Chapter 106: Identify

He could only watch helplessly as Mage Aidelian's reprimands grew increasingly intense, while Aideliqi simply kept his head lowered, enduring it in silence without uttering a word.

*Cough*—

Xia Duo coughed to make his presence known. Mage Aidelian realized there was an outsider present, so he stopped his reprimanding and asked, "What do you need from me?"

"It's like this, Lord Aidelian."

Xia Duo took over the conversation, "I want to sell two Magic Items, and Aideliqi wanted to ask you to Identify them."

"Magic Items? Oh—"

Aidelian was skeptical at first, but immediately noticed the Magic Aura on Xia Duo, "They really are Magic Items! You want to sell them?"

"Yes."

Aidelian glanced at his brother, who was still keeping his head lowered, and said, "Why not sell them to me!"

Upon hearing this, Aideliqi finally reacted, and quite intensely at that, "Aidelian, Xia Duo is my guest. How could you do something so dishonorable!"

"Heh, so you can speak now?" Aidelian teased.

"You—" Aideliqi turned his head away and said in a stiff tone, "Just handle the Identify for me, you don't need to worry about anything else!"

"Fine! No problem!"

Then, Aidelian looked at Xia Duo, and Xia Duo hurriedly handed over the two Magic Items.

Taking the two Magic Items, Aidelian first examined the Wolf Tooth Necklace; of the two items, the Wolf Tooth Necklace had a stronger Magic Aura, while the other Statue was relatively dim.

Aidelian quickly chanted a two-syllable spell, and a white, glowing orb appeared in his hand, with the Wolf Tooth Necklace at its center.

At the same time, Xia Duo entered a state of focus, attempting to peer into Aidelian's Spell. First, this was not a Ring Spell; it touched upon the depths of the Magic Net.

Secondly, the influence of casting this Spell on the Magic Net was gradually permeating the connection between the Wolf Tooth Necklace and the Magic Net; this seemed to be a Spell for peering into Magic.

As for the details of this Spell, aside from Aidelian's operations on the shallow part of the Magic Net, Xia Duo could not make much sense of the rest.

Of course, witnessing the Spellcasting process of an Official Mage at such close range was of great help to him, and he even gained inspiration on how to contact the Deep Weave.

The glowing orb in Mage Aidelian's hand lasted for quite a while, which provided Xia Duo with the opportunity to peek at more secrets.

And when the orb dissipated, Aidelian did not continue to cast a Spell to Identify the other item, but stood in place thinking for a moment before continuing to cast.

The identification of the second item took a shorter time; after just a moment, the orb in Aidelian's hand dissipated. This time, without thinking for long, he said directly, "I have finished Identifying both of these Magic Items."

Xia Duo's eyes lit up, "Mage, I wonder what price these two things can fetch?"

"This necklace connects to the Second Layer of the Weave and its function is to temporarily increase one's physical attributes, but it can only be used once every three days. However, because it was manufactured using a non-Mage method, it has some research value. My offer for it is 1000 Gold Coins."

"And what about this small Statue?"

"This small Statue only connects to the First Layer of the Weave, but it has no practical function. My offer for it is only 50 Gold Coins. It doesn't even have much research value; I'll just treat it as a craft item with a unique style."

"No practical function?"

Xia Duo was a bit stunned. Could it be that the Orc Spellcaster's transformation into a wolf was truly his own ability? Xia Duo had been obsessed with this transformation ability, hoping that this Statue was the key to it, but now—

"Mage, I obtained this Statue from an Orc Spellcaster. That Orc had an ability to transform into a wolf, and I feel it might be related to this Statue."

"Perhaps." Aidelian did not refute Xia Duo, "When I said it had no practical function, I meant that the way it connects to the Magic Net is not one commonly used by us Mages, and the magic elements of this Statue are incomplete. It is almost impossible to turn into a wolf through it."

Receiving this answer left Xia Duo somewhat disappointed. Thinking about the gap between what he originally thought was a transformation prop and a 50 Gold Coin craft item, the letdown was just too great!

"Mage, I think I will keep this Statue myself. I want to study it on my own."

Xia Duo was still not giving up in his heart; perhaps he could research a transformation Spell from it in the future!

Aidelian did not dampen the enthusiasm of an Apprentice, but instead discussed with his brother, "I have some interest in this necklace. How about you sell it to me?"

"No problem!" Aideliqi immediately became interested; he wouldn't refuse a chance to earn a profit from his brother, "But it has to be double!"

Aidelian did not refuse. He took a stack of Parchment from his Dimensional Bag, divided it into two, and handed one part to Xia Duo and the other to Aideliqi, "Exchange Vouchers personally signed by the teacher. They can be exchanged for Gold Coins at the Material Requisition Office of the Mage Tower at any time."

Xia Duo blankly took the stack of Parchment. It wasn't his first time seeing this, but it was his first time holding it himself. He saw clearly written on the Parchment—

"Wier Lingzhu promises that anyone presenting this certificate may exchange it for 200 Gold Coins within the Savile Territory."

Below it was the emblem of the lord's family, as well as the lord's signature.

Of course, all of this was integrally formed using an 【Arcane Mark】, not handwritten. In a state of focus, one could even clearly see these characters glowing.

"This is an Exchange Voucher?"

"Yes, this is an Exchange Voucher." Aideliqi was happily tucking the Exchange Voucher into his pocket. He didn't know about Xia Duo's skepticism and just assumed it was the curiosity of someone seeing it for the first time.

Xia Duo was indeed half-doubting, but he believed that no one in the Mage Tower could forge the lord's family emblem or the signature.

After putting away the stack of Exchange Vouchers, Xia Duo expressed his gratitude to Aidelian, but he and Aideliqi were soon chased out, and Aideliqi was specifically exhorted to spend his time on Magic.

Inside the Elevator, there were only Xia Duo and Aideliqi, and the atmosphere was somewhat silent.

Aideliqi felt a bit embarrassed because Xia Duo had seen his brother reprimanding him, while Xia Duo was full of thoughts about going to the Spell Laboratory; the matter of the Study Group was still not settled!

Suddenly, Aideliqi said, "With a brother like that, do you think there is any need for me to learn Magic?"

This was getting a bit too personal for such a shallow acquaintance! Xia Duo didn't say anything, but Aideliqi continued, "Since childhood, Aidelian has been smarter than me, and Father likes him more too. Do you really think I don't like Magic? I just want to be a little more useful!"

As he spoke, Aideliqi's long-accumulated emotions completely spiraled out of control, and he actually squatted on the ground and started crying.

"Sigh—"

Aideliqi's sudden breakdown really gave Xia Duo a headache. Perhaps this was the trouble of a "poor student" who was expected to achieve great things by their family but achieved nothing, wanting to make a comeback through their own ideas but not being understood!

Preparing to pull Aideliqi into the Study Group~~

(End of chapter)