The roof of the Imperial Capital Junior School of Magic campus echoed with melodious bells, and the silent campus suddenly became noisy.Young faces ran from the building, and boys ran at the front, dressed in wide magical robes, like black rain butterflies, through the arched corridors, their nimble bodies shuttling back and forth between the embossed marble columns, their hair fluttering and sweating accompanied by laughter and playfulness, filling the campus with a joyful atmosphere.The girls walked side by side in groups of three or five, walking down the stairs and strolling through the grassy garden, their sweet smiles making them look more confident.The status of magicians is destined for a very good future.Unlike those male magicians, many male magicians like to learn powerful magic skills, because they are active by nature, like to fight, and like to take risks.Most male mages will follow some adventuring party to a certain continent or plane when they are young, or join the military camp and become a battle mage with the army, serving the Grimm Empire and fighting for a higher title.However, the vast majority of female magicians prefer a comfortable life, and most of them will work in places such as magic academies, magic guilds, and magic research institutes, and become assistants to some great magicians.There are also many female magicians who choose to study magic potions, enchantment, inscriptions, jewelry, etc., and then become a professional magician in a certain chamber of commerce.A small magic apprentice in a soft magic apprentice robe appeared at the gate of the academy, he looked at both sides of the street with a panicked expression, holding a black magic book with an ancient pattern in his hand, hesitated slightly, and ran north along the bush wall by the roadside.There was a row of magic caravans parked on the side of the street in the distance, and the coachman had already driven the caravan to the gate of the magic academy, and walked down courteously, opened the door, and waited for his little master to come out of the academy.The fourth-year classroom of the Academy of Magic is at the top of the teaching building, the last class this afternoon is astrology, when the bell rings for the end of class, the boys in the class have already dispersed, the astrology magic tutor Constance looked at the scene of the swarm in the classroom, and also looked helpless, among this group of students, children from noble families accounted for more than eighty percent of the total number, and there were even a few children from the Duke's Mansion in the class.Being able to let these children wait patiently for the last minute in the last class is very rare for the children of these aristocratic families.Wizard Constance chose to swallow the last few words back into his stomach, he slowly closed the magic books on the lectern, sorted out the lesson plans on the desk, walked out of the classroom, fell behind these magic apprentices, walked down the stairs, walked down the cloister and out of the school building, after the last class, he didn't need to go back to his office, he could go straight home.Constance, who had just stepped out of the gate of the academy, shook his head secretly when he saw the ornate carriages at the entrance of the academy."
Tutor Constance, I'd like to ask you a question."
Constance heard a quiet, sweet voice behind him.He turned around and looked around, and saw that it was a group of female students in the class, standing behind them with a magic book.The girl who spoke stood in the middle of this group of girls, with a beautiful dimple on her white face with a smile, although her facial features looked exquisite, but she could only be called delicate, she stood quietly in place, looking slim, like a lotus flower on Weiyang Lake, that graceful temperament was the best among all the girls, a long black hair hung down like a waterfall, and was tied with a ribbon at will.He paused slightly, and said in a calm tone, "Ying Li, what's your problem?"
”The wide black robe could not hide Ying Li's youthful body, and she held a thick magic book around her chest, and looked at Constance with a faint smile on her face.Her girlfriends all stood quietly aside, without saying anything to stop them, and no one echoed them.The girls in the imperial capital have a paranoid arrogance, they think that the time outside the classroom is completely their own, and they can be at their own discretion.So at this time, no one wants to think about those headache astrology, and this subject is not a compulsory subject at the end of the term, so there is no need to take it too seriously.I stood under the tree across the street, sitting on the guardrail and nibbling on the golden wheat cake with the minotaur, the minotaur Ruka did not pay any attention to the strange stares of those who passed by, the tail on his buttocks, very naturally swaying at will, his demeanor was leisurely, it seemed that as long as there was wheat cake to eat, for Ruka, he had full happiness.The Yerkes scholar did not leave me to eat at noon, and by this time of the evening, my stomach was already rumbling with hunger, and I was worried that if I went to eat in a distant restaurant, I would miss Ying Li's dismissal, and I didn't have the courage to wait for her at the door of her house, besides, the road to the imperial capital was so strange to me, I naturally had to stay at the door of the academy, reluctant to leave.In the imperial capital, it is rare to see people eating in the streets, and the nobles generally do not do this, which is very rude for the rules of etiquette of the nobles, who would rather hide in the carriage and eat, or simply starve, and the pride and superiority of the nobility are infinitely expanded here.The people in the street will be amazed that a young man in a magician's robe would crouch in the street so indecently, and that he would stay with a cow and eat wheat cakes, looking like a countryman.The disdainful gaze in the pedestrians made me sense the disdain in their eyes, but so what?
When the junior magic apprentices at the gate of the campus left one after another, some magic caravans also drove away from the campus gate one after another, and some senior magic apprentices were ushered in at the campus gate, and it seemed that the magic aura on their bodies was even stronger, and even some people were like me, no longer wearing gray and white striped dedication magic suits, but wearing magician robes with magician's medals on their chests.Apparently, the senior students, who had become magicians, walked with their chin raised high, and had the posture of looking at people with their nostrils in their nostrils.It is said that the people of the imperial capital are extremely arrogant, and now I have a deep understanding.Then I saw Ying Li in the midst of a large group of female magician apprentices pouring out of the gate of the academy.In the past three years, her height has jumped suddenly, and from a distance, she is one of the tallest among those girls, perhaps because she has been insisting on morning jogging and exercise, she looks more slender than before.She was dressed in a white knowledge and magic suit, holding a black gold-encrusted magic book in her hand, and the breeze blew her satin-smooth hair on her head.She stood among her classmates, smiling as she listened to her classmates discuss the knowledge of classroom magic, and stood quietly in the crowd, although she was laughing with her classmates, the dimples on her face revealed a kind of girl-next-door quietness.Although she stood in the crowd, she always seemed so lonely, the moment she walked out of the magic academy, there was an eagle's cry in the air, she paused, looked up at the lion eagle roaming freely over the royal city on the floating mountain in the distance, her face appeared yearning, her heart was not here at the moment.I quickly took the golden roasted wheat cake in my arms, then patted the crumbs off my hand, and was about to stand up and walk over to surprise her.Then I saw her suddenly take a few steps forward and say a few words to a mature magician, and as I approached them, I heard Ying Li say, "I have a friend who told me that I can determine my position by referring to the star map at night, and that I will never get lost on a starry night, is this true?"
