37. The choice between ice and fire
During dinner, Fanny pushed open the glass window with oil paints in the restaurant, allowing the evening breeze with the aroma of golden apple flowers in the garden to blow in, bringing a hint of coolness. When the sun sets, clouds like flames float in the twilight in the sky. The evening breeze makes the candle flames in the wax table jump constantly, and I quickly took the lampshade on the windowsill and covered the candlelight. At this time, Fanny was taking out a plate of roasted lamb chops from the oven beside her, looking at me seriously, and saying apologetically to me: "I'm sorry, Jia, I should have accompanied you to the awakening ceremony today!"
"It's okay, Fanny! I know the way home myself, and the War Academy is easy to find. There is no taller building in the entire El City. Thank you for your concern!" I smiled and moved out a stack of silver dining plates from the pear wood cabinet beside me, took out a few silver dining knives from the knife box, and skillfully placed them on the table.
I'm used to these things. Sometimes I even have to help Fanny clean the dishes after meals. At the beginning, Fanny almost couldn't smile. In the past two years, Fanny has not been willing to let me do the work in the kitchen because someone seems to have said that boys always work in the kitchen, and gradually they will become like girls. They will be bullied after growing up timidly. For Fanny, this is unbearable, so she is not willing to let me help in the kitchen.
But today is an exception, and I think her eyes are a little wet.
She brought the fried onion rings, and I couldn't wait to reach out and squeeze one and throw it into my mouth. It tasted very sweet.
Ryante walked in slowly with a stack of El Magic Evening News in a loose pajama. His figure was well maintained, his belly was not fat, his shoulders were wide, and his arms were thick. When he walked in, he asked me: "Jia, have you ever considered the future?"
Ryante is the male owner of the family and naturally sits in the main seat.
"What's the matter? Do you have to get a proof of the magician's qualification in the graduation exam or something? I heard that it's difficult to graduate successfully in War College. The tutors always set the credits very high. Maybe it would be easier to get the proof of the guild of the Magic!" I sat down next to Ryante, and Fanny cut a large piece of lamb chops and put it on Ryante's plate, added two red tomatoes, and then mine. I prefer meat and fried onion rings, but I don't like to eat tomatoes.
"You will be a magician in the future and have won the title of Baron of the Green Empire. Maybe you will still have your own fiefdom!" Ryante continued.
"Fanni, do you like the manor?" I turned my head and asked Fannie who was standing behind me.
Fanny was stunned by my question and said, "What manor? I still prefer this small house and I am used to living here."
"Then I don't want any fiefdom. Not all magicians will have such good luck to have their own fiefdom. Besides, Fanny doesn't like it either. But I think I might go to Sloyd Ivory Tower Magic Academy in the future, or go to the Royal Green Magic Academy. As a magician, I have to pursue some pursuits, right?" I prefer to dip the grilled lamb chops in some barbecue sauce, which makes it taste more delicious.
Tracy slowly walked down the stairs with her wet hair. She was wearing a pair of light bloomers, a very cool suspender on her upper body, and the upright snow peaks on her chest were tightly wrapped inside, rising and falling as she walked. Her figure was very good, especially because of the long-term exercise, which made her waist full of tenacity. As a warrior using a Western sword, the training intensity of the waist and legs was the greatest. Seeing that we were talking very much, she asked, "What are you talking about?"
"After talking about you and Jia, Jia was favored by the goddess of luck at the magic awakening ceremony today and was fortunate to become a magician nobleman. Jia said that he would go to the Royal Magic Academy in the imperial capital in the future. This ideal is great! There may be a more brilliant road to go in the future, but no matter which height you will reach in the future, Fanny and I will be proud of you. Similarly, we are also proud of Tracy. You are a brave and kind female swordsman. You always remember the words you said when you oath. You can protect your teammates without fear of life and death. This is a very excellent quality." Ryante said.
Ryante had some affirmation of Tracy and me. He glanced at me and said, "I originally thought that Jia wanted to go to the Junior Warrior Academy of War College. Your physical fitness is much better than that of children of the same age. You will become an excellent warrior, but I didn't expect you to become an apprentice of a magician."
"Haha, maybe Fanny doesn't have to worry about the oven breaking anymore. Let me solve these problems for you. I am a magic apprentice who can use fire magic!" I reached out and whispered, and a ball of flames as big as a candlelight floated on the tip of my index finger. This little trick immediately surprised Fanny and Tracy and grew their mouths.
"Jia, can you control those fire elements so quickly? I have never heard of a child who just awakened the magic pool, who can control the fire elements so easily and easily in such a short time. Jia, will you be a fire magician in the future? There are many great fire magicians in the Green Empire. Now fire magic is considered the mainstream magic of the Green Empire." Ryante is obviously a martial arts instructor who has seen the world, and he also has certain involvement in magic.
I shook my head awkwardly and said, "In fact, it's not!"
"Oh?" Ryante looked up at me in surprise.
Tracy and Fanny were also looking at me. They didn't understand that I clearly have the control ability of fire magic, but why didn't I want to become a fire magician?
I gently rubbed the bridge of my nose with my index finger, which was a little difficult to say. I hesitated for a moment before saying: "At the end of the awakening ceremony during the day, the dean of the college asked us to choose which series of magic we majored in. I did not choose the fire department!"
"Uh!" Ryante couldn't understand for a moment, and then asked, "Why, tell me your reasons, don't you like flames? Or do you think other magic is cooler? Air, water or earth?"
"Does the magic apprentice also have the right to choose to practice magic in various categories?" Tracy asked in surprise.
