There is a long solid wood table, with quills, ink, several large sheets of parchment, and an open book scattered on it.
The dark tea cup was still steaming, exuding a fragrance similar to grass.
The black-maned bear crawling in the corner took a nap again, and its noisy snoring made people in the room have to raise their voices to hear each other.
Dean Balmer stood at the window, his voice was a little hoarse. He forcibly performed a second spell in the Colosseum last time, which caused serious damage to his weak body, and he has not fully recovered yet.
"Lemon, the outside world is very vast. Powerful people control vast areas. It is said that some top wizards can open up other planes and communicate directly with some strange and powerful creatures." The sighing Dean Bammer said with a small mouth.
He drank the liquid in his cup and introduced the outside world he knew.
Because Black River Valley College is the only place on the entire West Coast with testing capabilities, although it has fallen into decline, it still has an influence that ordinary people cannot imagine.
In the more than eighty years since Dean Balmer has been in charge of the academy, he has personally sent away more than two hundred wizard apprentices, but now there are only a dozen of them who can still get news back.
Most of them lost contact with them within three to five years after leaving, or received direct notification of their death.
And there are very few people who can become official wizards.
Among the only remaining people who had information fed back, only one person who was sent on board by Dean Balmer fifty years ago successfully entered the land of the tower and became one of the few famous wizards.
And those who are returning to the west coast are basically the losers who are trying to challenge the official wizards. They do not have the qualifications or the courage to challenge the official wizards again, but they are unwilling to stay outside and become servants or wanderers.
Covered with trauma, he returned to the West Coast to enjoy a peaceful life here.
Standing at the window, Dean Bammer exuded the smell of old age. Raymond frowned. He didn't know how to describe this old man, because in Raymond's previous impression, this old man seemed very mean.
You can see it by saluting Raymond's badge.
But when Raymond came to Black River Valley College yesterday, the old man's impression of Raymond changed a lot.
Sighing, nostalgic, and having the habitual nagging of the elderly, his expression became gentler and his tone became very respectful. When mentioning Raymond's name, he would always use the honorific.
They chatted casually, but as the black-maned bear's snoring became louder and louder, Dean Balmer finally couldn't bear this kind of throaty communication.
He led Raymond to the teaching area of the castle and sighed in an apologetic tone. "As you get older, you will have more things to sigh about. Let me take you to visit Black River Valley College and see what things will be like to you.
Young men who boarded the ship together, you will set off in three months."
The castle located in the center of the college is the teaching area of Black River Valley College. Raymond, who was following Dean Balmer, was led by Dean Balmer to see the teenagers learning meditation symbols in the room.
They were basically teenagers, sitting around the classroom, all of them had serious expressions, and each of them had a wizard's book open in front of them.
Including Dean Barmer, there are only five teachers at Black River Valley College. In three months, only five people will be qualified to board the ship.
Two have family heritage and are descendants of the royal family of the Ogasso Kingdom. The other three were sent here since they were young. After hard work, they reached the level of first-level apprentice. These five people are all arranged on the top floor of the castle.
, carrying out daily study.
Black River Valley College has a history of hundreds of years on the West Coast, but the teaching facilities here are still crude.
Hundreds of wizard books produced by formal wizards, some explanations of wizard meditation techniques, and then the techniques mastered by teachers will be taught to these teenagers.
Because meditation takes up a lot of time, the faces of these young people studying in the academy are very pale and their bodies look weak.
After leading Raymond to visit the teaching area, Dean Barmer took Raymond to the library of Black River Valley College.
In the library located underground in the castle, most of the dozen rows of tall bookshelves were empty, with only dozens of books on display. Raymond, who was surprised by this, couldn't help but ask why.
Somewhat ashamed, Dean Barmer told Raymond that because of a fire that occurred in the castle three hundred years ago, Black River Valley College's collection of books for many years was destroyed. With the loss of book supply channels, the entire Black River Valley College
There are only so many books left in the collection.
Facing these collections of books, Raymond's desire to refer to them was uncontrollable. "Dean Balmer, because I have been taught by my teacher for a long time, I hope to refer to the collection of books in the college."
He readily agreed to Raymond's request. Dean Barmer also specifically told Raymond that the collection of books here is quite theoretical in nature, but the conclusions in many books need to be judged by individuals.
Maybe the techniques in a certain book are of great help to a researcher, but maybe the same book has minor flaws that will cause serious harm to another reader.
Therefore, without being clearly verified to be suitable for you, all books on theory can only be used as a reference and cannot be completely believed.
Wizards have countless development possibilities, and each of them has a different understanding. Therefore, for wizards, there is never a completely correct theory, only a theory that suits the individual.
Listening to Dean Bammer's kind warning, Raymond, who frowned, finally understood that although wizards are powerful creatures, have erudite knowledge, and can even have an almost unlimited lifespan, in
There are also great risks in the process of learning.
Maybe a small, unproven trick that works for the individual can get someone into trouble.
"Raymond, even a wizard apprentice cannot judge based on ordinary people's thinking, because all those who embark on the path of wizards have transcended the social group of ordinary people and entered the world of wizards. For
You need to be mentally prepared for this, otherwise you will feel pessimistic and desperate."
After introducing his experience, Dean Bammer gave Raymond advice with a wry smile.
Feeling that this was a well-meaning advice, Raymond bowed and expressed his gratitude.
After communicating with Dean Balmer, Raymond had greatly improved his impression of the old man. After hesitating for a moment, he stopped Dean Balmer who wanted to leave the library and let him read slowly inside.
Frankly telling the story of the Tory family's possible conspiracy to usurp the throne, Dean Balmer burst into laughter when facing Raymond, who had a distressed and serious expression on his face. He told Raymond calmly: "I warned you just now.
Wizards are above the world of ordinary people. You cannot think according to the way ordinary people think in society. You need to change your thinking mode...";