Thantis Side stood nervously in front of the gate of the lord's mansion, checking every button and fold on his body over and over again. His messy hair and slightly bloodshot eyes showed that he I didn't get much sleep last night, which was the result of extreme stress.
"You must show confidence, you must show your profound knowledge in magic theory, you must answer every question of the lord in a timely manner, you must not cough loudly or be unclear, and you must not be casual in front of the lord..."
The second-level magician muttered in a low voice, repeating several key points as if he was memorizing exercises before an exam. At this moment, the Lord's Mansion in front of him suddenly opened. After entering the door, a girl in a maid skirt who looked like she was not yet an adult ran out quickly. She ran out of the door, ran across the small front yard, and stood in Santi with a dangerous posture as if she was about to fall down. S. Side suddenly stopped and stood in front of him, startling the latter.
The little maid Betty looked around, then stared into Santis's eyes and said crisply: "Have you seen a suspicious figure sneaking around nearby?"< /p>
Santis just woke up from what he was talking about and didn't react for a moment: "Huh? Suspicious person? I didn't see it..."
"Okay, thank you!" Betty exaggerated He bowed, turned around and ran back quickly just like when he ran out, leaving Mr. Arcanist behind in a daze, not knowing what was going on.
It wasn’t until two seconds later that Santis woke up—could the person the maid was looking for be him?
How could there be such a reckless maid in the world...
And just when he looked confused, the door of the Lord's Mansion was pushed open again. The hot-tempered little maid just now ran out of it again and ran to Santis: "Are you the suspicious figure sneaking around nearby?"
"Uh... ...I was walking around nearby just now, but I am not sneaky or suspicious," Santis explained a little at a loss. He always felt that the little maid in front of him seemed to have a bad mind, and was afraid that he If you say a wrong word, the other party will get the wrong meaning - the maid is not a person of high status, but the fact that she can come to deliver a message means that she can talk directly to the lord. You must be careful what you say, "I have something to do." I want to see the lord..."
Betty didn't wait for the other party to finish speaking and said loudly with a happy face: "Oh, then come in, the master is looking for you!"
A moment later! , Gawain met this second-level arcanist from the royal capital: Thantis Seid in the study.
He already remembered that he had seen the other party's name - in the hundred-man aid team from the royal capital, a second-level arcanist was considered a rare "upper-level" member of the team. class talent”. According to the level distribution of this era, professionals are destined to be nobler than ordinary craftsmen, while spellcasters are the nobles among professionals. Although a second-level arcanist is only a low-levelProfessional, but due to the convenience of magic and the extensive knowledge of magicians, this arcanist can be said to be the backbone elite of the team - so he was assigned to the magic crystal smelting plant by Gawain as soon as he arrived, responsible for testing various A variety of matching crystal products.
But after that, he completely forgot about this person.
On the one hand, he is really busy with affairs, and he has no peace all day long because of the affairs in the territory and the cultists outside. But on the other hand, Mr. Santis really has no sense of existence—— He neither strived for higher treatment or status, nor made any outstanding contributions. After he was assigned to the smelting plant, he just burned the kiln there. According to what I heard from Hetty, this man Mr. Arcanist of the Royal Capital "mixed with the kiln workers every day, and was so gray that they couldn't tell the difference." If he hadn't taken the initiative to run over this time, I'm afraid Gawain would have completely forgotten that there was such a spellcaster in the territory. .
Now that he remembered it again, he looked at the Wangdu mage in front of him with great curiosity - messy hair, red and sunken eye sockets, thin and tall figure, wearing all the clothes. He was wearing an old robe that had been washed a little bit white. He stood in the middle of the room cautiously and nervously, his hands still subconsciously playing with the buttons on his clothes, which were about to be pulled off by him.
"Thantis Seid, a second-level arcanist, from the Royal Mage Association, right?" Gawain looked at the nervous young mage for a while, and then suddenly said, "Here you go. What do you want from me?"
"Ah, I...I'll do it..." All the prepared plans in Santis' mind were instantly forgotten. He held it in for a long time before he finally The purpose of his visit was stated straightforwardly, "I heard from Miss Jenny that the lord is recruiting teachers..."
Gawain was stunned for a moment. The notice for recruiting teachers in the territory has been out for more than a month. It also spread to the Hundred-Man Aid Construction Group, and several craftsmen who could read and numerate applied to become temporary teachers in the night school, but he did not expect that a second-level arcanist would also be attracted by this news: "Indeed, I am recruiting. Teacher - are you interested?"
"Yes...yes," Thantis Said tried hard and finally took off the buttons on his clothes, "I...I can... …I hope to serve as a tutor in your house. I am good at the basic theories of arcana and magic. I also have some understanding of heraldry, Anzu history, and noble etiquette. Although my level is not high, I am good at teaching others. You You can safely leave your heirs to me..."
"Stop, stop, stop," Gawain knew halfway through that the arcanist had made a complete mistake, and had to interrupt, "I I think you have misunderstood the purpose of this recruitment order - I am not looking for a noble tutor for my son."
Santis looked confused and rubbed the buttons in his hands nervously: "Huh? Isn't it?"
