My Magic Age

On the edge of the stone wall on the roof of the Yerkes' three-story apartment building stands a row of humanoid stone sculptures. The humanoid stone sculptures are male and female warriors of various races, including many professions, including shield warriors, knights, swordsmen, assassins, archers, Rangers, etc., and the races also cover humans, elves, dwarves, orcs, etc. These humanoid statues look different and lifelike from a distance, but if you take a closer look, you will find that each humanoid stone sculpture has no carved eyes, and after being exposed to wind and rain, these limestone statues have begun to be slowly corroded by rain. .

There is a low wall connected between the stone sculptures, and some colorful triangular flags are tied to the low wall. When the wind passes from the roof of the building, those palm-sized flags will fly in the wind.

Many buildings in the imperial capital will be erected with exquisite statue decorations. Some noble families will even paint the stone sculptures with gold, or directly build them with copper. The metal statues are even more lifelike.

The original owner of Scholar Yerkes's apartment was just a declining aristocratic viscount. When his fathers were alive, they could still maintain the most basic dignity in their lives in the imperial capital. However, in his generation, although he inherited His father's title, but he did not awaken the magic pool, and was unwilling to enter the Warrior Academy. He finally tried to start some small businesses, but they all ended in failure. In desperation, the down-and-out young viscount could only talk about this The apartment was sold and he returned to the countryside with his wife and children in despair.

When Scholar Yerkes bought this apartment, it seemed very luxurious at first. There were three living rooms and five servants' lounges on the first floor. The kitchen and dining room were connected together, even if dozens of people were dining in the dining room at the same time. Question, there are eight guest rooms and a recreation room on the second floor, and an open master bedroom on the third floor. There is also a very wide terrace built on the roof. On summer nights, you can sit on the terrace on the roof. Enjoying the cool air is also a very good choice.

At this moment, Scholar Yerkes was sitting on the low wall, with a bottle of golden cider beside him, which seemed to have been half drunk by him.

Next to him is a humanoid stone sculpture of a human warrior. The body proportions are the same as those of an ordinary person. A magic-patterned breastplate of the 'Devil's Snake's Teeth' is draped on this warrior stone sculpture. It looks very much like a human warrior. The construct knight stood beside him, and another magic pattern construct breastplate exuded a light blue magic glow. It seemed that I drew the 'energy-gathering magic pattern' in the Yerkes Scholar Laboratory last week. Magic pattern construction.

I never thought that scholar Yerkes, who has always been extremely strong in his heart, would actually be autistic. I originally thought that he had been attending a ball of nobles recently and a magic-themed salon held by magic scholars, but I didn't expect that he would actually be sitting in his own room. Drinking on the roof, no wonder he always looks drunk every time I see him.

Bruce stepped onto the roof terrace, and Eve stood at the door of the roof with a worried look on her face, whispering to me: "Jijia, please persuade him!"

I nodded and asked Eve: "How could he do this?".

Eve shook her head and hesitated to speak.

I asked her again: "How long has he been like this?"

Eve has lived a pampered life for a few months, her round face has become very good-looking, and her blue-gray eyes are also clear. She is wearing a long silk dress, and her exposed skin is white and rosy. , wearing a string of pearl necklaces the size of pigeon eggs around her neck, which reflected her crystal white skin.

She racked her brains to recall, and said with some uncertainty: "It must have been more than a week. I remember that when he came back that day, he brought back the blue-light leather armor, and then he sat on the chair and muttered to himself. Smirking, I drank a lot of wine that day..."

Seeing Eve's eyes full of worry, I comforted her and said, "Don't worry, Eve, he's just a little confused. This will open up the knot in his heart, and the original Yerkes will come back."

Seeing what I said, Eve showed a smile on her melancholy face and said to me, "I'm going to prepare some tea. I'll come back when I go."

The crimson sky is filled with fish-scale clouds, and the setting sun has completely sunk into the mountains. This means that the colors in the sky have not yet dissipated.

If it is an airport town, you can still see the setting sun hiding in the clouds on the horizon at this time.

In the evening of the imperial capital, the red sky and the Mazzaro Mountains surrounding the city had turned into a gray shadow, and the buildings in the entire city seemed to be immersed in a light mist.

Deputy Dean Bruce held the statue with one hand and stood behind Scholar Yerkes. Neither of them spoke. Their eyes fell on the street scene in the distance at the same time. Among the bustling people on the street, everyone seemed busy. There are obviously beautiful sunsets and street views, but in this bustling street, few people stop to admire it.

