My health recovery is incredibly fast.

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He looked at another parchment scroll.

This is also a federal citizenship grant document, but the recipient's name is blank, and the granted status is "Type 2 Alchemist Talent".

There is only one available position:

[Researcher at the Federal Energy Security Council, Category 1 Energy Management Department, and the Macchina Energy Institute.]

It is worth noting that this document grants more special treatment than Xia Zuo's, and also includes corresponding restrictive clauses.

The person who signs this grant must learn the Evocation school of magic, and can only learn this school until they become a High Mage, always prioritizing the Evocation school.

At the same time, before becoming a high-level mage, one must become a master-level elemental alchemist.

Throughout the entire learning process, all necessary props, teaching materials, spellbooks, untamed elements, secret potions, and so on will be provided by the federal treasury.

To use the words from my previous life... I was guaranteed admission to top universities for doctoral studies, and after graduation, I was even guaranteed employment.

The innate spell of light sensing is just too awesome...

Xia Zuo admitted that he suddenly felt a little envious of An Ru'er, but he was mostly happy.

"Once Anruer completes her first meditation practice, I will call her here to sign this grant document."

Beatrice glanced at the grinning student, rolled up the two parchment scrolls, and put them back in her drawer.

“I’ll tell you something else.” Beatrice snapped her fingers lightly. “Professor Zoran didn’t tell Anru’er about her innate magic. Once she’s absorbed the Untamed Element, you can tell her yourself.”

“Okay, Professor. Thank you for giving me this opportunity,” Xia Zuo said with a smile.

Beatrice glanced at the calendar on the table. "How's your cursing spell coming along?"

"After drinking the Cursed Sign Elixir, I learned the Interference Curse and the Slowing Curse. I still haven't learned Weakness, Stagnation, and Vulnerability," Xia Zuo replied.

Beatrice flipped through a few pages of the calendar. "In about a year and a half, the expedition will return to the Eastern Continent. You will then travel with the expedition."

"A year and a half..." Xia Zuo calculated that his current rate of point accumulation was enough to redeem the remaining items, with a considerable surplus.

He suddenly thought of something and stared at his mentor's face, "Can we still return to the Western Continent?"

"That depends on your choice. Every 10 years, the Federation will publicly recruit a group of researchers under the guise of an overseas expedition. If you want to come back, you can apply. If you don't want to come back..."

Beatrice laughed and said, "Then you can continue to live in the Eastern Continent."

"So that means it might be goodbye forever in a year and a half??" Xia Zuo was stunned, several images flashing through his mind: Audrey, Burton, the Joker siblings, Snake, Professor Kurov... These were the people he had spent so much time with. Could it be that he would never see them again...?

"Yes. I will not return to the Eastern Continent, and neither will the other professors. We have our own mission here in the Western Continent, and we must complete it before we consider going back."

Xia Zuo looked at his mentor's smiling face, and his vision blurred for a moment.

"Um, Professor, can points be redeemed for positions outside the university? I have some people I care about in Rosac Province, and I'd like to help them find good jobs in Starry Night Province..."

Xia Zuo reached out and brushed his eyes. "I originally wanted to do all this after I became a formal mage, but now it seems that time doesn't allow me to do so."

“Hmm…” Beatrice gently stroked her chin. “No need for all that trouble. The Academy’s points can be exchanged for Warriors’ Guild points. Just give me their names, and after you leave, I’ll transfer your remaining points to them. Then they can decide for themselves how to use those points.”

"Okay, thank you, Professor." Xia Zuoqian bowed and expressed his gratitude.

Beatrice waved her hand. "Go and refine the poison. I will let you know when Anru finishes her seclusion in 30 days."

Xia Zuo bowed and thanked his mentor again, then quietly left the study.

That evening, Xia Zuo sat at his desk in his dormitory and wrote letters to Rosac Province…

Interlude, Chapter 41, 1912

Noon more than 30 days later.

Xia Zuo walked down the tower's corridor, intending to go to the Grand Alchemy Chamber to refine some poisons and pass the time while waiting for An Ru'er.

A letter floated from ahead and landed in his hand.

Xia Zuo unfolded the letter, glanced at its contents, and immediately turned and ran towards the castle hall.

Anru stood anxiously at the doorway of the spiral staircase. As soon as she saw her boyfriend emerge, she burst into tears and threw herself into his arms, sobbing as she said:

"Professor Zhuo Lang... Waaah... He didn't tell me... whether my innate magic is good or not... He only said that the head of the academy needs to judge it first... Waaah, does that mean I can't go with you anymore...?"

