Chapter 36: What? You want to become a wizard?

All doors and windows were locked, and the curtains were drawn tight. Florete Declane and his family moved into the basement, fully equipped with bedding and all necessities, plenty of snacks and drinks, and even two lamps.

Temple Knight Ken, who had come to protect the Weir family, noticed their actions and was speechless. How little did this family trust the Church and the City Hall?

But then again, after just experiencing a monster invasion, it was understandable to hide for safety. However, their actions made them, the guardians, feel quite awkward.

Little Via was coaxed to sleep. A five-year-old child is still very sleepy, especially after such an event; the relaxation after the tension easily brings on drowsiness.

Little Weir, on the other hand, was a bit excited and asked about the entire battle that night.

Florete Declane didn’t hide or exaggerate anything, but recounted the events exactly as they happened.

When he spoke of the monster finally transforming into a teenager, Florete Declane fell silent.

Mojes grabbed his hand, wanting to offer some encouragement, while little Weir keenly noticed that his father’s mood was a bit off.

“I’ve seen that teenager before, and he left a deep impression,” Florete Declane finally broke the silence, deep in thought.

“That was over a decade ago, when I had just met your mother. Back then, I was just an ordinary mercenary. Because I was brave, hardworking, and responsible, I gained a bit of a reputation and also worked as a bodyguard.

One day, a wealthy noble merchant hired me to be his son’s bodyguard for a month. The pay was very generous—it was our manor and coffee shop.

Although I felt there might be a problem, for a better future and to provide a good environment for your mother, I still took on that task.”

“The task was strange. That noble teenager was still just a student at a mid-level academy, a fifth-year at Nobili Noble Academy.

As his bodyguard, I had to follow him all day, whether he was in class, after school, or resting. That noble teenager’s character wasn’t very good, or rather, it was quite bad; he often encountered hostility from commoners.

Before accepting the task, I had inquired about his reputation: a complete playboy and a dandy.

But for the generous reward, I still diligently protected him. One day, he was attacked by an ordinary student from the same school. I saved him and caught the student on the spot.

It turned out that the student and the noble teenager did have a grudge. The student’s sister had been seduced and abandoned by the noble teenager, then committed suicide by jumping from a building. Well, that’s what was said, but I learned from other sources that it might not have been suicide, but rather torture and murder.

Later, that ordinary student disappeared, neither alive nor dead. A month later, my task ended, and I smoothly received this courtyard and coffee shop.

The strange circumstances of that year are still vivid in my memory, as the discrepancy between effort and reward was too great, making me suspicious.”

Mojes rolled her eyes at him and said, “You fool, that mission back then might not have been so simple.

You were once cursed by a wizard, a not-very-powerful curse that my father removed. Since there were no further developments, I didn’t mention it to you.

Now that I think about it, things back then really seemed a bit odd. Later, that noble teenager grew up successfully, but his father died mysteriously.

Father said at the time that the noble’s death was very strange and very likely also a wizard’s curse.”

“Is that so? Haha, so that’s what happened.” Florete Declane broke out in a cold sweat. If he hadn’t happened to have a wizard girlfriend, and his father-in-law was also a seasoned official wizard, his body would probably have been cold long ago.

“Now, you suddenly brought this up, could it be…” Mojes paused slightly, and Florete Declane nodded, continuing, “It’s just as you imagined.

He’s back for revenge. When the demon wolf came, it was carrying an arm with a ring on it, which belonged to that noble’s father from back then.

After his father died, the ring was inherited by that noble teenager as a token.

And after the demon wolf was defeated, it reverted to its original form as the teenager. It was definitely that ordinary student who suddenly disappeared back then; I couldn’t be mistaken.

Over a decade has passed, and his appearance hasn’t changed at all. Besides a wizard’s power, I can’t think of any other possibility.”

Mojes gave her husband a big roll of her eyes. “This time, you’re really mistaken. His appearance isn’t due to a wizard’s doing, but rather the work of a demon.

Father has already set out to capture these monsters. Mother told me roughly that a powerful hell messenger is hidden in Nobili Noble Academy, and over twenty years, he has created nearly a hundred such monsters.

