Switch City is still lively at night, and the bustling commercial street is full of pedestrians.
"Want to hold my hand, Hedra." Chidi walked in front, stretching out his black-gloved fingers.
The girl waved her hands slightly, indicating that she didn't want to.
"Thank you, but no need."
The other party took back his hand, tapped his hat, and responded with a smile.
"That's fine, but you have to follow closely." After that, he took Sylutia through the bustling streets, found a high-end hotel, helped Sylutia put away his luggage, and then the two of them had dinner at a restaurant not far from the hotel.
Here you can see many guests wearing luxurious clothes, and many ladies are extravagantly dressed with extremely complicated floral decorations and precious animal furs.
"Let's go to the second floor." Chidi led Hedra up the red steps aside. After seeing him, the waiter in the restaurant took the initiative to get out of the way and looked at the black-haired girl behind him with curiosity and envy.
Compared with the first floor, although many seats here are occupied by guests, the environment is much quieter. Some guests will lower their voices when talking and will not make any noise.
Find a seat by the window and sit down, Chidi helps Sylutia choose the meal, and then hands it to the waiter.
"Please prepare as soon as possible. This lady needs to go back and rest early."
"Yes, Master Chidi." The waiter took the note and left quickly.
Sylutia sat by the window and looked out the window curiously. She looked like a child who had just arrived in a big city, but she looked like she was only 16 years old, so she was really not that old.
"Is this your first time coming to the Mage Alliance?"
"Yes."
"There is a big difference between here and the countries in the south." Chidi leaned on the back of the chair and relaxed a little.
"When I was young, I also went to some countries in the south because of my mission." He said simply.
"Many places are still stuck in very outdated social systems."
"Old social system?" Sylutia tasted these words with curiosity and a little confusion.
"Yes, Mage Alliance is very different from other kingdoms and empires." Chidi introduced the girl.
"You can even think of the Mage Alliance as a whole giant country. It has a unified currency, writing, roughly the same system, guild organizations, evaluation and education systems throughout the Alliance, etc." Chidi gestured with his fingers in the air to introduce it to the girl.
"However, on the surface Mage Alliance is still a consortium of multiple countries and organizations."
"The core is the more than 30 large-scale Academy in the center of the mainland. They are the heart of each Mage faction. With the Academy as the administrative center, various subordinate institutions extend out, and the United Council composed of the Academy representatives also dominates everything in the entire Mage Alliance."
"The second is the peripheral countries of the Mage Alliance. These countries vary in size and are numerous in number. Although they still have nobles and royal families, a large amount of administrative power and finance in these countries are controlled by the Mage Alliance. Even the king's succession must obtain the permission of United Council."
"That's it." Sylutia nodded, and then the waiter in the restaurant began to serve the meal. The two of them stopped talking and enjoyed the food in peace.
After finishing the meal, Chidi took Sylutia for a tour on the street, and then bought an exquisite pocket watch as a gift for her.
[Blue Butterfly Pocket Watch](First Order·Rare): A pocket watch that displays time with extremely high accuracy. It can also be used as an alarm clock and a small mirror.
The outer shell of the pocket watch is made of blue enamel and silver, and the front is engraved with blooming petals and blue butterflies. It is more like a pocket watch-like work of art than a pocket watch.
After taking the pocket watch, Sylutia hung it on his waist at the prompt of Chidi, so he could take it out to check the time at any time.
"It really suits you." The other party nodded with satisfaction.
"Then stay here today and have a good sleep. I will take you to take the assessment tomorrow."
Then Chidi sent Sylutia to the hotel to rest, and the two said goodbye.
At night, Sylutia slept in the large and luxurious room of the hotel and had a good dream. In the dream, she became Mage Alliance's star student, and even debuted as an idol, influencing thousands of Mages.
In the early morning of the next day, Sylutia woke up slowly, feeling refreshed, then washed up, changed clothes, and went downstairs.
While she was having breakfast on the first floor of the hotel, Chidi arrived.
"Good morning, Hedra." Mage, who looked like he was in his thirties, still had a black hat and a black trench coat, and sat down in front of the girl.
