On the way back to the dormitory, I was lost in thought, thinking about the path I was going to take in the future, and my mind was in a state of confusion, thinking that it was because I wasn't strong enough after all.Of course, the most important thing at the moment is to find a way to wake up Sister Guoguo, which is also the purpose of me giving up my persistence and coming to the imperial capital with the letter of recommendation written by Mentor Heidi, Yerkis Scholar may have some good methods, and according to Qige's words, I also have to prepare a large amount of money, after all, even if I find a way to awaken the memory in Sister Guoguo's soul, it will definitely use a lot of magic crystals.Last night, I talked with Kig about the topic of awakening soul memories, only to find out that Kige seems to know something about souls, of course, her understanding is very limited, and things are very coincidental.Women are not naturally immune to ornate jewelry, and Kig is no exception, and although she is a magician, she is very fond of rubies and sapphire-polished ornaments such as earrings, necklaces, bracelets, tiaras, etc.The reason why Qige was able to hear something about soul and magic was because last year, in the largest auction house in the imperial capital, she saw a black diamond being auctioned by merchants, and this black diamond caused quite a stir in the upper aristocratic circles in a small area of the imperial capital at that time.At that time, the auction house also entered the field of vision of many upper-class nobles, and all the women in the imperial capital who had some prestige received invitations from the auction house.With his unique insight into magical herbs, Qige is also considered to be the best among the young magic apothecaries in the imperial capital, and because Qige is also a famous female magic apothecary in the Magic Research Institute, he also received an invitation from the auction house to participate in the auction about black diamonds.I heard that the corpse witches of the undead clan in the underworld all have strong soul power, and the dark fire in their eyes is the source of soul power, as long as the dark fire in their eyes has been endless, even if their bodies are destroyed, they can easily be resurrected in the bones of the altar, but the corpse witches will not live forever after all, when the corpse witches die, the soul power contained in their eye sockets will condense into black crystals, these black crystals are carefully polished by jewelers, and they become precious black diamonds, so black diamonds are not natural gemstones, but a precious gemstone from the underworld.These black diamonds have an immeasurable effect on the undead to strengthen their soul power, so under normal circumstances, the undead clan will strictly control these black diamonds, and almost every corpse witch will be concerned by many undead powerhouses, so the black diamonds that can be passed down from the underworld can be said to be very rare.And every precious black diamond brought out from the underworld requires those strong people to pay a great price, so the price of these black diamonds is very high.Qige was able to know that the black diamond belonged to the magic gem of the soul system, and it was also because of the hard publicity of the merchants at that auction.Kig said that perhaps the black diamond might have some effect on restoring the fruit's broken soul.On the magic caravan, I suddenly realized a very real problem, that is, in the imperial capital, the center of the power of the Grimm Empire, some things cannot be separated from the words power and money after all.The learning atmosphere in the Royal Academy of Magic is very rich, walking on the playground of the campus, you can see the students gathered in twos and threes are talking about magic, or simply someone directly takes out a magic wand, draws a magic pattern circle in front of him, and then points to a certain link above, arguing loudly with his friends, until the argument is red-faced, and he will not compromise.When I passed by the library, I thought of the tens of thousands of books in it, each of which has a huge attraction to me, and I was thinking about how to get a lot of points in the Academy of Magic, which is also a priority to solve, maybe there are books about repairing the soul, I must find a way to get some points from the Royal Academy of Magic.Thinking about those things in his heart, he walked back to the dormitory building before he knew it.When I returned to the dormitory, I saw a group of young maids carrying bags of household garbage, walking out of the dormitory building with a smile, and I turned sideways to give way to them, and the young maids saluted me respectfully with a humble smile on their faces.In many cases, etiquette and a smile are the protective colors of these commoner status maids, and perhaps a smile can save a lot of unnecessary trouble, or the vexatious entanglement of nobles.I saw that the door of the dormitory was scrubbed to a new look, several maids were surrounding the marble pillars in the corridor, scrubbing the dirt from them, the reliefs on the stone slabs on the walls were finally showing their original handwriting and patterns, the wooden floor of the hall was also covered with a layer of shiny wax, and the dormitory building was being cleaned.Of course, these rough jobs, those magicians in the dormitory disdain to do with their own hands.I saw Noah leaning on a stone pillar at this time, chatting leisurely with the dormitory administrator with his hands in his pockets, obviously the middle-aged administrator was in a good mood, he was wearing a black uniform, and said a few words to Noah with a smile, and when he saw me walking in from the door, he didn't say much, but looked at me, nodded to me slightly, and then walked back to the room belonging to the administrator.When Noah saw me, he greeted me and asked me curiously, "Hey, Jijia, you came back just in time, the dormitory is cleaning, why don't you let these attendants clean your room thoroughly." ”"Don't bother!
