Chapter 319: Nygward Astrology System
Dean Thompson took a contract from his Astral Ring, signed his name, stamped it with the Academy's seal, and handed it to Locke.
After reading it over and confirming there were no traps, Locke signed his own name as well. A flash of light passed over the contract.
The contract was officially established.
Dean Thompson smiled. "Contracts between First-Ring Wizards are more readily bound by the Wizarding Eight Virtues created by Holy Wizards. Holy Wizards were once deeply involved in establishing the social values of White Wizards. But really, there is not much to bind."
"Unless a contract is especially important, we will not use methods such as Curse Magic. That would be far too disrespectful."
"Breaking a contract, aside from bringing real-world penalties, will at most leave you more heavily restrained when facing Holy Magic in the future."
Locke nodded slightly, understanding what the dean meant.
At present, one of the values upheld by Holy Magic was Integrity—honoring one's word in contracts. If someone constantly broke contracts, it was easy to imagine how severely they would be restrained when encountering Holy Magic in the future.
The reason those Black Wizards outside had been beaten into utter disarray was that within the Holy Magic barrier, every wizard whose conduct failed to align with the values of the Wizarding Eight Virtues suffered tremendous suppression of their magical power.
"In the Wizarding World of the Southeastern Corner Region, only a First-Ring Wizard is considered an adult. Wizard Apprentices in the apprenticeship stage are all students under that adult's care. Thus, contracts involving students are supervised somewhat less strictly, because if something happens, the student's mentor can be held directly accountable."
"That mentor will handle their own student. In essence, these students are part of that mentor's private