My Magic Age

In front of the gate of the Inscription Union headquarters, there are two three-meter-high human sculptures on both sides of the gate. The reliefs on the copper gate are covered with mottled marks under the wind and rain. Only the bracelets on the copper gate are polished to a bright shine, and can reflect their own reflections on it. The reliefs on the copper gate have become blurred. It seems to describe a war. I found that the reliefs on many buildings in the imperial capital are depicting various war scenes.

This is very different from the city of El. The buildings in the city of El are basically extremely monotonous patterns, and there are few reliefs that look like works of art. In recent decades, the city of El has been cleansed by barbarians on the ice and snow tundra many times, and few ancient buildings in the city can be preserved.

But the imperial capital is different. The people in this city have never suffered the baptism of war in the past hundred years, so many ancient buildings have been preserved. Although the Inscription Union headquarters building was renovated not long ago, many valuable things and many cultural relics with the characteristics of the Inscription Union have been preserved. The two statues and the ancient bronze door in front of the guild gate are among them.

The two statues are carved from a kind of black crystal stone. The statues are two magicians wearing magic robes. They are seen wearing hoods, unfolding magic scrolls with both hands, and posing to read aloud to people. This black crystal stone, which is neither gold nor jade, is the most suitable rock for carving. This black rock is called smoke jade, with a soft and smooth texture, which can be drawn by craftsmen.

Today, the surface texture of the statues has become somewhat blurred. These two statues are masterpieces of the famous sculptor Amos Blair. Today, there are not many works of this sculptor in existence. The two magic statues in front of the Inscription Union Headquarters are the works of this sculptor during his peak period. Many sculptors who come to the imperial capital cannot help but pay their respects in front of the Inscription Union Headquarters.

These two statues stand on the left and right sides of the gate of the Inscription Union Headquarters, and they are also warning every inscription master to remember that carving skills and techniques are one of the basic criteria for measuring whether an inscription master is excellent.

When I came to the front of the Inscription Union Headquarters, I stood honestly next to the stone base under the statue to bask in the sun. Catalina stood quietly beside me. Like other magicians standing here, we were quietly waiting for the Inscription Union Headquarters to officially open.

At this time, a young magician stood under the statue opposite. He looked a little bored. He held his chin with one hand and looked at me curiously. He looked at Katarina beside me. His light blue eyes blinked, his nose was high, the tip of his nose was a little red, and there were a few light freckles on his cheekbones. He wore a black magic robe, and the magic badge on his chest was the same as mine, which was a junior magician badge.

His personality seemed a little eccentric. Standing under the statue, he always moved his feet from time to time. He held a magic carving knife in his hand and kept spinning it quickly between his fingers. Seeing him manipulate the magic carving knife like a colorful butterfly dancing in the flowers, you know that the carving knife in his hand has become a part of his body. Only superb knife skills can manipulate the magic carving knife like this.

I can be sure that he is not a magic student in the Royal Magic Academy, and he has never appeared in the Magic Research Institute. It seems that the imperial capital is still too big. Many magicians usually hide in their own little world. Only when participating in some kind of ceremony will they probably come out of their nests.

The middle-aged magicians next to me were almost all standing there with their eyes closed. At this time, no one was willing to chat.

Just when I was feeling bored, I heard someone next to me say to me: "Hi, hello."

I turned around and saw the young magician under the statue opposite. I don't know when he was standing in front of me.

"..."

He had put away the magic carving knife in his hand. He rubbed his hands awkwardly and asked me: "Are you here with your teacher to see the world, or are you here to take the inscription master exam?"

I raised the recommendation letter in my hand. It was a recommendation letter made of magic parchment. It not only had the seal of the Magic Research Institute, but also the comments written by Bruce, the vice president of the Magic Research Institute. The magic parchment read: There is a magician named Ji Jia in the Inscription Department of our institute. After many investigations, our institute believes that he is qualified to take the junior inscription master qualification exam. Please approve the headquarters of the Inscription Guild!

