Chapter 1: The Awakening of the Young Man! Thaumaturge...

  "Name!"

  Ailing

  "Age!"

  "Sixteen years old!"

  "Address!"

  Corollin Town

  "Uh? The abandoned town of forgotten things?"

  St. Luminous Academy's admissions office, Kate looked up with some surprise as she was registering at the counter.

  In my impression, the remote small town on the edge of that declining mining area should have no young people left, and it is said that the people who still stay there can only barely make a living by relying on some barren red copper ore.

  Looking at his hair which was somewhat dry and yellow, wearing a shirt made of unknown fabric, only having the normal height of a thirteen or fourteen year old boy, Ailin's eyebrows furrowed: "You're Ailin, from Kororin town? You really are sixteen years old?"

  "Yes, what?"

  As Kate looked up to size Ailing up, Ailing was also sizing up the young teacher and the registration office on this Shengquan Yin Street.

  The Saint Fountain Street is one of the four main streets in Saint Lauren City, with shops lining both sides. In the center of the street, a twelve-tone fountain plays pleasant music. Various stores have floors made of smooth stones of various colors, forming different patterns... even the colorful signs of the shops are new and interesting to Ailin, who is visiting Saint Lauren City for the first time, wearing a pale blue school uniform with the emblem of Saint Lauren embroidered on it.

  "Korolinn town? Isn't that a forgotten abandoned town? Didn't they say there are no young people left there? Haha, little runt from Korolinn, you're 16 and really short, aren't you?"

  Before Kate could continue speaking, a red-haired youth who was waiting in line behind Ailin suddenly burst out laughing.

  This red-haired youth was half a head taller than Ailin, with a round face and some faint freckles, his expression very arrogant.

  "Huh? What's this?" Kate's gaze fell on the red-haired youth, and upon seeing the viper emblem on his clothes, her pupils involuntarily constricted slightly.

  "Who are you?" Ailin, who had always been ridiculed by the miners, didn't get angry either. He turned around and looked at the red-haired boy, "Am I really too short?"

  "Listen up! I am Moss from the Quin family!"

  The red-haired youth seemed to have finally waited for his chance to show off, and he laughed loudly with a very childish pose.

  "Indeed!" Kate's eyes flashed, and she smiled at the red-haired youths Moss and Elin, saying nothing for a moment.

  "Shorty, you're certainly too short." Moshe chuckled and gestured to Ailin: "Look at me, I'm only fourteen years old, but I'm still half a head taller than you."

  Ailin scratched his head with a somewhat depressed look: "So it seems that I'm indeed too short."

  Mo Ke was taken aback, and suddenly burst into even louder maniacal laughter: "Are you an idiot? You don't even know if you're short or not?"

  "Because in the town of Korolyn, I'm the only one at this age, there's no comparison." Ailin replied naturally, while cursing Old Gins in her heart: "You're really ruthless to little kids..."

  "This guy is really too naturally stupid, won't get angry at all?" Looking at Ailin who was always called "shorty" without seeing any signs of anger, Kate let out a sigh and said: "Alright, Ailin from Kororin Town, next you'll need to pay 100 silver coins to complete the enrollment procedures."

  "What?! One hundred silver coins?! You're actually asking for one hundred silver coins? That's way too expensive!" Ellyn's incredulous voice burst out.

  Kate rubbed her numb ears and looked at Ailin's exaggerated reaction, explaining: "This hundred silver coins not only includes the tuition fees and accommodation costs for a year, but also the cost of the college uniform, as well as some expenses for going out to learn."

  "It's already so expensive after just one year..." Ailin pulled on Kate's sleeve: "Can't it be cheaper?"

  "Haha, little runt, you probably can't even afford the tuition, don't even know how much Saint Lumina Academy charges per year, and yet you just came here to attend school?" Red-haired Moston burst into laughter again: "Actually haggling over tuition fees."

  "Looking at you, it's not easy to save some silver coins, and you only woke up at the age of 16. You're so weak and thin, you don't seem like someone with a special bloodline." After laughing maniacally for a while, Mos' expression turned serious, "You going to Sheng Li Ming Academy to study is probably useless too, I advise you not to waste the silver coins you've managed to save up."

