Weird Wizarding World

  Chapter 331 Nonstop

  Behind the brown desk, Colin slowly put down the newspaper in his hand, frowned slightly, looked at Renee and asked:

   "The rent has increased... by how much?"

"It has changed from seven hundred magic stones to two thousand." Renee replied, with a sad face, "It is because you have advanced to the first level, master, and are no longer a wizard apprentice, so you no longer enjoy renting a room for apprentices." Exclusive discounts."

  Colin’s brows are still furrowed, and the price will not increase sooner or later, but today, after he has advanced to the first-level wizard for several months, the price suddenly increases...

   After pondering for a moment, Colin sighed, put it aside temporarily, got up and went downstairs to the living room.

   "Good morning." Lilian greeted him with a smile.

  She is wearing a white one-piece pleated skirt today, black pantyhose outlines her slender calves, and a pair of black leather shoes on her feet.

  Her fur coat hangs on the coat rack next to her.

  Because of her petite stature, she was sitting on the sofa at this moment, her feet couldn't touch the ground, like a delicate doll.

   "Good morning." Colin concealed his sorrow, and asked with a smile while sitting on the sofa opposite Lilian, "Did Bobby go to play with Naxi and the others?"

  Lilian nodded, stroked her hair, and explained, shaking her little feet, "Bobby has been arguing to come early in the morning, and it's too much trouble."

   "It's okay, senior sister can come whenever she wants." Colin smiled, he was used to Lilian coming often in the morning.

  The two usually chat for a while before he leaves the house at nine o'clock.

   It's like exchanging knowledge with Shelley at noon every day, which has become his daily routine today.

  ‘But… Lilian-senpai really dotes on Bobby, and will accompany her every time. '

  Colling paused and said: "If senior sister doesn't have time to bring Bobby over on weekdays, you can ask Renee to pick her up. With the badge of the school, there should be no problem with safety."

   Unlike him, Lilian didn't have any servants at home, so he asked a few more questions.

   Lilian paused for a moment with her shaking calf, but did not answer.

   Just looked up at Colin, and continued: "I will leave Neustadt temporarily in a few days, and I won't be able to bring Bobby over for a while."

  Colin put down the black tea in his hand and asked, "Are you going out to do school missions?"

  Lilian nodded: "After completing this task, my school contribution points are enough."

  She glanced at Colin, hesitated and asked again:

"What's going on with you? After I finish this task, if I successfully advance to the second level, I can go with you to accept the second level school task. At the time, at most three to five months, I can help you get together to exchange meditation ideas contribution points."

  With Colin's strength, he can be regarded as a wizard who has just entered the second level.

  At that time, together with her who has successfully advanced to the second-level wizard, it should not be a problem to solve the second-level tasks of some schools.

  Colin's heart warmed, he shook his head and said: "I joined the True Knowledge Association, and there can also be exchanged for the second-level Xi Shengming idea.

  And compared to the school, the price given by the collection of witchcraft is higher, um... I have created several witchcrafts before, and after exchanging them, I was almost able to exchange for the second-order Tin Shengming idea with a few points. "

   Lilian was a little surprised, but quickly calmed down.

  Although the assessment of the True Knowledge Association is difficult, it is probably a piece of cake for the genius junior in front of him.

  She glanced at Colin in front of her and shook her feet, feeling a little regretful.

  Colin has grown up too fast, and it seems that there is nothing he can do to help him now.

   "How are you doing recently?" Lilian changed the subject and asked pleasantly.

   "Step by step." Colin replied, thinking for a while and then said, "School just raised my rent yesterday, but I'm a little upset."

   Lilian was stunned, and after a moment of reaction, she suddenly said: "Is the rent increase because you advanced to a first-level wizard?"

   "School says so."

  Lilian nodded slightly, a flash of understanding flashed in her eyes, and asked softly: "So you still haven't chosen to join another faction?"

   "Yes." Colin nodded and explained, "The main reason is that I can't accept the long contract time limit."

   "Is the contract long?" Lilian raised her head in doubt.

   "Usually around a hundred years."

  Colin thought for a while and added: "I am only less than 20 years old this year. A hundred years is still too long for me. I don't want to be bound like this."

   Lilian was silent for a moment, then suddenly said: "Do you know why your rent has suddenly increased?"

