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After that day, Kiki never saw Amir again, and even Tina rarely appeared in front of him.

"Mage Tina is very busy." Hill explained for Avella, "She is not only a magician, but also an alchemist, and she has been committed to the popularization and civilianization of magic weapons. A very great...well, anyway, she's really busy."

Seeing Keech's bewildered face, Hill had no choice but to swallow all his compliments.

At this moment, Avella came over with a plate of washed and cut fruit, and put it on the table between the two of them with a smile.

Hill immediately thanked him with a smile, and Keech also managed to squeeze out a smile that was not natural enough.

Over the past few days, Avella has taken care of Kiki in every possible way, from food, clothing to housing. When he was at home, his mother and sister had never cared for him so meticulously.Faced with such a rare kindness, Kiki didn't know how to respond, but he couldn't face him coldly.

Hill is also very easy to get along with, funny and patient. When teaching him how to read, he is not as rigid and boring as Xiu Qi, and he can always arouse his interest, and he is never stingy with praise.

In addition, although Hill started teaching the most basic letter pronunciation, when he found that Keech had an excellent memory and strong comprehension ability, he was no longer limited to teaching words, but found Some simple books let Keech read while studying.

Three days later, Hill simply borrowed a book called "Basics of Magic" from Avella. Every morning, he taught normally, and in the afternoon, he and Avella accompanied Kiki to read this introductory textbook for magicians.Keech asked Hill when he encountered a word he didn't know. When Hill couldn't understand it, he turned to Avella and repeated Avella's explanation to Keech.

This continued for a few days, and Keech noticed that Hill seemed to be very bad at magic.Elvira would occasionally release a small fireball to light a candle, but Hill never performed any magic in his presence.Hill didn't seem to be much more familiar with the magic common sense recorded in the "Magic Fundamentals", and he had to ask Avella many times to give him answers.

Keech was puzzled, but he just thought about it and didn't ask.

He doesn't like to be questioned, and he doesn't like to be questioned.

So, he thought, Hill probably wouldn't like it either.

But after looking at the book like this and studying theoretical knowledge for more than a week, Kiki finally couldn't restrain his desire for magic and wanted to try real magic.

However, according to the description in "Basics of Magic Power", the prerequisite for casting magic is to recite spells, but the book "Basics of Magic Power" does not even record a single spell for the simplest fireball technique. The spell is also very vaguely explained.

Moreover, regarding the origin of magic—magic elements, "Magic Foundation" also simply summarizes them into four types: wind, fire, water, and earth, collectively referred to as natural elements.Although Keech doesn't quite understand the concept of elements, but he has rich "practical" experience and is good at drawing inferences from one another, but he immediately thinks of the light spots he "sees" - those light spots are very likely to be what the book says Magical elements, and those light spots, no matter their size or shape, can never be covered by the four simple concepts of wind, fire, water, and soil.

Keech tried to imitate, but in this mage tower, there were only four people including him.Among them, Tina is almost invisible, Hill does not cast magic at all, only Avella occasionally puts a fireball or two to light a candle or a fireplace, and that's all.

Keech easily controlled those light spots to simulate Avella's fireball technique. However, looking at the red flame dancing on his fingertips, which was not much bigger than the nail cover, and the temperature was hard to feel, Kitchton felt bored.

As a last resort, Keech had no choice but to ask Hill for help, hoping to get some pointers from Hill.

But upon hearing his request, Hill spread his hands and smiled wryly, "I'm sorry, I really can't help you with this matter."

"Why? Is it okay to just cast a spell casually, and demonstrate it?" Keech asked unwillingly.

"It's not impossible, but impossible." Hill sighed helplessly, "Kiki, haven't you seen that I'm not a magician at all?"

Keech couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and asked hesitantly: "A magic apprentice...isn't it the same as a magician...?"

"No, Keech, that's not what I meant." Hill smiled, pulled him to sit on a chair, and then explained solemnly, "I'm not a magician, nor a magic apprentice, although I'm wearing an apprentice's shirt. Robes, but I didn't come here to learn magic. In fact, I have no magic talent, and I can't become a magician at all."

Kiki was stunned, his eyes widened, and he looked at Hill in surprise.

"It's strange, isn't it?" Hill smiled gently, neither his calm tone nor his calm expression looked like a 15-year-old youth.

Facing Hill like this, Keech became inexplicably cautious, bit his lip, and finally couldn't help asking: "Can I ask... why?"

"I came here to find a magician." Hill smiled and took Kiki's left hand.During this period of time, he liked to play with Kiki's almost perfect hands more and more, and Kiki gradually got used to his intimacy, and he was no longer as alienated and resistant as when he first met.

"Huh?" Keech couldn't help being taken aback.

"Really!" Hill said very seriously, "I am indeed looking for a magician, a magician who is willing to be friends with me—and my family. But, I don't know yet , who the hell is he?"

But Keech became more and more confused. Hill's words were obviously specious, and he seemed to understand half of what he heard.

But looking at Hill's green eyes, Kiki blurted out and asked, "This person, could it be me?"

Hill smiled, raised his hand and pinched Keech's cheeks that were smoother than his fingers, and smiled, "I'm sorry, no."

——Yeah, they just met, how could they be recognized as friends.

—and he was only an apprentice, not a magician at all.

Keech's face immediately revealed the most obvious disappointment.

"I'm not saying we're not friends!" Seeing Kiki's expression, Hill quickly explained, "It's just that the magician I'm looking for not only wants to be friends with me, but also agrees with my family— Uh, you may not understand what I mean, and I'm sorry, I don't know how to explain it to you, anyway, anyway..."

