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date="2021-11-06"

title="Chapter 42"

weight="142825"

series = ["Rejected the Demon’s Marriage Proposal Thousands of Times"]

mode = "manual"

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Anna's words sounded very exciting. She has been doing this all the time. It is useless to blame others. If there is a problem, try to solve the problem. If one solution fails, try another solution. Nothing can stop her from moving forward.

But Natalie drooped her head instantly after listening to Anna's words, like a bunny.

"No, I can't do it. I have taken the test seven times!" Natalie said frustratedly, "I'm really stupid, obviously I am the only elemental affinity body in our family, but my talent is not good. I can’t keep up with others at all. The apprentices who joined the Mage Association at the same time as me are all one-star wizards at the worst, but I am still an apprentice of the mage and cannot get one star at all."

Anna thinks about it, if she fails the exam seven times, she will probably be so sad.

However, according to her personality, if she fails the exam at most two times, she will summarize the reasons for failing the exam, and then conduct targeted training.

"This time is different." Anna said gently and firmly.

Natalie asked with tears: "Where is it different?"

"I will accompany you to take the test this time." Anna said, just as Dibian said before, her practice level has passed the assessment of a one-star mage, she will try to see if Dibian's words are right.

Natalie was not at all touched by Anna's "same joys and sorrows", but was even more uncomfortable: "We are both apprentices of the mage, and we can't pass the exam. Even if it's useless to take the exam together!"

Anna smiled: "I haven't introduced myself before. My name is Anna. Today is the first day I have just arrived in Black Cloud City, and it is also the first day I became an apprentice of the mage."

Natalie thought she had heard it wrong, and looked at Anna in surprise: "You have just become an apprentice to the mage? No, why did you become an apprentice to the mage so late? I have been an apprentice to the mage for eight years!"

Seeing Anna looking at herself smiling, Natalie had to suppress her doubts first, and said: "My name is Natalie Wright, the youngest daughter of the Wright family, and the only elemental affinity of the Wright family. I think To become a one-star mage, to become a baron, and with the title, I can get an annual salary from the lord, I can support myself, and my father can no longer force me to marry someone else!"

Anna heard the most important point from this long passage of Natalie: "After becoming a baron, will the lord pay the annual salary?"

Natalie said, "Don't you know? Although the annual salary from the Baron is very small, only ten gold coins, but if you save a little, it is barely enough. As long as I can become a one-star mage, I don't want to If you are upgraded, you don’t need to spend a lot of gold coins."

Ten gold coins a year!

Anna had never wanted to participate in the promotion assessment so eagerly to become a one-star mage. She was too poor and had no gold coins. She would not dare to communicate normally with her classmates in the future. Interpersonal communication is mutual, and when she has no money, she forcibly joins with others, and everyone feels uncomfortable.

"Very good, now let's talk about this promotion assessment." Anna said ambitiously, although she has not even taken a literacy class now.

Natalie was completely led by Anna's nose, and said: "The most recent promotion assessment was two months later. I couldn't pass the written test and practical exercises. What should I do?"

Anna took out the manual and turned to the page about the promotion assessment. The promotion assessment includes two parts: theory and practice. The practice also includes three items: mental power, potion, and actual combat. Only if the two parts are qualified, can you be promoted.

At first, Natalie didn't know what Anna was looking at. She came over and found that she was reading a handbook that was issued when she first joined the association. Suddenly, she remembered what Anna said that she had just become a mage apprentice today.

"Anna, you really just became an apprentice of the mage today?" Natalie still couldn't believe it.

"Yeah, I just arrived in Black Cloud City today." Anna watched and pondered, and she said perfunctorily to Natalie, before continuing: "Let me see your first seven assessment results."

Who knows Natalie shook her head vigorously: "No! I lost it!"

Anna said: "Then I go to the association to ask? This kind of results should be kept on file."

Natalie whimpered, she was about to cry.

Anna said helplessly: "I don't want to laugh at you based on your performance. I want to know your weaknesses so that you can complete the special training in a targeted manner."

Natalie looked at Anna with red eyes, and said in confusion, "But didn't you just become the apprentice of the mage on the first day? How can you give me special training!"

At this time, Anna is not easy to say that she is very talented, she will learn things very fast, and she can still have enough energy to teach Natalie. She just said: "Before I became an apprentice to a mage, a mage taught me a lot of things."

