The Black Iron Glory
Magus Landes Diary (3)

Chapter 63

Magus Landes Diary (3)

Eriksson shouted and blocked the path of the two academic students. One of them gasped with dissatisfaction and spoke back, causing Eriksson to roar furiously and instantly pick a fight. He gave the student a few blows to the head before the latter turned around and ran. Eriksson didn't take long to catch up to the student and push him back to the ground again. Seeing the poor boy darting against the blow, Eriksson reprimanded twice more before returning to his chair proudly.

It was just a common sight among the third-grade second-year boys at Whitestag City high school. No one dared to mess with Welikro, Claude, Borkal and Eriksson, even the third year. Even if the school instructor wanted to do something about the students' complaints about bullying, they would have to consider the father of four's stance and couldn't go too far.

Claude looked at Eriksson beating up others and felt an urge to laugh. Before Claude moved on, he also involved himself in some bullying during his youth. However, after he found his way into his new body, he behaved much less noisily than before. Usually, he would not mess with his schoolmates for no apparent reason. Even if others were to tamper with him first, he would not need to raise a finger because his other three friends would teach those fools a lesson on his behalf.

He remembered the diary he had read last night. Magus describes a time when she was often bullied in the tower. Although he did not directly describe them as him being oppressed, Claude could feel the resentment and dissatisfaction that magus felt. He could remember the details of the event so clearly that he even wrote the names of those involved.

For example, a magus named Krimondo accidentally stumbled upon Landes once during his youth and laughed after seeing Landes fall. There was another apprentice named Aliya who was sitting next to the young Landes in the classroom. Every time he asked something he did not catch, the teacher said clearly, he would deliberately say out loud, 'What did you put out earlier? You didn't hear what the teacher said? ' It caused Landes to be sentenced to stand up throughout the afternoon class session by his magus rune teacher.

There are also many such events. Sometimes Claude finds himself admiring Landes. Even after he had become a third rank magus rune during the time he wrote that diary, he still could not forget the bullying he suffered during the days he was an apprentice magus and even bothered to write it down in his diary. You can see how deeply rooted his hatred was.

Perhaps he was truly ostracized because the other apprentice magi were envious of Landes innate talent. No one wanted to be his friend and even many joined together to bully him. They put a scorpion or lizard into his blanket and put it on his chair. Sometimes, they would put an entire trash can over the door before she entered, or even steal her clothes and socks while she bathed. His notes would also be occasionally torn up by other students.

Claude felt that it was a small miracle that Landes was able to survive all the persecution that cost the diary 20 full pages. It's so sad to read.

Claude looked at the student who had just been beaten by Eriksson and noticed that he was staring at his friend with an expression of hate. He wondered if the student would write in his diary like Landes. Maybe he will and vowed to take revenge against Eriksson in the future. . .

He went home after school for dinner. After which, he immediately returned to his attic and opened the diary of Landes impatiently.

Landes wrote that each time before going to bed or going to class, he had to check three times to prevent falling into the trap set by other apprentice magi. However, he did not need to worry too much about his life, as the other disciples knew the limits of their abilities. While hurting him a little for humor the rest is not a big deal for them, if Landes' life is really threatened, then they will all have hell to pay for. None of them were able to contain the anger of the tower lord, Archmagus Loenk.

And so Landes falls into a cycle of fighting wits and bravery with other apprentices. He did admit that he lost more battles than he won. But every time he suffered from some kind of illness, he would go to the cliffs and watch the sea view. It made him calm down and reflect on the lesson he learned from falling prey to one of their tricks.

But one day, Landes falls in love with their scheme again and a few disciples give him a hard hit on the 'fair' grounds'. Everything is played rather simply. Landes saw a silver ring on the ground and picked it up. However, he did not expect it to be mixed with glue and he could not take it off his hands. It didn't take long for another apprentice waiting to come. They claim that they tried to dry the ring with glue to form a protective layer around it, but their big experiment was destroyed by Landes. With the players and props in place, no one explained the way out of him and he could only take a hit.

Landes went to his cliff once more to enjoy the view. He decided to avoid any kind of gold or silver coin on the ground, regardless of whether someone actually dropped it or whether it was a trap. If he doesn't follow through, he won't fall in love with anything. It was at that moment that he felt a pull from behind and was harshly reprimanded. The man asked if he was trying to kill himself by jumping off a cliff because of something he could not let go of.