That hell messenger seems to want to create some perfect experimental subject, and he succeeded tonight. While achieving his goal, his whereabouts were also discovered by wizards and the Church, so he released all these monsters for revenge and left with his perfect experimental subject.”

“Is that so? So he really came for revenge. Wait, my dear, what did you just say? Nearly a hundred monsters? All released?!” Florete Declane paled, almost shouting.

“They were indeed released, but most of them were immediately intercepted by Jasmine, the Church, and several official wizards.

The remaining ones are also being dealt with. The noble district is already in chaos, and there will certainly be losses.

However, these monsters seem to have a very strange characteristic: after completing their revenge, their strength will drastically decrease.

The monster we encountered should have been after a portion of its strength had decreased; a monster with full strength can rival a first-level official wizard.”

Mojes recounted everything she knew, “When these monsters were created, it seems the hell messenger used some special methods to bind them to the aura of their enemies.

They can automatically track down their enemies. The monsters remaining in the city are easier to deal with, but some noble merchant children who graduated earlier have already left Drake City, and those monsters have also followed them out.

That’s the most troublesome part.”

“Tomorrow, the city will be in chaos. That’s the noble district, after all; even one death can cause an uproar, let alone a whole bunch of them.”

Florete Declane felt a bit schadenfreude. He seemed to have only done one rather guilt-inducing thing, and now that it was resolved, he could completely rest easy.

However, his son’s next words immediately dispelled his thoughts of rest. “What? You want to become a wizard? My dear little Weir, actually, the knight profession is also very good.

Wizards are too dangerous and not recognized by the Church, so they can’t walk openly among people.”

“The mystery and power of wizards are what I aspire to, Father. I will not give up the knight profession, but I want to pursue wizard cultivation at the same time.”

Little Weir said seriously, “Only after fully understanding it can I make a decision. I hope Father will not interfere with my decision.

Before I truly begin wizard cultivation, I will ask Mother to train me in basic wizard knowledge. If I feel it’s not suitable, I will give it up myself.”

“I knew this would happen. Wizards, those are the legendary wizards! No one can resist the temptation to become a wizard.”

Florete Declane couldn’t help but hold his head and wail, “But I don’t have the talent to become a wizard, otherwise I would also choose this path.

Alright, little Weir, Father cannot make the choice for you, but Father implores you not to give up knight training.

You are truly a rare knight genius. I hope to see you become a high-level knight one day. This is Father’s lifelong wish.

After all, our family has had five generations of knights, and a high-level knight has never appeared.”

Heh heh, with the family’s utterly rotten knight training method, they still dream of producing a high-level knight. Don’t even dream about it!

Mid-level knight is already the peak, and it will also severely affect lifespan and strength.

It’s better not to discourage Father. I’ll gradually improve the family’s knight training method in the future, and then find a way to slowly make him accept it.

“My dear little Weir, if your grandfather heard this news, he would certainly be very happy.

He has always hoped that you would inherit his mantle. You should know that when you were ten, he tested your aptitude, and you possess good wizard aptitude, even not inferior to mine.”

Mojes was exceptionally happy that her son ultimately chose to pursue both the knight and wizard professions simultaneously, and she felt she had given her father a satisfactory answer.

“Wizards also have aptitude? Isn’t it something anyone can cultivate?” Little Weir was quite surprised.

“Of course not. Although the wizard profession is powerful, it’s not something just anyone can undertake.

It requires a certain affinity for magic and a considerable degree of concentrated mental power. Everyone has mental power, regardless of its strength, and it’s also divided into concentrated and diffuse types.

People with diffuse mental power are not suitable to become wizards, and coincidentally, this type of person makes up the vast majority.

Concentrated mental power owners are one in a thousand, and among these people, those with magic affinity are even fewer.

Meeting both conditions simultaneously is very difficult, and merely meeting the conditions is not enough; one must also have certain advantages to go further.

Based on a comprehensive assessment of both, the wizarding world divides the aptitude of wizard apprentices before they begin cultivation into five grades: Low, Ordinary, Good, Excellent, and Outstanding.

Wizard apprentices below Good aptitude basically have no hope of advancing to official wizards. Your mother and I have Excellent aptitude, which is the fourth grade, and so do you, my dear son.”

Mojes was very proud of her own and her son’s aptitudes.