Lilith's Cottage

Yuli Burns of Lilith's Cottage darkened her expression and spoke a few words into the ring on her finger, which was set with an emerald-like gemstone. Only after receiving confirmation from a Formal Wizard of Lilith's Cottage did she—

Yuli Burns finally glared at Gregor in annoyance. "The deal was done."

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Yuli did not wait for Gregor's response. Instead, she looked at Locke, Lorne, and the other five. "You lot will follow me from now on."

"In ten days, the Wizard Ship will reach the region where Lilith's Cottage is located."

"At noon ten days from now, gather on the deck."

Yuli shot an angry look at Ruixing, whose face still carried a faint smile of relief. "Lilith's Cottage is not a place where certain people can come and go whenever they please."

"I hope certain people won't regret it later!"

Ruixing wiped the smile from her face and lowered her head guiltily. "Sorry, Teacher Yuli, I..."

Yuli Burns did not listen to her explanation. She turned and left, going to find the Wizard Seedlings who had originally belonged to Lilith's Cottage on this deck.

For Lilith's Cottage, this was undoubtedly a humiliation.

Lorne gave Locke a bitter smile and said quietly, "I never expected that we'd run into this kind of mess the moment we entered the Wizarding World. I hope Lilith's Cottage won't make things difficult for us."

The Wizard Seedlings who had originally belonged to Verdantia University beside Locke and the others also wore worried expressions.

Ruixing could walk into Verdantia University with her head held high, but they had to enter Lilith's Cottage as part of the exchange.

Now that Verdantia University and Lilith's Cottage had fallen out over this matter, they would very likely be the ones to pay the price.

Locke was not so pessimistic. He said to Lorne, "There's no need to be so pessimistic. Although we were Wizard Seedlings trained by Verdantia University, now that we've joined Lilith's Cottage, we're Wizard Seedlings of Lilith's Cottage."

"I don't think we'll receive any special treatment."

"Otherwise, that would be complete bullshit."

Locke said, "What I'm curious about, though, is how the Magic Stones I owed Verdantia University will be calculated now."

Lorne said, "When we signed the freshman agreement, the debt should have been transferred from Verdantia University to Lilith's Cottage."

"Besides, Lilith's Cottage is a fairly high-ranking medium-sized wizard organization in the Southeastern Corner Region. Come to think of it, this isn't really a bad thing."

After parting with Lorne, Locke returned to his room and began studying further.

With the Magenta Jade, his Mental Power could improve again.

However, he did not have an Amethyst Matrix, so he could not check his Mental Power at all times.

Ten days later, the Wizard Ship docked by the shore. Before them lay a lush green plain, with dozens of rolling hills in the distance.

As Locke stepped off the Wizard Ship, he could see unknown purplish-red flowers blooming across those hills, as well as towns scattered among them.

The architectural styles of those towns differed greatly from those on the Corfu Continent, carrying a far more fantastical air.

Some towns had red bricks and white walls and bustled with prosperity, while others were filled almost entirely with dark-green buildings, where trees and houses stood side by side...

In the port city where they disembarked, Locke saw several nonhuman races walking through the harbor.

For example, Dwarves pushing carts, Lizardmen peddling wares in the streets and alleys while wagging their reptilian tails, and tall female Elves carrying bows and quivers...

Of course, humans still made up the largest population in the port city.

Yuli Burns stepped off the ship and stood before the more than thirty Wizard Seedlings. "As you can see, the Southeastern Corner Region is a medium-magic environment."

"Unlike the mortal worlds you came from, there are many other races here besides humans. Of course, humans still account for the overwhelming majority of the population."

Yuli Burns laughed hoarsely. "As the largest wizard organization in this area that sells potions, Lilith's Cottage welcomes all comers and is the most tolerant. Therefore, within the territory governed by Lilith's Cottage, there are large numbers of other races and cities belonging to them. Even within Lilith's Cottage itself, there are nonhuman wizards."

"You'd best prepare yourselves mentally."

"After coming from a low-magic world to a medium-magic world, you may find it difficult to adjust at first. But there's no need to panic. Just sleep, and you'll be fine."

Yuli Burns said, "Strictly speaking, you are already within Lilith's Cottage. Lilith's Cottage is an open wizard organization and welcomes most wizards into our territory."

"The nearby cities and towns are all part of Lilith's Cottage. The wizards of Lilith's Cottage live in cottages scattered throughout these cities and towns."

"A Potion Auction is also held here every year, and it is quite massive in scale."

"Within Lilith's Cottage's territory, there are also many wandering wizards and eliminated Wizard Apprentices who have attached themselves to our Academy and rented land and shops from us."

"Therefore, Lilith's Cottage's territory is full of all sorts of people. You must remain vigilant and never let yourselves be swindled."

"The Academy will not take responsibility for such matters."

Locke keenly noticed Yuli Burns's mention of elimination.

Yuli Burns swept her gaze across the more than thirty Wizard Apprentices who had just disembarked and knew nothing yet, then laughed hoarsely. "Lilith's Cottage is not a charity, so there are limits to how much we can cultivate you and how many opportunities we can give you."

"Wizard Seedlings who cannot advance to Second-Class Wizard Apprentice within five years will be expelled by the Academy."

"Look at this port city. There are some Wizard Seedlings inside who were eliminated by the Academy."

Yuli Burns grinned viciously. "Many Apprentices facing imminent elimination have no choice but to join dangerous experiments and become test subjects. Other Wizard Apprentices fall into enormous debt and have no hope for the rest of their lives, able only to repay it slowly."

"However, it is still too early for you to worry about such things."

"Right now is when you have the most hope." Yuli Burns withdrew her gloating smile and said, "I hope you become Second-Class Wizard Apprentices as soon as possible."

"Only by becoming Second-Class Wizard Apprentices can you be considered to have truly joined the Academy and avoid the danger of elimination."

"Besides that, after joining Lilith's Cottage as Wizard Seedlings, each of you will be assigned a Formal Wizard teacher."

"Of course, Formal Wizards generally have no time to bother with you. The ones who will truly teach you are First-Class Wizard Apprentice students personally taught by Formal Wizards, just like me."

"Only Second-Class Wizard Apprentices have enough value to be taught directly by Formal Wizards."

"Additionally, you will receive class schedules. There are two kinds of classes: public classes at Lilith's Cottage and classes for your respective magical specialties."

"You can attend public classes at designated locations each week, while courses for your own magical specialties will be freely arranged by your wizard mentors."

Yuli Burns said, "All right, the introduction and guidance end here."

"Wizard Seedlings with Grade Five and Grade Six aptitude, follow me. The rest of you should use the information I gave you to find your own mentors."

"You should learn to fend for yourselves."

Yuli Burns muttered, "This Academy mission took more than half a month to complete. Seriously. I only earned twenty contribution points in total. What a loss."

"I need to save some time and speed up this mission."

"Next time, I won't accept an Academy mission as a freshman mentor."