Chapter 176 Necessary Preparations
In the early morning, Su Wen completed his daily exercises, sat in the small yard in front of the apartment, playing a few cards in the simulated war chess, and fell into deep thought. As the only entertainment for this period, after experiencing the first few days of passion, the idea of creating a war chess game with memory gradually stabilized. He has already regarded it as a trick when he was bored, and the priority is not high.
After all, before this, he had to face too many things.
Today is the third day after the college trial, and it is also the day when the last entry trial is held, that is, the ring competition held in the training ground within the college, which really tests the ability of confrontation between magicians. Unlike the situation where there were thousands of people a few days ago, this trial is closed and will not be open to the public. In recent years, there are very few information other than the results of the competition. However, these have nothing to do with Su Wen. The Great Ptolemy Magister appointed him not to participate in this multiplayer PVP event, because just this evening, he will attend an academic dinner held in the core area of St. Peter's College: the tower group of Durham Mages.
For this reason, Su Wen has been preparing for two days, but he still doesn't feel that he can handle all situations easily. He understands the importance of this academic dinner to him, and this will be his first step into the magic world of the Doron Empire. Su Wen never wanted to put all his treasures on the cheating system. Therefore, being able to make a world of world with his own abilities has always been Su Wen's ultimate goal.
The motivation to support this goal is actually very simple. It is not to explore the mystery of this world, not to prove his own value, nor to the illusory opportunity to return to the original world. This lofty ideal is meaningless. Su Wen just wants him to be able to control his own destiny no matter what changes the world has changed, that's all.
Then, I will become a great magician.
This is a psychological portrayal of Su Wen’s current life.
I have to say that the ignorant is fearless, just like the common people in the city would joke about the king of a country, as if the latter is as close as the old king of the next door. However, only after real understanding can we know how big the gap is between the two. Fortunately, Su Wen never had blind confidence. Although he had a good start that most people dare not imagine, he always respected magic, a field that he had not yet entered. Because of this, more than tonight's academic dinner, Su Wen maintained an extremely serious attitude and did not dare to be careless.
Su Wen heard the "squeak" from the wooden fence, and it was Liticia who was back.
As always, Liticia was wearing a neat maid outfit, carrying a basket full of vegetables and bread. She had a thin sweat on her forehead, but she looked very good, and she didn't have the trance she looked like a few days ago. On her front neck, a blue water droplet-like pendant emitted a soft light under the sun. The curly long hair made Liticia look much more capable. She stroked her somewhat scattered bangs and chuckled at Su Wen.
"Master, you must be hungry, I'll go prepare breakfast now."
"Don't worry, Liticia, how was your last night? No strange sounds appeared again, right? You ran out to train at less than four o'clock today. If I hadn't been agile, you would have run away secretly by you."
Liticia's face gradually turned red.
"No, I haven't seen it again since that day. But I feel that my energy is getting more and more intense, and I always want to do something to vent them, such as training and... Well, master, am I a little too tempted? If you think it will cause trouble for you too often, I will remain restrained in the future."
Although Su Wen didn't know why Liticia's understanding was slightly deviated, the critical impact produced by the woman was no less than that of the good guy card.
Su Wen, who was hurt, felt that he was almost a useless person.
"I'll go prepare breakfast first, goodbye to my master..."
Before Su Wen could answer, Liticia seemed to notice something was wrong, and blushed and ran away first.
Su Wen seemed to feel a faint sneer in his head. He looked up dissatisfiedly and saw that Xiao Shi, who was staying in a larger glass bottle on the balcony on the second floor, and its small number of proliferators were enjoying sunbathing. Because the space became larger, this weak undead Slime finally had the ability to speak, unlike before, who could only act as a pantomime and act cute.
"...Hahahaha, stupid dad, you will never be able to show your strength in front of your mother in the future!"
"I think you have lived a good life. Just wait. I'll stuff you back into the box later."
"Bastard! Idiot! Bad guy! You know how to threaten Xiao Shi. You don't think about how long Xiao Shi has been hidden by Xue. Really, you will only notice me when you use Xiao Shi. Don't Xiao Shi lose his temper!"
"It's only a few days, but it's just that some guy's word count has only looked like a few months... Cough, I'm busy now, so bask in your sun, don't bother me."
Su Wen dropped the luxurious gold-inlaid card in his hand, raised his hand and rubbed two balls of flames, seemingly anxious but helpless. Ptolemy has not told Su Wen more about his research, and Su Wen's magical path has not been learned from any predecessors. Nearly tens of millions of books in the entire St. Peter's Library seem to have become useless. Although this situation has a unique and inexplicable feeling, there are still too many troubles to use in practice.
