Weird Wizarding World

The evening sun shines through the glass and onto the brown desk, forming bright yellow spots.

The study was completely quiet. Apart from the occasional slight sound of the cold wind blowing outside, the only sound left was the rustling of pages being turned.

After a while, Colin sighed and put down today's parliamentary announcement and newspaper, and slowly stood up.

'Still no information about the battle the day before yesterday. ’

The bright red figure who was suspected to be a believer of the gods, the fierce and fast battle like thunder... caused Colin, who had just walked out of the bookstore, to feel an inexplicable gloom in his heart.

In the next two days, Colin kept paying attention to the follow-up news.

However, apart from the rumors, it was as if nothing had happened, and there was no more news.

Yesterday, he even went to the school and tried to ask the instructor, but Atbold didn't even know about that battle...

But Colin firmly believed that this was definitely related to Operation Crimson, which Noyce had mentioned to him before.

I don’t know how Noyce’s improved crimson marking technique has been improved...

All along, he has actually continued to practice the Crimson Mark Technique. Now his progress has reached over 80, and he will be able to break the limit again in the near future.

But Colin didn't think that the second limit-breaking crimson mark technique could see through the god's disguise that even Noyce was now helpless to do anything about.

After all, the Crimson Mark Technique he learned was only a simplified version, and the original version created by Noyce was probably at least a third-level witchcraft.

However, gold paper is not a special object after all, and maybe it will bring some new inspiration after the limit is broken.

If I can gain valuable inspiration, I'll go find Noyce again then... and by the way, I can also ask about today's battle.

As for finding Noyce now...he didn't want to waste the congressman's precious patience with him just because of a little curiosity.

Collating his thoughts, Colin walked down the stairs.

The aroma of food wafted faintly from below, and Renee was busy in the kitchen.

Today is December 31, Year 3585, New Year's Eve.

Renee has been busy from early morning to now for the New Year's dinner.

The fireplace in the hall was blazing with flames, and the occasional crackling sound of wood could be heard, filling the entire space with a warm atmosphere.

Colin let out a breath and walked briskly to the kitchen.

The other three members of the family are here at this time.

Renee was simmering seafood porridge in front of the stove, and Demi was standing on a low stool to help cut vegetables.

Naxi, on the other hand, flew to Demina holding a potato, and then flew to Renee dragging a spice bottle, her face flushed, and she was having a great time doing it.

"Master, you're here." Renee noticed his arrival, put down the spatula and turned around.

"You are busy first." Colin waved his hand, and then asked: "Has anyone been here this afternoon?"

"No, Master." Renee shook her head, and then added, "Speaking of which, those witches and wizards who often visited me before may not have been here for a long time."

Demi and Naxi on the side also said hello to him.

"Aren't you here yet?" Colin nodded slightly.

As for Yulea's witches and wizards not coming, he didn't care.

The reason why he asked Renee was because he also invited Shelley, the scroll king, to the New Year's dinner today.

But it looked like she was about to step over.

As for the tutor, he also invited me yesterday, but was declined.

Mentor Altbald became increasingly reluctant to leave his residence.

Walking out of the kitchen, there was only a trace of the orange sunset left in the distance, and the sky became dim.

Ring ring ring——

The doorbell controlled by Nado suddenly rang in the living room, and the vine kept shaking on the pull rope, reminding Colin that someone was visiting outside the door.

Renee hurried out of the kitchen.

"I'll go." Colin said, and then walked outside with a smile.

He asked several times before he finally persuaded Shelley to come over.

In a sense, it is a great achievement to be able to allow such a master to delay his study for a whole night and come over for a meal.

"Welcome." Colin opened the door and said with a smile.

"...Good evening." Shelley paused, smoothed the hair beside his ear and said.

Today, she was still wearing a clean but old and whitened black robe. She was naked, but her beauty could not be concealed. She was also holding a delicate brown wooden box in her right hand.

"Here you go." Shelley continued, handing the gift to Colin a little unaccustomedly.

She actually had a lot of contact with people, but this was the first time she came to visit just for a meal.

"That's so polite." Colin raised his eyebrows slightly and said with a smile, but he didn't refuse and took it over.

There is no need to say no to the rich woman.

The two of them walked towards the house together.

When the distant horizon swallowed up the last trace of orange, Renee and the three of them also prepared dinner.

