Three days later, Allen finally got up from his bed in the campus hospital and returned to his dormitory.
Now his body has almost recovered. The empty world of consciousness has filled him with an unprecedented desire for magic.
As soon as he opened the dormitory door, he heard Jeffrey shouting loudly from inside:
"Alan, look! How many pigeon poops have I cleaned up for you during your absence?"
"Pigeon poop?" Allen was a little confused.
However, he soon noticed that there was a thick pile of letters on his desk, and the pigeon droppings were probably left by the carrier pigeons who delivered the letters to him.
"Well...thank you for your hard work." Allen patted Jeffrey on the shoulder.
Jeffrey smiled stiffly, his pupils full of frustration.
Not long ago, he could pat Allen on the shoulder and confidently say something like "I will protect you from now on."
However, just a few days later, he felt that he was already far behind Allen and could not catch up.
"We agreed to be at the bottom together, but you gave me a big surprise," Jeffrey complained angrily in his heart, "Alan, you damn traitor!"
But Allen knew nothing about the resentment in Jeffrey's heart.
He sat at the desk and began to read the thick pile of letters.
"A letter of invitation for "Magic Annual"?" Allen frowned slightly, "My paper was approved so quickly?"
This incident far exceeded his expectations.
He thought that as an inconspicuous magic apprentice, his manuscript would be shelved in the Mage Tower for a long time.
However, the unexpected things obviously don't stop there.
When he opened the envelopes on the table one by one, he was surprised to find that in addition to the "Magic Annual", there were also a series of authoritative publications such as "Psychic Magic", "Prying into Secrets", and "World Truth", all of which were sent to
He wrote a letter of appointment.
The editors of these publications sincerely invited him to publish "On the Possibility of Mental Power Substituting Magic Power with the Illumination Spell Model as an Example" in their publications, and told Allen that they were willing to provide generous remuneration and
Share royalties with Allen.
"It's really unexpected...my apprentice-level paper has become a hot commodity!" A complicated smile appeared on Allen's face.
He shook his head slightly and put the pile of invitation letters aside.
The reply from Mage Tower was at the bottom. For Allen, this is the most important thing.
He was very curious about how Mage Tower would evaluate him.
"...A breakthrough research result that cannot be ignored...Using unconventional ideas to solve the problem of magic apprentices being unable to use extraordinary power, its influence on the entire kingdom is self-evident...
“Academic value rating: five stars…
"In addition, dear Mr. York, in the name of the Wizard's Tower, we strongly recommend that you explore this topic more deeply, because its significance is beyond your imagination and is enough to open up a new field in the magical world.
"May you have smooth sailing on the road to truth!"
Allen took a deep breath, folded the letter again, and stuffed it into the drawer. It must be said that the evaluation given to him by Mage Tower far exceeded his imagination.
He thought that using mental power to replace magic power was just a little trick he played in private, and it would never reach the level of elegance. But he never thought that his accidental inspiration would have the potential to change the world!
"Sure enough, the truth is always hidden in the trivial things!"
However, Allen was still a little disappointed with Mage Tower's reply.
Because when he went through all the letters, he did not find the admission notice from the Mage Tower or the recommendation letter from an authoritative mage.
That's what he really wants.
"The Mage Tower is so stingy," Allen couldn't help but murmur in his heart. "The evaluation is quite high, but it doesn't even have any substantial benefits! It's really chilling!"
After much thought, Allen finally decided to submit the manuscript to "Peeping Secrets" magazine.
The reason why he did not choose the most authoritative and oldest "Magic Annual" is because "Magic Annual" only publishes one issue every year, so his paper will have to wait until the end of this year to be published.
The journal "Peeping Secrets" is famous for its high efficiency and frequent publication, usually one issue per week.
"I have to attract the attention of the higher-ups of Mage Tower as soon as possible," Allen thought to himself. "Only in this way can we have a better chance of winning in the enrollment process of Mage Tower."
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A few days later, big news came out of the Mage Tower.
In the latest issue of "Peeping Secrets" magazine, there is an article with a five-star rating!
Everyone was shocked by this.
You know, even in a place with a strong academic atmosphere like Master Tower, papers with five-star ratings are extremely rare.
What it requires is not only "clear organization" or "remarkable results", but also must have a profound influence on the field of magic and require "breakthrough" and "revolutionary" research results.
The last paper that received a five-star rating was "The Mathematical Model of Astrology" by Mr. Merlins. He used the law of gravity to interpret the trajectory of the stars with mathematical formulas. Since then, the mysterious astrology and
Divination has also been incorporated into the computable magic model system.
That was five years ago.
People always like to care about rare news.
Because of this, Allen's paper attracted widespread attention from the entire magical world as soon as it was published.
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Sam Wall is an ordinary magic apprentice.
He has average looks, average family background, and average qualifications. Among the crowd, almost no one would give him a second glance.
Three years ago, with a little bit of luck, he defeated his inferior competitors during the external recruitment process of the Mage Tower and became an ordinary student of the Mage Tower.
At that time, he was full of confidence and high-spirited, thinking that he could skyrocket to success.
After all, in the Braden Kingdom, magicians have a lofty identity and status.
Becoming a magician not only means that he can exert various supernatural abilities, but also can enter the upper class society that everyone yearns for, and have enough funds and a life without worries about food and clothing.
At least, he could have enough gold pounds to rent his mother an apartment with a balcony and a bathroom in the center of the kingdom's capital.
That was my mother's dream all along. She kept talking to Sam Wall's ears day and night, telling it over and over again, never getting tired of it.
But fate dealt Sam Wall a blow in the head.
Like most people, his magical talent allows him to become a magic apprentice, but it can only stop there.
Although there is only a few words difference between a magic apprentice and a formal magician, their status and treatment are completely different:
The magicians control the wind and rain, and the princes and nobles treat them with courtesy.
There are many magic apprentices, but because they cannot use magic, their status is not much higher than that of ordinary people, and they have always been in a rather embarrassing position in society.
In this way, Sam Wall's hope was quietly extinguished. He felt that he was worthless and had failed his mother's expectations of him.
What he did every day was to stay in the wine cellar next to the mage tower, use the meager living allowance from the mage tower to buy beer, and then get himself drunk, trying to escape reality.
As time passed, he became fat, bald, and slovenly.
I'm afraid that even if the mother stands by his side, she may not be willing to recognize this son.
This kind of drunken life, day after day, year after year.
until today
"Bang!"
His drinking buddy kicked open the wine cellar door and slammed a journal in front of him.
"Fat man, did you know? A brand new magic spell was published in "Peeping Secrets", which is said to be able to replace magic power with spiritual power!
"Oh, God damn it, my old man, why are you still standing there? Do you know what this means?
"This means that magic apprentices like us can also use the superpowers of magicians!"
But Samwell has long been accustomed to the cruel blows of real life, accustomed to the painful experience of igniting hope again and again, only to be ruthlessly extinguished by fate.
He burped, kicked open the "Secrets" magazine in front of him, then picked up another can of beer and poured it into his mouth.
"Stop dreaming, brother," he said drunkenly, "such a good thing does not exist. You must not be deceived."
"But"
"It's nothing. If there really is such a spell in the world, then I will eat this wine jar!"
Chapter completed!