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Chapter 23 The Witch's Notes

Lucien was so "simple" and "sincere" that Victor couldn't hold it back any longer and laughed so hard that tears were about to flow out. Others, including Rhine, Lott, and Phyllis, were all laughing very hard.

He was violent and unable to maintain his grace. Even the old gentleman Xavier shook his head and smiled. However, Anne, Colin and other students who had not yet studied music with Victor laughed with a hint of bitterness and jealousy.

Lucien looked at everyone's reactions in confusion. He probably understood that his lack of common sense had caused some joke. However, seeing that they were not surprised or confused, it probably wasn't too serious, so he asked aloud: "Mr. Victor?"

Victor coughed a few times, suppressed his smile, and looked at Lucien seriously: "I mean, Lucien, are you willing to study music with me? Although you are older, the path of music is

It depends more on talent, and even if you have average talent, if you study with me for a few years, you can become a qualified musician. You don’t have to worry about your future life. Musicians from Aalto are the ones that nobles from other countries like to invite."

Then he paused and added humorously: "Of course, tuition is free."

This made Lott, Rhine and others laugh again.

For Victor, his students are divided into three types. One is to study writing, and they are paid 5 silver per month. If they are favored by him and get permission, they can become the second type of students, students who study music with him.

, 10 silver Naels per month. Only those who show outstanding talent or talent when learning music can become his third type of student, a true disciple who can follow him in performances and take advantage of his connections and reputation.

Victor currently has only one such disciple, and he has become an outstanding musician.

Lot, Phyllis, and Herodotus all fall into the second category. If Lucien agrees, he will also be in the second category, but he will be exempted from the tuition fee of 10 silver nairs per month.

Although Victor teaches students, he earns about 7 quintals a year, which is equivalent to the best of the civilian class among non-businessmen, that is, the annual income of a qualified musician, such as Anne's father, the clerk of the Alto City Court.

The official's annual salary is only 15 gold talers, but most of Victor's income comes from performances invited by nobles and music associations in other countries. Normally, the salary is 100 gold talers a year, and this is the upper class society.

Here, people who do not have their own manors and do not know how to do business can achieve a higher level.

Therefore, even if Victor turned down all the invitations in the past year and was unable to make ends meet, there was still no problem in waiving Lucien's tuition.

Lucien didn't expect that Victor's thanks would actually mean accepting him as a music student. For a moment, he hesitated a little, but soon, Lucien thought of the contents of the witch's notes and that he wanted to repay Uncle Joel.

The thoughts of the family, secretly thinking in their hearts:

"I don't know yet where is a good place to learn magic. I'm afraid I will have to continue living in Alto for a long time. After all, this is the largest and most prosperous place in the west, closest to the Dark Mountains, and the most diverse people in private.

In the city, it is much more convenient to find magic materials and inquire about information. In this case, it is a good choice to disguise the identity of a magician as a music student or musician and earn the necessary money. This is a good choice in Alto.

A very respectable profession.”

Since he planned to start learning magic in Alto, Lucien didn't want to make money using the various inventions and creation materials in the library, because this would easily attract the attention of the church. Once he found a place and country where he could learn magic safely, he would

It's not too late to do so.

The thoughts in his mind were quickly sorted out, and Lucien showed a sincere smile: "Thank you, Mr. Victor, I hope you can teach me beautiful and elegant music."

Victor nodded with satisfaction: "Lucien, your simplicity, diligence, seriousness and intelligence are something I have rarely seen before. I hope you can achieve certain achievements in your music career in the future."

After saying this, even if Lucien was officially allowed to study music with him, Anne, Colin and others suddenly became a little disappointed and unhappy.

"I'm really not naive." Lucien couldn't help but retort in his heart. He just didn't have common sense. At the same time, he felt that the eyes of Colin, Renee and others were quite complicated.

Victor called Ace in, returned Lucien's five silver coins to him, then invited Rhine and Xavier to the study, thanked him privately, and asked Lotto, Phyllis, and Herodotus to stay with him.

Come down and practice in the piano room, and then continue to modify the harpsichord.

