I'm not a magician

This was just a small episode, Ji Chi didn't take it to heart.

Not to mention others, he himself has experienced a lot of similar discrimination and ridicule, and even suffered more injustice because of his "unknown" black hair and black eyes.

But Ji Chi won't think too much about it, he can't stop everyone's mouths, he can only move forward hard, leaving behind all disdainful and unwilling voices, and facing the wider world with his head held high.

He sees it very clearly, but in fact, some voices are hard to let go.

He pulled down the scarf irritably, turned around, frowned and looked at the little tail who had been following him: "As I said, if you are really in trouble, you can apply to the academy for a deferment of payment."

The little tail behind him is a strange boy. He has silver-gray hair, which seems to have not been trimmed for a long time. The loose bangs cover half of the eyes, and the rest is caught behind the head, covered with gray rags. There is a small tie tied to the back of the head.

Starting from the entrance of the synagogue, the young man followed Ji Chi with a shy face, and his flattering voice continued: "But it's too late, and the verification will end in one day, so please give me a gold coin—" "

Ji Chi has no shortage of this gold coin, he just can't understand the boy's behavior of breaking his back and lying for a mere gold coin.

He looked at the boy coldly: "Have you calculated the speed of the magic carrier pigeon? Let alone one day left, even three hours left is enough for the carrier pigeon to convey the news to the academy."

The gray-haired boy didn't expect Ji Chi to know so clearly, he blinked his eyes, lowered his shoulders and sighed: "Oh—I'm sorry, I lied, but I really need an extra gold coin...you don't know that my family My mother was seriously ill, my brother was seriously injured, and my sister hadn't eaten for three days. They saved this gold coin for me to test it through all kinds of hard work, but how could I leave them alone and just spend it like this? "

As he spoke, his eyes were glued to Ji Chi's pocket. Inside, the three gold coins were emitting a seductive light, which was a fatal temptation for him.

Ji Chi sneered and asked, "Your mother is seriously ill?"

"Yes."

"Brother is seriously injured?"

"correct."

"My sister hasn't eaten for three days?"

"Yes."

"You think I'm a fool?"

"Is such that."

"Ah, no!" The young man knew he had made a slip of the tongue, and rushed forward to grab Ji Chi's arm. This time he was really anxious, and begged, "If you don't lack this gold coin, just give it to me. Let me do whatever you want!"

Ji Chi took a light step away, avoiding his claws, and looked him up and down.

The extreme desire for gold coins in the young man's eyes is not pretending. Ji Chi couldn't help but be shocked by the crazy persistence revealed in his eyes. He is no stranger to this kind of eyes. In the original world, Ji Chi can often see arrive.

Ji Chi didn't want to admit that he had softened his heart, he clicked his tongue impatiently, and squinted at the boy: "Then what can you do?"

The young man was overjoyed, he looked at Ji Chi's fair and smooth face, and his unstained shirt, rubbed his hands together: "Sir, is this your first time in East? Let me arrange your accommodation How is it? Make sure you have a comfortable life."

Ji Chi was taken aback by the clear voice of the master, and suddenly felt that he had really aged a lot. He knew that he had been misunderstood as a nobleman by the young man, but he didn't explain it, and said vaguely, "You can just call me Ji Chi."

The young man had a clear expression on his face: "Okay, okay, it's really inconvenient to call you master here, so I'll be rude."

He walked diligently on the left front to lead the way, turned his head and said to Ji Chi: "My name is Linton Darnell, you can call me Linton, I used to live in the country, and I only came to East in recent years town, but I am already familiar with this place, I know how many families live in each alley!"

Linton looked very proud.

Ji Chi glanced at him sideways, and asked amusedly, "What about mom, brother and sister? You left them in the countryside?"

Linton's footsteps paused invisibly, he lowered his eyes, and hummed softly: "They can't get through."

Ji Chi seemed to have noticed something. The meanings of the two sequences were very different. He smiled and followed Linton silently.

Linton was depressed for a while, then got up on his own, and dutifully introduced the town to Ji Chi: "East Town is not big, there are only two main streets, one crosses the town, and the other is perpendicular to it. .”

He drew a "T" pattern in mid-air, and moved his fingers to the intersection of the two lines: "We are going here now, this is the most prosperous place in the town, if you come to East, sir, They all live here."

Linton said and turned to face Ji Chi: "What kind of hotel do you want to stay in? To tell you the truth, this year East has opened a lot of hotels, all of which are used to entertain the gentlemen."

Ji Chi looked at him puzzled. Except for Brandon, who was full of unrealistic fantasies about adventures, Ji Chi couldn't imagine any kind of noble would want to come here: "Why? Are there many noble testers this year?"

Linton shook his head and looked at Ji Chi in surprise: "Hey, don't you know? The eldest prince came here recently, and many masters traveled thousands of miles to see him... I thought you were here too He came."

"William?" Ji Chi frowned. He didn't like the royal family very much. Even if the king generously gave him a house, it couldn't refresh Ji Chi's favorability.

"Yes, Prince William." Seeing Ji Chi's unrespectful reaction, Linton kept guessing his identity in his mind, "The king has been very concerned about the common people recently, not only amending several laws, but also sending The two princes went to the two most impoverished test sites to provide assistance to civilian students. The eldest prince was assigned to East Town."

Ji Chi thought about it, and was not surprised. The king seemed to have noticed the threat of the common people. According to his hypocritical character, using some small favors to buy people's hearts was indeed something he would do.

