Sonia was sitting in front of Griffith in a pretty slim school dress. Her blond hair was tied into an elegant bun behind her head. From the apprentice knight's point of view, the white neck and delicate earlobes are within twenty centimeters of his hand. As long as he looked down, he could see the slender waist that the girl could almost hold with one hand.

"Is my hair tied up?" Sonia whispered uncomfortably at Galadia who was sitting beside her.

"I'll comb it for you later," the elf with long straight black hair looked at Sonia, "I have a hairpin~ I'll use it for you first?"

"Yeah," Sonia agreed in the lowest voice possible, gently brushing the ends of her hair hanging from her ears.

Girls occupy the first few rows of this large classroom. Most of their Cytolars sat in the back two rows, next to their protection targets.

Boys from nobles and commoners sat further back. A lot of people feel that the professor won't see them across a large crowd, and they are very comfortable tinkering with something.

"Before the professional teaching of magic, nobles used to teach their children to be mages at home," said the black-haired professor Lordes Baslico Listener in a constant tone. Rigorous education has passed down the family's secrets, and...the technique of killing...lightning, pointing, whipping."

The last few words were a spell, and Lordes skipped most of the spell to sing and directly triggered a silver snake-like arc to slash towards the middle of the students.

"Bi-ka!"

A baron's eldest son was knocked out on the spot, and the gadgets he put on the long table from nowhere were burned into a pile of coke. The faces of several noble boys sitting nearby were blackened.

"Ah!" Griffith heard Sonia scream softly.

The amphitheatre, which was filled with all kinds of small voices just now, fell silent, and everyone sat up straight.

Lordes looked at his results with a sneer on his face, and waved his hand to summon two brownie pixies. The dwarf servant creature laboriously lifted the eldest son of the baron, who had been knocked away, and carried him out.

"I know that many of you already have a superficial understanding of magic, and feel that the primary course is not worth mentioning," Lordes swept the students in a row, and finally stopped at Sonia, "Ignorance Let you be fearless. Tell me, Miss Sonia de Larmor, how many people in your family in recent generations have gone mad, or even… died, because of magic out of control?”

Ah? Why are you asking me? Sonia looked up in surprise.

The words of the high-level mage seemed to be irresistible with magic and inducement. When he uttered the words "madness" and "death", the wand was frantically overflowing with terrible power. Sonia felt like she was enveloped in an invisible weirdness, her whole body was engulfed in coldness and fear.

Ordinary words usually don't trigger magic. A complete enchantment needs to burn mental force as the driving energy, and at the same time use the complete enchantment to construct an energy form, and then activate it through a specific command. However, senior mages often set their "mantras" to skip part of the chant, and use only a few words to mobilize the power of magic.

Griffith noticed that the girl's shoulders were shaking slightly, her complexion was as pale as ice and snow, and some kind of gray existence was surrounding her body.

Oops!

Griffith stood up immediately and walked around to Sonya's side in two steps.

Galadia, who was sitting beside her, was also shocked by the inexplicable power. Although she was not the direct target of Lordes, she was also lost in confusion and confusion for a while.

At this moment, a warm and warm force appeared beside them. Sonia regained her composure as if she had been pulled out of the ice. She raised her head and found that Griffith's firm body had come diagonally forward, blocking the incoming fear like a mountain peak.

Griffith was already in a fighting stance. He slightly bent over and bent his knees to put himself in a state of being ready to explode at any time. The anger and blood in his body surged, spreading out with his hot breath and eyes.

"Shuto - Lal."

Archmage Lordus murmured like a curse, and the endless reverberation buzzed in his ears, making it unbearable. He looked away from Sonia and looked into Griffith's eyes.

There was silence in the classroom. Fiona, who was drawing a bunny on her notebook just now, was terrified and wanted to ask what happened, but she didn't dare to open her mouth. Rana, Medenmaia, and several Shutorals clenched their fists, and the terrifying wizard suddenly exuded a terrifying sense of oppression, which made their whole bodies tense.

Damn it... Griffith, this idiot, provokes the high-level archmage in his first class! How does this end? Ophelia looked left and right in panic, for fear that everyone would move their hands in the next moment.