  "Look at them, those porters, even if they have some beastman bloodline and possess leg strength that ordinary people can't match, but in this Sacred Lauren City, they can only be porters!"

  "Are you walking on the ground?"

  Following Morse's gaze, Ailin saw several burly men wearing only animal skin shorts and wrapped in thick ropes.

  Those men were nearly two meters tall, exceptionally robust, especially their legs which were as thick as barrels, every muscle was bulging, looking like rocks.

  "What is a land husband?" Elin couldn't help but ask.

  "Even the porters don't know? Porters are specialized in helping people pull heavy objects!" Moss looked at Ailin loudly and said: "Someone like you, I think it's better not to force it. It's better to save some silver coins for other uses."

  "Isn't it just a fraction of giant blood? Yet you dare to arbitrarily decide someone's life?" A cold voice sounded from the side.

  Mo Ke was taken aback, turned his head around, and found that the one who spoke was a long-haired beautiful girl standing on the side, holding a handkerchief in her hand. Her hair was an unusual silver-white color, and it looked exceptionally clean, not a speck of dust on it. She was about the same height as Mo Ke, with an icy cold and aloof expression on her face.

  "How dare you say that to me? Who are you?" Mos was suddenly somewhat angry, coldly snorting: "Can't you see I'm doing this for his own good?"

  "Is it okay to arbitrarily criticize others just because you think it's for their own good?"

  The white-clothed girl didn't even glance at Moss and said this sentence after that, then looked at Kate with a cold tone: "Help him arrange his school admission, I'll help pay the 100 silver coin fee."

  "Oh?"

  Kate glanced at the white-robed girl and smiled: "You want to help Ailin pay 100 silver coins?"

  Ailin was stunned. One hundred silver coins were enough for a ordinary family to live on for two years, definitely not a small amount, and he was certain that he had never met this white-clothed girl before.

  "His fee, plus mine." The white-robed girl seemed unwilling to say another word, coldly producing two gold coins and tossing them at Kate.

  On the continent of Doraest, one gold coin is equal to one hundred silver coins.

  "Are you also a new student coming to St. Dawn Academy to sign up?" Kate asked with great interest, catching the gold coin.

  In his impression, the white-clothed girl had been standing on the street of Shengyuan University for a long time, but she never came to line up. Now that he thought about it, he suddenly realized that the white-clothed girl seemed to be unwilling to stand in line with others and was waiting for everyone else to leave before coming alone to complete her registration procedures.

  It's all because of Morse's one sentence that I have to help Elin pay for a year... and also holding the handkerchief, as if afraid of any dust falling on her. This young man is probably not only proud and noble, but also has a certain degree of cleanliness.

  "Bastard!"

  A furious shout burst out, and Mo Ke's face turned bright red as he glared at the white-clad girl: "Is this a matter of money? Do you think I'm not capable of supporting him?"

  "No one can arbitrarily decide on someone else's life, everyone has the right to pursue their own dreams."

  "If you can afford it then just sponsor it, what's with all these idle words."

  The white-clothed girl coldly interrupted Moss's angry shout, still not looking at Moss, but only at Kate, and said indifferently: "Teacher, since I've already helped him pay the tuition fee, please help him with the rest of the admission procedures."

  "Ah!" Moss's nose twisted in anger, he reached out and pulled out a purse of money, handing it to Kate: "Teacher, I'll pay his tuition!"

  "Absolutely no principle." The white-clothed girl turned her face to one side, looking at the street corner, and said in a low, disdainful tone.

  "What did you say!" Moss's red hair was almost standing on end, clenching his fists: "If it weren't for the fact that you're a girl, I'd make you pay today!"

  "Eh...," Ailin's weak voice rang out, "Can't everyone just stop arguing? I'll pay the tuition myself."

  "What? You can afford the tuition?" Mos asked incredulously, turning his head to look at Ailin.

  Ailin nodded vigorously and carefully untied the purse she had been clutching in her hand.

