Chapter 10 The First Night of Becoming an Apprentice
Thor looked at the maid in disbelief.
He is only twelve years old!
Sol pulled the heavy cart into the room and slammed the door shut in front of the maid.
The maid straightened up and pouted unhappily.
At this time, the maid responsible for delivering books to 603 came over pushing an empty cart.
She looked at the young maid standing outside the door with empty hands, and was a little surprised, "He didn't let you in?" "
It's okay." The maid hooked her collar with her index finger, and the collar bounced back to her flesh, trembling slightly, "He You'll need it."
Saul didn't know that the person outside the door had regarded him as prey, and was picking up each book and reading it with a happy face.
Each of these books is very thick.
Some introduce magical animals, plants, minerals, etc. in this world.
Some describe the characteristics and legends of some common ghosts and monsters.
Some are like foreign language textbooks, but they are as complex and difficult to understand as English-Chinese dictionaries.
There are also pictures, but the pictures inside are all weird and terrifying. If you look at them for a long time, they will make you dizzy.
After roughly flipping through each book, Saul went to look at the things covered with black velvet.
There is a crystal ball he has seen, but it is not pure black, but transparent.
There is a set of test tube beakers made of clear crystal or glass, and a small crucible.
There is also a large wooden box, which is divided into more than a dozen compartments and contains different items. There are several sets of clothes and a first-level apprentice badge.
These things were introduced in the apprentice manual. Sol took the manual and compared it one by one, and finally understood everything.
Thor pinned the apprentice badge to his coat and stroked the slightly rough texture with his fingers.
Thinking about the first public class tomorrow, Thor took out a copy of "Wizard Language: An Introduction to Noah's Language", sat back at the long table, and started to preview.
After all, he had passed the college entrance examination in his previous life, and Sol was still relatively good at rote memorization and question-answering tactics.
There are no windows in the first-level apprentice's room, and he cannot see the outside scenery. He can only tell what time it is based on the blue hourglass above his head.
Blue gravel fell one by one, and with the sound of paper turning and pen writing, the whole world fell silent.
Thor ate the lunch and dinner brought by the maid without hesitation. When Sol looked up to confirm the time, he realized that it was already 12 o'clock in the middle of the night.
Classes will start tomorrow, so you can’t stay up too late to waste your energy.
Thor stretched his waist, and the muscles in his body began to groan with pain, but he was in good spirits and did not feel lethargic and tired.
After passing the apprentice's mental strength test, he found that his energy had increased significantly, as if some valve in his body had been opened.
During those days when he was still a servant, he would work until twelve o'clock. He would be kicked out of bed at four o'clock and then get up to work.
At that time, I always felt that I didn’t get enough sleep.
I didn't expect that as an apprentice, I would not feel so sleepy when I have time to sleep.
"Is it my illusion? It seems that my mental and mental strength are much stronger than before."
Sol was not sure of his own state and decided to ask his mentor for advice tomorrow.
He scrubbed briefly, then walked to the wall and dimmed the candlelight to its lowest setting.
Whether it is a room or a corridor, the brightness of the candle can be dimmed, but it must not be extinguished.
This is common sense that even the servants know.
The kind that can save lives.
Lying on the bed, Sol was a little excited again.
This bed is about one and a half meters wide, which is much more spacious and comfortable than the big bunk where he used to sleep.
Thor spread out his arms and legs in an attempt to occupy the entire bed, but he was young and very thin now, so there was only enough room for him to lie sideways.
After lying like this for a while, Sol didn't fall asleep. He had no choice but to take back a small ball and cover himself tightly with the quilt. Only then did he feel an inexplicable sense of relief.
This time, he fell asleep quickly.
At four fifteen in the morning, the biological clock forced Sol to open his eyes.
He sat up and yawned, breathing in the slightly cool air into his lungs and immediately waking him up.
The bright candlelight poured down again, and Thor sat back at the long table.
Just when he was about to turn the book, something suddenly moved in his heart. He walked to the door, opened the door a small crack, and looked out.
His room was room 604, near the end of the corridor, where he could see the slope going up and down the stairs.
After a while, he heard faint footsteps, and a boy's figure appeared in the dim light, struggling to push a small car up.
Is it Brown?
Thor's eyes widened, and he was still a little eager to try, but in the end he suppressed his inner impulse.
Although his status has been transformed into an apprentice, his strength is still the same as a day ago.
He closed the door again and sat back at the long table.
"I remember that Brown only worked in the early morning shifts two days ago. Why is it him again today?"
"Is it because I became an apprentice?"
Although there are some problems with the way Saul passed the apprenticeship test, and many apprentices have known about it.
But the servants may not care about this. They only know that Thor has transformed from a servant into a powerful and terrifying wizard apprentice.
So Brown, who once took the lead in bullying Saul, may have to work in the early morning shifts.
Saul wanted to ask Brown who instigated him to kill him?
But now is not a good time. Firstly, Thor does not have the ability to torture out the truth. Secondly, it is easy to alert the enemy.
He looked sideways at the hard-cover book on his left shoulder, and reached out to touch his life-saving book. Unfortunately, his fingers passed through the air and only touched nothingness.
"Perhaps only when I become a wizard can I be qualified to understand the principles of this hard-cover book."
The threat of death did not recede because he became an apprentice. Instead, it made the clouds surrounding him heavier. Thor could not see through himself at all. What kind of conspiracy vortex are you in?
Saul immersed himself in the ocean of knowledge again. Now only learning, continuous learning, can make him feel at ease.
What woke Thor again was a polite knock on the door.
Outside the door was Keli. Her eyes were slightly blue, and she was probably staying up late to study.
"It's almost time for class. How about sharing what you learned last night?" Keli said unceremoniously.
This may be the true meaning of "genius should go hand in hand with genius".
Sol looked up and looked at the time. Sure enough, class was about to begin, and it was even later than the time he expected to leave.
He quickly picked up his books, paper and pen and rushed out the door.
"The hourglass can be set to remind you. It's explained in the apprentice manual."
Sol subconsciously made an OK gesture, but Keli didn't understand it.
The two walked quickly towards the East Tower, chatting as they walked.
"How long did you read yesterday? I only read for two hours, and my head was already dizzy and I couldn't calm down. I had to close my eyes and rest for a while." Keli said softly.
Thor's heart skipped a beat and he didn't tell the truth.
"I read for about three or four hours in a row before taking a break."
In fact, he even ate with a book in his hands yesterday, and he only had a serious rest when he lay in bed and slept.
He had slept only four hours in total and was now in high spirits.
Even so, Keli stared at him in disbelief for a while with wide eyes. "Your mental power is really
terrifying. No wonder you can stare at that puppet for so long." She lowered her head and glanced at the book in her hand, and said with regret, "I wish I could stare at it for that long."
The two of them came to the large classroom on the tenth floor.
The place was packed with people, many of whom were obviously not new apprentices in this batch.
Except for the first row and the corner seats in the last row, which were empty, the rest of the seats were full.
When Sol was hesitating between being low-key or high-profile, Keli was already walking towards the first row with her head held high.
She noticed that Sol hadn't followed, so she turned back and raised her paw at him.
"Let's go, you can't keep a low profile anymore."
(End of chapter)