"Tell me, apprentice knight, who told you to leave your seat?" Lordes asked in a hoarse voice.

"As a candidate for the coat of arms of the Larmor family, when asked about the respected ancestors of the family, I should answer for Miss Larmor according to etiquette." Griffith was surprised at first, but immediately reacted, He replied with a calm expression.

"Five years ago, Senator Fiennes de Larmor died after being exposed to a secret existence during an experiment. Fifteen years ago, the Count of Lapis de Larmor, Rugulus de Larmor Viscount Larmor fell while fighting against some evil being..."

Griffith slowly talked about the tragic experiences of several ancestors of the Larmor family, which were all records kept in the library of the Earl's House. His tone was not sad, as high-spirited and solemn as he praised the deeds of heroes.

Sonia looked up at Griffith in surprise. She had recovered from the panic that was caught off guard, and looked at Griffith in a daze with several students.

Griffith paused when he finished telling the fifth fallen Larmor family ancestor according to time. The topic had been diverted, and the apprentice knight returned to his normal standing position, looking at Professor Lordus with non-hostile eyes.

"Go back to your seat, apprentice knight, raise your hand for my permission next time you answer a question," Lordes twitched the corners of his mouth and wrote quickly on the list with a pen, "Griffith. Brandon's final grade, deduct 5 points."

Immediately afterwards, the professor did not give a chance to appeal, and raised his tone, like a saw pulling across everyone's eardrums, "After listening to the famous and tragic story of the Larmor family, have your shallow brains changed? A little more cautious? Open your introduction to magic, and don't read false history and nonsense. Chapter 2, page 67, The Development of Charms and the Basics of Using Inspiration..."

Griffith breathed a sigh of relief, his blood could only last for more than ten seconds, and he slowly stepped back two steps back to his seat. As he backed away, Sonia turned her head quickly to look at him, her blue eyes sparkling.

"The existence of magic is manifested in the form of magic energy networks and structures," Professor Lordes continued his lecture, "through the path of inspiration, even if the creature itself cannot use magic spells, he can hear, observe, touch Or meditate to perceive the existence of magic.

"Attention, listen, observe, touch or meditate with caution."

...

The introduction to magic did not end until lunchtime, during which time Archmage Lordus only gave everyone a few short breaks. In the end, the unsmiling archmage assigned a three-book reading assignment and asked everyone to submit a report before class on Thursday. When he was about to go out, his icy eyes swept across Sonia, as if to see through her gaze, which made the girl tremble again.

"Let's go to dinner!" Galadia quickly patted Sonia on the shoulder and helped her to comb the ends of her drooping hair. "My classes in the afternoon are light spells and divination theory, and the evening is potions."

"Me too!" Sonia turned to look at her apprentice knight, "How about you, Griffith?"

"My classes are Infantry Command and Standard Camp, and unfortunately we can't be together," Griffith said. "I'm going to spend the night for self-study."

"A lot of classes in Shutoral are not with us," Fiona walked over briskly and took Sonia's arm, "I hope the professor in the afternoon is a little more cute. Ha~ I am exhausted in the morning."

A buffet-style lunch is provided at noon at Homonwarts. Students of all grades gather in the hall to fetch bread, ham, roasted chicken, yogurt, vegetable salad and pudding from the tables on the side, and gather in groups. Eat at the long table.

The hall is lively like a spring market.

There is no extra charge for these foods! Griffith loaded his plate full of goodies and walked to the long table. The girls with Galadia and Sonia as the core have already occupied a large position, leaving no space for the apprentice knights.

Galadia looked up at the confused apprentice knight, then turned her gaze to an empty seat, then quickly moved back and winked at him.

It's girls time, you sit over there...

Okay, Griffith was amazed, he didn't expect the elf's eyes to speak.

This is no different from the couches at Bayeran balls and banquets. The brightest girls formed a small circle, next to them were the daughters of several nobles and mage families, and on the periphery were girls from commoners. Sonia ate gracefully with her dining etiquette, stopping occasionally to say a word or two to the girls on the fringes of the coterie so they wouldn't be embarrassed.

