a row, Tina fully recognized Keech's ability and formally accepted him into the laboratory as an assistant.

Amir was very disapproving of this matter, just as he felt that Avella should learn potion preparation instead of scroll making.However, Amir would not comment on Elvira's choice, but would dictate to Kiki. After the threats and lures failed, he played tricks on his studies, greatly increasing the proportion of spell recitation and magic analysis.

Tina is unwilling to drive Kiki out of her laboratory, but she also knows that she is not a good tutor, so she has always followed Amir's orders in her academic arrangements, and will replace those who are not in the tower when she has a whim. Amir urged, which made Kiki depressed and helpless.

That night, Tina asked Avella to prepare an extremely sumptuous dinner, and personally put on him a magic badge representing the status of a magician on the table, but the process of wearing it was far less pleasant than the badge itself.

"Stretch out your finger, whichever one you want." Tina opened the pin on the back of the badge, grabbed Kiki's outstretched finger, and stabbed it suddenly.

Kitsch frowned in pain, and subconsciously began to "treat" the wound to stop the pain and bleeding.

So when Tina pulled the pin away, she was surprised to find that neither the tip nor the fingertip had the blood she needed to get it.

"You can't be anemic, right?" Tina squeezed Kiki's finger twice, and found that there was no blood, and even the wound was not visible, and she couldn't help frowning in doubt.

"...blood?" Keech asked uneasily.

"Yeah, you have to smear your blood on the badge to make it completely yours." Tina nodded, and then raised the tip of the needle again, "It's okay, just try again—don't be afraid of the pain, You are a man!"

As she said that, Tina slammed the needle into Kiki's fingertip again.

Feeling Tina's determination not to give up until she reaches her goal, Kiki tried hard to control his instinct of wanting to heal the wound this time, letting the blood flow smoothly down the needle tip and into the moon shape on the back of the badge. In the groove.

Seeing the blood bead absorbed by the groove and the badge emitting a faint red light, Tina finally nodded with satisfaction, turned the badge over and pinned it on Kiki's chest.

"Congratulations, junior magician." Tina said with a smile, and Avella beside her clapped her hands happily.

"Thank you." Keech replied indifferently, while quietly clenched his fists, hiding his fingertips that had just bled.

--heal.

Keech secretly ordered.

This may be another ability of his, but it is more likely to be the same thing as his perception and manipulation of elements.At least according to Keech, the human body is actually composed of various elements. Healing a wound is essentially the same as repairing a damaged object, and it is even simpler-the elements required to repair a damaged object are likely to be It cannot be found around, but the body itself can provide all the elements needed to heal wounds.

Since there were too few people in the mage's tower, and neither Tina nor Avella had the habit of drinking, the so-called celebration dinner didn't last long before it was declared over.

Back in his room, the first thing Kiki did was to take off the green robe that became increasingly ugly.

After experiencing the initial novelty, Keech has grown tired of all the magic robes.This kind of voluminous robe, which is regarded as the symbol of a magician, looks comfortable and casual, but in fact it is not conducive to movement, and its weight is much heavier than normal clothes, making it hard and inconvenient to wear.

However, the protective function provided by the defensive magic circle hidden in the magic robe makes it impossible to be replaced by ordinary clothes, especially for a magician like Tina who often deals with dangerous alchemy materials, if there is no one with strong enough protection The magic robe provides protection for it, and I am afraid that it will lose its life due to elemental erosion in a few years.

—Maybe he should lobby Tina to research a light magic robe.

In the shower, Kiki thought idly.

After taking a shower, Keech changed into comfortable pajamas. Instead of meditating or reading a book as usual, he directly picked up the microphone under the pillow and lay on his back on the bed, waiting for Hill to contact him.

When the grandfather clock in the corner pointed to nine o'clock and rang because of it, the megaphone in Keech's hand vibrated on time.

Kitsch immediately opened the lid and gently placed it next to his ear.

"Kiki?" Hill's soft and magnetic voice came from the microphone.

"Yeah." Keech hummed lightly.

"You don't seem to be excited enough, Keech, did those white-bearded mages make things difficult for you in today's assessment?" Hill asked immediately.

"Why don't you guess that I didn't pass the test?" Keech pouted and asked.

"With Kiki's talent, even if you are embarrassed, you will definitely pass the test." Hill replied confidently, "So——now, can I call you Kiki magician?"

"Well... well, I admit, you're right." Keech replied gloomily.Although he and Hill hadn't seen each other for eight months, Hill always seemed to have never left his side, guessing right about his thoughts.

"Congratulations, my dear Kiki magician." Hill said immediately.

"Thank you." Keech imitated Tina's tone and replied arrogantly.

There was a chuckle immediately from the megaphone, and then Hill's voice sounded again, "Since you are already an official magician—then, you must be free to enter and leave the Magic Association?"

"Yeah." Keech nodded subconsciously, and hurriedly added, "However, I still need to say hello to Tina and ask for her permission, I guess."

"It's a matter of course," Hill said. "Why don't you go and ask now, can you go out this weekend?"

"This weekend?" Keech wondered.

"We haven't seen each other for eight months, my dear friend." Hill's tone was slightly complaining, "Don't you want to see me again?"

"No... I just..." Keech hesitated and didn't know how to answer.

Before leaving, Amir warned him not to go out without permission, even to see Hill.But Keech didn't know why Amir gave such a warning, and whether such a warning had a time limit.

"Then go ask." Hill urged.

"...Okay, I'll go ask Tina, and I'll go now." Keech had no choice but to answer.