I can do it myself. ”I hesitated for a moment, then said to Noah.I looked at the young maids a little strangely, and wondered in my heart: is it possible that every time the academy organizes the cleaning of the dormitory, there will suddenly be so many maids to carry out a thorough cleaning, and it will take a long time to turn back, until the common area of the dormitory is full of garbage, will it be cleaned again?
So I asked Noah, "Does our college invite so many people to clean the dormitory building every time?"
”"What's the trouble, these maids are all temporarily transferred from my family's manor in the imperial capital, I can't stand the environment here, so I called all the maids in the manor, including female slaves, to clean up the sanitation here."
Noah came over to me and said with a smile, he and I walked upstairs shoulder to shoulder, and said to me as he went: "But I just heard from the administrator of our dormitory building, that is, before the start of school, this place will be a little more chaotic, and after the school starts, there will be a special servant to clean up the sanitation in the dormitory building, and when the time comes, we don't need to worry about it." ”Listening to Noah's words, I was also very speechless, and said that Noah, this guy, was really the son of an aristocratic family, and because of his excessive cleanliness, he asked all the attendants in the manor to be mobilized to the academy and thoroughly cleaned the entire dormitory building.As I spoke, I had already come to the door of my bedroom, and I opened the door and was just about to invite Noah to come in and sit down.I saw Noah quickly beckoning to the corridor, and the maids who were cleaning the walls in the corridor on the second floor were really secretly looking at Noah, and when they saw Noah's call, they quickly came over, saluted Noah, and then asked in a low voice: "Is there anything I can do for you?"
”"Well, clean up this room well, and be careful not to break the things on the test bench."
Noah didn't allow me to refuse, so he let the two maids into my room and began to clean the whole room.I followed Noah from downstairs to upstairs, only to find that the general appearance of these cleaning maids was very standard, and even some of the slave girls with collars around their necks were quite beautiful, and I had some doubts in my heart, and I guessed in my heart that Noah was the noble son of a noble family, and there was such a pomp.In my room, except for a few magic pens on the desk, there was a stack of palm-sized magic parchment casually thrown on the desk, and the rest was basically nothing, so I didn't worry about the two maids accidentally damaging anything in the room.Noah was about to drag me into his room, when the wooden door of the opposite room creaked open, and a young man dressed in a very orthodox black robe came out of it, looking a little immature with a very thick hair, he blinked his pale blue eyes, and said to Noah and me very kindly: "Hey, guys, would you like to come in and have a cup of freshly brewed lemon tea?"
My name is Dennis.
Blake, who is also a new student at the Academy of Magic this year, is a pleasure to meet you. ”"Hi there, Dennis, my name is Noah and his name is Giga.""
Hi Dennis, hello!"
For Dennis's warm invitation, Noah and I did not refuse, since we are both freshmen of the Royal Academy of Magic, then we will definitely take classes together in the future, Noah and I also want to know this new classmate, after all, it is also our new neighbor, in the next few years, if nothing else, life and study will almost have to be together.It seems that Dennis is also very easy-going, there is a small can of oil stove on the test bench, on which a round glassware is erected, the water in it has been boiling and tumbling, the hot gas is spewing out from the top along the conduit, I opened my mouth wide, I was surprised that I didn't know what to say, the first time I saw someone use alchemy utensils to make tea for themselves, it seems that Dennis is also a very individual magician.Seeing that Noah and I were open enough to swallow a whole egg, Dennis rubbed the back of his neck with his hand a little embarrassed, and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, I just came from Salta Province, I haven't prepared a tea set yet, I rummaged through the magic waist bag, and that's all I can find, but fortunately, I've tried the taste of these lemon teas, and it's still great, and I'll introduce myself again, I'm from Denis from Salta Province.
