Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 11 The Witch Mother and the Ring

By then, Professor Old's appearance had changed considerably.

He used to be gentle and refined, but now Professor Old looks like a very stubborn and mean old man, with a dark face and a strong smell of death about him.

Locke quickly left the area.

Over the past six months, the number of students working for Professor Old has been increasing, so many students in the college have come to know that he has a problem.

The problem is that no matter what happened, no matter how many people died, and no matter how many letters these privileged children wrote to their families, Professor Old was never punished by the College, and his actions were never even prohibited.

This made many children of the powerful and wealthy tremble with fear, and they were forced to start taking history classes seriously, no longer daring to fail their courses as casually as before.

Older, who was chatting with the students, looked up at Locke, a complex emotion flashing in his eyes.

'A level three wizard talent? That kid's really lucky.'

'Being young is great.'

Old turned and looked intently at these noble children from the Norman Kingdom, smiling as if a dying old man were looking at the hope of their lives, or as a water ghost staring at a passerby, staring at these pale-faced students. "I heard your families refused to continue providing you with tuition fees."

"If you work for me..."

……

In a three-story Victorian-style house in the manor area next to Aurelian Academy, Locke met the members of the Augustinian family.

First, there's the original owner's father, Count Augustine.

He was wearing soft-soled leather shoes and a red wool sweater. He looked travel-worn, his face was pale, and a patch of white gauze was showing under his clothes, indicating that he had suffered a serious injury.

Standing beside him was his nominal elder brother, Gloria Augustine, who was also the previous heir to the Augustine Countdom.

According to his memory, the original owner and Gloria were brothers from the same father and mother, but the original owner's mother had died of malaria ten years ago.

Count Augustine married the daughter of a minor noble family, who was also the original owner's stepmother, Sienna Brown.

Sienna Brown, however, only had one daughter, her half-sister.

At that moment, she was holding the younger sister's hand and smiling at herself, a smile tinged with unfamiliarity and fear.

Before the original owner left the family, her relationship with her was not very good. Sienna Brown even caused trouble many times because Count Augustine spent a lot of money every year to send the original owner to Aurelian Academy.

But now, unlike before, Sienna Brown knew that the Augustinian family was only able to stay here because of Locke in front of her, so she was no longer confident.

Sienna Brown urged her daughter, "Your second brother is here, quickly call him 'brother,' quick..."

Locke nodded slightly to his 7-year-old sister.

At the same time, he looked at his father and brother.

Goreia looked Locke up and down and said, "Locke, you've grown taller and bigger."

“I still remember how you looked when you left the family. It’s so good that we are finally reunited.”

Locke could sense the closeness his brother, who shared the same parents, felt towards him, or rather, the original owner of this body. After seeing him, he sincerely exclaimed in admiration, simply because he saw that he, or rather the original owner of this body, was doing very well.

Count Augustine coughed and said, "Locke, thanks to you this time. I didn't expect you to get the honors of being an outstanding graduate."

“It was a pleasant surprise.”

"As expected of my son."

"Father, brothers, hello." Locke raised his eyebrows, trying his best to blend in, because there were wizards in this world, so he didn't want to reveal his identity as a transmigrator.

I don't want to become experimental material for high-level wizards.

Locke looked at Count Augustine and said, "Father, you also know about the quota for outstanding graduates?"

Count Augustine glanced around and then dismissed Sienna Brown and her daughter, leaving only Gloria and Locke in the room.

Sienna Brown was somewhat unwilling, but she dared not disobey her husband's orders, so she could only leave the room silently with her daughter.

Count Augustine said, "There are no outsiders in this room. Now it's just you two brothers and me."

Count Augustine looked at Locke and said, "I had vaguely heard that outstanding graduates of Aurelian Academy are respected even by the King and the Pope, and hold a special status. After I came to your academy, your dean also subtly told me some things. After all, you will be leaving Corfu in two years to go to a bigger world."

Count Augustine nodded to Locke and said, "Locke, you did a good job."

"Our family's hope for a resurgence rests on you."

"Because of you, your brother and I are now able to receive the academy's protection, and in the future, we may even have the opportunity to reclaim our territory."

"But there's nothing we can do to help you get to the wizarding world..."

Locke looked at Count Augustine with some surprise, because even if Dean Tunguska told his father something, it was unlikely that he would directly tell him about wizards and magic.

Locke said, "Father, it's not two years, but a year and a half from now, I will be setting off."

"If all goes well."

As long as he becomes a third-class wizard apprentice before then, although his progress in learning the Vine Hand technique is not slow, it is not a big problem.

Locke said, "But Father, how did you know... about the wizard..."

Count Augustine lowered his head and said, "There are some unfounded rumors in noble circles."

"Moreover, your mother was a witch. I heard some things about the wizarding world from her."

Goria looked at Count Augustine in shock. "Father, what are you saying? You've never told me any of this before."

Count Augustine shook his head and said, "I was originally planning not to tell anyone."

“But now, Locke is going to that world. So I want you to know the truth.”

"Your mother was not from the continent of Corfu, but a witch from the outside world. She was seriously injured and drifted to our continent of Corfu."

"I saved her."

"She told me that she was being hunted by the enemy, the Tower of the Black Sun, so she fled to our world for refuge."

"Your mother did not die of the plague ten years ago, but rather she decided to leave Corfu and go to her own world ten years ago."

"That is, the wizarding world."

Count Augustine said, "Actually, you two have a younger sister, but she was taken away by your mother."

"She said that neither of you had the aptitude for wizardry, but your sister had a very high aptitude for it. And that sons belong to their fathers and daughters belong to their mothers, so she took your sister away."

"I will leave you in the mortal world to inherit titles and lands."

Count Augustine gave a wry smile and looked at Locke, saying, "Now that you are also going to that world, I know I have to tell you this."

“Children have the right to find their mother. Locke, this is a keepsake she left behind.”

Count Augustine placed a black iron ring in Locke's palm. "If you want to find your mother, take this; perhaps you will find her."

"Locke, this is your power, it's up to you."

“Your brother Goria and I don’t have the qualifications to enter that world. Our world is on this continent of Corfu. But now that you have the opportunity, make the most of it.”

Locke noticed a seal on the face of the iron ring, depicting a vibrant green oak leaf. Inside the ring was an inscription: "My mother taught me to gaze at the dew, my father guided me through the storm!"

Locke recovered from the shock of the incident and suddenly realized that the wood element compatibility should be the same as the original owner's compatibility, and his main element particle was the dark element.

It now seems that his high affinity with the Takagi element is inherited from his mother.

Locke asked Count Augustine, "Did Father and Mother use their real names on the Corfu continent?"

Count Augustine shook his head regretfully. "I have never doubted your mother's love for me."

"But at the time, she was trying to avoid her enemies, so she didn't dare use her real name. She was also afraid that if I knew her real name, it would cause me trouble. So, she only left this token."

Count Augustine said, "Before she left, she held you two in her arms for a very long time. She was very reluctant to part with you."

"But she told me that the wizarding world is much crueler than our world, and it's cruel to send children without talent into that world. She would rather you live an ordinary life in the mortal world."

(End of this chapter)