my age of magic

Chapter 549 47. Companions on the Road

On the way back to the dormitory, I fell into deep thought, thinking about the path I was going to take in the future, my mind was in chaos, thinking that it was because I was not strong enough after all.

Of course, the most important thing right now is to find a way to awaken Sister Guoguo. This is why I gave up my insistence and came to the Imperial Capital with the recommendation letter written by Mentor Heidi. There are some good ways, and according to Qige's words, a large amount of money must be prepared. After all, even if a method is found to revive the memory in Sister Guoguo's soul, it will definitely use a lot of magic crystals.

Last night, I talked with Qige about the topic of awakening the memory of the soul, only to find that Qige seems to know something about the soul, of course, what she knows is very limited, and the matter is also very coincidental.

Women are not born with any immunity to gorgeous jewelry, and Qige is no exception. Although she is a magician, she likes the ornaments made of ruby ​​or sapphire very much, such as earrings, necklaces, bracelets, headbands, etc. Crown and more.The reason why Qige was able to hear something about souls and magic was because she saw a black diamond auctioned by a merchant in the largest auction house in the imperial capital last year. At that time, it also caused quite a stir among the upper-class aristocratic circles within the small area of ​​the imperial capital.

At that time, the auction house also entered the field of vision of many upper-class nobles, and all women with some prestige in the imperial capital received invitations from the auction house.

With her unique insights into magic herbs, Qige is considered a leader among the young magic pharmacists in the imperial capital, and because Qige is also a famous female magic pharmacist in the Magic Research Institute, so she also accepts her. I got an invitation from the auction house and participated in the auction about black diamonds.

I heard that the corpse witches of the undead family in the underworld all have powerful soul power, and the fire in their eyes is the source of soul power. As long as the fire in their eyes is constantly alive, even if their bodies are destroyed, they can still breathe easily. The ground is resurrected in the bones of the altar, but the corpses will not be immortal after all. When the corpses die, the soul power contained in their eye sockets will condense into black crystals. After these black crystals are carefully polished by jewelers , it becomes a precious black diamond, so the black diamond is not a natural gemstone, but a precious gemstone handed down from the underworld.

These black diamonds have an immeasurable effect on the undead to strengthen their soul power, so under normal circumstances, the undead will strictly control these black diamonds. Almost every corpse witch falls will be watched by many undead powerhouses. Therefore, it can be said that there are very few black diamonds that can be handed down from the underworld.

Moreover, every precious black diamond brought out from the underworld requires those strong people to pay a high price, so the price of these black diamonds is very high.

Qige was able to know that the black diamond belongs to the magic gemstone of the soul system, and it was also because of the hard-working publicity of the auction.

Qige said that maybe the black diamond might have some effect on restoring Guoguo's incomplete soul.

On the magic caravan, I suddenly realized a very real problem, that is, in the imperial capital, the center of power of the Grimm Empire, there are some things that cannot be separated from the words 'power and money' after all.

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The learning atmosphere in the Royal Academy of Magic is very strong. Walking on the playground on the campus, you can see students gathered in twos and threes discussing issues related to magic, or some people just took out their wands and drew pictures in front of them. A magic pattern circle, and then pointing to a certain link on it, arguing loudly with friends, until the arguing became red-faced, and they would never compromise.

When I passed the library, I thought of the tens of thousands of books in it, and each book has a huge attraction to me. I was thinking about how to get a lot of points in the Magic Academy, which is also a priority, maybe There are books about repairing the soul in it. We must find a way to get some points from the Royal Academy of Magic.

Thinking about those things randomly in my heart, I walked back to the dormitory without knowing it.

When I returned to the dormitory building, I saw a group of young maids walking out of the dormitory building with bags of household garbage, talking and laughing. He saluted respectfully, with a humble smile on his face.In many cases, etiquette and smiles are the protective colors of these civilian maids. Maybe a smile can save a lot of unnecessary troubles, or the unreasonable entanglement of the nobles.

I saw that the door of the dormitory had been scrubbed and looked brand new. Several maids were surrounding the marble columns in the corridor, scrubbing the dirt on them vigorously. It was covered with a layer of oily wax, and the dormitory building was undergoing major cleaning activities.Of course, the magicians in the dormitory don't bother to do these rough jobs by themselves.