At Colin's insistence, the four people and an elf sat together at the square table in the restaurant and started the dinner.

The atmosphere was more harmonious than Colin imagined.

Shelley didn't have any special reaction when Sister Renee ate with them, and even talked about food preparation with Renee in a serious manner.

"If you want the fish soup to be white, you need to heat the water after frying, and you can also add more oil." Renee said.

"Can't you use cold water?"

"It's more difficult," Renee continued to answer.

Shelley nodded thoughtfully.

Colin took a bite of food.

In a world where class is engraved in one's bones, Shelley's performance was somewhat beyond his expectations.

But Shelley's past is still mysterious to Colin.

He had also asked, but Shelley didn't want to say more, so he didn't ask more. He only knew that she was alone in Neustadt.

There are no relatives or mentors.

In the second half of dinner, he was the only one left to continue.

Renee was already full and waiting.

Demi was also full, and with Colin's approval, she and Naxi ran outside to play.

"Shortly after the Chinese New Year, I may not be in Zhenzhikai for a period of time."

Shelley said suddenly. She had not stopped using her chopsticks at this time and was drinking the milky white fish soup.

There were three soups tonight, and most of them went into her stomach.

Colin swallowed the food in his mouth, paused and asked, "When is it exactly?"

"Maybe late January, maybe early February, on the coldest day."

Colin nodded slightly, thought for a while and then said: "I wish you good luck."

According to the saying in the previous life, a habit can be formed by persisting for twenty-one days.

He and Shelley communicated regularly at noon every day for more than 21 days, and it had become a habit.

Previously, if Colin could not go to Zhenzhihui at noon on a certain day due to work, he would usually tell Shelley in advance if it was convenient.

It can be regarded as a tacit understanding between the two.

With the gold paper, Colin had never met a wizard who could talk to him about witchcraft knowledge before.

If you have this skill, you might as well practice witchcraft a few more times yourself.

But Shelley was different, she was a true genius.

Talking to him was as beneficial to Colin as reading Noyce's manuscript.

However, Noyce's manuscript was a bit too big for him and seemed a bit obscure, while Shelley was just right.

The more the two chatted, the more they felt a sense of sympathy between geniuses.

"Your application for membership of the Gulen Fair has been passed." Shelley put down the fish soup and said again.

"Sorry to trouble you." Colin thanked him with a slightly happy expression.

The Gulen Trade Fair, like the Darren Commission, is an underground trade fair.

It's just that Gulen's transaction will be more biased towards witchcraft transactions, and Darren's commission will be more biased towards customized witchcraft commissions.

Both are among the largest organizations in each other's fields.

When Colin learned this information, he asked Shelley which organization would be better to join.

Shelley's only two answers.

However, the qualifications for the Gulen Fair seem to be more difficult to obtain than the membership of the Darren Trust.

I applied together with the Darren Commission, but it’s only now that there’s finally been any movement.

The next day.

January 1st, 3586 years in the Anan calendar.

A new year has arrived.

He had rested all afternoon yesterday, and at nine o'clock this morning, Colin walked out of the door on time, preparing to go to the True Knowledge Society and continue his struggle.

A new year, a new day, a good start!

According to the current progress, if nothing unexpected happens, the Hochia Meditation Method will be successfully integrated with the Tin Sage Meditation Method in about three to five weeks.

However, before Colin could even step out of the house, the badge he carried with him lit up.

Colin paused, holding the badge and injecting magic power into it.

After a moment, with a flash of white light, a brief message was projected above the badge.

‘Please, Sir Colin Leonard, go to the school to receive the first mandatory mission of the year. ’

Colin frowned slightly and quickly went to the school.

Although as a first-level wizard, he is required to complete four mandatory tasks every year, but this year's mandatory tasks came too quickly.

Half an hour later, he arrived at the General Affairs Building.

"Your Majesty's mandatory task is to escort an important item to the front line in the southern sea." The wizard in charge said to him.

"Why did the school appoint me?" Colin asked.

"I'm not sure, but the mandatory tasks for each quarter are assigned according to ability. Logically speaking, this task should not exceed your ability."

"And the escort mission is considered easy. It's just sent to the front line. The entire route is in the rear. With your strength as a first-level senior wizard, there won't be any danger.

