Chapter 12 (1/2)

”Are you Loren Turin, the new apprentice referred to by mentor Dalton?”

The young man standing in front of Lauren asked in a very determined tone, and with his natural expression, he stretched out his right hand: ”Isaac Grantham, as instructed by mentor Dalton, I'll take you where you should go.”

”Thank you, Isaac Grantham.” Lauren smiled and reached for it, but the other party took it back.

”Don't be so quick. According to the usual social etiquette, we should shake hands after we finish talking.” the young man turned his head sideways and said, ”and it's the first time we've met. You should call me Grantham, or Mr. Grantham.”

”Uh... Well, Glaser...”

”But considering that we will be a mentor's apprentice in the future and will live together for several years, you can call me Isaac now - but I come before you, so you can also add the title of 'senior' if you like.”

”Well, Isaac learned...” before Lorraine finished, the young man grabbed his right hand and shook it hard.

”Very good, social networking is over.” the young man walked directly up the stairs without looking back: ”wasting time is a waste of life. Life is short, so we'd better hurry to do what we should do. Hurry up and don't fall behind, brother Loren!”

Even Lauren, who thought he was patient, couldn't help rolling his eyes, shrugged his shoulders and hurried up the stairs of the tower.

”You may already know something about this college, but let me introduce it to you - vimpal college consists of four towers, a main castle and two courtyards. Our North Tower belongs to mentor Dalton kand. The second and third floors are his bedroom and study, our dormitory is on the fourth floor, and the fifth floor is the laboratory and library.”

”The front courtyard of the college is an activity and rest area, and the rear courtyard is a plantation for cultivating a small amount of rare plants. The library, kitchen and auditorium of the college are in the main castle, but they don't have to go there most of the time.

”In addition, if you are a devout believer, the prayer room is also there. And I can guarantee that it is very quiet, because most wizards are not very devout.”

”Most of the time, we only need to stay in this tower to complete most of our cultivation - herbalism, alchemy, ancient Rune literature, mysticism, Incantation, astrology, history...”

For a few short flights of stairs, the young wizard named Isaac kept talking like a walking dictionary, and he kept the same tone from beginning to end, so that Loren, who was walking behind, kept the embarrassing smile when he went up the stairs from beginning to end.

”Good, this is your dormitory.” Isaac pushed open the door of the room while talking endlessly. ”There is an apprentice robe on the bed that can be changed and washed. The sheets are a little old but can be used again. What's the problem?”

”... well, there's only one.” when he saw that the other party finally stopped, Loren drew from the corner of his mouth: ”how many apprentices does mentor Dalton have?”

”Three, including you, mentor Dalton's standard for selecting apprentices is extremely strict, and those ordinary people, at most, can't be a pharmacist or a fortune teller.” Isaac proudly picked his chin: ”now that we've talked about this, can we ask you which subject you're going to take?”

”As a person from the past, I recommend you to study mysticism. This is a profound subject, which involves the formation of the relationship between the void and the material world. It requires quite excellent talent and the understanding ability to abandon common sense. Some people with insufficient talent can only learn alchemy and accept the tragic fate of becoming an alchemist.”

”Isaac Grantham, what are you talking about?!”

Loren's mouth tilted and his eyes turned to the place where the angry roar came - although he hadn't seen anyone yet, he had guessed who it was.

”Ignore this guy, Lauren.” the angry Ayn flushed his cheeks, gasped and hugged his shoulders. ”He's a madman!”

”Ain Rand, mentor Dalton specially warned that there should be no noise in the tower.” looking at the little wizard coming up the stairs, Isaac said, ”and... Why did you scold me?”