Scholarship: 2,110 Magic Stones

Noticing Leo's confusion, Tesla said with a bitter smile, "You noticed her mental energy too, didn't you?"

"Ilis's only family was her grandfather."

"Her grandfather was a gladiator, and all he taught Ilis was the way of life of a gladiator."

"Her grandfather died some time ago. He entrusted her to a friend, but because Ilis had developed such a combative nature from childhood, that friend found her troublesome to look after and threw her onto the wizard ship."

"And, by sheer coincidence, Ilis tested as having a Level 6 Mental Power Talent."

As Tesla spoke of this, there was a hint of envy in his voice. "Training mental energy with a Level 6 Mental Power Talent is like traveling a thousand miles in a day. Normally, they would be taken away by Formal Wizards for instruction and cultivation, then allowed to leave the Central Region once they became Second-Rank Wizard Apprentices."

"However, Ilis believes wizard methods are despicable, so she refused to accept the Formal Wizards' guidance. In more than a month, she has only practiced the Intermediate Meditation Method for a few days. Her mental energy has barely reached 5 points."

"The Formal Wizards did not want to keep wasting time instructing her, so they planned to hand her over to another wizard gathering."

Tesla said, "The Formal Wizards probably thought our Esmond Gathering only had a few Wizard Seedlings this year and would be idle anyway, so they handed her to us."

Tesla's tone was filled with helplessness.

Leo could understand Tesla's helplessness as well.

Teaching assistants had records of achievement too.

Unlike Sally, Tesla already had teaching experience in the past, so even if he had few students this year, it would not affect him much.

But if his record ended up saying that a Level