Probably the most valuable thing on it is the seal of the Magic Research Institute and the personal seal of Vice President Bruce. This letter of recommendation was applied for by scholar Yekis. At that time, he was excited and excitedly shook the letter of recommendation in his hand and shouted to me: Jijia, you can take the junior inscriptionist qualification examination.

In fact, I didn't expect that there was no registration for the inscriptionist qualification examination. Magicians who want to take the inscriptionist qualification examination have only one way to register, that is, to ask the inscriptionist in the inscription union to write a letter of recommendation.

Many magicians in the Green Empire are not good at engraving, and inscriptionists are a very expensive profession in the early stage. Therefore, magicians in the Green Empire who dare to choose this magic profession basically have the support of aristocratic families or big chaebols. Otherwise, the high cost of magic materials alone is not something that an ordinary magician can afford.

Of course, Scholar Yerkes and I are considered outliers among these magicians. I have always had the support of Scholar Yerkes’ inscription design drawings, and I also have a very high success rate in drawing magic patterns, so as long as I continue to draw magic scrolls and magic pattern structures, and there is no shortage of magic crystals.

"Ha! Are you also planning to take the junior inscriptionist qualification exam?" he said with a surprised expression on his face.

I nodded.

He extended his hand to me, and I extended my hand politely, holding my hands together. When shaking hands, I felt that his hands were very strong, the palms were a little dry, and there was a layer of calluses on them, probably from practicing carving.

Just like that, this young magician who stood a full head taller than me started chatting with me enthusiastically.

He was very talkative, even a bit chatty, and his name was Norbert Gillingham.

However, he seemed to be very closed-minded about the news in the imperial capital. I said my name was Jijia, and he didn’t have a weird expression on his face, which made me feel a little relieved.

(What I’m most worried about is that when I introduce my name, the other person will look surprised, and then say to me: Hey! You are Jijia! I have admired my name for a long time, I have admired my name for a long time! I heard that you just married the flower of the imperial capital ——The crown jewel of Her Majesty Qige and Prince James, Princess Li, is really not easy!)

Every time someone says that to me, I want to dump a bucket of ice water on their head.

He seemed to be unfamiliar with my name. Hearing that there was no surname after my name, Norbert asked me: "Are you a magician born from a commoner?"

I nodded and admitted, "Well, I come from the northern province of Sloit."

"So you are from the North!" He exclaimed, and then he kept asking me questions like a barrage of questions: "So...if I'm sorry, which family do you belong to? I mean... , which family paid to train you? If you are a magician in Sloit Province, shouldn't you take the inscriptionist qualification examination at the Sloit Province Magic Guild? Why come all the way to the imperial capital? "

I said to him: "First of all, I am not a magician from a noble family. No one paid to train me. Learning inscriptions is just my personal hobby, so I am not affiliated with any wealthy noble family."

"Personal hobbies..." Norbert was a little dumbfounded. Obviously, he didn't think that a magician could be here just because of some hobbies, but I didn't want to explain him in too much detail.

I then said to him: "Furthermore, I am a magic student at the Royal Academy of Magic in the Imperial Capital. I came to the Imperial Capital to learn more advanced magic knowledge, so I took the Junior Inscription Master Qualification Examination in the Imperial Capital instead of studying in the Imperial Capital. Leut Province.”

When he heard what I said, he immediately gave me a thumbs up and praised me: "I didn't expect you to be a top student in magic."

Then, we started talking about why we chose the magic profession of inscriptionist. You must know that basically all magicians can draw magic scrolls. Many magicians earn living expenses by virtue of their superb skills in drawing magic scrolls. However, it is difficult to become an inscriptionist. There are not many magicians.

Norbert told me that when he showed great interest in engraving at the Junior Magic Academy, the family decided to allocate resources to him and train him to become an inscriptionist. Even if he became a junior inscriptionist, for Some big nobles also have great significance, because it means that this family can independently make and repair magic patterns.

