On the edge of the roof of the three-story apartment building of the Yerkes family stands a row of humanoid stone carvings, which are male and female warriors of various races, including many professions, including shield warriors, knights, swordsmen, assassins, archers, rangers, etc., and the races also include humans, elves, dwarves, orcs, etc.These statues look lifelike from a distance, but if you look closely, you will find that each of the stone figures has no eyes, and the limestone statues have begun to corrode by the rain.There is a low wall between the stone carvings, and some colorful triangular buntings are tied to the low wall, and the wind passes from the top of the building, and those palm-sized colored flags will fly with the wind.Many buildings in the imperial capital will be decorated with exquisite statues, and some aristocratic houses will even paint those stone carvings with gold, or directly build them with copper, and the metal statues are even more vivid.The original owner of this apartment of the Yerkes scholar was just a declining aristocratic viscount, when his father was alive, their life in the imperial capital could still maintain the most basic decency, but in his generation, although he inherited his father's title, but he did not awaken the magic pool, and was unwilling to enter the warrior academy to study, and finally tried to do some small business, but all ended in failure, in desperation, this down-and-out young viscount could only say that this apartment was sold, and returned to the countryside with his wife and children.The Yerkes scholar bought this apartment, which at first looked very luxurious, with three living rooms and five servants' lounges on the first floor, the kitchen and dining room connected together, even if dozens of people ate in the dining room at the same time, the second floor was eight guest rooms and a recreation room, the third floor was an open master bedroom, and there was a very wide terrace on the roof, which was also a very good choice for sitting on the terrace on the roof on summer evenings.At this moment, the Jerkes scholar was sitting on a low wall, with a bottle of golden cider beside him, which seemed to have been half-drunk by him.Next to him was a humanoid stone sculpture of a human warrior, with the same proportions as ordinary people, a demonic pattern construction cuirass of the snake's fangs, draped on this warrior stone sculpture, which looked like a knight in armor standing beside him, and another demonic pattern construction cuirass emitted a pale blue magical glow, as if I had drawn the Gathering Magic Pattern Pattern Construct in the Yerkes Scholars' Laboratory last week.I never thought that the Yerkis scholar who has always been extremely powerful in his heart would actually be autistic, originally thought that he had been attending the ball of the nobles recently, the salon on the theme of magic held by the magicians, but he didn't expect him to sit on his roof and drink alcohol, no wonder he looked drunk every time he saw him.Bruce stepped onto the terrace of the roof, and Eve stood at the door of the roof with a worried look on her face, and whispered to me, "Giga, you can persuade him!"
”I nodded, then asked Eve, "How did he do this?"
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Eve shook her head, but stopped talking.I asked her again, "How long has he been like this?"
”Eve lived a pampered life for a few months, her round face became very good, her blue-gray eyes also showed a kind of brightness, she wore a silk dress, her exposed skin was white and red, and she wore a pearl necklace the size of a pigeon's egg around her neck, which reflected her crystal white skin.She racked her brains to recall, and said with some uncertainty: "It's been about a week, I remember that when he came back that day, he brought back the blue leather armor, and then he sat on the chair talking and smirking to himself, and drank a lot of wine that day" Seeing Eve's eyes full of worry, I comforted her: "Don't worry, Eve, he just can't think about it, this is to open the knot, and the original Jerkis will come back." ”Seeing me say this, Eve's melancholy face smiled a little, and said to me, "I'll go and prepare some refreshments, and I'll come when I go." ”The crimson sky was covered with fish-scale clouds, and the sunset had completely sunk into the mountains, indicating that the colors in the sky had not yet dissipated.If it is an airport town, you can still see the slanting sun hidden in the clouds on the horizon at this time.In the evening of the imperial capital, the red sky, surrounding the Majaro Mountains around the city, had turned into a gray shadow, and the buildings in the entire city seemed to be immersed in a faint light mist.Vice Dean Bruce held the statue with one hand, standing behind the Yerkis scholars, neither of them spoke, their eyes fell on the street scene in the distance at the same time, in the bustling crowd of people on the street, everyone seemed busy, obviously with a beautiful sunset and street scene, but in this bustling street, few people stopped to admire.Life in the imperial capital is fast-paced, and people are busy running for a better life, but they often forget what kind of life is a good life.Vice Dean Bruce glanced at me, and then said to Yerkes, "Remember when you first came to the imperial capital?
