Chapter 164
(Chapter 163 is in the work-related section and has been released for free.)
Aretuza is located on Thanedd Island, northwest of Gors Velen in Temeria.
It looks like a huge castle carved directly from the reefs of Thanedd Island, connected to the mainland plate by a huge stone bridge hundreds of meters long; the whole thing looks both gorgeous and shocking, and the magic lights in the academy are lit day and night; no matter when, it is shrouded in a layer of magic brilliance, making mortals who come here feel awe.
At the same time, this academy is also one of the largest sorceress magic academies in the North; unlike another sorcerer magic school, Ban Ard, which trains scholar-type male sorcerers, this place specializes in training sorceresses and will also take the initiative to find those young girls with magic talent among commoners, buy them from their parents, and train them as sorceresses, which also makes Thanedd Island a holy land in the hearts of all sorceresses in the North.
And as a temple of magic knowledge, this magic academy has established a powerful magic barrier, which can not only prevent any outsiders from sneaking into the academy but also prohibit any teleportation spells.
Before this magic barrier is closed, everyone must walk across the bridge to enter the academy.
It is precisely because of this that even though Triss and Keira have become royal advisors equivalent to power, their portals must be opened in the town outside the magic academy, waiting for permission from within the academy before they can enter this academy.
Passing through the portal, Wayne's feeling was still very uncomfortable, completely different from his feeling of passing through the space rift, just like putting a person into a washing machine, starting the dehydration mode, and spinning for half an hour, dizzy, internal organs cramping, almost wanting to vomit.
And the two sorceresses were already used to using this spell; they looked at Wayne with funny eyes, knowing in their hearts that this was because the witcher's senses were more keen than ordinary people, so they felt uncomfortable because of the space chaos of the portal.
After Wayne adjusted his state, the three of them did not stay in this town for long, and after simple packing, they went directly across the stone bridge and entered Aretuza.
This visit, Triss and Keira had already made arrangements with Margarita through the megascope in advance; when the three of them crossed the stone bridge and came to the academy gate, the tall, plump, sweet-looking, marble-statue-like Principal Margarita was already waiting at the academy's reception office.
"Principal, thank you for coming to welcome us!"
"Triss, Keira, as excellent graduates of the academy, I naturally welcome you to come to the academy to give lectures."
"You are too polite; it is precisely because of the academy's training that we have today's achievements."
After the three sorceresses met, there was another quite formulaic mutual blessing and greeting; after they finished their small talk, Triss took Margarita to Wayne's side.
Before Wayne could speak, Margarita reached out and held Wayne's hand with a smile on her face, saying:
"Welcome to Aretuza, Wayne; Triss has already told me your purpose."
"Later, when Triss and Keira go to give lectures to the students, I will have someone take you to our library and open the permission of the first floor to you; there are some books and materials that can be made public."
"As for books with higher permissions, I must carefully consider before deciding whether I can sell them to you."
After saying this, Margarita quietly winked at Wayne, showing a meaningful smile.
Then she raised the back of her hand, signaling Wayne to kiss the back of her hand.
Wayne secretly glanced at Triss, and seeing that the expression on her face did not change, he lowered his head, held Margarita's fingers, and kissed lightly on the back of her hand, touching and withdrawing.
The female principal withdrew her palm and then said to a young girl dressed as a student who was about fourteen or fifteen years old beside her: "Amia, you take this gentleman to our library and tell the librarian Mr. Vissen to open the permission of the first floor for him."
After finishing, Margarita looked at Wayne and said with a smile: "Regarding the books on the first floor, if you want to buy them, record their titles and hand them to the librarian Vissen."
"However, you must think clearly before buying; you know, in this world, knowledge is the most expensive wealth." "The books in our academy record a lot of secret knowledge and are rarely sold to outsiders, and the selling price is quite high."
"Of course, we are friends, you will definitely have a quite good discount, but you have to repay me with a sumptuous dinner."
Hearing Margarita's slightly playful remarks, Wayne laughed and said without hesitation: "Of course no problem, Principal Margarita, tonight I will prepare a sumptuous dinner for everyone at Triss's residence to thank you for your help to me."
After the serious business was discussed, there was another round of small talk, and soon, Triss and Keira followed Margarita into the academy, presumably to make preparations for the students' lectures in advance.
And Wayne, after parting with them, followed the girl named Amia, turning around, and came to a huge library.
As a magic academy that has been established for hundreds or thousands of years, the library of Aretuza has a lot of books; Wayne just made a rough estimate, and just on the first floor where he was, there were more than one hundred thousand books.
Fortunately, Margarita's arrangement was quite thoughtful; the female student named Amia did not leave after bringing Wayne to the library.
After helping Wayne handle the corresponding permissions at the white-bearded old man Vissen's place, the librarian, she sat beside Wayne very obediently and said in a low voice: "Mr. Wayne, Principal lady asked me to stay by your side today; I am more familiar with the library, if you want to find any books, I can help you find them."
Hearing this, Wayne nodded to the girl and said thank you; Amia's face turned slightly red, indicating that she was welcome, it was all the principal's order.
The female student in this magic academy looked quite delicate, and her words and actions were also very obedient; at a glance, she was not a country girl, but perhaps because of this, she had less contact with men, and when facing Wayne, a big handsome guy, the girl's every move was always cautious and appeared quite shy.
Unfortunately, after entering the library that stored a large amount of knowledge, Mr. Wayne's mind was all on serious study.
Plus Amia was short and less than fifteen years old, just a little girl who was not fully developed, which made him unable to raise any interest at all.
So Wayne just said with a smile: "Miss Amia, can you please help me find all the books that record things related to witchers?"
"I am very interested in this aspect?"
At this time, Wayne's appearance was still a disguised human form; this visit to Aretuza, he even changed into a high-end handsome formal suit that only noble rich merchants could afford, so just from the appearance, he really had nothing to do with the legendary witcher.
Hearing this, Amia tilted her head somewhat suspiciously, but she regarded Wayne as the kind of noble young master who was attracted by witcher legends.
Although somewhat suspicious, she still very obediently got a pile of books about witchers from many bookshelves.
And looking at the books that were taken down from the bookshelves one by one in front of him, Wayne could keep calm at first, but when these books piled up to two hundred, the corners of his mouth twitched.
Unexpectedly, it is worthy of being one of the magic academies with the most background in the North; even the records of knowledge related to witchers can be collected into two hundred books.
Of course, these books do not all record important knowledge of witchers; some are biographies, some are stories, and some are experimental data.
And in the next few days, most of Wayne's time was spent in the library, crazily learning various knowledge.
(Something was delayed in the morning, there are two more chapters today, updated in the afternoon and evening. Mwah!) (End of this chapter)
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