The Righteous Player(s) Chapter 40: “Old Man” Bernardino
The young apprentices surrounding Bernardino obviously had no respect for Bernardino.
——It would be fine if he entered the Tower of Black Glory as an assistant simply because he had a bad background or was desperate. Sooner or later they will become their classmates, or just passers-by who pass by them.
After all, this "unnamed apprentice" can also be regarded as a job in itself.
If teaching assistants can be regarded as regular employees, then "unnamed apprentices" can also be regarded as "temporary teaching assistants." Although he has to perform some more dangerous "teaching tasks", he will still be paid after all.
And because the teaching tasks performed are relatively dangerous, there will be some additional subsidies. The final income will be slightly higher than that of a teaching assistant.
The Black Glory Tower does have some apprentices who really have no money, but have a strong "desire to rise."
After they have experienced the life of "anonymous apprentices", they will not be excluded by other apprentices when they become formal apprentices.
At that time, the apprentices will even hold banquets to celebrate the new apprentices. And their experiences during this period will also become their valuable experience... After all, not all soul-stealing wizards have also been used by others to use various types of soul-stealing spells.
The rich experience they gained when they were released from the spell will actually help them when they learn the soul-stealing spell.
But these wizard apprentices did not have a good attitude towards Bernardino, who had "continuously failed".
This homeless stray dog with a decadent temperament, always stooped, has been staying in the Tower of Black Glory since a long time ago... He is only middle-aged but still dreams of becoming a wizard one day.
For them - especially those wizard apprentices who gradually feel the gap between people in the learning process, Bernardino's existence itself is an insult to them.
Most of them have deeply realized that they will never be able to step into Silver in their lifetime, let alone become a Gold-level wizard. Even the graduation exam is extremely difficult...
When I first entered school, the joy and excitement I felt when I was exposed to magical spells... had been diluted a lot after I realized that I was only a mortal after all.
At this time, a middle-aged man who had studied hard for more than twenty years but had not become an official wizard said that he wanted to become a wizard apprentice.
As we all know, there is no point in being a wizard's apprentice. If you can't become a wizard, you will be just an ordinary person who can't stay awake in your dreams. The significance of a wizard's apprentice is that it can advance to a wizard.
So, what does Bernardino want to do?
What does he want to prove?
Does he think magic is so easy to learn? Does he want to be a wizard? Does he think that after more than 20 years of doing chores in the Wizard Tower and more than 20 years of listening to similar lessons on the experimental bench, he can learn this knowledge and become an official wizard more easily than they do? ?
This is like an old man who cleans dormitory toilets in college and asks students in the mathematics department for help with math problems. He wants to study on his own to get admitted to the mathematics department and become a mathematician.
His behavior can indeed be called "motivated and eager to learn", and his attitude is worthy of encouragement - but it will undoubtedly bore the students and even irritate them.
Especially after they fail their final exams.
At this time, just seeing Bernardino holding notes and studying spells seriously, the blood pressure of the apprentices was about to explode...
Therefore, although Bernardino was actually only in his early forties, students still called him "old man" contemptuously. In a wizarding tower full of young people, even mentors rarely have long white hair and beards like in fairy tales.
Because the aging body is really uncomfortable.
As long as conditions permit, the great wizards will use various rituals to adjust their bodies to a healthy level without aging too much; and if they are too old to be saved by rituals, they will not be able to save them at all. I won't come to the Wizard's Tower to teach.
Bernardino, who is clearly only in his early forties but already has white hair and looks like he is in his fifties, is almost the oldest person in the Tower of Black Glory.
——But that's not all the reason for calling him "Old Man."
The apprentices of the Black Glory Tower can understand people's hearts better than other wizard towers.
If their enemies are in a calm mood, they will rarely show any flaws. Compared with forceful attacks, using words to make the enemy furious to the point of losing their minds and generating more emotions is naturally a more effective method.
In other words, the wizards of the Tower of Black Glory have to learn the "taunt" and "provocation" skills.
For Bernardino, the most vicious words are not "idiot", "madman", "weird"...but "you are old".
The title "Old Man" reminds him all the time - he has wasted most of his life in the Tower of Black Glory, but he has not even become a wizard apprentice.
And he has entered the aging period.
As his brain becomes dull and his learning ability and physical strength further deteriorate, the possibility of him becoming a wizard will become less and less.
I have wasted a lifetime, suffered a lot of suffering and torture - but no one can blame me. Because this is not because he was imprisoned here by someone, or because he lost his talent due to someone's assassination...
It was his own fault from the very beginning~IndoMTL.com~.
He could have been a good sculptor, but he wanted to study natural philosophy; he could have successfully entered Denisoja Seminary, but he lost his things.
He can even return to his hometown - as long as he admits his mistake to his adoptive father and asks for his help, he can still become a sculptor. But he was so proud that he didn't want to and didn't dare to go home... he would rather live on the streets and even become a living teaching material for the Tower of Black Glory.
For so many years, he did not even write a letter to his adoptive father... Because many years have passed, Father Ludwig must have known that Bernardino brought his money and introduction back then Xin, in fact, did not enter the seminary.
Even Father Ludwig might be dead.
When Bernardino was thirteen or fourteen years old, Father Ludwig was already in his mid-forties. And he is now forty-two years old. His adoptive father may have died of illness or old age.
He became more and more afraid to go home - fearing that when he returned to his hometown, all he would see was his adoptive father's grave. He had wasted his whole life, not learning any trades or mastering any skills, and the money he earned was not enough to live a stable life until old age... He even didn't have time to bury his adoptive father before he died.
"Old Man" is a common nickname.
It was the most vicious words for Bernardino.
At first it was only used by one or two people, but later it was spread by more and more people. In the end, even other tutors and new students would call him this... because he had gradually become a real "old man".
——Bernardino lives in a **** he entered voluntarily.
Today’s second chapter is finally here...
Okay, let’s start writing tomorrow’s update woohoo
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