A man with a magic puppet, in the place where the emperor has no foothold, sat in the tavern for the first night.
Night, when you were waiting outside the Magic Guild, did you ever think that you would have such a gorgeous apartment in the Imperial Capital?
”The Yerkes scholar remained silent, and after a moment, he said with a depressed expression: "At that time, I felt that I could rent a room where I could live in the imperial capital, and I could find a job that solved the problem of three meals a day, as long as I could stay in the imperial capital and sit in the library that the Magic Guild opened to all magicians for free every day, I was already very satisfied." ”It doesn't look like the Yerkes scholar is that bad, at least he's willing to talk to us.Vice Dean Bruce continued, "Since then, your path to magic has been smooth sailing, and that magic golem has been unanimously approved by the judges of the Magic Guild for your magic article about Heart of Rock.
The treatise gave the greatest affirmation, your identity changed a little, you became a magician, and the treatise was published in the Imperial Capital Magic Newspaper. ”I don't know much about the past of the Yerkis scholar in the imperial capital, and I didn't expect that when he first came to the imperial capital, he also suffered a lot.Vice Dean Bruce said: "Then you got a very good job in the Academy of Magic, becoming a designer in the Academy, and for the next few months, you have been working diligently in the Department of Magic to design the Magic Pattern Structure, and designed the Earth Shield Magic Pattern Construct Breastplate with a very unique entry point, and it is this Earth Shield Magic Pattern Construct that gives you a foothold in the Magic Research Institute." ”I know that this job was introduced to the Yerkes Scholar by Vice Dean Bruce, and in the first place, Vice Dean Bruce was also under a lot of pressure in order to allow the Yerkis Scholar to enter the Academy of Magic, but fortunately, the Yerkis Scholar proved himself.Vice Dean Bruce said: "But because you can't draw the magic pattern circle, you can't make the magic pattern construction yourself, so you need an assistant who is good at drawing the magic pattern array, this condition itself is already very harsh, no one thought that you are more demanding for magic assistants, and you have zero tolerance for the success rate of these magic assistants to draw magic pattern circles, so in two years, you have changed no less than twenty magic assistants." ”Vice Dean Bruce said, "It wasn't until this kid who came from the north to find you appeared in front of you that I didn't know that you weren't choosing a magical assistant all along, you had been waiting for this kid with extraordinary magical talents, Jiga." ”I never knew that in the eyes of Vice Dean Bruce, I was a child with extraordinary magical talents.Vice Dean Bruce set his eyes on me, and I walked up and sat side by side with the Yerkes scholar on the low wall of the roof, the Yerkes scholar's vacant eyes moving slightly.I saw the trembling hand of the scholar of Yerkis touch the bottle again, and I handed it to him, and watched him take a long sip of golden cider, the golden stains of wine running down the corners of his mouth, and he wiped his mouth with his sleeve.Vice Dean Bruce asked the Yerkes Scholar, "In El City, you should know that he is a magical apprentice like no other?"
”The Yerkes scholar also did not hide it, and directly admitted: "Well, he has an unparalleled talent in drawing the magic pattern array, his hands are very steady, and he rarely makes mistakes in drawing the magic pattern circle. ”Vice Dean Bruce then asked, "So you've been trying to convince Jijia to come to the imperial capital?"
”The Yerkis scholar did not deny it, but said: "This is the bigger stage for Jijia, and only in the imperial capital can he become an excellent inscription master." ”"So, he came to the imperial capital at your invitation?"
