Ride and Cut

"When Neo was crowned at the age of nineteen, he managed to find a balance between the various forces and used the abandoned old palace to open the San Jose School of Magic."

In the dark, starry night, the only candles on the table fluttered in the breeze, and the shadows of several people on the surrounding walls changed accordingly. This kind of environment is really suitable for listening to Buckland telling stories.

"The goal is for children aged five to eight. The schooling period is 12 years, and semi-military management is adopted. Outstanding graduates will also have the opportunity to enter the court mage group for further study. According to the original plan, 400 students should be publicly recruited from across the country every year. But it is a pity that it was later reduced to 200, and it was stipulated that it would only be done privately."

"Why downsize?" Anne couldn't help asking curiously.

"The reason is very simple." The old white tiger sneered, "The traditional pressure from the Magic Association is too great! It is so great that even His Majesty the King has to make some concessions!"

"Sometimes so-called geniuses and innovations that transcend the times can be guillotined." Li Cha now believes a little bit, "Is this why there is a magic academy, but it is not known to ordinary people at all?"

"That's right, relevant news has been suppressed intentionally or unintentionally." Buckland pointed to his chest and smiled wryly. "If I hadn't had some channels as a naturalist, I wouldn't be able to tell you today."

Obviously, in the confrontation between tradition and innovation, even if you are a king, you can only guarantee that you will not be completely defeated.

He founded the academy, but he couldn't convey the message to every civilian in the country as he originally envisioned.

But even so, as long as the seeds are sown, towering trees will one day grow.

The lord was silent for a while, then suddenly said: "An epoch-making initiative."

No matter what Neo's original intention of opening the Academy of Magic is, objectively, he has benefited more people from the elemental knowledge that was originally only circulated in a very small range.

"Yes, although it was not completely successful." Buckland nodded with a serious face, "But even so, it swept away the ancient custom of mages who have cherished themselves for thousands of years, and gave ordinary children with outstanding talents a learning opportunity. You should know what it means."

"But 200 per year. Neo has been crowned for almost 40 years, wouldn't it be necessary to train thousands of mages for San Jose?" After a little mental calculation, this number made Li Cha feel completely nonsense at first reaction, and it was impossible at all.

The number of registered mages in the entire human world is less than ten thousand.

This ten thousand includes not only the three major kingdoms, but also all mages from nearly a hundred kingdoms and duchies.

If San Jose has the ability to establish an additional 200-person mage training system per year, other countries will simply wash their necks and wait to hang themselves, there is no comparison.

This is not the same as Gaoshan Castle's use of crooked methods to spawn priests on a large scale. The cultivation of orthodox mages is a process that is many times more complicated.

"You misunderstood." Buckland said, "Apart from the mages and students among the two hundred people, there are more alchemy assistants, potion assistants and other ordinary people who are only proficient in elemental knowledge but not talented enough to master the power of elements. They also need to learn."

"Oh." The lord put his heart back into his stomach slightly, "It's not too bad."

"Anyway, having said so much, you should have some impression of Neo." The old white tiger spread his hands, "That's definitely not an ordinary character."

"Yeah." Li Cha nodded cheerfully, "Frankly speaking, I'm quite curious about him now."

"I also heard a gossip, but it's not true."

As soon as Buckland finished speaking, several people who were leaning on the back of their chairs just now became refreshed and looked at him with piercing eyes.

Gossip is the nature of intelligent beings, and these things in front of me are especially insurmountable.

"In the beginning, gardening was always considered to be a lowly occupation that only servants could handle." The old white tiger paused, and then continued, "But Neo was very interested in pruning flowers and trees, so after he was crowned, gardening became a fashion among the nobles. It is said that even our Majesty Sargerei of Pompeii was deeply influenced, trying to find out what kind of person Neo is from gardening."

"Why doesn't Li Cha cultivate his sentiments?" Elizabeth suddenly showed a soft look with bright eyes and kind eyes. "I also think gardening is very interesting."

"Dream!" The lord rolled his eyes.

He never found it interesting to fiddle with the scissors, as impatient people do.

"And even if you and Neo both find gardening interesting, it won't change the fact that you're an idiot. Don't try to elevate yourself with it." Li Cha casually pierced Elizabeth's hidden thoughts.

The crybaby gritted his teeth angrily and stared at him viciously.

"It suddenly occurred to me that if we were talking about the academy, our Alpine Fort is actually doing similar things." Annie smiled and patted the shoulder of the little nun beside her. "Every time Vera takes a magic class, there will be at least a few hundred students."

"That's right." Buckland said with a natural expression, "Corresponding to the School of Magic, it can be called the Alpine Fort School of Theology."

A trace of embarrassment flashed across the little nun's face, and she stammered, "No... but... the teacher's level is quite bad..."

"There is no need to belittle ourselves. We are also doing great things." Buckland's tone suddenly softened, and he looked at Li Cha with kind eyes. "Li Cha has a great advantage, that is, his ideas are not restricted by rules and regulations. In addition, Alpine Fort is a new territory built from scratch, and there are few ties to other forces."

"So sometimes I, a bad old man, think that maybe we will have an advantage over those big forces."

"Okay, okay, don't be numb, hurry up and go back to sleep." Li Cha was about to put out the candles and drive away.

Suddenly, there was a whistling sound from far and near in the corridor outside, like the whisper of a sympathizer, or the cry of the dead, mysterious and sad! The jumping shadows on the wall seem to have inexplicable meanings, which makes people creepy!

Coincidentally, a gust of wind rushed in, and the curtains danced wildly.

The only candle in the room flickered to the verge of extinguishing in an instant!

"Haunting...haunting!" Annie held Li Cha's clothes tightly, holding back a scream in her throat.

"What to do!" Vera also obviously began to panic.

"You are a dignified priest of Shengguang, shouldn't you be right in dealing with this situation?" The lord looked at her with black lines all over her head.

"Yes... yes, I am a pastor." Seeing Vera trembling even when she took out the cross, she knew that there was no hope at all.

So Li Cha cleared his throat: "Nehru! Shut up for me!"

In an instant, everything died down.

I have two impacted teeth in my jaw, and the left one is a bit inflamed. If it is not treated, it will form a cyst, so I will go to the hospital for surgery tomorrow to remove it.

Because this operation requires hospitalization, we will stop for two or three days.