Ten days later.
In the First Circle wizard area of Lilith's Cottage, in Senior Advisor Francis's office, Locke entered.
The academy's organizational structure seed relatively flat, but Lilith's Cottage had seven Senior Advisors internally. These seven Senior Advisors were respectively responsible for different formal wizards and their students, as well as various departnts and public facilities within Lilith's Cottage.
The Dean and Vice Dean of Lilith's Cottage were responsible for these seven Senior Advisors.
In a sense, Senior Advisor Francis was one of the upper echelons of Lilith's Cottage.
Authorizing advanced ditation thods required the signed consent of all Senior Advisors of Lilith's Cottage and confirmation from at least one Dean.
Senior Advisor Francis looked up at Locke. In Locke's eyes, he was an elderly man with a white beard wearing a white wizard robe and a black wizard hat, with an amiable smile. However, his gaze was sowhat sharp, and for a mont seed to be sizing him up, but before Locke could confirm this, that sharp gaze transford into a gentle smile.
Locke remained vigilant in his heart, then bowed to Francis, saying, "Hello, Dean Francis."
"I am Locke Augustine."
"Teacher Sophia asked to co collect the advanced ditation thod."
Senior Advisor Francis opened his right palm and pointed toward the seat, "Sit."
After Locke sat down, he smiled, "This is our first eting, isn't it? Locke, has your life at our Lilith's Cottage been quite pleasant?"
Locke was stunned for a mont, not expecting this academy high-ranking official to suddenly ask him this question. He remained cautious, saying, "Yes, Lilith's Cottage possesses vast magical materials, which has allowed to progress rapidly."
Francis squinted his eyes, "No need to be so cautious. You are an outstanding student of our academy, just like your teacher Witch Sophia, who was also an outstanding student from our academy."
"So conversing with you truly makes happy."
"Ti is truly wonderful. The mysteries of ti are worth each of us exploring carefully. When I joined Lilith's Cottage, I was just like you and Witch Sophia, rely an ordinary little wizard apprentice. Then I gradually beca a wizard ntor here, and later beca a dean and Senior Advisor."
Francis's eyes crinkled slightly. "Sitting in this office, watching you new students gradually grow and flourish like magical plants, batch after batch becoming accomplished. This feeling is truly blissful."
Francis placed a crystal orb in front of Locke. "Augustine, you can consider the academy as ho. The academy will always be one of your fallback options."
"Alright. This is the advanced ditation thod. The dissemination of advanced ditation thods is restricted by the White Wizard Association's non-proliferation agreent, so it cannot be recorded in magic books. It can only use the special enchanted First Circle spell [Bloodline Inheritance] to bypass linguistic forms and transmit directly into your mind."
Locke understood. As long as it bypassed linguistic forms, it would be very difficult for him to translate it into words. This ditation thod's operating principles and related knowledge would beco sothing like instinct.
No wonder it cost him a fifty thousand magic stone loan to obtain this advanced ditation thod, directly using a First Circle Enchantnt School spell to make him learn it.
Senior Advisor Francis said, "By the way, you also need to sign a non-proliferation agreent. Although I trust you very much and don't want to make this so formal, this is the White Wizard Association's regulation."
Locke glanced over the agreent, his eyelid twitching slightly. The agreent's contents were harsh, with all the complex clauses aid at preventing first-class wizard apprentices from casually spreading advanced ditation thods externally.
Once this was violated, it seed one would face pursuit by the entire White Wizard Association.
Equivalent to social death.
Senior Advisor Francis smiled, "Actually, it's not a big deal. The First Circle enchantnt spell [Bloodline Inheritance] has many built-in ways to prevent wizards from externally spreading advanced ditation thods."
"In theory, even if you wanted to actively spread it, you wouldn't be able to."
Senior Advisor Francis explained thoughtfully, "Well, for example, even if you spent a lot of ti converting that part of knowledge about the advanced ditation thod in your mind into corresponding text, as long as you want to speak it out or write it down, the correspondence between that knowledge and text and language would automatically cancel."
Locke, following Francis's attitude, deliberately appeared quite amazed in front of him, "Dean, this is too magical."
Francis showed a satisfied smile. "I just like young people like you."
"Of course it's magical. After all, it's First Circle magic. Enchantnt School spells can often change the personal will of those being cast upon, or their sensory perceptions."
Locke showed confusion. "If that's the case, then Enchantnt School and Illusion School seem to have so overlapping spells, Dean."
Francis patiently explained, "That's true, but their chanisms and principles are different. Illusion School spells interfere with the mind, soul, and ntal strength on three levels. Enchantnt School changes the target's state through enchantnt and other ans."
"Therefore, when we encounter these two types of wizard enemies, our counterasures should also be different." Francis said gently, "Speaking of which, Lilith's Cottage's enchantnt studies are quite good. The illusion school's magical categories are sowhat weaker. That magical category only has one wizard ntor, and the wizard apprentices' aptitudes are mostly around Level 2."
"The admission requirents are relatively low."
Locke said, "I see. Dean."
Locke signed the agreent, then placed his palm on the crystal orb. Instantly, a large amount of knowledge was transmitted into his mind, knowledge from the advanced ditation thod.
After 5 seconds, the originally light purple crystal orb turned completely blank.
Locke bowed to Senior Advisor Francis. "I have obtained the advanced ditation thod. Dean, I'll take my leave first."
He didn't know why, but although Francis in front of him was very easy to talk to, almost the most approachable formal wizard besides Witch Sophia, Locke felt very uncomfortable and awkward staying with him.
It was as if he was being watched by so kind of predator.
Locke looked up and t Senior Advisor Francis's smiling eyes. Francis nodded, and then he turned and left the office.
But the mont Locke closed the office door, the smile on Francis's face imdiately disappeared. He instead took out Locke's file from his drawer and began reading it.
Francis's expression didn't look very good. "A serious work mistake. I never thought such a mistake would happen to ."
"From his progress speed, Locke Augustine's true aptitude should only be slightly inferior to an Child of Elents. I just don't know if his subsequent growth will continue to be this rapid. So special talents can only make people grow rapidly during certain periods."
Francis frowned. "Allowing a student of this aptitude to be assigned to a formal wizard who hasn't signed a contract with the academy is a very serious mistake."
"This will affect the student's ability to establish emotional connections with Lilith's Cottage academy itself." Francis thought, "Students must establish certain feelings with Lilith's Cottage so that they will be loyal to the academy."
"He's already a first-class wizard apprentice. It's sowhat troubleso to establish this now." Francis considered, "But it's not impossible. He needs to increase emotional exchanges with other first-class wizard apprentices in the academy."
"What's relatively good is that he seems to have so relationship with Wizard Urien Rich. This ti, Wizard Urien Rich rarely spoke up for him. Doesn't that guy only care about his grandson?"
Francis muttered, "The reason he joined Lilith's Cottage back then was because I told him that Lilith's Cottage was one of the best potion studies wizard organizations in the southeastern quadrant, most suitable for his grandson's convalescence."
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