"What kind of spell is this?" Claude asked, looking at the dazzling white ball of light on the ceiling. This small ball of light was really like an energy-saving light bulb in the previous life. Now the entire hall was illuminated by this small ball of light.
I just don’t know how long this little ball of light can last. If it lasts a long time, it would be really good to learn to use it as lighting at night...
"Pearl of Light." Your Lady replied: "Actually, this is just the Light Technique that evolved from the combination of Light Technique and Illumination Technique. It was called the Autumn of Light at first, but later Sterling VI thought the name was not good-sounding.
Changed to Pearl of Light."
Claude was a little confused, what are you talking about? Sterling VI changed the name of the spell because he disliked the name? Didn’t it mean that all the kingdoms in the continent were very taboo on magic? They would fight to death when they saw a magician, why?
The king of the kingdom is involved in magic, and judging from your serious way of describing it, it seems to be normal... What is going on? Is the magic taboo you know just a lie?
Seeing Claude's confused expression, the lady finally laughed: "Put down your guard and put away your thoughts of murder and silence. Young man, I forgot that this is the southwest.
It’s a remote corner of the kingdom, not the royal capital, so I opened my mouth to reveal your identity as a mage. I’m very sorry for this. For you, hiding your identity as a mage is normal, and it makes you want to kill someone.
It’s indeed my fault…”
"You mean, it's okay to reveal your identity as a mage in the royal capital?" Claude heard the subtext of the lady's words.
The lady shook her head: "It's not what you think, young man. In fact, our kingdom, like all countries on the mainland, strictly prohibits magic. But this is only an open attitude. In private, the mainland
Every country has secret departments that research and learn magic, and our kingdom is no exception. In the royal capital, if children with magical talents are found, the kingdom will have a special department to organize them to learn magic."
"Can we still learn magic openly?" Claude asked.
"It's not public. These children who go to learn magic just join a special department of the kingdom. Even if they learn magic and become official magicians, they have to serve the kingdom." The lady looked at Claude and said seriously: "Actually, you
You did nothing wrong by wanting to kill someone just now, because the kingdom prohibits wild mages like you and evil magicians from Shigros Island. If you expose your identity, you will indeed be wanted and hunted by the kingdom..."
"It turns out that I am a wild mage..." Claude was speechless. He dared to bear the label of such a wild mage on his body: "I understand, madam, it turns out that the kingdom wants to control those magicians under their control.
, and magicians like me who are not under their control are prohibited by them. Then Madam, can you tell me, why are you sure that I am a wild mage and not an evil magician from Shigros Island?"
The lady smiled and pointed to the matchlock gun placed by Claude: "The reason is very simple. What the magicians of Shigros Island hate most is the musket. They will never touch the musket. This is even their biggest taboo.
. Even the disciples they taught have inherited their view. They believe that if a mage picks up this demonic weapon, it means betrayal of magic. So although you are young, you carry
If you walk arrogantly on the road with a musket, I will know that you are a wild mage and not someone who has inherited the magic of Shigros Island."
Claude nodded, knowing some common sense about magic: "Madam, I have two more questions. First, can you tell me whether you are a wild mage or a magician who belongs to that special department of the kingdom? Second, how did you discover me?
Did you use magic to stop the frightened horse?"
"I am not a wild mage, nor am I a magician belonging to that special department of the kingdom." Your lady said frankly: "If you really care about your identity, I think I should be a registered magician of the kingdom."
"Registered Magician?"
"Not all people with magical talents will join that special department of the kingdom, and not all people with magical talents can join that special department. There are not many people who can actually join that special department, and they also need to meet other requirements.
Conditions, do you understand what I say?"
"Understood." Claude nodded. It seems that those who want to join the special department of the kingdom need to be selected and compete. The two diaries of Master Landers also record that there are good and bad magic talents.
"So there are still many people with magical talents living among the people, and they will learn magic due to various encounters. In order to effectively manage these people, the special department of the kingdom can only allow these people to register with them, so that
These people learn spells that are considered harmless. For example, this spell is called the Pearl of Light. Just like the dinner held by Sterling X for this year's Renaissance Festival, he recruited dozens of registered magicians.
The master released more than two hundred pearls of light in his palace, making his palace a palace that never sleeps..."
The lady pointed mockingly at the small ball of light on her head.
Claude suddenly understood the meaning of many words that the lady did not explain clearly. Obviously, the people with magical talents she said were living among the people should be referring to people like her who have a certain status and family strength to rely on.
Nobles, the special departments of the kingdom cannot manage people like this effectively.
And with the strength of those families, it should be very simple for their family members or descendants to learn magic, so the kingdom's special department had to adopt a compromise method to let these people learn spells that would not harm others or themselves.
, this not only allows them to learn spells and look cool to satisfy their desire to learn magic, but also does not allow them to endanger the stability of the kingdom. This is really a good way to get the best of both worlds.
"How long can this Pearl of Light last?" Claude asked.