I saw Noah leaning on a stone pillar at this time, chatting leisurely with the dormitory administrator with his hands in his pockets. Obviously, the middle-aged administrator was in a good mood. He was wearing a black uniform and said to Noah with a smile After a few words, when he saw me walking in from the door, he stopped talking. Instead, he glanced at me, gave me a slight nod, and then walked back to the room belonging to the administrator.

After Noah saw me, he hurriedly greeted me, and asked me curiously: "Hey, Ji Jia, you came back just in time, and the dormitory is being cleaned, why don't these attendants clean your room thoroughly too."

"Don't be so troublesome! I can do it myself." I hesitated, and then said to Noah.

I looked at those young maids in a strange way, and wondered in my heart: every time the college organizes the cleaning of the dormitory, it will suddenly hire so many maids to carry out a thorough cleaning, and then it will take a long time until the dormitory is cleaned up. Will the public area be full of rubbish before cleaning again?
So I asked Noah: "Does our college hire so many people to clean the dormitory building every time?"

"What's the trouble? These maids were temporarily transferred from my family's manor in the imperial capital. I couldn't stand the environment here, so I called all the maids in the manor, including slaves, to clean up the sanitation here. "Noah came over and said to me with a smile, he walked upstairs with me shoulder to shoulder, and said to me as he walked: "But I just heard from the administrator of our dormitory building that it is like this before the start of school. For a while, it will look a little chaotic here, and after school starts, there will be special servants to clean up the sanitation in the dormitory building, and then we don't need to worry about it."

After hearing Noah's words, I was also very speechless. I thought that this guy Noah is indeed a son of a noble family. Because of his excessive cleanliness, he asked all the attendants in the manor to be called to the academy, and the entire dormitory building was completely destroyed. Cleaned up again.

While talking, I had already arrived at the door of my bedroom. I opened the door and just wanted to invite Noah to come in and sit down.

I saw Noah beckoning to the corridor quickly. The maids cleaning the walls in the corridor on the second floor were all secretly looking at Noah. When they saw Noah's call, they quickly came over and saluted Noah. He asked in a low voice, "Is there anything I can do for you?"

"This room... Well, clean it well, and be careful not to damage the things on the test bench." Noah didn't allow me to refuse, and let the two maids enter my room and began to clean the entire room .

I followed Noah from downstairs to upstairs, only to find that these cleaning maids are generally very beautiful in appearance, and even some female slaves with collars on their necks are quite beautiful. I have some doubts in my heart, and I guess Noah Which aristocratic son Ya is from a noble family, there is such a pomp.

In my room, apart from a few magic engraving pens placed on the writing desk, there is also a stack of palm-sized magic parchment randomly thrown on the writing desk, and the rest is basically nothing, so I don’t worry about that. The two maids will rashly damage anything in the room.

Noah was about to drag me into his room, when the wooden door of the opposite room was pushed open with a creak, and a young man in a very orthodox black law robe came out, with a childish face. He has very thick fur, blinked his light blue eyes, and said to Noah and me very kindly: "Hey, guys, would you like to come in and have a cup of freshly brewed lemon tea? My name is Dennis Black, I am also a new student of the Academy of Magic this year, it is a pleasure to meet you."

"Hi, hello Dennis, my name is Noah and his name is Jiga."

"Hi Dennis, hello!"

Noah and I did not refuse Dennis' warm invitation. Since we are both freshmen of the Royal Academy of Magic, we will definitely have classes together in the future. Noah and I also want to get to know this new classmate, after all, he is also our new neighbor , in the next few years, if there is no accident, life and study will almost have to be together.

It seems that Dennis is also very easy-going. There is a small oil-burning stove on the test bench, and a round glass vessel is set up on it. I spewed out, I opened my mouth wide, I was so surprised that I didn't know what to say, it was the first time I saw someone use alchemy equipment to make tea for myself, it seems that Dennis is also a very individual magician.