Nowadays, only the Constructed Knights are the strongest combat force in the Green Empire. All territorial expansion and confrontation with dark forces are inseparable from the power of the Constructed Knights. Therefore, a certain big noble can have an inscription master specifically for his family. , then it means that his knights of constructs are endless. As long as there is sufficient time, magic pattern constructs will be continuously produced.

At the same time, there is no need to worry about the magic pattern structure being damaged on the battlefield. For junior inscription masters, repairing the magic pattern structure is also a required course for them.

It wasn't until I told me that I was working as a magic assistant under a magic scholar in the Inscription Department of the Magic Research Institute that Norbert showed a sudden look and said to me: "No wonder you don't need the support of the nobles. It turns out that the person standing behind you He is a scholar at the Magic Research Institute. I heard that the resources at the Magic Research Institute are the richest in the entire imperial capital. Even when magic herbs are the scarcest, the supply of magic herbs at the Magic Research Institute in the Imperial Capital has not been cut off... "

While we were chatting, the copper door of the Inscription Union headquarters building suddenly creaked and was opened from the inside. A group of magicians in magic robes stood neatly inside. These magicians looked at them expressionlessly. Among the group of people at the door, the old magician standing in the center took a step forward, and then the entire door became silent. All the magicians waiting outside the door gathered around the door, and there was only one Tiny footsteps sounded.

Norbert pulled my arm, and we both walked toward the door, mingling with the crowd.

When he saw Catalina still following me, he whispered to me: "It is not allowed to bring followers inside the examination room. Let your construct knight wait for you outside."

I nodded and whispered to Catalina: "Why don't you go wait for me at Qige's place? It's not far from the institute anyway. I'll go find you after the exam."

Catalina pointed to the apple trees outside the Inscription Union headquarters building and said to me, "I'll wait for you under those apple trees."

Seeing Catalina's insistence, I nodded and whispered, "Okay."

Katerina saw that I agreed, and she cast the "flash" in the crowd without hesitation. The next second, she appeared outside the crowd, which scared some of the followers standing around. However, when these people saw that Katarina was wearing a gorgeous magic pattern structure, they immediately looked away. No one wanted to provoke a structure knight for no reason.

After Katarina left, Norbert whispered to me beside me: "Ji Jia, is this structure warrior lady your follower?"

I hesitated for a moment, thinking that Katarina should be considered my follower now, so I nodded.

"Her eyes are really beautiful, and she has long red hair." Norbert said to me.

I smiled and said nothing.

The old magician standing at the gate of the Inscription Union began to speak to us slowly: "Magicians who are taking the junior inscription master qualification exam stand on my left hand side, please pay attention to stand in a row, and then you will be led into the examination room by the Mickey scholar standing in front of you for the written test."

Then he said: "Magicians who are taking the intermediate inscription master qualification exam, please stand on my right hand side..."

His voice was not loud, but his voice was very clear, with high penetration and recognition, so that I could hear it clearly even if I was standing on the outside.

As expected, most of the magicians waiting in the headquarters building of the Inscription Union were taking the junior inscription master qualification exam, which accounted for more than 90% of the total number of people. Norbert and I were among a group of middle-aged magicians, which was a little special, but those people in the Inscription Union seemed to be used to it, and did not look at us more.

Only the old magicians with golden magic badges on their chests stood on the right side of the old magician. Sure enough, these second-level magicians were taking the promotion exam.

Finally, the old magician said: "Those who take the senior inscription master qualification exam can stand in front of me. Next, I will personally test you."

There were many people standing at the door of the Inscription Union headquarters building. Amidst the whispers, no one responded.

After waiting for a while, the old magician sighed softly, turned around and silently returned to the Inscription Union headquarters building. The remaining magicians of the Inscription Union began to tell us the rules of the exam and the things to pay attention to: The magic rune primary exam is divided into three parts. The first part is a written test and a basic theoretical knowledge answer sheet. The second part is to make a magic rune structure. The third part is to take the magic rune structure you made and defend it in front of the examiner.

Then, we were taken into the Inscription Union headquarters building...