"I'll wait for you." Hill's voice immediately became cheerful.

So Keech put down the microphone, got up and went to the top floor.

Tina was still awake, sitting on the bench in the living room reading a large piece of papyrus that looked very old.

Seeing Kiki approaching, Tina was obviously stunned for a moment, and when she learned of his purpose, she immediately grinned, "Go, go, have fun, it doesn't matter if you spend the night outside!"

"Then... I'll go?" Kiki confirmed hesitantly.

"Go at ease!" Tina waved her hand impatiently and drove him out of her living room.

Back in his room, Keech turned on the microphone again and told the result to Hill who was still waiting there.

"Well, see you on the weekend!" Hill said cheerfully.

"Well, see you on the weekend." Hearing such a voice, Kitsch couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

He misses Hill, too, Keech thought.

Although, interesting magic research often makes him feel overwhelmed.

Since Hill left, Kiki's work and rest schedule has become more and more close to Tina, and it has almost become normal to go to bed late and wake up late.

But on Saturday, although he still slept very late the night before, Keech woke up very early in the morning, opened his eyes automatically before the magic clock called, and quickly got up from the bed.

After washing up, Kiki opened the closet, planning to follow Tina's suggestion to choose a common clothes worn by ordinary people instead of the ugly and eye-catching junior magician's robe.

But when choosing clothes, Keech suddenly realized one thing - almost all of his clothes were sent by Hill, including the pajamas he was wearing now, and the underwear inside.Amir also gave him some, but no matter the material or workmanship, they were far inferior to the exquisite and docile ones sent by Hill. He soon became a frequent visitor in the corner and was abandoned by Kiki.

—Has he already gotten so much from Hill without knowing it?

Remembering that there were many alchemy materials sent by Hill in the laboratory, Kiki suddenly felt a little hot on his face.

For the past six months, although the two have kept in touch, Hill took the initiative most of the time.If Hill didn't set a time for the next contact, and didn't take the initiative to activate the contact signal of the microphone, Keech might not even remember that he had made such a magic weapon.

Although he would never forget Hill as well, but... when he thinks that Hill has given him so many things, he still misses him all the time, while he only gave him a talking tube and a few cards when he parted. Kiki felt very sorry for the magic scroll that would come in handy.

Keech touched his nose and decided to treat Hill better in the future.

For example, today, he was going to bring Hill a present.

— But what to bring?

Keech was troubled again.

After thinking for a while, Kiki finally chose the gift, changed into a set of dark green uniforms, and arrived at the gate of the Magic Association on time under the "escort" of Avella.

There was no expected carriage at the door, only Hill, who was wearing a light-colored aristocratic uniform, was waiting there alone.

"Long time no see, beautiful Avella." Hill smiled and saluted Avella first, then turned to look at Kiki next to him, "You too."

Eight months is actually not a long time, but Hill has obviously grown a lot taller. He was already half a head taller than Kitsch, but now he has risen by nearly ten centimeters, so that Kitsch can only stand on tiptoes. See over his shoulder.

Keech couldn't help thinking that Rocky seemed to have grown a bit taller too, but he was the only one who hardly changed.

Just when Kiki was distracted in depression, Hill had finished the greetings with Avella, and turned to greet him, "Let's go."

"Oh!" Kiki followed up subconsciously, but immediately remembered that he hadn't said goodbye to Avella, turned around quickly, waved to Avella, and then quickly followed Hill, along the doorway. Boulevard, walking in the direction away from the Magic Association.

The carriage was waiting on the side of the road not far from the association. It looked as simple and low-key as Amir’s black carriage, but after opening the door and sitting in it, Kiki realized that aristocratic things might be low-key, but absolutely Impossibly plain.

Contrary to what it looks like on the outside, everything in the carriage exudes aristocratic delicacy.This kind of delicacy is not only the exquisite carvings on the windows, but also includes the proper seat height, soft seat cushions that are so comfortable that people don't want to get up, and the tight doors that can't hear any noise after closing.

"Why aren't you wearing a magic robe?" Hill asked after getting into the car.He didn't sit opposite Kidge as he thought, but sat on the bench on the same side as Kidge, and grabbed Kidge's slender fingers as usual, and played casually.

"Avella said it's inconvenient to go out wearing that." Keech replied, "And I don't like the color of the new robe either. I always feel like a green caterpillar after wearing it."

"Your clothes today are also green!" Hill teased.

"It's not a kind of green!" Keech insisted stubbornly.

"Okay, let's not talk about this." Hill smiled and changed the subject, "Where do you want to go?"

"How would I know." Keech pouted, continuing the temper caused by the last topic.

"Sorry, I'm sorry." Hill laughed, "It's been a long time since I saw the lovely Kiki, I'm obviously a little too excited... Well, how about going to have a delicious meal first? Celebrate your becoming a real magician. "

Hearing what Hill said, Keech couldn't help thinking of the wine he drank during the New Year, and immediately asked, "Can I drink?"

"Of course, as long as you want." Hill blinked mischievously, "Which one do you want to drink? Refreshing, sweet, or rum with a lower alcohol content?"

"Which kind of wine?" Keech asked.

"Of course it's sweet wine, just like its name." Hill smiled. "Speaking of wine, there is really a delicious winery near the city of Assia."

"Where?" Keech tilted his head suspiciously.

"It's also outside the city, but it's a long way from here." As he spoke, Hill raised his hand and knocked on the car window.

The carriage stopped immediately, Hill opened the window, and said to the strong coachman waiting outside, "Go to Rose Manor."