   "I know." Colin restrained his expression and said calmly: "Because I rejected all factions."

  When he went downstairs, he thought that the rent increase must be related to it.

   "That's right." Lilian affirmed, and then said: "But everything is in compliance with the regulations."

  "The rental subsidy stipulated by the school is indeed only available to wizard apprentices, just like the monthly magic stone subsidy.

  But these rented houses are actually mostly in the hands of various major factions. "

   Lilian's words only reached this point, but Colin understood in his heart.

  This so-called rent increase, although the school's regulations are true, but the specific implementation actually depends on the faction and family that manages the property.

  They can choose to be stricter, or they can choose to turn a blind eye.

  Colin was at peace.

  Since he has chosen to take such a path, these little hardships are not enough to shake him.

  Seeing his silence, Lilian pondered for a moment and then sincerely persuaded:

   "If you can integrate into a pure-blood family, the dedication of a hundred years is actually not much for you... The lone wizard in the school is not easy, and it is not much different from the wandering wizard outside."

  This is what Lilian said from the bottom of her heart. As the most unpopular mixed race among wizards, what she has suffered is far from being comparable to rent increases.

  Colin held the black teacup in his hand, and didn't know what to say for a while.

  With the golden paper, he firmly believes that it is faster and better for him to choose this path.

  If there are any difficulties and obstacles, they will only be overcome by him one by one.

   It's just that the gold paper is obviously not easy to reveal.

   "How much is the monthly rent for senior sister Lilian's residence?" He thought for a while and asked, changing the subject.

  Lilian stroked her hair, shook her head, and said, "My house is the remaining property of the Rudolph family, so there is no need to pay rent."

   "So..." Colin was taken aback for a moment, and smiled wryly in his heart.

  The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse. Although the Rudolph family is down and out, it is still a millennium family, so it is better than him.

   "Are you short of magic stones?" Lilian asked, "I remember I contacted Betty for you before. Are you still selling magic medicine to her?"

   "No more." Colin shook his head, then smiled and said, "But I don't lack magic stones for the time being."

   At the beginning, selling potions during the apprenticeship period was considered a considerable income, but now it is just a drop in the bucket for him.

   "That's it." Lilian nodded, looked at him again and said seriously: "If you need help, just come to me and the mentor."

  Colin stared at her serious face, nodded slowly: "I will."

  The two then chatted for a while.

  At nine in the morning, Colin left the house on time.

  But this time he didn't go to the True Knowledge Society immediately, but went to the school first.

   An hour later, on the third floor of the General Affairs Castle.

   "So all the recent human materials have been ordered?" Colin asked calmly to the wizard in front of the counter.

"Yes." The wizard nodded, with a gentle face, and said helplessly, "The Supreme Council's review of human materials is already strict, and they are all booked early every time... Your Excellency, why don't you come over in a month or two? ?”

   "Thank you." Colin shook his head in his heart, turned around and left quickly.

  After he left, the gentleness on the face of the wizard in front of the counter suddenly subsided, and he laughed in his heart while shaking his head:

   "I don't know where a newly advanced wizard came from. He didn't even understand the rules, and he didn't add a faction. He just ran here to apply for materials, and he didn't even think about how he could apply for it?"

   The resources provided by the school seem to be open to everyone to apply for, but in fact most of them have been secretly divided, especially for such sought-after things as human body materials. Ordinary wizards don’t even think about applying for them!

   But having said that, he still greeted Colin with a smile.

  No one else, follow the rules and never go wrong.

  Besides, it doesn't do him any good to hate Colin, so why bother.

   Walking out of the General Affairs Castle, Colin took a breath, and the cold winter air entered his lungs, which made him feel a little depressed.

  He knew that the wizard at the counter just now was just an excuse, but he couldn't refute it on the surface.

   These are the rules, the rules jointly formulated by pure-blood families and factions.

  However, the impact on him is nothing more than that... There is still a wide road to go.

  Colin looked calm, and strode towards the outside of the school.

  …

   More than half an hour later, Meredith City.

  As the light of the teleportation array flashed, Colin's figure slowly emerged among the crowd.

   After another half an hour, he came to the door of an auction house.

  The huge plaque above reads the words Leiyun Auction House.

  Colin stepped in.

   Most of the gifts that those factions gave him before were entrusted by him to be auctioned here.

