Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 257 The rising sun
Anglu looked at Locke and said seriously, "Locke, I reckon you won't have much peace and quiet for a while."

"I was wondering why you were the rising star in breeding, but after learning that you are a double champion, I'm not surprised anymore."

"Become a rising star in breeding, and you'll even get one free entry to the Wizard's Secret Realm every year."

"You've only been a first-class wizard apprentice for about a year."

"In just one year, you have become so famous."

Locke nodded slightly and said casually, "Anglu, you can do it too. Have a cup of tea."

"Let me process all this information you've brought. I think many people will be unsettled today."

Locke invited Anglu into his room, and Anglu sat on Locke's sofa with a very honored expression, even feeling somewhat uneasy.

Locke was speechless when he saw him like that.

There was no way around it; wizards worshipped geniuses, and almost every wizard was a staunch supporter of elitism. So, facing himself with so many accolades, Anglu had even begun to feel somewhat uneasy.

……

In the office of the Healing Hand Clinic, at the Angron Studio, Angron sat alone at his desk, his face grim as he looked at the list of results.

"Locke Augustine, where did you come from?"

“All of this was originally mine, but because you appeared, even something as readily available as an outstanding therapist slipped from my grasp.”

"Damn it, how hateful."

"And Albert, that guy is just as despicable. He's the Potions Prodigy and the First Apprentice, and even the Star Apprentice position I wanted is his. He never even tried to get the Star Apprentice title."

Anglo's face showed a mixture of panic and anger. "What should I do now? Will I disappoint Professor Harun Vera?"

"I should have been the best. I want to be number one, I want to be number one."

Angron looked up in the direction of Locke's office, his eyes gloomy, and he clenched his fists. "If all else fails, we'll find somewhere else..."

His eyes flashed with madness and murderous intent, but suddenly he thought of something, and the murderous intent and madness in his eyes vanished in an instant. Then he shrank back, and his eyes became clear. "Never mind."

"I heard that guy is incredibly strong. He can fight his way in and out of a group of hundreds of mad black wizards seven times."

"If I were to fight him, I'd probably be the one who dies."

Angron originally wanted to take an extreme route, but when he thought of the formidable reputation Locke had already built, his extreme idea was nipped in the bud.

Anglong sulked. "So many super geniuses have emerged at the academy lately. What am I supposed to do to stay number one?!"

"Perhaps I should ask Professor Harlan Vera for his opinion."

"He will definitely be able to help me."

……

Meanwhile, at Qingmiao Studio, the studio was deathly silent.

The list of participants for today's two competitions has been released, but the result is that the usually outstanding Qingmiao Studio failed to even get second place in the competition within their own college.

The second place went to Tengyu Studio, while the first place went to an unknown individual breeder.

Mary had only a vague impression of this person, the only one being the rankings from the preliminary rounds of the previous breeder competition.

The first-class wizard apprentices of the Green Seed Studio fell silent.

Mary sighed. "I participated in the association competition this time and achieved a good result of ninth place, which is not bad, because apart from Locke, this year's well-deserved champion, and myself, everyone else in the top ten is a veteran breeder who has been stuck at the first-class wizard apprentice stage for hundreds of years."

"Their talent lies in breeding, not in the orthodox advancement of magical levels."

“But our studio’s competition rankings this year are really problematic.” Mary looked at everyone in the studio and sighed, “We all bear responsibility for what happened.”

"Perhaps our studio has indeed run into some problems. We've wasted too much time on hierarchical structures in our boring studio, indulging in our past glories and history, and clinging to meaningless rules."

Many of the breeders in the studio showed changes in expression, but faced with such a result, they couldn't say anything to refute it.

Mary said, “Perfect, let’s take this opportunity to change our ways. Junior Lancaster, I hope you will apologize to Locke Augustine, whom you offended before.”

Mary said, "Our studio has accumulated a lot of bad habits in the past, and I hope that you can start to change them." "Respect all breeders, stop being arrogant, be down-to-earth, and change the superficial style of the past."

In the crowd, the general partner Lancaster exclaimed "Ah!" belatedly realizing that he was completely dumbfounded as he looked at the two competition rankings.

“Of course…of course…” Lancaster stammered.

Wizards all worship geniuses.

Because of the problems accumulated over hundreds of years in the Green Seeds Workshop, the atmosphere within the workshop is very problematic. The breeders in the workshop look down on the breeders outside the workshop. As a result, Lancaster had offended Locke before because of his arrogance and contempt for Locke.

But at this moment, facing the double champion aura of Locke, Lancaster only felt apprehensive and even felt that his previous behavior was so foolish.

Lancaster said to Mary, "Senior Mary, I was so stupid before."

"I will find a way to apologize to breeder Augustine."

Mary nodded. "It's good that you know you're wrong."

She looked at the two lists of rankings and the list of rising star breeders, and sighed slightly, feeling somewhat disappointed.

Although she knew that she hadn't lost unjustly this time, losing the title of first place in the field of breeding at Lilith's Hut still left Mary somewhat melancholy.

'It seems I need to find an opportunity to get acquainted with this Mr. Locke.'

Mary pondered.

……

In Francis's senior advisor's office, Francis looked at the two veteran first-ring wizards from Lilith Hut with a headache.

"You two, please don't make things difficult for me. There's only one Locke, but you two are."

"So, please don't interfere with the operation of the academy, okay?"

Lady Morgana and Harlan Vera are both academic tycoons with students all over the place. They even have a relationship with a student who has become a second-circle wizard. So even though they are both wizards at the crystallization stage of mental power, they are not afraid of the senior advisor Francis in front of them.

Compared to their student network, a mere senior advisor at Lilith's Hut is hardly worth mentioning.

Once a formal wizard's network of relationships is established and deepened, their influence often surpasses that of a single wizarding organization, or even a wizarding territory.

Lady Morgana retorted angrily, "Francis, it was your personal mistake that led you to misassign a talent to a newly promoted first-ring wizard."

"How else do you expect me to trust your work? Everyone has seen your performance."

“Locke is my student’s student. My student left, so it’s normal for him to become my student.”

Harlan Vera said to Francis, the senior advisor, in a rather calm manner, "Francis, we have a pretty good relationship."

"Do me a favor this time and get Locke to be my student."

“Locke is a valuable asset to the academy, and from the perspective of resource allocation, he should be assigned to me. I am the most suitable wizard mentor to guide him.”

Harlan Vera said, "He will become even more outstanding in my hands. I will make him even more of a genius in the field of breeding."

"I have the insight and magnanimity to develop those genius potentials."

Lady Morgana said coldly, "No, you don't. You only lead students astray, and Angron is a prime example."

"And then there's your Gina Heck breeder, who's involved in academic plagiarism. Why didn't you dare submit the Cursed Serpent Willow to the Breeders' Association competition? It's because those studies weren't done independently, right?"

Harlan Vera looked at Mrs. Morgana and said, "That was indeed not something she did alone. It was a shared achievement between Four Seasons Garden and her, but everyone knows that. It was just skirting the rules, and it doesn't really come down to a matter of character."

“Lady Morgana, I respect your outstanding contributions to the fields of breeding and potion-making, but in my opinion, you are too inflexible.”

"We should first consider things from the students' perspective, rather than blaming them for doing something wrong. Giving talented students more room to develop their abilities will allow them to better showcase their talents."

Mrs. Morgana said coldly, "Plagiarism is plagiarism."

"The students you've trained all have moral problems."

"My students just need to listen to me."

(End of this chapter)