”The mature-looking magician turned around, glanced at Ying Li behind him, pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and replied seriously: "That already involves the star map in astrology, your friend must be a student of the Royal Academy of Magic, our junior magic academy does not offer this subject, observing the subtle changes in the starry sky, relying solely on the weak mental power of the magic apprentice, it is difficult to distinguish."
However, this statement is theoretically valid. ”I thought to myself: That sentence is what I said when I was looking at the stars at night and chatting with Ying Li, although it was a bit of a braggart, but it was absolutely true.Then I heard the magician say, "You can divide what he said into two parts, the first part is very simple, that is, you will not get lost on a starry night, as long as you find the great stars of Perseus under the starry sky, and look for one direction, you will never get lost." ”I stood in the crowd and listened quietly to the magician's answer.This sentence may be applicable in the Grimm Empire, but on the Pai Plateau, it is not so bright, the endless wasteland has no reference, two people set off at the same starting point, as long as the direction is half a degree apart, walking for half a month in a row, two people can be separated by a few kilometers, this kind of distance, it is difficult to converge in the wasteland.Therefore, in the eyes of the orcs, identifying star charts is the most basic skill.Then the magician said: "The second part of this sentence is to determine one's own position, which is difficult, because you need to be able to perceive the slightest changes in the star map, and the starry sky is not static throughout the night, and the star map at the same time and point in the same position is also completely different every night, although this is not a difficult task for those astrologers, but you must know that for you beginners, it is difficult!"
”There seems to be a bit of bullshit in what this magician said, but Ying Li's adoring eyes, what is this!
I couldn't help but walk up and say loudly: "For the star map in the night sky, we don't need to remember the trajectory of each big star, we only need to remember the trajectory of fifty big stars to form the initial star map in our own sea of consciousness, of course, we need to keep in mind the distance between a few big stars close to the horizon and the horizon, usually we stretch out our arms, use our fingers instead of the gauge, measure this distance, and then we can lock our position under the starry sky." ”The magician's eyes lit up as he heard me, and he turned his head to look at me in surprise.But I only stared at Ying Li, and continued, "As long as we know how to determine our fixed position under the night sky, we won't get lost at night" Ying Li's eyes looked over, our eyes met in the air, I looked at her, and she couldn't believe her eyes at first, the slightly opened pink lips slowly opened, revealing a snow-white teeth, and then the smile on her face slowly turned into surprise, just like the melting ice and snow on the snow peak, Ying Li, who was originally standing in the crowd, was full of the breath of a noble princessBut when she heard my voice and saw me talking in the crowd, at this moment she rushed towards me desperately, the black linen pendant as big as a walnut on her snow-white neck swayed on her chest, and a layer of water vapor rippled in her beautiful starry eyes, and she suddenly threw herself into my arms in the surprised eyes of the surrounding classmates.The girdle on the ponytail at the back of my head fell off at once, and my black satin-like hair fell out on my shoulders and hugged me tightly.There was a boo around, and I grabbed Ying Li's soft shoulders and pulled her out of my arms, I didn't want to let them watch like this in public."
Ying Li, it seems that you won't choose to go all the way back to the dormitory with us today, then let's go first!"
The jumbled voices of Ying Li's friends rang out behind me, and they turned and ran away laughing.A sweet-looking girl in an underworld apprentice robe squeezed out of the crowd and asked Ying Li next to me, "Ying Li, Quentin is going to have a dance party at home next week, do you want to go?"
”Ying Li kept staring at me intently, the corners of his eyes seemed to be a little wet, and he didn't pay attention to the girl's inquiry, just shook his head slightly."
Ying Li, don't you like to chat with the merchants who rushed to the imperial capital from the north to do business, talking about those gonzos in the north, Quentin found a caravan in the north that just arrived in the imperial capital this time, they have a lot of gonzo to tell you, don't you really want to go and see?"
The girl was still unwilling to give up, and stood aside and said to Ying Li.Ying Li turned his head to look at her impatiently, then turned his face to me and said with a smile, "I'll take you to a quieter place!"
”I complained to Ying Li: "If you can, you can choose a restaurant, I will wait for you outside the academy for a long time, my stomach is hungry!"
”Ying Li said without hesitation: "Okay, I know that there is a restaurant that makes very authentic roast demon antelope meat, and the owner of the restaurant used to be a businessman, who often went to the Pai Plateau to collect the skin of the demon antelope, and he could roast authentic plateau-style barbecue meat.Let's try it!
”I nodded in agreement and said, "Okay!
But don't forget that my subordination is only vegetarian. ”Ying Li took my arm, his bulging chest pressed tightly against my arm, and walked with me towards the street, and after walking a few steps, he seemed to remember something, and turned to the girl who was expecting good news and said, "I don't want to go, you can go if you want, don't always try to pull me, I don't want to hear anything about the north now." ”Then, Ying Li looked at me and said to me in an affirmative tone: "Where you are, I just want to know where the news is!"
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