"Hmph, pretentious." Ji Chi twitched the corner of his mouth, disdainful.

It's really contrived. At the same time, Linton also cursed the same words in his heart. He heard Ji Chi's low hum, and looked over with wide eyes, with complicated and delicate lights shining in his eyes.

He murmured, "Are you..."

Ji Chi didn't hear clearly, moved closer to him, and asked, "What?"

Linton shook his head quickly, and changed the topic: "So where are you going to live these days? The best hotel is near here, and the price will be much more expensive. There are also cheaper places, but they will be a little messy."

Ji Chi said casually, "That's the best place."

Linton was indeed familiar with the town, and he quickly took him to find a quiet and clean hotel. The hotel was brand new and well-decorated. It should have just been established this year.

When the waiter in the hotel saw Ji Chi and the two, he was about to frown and drive them away. Fortunately, Linton was very capable of pretending to be a tiger, and the waiter's face turned pale with fright. He took the gold coin respectfully, Hand over your room key.

When Ji Chi reached the door of the room, Linton refused to leave, staring at him eagerly.

Ji Chi gave him a funny look, took out a shiny gold coin from his pocket and handed it to him: "You're really earning money, remember to share the wealth code sometime."

Linton took the gold coin in a hurry, put it in his hand and stroked it cherishingly, he laughed, and patted his thin chest: "No, no, of course it's more than that, I will be near the hotel tomorrow, if you need anything, come and find me Just fine."

Ji Chi nodded, waved at him and walked into the room.

When the door closed before his eyes, Linton withdrew his gaze. He carefully put the gold coin into the small pocket inside his chest, narrowed his eyes slightly, and repeated what he said just now in his heart——

Of course it's more than that, there are two other gold coins. How could I, Linton, let go of the gold coins that are close in front of me?

One day before the equipment technician's test began, Ji Chi stretched himself on the snow-white sheet, and got up and dressed in a leisurely manner.

He was well prepared for this test, with Harvey explaining the theoretical knowledge and Bard guiding the actual operation. If this is no better than a group of sixteen or seventeen-year-old children, then he should concentrate on learning magic.

After finishing the daily task of disliking magicians, Ji Chi staggered out of the hotel. He was wearing a sleeveless jacket with a relatively long hem today, which was just enough to cover up the magic bag hanging around his waist.

He stood at the door of the hotel and stared blankly for a while.

Just as he was hesitating where to go, a voice recalled his thoughts.

"Ji Chi! I'm here!" Linton trotted forward, his gray braids twitching at the back of his head, "Is there anything you want to do today? I can take you there."

Ji Chi was a little surprised, he thought that the little liar's words before parting were just trying to fool him, but he didn't expect that he was really nearby, he glanced at Linton's empty-handed appearance, and asked, "I remember you also had the battle academy test, right? Are you not ready?"

Linton shrugged: "Is there any impromptu preparation for the equipment engineer test? Professional talent plus years of practice, the test result has long been in suspense."

Ji Chi, who was preparing temporarily, felt that an arrow had been stabbed in his knee, and he laughed dryly in agreement.

Linton looked at him with a smirk thoughtfully, and suddenly leaned into Ji Chi's ear, and asked in a low voice, "I remember that you are also an equipment engineer, so...do you want to know the test questions for this year?"

Ji Chi took two steps back and frowned: "Are you kidding again? How could you know this?"

Combat Academy's test is extremely fair and fair, there is no possibility of leaking the questions, the academy has great power, and even the royal family of St. Terry has no preferential treatment, let alone a young boy in a remote town.

Linton lowered his eyes and smiled: "I knew what this year's topic was when the news of the examiner came out."

Every year for the vocational test, the Combat Academy will change the examiner. This news is not difficult to find out. Generally, it will spread throughout the country one month before the test.

The examiner will be responsible for the most important question of the test every year, and the whole test will revolve around it, which can be said to be life and death.

Under Ji Chi's skeptical gaze, Linton stretched his fingers: "Really! I was very accurate in my prediction, and I guessed it right a few years ago! Only one gold coin is needed! You can enter the academy without worry!"

Ji Chi looked at him speechlessly, and I just wanted to know which liar base trained you?

Linton leaned in front of him again and continued to sell: "A test is much more important to you than a gold coin? So you just trust me! You can't lose money if you buy it, and you can't be fooled if you buy it! I promise you, if you guess wrong, How about I return the gold coin to you right away?"

Aroused by him, Ji Chi took out a gold coin and waved it in front of his eyes: "Come on, if you can tell me why, I'll give it to you right away, and you don't have to refund it."

Linton stared straight at the movement of the gold coin, shook his head to withdraw his mind from the gold coin, stared closely at Ji Chi's eyes, and said mysteriously: "This year's examiner is Master Nigel, he is good at His works are shields and armor, but in recent years, the direction of enchanting on his works has changed."

Linton paused for a moment, as if organizing his words: "This change is very, very small, so small that it just changed the pattern of a magic pattern, but if I read correctly, he wants to create a device that has both defense and speed. .”

"So I guess." Linton looked straight at Ji Chi, his eyes shining brightly, "This year's test questions will be related to the compatibility of enchanting, and the small direction is likely to be compatible with defense and speed."

"Master Nigel, he wants to draw inspiration from the unrestrained newcomers to break through his own bottleneck."