The pace of life in the imperial capital is fast, and people are busy running for a better life, but they often forget what kind of life is a good life.

Vice Dean Bruce glanced at me, and then said to Scholar Yerkes: "Do you still remember when you first came to the Imperial Capital? You were alone with a magic puppet and had no place to stay in the Imperial Capital. On the first night Just sitting in the tavern all night, when I was waiting outside the Magic Guild, did I ever think that you would have such a gorgeous apartment in the imperial capital? "

Scholar Yerkes remained silent. After a moment, he said with a depressed expression: "At that time, I thought that if I could rent a room where I could live in the imperial capital, and find a job that could provide me with three meals a day, as long as I could stay in the imperial capital. , I am very satisfied to be able to sit in the library of the Magic Guild, which is open to all magicians for free every day.”

Looks like Scholar Yerkes isn't that bad, at least he's still willing to talk to us.

Vice Dean Bruce continued: "Since then, your path to magic has been smooth sailing. That magic puppet has been unanimously recognized by the judges of the Magic Guild, and your paper on the magic of the Heart of Rock has been given high praise. The biggest affirmation is that your identity has changed a little, you have become a magic scholar, and the paper was published in the Imperial Capital Magic News."

I didn’t know much about Scholar Yerkes’ past in the Imperial Capital. I didn’t expect that he suffered a lot when he first came to the Imperial Capital.

Vice President Bruce added: "Then you found a very good job in the Magic Research Institute and became an inscription designer in the Institute's Inscription Department. In the following months, you have been working diligently in the Inscription Department. The design of the magic pattern construct uses a very unique entry point to design the 'Earth Shield' magic pattern construct breastplate. It is this 'Earth Shield' magic pattern construct that makes you have it in the Magic Research Institute. A place to stand.”

I know that this job was introduced to Yerkes Scholars by Vice Dean Bruce. In order to allow Yerkes Scholars to enter the Academy of Magic, Vice Dean Bruce was also under a lot of pressure, but fortunately, Yerkes Scholars proved own.

Deputy Dean Bruce added: "But since you can't draw the magic pattern array or make the magic pattern structure yourself, you need an assistant who is good at drawing magic pattern arrays. This condition itself is already very harsh, and no one can Unexpectedly, you have even more stringent requirements for magic assistants, and you have zero tolerance for the success rate of these magic assistants in drawing magic patterns. Therefore, in two years, you have replaced no less than twenty magic assistants. "

Deputy Dean Bruce said: "It wasn't until this child who came to you from the North appeared in front of you that I realized that you were not choosing a magic assistant all this time. You were simply waiting for this child with extraordinary magical talent. "Child, Jijia."

I never knew that in the eyes of Deputy Dean Bruce, I was a child with extraordinary magical talent.

Vice Dean Bruce cast his eyes on me, so I walked up and sat side by side with the Yerkes scholar on the low wall of the roof. The Yerkes scholar's empty eyes moved slightly. I saw Scholar Yerkes' trembling hand touching the wine bottle again. I handed him the wine bottle and watched him take a big gulp of golden cider. Golden wine stains remained along the corners of his mouth. He wiped his mouth casually with his sleeve.

Vice Dean Bruce asked Scholar Yerkes: "In El City, you should know that he is a unique magic apprentice?"

Scholar Yerkes did not hide anything and admitted directly: "Well, he has unparalleled talent in drawing magic patterns. His hands are very steady and he rarely makes mistakes when drawing magic patterns."

Vice Dean Bruce then asked: "So you have always wanted to persuade Jijia to come to the imperial capital?"

Scholar Yerkes did not deny it, only said: "This is a bigger stage for Jijia. Only in the imperial capital can he become an excellent inscriptionist."

"So, he came to the Imperial Capital at your invitation?" Vice Dean Bruce continued to ask.

Unexpectedly, Scholar Yerkes shook his head and said to him: "That's not the case. Jijia did not accept my invitation. He was just recommended by her mentor to come to the Royal Academy of Magic and help me at the Magic Research Institute."

Vice Dean Bruce added: "When Jijia arrived in the Imperial Capital, you and Jijia worked together to complete the demanding magic pattern construction order, and then designed the 'Devil Snake's Teeth' magic pattern construction, and that's until now. , those inscription masters haven’t been able to decipher it yet. By understanding the composition of the 'Devil's Fang' magic pattern suit, this set of primary magic pattern construction has completely overturned the status of the primary agility magic pattern structure in the hearts of first-level swordsmen, assassins, rangers, and archers, and has become the primary agility category. The first choice for magic pattern construction.”