After saying hello, he waited for Sylutia to finish eating, then took her on the carriage and headed to the Mage Alliance's subordinate guild in the city. A large number of people had gathered here, many of them aged 14-18, standing hesitantly in the open space in front of the guild, waiting for the qualification assessment that was about to begin.
On the other side, the carriage Chidi took Sylutia on was obviously not on the same road as them. The carriage passed through the side street, entered from the side door of the guild, and then stopped in the open space inside the square. Here you can see many Mage apprentices busy going back and forth, preparing for today's assessment.
After getting out of the car, Chidi opened the door and gently supported the girl with black hair and black skirt inside to get out. If you just look at the hair color and clothing, they have many similarities.
"Sir Chidi." An energetic young apprentice greeted him, and then looked curiously at the girl beside him.
"This is Hedra. I brought her to take part in today's assessment."
"Uh, okay." The other person was stunned for a moment, then nodded quickly.
"Ms. Hedra, which school did you study at?" The other party took the two of them to the lobby to prepare for registration.
"She doesn't need to study further, she can directly take the special exam to get a recommendation letter." Chidi explained simply.
"Ah, the special exam requires someone to recommend and vouch for it..." The other party scratched his head.
"I am not." Chidi smiled.
"Yes, that's right, I forgot about it." He suddenly realized.
"Sorry." He said as he quickly walked to a workbench, picked up a form and filled it out for the two of them.
"Name."
"Hedra·Griffin".
After filling in a series of information, he stamped the form and handed it to Chidi.
"This way you can take Miss Hedra to take the exam in a separate location."
"Thank you." Chidi then waved, asking Hedra to follow.
A few minutes later, the two came to a building behind the guild. After some inquiries and applications, two official Mage soon came to invigilate the exam.
In a separate room, they gave Sylutia questions and asked her to temporarily construct new spell models, display new spells, etc.
After a morning of complex assessment, the two finally gave excellent evaluations.
"This is a recommendation letter for Miss Hedra." After finishing, the two took out a blue-edged recommendation letter.
In response, Chidi shook his head, stretched out his fingers, opened the recommendation envelope directly, and pulled out the indigo paper inside.
"It's too shabby. I'd rather get a letter of recommendation with blue background and gold foil."
"Here, Master Chidi, even you are probably not qualified to receive the golden recommendation letter."
"Really?" Chidi still smiled, took out a letter from his collar and handed it over. It was a letter from Knox to Sylutia.
After opening it, the two of them looked at it for a long time, then checked some information, then came back and returned the letter.
"It's our fault. If you are the direct apprentice of Master Knox, you are indeed eligible to receive a golden recommendation letter."
After that, they once again engraved a letter of recommendation with gold foil on a blue background, sealed it, and handed it to the girl.
"Congratulations, Miss Hedra. After getting this letter, you can board the train three days later to "Asura" in the center of the mainland, where you will start a new life and be qualified to enter major Academy."
"Thank you." The beautiful black-haired girl bowed her thanks and accepted the precious letter of recommendation.
At noon, Sylutia followed Chidi and walked slowly downstairs. At this time, she saw thousands of young people crowded together in the square inside the guild, queuing up to take the exam. After their names were called, they stepped forward one by one, cast the spells designated by the examiner, answered and written questions, checked their bodies, showed certificates from previous training schools, etc.
When Sylutia walked out of the building, many young people noticed this girl and looked at her with envy and curiosity.
"She is so beautiful. Those black stockings and skirt are also very cute."
"Is she Chidi's daughter? I've never seen her before."
"So girls are also here to take today's assessment?"
Amid everyone's comments and scorching eyes, Sylutia lowered his head slightly shyly and walked behind Chidi.
"Haha, you're not used to it yet." Chidi's voice came from the front.
"When you go to "Asura" in the future, 80% of the faces in the entire city will be young people of similar age to you."
"Actually, there is no need to be too humble. Your strength and talent are very good, so you should be more proud."
"When you believe in yourself, the other person will be convinced by you without knowing it, and then they will obey you willingly."
"That way you will be more attractive."
"Work hard to bloom, Hedra. Your talent and beauty will be your powerful weapons."
"I always believe in my own vision, and this time is no exception." After saying that, the black trench coated Mage smiled and led the girl away from the guild.