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Chapter 130 A Long-Awaited Reunion

In another room next door, Richard and Sass sat facing each other.

Sass also poured Richard a cup of Saka black tea, the rich aroma of which filled the room.

This was, of course, because of Richard's reputation as the top freshman in the previous year. Otherwise, even an ordinary second-level wizard apprentice wouldn't be able to get a cup of tea at Sass's place.

Moreover, Sass also clearly noticed that Richard's aura seemed to be deeper and more refined, and it seemed that he was not far behind him.

This made him pay even more attention to the young man who had disappeared for a full six months.

He was very curious about what Richard had gone through to increase his strength so quickly. He had also been there to watch Richard win the top spot among the new students half a year ago.

At that time, Richard still seemed a bit immature to him. Although Richard's strength had already reached the standard of a second-level wizard apprentice, he was only at the initial stage of the second level.

But Richard in front of him was becoming somewhat unfathomable.

"Richard, when I heard the news of your death half a year ago, I simply didn't believe it. As the top freshman, your strength was more than enough to protect yourself, if not everything else." The old man from Sass was shrewd and his words were quite endearing.

"Haha, thank you for your concern, Senior Sass. These past six months have been fraught with danger; I almost didn't make it back."

Richard edited what he had told his mentor, Seras, and then told it to the curious Sass.

After all, I'll need to trouble them with something later, and since they're making a point of being friendly, I can't be cold to them.

Richard's incredible and bizarre story left Sass speechless, exclaiming that Richard's safe return was truly a blessing from Lady Luck!

"Richard, although you have experienced many difficulties in the past six months, I feel that your current aura is already among the top of the second-level wizard apprentices. I believe you will soon be able to advance to the third-level wizard apprentice level."

"Oh right, I almost forgot the important thing. You're here today because of your student registration, right?"

"Yes, thank you for your help, Senior Sass. Oh, and I'd also like to take this opportunity to conduct a Level 2 Wizard Apprentice test."

"Haha, Richard, do you still need to be tested? I think you don't need to! I believe you definitely have the strength of a second-level wizard apprentice."

"Well... how about we test it out?" Li realized it would be better to follow the school's rules.

"Alright, I also want to see exactly how much mental energy you have."

Sass said with a chuckle.

In fact, according to the school's rules, the promotion to a second-level wizard apprentice requires the presence and testing of a formal wizard from the school.

But Sass wanted to give Richard some favors as a way of befriending him, and he was also quite familiar with the official wizard in charge of student affairs, so he made some decisions on his own.

A few minutes later, Sass praised Richard while recording the mental strength, which Richard had deliberately controlled, as 17.9 standard units.

"Richard, this is the apprentice robe for a level two wizard apprentice, the dormitory key, and the schedule of the instructors' paid courses for this semester. Level two wizard apprentices enjoy a 20% discount on points and magic stones."

In the quest area, those quests marked as only available to second-level wizard apprentices can now also be accepted by you.

By the way, most of the missions right now are related to the Norman Secret Realm.

"Huh! Shouldn't these mission schools have already been released a long time ago?" Richard couldn't help but ask curiously.

Sass shook his head and said, "It's different. The earliest batch of missions were indeed issued by the School."

But now there are many more tasks because many mentors within the school have also issued their own missions, mainly to collect resources that don't conflict with the school's objectives, such as organs from monsters unique to certain secret realms. You'll see the details when you check it out; the rewards are quite generous.

"Senior Sass, can a level two wizard apprentice issue quests?" Richard asked.

"Yes, but only first-level wizard apprentices can accept these missions, and there are regional restrictions. The mission area is limited to the Mud Swamp. Only after both conditions are met can you apply to post the mission at the trading area counter," Sass said.

Richard was slightly disappointed upon hearing this. Although the level two wizard apprentice privileges had been greatly enhanced, they were still far from sufficient. For example, the tasks issued were limited to the area of ​​the Mud Swamp, which greatly reduced their practicality.

Otherwise, he could use his rapidly improving potion skills to have his apprentices help him collect raw materials.

But a level three wizard apprentice? We'll just have to wait until the time is right and then we can get it done.

Meanwhile, a group of freshmen waited anxiously at the entrance for a long time, but the bald uncle in charge of the freshman wizard aptitude test did not come out. At this time, they were also getting a little restless.

