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The word squire has a different meaning among wizards than the so-called squire of the traditional knightly class.
Among wizards, in addition to the teacher-student relationship, there is another relationship in general knowledge inheritance - the contractual relationship, which is the identity relationship between the employer and the follower.
Needless to say, the teacher-student relationship can be called the strongest bond in the wizarding world. It can be said that the moment the teacher-student relationship is established, the two parties are already closely connected, sharing glory and risks. From the perspective of outsiders,
Come, it is a whole, so the teacher’s education for students is
Spare no effort, and students must also do their best to maintain the teacher's inheritance. Among the people that Ger has seen, people like Ebou Aili and his direct apprentice Braqina have such an apprenticeship relationship, and those who work in magic have such an apprenticeship relationship.
The trainee apprentices who learn to work in the tower are not much higher than the hired workers in terms of status.
In the teacher-student relationship, although there are high and low statuses, the personalities of both parties are generally equal. To a certain extent, they can be regarded as partners exploring the path of wizards together, but it is different when it is a contractual relationship.
The contractual relationship can also be regarded as an extension of a type of employment relationship, but it is far more intimate than the ordinary employment relationship because the contractual relationship is lifelong. Similar to the teacher-student relationship, the employees in the contractual relationship must follow the rules between wizards.
The exchange obligation is to train the followers in a direction suitable for them, and the followers must completely devote themselves to their loyalty and follow the employer throughout their lives. However, in a sense, it can be said that the followers are the private property of the employer.
The two parties do not have an equal personality relationship at all.
This type of follower is also called a wizard's acolyte.
Now what Serena said about becoming Geer's attendant is what it means.
If Serena makes this request after several years, Geer will not be surprised. Because for wizard apprentices, there are only a few who can break through the barriers and become wizards. What will they choose if they fail to advance? Some will return.
Go to their hometown to live in seclusion. Some will find ways to attach themselves to a certain wizard, while others will stay here to look for the last glimmer of hope.
Becoming a vassal of a wizard as a squire may also be a way out for such an apprentice.
However, it is rare for new wizard apprentices to make such a choice.
"Serena, tell me, what happened?"
"I...I may not be able to stay in the academy any longer."
"Why?" Geer was a little confused. She had only been in school for a few days, so why couldn't she stay?
"My parents found out that I dropped out of Serolisi Academy to join Promisu Torch Wizard Academy, and came here this morning. They didn't believe that I could become a wizard, thought I was a waste of time, and asked me to drop out of school immediately and return to Cerroris.
Rolish College." Serena still maintained her original posture, but her tone and slightly trembling shoulders revealed her psychological fluctuations.
"Then you become my attendant and I can help you?"
"Yes." Serena finally raised her head, with a sad look on her face, looking very depressed, "If I can find someone who can help me, then I can continue to stay."
Saying that, Serena glanced at Geer, and the meaning was already there.
Geer's face was calm, but his thoughts were spinning rapidly.
Wizards often cultivate a few followers in order to train assistants or deal with things that will waste their time. However, this generally requires a sense of trust developed over a long period of time. A contract will be signed only after a foundation of trust is established, so followers generally
People will be cultivated from childhood. This kind of trust foundation is more solid. When they are older, they have formed their own world view, which is difficult to change. It is also difficult to guarantee whether there will be betrayal.
From this perspective, choosing Serena as a follower is not appropriate.
But on the other hand, Serena is also the most suitable follower for Gal, if Gal hopes to leave a chess piece on the wizard's side...
For Geer, he already feels that the time to leave here is coming soon, the war is about to end, and he has gained a lot. As long as the soul trauma is dealt with, he will return to the area controlled by the Favored One at any time.
After all, his real power system still belongs to the favored one, and the wizard system can only be regarded as a reference for him. If he wants to go further, he must go back.
But he is still very optimistic about many things in the wizard system and cannot abandon them all, so Serena will be useful.
However, Leverager still needed to think carefully about it, so he didn't agree immediately. He just looked at Serena and asked calmly: "Why choose me? I'm just an apprentice, why don't you find a formal wizard?"
"You are less than eighteen years old now, and you can already build multiple spell models without backlash. It shows that you have a good foundation, excellent talent, excellent learning ability and mental control. I am confident that you can become a true
The wizard is very confident."
Serena nodded affirmatively, and after taking another peek at Geer's face, she immediately said, "No one around me is better than you, and...it's impossible for a formal wizard to like me."
