Chapter 16 ：The Mage Guild (II)

The reason Mage Dubois wanted to explain himself to Christine was that she had, after all, been on the winning side in the war between the Barony of Lorient and the Barony of Stewart, and a field baron deserved an explanation from a seventh-ranked mage.

Mage Dubois also wanted to maintain the relationship between the two sides.

As for whether Christian would have any thoughts now that he knew the truth, since Mage Dubois had promised to remain neutral, he didn't really care.

From the beginning to the end, Christian did not ask Mage Dubois for help, so whether he remained neutral or not had no effect on the war. Besides, a magician's status comes from strength, so even if Christine doesn't maintain the relationship of the previous generation in the future, it won't have any effect on Mage Dubois.

Of course, the reason why Mage Dubois had to tell the thing instead of hiding it was that if he didn't tell it, Christine would also know it from other channels, and then no idea would become an idea.

Christine, on the other hand, showed a shocked look, the most important thing being a look that there was such an inside story here, and at the same time expressed her gratitude to Mage Dubois for sending her a letter, and gave him a gem worth five hundred gold coins as a gift.

Although Mage Dubois didn't help himself, he was also holding back a seventh-ranked mage from the other side, so of course he had to show something.

As a member of the Convocation of the Raine City Mage Guild, the general nobles were thinking of ways to pull the relationship, so how could Christian not maintain a good one.

This matter was considered closed, and then she went to the library of the Mage Tower to begin her daily studies.

The cultivation mode of mages in this world is very interesting, when a child is ten years old, he can go to the Mage Guild to take a free qualification test, and the masters can't stop it for any reason, but it's only once in a lifetime for each person.

Of course, it's possible to be found qualified to become a druid, but the general ratio of wizards is one in ten thousand.

Children who are found to have the qualifications of a mage can then be apprenticed, though this is by no means free, with a basic f*e of one hundred gold coins per year. Those who can't afford to pay can enter into an agreement with the Mage Guild to repay the money slowly, like a student loan.

The reason it is called a basic f*e is because, in addition to food and lodging, all magical materials used by the apprentice during the learning process must be purchased at the apprentice's own expense.

In addition to working for the Mage Guild for a fixed two hours a day, they can also use their free time to work for money or guild points, including working as assistants to some of the mages, serving the nobles, or even joining a quest team.

These apprentices will have to attend classes for one hour each day, similar to the current school system, with different mages in charge of each subject. Each apprentice could only ask one question per class, and whether the teacher was willing to answer it or not depended on his or her mood.

Having the qualifications to become a mage is only the foundation, whether you can become a full-fledged mage or not depends on your personal talent and hard work. At a cost of a hundred gold coins a year, it doesn't matter if you have the money to study for eight or ten years.

In fact, many apprentices who have no hope of advancement will eventually give up, or work full-time in the Mage Guild, or go to work for a noble family as a mage advisor, or serve in certain chambers of commerce, and so on, even if the apprentice is not bad in terms of knowledge.

Once you become a full-fledged mage, you won't have to pay any more tuition fees, but you will still have to pay for the use of the guild's resources.

Not to mention room and board, but if you want to study in the Mage Tower library, it'll cost you a gold coin or a point per hour. And if a full-fledged mage wanted to be promoted, he would have to do all sorts of experiments in addition to studying, and these material costs would be even more expensive.

Gold and silver are what the mages call experimental materials, and fine gold, secret silver, mountain copper and gems are the hard currency.

Low-level mages have questions they want to ask high-level mages also need to pay, simple questions can pay gold coins, complex questions as long as the magic materials and guild points, the premise is still high-level mages are willing to answer you this question.

So mages have to study and earn gold coins and guild points every day, so there is no time for them to be idle.

Of course, high-ranking mages like Mage Dubois, who held a position in the guild, were paid guild points every month.

Mages practised the principle of equivalence.

Therefore, most low-ranked mages read and studied on their own in the library of the Wizards' Tower, and rarely bothered to spend money to ask the higher-ranked mages for advice.

Of course, this did not include the blood wizards, because other people could tell if they had the qualifications of a wizard at the age of ten, while blood wizards could directly awaken their natural spells at the age of ten, if they had the qualifications.

This is also the reason why most of the warlocks of the bloodline have a talent for magic, after all, they are born with an affinity for magical energy and the ability to use magic, even if they know what they know and don't know why they don't know what they don't know, it is still too much of a higher starting point than those apprentices who come from the common people.

Christine is another step forward, she not only has the talent and mother herself is a seventh order magician, long-lived elf magician in every aspect than the same level of human magicians much stronger, in this case her age is the fourth order magician is also understandable.

This time, Baron and Baroness Stewart went away for a few months, and without her mother to teach her, Christine could only go to the Raine City Mage Guild to study on her own.

It was about four o'clock in the afternoon when Christine finished her studies in the library and went out.

Christine, why didn't you tell me when you came back?

A girl wearing robes and a first-rank mage emblem greeted her and took Christine's arm.

'Ibel, what a coincidence to meet you here.

Christine tried to pull her arm out, but was unsuccessfully grabbed by Ibel and pressed to her chest, after all, she couldn't do it the hard way in this situation, could she?

I've been waiting for you for a long time.

Ibel looked at Kristen with sultry eyes as she rubbed her arm between her D-rated savages.

'Really? I'm so sorry then, you could have just left me a message.

'What time did you write back when I left you a message?

The reading position in the library of the Mage Tower was one single cubicle after the other, after all, what each mage learned was a very private matter, and they weren't allowed to talk to each other, otherwise Ibel wouldn't have 'blocked' Christine here.

Perhaps I was too busy to notice.

Christine took the opportunity to pull out her arm and scamper away.

'You! Ibel could only stomp her foot angrily, but there was nothing she could do.

She was the granddaughter of Earl Rayne, twenty years old this year, and being able to become a first-rank mage was considered a good talent.

Ibel's reason for harassing Christine was simple: she liked women, and there was no doubt that Christine was the most beautiful she'd ever seen.

But Christine refused for a long time, after all, Ibel's appearance can only be described as clear, Elena is much prettier than her.

So, ugly refusal.