2: Chapter 2 Guiding Wizard

After hearing the explanation from this Wizard Apprentice, Ross's eyes lit up.

He was just about to ask some questions regarding elemental affinity and wizard advancement.

The Wizard Apprentice directly said, "Alright, Junior, I know what you want to ask."

"Elemental affinity represents your ability to sense and absorb elemental force in the initial stage."

"However, it is said that various advantages or disadvantages cease to exist by the Official Wizard stage, or there are ways to compensate for them."

"That is a different level."

"I am just an ordinary Wizard Apprentice and do not know the specific knowledge in this aspect."

"You can explore the specific knowledge after you officially step into the wizarding field."

Ross hurriedly replied, "Thank you for the explanation, Senior."

Afterwards, the apprentice quickly poked Ross's finger with a syringe-like instrument.

The finger felt a slight prick, and then the instrument showed normal results, with no special bloodline and no abnormal phenomena.

Seeing this, the apprentice quickly registered Ross's information and handed Ross an information registration certificate and an admission report guide.

"Alright, everything is normal and meets the academy's admission requirements."

"Next, you just need to head to the freshman dormitory according to the guide's requirements."

"The academy will make separate announcements for subsequent arrangements."

Finished speaking, the apprentice signaled that Ross could leave on his own.

Ross nodded, thanked him again, and headed to the dormitory area according to the guide.

...

According to the instructions in the guide, the dormitories are divided into two parts: the free accommodation area and the paid residential area.

Naturally, Ross didn't have extra magic stones to live in the paid area.

So he came to the free dormitory area according to the guidance.

Even for the dormitory area provided free of charge by the academy, the paths were still clean and tidy.

Rows of wooden houses stood closely together, at least meeting the standard of individual independent occupancy.

It's just that this place was relatively far from the academy's core area, but its advantage was that it was free.

Ross chose an uninhabited wooden house and moved in.

After receiving the key in front of the wooden house, before Ross exchanged the key and left, no one else could choose to move into this house.

The wooden house is divided into two floors, with the entire upstairs part as a lounge and downstairs as a laboratory area.

The lounge contains standard set furniture and other facilities provided by the academy for admission.

Downstairs, called a laboratory, was actually just an empty room.

There was only a marble-crafted alchemy stone platform as a display.

Ross was very satisfied with the living environment. After cleaning up the wooden house, he took a brief rest.

Lying in bed at night, Ross was full of thoughts and couldn't calm down.

Looking at the night sky outside the window, he only felt that the stars were dotted everywhere, and the starry sky of the Wizard World was bright and dazzling, as if it was within reach.

...A sound sleep through the night.

Early in the morning, Ross woke up, washed up, and came to the academy cafeteria to dine according to the guidance.

The academy cafeteria is very large and is a place for academy students to dine.

It provides special delicacies and drinks from various planes, except that the prices are not cheap either.

The special food here not only provides a sense of fullness but also replenishes magic power.

Ross had just entered the academy and his mind and body had not completely relaxed yet.

Coupled with an empty purse, he appeared out of place after coming in.

Fortunately, the cafeteria staff quickly noticed Ross's embarrassment.

A middle-aged woman said to Ross, "Young Lord Wizard, you must be a newly enrolled student."

"Yes, I am a student who just enrolled yesterday," Ross looked at this madam and replied softly.

"If you don't mind, you can enjoy the free food at the end of the south corridor on the first floor of the cafeteria."

"That is a welfare set meal provided by the academy to students."

"It doesn't require spending extra magic stones, but it only provides the effect of filling the stomach."

"If you need food with special effects, you still need magic stones to buy it."

"Thank you for the reminder, madam," Ross replied politely.

"You are too polite, Lord Wizard. Then I wish you a pleasant meal."

Ross was starving when he woke up, and hurriedly came to the window on the south side of the cafeteria to order a free bread and milk set meal.

The bread here is fresh toast baked from fine flour made by mixing wheat with various quinoa.

The drink is a dairy product similar to milk, with a more delicate taste compared to milk.

After eating, Ross also had the strength to look at the various menus in the cafeteria.

Here there is coconut juice that replenishes magic power and accelerates magic power recovery.

There is also roasted meat of magical beasts containing magic power.

But these are all things Ross currently cannot afford, and Ross withdrew his covetous gaze.

He got up and headed to the freshman orientation ceremony site of Erlius Academy.

After arriving at the auditorium, Ross found an empty seat and sat down.

After most of the people had arrived, a young Official Wizard came to the stage in the auditorium and spoke:

"Good morning, students."

"My name is Ian, a rank-1 Official Wizard, and also your responsible mentor for this cohort."

"Welcome to Erlius Academy. The academy recruits a large number of students with Wizard Aptitude every spring and autumn."

"Compared to the wizard civilization of the barbaric era, this number is often beyond imagination."

"You are lucky to be born in such an era and able to grow up in a peaceful environment."

"But you are also unfortunate. Barbarism means grayness, where one can become stronger by any means possible."

"And in this era, the Wizard Civilization Council has abolished most bad habits."

"Therefore, some methods are restricted."

Some students whispered below, and some people seemed to know the so-called bad habits mentor Ian mentioned.

Ian didn't care about their discussion, just coughed lightly to signal the crowd below to quiet down.

"No matter how the times change, the only constant is that even if the admission threshold is relaxed, there are still quite a few people who find it difficult to step into the apprentice threshold."

"Or they merely linger at the Wizard Apprentice rank, unable to break through to the Official Wizard for a long time."

This young Official Wizard was obviously a professional lecturer sent by the academy to answer questions.

He didn't give people a strong, aloof sense of distance.

After finishing this piece of wizard history, he smiled and said:

"Of course, these are still far from you."

"You only need to know one thing."

"Before breaking through to the Official Wizard, you are all just apprentices."

"In the barbaric era, a Wizard Apprentice was the servant of an Official Wizard."

"An Official Wizard was only a vassal of a high-position wizard."

"If you cannot successfully break through to the Official Wizard within the time limit,"

"You will be eliminated and need to repay the academy's investment in you."

"If you repay it as an apprentice, you will have to work for at least fifteen years."

"Of course, if you break through to the Official Wizard, the academy will sign a new contract with you again."

"However, rest assured about this; between Official Wizards and the academy, it has always been mutually beneficial."

Ross clearly felt that many students under the podium were not particularly enthusiastic about Ian's explanation.

Without guessing, one knows that these histories are probably already commonplace in the Wizard World.

Ian looked at the sleepy crowd below, and had to hastily end his endless speech.

"Next is the Meditation Method provided by the academy to everyone."