During the half year since coming to the academy, Athir had specifically looked up information about the elves and obtained some clues.
In places where wizards gather, elves are considered rare, but not uncommon. At least some information about elves is circulated from time to time.
Back then, Athir's mother left behind a badge with a purple bird and a moon engraved on it.
According to the records in the academy's collection of books, the moon represents the bloodline of the ancient moon elves, which is also one of the original royal bloodlines of the elves.
A pure moon emblem often represents the elven royal family, and if there is something else besides the silver moon, it is usually a branch bloodline of the royal family.
Therefore, it can be roughly inferred that Athir's mother should belong to a branch of the Moon Elf royal family and inherit some of the elven royal blood in her body.
Athir's affinity for light and plant elements should come from this influence.
But that's not a bad thing.
Not all wizards have excellent affinity for elements. In fact, most wizards have mediocre affinity for all elements. Some even have a rejection reaction to certain elemental particles due to their physical constitution.
It is already quite good that Athir has this level of elemental affinity.
"Plant system... I remember that Teacher Edith is good at plant system witchcraft. I can ask her for advice on this aspect."
Sitting on the bedside, Athir thought to himself: "As for the light system, it's more troublesome. It seems that there is no instructor in the academy who specializes in this kind of witchcraft. There may be a lack of a lot of knowledge and materials of this kind."
"In this case, I can only specialize in plants first, and then find a way to find this kind of knowledge when I have the chance in the future."
After making a decision in his mind, Atier stood up and walked quickly outside, preparing to go to the library to look for some information.
Time flies and the peace of the past returns.
Athir quickly moved back and forth between several places all day long, repeating his previous ascetic life, and looked no different from before.
The only difference was that his expenses in the academy were much higher. After being promoted to a first-class apprentice, he had already mastered most of the free basic knowledge. If he wanted to advance quickly with his learning speed and prepare for the promotion to a second-class apprentice, he would have to attend many paid courses, which increased his expenses a lot.
Three months later.
In the classroom, as a lecture came to an end, the third-class apprentice who was in charge of the lecture left quickly, and it seemed that he did not want to stay there any longer, which disappointed the countless apprentices who were expecting it.
After the lecture, the apprentices around had no intention of staying any longer and left one after another.
When most of the people around had left, there was a knock on the door, and then a burly and strong apprentice in a gray robe walked in with a package in his hand.
"Athir, your stuff has arrived."
Gray smiled as he handed the package in his hand to the front and looked at Athir who was still sitting there: "How is it? How much did you understand in this analysis class?"
"I understand most of it. This kind of identification class covers too much. The characteristics of dozens of species are all covered in just a few hours. It's impossible to remember much in one class."
In front, Athir took the package and said with a wry smile.
"You are already very impressive to be able to understand most of it."
In front of him, Gray listened to Athir's words and sighed: "I am different. I have been in the academy for two or three years, but my progress is not as good as yours."
"Let's not talk about this for now." Looking at the expression on the other person's face, Athir changed the subject and said, "How is your meditation going? I heard that you are about to be promoted to a first-class apprentice?"
This method of changing the subject was very effective. Gray showed a hint of joy on his face. "He was promoted successfully, just yesterday."
"Congratulations." Atier smiled and congratulated the other party.
Since entering the academy, he has not made many friends because he has been living an ascetic life. Only some apprentices who have been in class and discussed with him are familiar to him. Gray in front of him is one of them.
The other party entered the academy two or three years earlier than Athir. He was a member of a local wizard family. He had a very good personality and was not as aloof and cold as other wizard apprentices. During this period, he got along well with Athir.
After standing there and chatting for a few more words, Atier walked out of the classroom and headed towards the dormitory area.
Returning to the dormitory, he closed the door, opened the package in his hand, and revealed some things inside.
At the top were two letters, one from the White Stone Tower, sent by Andrew, who had come to this continent on the same ship, and the other from the Bar Islands, signed by Duke Arieu.
After thinking about it, he opened Andrew's letter first.
Since arriving on this continent, they have entered different academies. However, since they came from the same place, the three of them left their addresses with each other and have been in contact with each other during this period of time.
Among them, Andrew entered the White Stone Tower. Although he did not have a token like Athir and could not directly serve as an apprentice under a formal wizard, he successfully contacted a third-class apprentice from their family and lived a good life under the other's care.