Hill was rarely at a loss for words.He still couldn't see Keech's potential, or in other words, his value, and he didn't dare to bet rashly on such an apprentice who hadn't even learned elementary magic, but inexplicably, he unconsciously thought that this village The civilian boy who came down was far more worthy of his closeness than Tina, a mid-level magician with both talent and background.The reason may be that the mysterious senior magician Amir pays special attention to this boy, maybe...

While thinking about it, Hill had a flash of inspiration, and immediately said, "I hope you can just be my friend."

"Huh?" Kiki was stunned again.

"My family is a bit complicated, not a good one." Hill considered his words and continued cautiously, "So, I don't want you to be involved, I hope, you will only be mine. A friend, a pure friend—is that okay?"

"Are we...are friends?" Kiki asked hesitantly.

"Kiki, it will make me sad if you say that!" Hill grabbed Kiki's hands and asked pretending to be angrily, "Aren't we friends? Don't you want to be friends with me?"

Kiki was forced to ask him so much that he didn't know what to say, so he swallowed the answer abruptly.

Hill also realized that his performance was a bit too much, so he quickly put on a smile, leaned in front of Keech, and said, "I'm joking! We are already friends, aren't we?"

But Keech became more and more hesitant. Although he looked at Hill without blinking his eyes, his mouth was tightly closed, and he refused to say a word.

——Could it be teasing again?When I nodded and said yes, I immediately denied and mocked.

Keech habitually guessed.

Hill noticed his uneasiness, and couldn't help but reflect on himself. After a little thought, he quickly put away his smile, let go of Kitsch's hands, stood up from the chair, and solemnly extended his right hand to Kitsch, "I, Hill Balotelli, I hope to become friends with Keech, may I ask-will you accept my hand of friendship?"

Kiki stared blankly at the right hand that Hill offered again. At this time, he had understood the various meanings of the etiquette of shaking hands under Hill's explanation.

After hesitating for a while, Kiki finally stretched out his right hand.

"I am willing." Keech took Hill's hand and replied seriously.

After this somewhat sacred quiz, Keech and Hill finally "officially" became friends.But at this moment, Keech still couldn't understand why a person like Hill, who had no magical talent and was even less likely to become a magician, was allowed to step into the Magic Association and even put on the robe of a magic apprentice.

"Maybe, you can call it the magic of money and power." Hill explained half-jokingly, "I can't tell you more specific details, I can only say that my family paid enough tuition fees to make I can live here for six months under the name of 'borrowing'."

"Like...a donation from a church school?" Keech wondered.

"Almost." Hill nodded, and immediately laughed at himself, "However, church schools will teach you knowledge as long as you pay enough money, while I can only live here, and I don't even have the qualification to attend not."

"Why?" Kiki asked in bewilderment.

"The confidentiality regulations of the Magic Association are very strict." Hill sighed, "For example, the "Magic Fundamentals" you are reading recently, according to the rules, I, a non-magician, cannot be touched. The reason why Avella Every afternoon I come here with this book, and leave with this book, because this book must be in the hands of her, a quasi-magician, and cannot 'fall' into the hands of an ordinary person who is not a magician. It’s just that , There is really no important content in this book, and it is far from real magic, so she didn't completely prohibit me from participating in reading——Borrowing your light, I finally touched something with the word "magic" on it."

"That is to say, only when I can read independently can I see the real magic book?" Keech asked.

"I think so." Hill shrugged, "However, with your current progress, you should be able to get what you want soon."

"If you want to see it too, I can lend it to you when the time comes." Kiki said cautiously.

"Thank you." Hill smiled and grabbed Kiki's finger, put it on his lips and kissed it lightly, "However, I am a person who has no magical talent at all, and I can't learn it even if I read it. You don't have to do it for me." It's not worth breaking the rules of the Magic Association."

"If you don't tell me, and I don't tell you, who will know? Will the book go to expose it by itself?" Keech asked solemnly.

"It's hard to tell, it's a book from the Magic Association after all!" Hill chuckled, "Okay, don't worry about this issue, I didn't come here to learn magic. Compared with those real magic books, An overview theoretical book like "Magic Fundamentals" is more suitable for me-if possible, we might as well speed up the progress, and then borrow the two books "Elements Overview" and "Magic Inheritance" to read."

"Okay!" Kiki nodded in agreement, but then asked again, "By the way, can I ask Avella to demonstrate a magic for me? I really want to see the real magic."

"This...it's best not to." Hill hesitated for a moment, then quickly shook his head, "Avella, in fact, I can no longer use magic."

"Huh?" Keech couldn't help being surprised.

"You also know that magic requires spells to be cast." Hill explained, "And Avella's throat is injured, and it is extremely difficult to even utter a sound, let alone chant a spell."

"But I've seen her use the fireball technique!" Keech asked suspiciously.

"Fireball is the lowest level of magic. As long as you can perceive magic elements, you can convert them into spell-free magic through continuous practice." Hill said.

"That is to say, it is possible to cast magic without spells?" Kiki's eyes lit up.

"In theory, it is possible." Hill played with Kiki's fingers, and replied a little casually, "But as far as I know, except for the most basic magic like fireball, other slightly advanced magic is difficult to be defeated. It is transformed into spell-free magic, and only a few senior magicians at the level of great magicians can really control it, and ordinary magicians cannot put it into practice even if they know how to do it."

Hearing these words, Kitsch suddenly felt a little uneasy.

—That is to say, it is not normal to cast magic without reciting the incantation?

—So, he is not normal?

Keech thought gloomily.