Since Lucien had no musical foundation, after borrowing the "Common Language Dictionary", he left the hall and prepared to go home.

"Hello, Lucien." Renee, with brown hair and blue eyes, small and slender features, suddenly caught up from behind, showing a sunny smile, "I am Renee, Renee Weisz, you are really good at learning words and languages."

Very talented.”

Lucien was busy going back to look up the dictionary to fully interpret the witch's notes. He was not in the mood to talk to Renee: "Hello, Renee, I left late today. I have something urgent to do. I will chat with you another day. I'm sorry.

I'm in a hurry."

"What a coincidence. You can go about your business, Lucien. Goodbye." Renee's smile faltered, but it quickly recovered, full of understanding and consideration.

At this time, Anne and the aristocratic male student Simak passed by Lucien on the other side, snorted lightly, and then walked out of the gate without looking at them, maintaining an elegant pace.

Behind them and Lucien, Renee's smile solidified. She didn't expect that she just wanted to establish a normal personal friendship with Lucien, but she actually made Anne dissatisfied. The past few days of deliberately approaching and trying to please were completely wasted.

Colin and David glanced at Renee with a sneer on their faces, then looked deeply at Lucien's back and shook their heads, wondering why they were not so lucky.

…………

When he returned to his hut in the Aderjan District, it was only after five o'clock in the afternoon, and Alto was still bright in the hot summer. Lucien found an excuse to study hard, told Aunt Alisa not to go to her house for dinner in the evening, and then he

I baked a loaf of black bread to satisfy my hunger. As for the good news of exempting tuition fees and returning all eight silver coins to Aunt Alisa, I postponed telling their family until tomorrow.

At this time, for Lucien, there is nothing more important than interpreting the witch's notes and learning magic!

After eating the black bread, Lucien locked the repaired wooden door, laid out paper and quills, and pretended to study, then opened the soul library and quickly included the dictionary in it.

After doing this, Lucien opened the witch's magic notebook, compared it with the dictionary, and began to interpret it carefully.

With the experience and accumulation of the previous few days, at about ten o'clock in the evening, Lucien had deciphered all the contents of the magic notebook except the last few pages, and he breathed a long sigh of relief:

"It seems that the witch didn't learn much about the ancient Sylvanus script, so her magic notes are very detailed, and some even copy the notes of family ancestors. I can completely learn magic according to her records, but her magic notes

It only ends with how to become an official magician. I still need to find another way later, or learn the ancient Sylvanus text from the magic notes and decipher the "Book of Astrology and Elements"."

Regardless of what happens after becoming an official magician, Lucien can now completely start learning magic.

According to the records of witches, in the ancient magic empire, magic was recognized as the mysterious changes of the four basic elements of earth, fire, wind, and water under the influence of spiritual power. Later, light, darkness, soul, etc. were added, and the ability to escape from hell

, the abyss or other alien spaces summon monsters, so magic is divided into eight factions: elemental system, astrological system, necromancy system, illusion system, summoning system, force field system, transformation system, and alchemical system, and "Astrology and Elements"

The Book of Magic is a magic book mainly based on the elemental system and the star system, with a small amount of magic from other factions mixed in.

Before becoming a formal magician, you cannot learn one level of magic. You can only learn informal magic, which is called a magic apprentice.

The spell structure of informal magic is very simple. In Lucien's opinion, it is just a clear rune composed of standard geometric patterns at the junior high school level, simpler than a six-pointed star. It is then composed by reciting its pronunciation and using mental power to stimulate the corresponding magic materials.

The runes can be cast.

According to the standard of mental power, that is, from full to dry mental power, the number of informal magic that can be used at one time, magic apprentices are divided into three levels: apprentice, formal, and advanced, which are five, ten, and twenty respectively.

After you have tempered your mental power and soul to a certain limit through meditation, you can use potions to construct a magic imprint model in your soul.

Those who can successfully construct one will become an official magician, and the casting of this spell will not require the cooperation of incantations, casting materials, and gestures. It only depends on whether the mental power is exhausted and whether it is still in the buffer period of the previous magic.

