Mage's Secret

In the early morning, Traphael woke up from his sleep. The magic sundial on the bedside table was shining white in the dark bedroom, and the time was pointing to seven o'clock.

He yawned and slowly sat up from the bed. The faint sound of birdsong came from the window, and a new day began.

He walked to the window and opened the heavy curtains, and the rising sunlight immediately came in through the window, filling every corner of the room.A few gray birds were jumping and singing on the window sill, but the window was pushed open the next moment and they flapped their wings and flew away in shock.The cold air rushed in, causing Traphael to shiver slightly through the thin nightgown, but it also made him clear-headed.He still stood by the window, took a deep breath, put his hands on the window sill and looked into the distance.The sky is almost transparent blue, clear and soft, the sun that has not fully risen slanted in the sky, and the floating clouds are blurred to Phnom Penh, and the outline of the green hills in the distance is looming in the morning mist.

His room is on the upper floor of the tower. When he lowers his head, he can see a continuous forest.Probably because it is already late autumn, the leaves are no longer a rich green, but yellow and green are mixed and sparse.There is a road in the woods that leads to the gate of Yadunis. From a height, you can see the bare yellow-brown land, like a meandering yellow snake.At this time, there was a carriage slowly coming here. It was a truck from the city, transporting food and other daily necessities for the past few days to the tower.

"What a fine day," he whispered.

Traphael was in a good mood at this time, and the problem that had been bothering him and making him sleepless, finally let him see the hope of solving it last night.

Last night, he and Murphy discussed academic issues in the study until midnight. Even without rigorous derivation and verification, just the two oral arguments were enough for Traphael to understand that what Murphy brought The new theoretical knowledge is really helpful to my own research.Although he didn't know what the result of the fusion of two completely different magic systems would be, Traphael could feel that a door to a new field was waiting to be opened before his eyes.

Such a result is undoubtedly gratifying. It was rare for Traphael to have a good night's sleep that night, and even some of Murphy's small actions during the discussion were not so unpleasant when recalled now.

After standing by the window for a breath of fresh air, Traphael went to take a shower and change clothes.When he came out of the bathroom, the breakfast had already been teleported to the small table in the room with a small teleportation array engraved on it.

After breakfast, Traphael went to give instructions to his students as usual.An empty room in the tower was used as a lecture room, and the apprentices were all waiting inside when Traphale passed.

Seeing him walk in, the apprentices stopped their discussion and greeted him respectfully.Traphael glanced at the room, and the situation in the room made him frowned subtly.

It seems that Murphy has become one with everyone, or has successfully attracted the favor of many people.Traphael didn't know what the average level of the demon was, but Murphy was undoubtedly extremely handsome. At this time, the demon was extremely conspicuous in the crowd, surrounded by more than half of the apprentices like stars and moons.The crowd surrounding him consisted mostly of female apprentices, but there were also a few male apprentices.The rest of the male apprentices were beside Elvis, and there were only a few people in the room who stood away from the surrounded two and stood on one side, holding a large tome and reading intently.

Murphy seemed to want to talk to Elvis, but Elvis stood aside with a stern face and didn't intend to pay attention to him.Several male apprentices around Elvis wanted to pull him away from Murphy, but they seemed to be very afraid of Elvis, and shrank back tremblingly after being glanced at by him.

Before Murphy came, Elvis, who was too handsome to be human, had always been the central figure among the apprentices, but because of his seniority and bad temper, even though the other apprentices were older than him, they still treated him well. It is awe-inspiring, he is more like a flower of the high mountains that can only be seen from a distance but not played with.

Now, Murphy, who is a new apprentice, is not in the same style as Elvis, but in terms of beauty alone, he is on par with Elvis, and looks much closer.So even though he had been in the tower for less than 24 hours, he immediately became the new central figure.

Not counting Murphy, there are 27 apprentices in Yadunis, [-] females and [-] males. Most of them are young people in their early twenties.Since magic is a rare talent among human beings, and most mages have very strict standards for recruiting students, this number is really considerable for magic apprentices. This is all due to the fact that Traphael recruited many disciples .

Many apprentices naturally have certain benefits. For example, one order can be executed quickly, and one's reputation can be improved. If these apprentices can become spellcasters when they leave the Mage Tower, then the world's respect for Traphael Evaluation will undoubtedly be raised to a new height.

In fact, in the past eight years of becoming a mage, apart from spending more than a year looking for the whereabouts of Yadunis, in the remaining seven years, many young people have entered his mage tower and left here. The accomplished young people made him famous, and the remaining students, even if they failed to become spellcasters, provided him with great help in expanding his network.

But recruiting so many apprentices at once also has obvious disadvantages - more people, more mundane things.He was responsible for all the food, clothing, housing and transportation of the people in Tower One, so he invited chefs and housekeepers from the city to help him and his apprentices take care of daily affairs.It is almost impossible for ordinary people to live in the mage tower, which is almost impossible in other towers. These chores are usually left to apprentices.But the situation of Yadunis is too unique, and letting these young apprentices deal with so many things will definitely make a mess, so even if it is a helpless move, it is the best solution under this unique background.

