Jack received the paper from Julian and scanned the contents briefly without emotions.
"Okay, this information will be given to the town Lord to be accessed. Hmm just go with Lady Kristine for now and just relax for a while until your rewards are sent to you."
"Kristine and Julian both nodded and gave their goodbyes to Jack and the three girls. Jack stared at the duo until they closed the door behind them before writing down something on a piece of paper. The three girls were already behind him with one of them massaging his shoulders and the were giggling seductively when they saw what he was writing. He stood up and pasted the piece of paper in front of the entrance with words 'Closed for three hours. Eating!!!!!'. He then surveyed the surroundings before going in and locking the door, resuming his disturbed business.
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Kristine is walking side to side with Julian and they were headed back to her company's headquarters. She felt something was totally changed within the boy beside her. She felt that the mana flow he was releasing was something a bit edgy, a little bit sharper when she first saw him. A change in personality were sometimes the side effects of taking the ceremony if the participant received huge results in it. Although she didn't see what he wrote on the paper, she already guessed that the kid has some fruitful rewards and was happy for him.
Julian, on the other hand, was quietly thinking what to do next. He already got the basic information through Prima however what the genie gave him was just the introductory part of the relationship among the creatures living here and things that are common sense in this era.
He needed to know what happened to him. Why did he turn younger? Is this some kind of time magic? He really needs to go outside but before that what is important is to become stronger. He must be strong enough to protect himself or run away from enemies.
_I better read that pamphlet fast and finally train how to use magic. I really can't waste any more time considering that I have only two weeks to power up and take the test on that magic congregation. I'm already so old and I need to go back studying again. That's why I retired in the first place, so that I can relax._
"Lady Kristine, excuse me but can I ask you a question?"
"Yes child, just ask away."
"Well, you see, I want to join the congregation thing that Mr. Jack mentioned a while ago. Do you know something about that?"
"Personally, I suggest that you skip this time's testing for several reasons. One of them is that you don't even have a single skill in your arsenal. However, Master Winston hoped that you can join in now, that's why he asked me to prepare a training ground and lodging for you."
"Well, to pass the test, you need to take a 4th level apprentice stage attack without getting harmed. They also will test your attack power and mana efficiency but I really don't know how they will do that. Some kids usually take a year after the ceremony to develop their skills but you on the other hand only have less than two weeks to create two skills to attack and defend."
"I know what's mana compatability however what about mana efficiency Lady Kristine?"
"Mana efficiency refers to how fast you conjure a skill and also how many can you do at the same time. Powerful magic usually takes a longer time to cast and the difficulty to create multiple casts at the same time becomes harder."
"So I need to learn weak magic so that I can cast magic faster."
"You can look at it that way but weak magic is still weak after all. Anyway, your goal for now is to develop a skill to pass, creating a powerful magic comes after you are admitted. You can see and learn from mage teachers who are in the master stage or, if you are lucky a Lord stage powerhouse."
_I know that there are ten levels per stage. Apparently, they use 'load' to measure the intensity of the power attack and 'shells' to define the defensive capabilities of a skill. In order to be a level-one apprentice mage, I must create a skill with 50 loads of power and another skill with 60 shells and I have to maintain it for atleast two minutes._
_I must double the requirements except for the time limit, which I need only to add two more minutes, to advance one more level. My goal now is to create a attack skill with 400 loads and a defensive skill with 2400 shells. I hope I can do it but there is no rushing things. If I really can't do it, I have time to wait for the next test._
"Lady Kristine, so how can I learn to use magic? Do I read books or something like that? Do I need to go back to the old man and let him teach me?"