Griffith looked aside and found that it was not necessary or possible to join in. There are several families of Shutoral are also eating their own food. They have yet to form a small circle and seem to be enjoying the food in front of them.

"Mr. Apprentice Knight." A somewhat familiar voice sounded from behind.

Griffith turned around and found a man in Homon Watts teachers' robes looking at him not far away. His face was kind and gentle.

Veronos!

In the Eastern Province, he led people to support Griffith and Galadia, who were attacked by the garrison mage Rudias.

"Professor Veronos?"

"Haha, I'm just an associate professor, long time no see," the associate professor said, "Are we going to have dinner together? I heard that you are still alive after you contradicted 'Dry Ice' Lordes."

Do associate professors eat meals with students? Griffith nodded immediately and sat down beside him.

"Have you taken the course of Alchemy and Potions?" the kind associate professor asked. "After witnessing Rudias' crazy research, I guess you must not forget the scene you witnessed that day."

"No, Associate Professor," Griffith answered honestly. He had enough classes on Monday and had to make time for reading and homework.

"Oh, that's not good, I'll put you on the student list," Veronos said, chewing on baked potatoes, "As a lawbreaker, the most important things you can't miss are alchemy and potions, listen to me, okay? wrong."

Repeatedly crossbreeding orcs, elves, and goblins to create monsters is crazy beyond the bottom line. However, the strong orcs are so powerful. Those potions that heal the body and restore the mind are also amazing.

I'm really interested and curious.

However, I really don't have time. Griffith was about to refuse when suddenly, the "Notes on Potions Concocting" that he had been carrying with him for the past two days suddenly started to get hot. As he touched the notes in surprise, some strange information flooded into his brain.

The notes showed some records on Potions, waiting for him to look through them.

"My field of expertise is in the cultivation of magical life," Assistant Professor Veronos told Griffiths straight to the point, "You see many familiars in this academy, ranging from owls and bats to brownies. And the rock puppet, I am responsible for the daily care and cultivation."

Brownies are also bred? Griffith involuntarily turned his head to look at the brownie elf on the side of the hall who was constantly bringing out the cooked meals.

"Hehe, yes, Brownie is also a kind of magical life form," Veronos followed Griffith's line of sight, and naturally found his focus, "You can come to the Second Laboratory of Potions when you are free. , there is an incubation base on the second basement floor of the northwest tower."

"Thank you, Your Excellency Associate Professor, I'm really interested," Griffith nodded, "I always thought they were naturally bred beings."

"Brownies don't have females, and they don't have the desire and ability to mate," Veronos dug up another spoonful of chickpeas and put them into his mouth. "Organisms without reproductive needs are more obedient and less prone to emotional fluctuations, is a very good assistant for magic experiments."

"But, why are you looking for me?" Griffith asked, "I'm Cytolar, and my magical attainment will be limited by blood."

"What are you thinking, you are only affected by the disciplines related to magic spells," Veronos smiled. "Alchemy requires knowledge, enthusiasm, meticulousness, firm will and hands, and has nothing to do with magic talent. Over the years, too little attention has been devoted to alchemy by the most accomplished archmages in the field of conjuration, which has hindered the development of the discipline."

"I have always been looking for Cytolar to join the noble and promising field of alchemy," the associate professor continued. "The professor's focus is on theoretical research, and the preparation of potions is left to me and the students. Hey~ You know, right now we're having a hard time even securing the annual potency potion production we need. Alchemy needs a nimble, determined newcomer like you. You know, we have a little allowance, and every year we make a total of 100 potions. There is such a little excess product, how to deal with it~ The professor doesn't care."

It sounds good... Griffith knows that magic potions have a huge effect on healing, strengthening, etc., but the price is unbearable.

Since there is such an opportunity in front of you, you might as well give it a try!

"Thank you, Associate Professor Veronos," Griffith nodded. "Then..."

"Very well, I will add you to the list, prepare for the evening alchemy course, and come to the second laboratory to find me after the end!" Veronos said cheerfully, "Trust me, this job will give you the course Bring a lot of unexpected help! And, I will introduce you to Lord Salorian, listen to his advice at the beginning of your studies!"