Chapter 28: Magician Yuehai
“Yuehai, show your fireball spell to your master.”
The weathered old man sat in the magical inner hall of the Duke’s mansion. This was a miraculous hall where mages could easily unleash magic, a place that was the culmination of the efforts of the boundary masters who had put their utmost effort into it! It was also the unique holy land for training mages in the whole of Hiller.
And at this moment, Yuehai stood before the old man, chanting incantations.
“Fire.”
Boom!
With a bang, like a meteor appearing, a fireball of incomparable heat erupted from Yuehai’s hand, its size comparable to that of a child’s height!
The old man marveled in amazement, clapping his hands as he spoke.
“Genius, truly a genius! Not only can you understand and use the fireball spell within a few days, but you can also amplify the originally large fireball spell to such a huge extent by relying on the characteristics of flame physique. Its power might even rival some second-level magic.”
“That’s all thanks to Teacher Laogeri’s excellent guidance,” Yuehai thought proudly, but she also didn’t forget to flatter.
If it were someone else flattering Laogeri, he naturally wouldn’t care, but having his own genius disciple flatter him made him very happy. The more he looked at this little girl, the more he liked her.
“Alright, then today your teacher will teach you the lightning attribute magic ‘Thunderous Cleave’ and the light attribute magic ‘Healing Spell’!”
“Yes!” Yuehai was instantly overjoyed upon hearing this. Not to mention Thunderous Cleave, but the Healing Spell was an essential practical magic for any mage when traveling. Even though they might learn Greater Healing Spells or Holy Healing Spells in the future, the Healing Spell was more convenient due to its shorter incantation time!
Yuehai continued to study magic with Laogeri until noon. Laogeri, being the steward, naturally had numerous responsibilities, so the fact that he could allocate time every day to teach Yuehai showed how much he valued his apprentice. However, Laogeri couldn’t neglect the affairs of the ducal household, especially with the Duke’s birthday approaching. So, after teaching Yuehai, he hurried off to attend to other matters.
After leaving the magic inner hall, Yuehai naturally thought of Tyr, who was leisurely taking a bath on the other side.
“But it’s really a pity. It seems that as Tyr, I don’t have the aptitude for learning magic. Not to mention fireball spells, even thunder and light attributes show no promise.”
Yuehai sighed and shook her head. She had thought she could make Tyr a practitioner of both magic and martial arts, but things didn’t go as planned.
“Practitioner of both magic and martial arts? Right! Since Tyr can’t learn magic, then as Yuehai, I’ll just focus on learning martial arts!”
After all, martial arts were so powerful and easy to pick up. Yuehai believed that with her talent and Tyr’s experience, she could easily master them. Practitioners of both magic and martial arts were rare in the empire. In the ducal household, only Laogeri was a practitioner of both, which indirectly showed how rare they were.
“It’s a pity that even if I become a practitioner of both magic and martial arts, I can’t go out and show off,” Yuehai shook her head. She was like a canary in a cage now; she could flutter around in the ducal household, but she couldn’t fly out.
“Um… Miss Yue… Yuehai.”
“?” Yuehai raised an eyebrow, turning to look at the blond man hurrying over behind her. A hint of annoyance flashed across her face, but she smiled and said, “Isn’t this Master Claude? May I ask what you’re looking for?”
“Uh, well… um… wait, what was I going to say?” Claude fumbled with his words, trying to think of an answer to Yuehai’s question. His cheeks were flushed, as if the sun was setting, and Yuehai suspected that touching his hand might cause a burn.
Not to mention, Yuehai recently often noticed that every time Claude encountered her, he would fumble with his greetings.
“What’s this? Is this the trendiest greeting in the ducal household?” Yuehai couldn’t help but think irritably. She strongly suspected that the young master who ‘rescued’ her had some opinions about her.
“Um, Master Claude, if you don’t have anything urgent, I’ll be leaving. Lunchtime is approaching, so perhaps you should go eat first.”
“Oh, yes, of course. Then, I’ll be off.” After saying this, Claude dashed off toward the swordsmanship arena at full speed.
Yuehai shook her head, completely baffled by what this guy was up to. If it were just one or two days, it could be dismissed, but this had been going on for several days in a row. Yuehai thought there was hardly any other reason for his behavior other than looking for trouble.
Regardless, since he hadn’t done anything, and after all, he was the duke’s grandson, Yuehai decided to let it slide.
As Yuehai walked past the boundary of the magic hall and the rune hall, she finally reached the exit of the magic area. The ducal estate was divided into six main areas: the magic area, martial arts area, auxiliary area, miscellaneous area, military area, and core area. The magic area consisted of various halls, with the magic hall as the primary one, followed by the boundary hall, rune hall, holy healing hall, elemental hall, and others.
At the exit, a young man with the same golden hair as Claude was bidding farewell to a beautiful young girl. Yuehai thought it wouldn’t be polite to interrupt them, so she waited nearby until the young man kissed the girl before she reluctantly left.
Upon witnessing this scene, Yuehai just shook her head. She thought to herself that the saying “the world is in decline” on the Magic Shadowstone was indeed accurate. These kids, barely thirteen or fourteen years old, are already engaging in sweet nothings. While it’s true that in ancient times there were customs where people married at thirteen or fourteen, that was all feudal thinking. Nowadays, who thinks about these issues before they’re in their thirties or forties?
However, what really surprised Yuehai was that after the blond young man watched the girl leave, he actually spat fiercely and wiped his lips with his clean sleeve.
This scene made Yuehai unhappy. Oh, little guy, you stole someone else’s chicken and still find it not tasty enough!
Well, she may have her thoughts, but it’s none of Yuehai’s business. She’s not some love counselor, and she won’t shout about injustices she sees on the road. Just like an ordinary passerby, she can simply ignore it. With a calm heart, Yuehai strode boldly past the blond young man, about to walk out of the area. Suddenly, she heard a cold shout from behind.
“Wait!”