Vice Dean Bruce continued to ask.Unexpectedly, the Yerkis scholar shook his head and said to him: "No, Jijia did not accept my invitation, he was just recommended by her mentor to come to the Royal Academy of Magic to study, and by the way, he went to the Academy of Magic to help me." ”Vice Dean Bruce said: "When Jijia arrived in the imperial capital, you and Jijia worked together to complete the harsh magic pattern construction order, and then designed the Demon Snake Fang Demon Pattern Structure, until now, those masters have not been able to crack the composition of the Demon Snake Fang Demon Pattern Set, this primary magic pattern construction completely overturned the status of the primary agility magic pattern construction in the hearts of swordsmen, assassins, rangers, and archers, and became the first choice for the primary agility magic pattern construction. ”Scholar Yerkes snorted coldly: "As long as we don't disclose the drawings and give them another ten years, they won't be able to guess the secrets inside the Demon Serpent's Fang Structure." ”Scholar Yerkis is right, the accompanying magic pattern on the tooth of the demon snake can be said to have subverted the cognition of the magicians, and it is not easy for those masters in the imperial capital to crack the design of the tooth of the demon snake.It seemed that the old memories were recalled by Vice Dean Bruce, as if a window had been opened in the heart of the Yerkes scholar, and the eyes of the Yerkes scholar regained a trace of light, which was the glory brought to him by the Demon Serpent's Fang Demon Pattern Structure.Then, Vice Dean Bruce said, "I've heard that you've been admired by some noble lords lately as a master of primary construction design, so you're a little flustered occasionally, have you long forgotten what your original intention was?"
”Vice Dean Bruce's last words were loud, and suddenly the confused Yerkes scholar sobered up, and he said in a daze: "My original intention?
”Vice Dean Bruce asked the Yerkes Scholar, "What is the life you are pursuing?"
”The Yerkes scholar thought for a moment before he said, "Be a well-known designer and design some useful magic pattern constructs!"
”Vice Dean Bruce said, "So, you should think carefully about what kind of life you want, and don't be blinded by the glitz and illusion in front of you." ”After Dean Bruce said this, he walked away without looking back, I couldn't even see how he left, only me and the Yerkes scholar were left on the roof, I sighed slightly, and said to him, "I'm sorry, maybe it's me who got you into trouble." ”The Yerkes scholar shook his head slightly, and said to me calmly: "No, it's not your reason, I really seem to have forgotten the purpose of my original visit to the imperial capital, as Bruce said. ”Then Eve came up from behind, carrying a plate of refreshments and two glasses, and I poured the remaining half of the bottle of golden cider into the two glasses, and we clinked glasses in tacit agreement, took a sip of golden cider, and then fell silent again."
It's really a little angry to think about!"
Yerkis thumped his hand to his chest, and finally let out a long roar, calling out all the resentment he had stored in his heart.I asked him, "What's wrong?"
”Scholar Yerkis took the Wind Snakeskin Armor Demonic Pattern Construct that emitted a pale blue magical glow in his hand and asked me, "How did you do that Demonic Pattern?"
”I smiled and told him, "Actually, I learned it from a book, would you like to read it?"
”"Forget it, I still don't look at it."
The Yerkes scholar forcibly swallowed a mouthful of spit, hesitated again and again, and finally refused to speak.Scholar Yerkes asked me again, "What's the name of that magic pattern?"
”I said to him, "Actually, I don't know what it's really called!"
”The two of us sat on the roof of the building, slowly welcoming the night."
It's like the first magic pattern, I didn't even know what it did at first, and the second one was the same, and then I learned in the laboratory that its biggest function is to restore mana, I called it the Gathering Magic Pattern."
I'll say it again.Scholar Yerkis smiled and said, "The Gathering Magic Pattern is appropriate. ”I pursed my lips, looked at him with squinted eyes, and said to him, "Is it just for this little thing that you sit here alone and drink alcohol?"
”Scholar Yerkis looked at me with round eyes, "How can this be a trivial matter, you shouldn't have been able to use this accompanying magic pattern until now, right?"
”"Yes, I don't know enough about it, and I've been busy drawing the fangs of the demon snake lately, isn't it just gathering mana?
What's the big deal. ”I said to the Yerkes scholars."
The Yerkes scholar gradually became more and more talkative, and the two of us sat on the roof of the building and talked for a long time, and drank a lot of wine.Eve had been standing behind the two of us, bringing us a few exquisite appetizers.I also didn't expect that this time the Autistic Heart Knot of the Yerkis Scholar was really about this Gathering Magic Pattern, and he couldn't accept it for a while that I had drawn such a companion magic pattern one after another, and I was struck by it.He felt that the talent he had always been proud of was nothing to mention in front of my companion Demonic Emblem, but now that Bruce had enlightened him, Yerkis had finally figured it out.