Su Wen could even predict how difficult his magical journey would be, but this difficulty did not make him retreat, but instead made him even more impatient.
At the same time, the Great Ptolemy Magi did not tell him anything important until the academic dinner approached, but just told him to behave properly. This attitude was also the source of Su Wen's anxiety. After all, it was related to his own future, so the more he wanted to know, the better, but it undoubtedly relieved Su Wen's pressure and made him not need to be overly nervous. After all, the protagonist of this academic banquet would definitely not be Su Wen, but Ptolemy Magister. Su Wen was just a practical object here. To put it bluntly, it was just a small chess piece.
At least for now.
Therefore, most of the preparations made by Su Wen in the past few days were actually studying the aristocratic etiquette and magician etiquette of the Doron Empire. Su Wen has never taken these red tape seriously, but they really cannot learn them. As a superpower that has witnessed the turbulent continent's history of 3,000 years, Duron is definitely one of the best in this continent to pay attention to culture and etiquette.
He did not intend to put on any airs when he became a local custom.
Just as Su Wen subconsciously let the tongue of fire fly around him and recalling the magician etiquette and noble etiquette full of his mind, he suddenly noticed something appeared on the road outside, red and very festive.
Wait, isn’t this Alexin that has disappeared for three days?
On the night of the entrance examination, Su Wen noticed that Alexin did not come back and didn't take it seriously at that time, but he didn't see her all day the next day. At this time, Su Wen finally couldn't sit still and contacted Senior Brother Kalito and informed him of the matter. However, Kalito, who was reading a book in his study at the time, did not show any nervousness after hearing the ins and outs of Su Wen's story.
That's how he answered.
"I know all you said. To be honest, I was also very surprised by Alex's ability to win money, but her playing personality is destined to not stay in the cage to sleep. She told you that he would play more at the Magic Festival celebration? Don't worry, let her go, there will be nothing wrong. This is at most a training that must be experienced during the growth process."
Tempering your sister, is it considered a tempering to be tricked into being a ****?
Su Wen wanted to roar at that time, but he finally held it back. Although Senior Brother Kalito was very small, he didn't seem to be unreliable. And since he had said that, it was basically certain that behind him was the acquiesce of the Great Ptolemy Magister. After all, Alexine was also a disciple of this master. How should he educate and guide him, it was not his turn to intervene.
Then, on the third day, Alex still disappeared. Until now, on the fourth morning of the trial, Su Wen finally saw the stupid dragon that seemed to have been drained.
Su Wen quickly put down his work, walked to the street in two steps, and helped Alexin, who was shaky and haggard.
"Shui...Su Wen is a great man, give me water..."
The red dragon is weak and powerless.
Su Wen helped the red dragon into his yard. Alex hung his whole body weakly on Su Wen's arm as if he had found support. Two giant objects on his chest squeezed Su Wen's shoulders heavily until Su Wen threw her on his recliner. She lay down in a big letter like a paralyzed character, looking like she was exhausted, very pitiful.
After drinking two large basins of water, Alex finally recovered a little angry.
"Su Wen, I'm so miserable!"
She cried and cried with tears in her nose.
Su Wen frowned: "Speak slowly, don't worry, what happened?"
As a result, Honglong started crying with a wow sound.
"All the gold coins on my body are gone!"
Su Wen's face became more and more gloomy: "Has he been cheated?"
Although Honglong cried sadly, he shook his head decisively, as if he wanted to try his best to correct the problem in Su Wen's dialect: "It's not that he was cheated, but that he lost. I gambled in a gambling city for three days, but now I'm so poor that I can't even afford to buy a glass of water. Woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo w
“…”
Su Wen was silent for a while.
“Are there any debts?”
"They said they could still mortgage their assets and continue playing, but there were no gold coins. I don't want to play anymore!"
"That's fine, I'll accompany you for a walk. If you lose so much, you will definitely be cheated. If you gambling, there is no dealer who doesn't cheat. In Tuscany, we have nothing to be afraid of."
"Hey, they didn't cheat. It's because I'm so lucky..."
"I began to understand Senior Brother Kalito's idea. Stop talking nonsense, eat something first, and then I'll accompany you." Su Wen finished speaking, shouting loudly towards the kitchen of the apartment, "Litsisia, prepare two more kilograms of bread for breakfast!"
Chapter completed!