Death Wizard Diary.

Chapter 763 Substitute Teacher Saul

It was already late when I left the servant's house.

Thor maintained his magical energy fluctuations at the level of a first-tier formal wizard, and then randomly found an inn that provided services to wizards to stay in.

He originally intended to disguise himself as a wizard's apprentice in order to get close to the apprentice boy who appeared in his servant's dream.

However, he discovered that wizard apprentices seemed to have a rather low status in Sky City.

Unlike the continent of Stata, where ordinary people abound, Sky City is a colossal magical creation. Ordinary people simply cannot live here.

There are only two secluded alleys where ordinary people can live.

Most of the people living there are ordinary people who work at the airport like servants.

Surprisingly, wizard apprentices are not allowed to stay in inns here.

There are dedicated apprentice dormitories for apprentices to live in.

Whether you are a local apprentice or not, you can only stay in designated places when you come here.

Even having money won't help.

The hierarchy is extremely strict.

It only gets better once you become a full-fledged wizard.

At the very least, they won't be assigned a place of residence, but they still can't enter the areas near White Glass Fortress.

The inn where Thor stayed was quite ordinary, showing absolutely no signs of any special treatment for wizards.

Fortunately, Thor wasn't the type to seek pleasure.

He casually booked a private room and meditated until dawn.

The next morning, Thor went out and, after asking several passersby, successfully found the broken tower that had appeared in the servant's dream.

Although the wizard apprentice in the dream may not actually live near the Broken Tower, the fact that the servant came here looking for someone means that the person must have been in this area quite often.

Thor's first day here yielded nothing.

He did not use any witchcraft, and the next day he continued to wait near the broken tower and observe everyone who passed by.

The boy didn't keep Thor waiting long; the very next morning, Thor saw him jogging past the Broken Tower.

"Found it."

Thor followed leisurely behind, his hands behind his back. Even as the other person grew further and further away, Thor did not quicken his pace.

Just as he was about to lose track of the other person, Thor saw the boy walk into a place that looked like a large auditorium.

The auditorium occupies a considerable area, surrounded by a plaza filled with white and pink bougainvillea flowers.

There were also quite a few wizard apprentices in the square, with few at level one and many at level two and three.

It's also very close to the apprentices' dormitory area.

Compared to the densely packed, honeycomb-like apprentice dormitories, this place is much more spacious, resembling a student playground.

As Saul crossed the square, every apprentice who noticed him bowed their heads in respect.

Even those who were sitting on the bench will immediately stand up.

"The hierarchy was quite strict."

As Saul walked to the entrance of the auditorium, before he even went in, someone came out first.

The woman looked to be in her forties. Although her skin was still smooth and fair, the weariness and vicissitudes in her eyes could not be concealed.

She saw Thor pause for a moment, then immediately broke into a relieved smile.

"You've finally arrived. I thought you'd given up because you thought the treatment wasn't good enough."

Saul stopped in his tracks. "Do you know who I am?"

The woman nodded. "Although I haven't seen him before, a young first-tier wizard with an unfamiliar face—the only people appearing outside the lecture hall at this time are the substitute lecturers we recruited from outside the island."

Thor shrugged. "Actually, I'm still thinking about it..."

The woman raised her hands. "I know our pay is a bit low, but as an instructor at the Apprentice Academy, it's the most suitable transitional job until you're capable of entering the Knowledge Institute or the Practice Institute."

Seeing that Saul hadn't left, the woman assumed he was already interested, so she simply grabbed his sleeve and led him inside.

"I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Laura, and I've been a lecturer here for 27 years."

"Sol".

"Hello, Saul. I know you're still hesitant, but you really can give it a try. Even if it's just for one class?"

Laura muttered, "Level 3 Apprentice classes are actually quite easy. They ask some really stupid, headache-inducing questions. If you really don't know the answer, just tell them it's not something you should know right now."

Apprentices passed by them from time to time, but Laura spoke freely about how to deal with them.

"If you really have something to do, you can also let us know and we'll turn the class into a self-study session. Of course, we won't pay for the class time in that case."

Laura covered her lips with the back of her hand, seemingly trying to hide it, but her voice was still loud as she said, "Of course, my suggestion is that you can come and do your own thing, and the apprentices can actually study on their own."

Thor raised an eyebrow and nodded as if suddenly realizing something.

These Laura wizards in front of them were clearly just employees, not the owners of this school, much less the people responsible for paying their wages.

"You young people, just becoming first-tier wizards, are full of ambition and don't understand how good it is here. In fact, the formal instructors here have been doing this for decades, just like me."

"While this place may not offer you promotions or access to many rare resources, it will allow you to live, to live like a king."

As Laura finished speaking, she suddenly waved to one of the apprentices who was standing nearby.

The apprentice was immediately thrown up as if hit by a hurricane, then slammed hard against the corridor wall, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

The apprentices nearby were so frightened that they didn't dare to utter a sound and all stood against the wall on their own.

Laura spoke in a completely different tone to the apprentice who hadn't even gotten up yet: "Scott, if you don't know how to respect a proper wizard, next time I'll smash your head like a berry!"

The apprentice lying on the ground didn't dare to get up, or even look Laura in the eye. He could only nod frantically while spitting blood.

But clearly... he was just standing a little closer to Laura.

Saul opened his mouth, then quickly closed it again, his face showing astonishment, like a novice teacher just starting out.

Laura was pleased with Saul's reaction; she knew that a normal person would have changed their opinion of the meager-paying job by now.

So she started to make Saul feel threatened again.

"Of course, if you still have other plans, that's fine too, as long as you take over the courses for the next few days. The instructor who was originally in charge of the Level 3 apprentices went to take the Knowledge Academy's assessment. If he doesn't pass the assessment, he will come back to continue teaching."

Then, the two arrived at the classroom at the very end of the corridor.

This is a lecture hall.

It looks like it can seat more than two hundred people.

But there were fewer than fifty people in the classroom at that moment, and they were sitting very far apart. Seven of them were sitting in the last row, and they didn't sit up straight like the others when Thor and Laura walked in.

Laura, who had been speaking loudly, switched to whispering for the first time and said to Thor, "By the way, unless the apprentices in the last row ask you questions, you don't need to pay attention to them. These people either have close relatives who are formal wizards, or they have good talent and have the potential to become formal wizards. We generally don't manage apprentices at this stage, to avoid awkwardness when they meet again after they advance in their careers."

Thor nodded casually, though he wasn't actually listening to Laura.

Because he was in the last row, he saw the wizard apprentice boy who appeared in the servant's dream!

(End of this chapter)