Suddenly, the door creaked open, and a bald man with a broad smile walked out, accompanying the young man.

Immediately, the dozens of freshmen fell silent.

Sass watched Richard walk away before calling out, "Continue the test!"

After saying that, he turned around and went into the room.

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First-level wizard apprentice dormitory area, recruitment office of the mutual aid association of various duchies.

One of the signs read: "Green Kingdom Aid Association," and next to it was a long table and a recliner.

A gray-robed apprentice lay on a recliner, leisurely flipping through a book.

"Senior Otis! Senior Otis!"

Upon hearing the voice, the gray-robed apprentice visibly frowned and raised his eyelids. It turned out to be Jacob. If the other party hadn't also come from the Kingdom of Green and happened to be from the same county as him, he really wouldn't have bothered with him.

Any other wizard's apprentice, interrupted while engrossed in the story, would undoubtedly be angry and would immediately say irritably:

"Jacob, what's the rush? Remember, you are now a distinguished wizard apprentice. If you were outside, your status would be higher than that of a full-fledged knight. Be mindful of your words and actions at all times!"

Jacob was stunned by what he said. Seeing this, Otis was clearly much more at ease and leisurely lay back on the recliner, rocking slowly.

"Speak, what is it?"

The boy named Jacob glanced cautiously at Otis's expression, reorganized his thoughts, and said:

"Um, thank you for your guidance, Senior Otis. I wanted to ask you if our school has a Level 1 Wizard Apprentice named Richard. I was just at the talent testing area."

But he was interrupted by Euthys halfway through his sentence.

"Richard? Who did you just say you saw? Richard? He's still alive?" Otis stood up immediately upon hearing this, his face filled with shock.

Even the slowest boy would instantly realize that Richard was no ordinary person.

Moreover, as a chosen wizard apprentice and a future wizarding seed, he is by no means dull.

"Yes, senior Otis, the bald uncle in charge of the test called him Richard, and he seemed quite surprised as well," the boy told Otis about what he had seen.

"Where is that Richard now?" Otis pressed.

"It's over there in that two-story building where they test wizard aptitude."

Ortis was silent for a moment, then paced back and forth a few times before muttering, "That makes sense. After Richard disappeared, the school had already cancelled his student status. Now that he's back, he'll definitely have to apply to reinstate it."

"Well done, Jacob. Next time you have news like this, remember to tell me immediately. Here's a magic stone as a reward for your timely information!" After saying that, the senior student hurriedly left.

This immediately left the boy completely bewildered. Watching Otis's hurried departure, he couldn't help but whisper, "Senior Otis, I...I didn't come here specifically to tell you this. I just wanted to ask about Richard's background."

"However, the income of one magic stone is quite good. It should be enough to treat Lina to a big meal upstairs."

When the boy first arrived at the school, he heard that rare dishes were sold on the second floor of the cafeteria, but they were quite expensive.

In less than half a day, the news of the previous freshman chief's resurrection spread throughout the Ignis School.

-

At this moment, Richard arrived at his new room, located behind his old dormitory, where all the students were second-level wizard apprentices of the school.

As soon as Richard entered the room, he noticed that it was more than twice the size of the room he had been when he was a first-level wizard apprentice.

It's about 70 or 80 square meters, with a bathroom, bedroom, and living room. There's also a long red desk in the living room, which is of a much higher quality and material than when I was a first-level wizard apprentice. It seems that the overall treatment of second-level wizard apprentices is much better than that of first-level apprentices.

To put it simply, it's like being upgraded from a single room in a hotel to a business suite in your previous life.

This is quite normal. Second-level wizard apprentices are considered to have entered the backbone of the school. Although third-level wizard apprentices are much stronger, their numbers are much smaller than those of second-level wizard apprentices. Therefore, many tasks are completed by second-level wizard apprentices in teams.

In response, the school of thought naturally did not hesitate to improve the treatment of second-level wizard apprentices.

This can be seen as a way to indirectly encourage first-level wizard apprentices to strive for breakthroughs and advance to second level as soon as possible.

After resting for a while, Richard carefully reviewed his next learning plan. One of his top priorities was to search for information about Rodrigo and see if he could find any clues to obtain further meditation techniques.

The second thing is that Richard plans to find a level zero magic spell to increase movement speed. This is still his weakness at the moment. He relies on drugs to escape, although he has basically never run away in the past six months.

But it's always good to be prepared.