Ryante said: "In fact, there are, but at the beginning, magic apprentices would default to practicing the series of magic that they are best at, that is, the body is more likely to accept which magic elements, and they will choose to practice that kind of magic skills, or some mentors will recommend some series of magic apprentices based on the affinity of magic elements of magic apprentices. However, I think Jia is more suitable for learning fire magic, and I believe that the magic tutors in which schools say the same!"
Ryante firmly believes in the qualities of the mentors in the Ele City Junior Magic Academy. He believes that these mentors will guide me the fastest path of magic cultivation. This makes me feel even more distressed. I feel that my little willfulness is simply unreasonable. I don’t even want to show off my ice magic abilities.
Seeing that I pressed my head down, Ryante guessed that things were not as simple as he thought, so he asked me seriously: "So what is your choice?"
"Water magic! My ideal is to be a magician in the auxiliary category!" I stretched out my five fingers and condensed a drop of water in the center of the five fingers. It was not very stable.
When I was picked up by Lao Kulu by burning out the forest, I had my own blood talent. It was the power brought by the awakening of the family's blood power. Many ancient families have their own unique blood inheritance. The awakening of those blood power is called the awakening of the real name. I awakened my own real name. Jijia is my name. After I have the blood power of the light blue ice flame, my real name is Jijia. Blue Flame.
In the battle with the gray dwarf robber at the exit of the road to death, I was seriously injured. In order for me to get better smoothly, Lao Kulu forcibly entered my spiritual sea and activated another blood force hidden in my body, which was the ability to heal myself, so my name changed to Jijia. Blue Flame. Self-healing.
I am born to be a magician with ice-type power, which is my bloodline ability. After I successfully condensed my magic pool in the awakening ceremony, my ice-type magic ability was finally revealed. I could condense ice crystals in my palm very easily, and the process was even faster than condensing a water ball. That was almost my instinct.
So at this moment, I was carefully maintaining the existence of the drop of water. It needed a little mana to keep floating in my palm. However, the magic power I input was slightly uncontrollable, and the drop of water would condense into ice, and it was very unstable. But obviously, when I said my choice, Ryante and Fanny were not surprised. Instead, they looked at me in confusion, not understanding what was difficult for me to talk about.
"A great choice! In fact, I think an auxiliary magician has a far higher role in the team than other magicians. They can greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the warriors in the team, and can also protect the warriors from retreating in the most dangerous situations. On the contrary, those magicians with superb abilities are sometimes incompatible with other team members, but many magic apprentices don't like to be an auxiliary magician because the combat ability of the auxiliary magician is too weak, which makes them have no sense of superiority as a magician!" Ryante praised me in agreement.
But there was no excitement in Fanny and Tracy's eyes. There was more melancholy in Fanny's eyes. She sighed and whispered to Tracy with concern: "Did Jia help us brush plates too much in the kitchen, which made him a little cowardly, so that he would choose an auxiliary magician?"
"Probably not!" Tracy looked at me carefully, and bit the fried fish so it made a crisp "crack" sound.
She knew that I was brave when facing the man-eating spider in the forest. She never thought I would lack courage.
The dinner was very rich. Fanny originally thought I needed to attend the entrance exam for the Junior Warrior Academy in the War Academy tomorrow, so she made a special dinner, but she didn't expect me to bring back more news, that is, I have become an apprentice of a magician. Fanny was mixed about this. She felt that after I became a noble, she would slowly leave this family. She was also worried that Tracy might have to look for an excellent young man earlier. Tracy was not young after all. But Fanny was also very happy, and was happy because of my outstanding performance and a beautiful future.
Perhaps because of his happiness, Ryante made an exception and drank a little golden cider. Ryante was a very restrained warrior. He believed that alcohol can damage people's nervous system and make people's reactions become very slow. These injuries are very fatal for a warrior who is good at using thin swords. Therefore, he was very restrained in drinking. Only when he encountered happy things would he drink a little bit of wine.
…beautiful dividing line…
The attic was very cool. I slid down by the windowsill of the attic and watched the excitement. After Tracy heard the noise outside, he ran from outside to my attic barefoot, and lay on the windowsill beside me, stretching his head to look down.
The crying came from the neighbor's yard. I saw Bin wearing a white floral boxer shorts, huddled in the corner of the yard and dared not move. He had a wound on his face and was begging Dali, who was standing in the yard: "Li, for my sake, you can let her go!"
"Haha, at this time, do you still dare to plead for this little fox?"
A tall woman in a striped long red and white dress was holding a pair of sharp scissors in her hand, and pulling a girl's long hair with the other hand. With a crisp "click" sound, a strand of hair was cut off. The girl lying on the ground was wrapped in a thin sheet, curling her body on the ground. Her hair was pulled in by Dali and her head was picked up. At this time, she was already scared and trembling all over.
"Follow me to the security office and let the sheriffs tell you the crime you committed!" Dali said to the girl with hatred.
"Sister Dali, please don't send me to the sheriff's place, please let me go!"
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When I saw this in the attic, I turned around and asked Tracy: "Did you tell Dali that Bin and his little lover were hanging out in his house?"
"Yeah!" Tracy said for granted.
I asked again: "I think it was Bin who betrayed Dali. These things should be Bin's fault. Why was the poor girl who was hurt? Look at her long hair was cut off!" I can't understand why the person who deserves to be criticized was just squatting in the corner and no one paid attention to him...
Tracy also stared wide and nodded, "If Bin is a man, he should stop them. He should take the initiative to take the blame!"
"Why do you tell Dali about these things?" I asked.
Tracy turned her head and signaled that she was not very happy, but she still said, "I just think Dali has the right to know!"
I said disdainfully: "Tsk! Hypocrisy."
"Okay! I was so angry that what Bin said before dinner, so I decided to let him suffer some trouble!" Tracy's personality was like this. Like her sword, she liked to go straight.
"She is very pitiful!" I was worried about the young girl.
Chapter completed!