"Okay, you can leave now and follow the servant to your quarters to rest for a while."
In front of him, Asira put away the five magic stones on the wooden table and smiled: "Someone will notify you to come over tomorrow, and then we can decide which mentor you will go to."
"In addition, as a special admissions student, according to regulations, your tuition fees at our college can be waived."
Athir nodded, with a polite smile on his face: "Sorry to bother you then."
After saying this, he walked aside.
There, a maid dressed in light blue servant clothes stood there quietly, with a dull look on her face. When she saw Athir coming over, she showed no expression: "Please come with me."
After saying this, she walked away without paying any attention to Athir.
Behind him, Athir didn't say much, but just followed the other person quietly.
After walking for about half an hour, Athir finally arrived at his destination in front of a building.
The dormitories are built on different floors, with one apprentice on each floor.
However, Athir looked around casually and walked up two or three floors without finding any signs of other apprentices moving in. It was very likely that he was the only apprentice living in the entire building.
This was a very normal sign. After all, along the way, apart from those dull-looking servants, Athir had not seen many wizards and apprentices, which showed that there were not many people in the entire academy. Considering the large area of the academy, it was normal that they were not arranged here.
I went straight to my own floor and opened the door. It was very clean and tidy inside. Not only were all kinds of furniture available, but all kinds of commonly used daily necessities were also prepared. It seemed that someone came to clean the room regularly.
Athir put his luggage aside, sat down at the wooden table beside him, picked up a book he carried with him and continued reading.
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The next day, when the morning sun spread across the earth, there was a knock on Athir's door.
He opened the door and saw a young man wearing a black windbreaker and with a pale face standing outside.
"Hello, is this Athir?" He looked at Athir and confirmed with some certainty.
Seeing Athir nod, the young man smiled and said, "Let me introduce myself. I'm Kurama. I'll take you to meet your mentor."
After packing up casually, they quickly walked out.
On the way, Kurama said nothing, but just quietly led Athir forward.
After walking for a while, they came to a large tower and saw a woman in a white robe.
The woman had a silver-white mask on half of her face, which looked like a decoration, but also like some special item. When she saw Athir and the other man coming, she didn't react at all, and her face was cold.
"Teacher Attiri!"
When Kurama saw this woman, he showed respect on his face: "This is Athir, the newcomer assigned to our place this time."
"You go down first." In front of him, Atili, who was dressed in a white robe, nodded and said, her tone a little stiff and cold.
Kurama nodded, glanced at Athir beside him, and then walked out.
After he left, looking at Athir in front of her, Atili showed a stiff smile on her face: "Your name is Athir, right?"
"Yes, Lady Atili." Athir nodded and looked at Atili in front of him with a little respect.
Looking at Athir's expression, Atili nodded and said, "You just happened to be assigned to me. From now on, just call me mentor."
"I've seen your information. You have fourth-class qualifications. That's pretty good."
As she spoke, she took out a black crystal ball from the side and placed it quietly on the wooden table beside her.
The crystal ball looked deep and there seemed to be some unique power attached to it, giving it an inexplicable attraction.
"Feel it with your body and mind."
While I was confused, I heard the voice of Teacher Attili.
Immediately, without hesitation, he stretched out his right hand to touch the black crystal ball.
There was a sudden sound next to my ear.
There seemed to be a flash of light before my eyes, blocking my sight completely, leaving only a series of blurry figures.
At this moment, many unknown symbols appeared in front of his eyes. They seemed to carry inexplicable power and knowledge, quietly floating in front of his eyes.
Countless symbols were constantly combining before my eyes, and finally turned into runes with complex structures and unique charm. They had special effects and were constantly interweaving into extremely complex structures.
I don't know how long it had passed, but everything in front of me disappeared and the originally changing scene began to return to normal.
Athir shook his head violently, feeling as if something had hit his head. His brain seemed abnormally swollen, and a feeling of mental fatigue and tingling kept coming to him, making him feel uncomfortable.
And in his mind, a vast amount of new knowledge emerged and was firmly remembered by him.
"This is a basic meditation method. To save time, I will transfer it directly to your brain so as not to waste a lot of time."
Looking at Athir's expression, Atili said, "But this thing is quite damaging to the mind. Remember to rest more after you go back."
Hearing this, Athir suppressed the fatigue and discomfort in his mind and said, "Well, Teacher Aidili, I will leave first."
Seeing Atili nod in front of him, he walked towards the door.
Walking out of the room and reaching the door, Kurama was standing there quietly in a black robe. When he saw Athir coming out, he smiled and asked, "How do you feel?"
"It seems a bit bad." Looking at Kurama in front of him, Athir forced a smile on his face and spoke.
"Haha, this is normal."
Standing aside, looking at Athir's pale face, Kurama said with some sympathy: "You haven't been through long-term meditation training. Even if you have good qualifications, your current mental strength is not as good as that of even a first-class apprentice. Direct mental transmission will naturally cause greater damage, and some sequelae cannot be avoided at all."
"But there's nothing we can do about it."
"What do you mean?"
By this time, Athir had recovered from his previous trance. When he heard Kurama's words, he asked with some doubt.
Compared to ordinary apprentices, his spirit is much stronger. Having lived three lives, even if he has not practiced any special methods to train his spirit, time alone is enough to bring his spirit to the peak.
Although the Great Knight mainly trains the body, the body and the spirit are inherently connected. The gradual strengthening of the body will also drive the gradual strengthening of the spirit. Although it is definitely not as good as the level of a formal wizard, it may not be inferior to ordinary first-class apprentices and second-class apprentices.
"The practice of meditation is a complex process, even for the basics. If you have not personally experienced the feeling of meditation and only rely on text and images to learn, then the time spent will be at least calculated in years."
Kurama kept smiling as he looked at Athir and said, "On the contrary, memory transmission is different. In the transmission of memory, the unique feeling of meditation will also be transmitted to you, allowing your body and mind to remember that feeling. After that, you only need to gradually become familiar with it, and then you can meditate independently."
"Just this one move can save you at least one or two years. Compared to this, the aftereffects that can be recovered in just half a month are naturally nothing."
"That's true." Hearing this, Athir nodded and agreed.
Compared to spending years learning the basics of meditation, this method of memory indoctrination, although dangerous, is nothing compared to the huge amount of time saved by getting started quickly.
"In fact, Instructor Atili is a very good person. You are very lucky to be assigned to work under her."
In front of Athir, Kurama was like a chatterbox, constantly saying: "Among all the instructors in the academy, Instructor Atili has the best temper and is the one who takes the best care of her apprentices."
"Moreover, compared to other mentors who are all very old, because mentor Etili was promoted in the last ten years, she has only a few apprentices under her. Including you and me, there are only five or six of us. When we calm down, we can receive much more care and resources than the apprentices under other mentors..."
Holding Athir, Kurama kept talking, and beside him, Athir kept smiling, looking like he was listening, and occasionally agreed with the other person's words.
After learning some information about Teacher Edith, Athir felt relieved.
According to Kurama, Teacher Edith is only in her early fifties this year. This age is terrifying among mortals, but it is very young among formal wizards who can generally live to be over 200 years old.
Because he was promoted only a dozen years ago, this mentor has very few apprentices under him, so he pays more attention to each apprentice. He does not treat apprentices as slaves or even experimental subjects like other formal wizards, and he is also more attentive in his daily teaching.
Although this mentor might not be as good as those veteran formal wizards in some aspects because he was promoted not long ago, Athir is already very satisfied.
"At least those five magic stones were not wasted."
Standing in front of the dormitory building, watching Kurama's receding figure, this thought flashed through Athir's mind.
(End of this chapter)