   Now a week has passed, and most of the auction items should have been sold, so I just came here to collect magic stones today.

   After all, what they sell are gifts from factions. If they are sold directly in Neustadt, if they are recognized, it may cause some unnecessary troubles.

   Now it is in the stage of low-key development, it is better to be cautious.

   "My lord, please take a count, deduct the commission, a total of 46,750 magic stones."

  In the reception room, the fat steward handed him the magic stone respectfully.

   "Is there a breakdown of the auction price?" Colin asked after taking the magic stone.

   "Yes." Facing a first-order wizard, the steward didn't dare to neglect at all, and quickly sent someone to extract a record.

  Colin looked at the bill carefully and felt relieved.

  The income of more than 40,000 magic stones is about the same as his previous estimated value.

  Even if there is a difference, it is no more than a hundred magic stones at most, so it is not worth adding more details.

  ‘Those hateful pure-blood wizard families and factions are indeed rich and powerful. '

   Without saying anything more, Colin turned around and left after counting the magic stones.

   All the way non-stop, less than one o'clock in the afternoon.

  Colin took the magic stone and returned to the city of Neustad.

  Not in a hurry to go home, he went straight to the school to pay the rent.

   A total of 8,600 magic stones were spent.

The rent of the   school is paid quarterly, and it needs to be paid for three months at a time, which costs a total of 6,000.

  As for the remaining 2,600, it is to make up the difference due to the promotion to the first level.

   In fact, it has been more than three months since he advanced to the first level, but the wizard in charge "generously" only counted two months.

   So far, plus the remaining magic stones, his current assets are just over 40,000 magic stones.

  ...Unlucky numbers.

  Colin sighed slightly, but quickly recovered himself.

  If there is anything in this world that makes the most money and suits him best—it is undoubtedly the sale of witchcraft knowledge.

   But the sale of witchcraft is not so easy.

  The value of zero-level witchcraft is too low, he does not have the ability, or the qualifications to sell it on a large scale-the bookstore is backed by schools, no matter how bad it is, it is a powerful pure-blood family.

  So if there is no accident, he can only choose to be bought out to sell witchcraft.

   This is a one-shot deal, not very cost-effective, but it can be done.

   If you really want to earn magic stones efficiently, you have to look at witchcraft above zero level.

  However, once witchcraft reaches the first level, if you want to sell it on a large scale, you have to apply to the Supreme Council, and there are various other restrictions.

  Witchcraft with a slightly higher level is not even allowed to circulate in the market.

  So ordinary stores don't charge higher prices at all, and they can't sell the main ones.

  Want to sell official witchcraft, the seller is a difficult point.

  However, Colin already has some clues now.

   On the 7th of December in the Aram calendar, the weather was bad.

  Yesterday's winter fog has turned into a howling blizzard today.

   Lilian didn't come this morning, perhaps because the weather was too bad, or maybe she was preparing to go out to do school tasks.

Nine in the morning.

  Colin propped up the steel temperature-resistant force field, and went to the laboratory of the True Knowledge Society without hesitation.

  In the previous life, it was impossible to go out in weather like this, but this is obviously not the case in this world where the mighty power belongs to itself.

  When passing by Shelley's laboratory, the crystal outside was still lit.

  His footsteps paused, but he still resisted the thought of knocking on the door, and walked into the laboratory he rented.

  No rush...

  One morning passed, and the progress behind the spiritual mist and Hayden's pseudo-energy on the gold paper jumped back a little.

  Colin smiled. According to the current progress, he will be able to practice these two first-level advanced witchcrafts to the limit in at most two months.

  Chick.

  The red crystal at the door suddenly lit up.

  Colin calmed down, took out his lunch and opened the door with a wave.

   "Good afternoon, Shelley."

"good afternoon."

  The conversation was exactly the same as in the past, but Shelley paused for a few seconds, and asked again, "Why didn't you come yesterday?"

   "...some things need to be dealt with." Colinton replied after a pause.

   "Yeah." Shelley nodded lightly, did not delve into it, and was about to continue the topic of the day before yesterday.

  But Colin took the lead and asked:

   "Your Excellency Shelley, do you have any clues about what I asked you to do?"

   "Yes." Shelley nodded lightly, "There is indeed a demand for customized witchcraft in the near future."

  (end of this chapter)