Wizards begin with Occlumency.

Chapter 17 Second Draw and Witchcraft

time flies.

As night falls, the city lights begin to illuminate the night.

After a day of classes and spending some time in the library, Link finally returned to his dormitory under the starlight.

I swiped my ID to open the mailbox, which contained two small boxes and an envelope.

Link took out the box and envelope, opened the door and entered the living room.

First, open the envelope. Inside is a voucher and instructions on how to use it.

After reading the instructions, Link learned that the voucher could be used at the Wizardry Trading Center next to the library, where he could choose a level 0 wizardry spell for free.

"A witchcraft trading center?"

Every day when Link went to the library, he could see that square, one-story building not far away, but he never knew its name or function.

The academy map on the portable smart device was not marked either.

As a result, Link didn't know where to buy the sorcery model for the first two weeks.

Thinking about it carefully, perhaps the Academy deliberately doesn't put the witchcraft trading center in the open. After all, it has been running for almost 1800 years and has a very good grasp of the psychology of Link, a new blood who lacks a sense of security and always wants to keep a low profile.

The academy wants to tell the new recruits not to hide their small achievements that don't even qualify as accomplishments. Reporting them promptly will earn you rewards; otherwise, you won't even know where to buy a witchcraft model!

What? You mean a bookstore?

A level 0 spell worth five standard level 1 magic stones in the sorcery trading center would sell for at least ten in a bookstore.

Even at this price, it's still a fair deal.

Link carefully put away the coupons, preparing to go to the witchcraft trading center tomorrow.

Open the two boxes, and you'll find they contain standard level one magic stones, three in one box and three in the other.

The college is meticulous in its work; rewards are rewards, and subsidies are subsidies, and they are not mixed up.

Link picked up a standard level one magic stone, a cube-shaped one, intending to take a closer look at the adorable little thing that emitted a captivating glow.

But just as Link's finger touched the magic stone, the long-dormant gacha system suddenly came alive.

"Beep! New currency system detected. System update in progress..."

"Update complete, please check back promptly."

Link's hand remained there, unwilling to move for a long time.

Knowing the system's money-grubbing nature, wouldn't this update mean that you'd have to spend magic stones to draw cards from now on?

He's only drawn the card once, and he's planning to find time to work and earn money so he can save up 10 gold coins to draw the card a second time.

You never know which will come first, tomorrow or an accident.

With a heavy sigh, Link resignedly summoned the system panel, knowing there was no escaping it and that he might as well face it sooner rather than later.

Link Grand

Wizard aptitude: Level 4 (Intermediate)

Wizard Rank: First-Class Wizard Apprentice

Card Pack: None available

Used: "Brain Occupation" learning card

Card draw count: 0 (First draw only requires 1 Magic Stone)

As expected, Link's guess came true.

The money-grubbing system, fickle and greedy, has set its sights on magic stones and abandoned gold and silver coins.

Pooh!Scumbag.

Link deeply despised the system's behavior, and then without hesitation recharged a magic stone to exchange for a chance to draw a card.

"Possessed by the God of Luck!"

Link silently cast a buff, "Draw!"

In an instant, the system completed the simple card draw, and the panel quietly updated.

Link Grand

Wizard aptitude: Level 4 (Intermediate)

Wizard Rank: First-Class Wizard Apprentice

Card Pack: "Pomona Sprout's Botanical Talent" Talent Card

Used: "Brain Occupation" learning card

Card draw count: 0 (10 standard level 1 magic stones)

Tsk... another card from the Harry Potter world.

Without hesitation, Link immediately used the talent card he had just drawn.

It's no wonder he's the Head of Hufflepuff House at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and a senior professor of Herbalism; Link noticed the difference as soon as he used the talent card.

All of Link's previous misunderstandings and doubts about the parts of "Botany" disappeared.

I have thoroughly mastered all the knowledge I have learned in the past month, whether it is from classes I have already attended or from self-study I have not yet attended.

The effect is immediate.

"Excellent value for money!"

Link didn't smear the system or fail to give it a fair evaluation just because he hated its money-grubbing nature; instead, he praised it highly.

People cannot, and should not, deceive themselves!

After disabling the system panel and collecting the remaining magic stones, Link washed up to relieve his fatigue, then meditated as he did every day before going to sleep.

The next day.

Link took the coupons and magic stones, left the dormitory, and headed towards the sorcery trading center.

The Rivoss Institute of Biomedical Sciences is highly intelligent; apart from the few recruiters and teachers who taught the classes when he enrolled, Link had never seen any other staff members.

Most school affairs can be handled by the new students themselves by swiping their ID cards and using their personal smart devices, with a few handled by intelligent mechanical puppets.

The witchcraft trading center has no staff and operates entirely through automated systems.

The trading center's doors were tightly shut. Link stood at the entrance, looking around for a while, and then spotted an access control device on the left side of the door.

After thinking for a moment, Link took out the card and pressed it onto the access control device.

The gate then opened to both sides.

Link entered the trading center and found that only one hall was open, and the small doors on the three walls were all locked.

A large interactive device with an extra-large screen was placed in the center of the hall.

Link searched for a moment and inserted the card into the reader of the interactive device.

The large screen lit up, displaying a catalog of 0-ring sorcery, several long columns, categorized by element type.

Link browsed through the list of water-based level 0 spells for a while before finally choosing Lesser Mist Rain.

This is a functional sorcery that uses water elements and magic to form a cloud or a light rain. The cloud has a certain effect of concealment, confusion, and hallucination, while the rain can nourish plants.

Once the selection was made, the small door on the left wall clicked open, revealing a tray in the middle.

Link quickly took a few steps and removed the sealing roll from the tray.

This type of scroll is specifically used to record witchcraft models. When it is unsealed, it must first be bound to the user's mental power, and then it cannot be unsealed by anyone else.

In this way, the wizarding organization has minimized the leakage and disclosure of its witchcraft models.

After putting away the scroll, Link didn't rush to leave. Instead, he took out all his possessions, five standard level one magic stones, and put them into the recharge slot of the interactive device.

He has a high affinity for both water and wood elements, making him the most suitable person to learn water magic, wood magic, and combined water and wood magic.

However, composite magic is a first-circle magic, and one must first become a third-class wizard apprentice before being able to learn it when one is about to be promoted to a full wizard.

Therefore, during his first-class and second-class wizard apprenticeships, Link could only learn water-based magic and wood-based magic separately.

After comparing various spells, Link chose a Wood-based 0-ring spell called Fertility.

Its function is to enable plant seeds to germinate without damage and to promote plant maturity in a very short time at the cost of sacrificing breeding function.

However, Lesser Mist Rain and the Life-Giving Spell complement each other well.

If you promptly apply a secondary mist and rain spell after the plant has been induced to grow, the plant will not lose its breeding function.

(End of this chapter)