Amy looked at Victor.
"Someone like you, Victor, with the inheritance of a great wizard family, doesn't need to worry too much. Even if you lack purchasing privileges in the Academy, you can obtain more advanced Wizard Artifacts from your family. But for a minor noble like me, whose family inheritance hasn't even lasted a generation and who has no deep background to speak of, it's troublesome."
Victor nodded to show that he understood.
His family indeed had its own channels that could make up for the Academy's lack of privileges.
"Fortunately, it's not as though there's no solution." Amy's eyes gleamed. "After completing the years of military service stipulated by their contracts, wizards can choose whether to continue freely participating in planar wars before reaching Level 4 Wizard. Whenever a plane is conquered, or a certain front enters a lull, a group of wizards returns to recuperate."
Benjamin nodded. He knew this well too.
"Since every Noren Academy is the core gathering place for a Workshop's knowledge and strength, many wizards returning to recuperate choose to go back to the Academy, rent laboratories, recover and consolidate their gains, summarize their experiences, and research new wizardry."
"During that time, some relatively 'poor' wizards, or those urgently in need of funds, occasionally sell equipment they no longer need." Amy revealed a crafty smile.
"Things like Wizard Artifacts can still function normally even after several hundred years, so long as they're well maintained. At most, the Wizardry Models engraved within them are a little outdated."
"I get it. Put simply, it's a bit like university seniors selling bicycles and secondhand books they no longer need to junior students." Benjamin suddenly understood.
He had indeed never encountered this sort of "secondhand market." After all, he had plenty of "money," and what he pursued