More than two months later.
As the surrounding scenery quickly receded before his eyes, Athir stood on the deck and looked quietly into the distance.
Behind him, a group of apprentices stood quietly around, gathered together.
Compared to when Athir just got on board, there were already many more people on the boat.
During more than two months, the ship stopped at more than a dozen places. The number of apprentices in each place ranged from seven to eight to three or four. All of them were brought on board one by one, increasing the number of apprentices on board.
However, as Andrew said before, among these apprentices who came on board later, very few had excellent qualifications. Among more than a hundred people, there was only one apprentice with third-class qualifications, who was finally arranged around Athir and the others.
"This is the last place. After passing this place, we will reach our destination in a few days."
Next to Athir, Andrew was holding a glass of fruit wine and speaking with some excitement.
"Yeah, it's almost over." Athir sighed in agreement and didn't say much.
The scene seemed silent for a moment until a voice sounded again.
"Athir, when you get there, which academy are you going to join?"
A female voice sounded in my ears, like a standard greeting, but it seemed a little stiff.
Athir looked to the side. On his right side, Sisti was standing there, looking at him quietly.
The red-haired girl was wearing a conservative red and white dress, and her expression was somewhat indifferent and stiff.
At this moment, Athir felt someone patted his left hand.
On his left, Andrew gave him a brilliant smile with a different meaning, as if instigating something.
"I'm not quite sure, is there anything special about it?"
Looking at the two people beside him, Atier said with a gentle smile on his face and shook his head.
On the side, looking at his appearance, Sisti showed a stiff smile on her face: "Of course."
"The destination we are heading to now is where wizards gather. There are many schools and colleges of wizards there, and they recruit apprentices regularly."
"With your qualifications, Athir, I believe many colleges will be willing to accept you when you get there."
Hearing this, Athir was a little surprised: "To join the wizard school, all you need is your own qualifications? No other conditions are required?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw two people around him looking at him with surprise at the same time.
"Of course not. For people with average qualifications, if they want to join those wizard academies, in addition to having sufficient qualifications, they also need to pay tuition." Andrew said standing aside: "But for someone with your qualifications, Athir, it is not difficult to join those academies. Some academies are willing to enroll you without charging tuition."
"Of course, in addition to these normal ways, there is said to be another way."
Sisti on the side made an excuse: "Some powerful wizards will create some unique magic items as a voucher and give them to certain people."
"If you can obtain these certificates, you can directly become a disciple of the corresponding wizard and even receive some gifts from him."
"According to the records, the wizards who were able to leave their credentials were at least at the level of official wizards. Directly becoming a disciple of such a powerful wizard is already a good starting point compared to others."
Hearing this, Athir subconsciously touched his chest and thought of the black amulet that Count Boria had given him.
According to Count Bolia, the amulet was a magical item made by a wizard and was left by the ancestors of the Fakus family. It was undoubtedly a certificate.
Athir originally thought that such a certificate was not too rare, but now it seems that he still underestimated its value. Otherwise, even Andrew and Sisti would not have envied it.
His face remained expressionless as he stood there and continued to chat with them word by word, slowly gaining some information about the Wizarding Continent.
In the wizarding continent, competition between wizards is also fierce. Different wizards will have disagreements and disputes according to their different schools and colleges, and the competition is far more intense than in other places.
According to different organizational forms, in addition to those gathered wizard families, they can be roughly divided into wandering wizards, schools, academies, etc.
Wandering wizards refer to those mortals who have unintentionally obtained some wizard heritage, as well as some wizards who are alone outside for various reasons. They are often weaker in strength due to lack of inheritance and resources.
Schools are often groups of wizards who gather together because of the same philosophy. They are usually passed down from master to apprentice, and their strength varies, with some being strong and some weak, but generally there are not many of them, and they do not recruit a large number of apprentices.
The academy is the real main force, which is often developed from a single school or wizard family. It gathers a large number of wizards and is the main force that will recruit a large number of apprentices.
Apprentices like Andrew and Sisti can usually only enter these wizard academies.
However, apprentices who join in this way are often taught by some senior wizard apprentices in the beginning, and there is no dedicated mentor to take charge.
Unless one is promoted to a senior apprentice before a certain age, there will be a mentor who will take notice of him and teach him. Otherwise, one can only attend the lectures of formal wizards at one's own expense. Not only does every step of learning require a lot of energy and financial resources, but one also has to find ways to obtain the resources needed for promotion.
People like Andrew and Sisti who were born into wizarding families are fine, as at least they have families behind them to provide help. However, apprentices born into common families, even if they have enough talent and luck and barely become advanced apprentices, simply cannot gather the resources for promotion.
If someone like Athir had the corresponding certificates in his hands, the situation would be different.
From the very beginning, he can study under a mentor who is at least a formal wizard, which creates a huge gap between him and others from the starting point.
Thinking of this, Athir couldn't help but sigh, and deeply understood the weight of Count Bolia's gift.
"I'm afraid that in the entire Fakus family, this certificate is the only one left on me."
Athir stood there, with this thought flashing through his mind.
When he was with Duke Arieu, although the other party told him a lot about wizards, he did not mention anything about credentials.
Now it seems that this certificate should have been kept privately by the branch of Count Bolia for the sake of their descendants. They only waited for a descendant with excellent qualifications to appear among their descendants and then gave him this certificate, so that he would have a greater chance of rising.
Athir estimated that originally this certificate should have been given to the direct descendants of Count Bolia. However, in recent years, there are too few people in the Fakus family with wizard qualifications. The only one who appeared was the eldest son of Count Bolia, and it was said that his wizard qualifications were not very good. In the end, Athir had to give it to him at the last minute.
(End of this chapter)