The lady sighed: "About half an hour. I heard that the higher the level, the longer it will take. The longest it can last is about two hours, but I have never seen it. Have you finished asking? You have always been asking. Until now, you
I haven’t said your name yet.”
"I'm sorry, ma'am." Claude said, "You still have one question you haven't answered. How did you know that I used a spell to stop the frightened horse just now?"
"Detection, this is a very simple question for you. Don't you know that after using the spell, it will leave a magic mark on that place within an hour?" Your lady is a little strange. This is the simplest common sense about magic.
.
Claude stood up and gave a solemn half-bow to the lady: "Thank you for your advice. Claude Field salutes you, my dear madam."
"Claude Field..." The lady muttered Claude's name, and suddenly her eyes lit up: "I think I know who you are. Morsan Field is your father, right?"
"Yes, I am his second son."
"Haha, I've heard of you. In fact, the things I have to do when I come to Bailu Town this time have something to do with you." The lady said with a smile.
"Is it related to me?" Claude looked at the lady carefully: "But I don't know you..."
"Then I should introduce myself." The lady covered her mouth and smiled.
"My name is Maria Fonte Normanry. You can call me Baroness Normanry, or you can call me by my first name. I am a pharmacist."
"I'll call you Madam Maria." Claude scratched his hair, and he guessed that this lady was indeed a noble. But what he didn't expect was that she was also a pharmacist, which made him guess.
Claude was very surprised.
"You don't seem to believe that I am a pharmacist?" Obviously, Claude's expression of disbelief made Madam Maria a little unhappy.
"No, I just didn't expect that the noble lady is actually a pharmacist. In my impression, pharmacists are all those wretched old men, just like the one at the pharmacy in the town..." Claude explained quickly.
"Are you talking about Nile? The one in town... he is just a junior pharmacist, and I am a mid-level pharmacist." It seems that Mrs. Maria also knows the wretched old pharmacist in the town pharmacy, and she even called him
got his name.
It's just that Claude couldn't recall when Bailu Town had this Baroness. He had never heard of it. Even if he searched through little Claude's memory, he couldn't find anything about this Lady Maria.
Information. But she also knew her father, knew the name of the old man in the pharmacy, and seemed to be very familiar with Bailu Town...
"I'll take you to my pharmacy laboratory. There is something related to you there. I believe you will understand it after reading it." Mrs. Maria should be a straightforward and straightforward woman, which is consistent with her.
His aristocratic status is somewhat incompatible.
"Lu An..."
The door opened and the butler appeared at the door. He may have been standing outside the hall door waiting for the call: "Madam, what are your orders?"
Madam Maria motioned for Claude to follow her and told the housekeeper: "Send some refreshments to my laboratory. Tea time has arrived."
"Yes, ma'am." The housekeeper stepped back and closed the door.
This pharmaceutical laboratory is not in this two-story villa, but in a row of three stone bungalows behind the villa, about 20 meters apart.
"There is no way. Sometimes when doing pharmaceutical experiments, there will be a strong smell of medicine and other strange smells, so I have to set up the laboratory farther away from my residence. Although I rarely live here, sometimes my sister and
My relatives will also come here with me on vacation, and they don’t like to smell these smells.”
Opening the iron-covered wooden door, the first thing Claude saw was a huge Niros crocodile lying on the floor of the room. He couldn't help being frightened, and immediately wanted to cast a magic flying arrow, but failed.
Seeing that Madam Maria looked calm, she acted as if the crocodile didn't exist. She just raised her hand and cast another Pearl of Light, illuminating the room brightly.
The Niros crocodile didn't move at all, and Claude realized that it was just a specimen. Wait, why does this crocodile look so familiar? After taking a closer look, Claude finally confirmed that this was the one he killed.
Niros giant crocodile, but wasn't this crocodile taken away by Sir Fox?
"Why is this crocodile here?" Claude was really surprised.
"Haha..." Mrs. Maria laughed: "I'm not lying to you, the thing I'm talking about that concerns you is this crocodile. I heard that four teenagers in White Deer Town hunted a four-meter-long Niros giant
I didn't believe it when I saw the crocodile. I didn't expect that today I finally met one of them, the little hero who actually killed the crocodile. Now I think I understand why you are so confident that one person can deal with a group of wild boars with a matchlock gun.
.If you can hunt such a huge crocodile, then the wild boar is no problem."
"Ma'am, are you kidding..." This crocodile specimen is quite well made. It seems that Sir Fox was not lying when he said it was a specimen. Even the eye that was knocked out by Claude didn't know what materials were used to repair it.
, it looks lifelike, almost like the real thing.
"When I heard that someone in White Deer Town had hunted such a huge Niros crocodile, I rushed back from the royal capital and spent forty-five gold crowns to buy the specimen of this crocodile from Sir Fox.
Here, you didn’t expect it, right?” Mrs. Maria is now like a little girl who is extremely eager to be admired and praised by others, proudly showing off her new toy to her companions...