When most people think of a mage, they think of the towering mage tower, the neat library, the wonderful automatic magic props, the elegant mage robe, the beard and reading glasses that represent wisdom.
But in fact, I have rarely seen many mages who can do the above points. No, I have never seen many mages who can only keep the room tidy.
In fact, most of the mage laboratories I have seen are in a mess, with mountains of messy books piled up, and unwashed experimental vessels exuding a nauseating smell. If they have not been cleaned for a long time, you will see demonized creatures and ooze.
Weird things like that are perfectly normal.
"Isn't there a broom that moves automatically and a puppet that automatically cleans the bookshelves?"
"If that thing is rechargeable, daily maintenance will require a lot of magic power, and it is also very expensive. If it uses disposable energy, plus the material cost, it will be even more expensive. Those things are just a facade for the country of mages in public.
It’s for private use and who knows.”
"But since you are a wise mage, it is not difficult to clean the room yourself. If it doesn't work, hire someone to clean it."
"There are many things that are very dangerous for laymen to touch, but I don't feel safe letting experts touch them, so I have to clean them myself? I can't wait to spend 26 hours out of 24 hours a day to do research, but I don't have time at all. So, I leave it to you.
, by the way, remember to go to the garden on the south side every day
Watering once, you don’t need to water it yourself, just go into the core area and open the valve... By the way. Find me a gardener when you have time. He went in three days ago and hasn’t come out. I don’t know if he ran away with his wages.
, Sure enough, there should be no advance payment of salary? This is already the dozens."
In a sense, the mage college back then was quite similar to today's academic institutions. Disciples studied with their tutors, which could be regarded as working and serving their tutors. Since it was not convenient for the tutors to hire outsiders to do chores, it was normal for their disciples to act as handymen.
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Back then, I was doing research with Senior Sister Emily as an apprentice, and I had no objection to being a handyman. However, my first assignment completely overturned my impression of the mage profession.
"Mage's robe? That thing is inconvenient to move around, so don't use it at home. Is it convenient to get magic materials? Haha. At my point, it's no longer necessary."
If the kind senior sister at that time just subverted my common sense at first, she was unexpectedly friendly to the people. However, the subsequent cleaning task of the laboratory almost killed me.
Don't expect that there will be any leaks about the beautiful tutor's love life, private portraits and welfare plots. I have accumulated two rooms of private servers and it is considered to be my death. And the task that gave me the biggest "surprise" turned out to be watering the plants in the garden.
water.
That daily task made me completely abandon the beautiful illusion of Amyra and finally see her true face.
Speaking of which, I'm afraid everyone understands.
At that time, Amyra had not yet ferociously planted the Seven Virtues in her backyard, but I had enjoyed the predatory piranha, the entanglement of the black forest magic vines, and played an exciting wild survival game and Resident Evil, if not for it
There were still two brushes back then, but they were probably hung up inexplicably like the previous gardener.
And my subsequent studies were mostly experiences like this. I finally understood why this well-known senior student was always in need of new apprentices...
Swinging my sword to kill the familiar deformed piranha, I roared from the bottom of my heart.
"Follow that guy to become an apprentice. Without the strength of a sword master, you can't survive at all."
"What are you shouting all of a sudden? I'm deaf."
Well, I accidentally shouted out the resentment deep in my heart. I can’t really blame me for the confusion back then. Maybe that guy didn’t have any ill intentions back then, but I, who had the strength of a sword master at that time, also wandered between life and death several times.
On the edge of the line, don’t blame her but who else to blame.
After thinking about it, I did a good deed by tricking her before leaving. At least there will be fewer victims in the future, such as those missing gardeners and apprentices.
"Oh, that's really an exaggeration."
The reason why I mentioned the past is just that the scene in front of me is so familiar. It is a forest overgrown with weeds. There are as many piranhas and weeds as there are weeds. The highly toxic floral fragrance fills the sky. Thirty meters tall.
The big mushrooms are actually swallowing each other, and the most outrageous thing is the pumpkin carriage being dragged around by the big mice. In short, this is an absolutely dangerous area where all kinds of dangerous plants roam freely.
Ever since I returned to Carol and heard that Amyra hadn't left, I started to make some guesses.
"There are other places that are more suitable for misbehavior than here. Without the country's supervisory committee and law-breaking investigators, all kinds of prohibited experiments can be tried."
Should I say it lived up to expectations? When she arrived at her temporary residence, she actually saw such a scene. Obviously, if she hadn't planned to write a hundreds of thousands of words of instructions on the experimental accident, she might have slipped up again.
"I suggest that we just go around. Since Amyra herself has not come out, she is probably trapped. If any of her 'virtues' lose control, it will be unbearable pain."
I immediately turned around and left without hesitation.
What? Are you worried about Amyla? Harmful people can live for thousands of years. If we use this as a standard, it is not difficult for Amyra to live for ten thousand years. For her, no matter how much she plays, she is just playing off for a while, waiting for herself.
Just deal with it clearly.
"Didn't you say you wanted to invite her to your birthday party? Anyway, she has been trying her best to help you recently. This is too unfriendly."
Damn cat...it seems like it's time to call her a dead loli. She grabbed the corner of my clothes and wouldn't let me go. Judging from her face, she seemed a little dissatisfied.