Scholar Yerkes snorted coldly: "As long as we don't disclose the blueprints and give them another ten years, they won't be able to figure out the secrets inside the 'Devil's Fang' structure."

Scholar Yerkes is right. The accompanying magic patterns on the 'Devil's Fang' can be said to have subverted the knowledge of magicians. The inscription masters in the imperial capital want to decipher the design of the 'Devil's Fang' Pictures are by no means an easy task.

Vice Dean Bruce seemed to have brought back memories of the past, just like opening a window in Scholar Yerkes's heart. Scholar Yerkes' eyes regained a glimmer of light. That was the 'Devil Snake's Teeth' magic pattern structure. Pretending to bring him glory.

Later, Vice Dean Bruce said: "I heard... you have been praised by some noble lords as the inscription master of junior structure design recently, so you occasionally feel a little drifting, have you forgotten what your original intention is? ?”

Vice Dean Bruce's last words were loud, and the Yerkes scholar who was in confusion suddenly woke up. He said in a daze: "My original intention?"

Associate Dean Bruce asked the Yerkes scholar, “What is it that you want in life?”

Scholar Yerkes thought for a while and then said: "Be an inscription designer recognized by everyone and design some useful magic pattern structures!"

Deputy Dean Bruce said: "So, you should think carefully about what kind of life you want. Don't be blinded by the flashy illusions in front of you. Wake up, old friend."

After Dean Bruce said this, he walked away without looking back. I couldn't even see how he left. Only Scholar Yerkes and I were left on the roof. I sighed slightly. , said to him: "I'm sorry, maybe it's me that puts you in trouble."

Scholar Yekis shook his head slightly and said to me frankly: "No, it's not your fault. I seem to have forgotten the original purpose of coming to the imperial capital as Bruce said."

At this time, Eve came up from the back, holding a tray of snacks and two wine glasses. I poured the remaining half bottle of golden apple wine into the two wine glasses. We clinked our glasses tacitly, drank a sip of golden apple wine, and then fell silent again.

"Thinking about it, I'm really a little angry!" Yekis beat his chest with his hands, and finally let out a long roar, shouting out all the resentment accumulated in his heart.

I asked him: "What's wrong?"

Scholar Yekis took the wind snake skin armor magic pattern structure that exuded a light blue magic glow in his hand and asked me: "That... magic pattern, how did you do it?"

I smiled and told him: "Actually, I learned it from a book. Do you want to see it?"

"Forget it, I won't read it." Scholar Yekis swallowed a mouthful of saliva forcibly, hesitated again and again, and finally refused to say it.

Scholar Yekis asked me again: "What is the name of that magic pattern?"

I said to him: "Actually, I don't know what it is called!"

We sat on the roof and slowly welcomed the night.

"Just like the first magic pattern, I didn't even know its function at the beginning, and the second one was the same. Later in the laboratory, I learned that its greatest function is to 'restore mana'. I call it 'energy-gathering magic pattern'." I said it again.

Scholar Yekis smiled and said: "Energy-gathering magic pattern, it's quite appropriate."

I curled my lips, looked at him with squinted eyes, and said to him: "You are sitting here alone drinking wine just for this little thing?"

Scholar Yekis looked at me with wide eyes: "How can this be a small thing? You don't know the function of this companion magic pattern until now, do you?"

"Yes, I don't know it deeply enough. I have been busy drawing the 'fangs of the demon snake' recently. Isn't it just gathering mana? What's the big deal?" I said to Scholar Yekis.

"..."

Scholar Yekis started to talk more and more, and we sat on the rooftop and talked for a long time, and drank a lot of wine.

Eve stood behind us and brought us several exquisite side dishes.

I didn't expect that this time, Scholar Yekis's autism was really about this 'energy-gathering magic pattern'. He couldn't accept that I drew such companion magic patterns one after another, and was hit by me.

He felt that his talent for inscription design, which he had always been proud of, was not worth mentioning in front of my companion magic pattern. With Bruce's enlightenment, Yekis finally figured it out. We have always been obsessed with designing those magic pattern structures and neglected our own lives. In fact, sometimes we can stop and appreciate the scenery along the way.