"Uh... Okay."
Facing the respect and praise from the apprentice representative, Taylor nodded expressionlessly like his teacher, and then he took out nearly a hundred rings from the space storage ring. A crystal ball used to examine a wizard's talents and spiritual powers.
The apprentice representative lowered his head and looked at the crystal balls that had been piled up in a pile, and put them away with the standard space storage ring distributed to him by the White Tower Alliance.
"Then I won't disturb you, Lord Wizard Taylor."
After the apprentice representative got what he needed, he put his left hand on his chest, bowed and turned around to leave. Next, he should distribute the crystal balls to various cities. The apprentices started testing the talent of the new generation of apprentices.
After the apprentice representatives left, the king dared to speak.
"Master Wizard, would you like some food now?"
"No."
Taylor shook his head. Through the king's introduction, he already knew about the kingdom's special meals and some delicacies that are exclusive to the royal family. He felt that the cooking methods of these delicacies were Too rough, basically grilled and fried.
This cooking method is indeed in line with their overall geographical trend of being in a cold winter environment. The large amount of heat brought by the fat in roasting and frying can also allow them to maintain more heat and warmth.
"Okay then."
The king did not persist after hearing this. He lowered his head in frustration. He quickly recovered and continued to ask.
"Then Master Wizard, how should we arrange your stay?"
Taylor said casually without any high requirements in this regard.
"Just find me a place to live."
Unexpectedly, these words made the king sink into thought. After a moment, he directly called the ministers and other attendants to leave the palace, leaving only the beautiful maids. here.
"The kingdom has nothing to offer. Only this palace is the oldest and most gorgeous building in the kingdom. Lord Wizard, please stay here during this period." After saying that, the king closed the door for Taylor himself
. The door was thick, and judging from the sweating look on the king's face, it must have been heavy.
ah?
Live here?
Are you serious?
The king's actions confused Taylor. He watched the king leave in confusion, and then looked at the beautiful maids around him who were obediently waiting for orders, and at the oil painting specimens and oil painting specimens full of historical atmosphere around him. Some heads of monsters.
Behind the high platform where he stood was the bedroom used for resting. The bedroom was not only wide and large, but also had an extremely gorgeous bed, with gems, crystals, precious metals, artworks, antiques, blankets, etc. all available.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk..."
You've done a great job on the ground. This hospitality really opened my eyes.
Dom, the firebird that had been standing on Taylor's shoulders, also flapped its wings happily. It flew to the bedroom and dug out all the yellow gems on the bedside, top of the bed, foot of the bed, top of the cabinet, paintings on specimens, etc. Pile them one by one into a small pile.
Then it stood in front of the small pile of rubies, moved its buttocks and shook its body. It first pressed its butt tentatively, feeling that it was a bit piercing the buttocks, so it rubbed the small pile of rubies from left to right and polished it into a concave shape.
After building his temporary nest, Dom slowly lay down in the nest and fell asleep.
Taylor is now a model of a man with a mouth on top but a broken leg on the bottom.
After he sent the crystal balls to the apprentice representatives, the apprentice representatives immediately started working non-stop, sending each crystal ball to the corresponding apprentice. Then the apprentices who got the crystal balls started a vast apprenticeship selection in their city.
The entire kingdom was in a state of uproar due to the arrival of the wizard and the selection of apprentices. Children under the age of nine and under ten from every family were gathered in the squares of various cities, preparing to take the apprentice's test.
For children who want to take the apprentice test, they must have the most basic knowledge, that is, they must be able to recognize words, read words, and understand some meanings, and then they must have enough mental talent, that is, wizards talent for subsequent development.
The White Tower Alliance attaches great importance to the growth of the next generation, so it has opened free schools in every city to teach knowledge, literacy, etc. Even homeless children can go to these schools to study.
The purpose of the White Tower Alliance in doing this is not to leave out any good wizard talent. They want all children of school age to receive education at the appropriate age.
As for the costs and resources required behind the scenes, the wealthy white wizards disdain this. As long as this can increase the probability of a good seedling being discovered by 10%, even if it is less than 10%, it is enough.
With the strong support of the White Tower Alliance, the literacy rate of ordinary people within their area is surprisingly high, and the improvement of overall quality has also driven the prosperity of these countries and cities. Maritime trade, land trade, light industry, etc. They are also the most developed group in the plane.
Now in the Winter Kingdom, every city has carried out apprenticeship testing for school-age children. The apprentices in charge of the corresponding cities are silently looking forward to it. The more apprentice seedlings appear in this city, the more rewards the White Tower Alliance will give them. The better.
There are some things that they can't use, but their descendants will.
School-age children, accompanied by their parents, lined up in long lines. At the end of the long line was the wizard apprentice of the White Tower Alliance holding a crystal ball. Apprentice testing usually lasts about a week.
This week will determine the fate of all school-age children in the entire kingdom. It depends on whether they will become ordinary people or become noble apprentices.
While the apprentices were in a hurry, the children were uneasy, and the parents were extremely anxious, Taylor leisurely wandered around the capital of the kingdom with a sacred firebird on his shoulders, experiencing the customs and customs.
He wanted to experience the life of ordinary people in this world.
Two weeks later,
"Are these all apprentices?" Hiss,
hiss...
Tyler stared at these timid-looking children with a pair of golden vertical pupils, and the slender forked tongue in his mouth stuck out. To analyze the surrounding pheromones and elemental fluctuations.
Looking at Taylor, who looked handsome but behaved strangely in front of them, with a pair of golden vertical pupils and an inhuman tongue sticking out, the eyes of the young reserve apprentices were filled with tears.
They had been reminded and given special warnings by the apprentices before they came, but when they actually saw this scene, they still felt very scared and frightened in their hearts.
"Good psychological quality."
Taylor withdrew his gaze, turned around and took these new reserve apprentices to the outside of the city.
This time there were a total of 241 reserve apprentices, almost two per city. Taylor felt that it was too much trouble to bring these more than 200 reserve apprentices to the port.
He directly greeted Kano and Bobby to drive the spacecraft to the capital.
(End of chapter)