Interview

"Next." Locke sat on the sofa in the reception room, coldly watching the Second-Class Wizard Apprentices leave or enter the house.

He had the documents they had submitted in his hands.

Most of their résumés left him somewhat dissatisfied.

Although his primary purpose in hiring a Second-Class Wizard Apprentice was to meet the requirements for the Personal Potion Laboratory's inspection process, if he was hiring someone, they should at least be able to do some work.

Yet among this batch of applicants, most of the Second-Class Wizard Apprentices had come with the intention of learning. Some had never even come into contact with Potions.

Locke rubbed his brow. "I must have spread the news too recently."

Locke looked at the dozen or so résumés he had already received. "Still, some of the Second-Class Wizard Apprentices have studied Potions and have a little relevant experience."

I'll pick through them. Maybe there'll be someone useful.

Locke remembered what Sophia had said. If he had plenty of fellow apprentices and junior apprentices, it would be much easier to find a Second-Class Wizard Apprentice assistant who met his requirements.

Every Formal Wizard at Lilith's Cottage had a huge network of connections. Within that network were the Formal Wizard's friends, the Formal Wizard's students, and those students' students. Second-Class Wizard Apprentices could more easily find jobs with better cost-effectiveness.

First-Class Wizard Apprentices, meanwhile, could more easily find assistants who met their standards.

Unfortunately, Sophia was a newly promoted Formal Wizard. She had yet to build up a deeply rooted network through the accumulation of time, so she could not offer him much help in this regard.

The Second-Class Wizard Apprentices who left the house were immediately surrounded by the people waiting outside. They asked about their interview experiences and how things had gone.

A Second-Class