While the freshmen were chatting among themselves, Nicholas stood aside and waited patiently.
As Zheng Qing guessed, he was not a senior student at First University.
But it cannot be denied that he is an old student of Jiuyou Academy.
Nicholas Green Oswall is a first-year student at First University's Jiuyou College. This is his third year at the school - he has already failed the final exam for freshman promotion twice.
Dean Yao of Jiuyou College had a frank conversation with him at the end of July.
"If you are still unable to progress further by the end of the third academic year, I'm afraid the school will re-evaluate your admission qualifications. This will not only affect your future wizarding career, but also Liz's future admission applications."
The scene during the conversation is still vivid in his mind, and Nicholas can even easily recall how many times Professor Yao smoked his pipe that day.
Because of this, he is full of fear for the upcoming new school year.
He is not worried that he will not be able to become a regular wizard, but is worried about his sister, Liz.
Nicholas was born in the northern part of the town of Beta, where magicians gather.
In the "Wizard Code", magicians are considered to be wizards with "restricted behavioral abilities". In other words, wizards recognize the magicians' status as wizards, but they have reservations about their spell-casting abilities.
Because the magician's ability is too weak.
Most magicians can only pull a little white rabbit out of an empty hat; or build a castle from a deck of playing cards; the most powerful one can only turn a bouquet of roses into a flock of little white doves.
For wizards, this ability is at the level of a preschooler.
Their weak abilities even make them incompetent for the work of wizard apprentices: the spirits of magicians are easily damaged in wizard laboratories, and their bodies cannot withstand the pressure of alchemy workshops.
All in all, there is no way for a magician to find a suitable job in the wizarding world.
No suitable job means no stable income.
It means the hardship of life.
Many magicians have tried to stay away from this kind of life. However, the qualities they have always expected to be recognized for have now become shackles that bind them.
The "Measures for the Management of Wizard Behavior" promulgated by the Wizards' Union has very strict restrictions on the secular life of wizards. It clearly stipulates that wizards are strictly prohibited from staying in Baiding society for a long time without permission, and wizards are strictly prohibited from engaging in Baiding profession or interacting with Baiding.
Society produces economic and other deeper exchanges.
As a result, these poor people could only survive in the reservation allocated for them by the Umbrella League.
The young and strong ones gritted their teeth and went into the dark forest, doing gathering work that ordinary wizards would disdain to do, and even served as bait for some evil hunting teams; the old and frail ones huddled in the corners of the streets, playing some little tricks, hoping that
I hope a kind person will drop a few coins.
To wizards, they are as disgusting as cockroaches.
The die-hard wizards believe that the existence of the magician reduces the mystery of the wizard and makes the distance between the wizard and Bai Ding appear less distant, which is a blasphemy against magic; in the view of the radical wizards, the magician is a failed evolver.
He even opposed the identification of magicians in the Wizarding Code.
So much so that now, calling any orthodox wizard a 'juggler' is just like calling a normal person an 'idiot' or 'retarded', which is a very serious offense.
Nicholas's mother, Mary Greene, was a magician.
It's just that she is a beautiful magician.
Whether it is the world of mortals or the world of wizards, whether in ancient times or now, beauty has always been an outstanding talent.
Perhaps God felt that the beauty he had given her was too generous, so he withdrew some of his gifts in other ways.
Such as her children.
Nicholas and Liz were certified as magicians shortly after they were born.
This is tantamount to sentencing them to a life of hard labor.
Mary is a brave woman, and she does not want her two children to repeat the tragic life of the magician.
So she broke into the werewolf's bonfire feast.
She succeeded.
Lizzie and Nicholas are gifted by the drunken King Oswall.
She also failed.
The crazed werewolf viciously hurt her during the dinner party.
When she staggered home, blood had stained her whole body red.
"Live well and take good care of your sister."
These were the last two words she said to Nicholas.
All her life, this woman could only do the little trick of turning a handful of thorns into a bouquet of lilies.
But this brave woman used her life to complete a great magic - allowing two children who were destined to be magicians to re-enter the wizarding society.
Nicholas felt his eyes were a little sore. He blinked and looked at the young newcomers in front of him.
Once upon a time, he also stood here, listening to the stories of his predecessors telling the story of this hall and this university.
Now, the seniors who told the story have graduated, and the friends who entered the school with him are also busy in the laboratory.
Only I am still wandering in the corridor on the first floor of the first hall, bearing the malice of the world, shamelessly praying to my former classmates for a credit reward.
Liz deserves a better future, she must go to First University.
For mother.
Nicholas murmured, his eyes firming up again.
"Let's continue." He clapped his hands, interrupting the lively discussion among the freshmen.
"The murals on the wall behind the corridor describe the history of wizards. Those magnificent scenes and majestic pictures are all traces of wizards' existence in this world."
Zheng Qing stared at a picture scroll in fascination.
In the painting, a wizard wields a staff and confronts a ferocious beast. The void behind them is dark, and they are surrounded by thunder, fire and lightning. Red magma is rolling under their feet, and the surrounding space is distorted in their field of vision.
The earth-shaking momentum seemed to break through the wall.
Nicholas stood in front of him, blocking his view.
He looked at the young people in front of him, recalled the warnings of his predecessors, and repeated those words to these newcomers:
"What you need to pay attention to is: don't be too obsessed with history. No matter how grand and great history is, it is time that has passed; and the future is at your feet. If you are obsessed with history, it is easy to lose yourself."
The eyes of the newlyweds are reluctant to leave these murals.
Nicholas nodded with satisfaction.
He turned around and introduced the first hall to the freshmen:
"There are a total of nine gates surrounding the entire hall on the first floor. One is the gate behind us, which leads to the outside world. Four of the remaining eight gates lead to the four colleges and four to the four research institutes.
"
"The four colleges are Jiuyou College, Alpha College, Atlas College, and Starry Sky College. Everyone should know it. The four research institutes are the Alchemy Research Institute, the Astronomy Research Institute, the Witch Medicine Research Institute, and the Divination Research Institute.
So, of course, there are places like the Astrology Tower and the Talisman Academy, which are also very famous research institutions. But those places are not open to lower grade students."
"Nine gates are in this hall, but there are countless gates in the four colleges and four research institutes. The secrets need to be explored slowly by yourself. Maybe there are a few gates in the teaching building. After passing through, you will directly appear in
In the center of the first hall; or on the section of wall you pass every day, there is a gate leading to Beta Town."
"But behind more doors is just a classroom."
"The lintel of each door has its own unique signs and symbols, or mottos. As long as you pay attention, you will not go wrong."
"Just like the gate of Jiuyou College's 'School', its lintel has six words symmetrically written on the left and right - Tian Xing Jian, Terrain Kun. Only by knowing the meaning of these six words can we cross the threshold and truly enter the school.
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This chapter has been completed!