The only thing that may not be so good is that you can't sit in the teleportation array. I'm afraid the mission will take longer. "

"Sorry, I refuse this task." Colin shook his head, took out the golden feather nameplate, and handed it to the astonished wizard in front of him.

"It turns out that you are Jin Yu." The wizard on duty saw the Jin Yu nameplate clearly, came to his senses, and quickly took it, "I will cancel this mandatory task for you right now."

"But do you really want to use this once-a-year opportunity for this simple task?"

"Yeah." Colin nodded slightly.

If you can't sit in the teleportation array, the time required will not only be longer, but also take at least three to five months to go back and forth.

The journey is far away and takes a long time, so you may encounter some problems.

Moreover, after leaving the city of Neustadt, his great cause of earning magic stones would have to be put aside.

You must know that the time limit given for the customized witchcraft commission is to have at least a first edition within three months, and he cannot leave yet.

Besides, the urgency of this mission is really strange.

Colin frowned and thought for a moment, and suddenly thought of the pure-blood family witches and wizards who suddenly stopped disturbing him recently.

‘Is it a task specially assigned to me by the pure-blood family? ’

His face was calm, and he felt an inexplicable sense of urgency.

It’s time to advance to the second level soon.

If this task was really secretly arranged by the pure-blood family, then if he refused this time, there would definitely be another time.

As a member of the school, he could not refuse these responsibilities.

But if you advance to the second level, you don't need to worry too much about these mandatory tasks arranged according to your apparent first-level strength.

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More than half a month passed quickly.

January 26, early morning.

A remote neighborhood in Neustadt.

Colin's figure slowly emerged from a rough masonry wall.

The man in black robe standing guard at the end of the passage saw him coming out, stooped, and stretched out his hand to open the iron door.

The biting cold wind suddenly came with snowflakes on the pavement.

'The weather is getting cold. ’

Colin walked through the iron gate in silence, holding on to the defensive magic, and came to an alley.

He had just come out of the Gülen Trade Fair stronghold.

The harvest was 280,000 magic stones.

Yesterday at the trade fair, he was notified that the witchcraft he had previously posted was bought by someone, so he came over early this morning to complete the transaction.

The sorcery of the trade is a first-order high-level steel temperature-resistant force field.

Due to its excellent effect, the price of this witchcraft is almost as high as that of some low-end second-level witchcraft.

Colin was not reluctant.

In addition to the price, it’s also because he now has a better one——

Under his focus, the first-level high-level steel temperature-resistant force field had successfully broken through its limits some time ago and became a second-level low-level witchcraft.

At this point, the steel temperature-resistant force field has also reached golden level. If you want to break through the limit again, you need to find new witchcraft to integrate it.

As for the cost of breaking the limit, it reaches an astonishing 45,000 magic stones.

If it hadn't been for the customized witchcraft that had been delivered before and earned 250,000 magic stones, it would have been a bit of a stretch.

There was also the Crimson Marking Technique, which had been broken some time ago. Unfortunately, there was no useful inspiration, so he did not look for Noyce.

After that thunderous battle, the situation in Neustadt was calm despite constant blizzards.

Colin also temporarily suppressed his worries.

After all, there is no use worrying. The only thing he can do is to work hard to improve his strength.

Drop by the True Knowledge Society.

During this period of time, Colin lived a very regular life as before.

It can even be said that we need to work harder.

Relying on his first-order knight's body, he once again compressed his sleep time, leaving only two hours of rest every day.

The rest of the time was spent practicing.

Such hard work brought him huge benefits.

Not only the witchcraft that breaks the limit, but just two days ago, the Hogia Meditation Method and the Holy Circle Meditation Method have also been integrated to break the limit.

In theory, it is now possible to advance to the second level wizard. But in order to ensure the best results, Colin plans to wait for the new meditation method to push the progress to the limit before starting to break the limit.

All the way to the door of Shelley's laboratory, Colin pressed the doorbell.

Going home from the Gulen Trade Fair, you will pass by the Shinjikai Castle.

He planned to leave Neustadt tomorrow to do something, which would take about three to five days.

So I stopped by and had a chat with Shelley.

After a while, the door of the laboratory opened and Shelley's figure appeared.

Colin was about to speak when he heard Shelley look at him first and say:

"You came just in time. Starting from tomorrow, I will leave Neustadt City for a while."