I didn't try to die or jump off a cliff, Landes thought when he realized that the one who pulled him back was the somber-looking magus that brought him there. Magus also noticed the bruises on his face, so he gently comforted her and asked her if there was anything encouraging her to try jumping off a cliff.

Perhaps it was because it was the first time someone treated him well, and since magus was the one who took him away from his house, the young Landes felt that he could trust magus. So, she tells him about everything she went through and learns the name magus: Tawari.

Landes calls Tawari a teacher. In the tower, all apprentice magi should refer to as rune magi as teachers. What surprised Landes was that Tawari refused to be so called, saying that among all the magi in the tower, only the tower master, Loenk, deserved to be a teacher for another magi. He said that even though Landes was only an apprentice magus, when he advanced to become a first rank magus, he could summon Loenk 'teacher' like any other magi rather than 'master'.

"Instead, call me 'senior'," said Tawari, "i am not used to being called a teacher, nor will I accept students. I'm not qualified to take one."

Tawari just got back to the tower. After hearing about Landes' experience, he did not disappoint her. The next day, all the apprentice magi were severely punished. As the head of the battlemagus tower, Tawari had the authority to do such a thing. Since the apprentice magi were too far away with their little charade, he wanted to tell them who was really in charge of the tower.

The convicted intern finally stopped the intimidation after learning that Landes had a powerful figure watching his back. Although the alienation was still there, at least they did not actively plan against him anymore, eventually letting him continue his studies peacefully.

But soon, he realized that even though the other students stopped bullying him, the rune magi who had come to teach them had attitude problems. He did not realize it in the past because he had to be on his guard, even during class, to keep his hostile classmates' antics.

Now that he was finally able to pay attention, he discovered that the rune magi who had come to teach them only ventured briefly through their syllabus, he had discovered that the rune magi who had come to teach them had only ventured through their syllabus, often leave out important passages and do not provide a detailed explanation of the material they are trying to teach.

Therefore, the student with the most questions, Landes became one of the most hated students among the rune magi assigned to teach them and was often punished in class for a long time for the most trivial of mistakes. Confused, he asked Tawari what was going on.

Tawari did not immediately answer his question. Instead, he smiled bitterly and said that Landes would understand why if he noticed. As for the questions he had during class, Tawari said that he could take notes and ask them later.

So, Landes starts to calm down during class and notes down anything he doesn't understand to ask Tawari about them. At the same time, he noticed the actions of the Rune magi and the apprentices and soon realized that many of them had also noted down the questions they liked before turning to ask their instructors personally during their free time.

And during each of those visits, the students would bring gifts, bags of money, or even magic supplies for the magi. There were even female apprentices who would go to the quarters of the five ring magus runes every night and only appear the next day.

"All knowledge has value. Knowledge in magic is the same."

That was the answer Tawari gave Landes when he told him about his observations.

"All knowledge has value. Knowledge in magic is the same."

That was the answer Tawari gave Landes when he told him about his observations.

"But .." Landes wanted to say that the illiterate children were taught the ancient Hez for three months for free by the magus runes of beautiful women who had not appeared in the tower for a long time.

"They teach nothing but basic language and general knowledge of magic. It was not valuable information," Tawari calmly said, "The magi don't really have any status in the magic tower. They had no choice but to follow the orders of the Archmagus Loenk no matter how reluctant they were, and that applied to their teaching duties as well.

"After they teach you how to practice meditation, they can't do anything with you apprentices. Whether you can become a first rank magus rune should depend on your own understanding and effort. That is why these Magi will often leave out some important concepts or points during their classes and will only teach you if you are willing to pay them a small fee or do some kind of favor to them.

"Some of the apprenticeships you know come from wealthy families, so their families can afford the extra cost of helping their children in their studies. Although it might be that many paid for this additional tip, if their children could afford to become first rank magi runes, then their investment would be paid ten to a hundredfold. Students who are unable should use some other things to get the help of their teacher. The female student you mentioned did exactly that. .

"It's very common on the path of learning magic. No one wants to give their magic insight to others for free, unless they are their own children or relatives. Landes, you have to understand this fact and do the same. Don't give what you hold to others for free. "

Moving on, the young Landes said, "I am poor and have no money. Nor do I have a supply of magic, yet you are so willing to help me and answer my question even though you know I have nothing to offer … "

Tawari smiled. "I'm investing in you. Even though you have nothing now, you still have a future. I believe that you will become a first rank magus rune much faster than any other apprentice. When the time comes, I will begin to reap the fruits of my efforts from you. "