  "With all that money, why are you still haggling and trying to get a better price?" Moss almost fainted at the sight, as Ailin's pouch contained at least twenty gold coins and over a hundred silver coins, adding up to more than what was in his own pouch.

  "Because the tuition is indeed very expensive, it's better to be cheaper. " Ailing smiled awkwardly, "But still thank you and this sister, you are all good people."

  Morse was directly speechless, and Ailing, who was speaking, also stopped abruptly, feeling a chill come over him.

  The white-clothed girl who had just turned her head away from this side now turned back, with a face full of black lines, looking like she was on the verge of an explosion.

  "What?"

  Moss and Kate exchanged a glance, unsure of what had just happened.

  "I understand."

  Ailin said with a apologetic face: "I must have misspoken, it should be thank you, little sister, not big sister."

  Some girls are indeed very particular about age.

  Morse and Kate suddenly came to their senses.

  "You idiot, I'm a boy, not a girl!" But the "girl" with a face full of black lines suddenly became furious and shouted loudly.

  "Huh?"

  Everyone was stunned at once.

  "You... you're a boy?" Ellyn's dull eyes fell on the "girl's" flat chest, and she reacted somewhat, muttering: "But it's also too pretty, and looks really like a girl..."

  Morse and Kate couldn't help but nod too.

  To be honest, even Kate thought she was a flat-chested beauty before.

  "You... still... say...!"

  The white-clothed "girl" stared at Ailin, her voice full of murderous intent as she spat out three words, her disheveled long hair fluttering with the movement.

  "Fox ears?" Ailin's voice rang out again, full of surprise, because he saw that the two ears of the white-clothed "girl" were pointed and very delicate.

  "Idiot!"

  Ailin's head was knocked by Mos: "What fox ears, this is an elf bloodline!"

  "Spirit Bloodline?"

  "You don't even know this and you still come to school!"

  "What's the big deal? Oh right, you're really not a girl?"

  "I'm going to kill you!"

  ……

  "These little guys are really troublesome."

  After more than ten minutes, Kate finally controlled the flames and finished the admission procedures. She looked at the back of Ailin and others, couldn't help but smile, and muttered to herself.

  Suddenly, his eyes flashed with cold light and he turned around abruptly.

  As he turned around, a young man wearing the same uniform of Saint Luminous Academy walked out from the dark corner of the street.

  "So it's you, Liszt! What brings you here?"

  Kate felt a sudden relief.

  "It just so happens that I was passing by." This young man, called Liszt by Kate, was extremely handsome with a lazy expression. A yellow glow would occasionally flash and rotate in his black pupils, making people who stared at him feel very strange. After glancing at the backs of Elin and the others, he asked casually: "What's the name of that little guy who is at least half-elf, and where is he from?"

  "Lyn Lorain, from Emerson's Forest Township." Kate replied after taking another glance at the registration form.

  "I haven't heard of any family with high elf bloodlines around here. But wherever they came from, that kid's got some pretty high elf blood... and then there's the little guy from the Quin family who's also got some giant blood in him, plus that Eirin kid from the Colerain town mines, this year's new student is more interesting than usual." Lister shook his head and said with a lazy smile, "Kate, you're known as the good-tempered teacher here at Saint Morning Academy, but I think that little Eirin kid has an even better temper than you do, doesn't seem to get angry no matter what."

  "Ailing?" Kate picked up on Liszt's implication and said with some puzzlement, "He woke up so late... do you think he has something special too?"

  "You haven't been to 'The Forgotten Abandoned Town', but I have."

  Liszt smiled and said: "The people who stay there have a temper as hard as stone. Apart from that, this little guy has an inexplicable confidence and courage on his body. For me, this is the real talent. As for bloodline, in my opinion, it's not the most important thing at all. Don't forget, I'm just an ordinary human bloodline too."

  "Could it be you...?" Kate was taken aback for a moment.

  "Indeed, my interest lies more with Lin Luo Ran. Especially since he came out of that forgotten abandoned town, and still had so many gold and silver coins on him, it makes me even more curious about him. I will keep an eye on him... If he is indeed not bad, I will personally guide him in his cultivation." Li Si Te said bluntly.

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