The young apprentices surrounding Bernardino obviously had no respect for Bernardino.
——It would be fine if he entered the Tower of Black Glory as an assistant simply because of a poor background or because he was desperate. Sooner or later, they would become their classmates, or they would just be passers-by who passed by them.
After all, this "unnamed apprentice" can also be regarded as a job in itself.
If teaching assistants can be regarded as formal employees, then "unnamed apprentices" can also be regarded as "temporary teaching assistants". Although they have to perform some more dangerous "teaching tasks", they will still be paid after all.
And because the teaching tasks performed are more dangerous, there will be some additional subsidies. The final income will be slightly higher than that of teaching assistants.
There are indeed some apprentices in the Tower of Black Glory who really have no money, but have a strong "desire to rise."
After they have experienced the life of "unnamed apprentices", they will not be squeezed out by other apprentices when they become formal apprentices.
At that time, the apprentices will even hold a banquet to celebrate the new apprentices. And their experiences during this period will become their valuable experience... After all, not all soul-stealing wizards have also been used by others in various ways.
A type of soul-stealing spell.
The rich experience they gained when being released from the spell will actually help them when they learn the soul-stealing spell.
But these wizard apprentices did not have a good attitude towards Bernardino, who had "continuously failed".
This homeless stray dog with a decadent temperament, always stooped, has been staying in the Tower of Black Glory for a long time... He is only middle-aged but still dreams of becoming a wizard one day.
For them - especially those wizard apprentices who gradually feel the gap between people in the learning process, Bernardino's existence itself is an insult to them.
Most of them have deeply realized that they will never be able to step into Silver in their lifetime, let alone become a Gold-level wizard. Even the graduation exam is extremely difficult...
When I first entered school, the joy and excitement I felt when I came into contact with magical spells... had been diluted a lot after I realized that I was just a mortal after all.
But at this time, a middle-aged man who had studied hard for more than 20 years but had not become an official wizard said that he wanted to become a wizard apprentice.
As we all know, a wizard's apprentice has no meaning. If you can't become a wizard, you will end up being just an ordinary person who can't stay awake in your dreams. The significance of a wizard's apprentice lies in its ability to advance to a wizard.
So, what does Bernardino want to do?
What does he want to prove?
Does he think magic is so easy to learn? Does he want to become a wizard? He thinks that after doing odd jobs in the wizard tower for more than 20 years and listening to lectures with similar content on the experimental bench for more than 20 years, he can become a wizard.
Is it easier than them to learn this knowledge and become an official wizard?
This is like an old man who cleans dormitory toilets in college and asks students in the mathematics department for help with math problems, hoping to study on his own to get admitted to the mathematics department and become a mathematician.
His behavior can indeed be called "motivated and eager to learn", and his attitude is worthy of encouragement - but it will undoubtedly bore the students and even irritate them.
Especially after they failed their final exams.
At this time, just seeing Bernardino holding notes and studying spells seriously, the blood pressure of the apprentices was about to explode...
Therefore, although Bernardino is actually only in his early forties, the students still call him "old man" contemptuously. In the wizard's tower full of young people, even the tutors rarely behave like in fairy tales.
Has long white hair and a white beard.
Because the aging body is really uncomfortable.
As long as conditions permit, the great wizards will use various rituals to adjust their bodies to a healthy level without aging too much; and if they are too old to be saved by rituals, they will not come at all.
Teaching in the Wizard's Tower.
Bernardino, who is clearly only in his early forties but already has white hair and looks like he is in his fifties, is almost the oldest person in the Tower of Black Glory.
——But that's not all the reason for calling him "Old Man".
The apprentices of the Black Glory Tower can understand people's hearts better than other wizard towers.
If their enemies are as calm as water, they will rarely reveal any flaws. Compared with forceful attacks, using words to make the enemy furious to the point of losing their mind and generating more emotions is naturally a more effective method.
In other words, the wizards of the Tower of Black Glory have to learn the "taunt" and "provocation" skills.
For Bernardino, the most vicious words are not "idiot", "madman", "weird"...but "you are old".
The title "Old Man" reminds him all the time - he has wasted most of his life in the Tower of Black Glory, but he has not even become a wizard apprentice.
And he has entered the aging stage.
As his brain becomes dull and his learning ability and physical strength further deteriorate, the possibility of him becoming a wizard will become less and less.
He has wasted a lifetime, suffered a lot of suffering and torture - but no one can blame him. Because this is not because he was imprisoned here by someone, or because he lost his talent because of someone's conspiracy...
It was all his own fault from the beginning.
He could have been a good sculptor, but he wanted to study natural philosophy; he could have successfully entered Denisoja Seminary, but he lost his stuff.
He can even return to his hometown - as long as he admits his mistake to his adoptive father and asks for his help, he can still become a sculptor. But he is so proud that he doesn't want to and dare not go home... he would rather live on the streets, or even
Yu became the living teaching material of the Tower of Black Glory.
For so many years, he didn't even write a letter to his adoptive father... Because many years have passed, Father Ludwig must have already known that Bernardino actually brought his money and letter of introduction.
I didn’t enter the seminary anymore.
Even Father Ludwig might be dead.
When Bernardino was thirteen or fourteen years old, Father Ludwig was already forty-six. But now he is forty-two, and his adoptive father may have died of illness or old age.
He was more and more afraid to go home - he was afraid that when he returned to his hometown, all he would see was the grave of his adoptive father. He had wasted his whole life, not learning any crafts or mastering any skills, and the money he earned was not enough to live a stable life.
The old man...even his adoptive father didn't have time to bury him before he died.
"Old Man" is a common nickname.
It was the most vicious words for Bernardino.
At first, it was only used by one or two people, but later it was spread to more and more people. In the end, even other tutors and new students would call him this... because he had gradually become a real "old man".
——Bernardino lives in a hell he entered voluntarily.