As for Sisti, although she did not have the protection of a third-class apprentice from her clan like Andrew, she was also living a good life. She had contacted several apprentices who had left the family. Although there were no third-class apprentices among them, there were several second-class apprentices. They were living a good life as a group.
As for Atier, although he was the one who was promoted the fastest among the three, he had few clansmen in the academy and was always alone.
There was not much in Andrew's letter. He just introduced the situation there and asked about Athir's current progress.
After quickly reading the letter, Arthur smiled, then opened the letter sent by Duke Arieu and took a look.
Because of the long distance, sending things from the Bar Islands to this continent, even at a high cost and at the fastest speed, would take at least half a year.
Compared to Andrew, the letter sent by Duke Arieu was very thick. It not only expressed his concern and care for Arthur, but also described in detail some information from there.
The southern kingdoms were in chaos again, with several kingdoms at a stalemate and a war could break out at any time. Considering the time difference in sending the letter, by now, the fighting might have already started there.
As for the North where Athir was born, it has now been occupied by several kingdoms, and the members of the Fakus family who did not have time to evacuate have been almost strangled to death.
In the letter, Duke Arieu also mentioned Elva's current situation. He inherited the estate left by Count Boria in the Principality of Baron and was still a count. Although he was drunk all day and looked extremely depressed, he could not be said to be doing badly.
According to Duke Arieu, they have basically given up on Elva and are just waiting for him to marry a wife of sufficient status so that he can pass on the bloodline of the Fakus family.
After reading the entire letter silently, Athir sighed, and then took out a wooden box from the bottom of the package.
The wooden box was black and looked very delicately made, with the Fakus family's unique crest engraved on it.
After opening it casually, there were eight magic stones inside.
In the wooden box, these magic stones were placed neatly and seemed to have been specially cleaned, so they looked very clean.
Holding these magic stones, Athir felt a little heavy in his heart.
These magic stones were funded to him by the entire Fakus family.
On the continent where Athir came from, all kinds of wizard resources were scarce, and these magic stones came with great difficulty. Some were obtained at great cost, and some were obtained by sending armies to explore dangerous places... Every magic stone was the result of the hard work of the entire Fakus family, in the hope of raising Athir.
"A wizard."
He murmured to himself, with a sigh in his tone.
Although the path of a wizard is powerful, it requires too many things behind it. Talent, resources, knowledge, environment and other conditions are indispensable. Without support, it is difficult to succeed.
Gently putting away the magic stones in front of him, Athir felt a little relieved.
In fact, for him, these magic stones came at the right time.
The study of wizards requires too many resources. Whether it is borrowing precious books and materials or attending those formal wizard paid classes, a large amount of magic stones is needed.
After becoming a first-class apprentice, the basic knowledge is almost complete, and the next step is to learn advanced knowledge. Most of this knowledge requires a fee, whether it is borrowing books or attending those public classes of formal wizards, you need to pay a certain amount of magic stones.
Therefore, after just three months, the magic stones that Athir had carried with him had been almost used up.
But in fact, under normal circumstances, if the magic stones are only used for borrowing books and attending classes, the average first-class apprentice will not consume them so quickly.
But Atier is different. He has a memory chip, which gives him a great advantage in learning. His learning efficiency and speed far exceed those of other apprentices.
Other apprentices need a long time to understand the knowledge and experiments, but Athir can master them in a few days. Therefore, in the same amount of time, Athir can learn much more knowledge than other apprentices. On the one hand, this speeds up his knowledge accumulation during the apprenticeship stage, but on the other hand, it also increases his learning consumption.
The more paid knowledge he learned, the more magic stones he would naturally have to pay, which led to his current embarrassing situation.
If those apprentices from powerful wizard families can have such learning efficiency, they will definitely be valued by the family. The stronger the learning talent they show, the more resource support they can have, and there is no need to worry about these magic stones.
But it's different for Athir. Although the ancestors of the Fakus family also produced wizards, they have long since declined and are no longer on this continent. Even if they try their best, the support they can give to Athir is still limited and cannot support his current learning progress at all.
"It seems that during this period of time, I must find some way to earn magic stones."
Thinking of his own situation, Atier rubbed his forehead in distress and said to himself.
(End of this chapter)