Xia Zuo glanced around and saw some freshmen looking in his direction with curiosity.

He put his arm around Anru'er's waist, turned around, opened the stone door to the stairwell, and pulled her inside.

Xia Zuo suppressed a laugh, gently patted the other person's back, and soothed them in a soft voice:

"It's alright, it's alright. There have been some changes to our grand plan, and it may not be able to be executed as expected."

He wasn't wrong.

The two had agreed three years ago that Xia Zuo would become a master-level poison alchemist and An Ru'er would become a master-level potion alchemist, and then they would develop functional potions together.

Well... plans can't keep up with changes these days.

Anru must become a master-level elemental alchemist and temporarily put aside her potion alchemy career.

But she was unaware of the change of advisor and the issuance of her official documents. At this moment, she kept thinking the worst, and cried even harder, "We...we'll be separated for years...and maybe...we'll never see each other again...waaaah~"

The sudden, loud cry startled Xia Zuo. He quickly hugged the other person tightly and whispered in their ear, "We can go, we can go. We can both go to the Eastern Continent."

"You lied to me... *slurp slurp*... Maybe one day you'll just disappear... *sob*... leaving me all alone here... *slurp slurp*."

"Hehe...I'm not lying to you. Come with me, we're going to find the head of the department." Xia Zuo laughed, taking the other's hand and walking up the stairs.

"Really...really?" An Ru'er's expression became complicated when she heard that they were going to see the hospital director. Tears welled up in her eyes, and she wanted to smile but dared not, afraid that her boyfriend would say it was a joke at any moment.

"I'm not lying to you, come quickly. You'll know once you see the head of the academy."

Xia Zuo pulled the other person up three steps, followed by screams of joy mixed with rage:

"You lied to me! You lied to me on purpose! How could you be so mean! You lied to me last time! And you lied to me again this time!"

"Haha~" Xia Zuo chuckled mischievously, turned the corner of the stairs, and ran upwards.

Anru followed with heavy steps, pouting in dissatisfaction. Suddenly, she lowered her head, leaned against the wall, and cried a few times. A few seconds later, she wiped her eyes, revealed a relieved smile, and ran up the steps in two quick steps.

Xia Zuo led her to his mentor's study, knocked on the door, and led her inside while he waited outside.

About half an hour later.

Anru'er's sweet voice drifted out from behind the door:

"Thank you, Professor. I'll remember that. I'll come back to you later."

She opened the door and came out, then gently closed it again. She quickly walked to the balcony, first playfully punching her boyfriend on the back, then hugging him from behind.

“I knew I could go to the Eastern Continent with you; my intuition was right.”

Xia Zuo turned around and patted her head and hair bun. "Let's go have lunch. I'll go to the Grand Alchemy Chamber to concoct poisons later, and you can learn magic tricks from your mentor."

“Okay~” Anru’er took the other person’s arm. The two walked towards the restaurant.

This lunch was the most comfortable meal Xia Zuo had eaten in recent years.

No need to worry about being separated, no need to miss each other, and no need to face the completely unfamiliar Eastern Continent alone.

It feels really good to have someone to walk with you through life.

Xia Zuo looked at the calendar on the restaurant wall and wrote down today's date:

Universal Calendar, Fifth Era, 1912.

“Let’s make this day a memorial. We’ll commemorate it every year from now on,” Xia Zuo said, pointing to the calendar.

“Mmm~” Anru’er squinted her eyes and nodded repeatedly with a smile.

...

That evening.

Xia Zuo went to the spell training room to practice curse spells according to the established schedule.

Upon entering, he saw a silver circular dome covering a small portion of the training ground.

In her first lesson teaching meditation, Beatrice demonstrated the general shape of the ocean of the mind within this circular dome and introduced several meditation methods used at the academy.

Xia Zuo curiously circled the airtight dome several times, but couldn't see anything inside.

He walked to a corner of the training field, stood facing the moving target not far away, and glanced at his character template.

[Character Name] Xia Zuo

【Age】24 years old

[Level] LV.27+4→LV.31

[Experience] 1600/10800

[Health Points] 210/210 (Slight Poisoning)

[Base Health Regeneration Speed]

45 points/hour

[Resistance]

【Four-elemental resistance】12%

[Strength] 5