After reading this, Lucien suppressed his eagerness to try and continued to read the last few pages, intending to read them completely first.

"I met another magician today. I actually met other magicians in Alto! He looks very different from the reclusive magicians. It's very weird."

After deciphering a page, Lucien suddenly deciphered this important piece of content. There really are other magicians in Alto!

Suddenly, Lucien became energetic and continued to interpret:

"I found a strange red-eyed mouse in the sewer. It smells like magic. I don't know where it came from. I searched for it for a long time but couldn't find it."

"After experiments, this kind of red-eyed mouse reproduces extremely fast, has poisonous blood, is slightly hallucinogenic and paralyzed."

"With the help of Lapland Blood Vine, the effect is unexpectedly good. The magic trap I envisioned can finally be set up."

"Who raised them?"

Seeing this, Lucien couldn't help but glance at the ground. If the red-eyed mice are not magical creatures cultivated by the witch, who do they belong to? Are there other dangers in the sewer?

So Lucien quickly continued to interpret:

"I met the magician again. His views on magic are so unique, his knowledge is very profound, and he has a fascinating charm."

"However, he actually said that ancient magic, except for many powerful and weird spells that can be referenced and used, is completely outdated and is an ignorant and instinctive exploration. How is that possible?!"

"He showed me a magic book he collected. It was not thick and was called a journal. This magic book was called "Arcane". According to his explanation, "Arcane" represents the origin and origin of the world.

The knowledge of the laws of operation, arcana means the essence and principles of magic, which is very interesting."

"This book "Arcana" was the first issue published more than three hundred years ago. On the first page there is an article by a great arcanist, which is a speech he gave at a magic conference."

"Judging from his expression, he has great respect for the great arcanist, even to the point of worship."

"I read this article carefully, and I felt a trembling feeling all over my body. I didn't even know how I got home. My mind was in a mess. I want to record it. Why have I never thought about this?"

These lines of text were the same as most of the text on the last page. The letters were large and small, undulating, messy and trembling. It seemed that the owner was in a very excited mood. Lucien read it doubtfully, wanting to read

Look at the article that kept the witch from calming down for so long:

"Gentlemen and ladies, many years ago, our respected ancestors of mankind learned how to use spiritual power from dragons, elves, giants, demons, devils and various magical creatures, and then analyzed them

With their body structure and blood characteristics, they gradually integrated their blood, transformed their bodies, invented many meditation methods to enhance their mental power, and created various magics by referring to the magic pattern structures inside and outside their bodies.

Gained powerful power, drove the devil back to the abyss, kicked the devil back to hell, and made the dragons, elves, and giants either retreat to remote and uninhabited mountains, wilderness and alien spaces, or surrender at our feet.

"

"The glorious victory made the ancient legendary magicians pursue power even more persistently, going to the abyss, to hell, and to various alien spaces to conquer, until the Cult of Truth grew stronger and the three major magic empires were destroyed in just a few hundred years.

The glory of the past has turned into the bitterness, confusion and despair of today."

"Dear gentlemen and ladies, it's time to be quiet. Don't be fooled by power. It's time to calm down and think about some issues. We need to figure it out:"

"What exactly is the nature of magic?"

"Why do living things have psychic powers?"

"What is the nature of spiritual power?"

"In what form does it exist?"

"Are earth, fire, wind, and water the basic elements? If so, in what form and under what rules do they constitute this wonderful world? If not, what are they? What magic elements should there be?"

"What is the nature of the soul?"

"Are soul and consciousness different? If different, in what form does consciousness exist?"

“Do we need ‘tools’ to elaborate and help model magic?”

"Does God exist? If so, what is His nature and form of existence? What is the form of existence of Aitna, the ancestor of vampires, and why can she not die?"

"Why do we have the sun and the silver moon in this world? Why do they rise and set every day? What force keeps them running this way? If we ask more about the seemingly normal things in the material world, we will find out why.

We still don’t understand the truth. Are these principles, laws and knowledge related to magic, can they be combined with magic, and can they help us explore the nature of the magic world?"

"Your dear friend, Douglas."

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