The second point is that if there are so many apprentices to guide them one by one, it will undoubtedly be a big project. If each apprentice has a little question to ask for advice, it will take up a lot of his time and prevent him from concentrating on his own research.Therefore, he spends a little time every day explaining some common problems to the apprentices or giving some new knowledge. The rest of the time allows the students to learn by themselves and ask each other for advice. If they encounter problems that no one can solve due to lack of ability, he will Give help.And the student who is at the highest level of this mutual assistance model and can help him share most of the problems is Elvis who has followed him for the longest time.

Trafael watched the child grow up, and personally raised and taught the child from a small group to the current juicy and beautiful boy. It was slightly different from what was expected, but no matter what, he had a unique place in his heart.He treated Elvis as his own, imparted everything he knew without reservation, and took him to participate in some of his research.Therefore, although Elvis is the youngest of all the apprentices, he has the oldest qualifications and the richest knowledge.

And the last problem was just discovered by Traphael—just like the current situation, there are too many students, and not everyone is immune to the bewitching of demons, so it becomes difficult to guard against demons.

Traphael coughed and sat down in front of the only table in the room. The students immediately surrounded him and sat down around him. Only Elvis moved the chair next to the table and sat on him. around.

He noticed that the female apprentices were still sitting around Murphy, and two of them were even close to his body, which made Traphael feel alarmed.So he said, "Murphy, you don't have any foundation when you just came here. Come to me and you can hear me clearly."

A half-smile appeared on Murphy's face. He nodded and said, "Okay, teacher." After finishing speaking, he ignored the disappointed female apprentices, moved a stool to Traphael, and He sat down on the other side.This made Elvis frown unhappily. He opened and closed his lips a few times, but seeing Traphael staring at Murphy, he still didn't say anything.

Murphy was called away. Although the female apprentices were very disappointed, no one dared to refute Traphael's words. They could only complain silently in their hearts-who can be fooled by this kind of reason? But no one can enjoy this treatment.

Traphael didn't know what those apprentices were thinking. In his eyes, Murphy and those apprentices who wanted to get close to him were like a wolf entering a flock of sheep that was not fenced. The sheep just wanted to get close to the wolf.As a shepherd, Traphael couldn't manage every sheep well, so he could only tie the wolf by his side, always preventing it from harming himself or the flock.

After watching Murphy sit down beside him, Traphael nodded and began to explain today's content to the apprentices.The apprentices listened carefully, and even the disappointed female apprentices swept away their disappointment, took out the parchment and recorded every word Traphael said intently with a charcoal pencil.

Traphael's content was incisive but not too much, so he quickly explained all the content of this day.When he said "I'm here today", the tense emotions of the apprentices relaxed.

Those female apprentices and a few male apprentices who surrounded Murphy before seemed to want to join them again. Elvis glanced at them coldly, took out a set of scrolls he had prepared, and was about to go up and talk to Murphy. Trafalle discusses.When he thought that Traphael would be the same as before, here or take him to the study to answer his doubts and teach him some new knowledge, Traphael said to Murphy: "You go to my room first. The study is waiting for me."

The apprentices who were trying to get closer stopped, and Elvis' hand holding the scroll stopped in mid-air awkwardly. He stared fiercely at the new apprentice who had captured the teacher's full attention. With a big smile, he nodded again and said, "Okay, teacher." After finishing speaking, he blinked at Elvis who was full of anger, and then walked around the crowd and walked out of the room.

Traphael watched Murphy walk out of the room, and then glanced at the faces of the apprentices in the room with different expressions, and then said in a rather stern tone to the apprentices who had been surrounding Murphy: "You guys In the future, stay away from Murphy."

Hearing what he said, all the apprentices looked surprised, but he didn't give any explanation.He turned his head, patted Elvis on the shoulder as if he had just discovered Elvis's behavior, and said, "Sorry, if you have any questions, you can ask me in my study later, I have something to ask before that." Talk to Murphy."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Elvis to reply, he strode past the crowd and walked towards the door, leaving behind a group of apprentices who were confused about the situation and looked at each other in blank dismay.

Elvis stared at the door that Murphy and Traphael passed through just now, with a gloomy expression.

A male apprentice boldly stepped forward and called out to him, but before he could say any words of comfort, Elvis interrupted him: "What are you still doing here? The basic theory that the teacher has been talking about these days you Have you figured it all out? Don’t you know what you should do at this time? Are you going to waste my time with such simple questions?! If you don’t want to do things and study well, please leave voluntarily Yadunis, don't take up everyone's resources here."

After finishing speaking in one breath, Elvis passed through the apprentices stunned by a series of sudden events with a sullen face, and walked out of the room without looking back, leaving the poor male apprentice who was angered by him crying on the spot. no tears.