Geer nodded, as if he was thinking about something, and did not answer, leaving Serena wondering whether he was inclined to agree or refuse.
As time passed, Serena's face began to pale gradually, and her body began to tremble a little. It seemed that her thoughts were deflected to the worst place in Gal's silence.
"You are my last hope. I can give you whatever you want! Really, anything is possible!" Tears began to flash in her eyes, and her tone became pleading. "I really don't want to.
There is no hope of living like this."
She stretched out her hands to grab Geer's hand, and the quilt without any obstructions immediately slid down her body, revealing her youthful body wearing only a thin tube top and a hip-covering skirt. Her white and delicate skin shone under the light.
It emits a soft light under the reflection.
Geer still let her hold his right hand, looked at her calmly, and said lightly: "Don't get excited, calm down."
After a while, her mood gradually stabilized.
"Please tell me your details." Seeing Serena calm down, Geer asked again.
Seeing that Geer did not refuse, Serena ignited some hope again, took back her left hand and wiped away the tears. She looked at Geer, hesitated for a moment, continued to hold Geer's right hand with her right hand, and began to talk.
It turns out that Serena's family is also a branch of a powerful local noble, a powerful marquis family in a nearby country. This is probably true. Ordinary people want to learn unless they are directly chosen by a wizard as an apprentice.
They simply can't afford the expensive tuition fees, even for a low-level witch like Cerrolyxi Academy.
The tuition fees charged by the Teachers College would be impossible for an ordinary family to pay even if they work for a hundred years without eating or drinking. Therefore, despite the fact that Cerrolisi Academy is full of service-oriented apprentices, they serve wizards and formal
Apprentices work, but in fact most of them come from noble or wealthy merchant families.
Serena and Briony are like this.
From very early on, Serena's family has been trying to enter the wizarding field. Every generation of talented children will be sent to the Ai Stone Crack or related wizards for training. It's just that her family may not be very lucky. It has been nearly a hundred years.
There has never been a formal wizard. The best achievement is to reach the peak of apprenticeship, but you just can't cross that door.
This kind of effort has never stopped, and Serena, as the one with the best qualifications among this generation, has received the strictest education and training since she was a child, which consumed a lot of resources of the entire family, so when she was considered unable to become a wizard
At that time, her family was under great pressure, which prevented her from entering Cerrolysi Academy and working as a service apprentice. In the future, she would also marry a good wizard apprentice under the arrangement of the family, thus hoping that the next generation would
His bloodline is even better.
Serena and her family could not resist this decision. This was also the price a noble child like her had to pay for failing on the path of wizarding.
Compared to Serena, people like Briony, who comes from a business family, are under much less pressure, and her family doesn't expect much from her, so she can live a more comfortable life.
It's just that Serena was unwilling to continue like this, until the appearance of Geer rekindled her hope.
However, Serena's decision to continue her journey as a wizard was made somewhat hastily without consulting her parents. As a result, when her parents stopped by to visit her a few days later, they suddenly discovered that she was no longer at Cerrolysi Academy, but instead was there again.
When they came to the Promisu Torch Wizard Academy, they were so shocked that they immediately came to the door and asked their daughter not to continue doing what they regarded as "stupid things".
In order to convince her parents, and more importantly, to get the entire family to agree to her continued path as a wizard, she thought about it and had no choice but to come to Geer.
But there was one thing she didn't say out loud, that is, she felt that Geer had a good attitude towards her. She thought that instead of being randomly assigned by the family to marry an apprentice in the future, it would be better to commit herself to Geer directly, which would have a much better outcome.
. And she also gave Geer's information to her parents and asked them to hand it over to the family for verification. As long as Geer's excellence is proven, then even if the two are not married, as long as Serena can conceive Geer's child.
Children can also gain support from their families.
This is something that wizarding families or families that want to enter the wizarding field often do. In order to pursue the perfection of the bloodline and improve the wizarding qualifications of the next generation, so as to achieve the purpose of changing the inheritance qualifications of the entire family in the future, they will choose to let the children of the family and have outstanding talents.
People with wizard qualifications get married and have children. This is how many families slowly transform from a mortal family to a wizard family.
"Then are you ready?" After listening to Serena's words, Geer pondered for a moment, and then slowly spoke in the midst of her uneasy mood. (To be continued...)