Seeing that Noah and I opened our mouths enough to swallow a whole egg, Dennis rubbed the back of our necks with his hands in embarrassment, and said with a silly smile: "Sorry, I just rushed over from Salta province, and I'm not ready yet." Tea set, I rummaged through the Magic Pocket, and this is all I could find, but fortunately, I tried the taste of these lemon teas, and it was still very good. Let me introduce myself again, I am Dennis Black from Salta Province .”

"I'm Noah from Palestina Province. Are you an alchemist?" Noah leaned over to Dennis' writing desk and looked curiously at the bottles and jars on his desk.

Dennis used the round beaker on the iron shelf to make two cups of hot tea for Noah and me. The fresh scent of high-quality lemon slices came out at once, and the cup of tea smelled very fragrant. He looked very humble , Said politely: "I'm just very interested in alchemy, I haven't officially become an alchemist yet, and becoming an alchemist is also my dream."

However, in my opinion, the magicians who can enter the Royal Academy of Magic are the best in every provincial magic school. Of course, there are magicians like me who can enter the Royal Academy of Magic with a letter of recommendation. But I think this is a minority after all.

"I'm from the northern province of Sloit." I reached out to pick up the cup and tasted Dennis's lemon tea. It tasted a bit weird, and a little salt was added in it, and the tea was salty.

"Ah, I heard that you often have wars with foreigners, is it true?" Dennis asked me curiously when he heard that I was in Sloit Province.

"It's okay, it's just that every winter, those barbarians on the icy and snowy tundra will cross the frozen Benma River and go to the south bank to catch slaves. The situation has been much better in the past two years. The command of the North Wind Army is concentrated in Jingyue In the hands of the Grand Duke, our heavy cavalry regiment will patrol along the river bank from time to time. Fights are always inevitable. The gamble in war is luck. Either the heavy cavalry regiment encircled and wiped out the barbarian squad, or the barbarian warrior Leading people to make dumplings for the heavy armored cavalry regiment, in short, we have formed a deadly enmity with the barbarians, and they are all endless battles." I explained to Dennis.

Salta Province, which is adjacent to the mountains at the southern foot of the Pai Plateau and the large barren mountains to the west of the Ziqing Mountains, probably will not have any wars, and it can be regarded as the hinterland of the Green Empire.

Dennis looked envious, and asked me curiously: "Ji Jia, have you ever seen those big guys, you know I'm talking about those barbarians in the Northland."

Dennis' question reminded me of those scenes of hunting barbarians in winter, so I said: "Of course, they are very tall. Generally, adult barbarians can reach about four meters in height, and they are not afraid of the cold by nature. In winter, they usually only wear a pair of hard cowhide shorts. Occasionally, someone will tie a huge armor plate made of a shield on their chest, and carry a large iron rod weighing hundreds of kilograms. , easily smashed down a stone house." I described the signs of those barbarians.

Noah on the side sighed: "I heard that those savages are born with brute force and can easily lift heavy objects. It seems that these descriptions are not exaggerated at all, and the mention of the North Wind Corps in Sloit Province Those heavy cavalry can be regarded as the strongest marine regiment in the empire!"

"If I have a chance, I really want to stay in Sloit Province for a while. I heard that it is very easy to accumulate military merits there. If it is in Salta Province, I am afraid that there is no chance of being promoted to the title!" Dennis is obviously a very ambitious magician. He is a master, but his words indicate that he wants to be promoted to a lord by virtue of his military exploits, and it also reveals that he is a magician from a commoner or a small noble family.

I smiled and said to him: "I think Sluyte Province and the North Wind Legion welcome excellent magicians like you at any time, and we have at least five months of hunting in winter every year, which is enough for you to survive the severe winter." hunted those savages."

Dennis' eyes lit up, obviously he was very tempted to hear what I said.

There have always been very few magicians who have ideas like Dennis, and magicians are not very willing to join the army, because there are so many disciplines in the army, which restricts the freedom of the magicians to the greatest extent, and more magicians like to join Some adventure groups, this is more free.

"Wanting to be promoted to a lord is not a way to freely hunt and kill foreign invaders..." Noah added while sitting aside.

(End of this chapter)