"Don't you know? Now I only have two children, one is Hetty and the other is Rebecca.Taller than you - Rebecca may indeed need to catch up on etiquette lessons, but you obviously can't beat her unless you are proficient in two-handed weapons and good at running and charging." Gawain spread his hands, "I'm not doing that for myself. The two granddaughters were looking for tutors instead of tutors in night classes. ”
“Night school? "Santis continued to look confused - he seemed to be completely unaware of this matter.
"You haven't heard of it? Gawain suddenly became curious about this strange arcanist, "The most ordinary civilians and serfs in the territory know about the night school, but you don't know?" "
"I... have been in the crystal smelting factory since I received the appointment," Santis said with a look of shame on his face, "Other than that, I just read in my residence, not much. Focus on other things. This time, if Miss Jenny hadn't told me, I wouldn't have even known you were recruiting teachers. ”
Gawain looked at this reserved, nervous and a little slow arcanist with a dumbfounded look. He said in his heart that he was indeed a talent carefully selected by the nobles of the royal capital, and he had no character flaws at all. It’s really hard to squeeze into a team of one hundred people: “The night school is for civilians, including serfs and slave laborers in the territory, do you understand? I am not looking for a senior teacher to teach etiquette and heraldry to the children of nobles, but someone who can teach ordinary civilians how to read and write. ”
Santis opened his mouth and was confused for a while. It seemed that it was the first time that he knew that Gawain was educating civilians about illiteracy, and he obviously couldn’t understand it very much, but just before Gawain Just when he thought that Mr. Arcanist, who had finally woken up, was going to say goodbye politely, the latter suddenly nodded and asked: "As for being a teacher in the night school, you will also be paid extra as stated in the recruitment order. What? "
"Are you willing? Gawain was surprised, "Do you know that you are going to teach a group of commoners who have just learned a few words and can only count to a hundred?" "
Santis smiled cautiously: "I taught magic theory to unlearned businessmen in the royal capital. I think it won't be too difficult...probably. ”
After confirming again and again that the arcanist really intended to accept this job, Gawain couldn’t help but laugh.
Finally there was an official spellcaster willing to teach at night school He had tried many times before to recruit mages from Tanzanian Town or Kande Territory, and even recruited mage apprentices to work as night school teachers in the territory, but when they knew that they were facing a group of "untouchables", everyone Without exception, they expressed their rejection. It seems that in their minds, civilians and people born as serfs are born with intellectual defects. From the brain structure, they belong to a different species from mages or nobles, so they simply do not believe that they can teach civilians those things. Even with advanced knowledge, they are not willing to accept this kind of challenge at all -
They not only refused because of their pride, but also because they believed that they could not teach those "untouchables", so they refused to fail early.
But now a second-level arcanist has taken the initiative to "apply". Although the process is a little different from what was expected, this Mr. Thantis Seid seems to reallyBe willing to do the work.
"Are you very short of money?" Although Gawain was happy, he couldn't help but ask, because he could see that the other party was tempted by the extra monthly payment, " The mage shouldn’t be short of money, right?”
“Actually, the mage is also short of money, especially those from civilian backgrounds,” Thantis Side said sheepishly, “I want to send money to my family. The family members all stayed in the royal capital..."
Gao Wen raised his eyebrows: "Are you from a commoner family?"
"Yes...my father is from a noble family in the royal capital. Chef, my mother is a herbalist."
She is indeed a commoner, but she belongs to the wealthy class among the commoners and has quite a status. It is indeed possible for a family of this level to give their children away. To learn magic in the hope of joining the upper class society, and people like Thantis who have obtained the official second-level arcanist qualification have actually got rid of their civilian origins and are already qualified to join the upper class circle. But look at his appearance... But can't see it at all.
Gawain expressed his doubts, and Santis' expression became even more embarrassed, even with a hint of shame: "I have indeed obtained the qualification of a second-level arcanist, but my magic reserve is Due to the birth defect, I can only cast three to five spells every day."
Gawain suddenly realized that it was indeed a defect that led to this situation.
Santis' spell flaws are similar to Rebecca's, but they are at different extremes: Rebecca has strong mental power and mana reserves, and can throw hundreds of fireballs every day without feeling it. Tired, but can only build one spell model, while Thantis can build multiple spell models, and can learn the most profound and complex arcane spells, but has very little mental power and mana reserves...
Although Rebecca has flaws, she is a noble. Even if her family is in decline, she is still a noble, so she can still live in the castle and live a better life than any commoner. However, Thantis is from a commoner. After he finally became an official spellcaster but discovered a congenital flaw in his magic power reserves, he would only be kicked out of the upper class. At the same time, his family might also owe a lot of debts - both human and financial debts.
I am afraid that part of the reason why he will join the Hundred-Man Aid Reconstruction Team is because of the subsidies provided by the king.
After figuring this out, he finally no longer had any doubts about Santis' choice.
"Then, you are welcome to become a glorious teacher," Gawain stood up behind the desk, nodded and smiled at the young mage in front of him, "And the courses you want to teach...should not be limited to ordinary people. I have other plans for you.”
Santis bowed hurriedly: “Ah, okay, Lord.”
Gawain: "Now let's talk about the first thing - put down the buttons in your hands first, it's almost time to make your pussy come out..."
Santis: "..."