However, this is the study room of the library. Anna is not good at releasing a small flame to prove to Natalie that although she has only become a mage apprentice on the first day, she is not a complete beginner who knows nothing.

Natalie said with a look of envy: "I really want to meet such a mage too!"

Her family is just a baron. In fact, there is not much money in the family. There is no mage among relatives, so she can only ask teachers to attend classes through the association. Each class requires a gold coin. But she is not talented. The teacher said that she will attend get out of class, but will not be after class. After taking dozens of classes, and she failed the promotion assessment three times in a row, her father refused to let her spend money on classes anymore.

Therefore, she is now reading in the elementary library by herself, and only the goddess knows how much she can see.

"Don't you meet it now?" Anna smiled.

Natalie looked at the confident Anna and felt that the other party was better than herself, so she suppressed the uncertainty in her heart, held Anna's hand and said, "Then my future, please you!"

Anna said, "No, your future can only be controlled by yourself."

Anna feels that making friends like Natalie as soon as she comes is the biggest gain today. She seems to have no friends to make friends after she wears it.

Of course, making friends does not mean that you can’t talk about benefits. Although Natalie has not been admitted to a one-star mage seven times, she is familiar with the Mage Association. If she has any questions, she can easily get answers from Natalie. And in the process of learning, teaching others is also a kind of consolidation for her own learning. Only when she can explain clearly to others can she really understand.

She likes this kind of win-win situation.

Natalie got so much encouragement from Anna's words at the moment, she said with bright eyes: "You are right, I will only rely on me to control my future! Let's start the special training tomorrow!"

Anna poured cold water directly: "It won't work tomorrow, I have to go to a literacy class."

"Literacy class?"

"Oh, it's an introductory course." Anna thought for a while and said, "but the planning can be done in advance. Let's see you in the cafeteria of the association tomorrow noon. You are ready for your previous assessment results."

Anna said that she got up and waved her hand to Natalie: "Then I will go back first, and I have to clean up at home. See you tomorrow."

Natalie waved goodbye to Anna in a daze, only when she saw her back disappearing at the library door, she showed a lot of worry.

Anna even has to take an introductory lesson! How did she feel that she suddenly had no confidence in her special training?

"But why do you want to see you in the cafeteria tomorrow?"

Natalie muttered softly, and when she lifted her eyes, she suddenly noticed a few people in the corner of the study room. Those people were civilians. Although there were some money in the family, they were also very talented. They always study hard and often stay all day long. The association library reads books, so they will eat in the cafeteria. As for the association canteen, no nobles have ever been there, even she has never been.

Natalie suddenly remembered that when Anna introduced herself, she didn't say her last name, and she covered her mouth with a complicated expression.

"Anna is a civilian?"

Natalie had never interacted with civilians before. Although everyone was in an association, those civilians seemed to either fear the nobles or disdain them. Of course, she wouldn't take the initiative to interact with them.

Of course, because of her lack of talent, everyone else has become a one-star mage, and she is only an apprentice to the mage, so she doesn't have much contact with the noble mage of the association.

"Only Anna takes care of me..." Natalie whispered with red eyes, what about common people, anyway, is she a nobleman who is forced to marry a stinky old man?

After Anna left the association, she thought about removing the badge and putting it away.

Two months later, it is the promotion assessment. She wants to participate in the test of her level, and at the same time, it is also convenient for her to show her talents. Just became a master apprentice and became a one-star master. Is this enough to cause a sensation? A good teacher should be constantly looking for her as a student, right?

Speaking of it, she seems to have seen that it costs money to participate in the promotion assessment.

She took out the handbook, turned to that page again, and saw "five gold coins for the registration fee", she was not well.

For the association, these five gold coins are actually considered welfare, just a little bit of blocking people who come to the assessment when nothing is wrong, reducing staff pressure.

Regardless of whether it is a nobleman or a wealthy civilian in the association, as long as it is not frequently tested, the money is not a problem.

Just her, a pauper, couldn't get the money at all.

"Being a mage is really expensive."

Anna sighed with emotion, remembering the bag of gems that Balan had placed in front of her at that time. She should touch the body after he "die"... It's harder to have money than to be cursed!

After Anna returned to the residence, she began to clean up the room. The bed was a new one prepared for her by Givina, and her own things could be said to be absent. The attic can be seen to be cleaned frequently and very clean. She just cleaned it a little bit.

After the clothes that were changed before washing were dried, Anna fell on the bed with a puff, closed her eyes, and couldn't help laughing after a while.

