Wizard: I have ten trillion nanomachines

Lokunlun and King Att III stepped into the council chamber. Inside, a middle-aged man with slightly graying temples sat upright in a chair. He was dressed simply, with a thin face and exceptionally bright eyes that revealed the wisdom unique to scholars.

Upon seeing Luo Kunlun enter, Samuel quickly stood up, his eyes filled with a mixture of curiosity and awe, and bowed slightly, saying, "Samuel greets Mr. Luo and His Majesty."

"Samuel had long heard of the Lord's deeds in saving the kingdom from peril, and it is a great honor to witness it today."

"No need for formalities," Luo Kunlun said calmly and directly. "I've come to you because of news about wizards."

"It is said that a wizard once appeared in your great-grandfather's generation."

"To be precise, he's an apprentice, a mid-level apprentice," Samuel added. "I've heard my grandfather talk about how the wizarding world is strictly hierarchical; a wizard is a wizard, and an apprentice is an apprentice, and the titles can't be mixed up."

"An apprentice from my family was my great-uncle. More than a hundred years ago, his talent was discovered in Golden Manor, and he sailed to the Wizarding Continent."

"He returned once during that time, which, according to my grandfather's recollection, was at least seventy or eighty years ago. When he returned, he brought with him a special potion that could strengthen the body, as well as wizard manuscripts written in both wizard script and continental script."

"However, there has been no news of him since. Given the lifespan of an apprentice, my great-uncle is probably no longer alive."

Golden Manor—Luo Kunlun heard this name again.

That was the only place on the continent where you could regularly see wizards.

"It is said that the ancestor of the owner of Golden Manor was a mid-level apprentice who left the Wizarding Continent and settled in the Volo Continent."

The continent of Volo is the name of the continent beneath the feet of Lokunlun, and also the name of the first wizard to set foot on this continent.

"He had a fondness for fine wine, and after arriving on the continent of Volo, he by chance brewed a wine using a unique plant from the continent. The wine was golden in color and had an excellent taste and flavor."

"Later, people from the Wizarding Continent tasted the wine and thought it was good. Therefore, those who came to the continent to collect young people with wizarding talent would first go to Golden Manor to enjoy it. Over time, the talent test was set there."

Ultimately, wizards are human too; they also crave pleasure and enjoy good food, fine wine, and beautiful women.

If you cater to their preferences, the wizards will be pleased and will naturally leave them a little something, such as some potions that strengthen the body or delay aging.

In addition, if a wizard can provide materials from magical beasts, or a type of stone that is mined from the ground but is extremely rare, he can also grant one wish.

A wizard can achieve anything: absolutely loyal assassins, breathtakingly beautiful women... and even a rich and prosperous territory.

Of course, don't make any unrealistic promises, like immortality, or you'll anger them and they'll kill you.

The Golden Manor opens every four years, and at that time, the most elite nobles on the entire continent will bring their children of the appropriate age there, hoping to be tested for wizarding talent and soar to great heights.

The last time it was opened was exactly one and a half years ago, and we have to wait another two and a half years for the next one.

Upon hearing this, Luo Kunlun had already made up his mind and asked, "So, if I want to know if I have wizarding talent, I just need to wait two and a half years and go to Golden Manor for testing?"

"There's no need for such trouble." Samuel took out a neatly folded piece of parchment from his pocket and carefully unfolded it.

The parchment is soft and flexible, and an oval pattern is drawn on it with a strange silver-gray pigment. The lines of the pattern are twisted and intertwined, seemingly chaotic, yet they exude a strange rhythm.

"This is the biggest gain from my study tour," Samuel explained. "The patterns on this parchment were drawn with special wizarding pigments. Legend has it that some people with latent wizarding talent can see swirling vortexes and even feel a faint magical pull if they look closely at it."

"And more than 70% of those people have wizarding talent."

"This is an absolute treasure!" King Atreus III exclaimed excitedly.

People on the mainland who want to know if they have talent must wait for people from the Wizarding Continent to come.

Having this blueprint is equivalent to having a method to test one's own talent, and the person who possesses it can select talented individuals within their family.

Samuel paid a heavy price to obtain this parchment; almost half of the royal guards who had accompanied him on the journey had perished.

But the returns are also very generous, and there is naturally no disagreement about who will use them.

Starting with Samuel's grandfather's generation, the royal family had intermarried with his family, and Samuel's wife was the sister of King Art III.

"Can I try?"

"Of course." Samuel placed the parchment flat on the table in front of him, stepped aside, and looked intently at Luo Kunlun, both curious and expectant.

King Atreus III stood to the side, looking tense, also wanting to know if this Mr. Law still possessed wizarding talent.

Luo Kunlun walked to the table and bent down to gaze at the oval pattern on the parchment. Time ticked by, one minute, two minutes, five minutes, ten minutes...

The council chamber was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. Samuel and King Art III kept their eyes fixed on Lokunlun's face, trying to catch a change in his expression.

However, Luo Kunlun's expression remained calm and undisturbed throughout, his eyes clear and without the slightest fluctuation.

He could clearly see every line on the parchment and feel the faint energy fluctuations contained in the pigments; that must be the so-called magic.

But apart from that, there was no vortex or any sense of pull; it was no different from looking at an ordinary picture.

"Nothing has changed."

Luo Kunlun's voice was calm and even, revealing no trace of disappointment or resentment. He straightened up, shifting his gaze from the parchment. The strange pattern was clearly visible under the analysis of the nanomachines, yet it ultimately failed to elicit any special reaction from him.

Samuel's expectant expression vanished instantly, replaced by astonishment and regret: "This... how could this be?"

He stepped forward, carefully examining the parchment, then looked at Luo Kunlun, his tone tinged with uncertainty, "Sir, are you sure you didn't feel any vortex sensation? Or a slight warmth or numbness within your body?"

"I have a lot of control over my body, but there hasn't been any change."

"I may not have what is called wizarding talent."

The nanomachines inside his body were constantly scanning and monitoring his overall condition, and there were indeed no abnormal fluctuations.

The same applies to his consciousness; with his immense strength, he also possesses exceptional control over his senses.

It seems he doesn't possess the so-called wizarding talent.