The Wizard: Starting with Infinite Part-Time Jobs

Joanna looked Aiden up and down.

"Hmm, he looks quite handsome, and he seems to be very young." Joanna nodded, a smile playing on her lips.

"That's the name. It seems familiar. Could you be the young man who was featured in the Wizarding Daily a few days ago?" Joanna asked Aiden.

"To my shame, that was indeed me."

Aiden scratched the back of his head, gave a wry smile, and nodded.

"That's very good. You have a good chance of becoming a full-fledged wizard in the future."

Joanna clapped her hands lightly, making a crisp sound, her eyes lit up, and she said.

Normally, it is extremely difficult for a wizard apprentice to become a full-fledged wizard.

You either have extremely high cultivation talent, are a formal wizard, or even have the official wizarding council willing to give you a wizard breakthrough potion because of your combat talent.

Or perhaps they have a family background, coming from some ancient wizarding family, or they have relatives who possess wizarding breakthrough potions.

Either you have high enough academic ability to be featured in the Wizarding Daily and receive a Wizard Breakthrough Potion.

As for other chance encounters or breakthrough potions obtained through hard work and money, the probability is too small.

The wizarding world is vast, and it has long since passed the era of unbridled growth.

The existing resources are now firmly controlled by the Wizarding Council.

Ordinary wizarding apprentices rarely obtain breakthrough potions through their own efforts.

"However, I wonder how good your wand-making skills are?"

Joanna thought for a moment, then looked at Aiden and asked.

"So-so," Aiden said with a shrug, his expression quite casual.

Senior Sister Iseli came closer from the side, arms crossed, and said, "Not bad. You're much more mature than I was back then. Both your wand crafting and your temperament are very stable."

"Really?" Aiden's lips curled up.

This was the first time he had heard his senior sister Iseli commented on his wand-making skills, and he was secretly delighted.

Aiden can now craft some basic wands.

In fact, the success rate is almost 100%.

However, in order to prevent Senior Sister Iseli from feeling that his success rate was too high, he deliberately suppressed it to around 70%.

Unexpectedly, this still received high praise from my senior sister.

"Then you're even more confident in competing for the two-star wand maker title this time." Joanna clapped her hands suddenly, making a "snap" sound as her palms collided, and said with a bright look in her eyes.

"Master Valyria will also be attending this lecture. He's qualified to host a wand-making competition. If you win, you'll become a two-star wand maker." Joanna seemed to know some inside information, constantly telling her senior sister Iselly, her tone filled with excitement.

Aiden felt that none of this concerned him, so he listened silently, arms crossed, leaning against the wall.

"In short, if you want to go further, this advancement is extremely important. After all, you not only have a very high talent for wand making, but your talent for cultivation is also much stronger than mine, so you need more resources than I do." Joanna turned her head, her face serious, and smiled as she spoke to Iseli.

"It just so happens that your new apprentice can help you with some of the less important parts, saving you some energy," Joanna said, turning her head and tilting her chin towards Aiden.

Aiden was taken aback, his mouth agape, thinking, "Is this something for me?"

He thought he was just here to broaden his horizons.

Seeing Aiden's confused expression, the witch Joanna crossed her arms and leaned back, explaining, "Child, the advancement system for wand makers is rather unique. It's not simply a matter of being able to forge higher-level wands; one also needs to have a lineage."

Aiden frowned, spread his hands, and said with some doubt, "Inheritance?"

"Let me explain," Senior Sister Iseli waved her hand, a smile playing on her lips.

"For example, if I want to advance from a one-star wand maker to a two-star wand maker, one of the requirements is that I need an apprentice to prove that the apprentice can help me with some of the trivial matters of wand making. If I don't have an apprentice, no matter how high my wand making skills are, I won't be able to advance," Senior Sister Iseli said.

"Why? This rule is so strange." Aiden spread his hands and continued to ask.

"Because for wizards, the transmission of knowledge is equally important. If someone like me wants to advance from a two-star wand maker to a three-star wand maker, I need to reach the level of being able to make three-star wands. My apprentice's wand-making skills also need to reach the level of a one-star wand maker," Joanna interjected.

Aiden thought for a moment, then suddenly realized and said, "It means that if you want to climb the ranks in your career, you need successors, that is, you need to mentor new people to climb with you. And if new people want to climb up, they also need to mentor apprentices."

"That's exactly what I mean," Senior Sister Iseli nodded and said.

"The reason the wizarding world has grown into such a behemoth in just tens of thousands of years is inseparable from many constructive rules. After all, knowledge needs to be shared. If everyone clings to their own knowledge and refuses to share it, then after their death or an accident, that knowledge will be completely lost. The loss of this knowledge would then be a waste of effort," Joanna said earnestly.

"In a sense, you and Iseli are in the same boat. If she wants to continue to advance in the future, not only does she need to become better herself, but you, as her apprentice, also need to meet certain requirements, otherwise it will be considered that her teaching or her knowledge transmission is inadequate," Joanna continued.

She tilted her head and looked at Aiden, a smirk playing on her lips, giving him a "you'd better think this through" look.

Senior Sister Iseli nodded and looked at Aiden.

Her intuition told her that this little guy in front of her was not as simple as he seemed.

Her gaze lingered on Aiden's face for two seconds before she looked away, lost in thought.

"In that case, I'm fine with it. I'll do my best to complete my mission," Aiden said with a smile to his senior sister.

His lips parted to reveal a set of white teeth, and his tone was crisp and decisive.

"So."

"As your best friend, I've compiled a list of your rivals for you." Joanna took out her wand and tapped it in the air.

A puff of pale blue smoke escaped from the tip of the wand, dispersing in mid-air and coalescing into a rolled-up parchment scroll that slowly floated out and drifted towards Aiden and Iseli. The writing on it was still glowing.

"Your two biggest rivals are Lorne and Harriet, both one-star wand makers, and their apprentices are also quite skilled," Joanna added.

"There's only one spot available. If you want to advance to a two-star wand maker as soon as possible, you'll have to defeat them."