Black. ”"I'm Noah from Palestina, are you an alchemist?"
Noah leaned over to Dennis's desk and looked curiously at the bottles and cans on his desk.Dennis used the round beaker on the iron shelf to make two cups of hot tea for me and Noah, the fragrance of high-quality lemon slices suddenly came out, and it smelled very fragrant with a cup of tea, he looked very humble and said politely: "I am just very interested in alchemy, and I have not officially become an alchemist, and it is also my dream to become an alchemist." ”However, in my opinion, the magicians who can be among the Royal Academy of Magic are the best in each provincial magic school, and of course, it is inevitable that there are magicians like me who enter the Royal Academy of Magic with a letter of recommendation, but I think this is a minority after all."
I'm coming to the northern province of Sloit."
I reached for the cup and tasted Dennis's lemon tea, it tasted a little weird, there was a little salt added to it, and the tea was salty."
Ah, I heard that you often fight with foreigners there, is it true?"
When Dennis heard that I was coming from the province of Sloit, he asked me curiously."
Well, it's just that every winter, the savages of the ice and tundra cross the frozen Galloping Horse River to the south bank to hunt slaves.The situation has been much better in the past two years, the command of the North Wind Legion is concentrated in the hands of the Grand Duke of Jingyue, our heavy armored cavalry regiment will often patrol along the river bank, and battles are always unavoidable, and the war is a gamble on luck, either the heavy cavalry regiment surrounded and annihilated the barbarian squad, or the barbarian warriors took people to wrap the heavy armored cavalry regiment into dumplings, in short, we have a mortal enmity with the barbarians, and they are all endless battles. ”I explained to Dennis.Salta Province, which is adjacent to the mountains at the southern foot of the Pai Plateau and the vast barren mountains west of the Ziqing Mountains, probably won't have any wars, and it can be regarded as the hinterland of the Grimm Empire.Dennis looked envious and asked me curiously, "Jiga, have you ever seen those big guys, you know I'm talking about the barbarians of the Northlands." ”Dennis's question reminded me of the scenes of hunting barbarians in winter, so I said: "Of course, they are very burly, and the average adult barbarian can reach about four meters in height, and they are not afraid of the cold by nature, even in winter, they usually wear only a pair of hard leather shorts, and occasionally someone will wear a huge piece of armor made of a shield tied to his chest, and carry a large iron rod weighing hundreds of kilograms, and that kind of heavy weapon can easily smash a stone house when swung. ”I describe the signs of the barbarians.Noah on the side sighed: "I heard that those barbarians are born with brute strength, and they can easily lift thousands of pounds of heavy objects, it seems that these descriptions are not exaggerated at all, and when it comes to those heavy cavalry of the North Wind Legion in Sloitte Province, they can be regarded as the strongest marine regiment in the empire!"
”"I really want to stay in Sloit Province for a while, I heard that it is very good to accumulate military merits there, if it is in Salta Province, I am afraid there is no chance to be promoted to the knighthood!"
Dennis was clearly an aspiring magician, but his words indicated that he wanted to be promoted to a lord by virtue of his military merits, and that he was a magician from a commoner or a small aristocratic family.I smiled and said to him, "I think Sloit and the Legion of the North Wind welcome a good mage like you at all times, and we have at least five months of hunting in the winter, enough for you to hunt those barbarians in the harsh winter." ”Dennis's eyes lit up, and it was clear that he was very moved to hear me say this.There have always been very few magicians with Dennis's idea, and magicians are not very willing to join the army, because there are many precepts in the army, which restricts the freedom of mages to a great extent, and more magicians like to join some adventure groups, which is more free."
If you want to be promoted to Lord, you don't have to kill foreign invaders freely," Noah added.