I have a headache. Ever since she was resurrected, Heloise has been a little too emotional. It seemed that she was more cute when she was still in the dead cat state. At least most of the time, she has no interest in things that have nothing to do with herself. Unlike now, she has simply become a
As a curious baby, my mood changes very quickly, and my sharp teeth change more and more smoothly. My head was accidentally injured.
"If you don't make me angry, I will bite you? Stop guessing, you didn't say it, your face is so obvious, who can't understand it? By the way, why do you suddenly want to hold a birthday party and invite guests everywhere?
Look, you don’t want to pay attention to anniversaries like birthdays.”
"In your eyes, I should probably keep a straight face. I am planning a conspiracy behind the scenes. Do I have any backup plans prepared? Then whatever I do, will it be a series of conspiracy?"
Okay, this fake loli actually dares to nod hard at me, just wait for my revenge. Hum, starting from next week, your breakfast, lunch and dinner will all be gone. You can either go to the wild with me to achieve the God of Cookery achievement, or you can
Give me the test product made by Amyra... It seems that if you choose the latter, you can still achieve that terrible God of Cookery achievement.
"Rose is dead. The big names on this list are crossed off first. You can be happy."
Heloise nodded slightly. On the list of hatred she gave me, this true elf god who once ranked among the top three was the target of her determination to take revenge.
"How can I say that you have life again..."
"If you advise me to give up revenge, don't even think about it. Even if I come back to life again, the grudges of the past can never be resolved!"
"Don't get excited...I'm not stupid enough to advise you to give up revenge. I just want to look forward and live a better life. There is no conflict with revenge."
Some words have been in my heart for a long time, and I hesitated a lot. But I finally said them out.
"Actually, I am the same, we are all haunted by the past. No, it should be said that we cannot let go. Over the years, the scene of the destruction of the royal city is always recalled in nightmares, which is unpleasant.
ah."
I paused, holding it in for so long that I didn’t even know how to express it.
"I won't tell you to let go of the past, let alone say nonsense like 'hate is meaningless', because this is just an insult to those of us who take revenge as our life goal. But just like Rose's death
It makes you feel much more relaxed. The Kingdom of Lan has been resurrected in another way, which is also a relief for me."
I was a little embarrassed to say this, but it seemed that it would be more embarrassing if I stopped, so I could only bite the bullet and continue.
"If you can't do it by forgetting the past, then let's look more at the future. Anyway, we are no longer lone Avengers. We can barely count as a family. If there are troubles, let others help.
.At least I am determined to pay attention to myself. Even if I fail in the end, I will seize the time in the future and enjoy more what I missed before."
Well, when I said this, I felt a little blushing.
"So, it's normal to find a few friends to hold a small birthday party. I knew they would make it so big."
"Eliza, don't they know your birthday?"
"Kelly must have forgotten, it happened hundreds of years ago, who still remembers it clearly. As for Eliza...we don't celebrate birthdays in Sulfur Mountain City. We have our own anniversaries, or
I invented it.”
"What happened then?"
"They are all dead. The day of death is a new beginning. We all celebrate 'death anniversaries'. I have a few more death anniversaries, so I just don't bother to celebrate them. It's normal for them not to know."
Hearing this, Heloise was speechless. She also said that she did not know how to enjoy life. When she was in Siro, she had never heard of the undead coming to commemorate the day of her death. To commemorate the day of her death, these undead from the Sulfur Mountain City were still here.
Really good at playing.
"Wait a minute, all the high-level undead in your legion died on the same day, so don't they all celebrate their death anniversary together?"
"Well, so that day is also called 'Destruction Day' by us. We will continue the grand celebration ceremony, have a parade throughout the city, and cause an uproar. And in order not to scare people, we will even put on ridiculous makeup. Sometimes
dress up as a traveling circus
Sometimes it is a stage play of an epic story, and sometimes it is simply performed naked, and there are also markets and float performances. Gradually, in the mouths of the living, it has become a strange memorial ceremony for the dead, and the signature tour of Sulfur Mountain City
Festival—Ghost Festival.”
Speaking of the past, it is inevitable that people will dwell in the memories of the past. When I fell into the corridor of memory, Heloise nodded thoughtfully.
"You really have a conspiracy, can't you tell it openly and openly?"
"Did you see it?"
"I heard what you said. It's so obvious, but I can't see it. I'm afraid your hounds probably already know it."
"Well, even if I don't say it, they will understand. In this era, now that the Lan Kingdom has been resurrected, it is too pitiful to still go to Ghost Festival and National Destruction Day celebrations. From now on, we will only
There is a 'Peace Day' celebration that represents victory and peace. Since I myself plan to get out of the shadow of the past and look forward more, I naturally hope that they will do the same."
"...You are really willful and selfish."
I shrugged, but did not deny it. I was still aware of this.
"The celebration ceremony is different every year, but I believe that now that my meaning has been expressed, my knights will never let me down. Best's rolling ball performance is the finale of every year. So
, here comes the question... Well, the beautiful Princess Heloise, are you willing to walk around the celebration with a selfish guy like me? It should be very enjoyable."
Bowing slightly and lifting up her skirt, the young golden princess performed an ancient court lady's ceremony with a pure smile.
"Of course. Dear Prince Roland, it is my honor to be your partner at the celebration." (To be continued...)