The third thing is to follow my mentor, Seras, and study pharmacology properly.

So, starting the next day, Richard followed his mentor, Ceres, and diligently studied introductory pharmacology.

Basically, once Serales demonstrates and explains the actual operation of a potion, Richard can remember most of it and, after a little thought, can basically complete it independently.

This thrilled Serales, who repeatedly praised Richard's talent in pharmacology.

"Richard, compared to your wizarding aptitude, your talent in potion-making is simply unparalleled. I'm certain that in just two or three years, you could become a master potion maker."

"Thank you for the praise, mentor. I mainly relied on your guidance."

Actually, what Richard was thinking was, "Mentor, two or three years is too long. I'll seize every minute!"

Richard had carefully considered how much talent he should display in pharmacology. Since he already had a solid foundation in merfolk pharmacology, he could be considered a semi-master of pharmacology.

Therefore, Richard had a solid foundation in both practical operation and theory.

Hiding yourself and appearing as a novice will only hinder your ability to learn more about pharmacology.

Only by demonstrating exceptional talent in pharmaceutics can one quickly learn advanced pharmaceutics knowledge.

Therefore, after making up his mind, Richard did not hide his pharmacology skills too much and generously revealed half of them.

But this left Seras speechless with astonishment, exclaiming that he had struck gold!

In half a day, Richard learned the production methods and principles of the two new potions.

At the same time, Richard also made a generous move, directly renting a basic alchemy room downstairs for a full three months.

For him now, the cost of two magic stones a day is a very small amount.

After all, Richard had accumulated countless rare herbs over the past six months, and selling just a few would bring in hundreds of magic stones.

If his baggage hadn't been so cramped, he could have brought back a whole bunch more.

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night.

Second-level wizard apprentice dormitory area.

"Knock knock knock!" A series of rhythmic knocks sounded at the door.

Richard was puzzled. He had only moved here a few days ago, so who would be coming to his door?

Richard opened the door without hesitation, since they were inside the school's territory and the possibility of enemies was virtually nonexistent.

With a creak, the door opened.

A familiar yet slightly tearful "Richard!" sounded like the soft cry of a kingfisher.

At the same time, a hot body rushed into Richard's arms, and upon colliding with Richard's muscular body, the other person appeared even more limp and boneless.

Richard, of course, clearly saw who the other person was.

Because he clearly saw who it was, he couldn't push them away or dodge them.

A pleasant fragrance wafted into Richard's nostrils. Thanks to the foundation he had built up over the past six months of intensive study in merman potion-making, Richard easily identified one of the scents as a faint violet fragrance.

And another kind.

It seems to be the scent of a young girl.

Hmm... it seems the latter smells better than the former!

After a moment of stunned silence, Richard slowly wrapped his hands around Mei Luo's slender yet incredibly elastic waist. The moment he touched it, he found it to be so hot and soft.

The two maintained this position for a full seven or eight seconds.

At that moment, Richard suddenly felt something warm and wet on his shoulder, as if some liquid was flowing down.

Richard gently straightened the senior in his arms and looked at Meiluo's red and slightly swollen almond eyes. Only then did he realize that they were the senior's tears.

This warmed Richard's heart, and he was immediately moved.

"Senior, don't cry, I'm fine." He said, gently wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

Meiluo stared blankly at Richard, speechless for a long time, but suddenly burst into tears like a torrent: "Richard, when I heard the news of your death, I really regretted not being in the same team as you!"

Seeing his senior suddenly crying, Richard panicked for a moment and didn't know how to comfort her.

He discovered that he was really bad at dealing with emotional issues, and it would be easier to just face those monsters directly.

But he instinctively pulled the senior into his arms, feeling that it might make her feel better.

Sure enough, Meiluo's sobs subsided considerably.

But the girl's crying had already alerted the other, more perceptive second-level wizard apprentices nearby, who opened the door and peeked out.

Seeing Richard with a stunningly beautiful girl in his arms, most of them had a knowing look on their faces, and a few even greeted Richard, as if everyone knew what was going on.

This made Richard a little embarrassed, and he quickly pulled his senior into his room.

When Meiluo saw Richard hurriedly pull her into the room and then hastily close the door, her pretty face turned red. She didn't say anything, but just lowered her head shyly, her five fingers interlaced tightly, looking slightly nervous.

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(End of this chapter)