At this moment, the ninth-level magician Merlins, who had been complained about countless times by Alan, was sitting alone at his desk, staring at the manuscript in front of him, silent.
What was before him was Allen's paper.
In recent days, Merlins read this paper several times, and as time passed, his mood became more and more complicated.
Unconsciously, his eyes once again fell on Caroline Magician's comments
"... It is strongly recommended that the Mage Tower pays attention to this person. Perhaps, our Mage Tower will have one more talented magician who is no less than Mr. Merlins."
He sighed silently.
For many years, Merlins has been leading the field of magic, his talent is unsurpassed, and he has long been accustomed to the loneliness that belongs to masters.
Now, finally meeting a young man who was rated as "talented as much as Merlins", he felt as excited as if he had found a confidant.
Moreover, it is absolutely unprecedented for someone like Alan York, as a magic apprentice, to be able to design spells on his own.
It requires not only extraordinary elemental perception, but also excellent mathematical thinking and creativity that dares to break all conventions.
Even if it were Merlins himself, he might not be able to do this.
Thinking of this, Merlins waved his hand, and suddenly a toucan with an exaggerated appearance and bright colors flew in from the window with its wings flapping.
"Hey, Mr. Merlins, who is powerful, knowledgeable, handsome, and unparalleled in the world, haven't you been busy recently breaking through the legend? Why do you have time to chat with me?"
This toucan is not an ordinary toucan, but a contracted beast of Merlins. As soon as it entered the house, it spoke human words.
Merlins decisively ignored the strong irony in Toucan's words.
"Big Mouth," Merlins asked calmly, "Tell me, in the magical world, what kind of person is considered a true genius?"
"Of course it's someone like you!" Toucan said in a flattering tone without hesitation.
However, before Merlins could recover from his numbness, Toucan suddenly changed the topic and said disgustedly: "Bah! Narcissist! You want to find another way to get others to praise you! You still have to be shameless.
!”
Merlins has long been accustomed to the behavior of this smelly bird who often adds drama to himself.
"The person I want to say is not me, but the author of this paper," Merlins said, pointing to Allen's manuscript. "He is just a magic apprentice, but he can design a spell by himself, and the energy source of this spell is not magic.
But mental strength. You know what that means."
"Oh, this means that he is much more powerful than you were back then!" Toucan showed no mercy to Merlins, "Think about it, back then you were just a little stronger mentally than others, but you were as rude as a bird.
A toucan, no, it looks like a peacock. Oh, it’s so short-sighted and blindly arrogant!”
Merlins resisted the urge to give it a beating.
"I want to take Alan York as my student," Mullins continued, "but before I make a formal decision, I want to see what kind of person he is.
"So, Big Mouth, I have to trouble you to go to the information room and help me check the identity and background of Alan York."
"Hate! You want me to be a coolie again!" Toucan was still standing on the desk, seemingly reluctant to do so.
"Go quickly!" Merlins raised his voice. At the same time, he picked up the staff on the side and swung it hard at the toucan.
"Help! Help! Someone is bullying the bird here!"
The toucan jumped up in fright, flapped its wings and flew out of the window, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
Merlins smiled bitterly and silently put down the staff in his hand.
To be honest, things like staffs are used to help low-level magicians better perceive magic elements and improve their spell casting success rate.
High-level wizards like Merlins stopped using staffs to cast spells many years ago.
But he still didn't throw away the staff.
The reason is simple
He was going to save that mean-mouthed toucan.
After all, that staff has no other advantages, except that it is hard enough, strong enough, and painful enough when smashed.
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Meanwhile, the University of Cambridge.
Allen was sitting in front of the dormitory window with his eyes closed, obviously immersed in his own conscious world.
The mysterious black crystal is still dim. Around it, elemental mist is lingering.
In recent days, Allen has been preparing to become an official magician.
According to the book, he needs to choose a star for himself in the vast starry sky as the star of destiny. From then on, his magic career will be closely related to the star of destiny.
It is said that every star represents a rule, and the choice of the destiny star is largely related to the future development direction of the magician.
At the same time, the Destiny Star will also act as a bridge between the magician and the endless void. During the process of meditation, the magic power in the void will flow into the magician's conscious world in the form of starlight, and be transformed into oneself by the magician.
use.
So, in the deep night, Allen's consciousness flew out of the window and flew into the boundless starry sky.
The azure moonlight is as clear as water, and behind it, countless stars shine, symbolizing the various aspects of the magician's life.
Facing these distant and numerous stars, Allen suddenly felt at a loss.
"They are all too similar," Allen sighed silently in his heart, "It's so hard to choose."
But the fate of the main star is very important. Allen will never be able to choose this kind of thing randomly.
"Maybe I shouldn't just think about the stars themselves," Allen thought, "but also study their trajectory. After all, the original words in the book are, 'The movement of the stars is closely related to the trajectory of fate.'"
So, when Allen's mind returned to the real world, he sat in front of the window and looked up at the sky.
Looking at the bright and blurry stars in the night sky, he realized that the dormitory was definitely not a good place to observe the movement of stars.
"Let's go to the Astronomy Tower to spend the night tomorrow night!" Thinking of this, Allen decided happily.
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One day later.
Mage Tower, Merlins' office.
Although Toucan has a mean mouth, he still followed Merlins' request and got the relevant information about Alan York.
Merlins smiled, threw the biscuits on the table into the toucan's open mouth, and then began to study the information on the table carefully
"...Alan York...the second son of William York...a first-year student at Cambridge University...was almost expelled from school because he failed many exams...
"...A few months ago, the fifth-level magician Chris was invited to Earl William's territory to test Alan's magic talent. The test results were: Alan York's mental power and elemental perception are extremely weak, and it is impossible to become a
Magician..."
Unknowingly, Merlins frowned slightly. If he hadn't seen the seal of the Mage Tower with his own eyes, he would have suspected that these information were all fake.
The useless boy Alan York... The genius apprentice Alan York... They are actually the same person! This is simply unbelievable!
He took a sip of tea and tried to calm himself down. He felt that he was becoming more and more curious about what kind of person Alan York was.
“Perhaps I should go to the University of Cambridge and see for myself,” Mullins thought to himself, “After all, it’s better to be cautious about admitting students.
"Moreover, I can also borrow the astronomy tower at the University of Cambridge to continue improving my star model. The Mage Tower has been cloudy these past few days, and I can't even see half of the stars. It's really depressing."
Thinking of this, Merlins made an immediate decision and said to the Toucan in front of him: "Toucan, help me tell Magician Levis that I will temporarily leave the Mage Tower for the next few days. If anything happens, just ask him to make his own decision.
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"You have to ask me to work again! I hate it!"
The toucan said this on its beak, but in fact, with a "swish", it flew out of the open window before Merlins' staff fell on it.
Looking at the toucan's leaving figure, Merlins pondered for a few seconds, then silently recited a spell, and disappeared into the room with a brilliant magical light.
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