She finally embarked on the path of a mage!

It doesn't matter if there is no money, she can earn, as long as she has the ability and hard work, there will be no barriers that can't be passed!

For example, at noon tomorrow, she can ask Natalie if there is any way to make money that apprentices can do.

Anna turned over and sat up. Just as she was in a meditation position and ready to start meditation, she heard the noise from downstairs. She seemed to have heard Giverner's voice.

Anna looked down from the attic window facing the street, and saw that several men were tugging with Givina, saying things like "move out" and "mine".

When Anna heard the word "move out", her heart sighed. She had just moved in, and she worked so hard to clean up the room. If anyone dares to let her move out at this time, she will never stop with him!

Anna hurriedly went downstairs, just to see a man raising his hand to hit Jivina, while Jivina shrank and his arms were all bruised.

"Stop it," Anna said.

Seeing that there are people taking care of things, the tall man said fiercely: "This is our family affair, it has nothing to do with you, don't care about it, or I will even fight with you!"

Anna slowly said: "Why has nothing to do with me? I live here."

As she spoke, she slowly took out her apprentice badge and pinned it to her chest. She looked at Giverner and smiled: "Giverner, I just wanted to tell you, I am already a mage, what do you have with them? Question? You can tell me."

Giverner's eyes lit up when she saw the badge that Anna took out. She took a peek at the man, who shrank her hand because of Anna's mage badge, and even took a step back.

Although there are many wizards in Black Cloud City, they are still rare among the entire population of Black Cloud City. It is difficult for ordinary civilians to say a word to a wizard. When the man saw the badge representing the wizard in Anna's hand, he was a little bit embarrassed. NS.

Nobles and mages are absolutely not to be provoked, especially mages. Even apprentice masters will become nobles in the future. They can't provoke nobles, and even more can't provoke mages!

Givina said hesitantly: "We just had a little argument, and it's all right now."

Before Anna asked, the man quickly said: "Yes, it's just a little dispute. I'm sorry to disturb Master Master, let's go now!"

Seeing that Anna didn't mean to stop, the man hurried away with his own person.

Jiwina waited for them all to leave, then leaned on the wall and said, "Thank you very much, Master Anna!"

"Who are they?" Anna asked.

"The leader is my brother's son. Because my husband and son are gone, he wants to rob my house." Givina wiped away tears. "If Gore and I are driven out, what will happen? Life!"

"Don't worry, they wouldn't dare to come again with me." Anna soothed.

"Thank you very much, Master Anna!" Jivina thanked him again and again.

"I really want to thank me, why not invite me to dinner, I like your cooking very much." Anna smiled.

Givina also smiled: "Of course, it is my honor that you like my cooking skills."

Anna knew that at first Givina agreed to rent her loft, just because of her "little flame". It turned out that because of troubles at home, she wanted to put a great god in the town house. No wonder the rent was collected. Some are cheaper.

But Anna didn't feel like being calculated. Everyone got what they needed and mutually benefited each other, which is not very good.

Early the next morning, Anna changed her big red riding outfit and went to the Mage Association. She didn't have any other good clothes to wear. The skirt was washed again, and she was reluctant to buy a new one, so she had to make do.

Tereza saw Anna, handed over a piece of paper, smiled and said: "Mage Anna, there is a memo from you."

Anna thanked her and saw her introduction course schedule written on it. It was nine o'clock in the morning in the meditation room No. 1 and was taught by a two-star mage named Leon Freeman.

There is a clock in the service hall of the Mage Association. It is only 8:20. Anna is not worried about being late. There is no one else at the service desk, so she just stood there chatting with Tereza.

"Trisha, you know that I have just arrived, and I don't know anything. What kind of person is this Mage Leon Freeman? I mean, will he be fierce in class?" Anna asked.

Tereza laughed, and quickly held back a smile and said, "Don't worry, Master Leon Freeman is not a fierce man, he just takes everything seriously. He has a wealth of teaching experience. You must take his class. You can learn a lot."

Anna nodded, she was afraid that this serious mage would be taken over by the devil...the fear of being dominated by the devil teacher, don't know when it was a head.

She asked curiously: "How do the teachers for the introductory course choose? Did they sign up voluntarily?"

"Yes, the association will provide subsidies to teachers who take the initiative to take the introductory course."

"How much is the subsidy?" Anna asked casually.

This is not a secret that cannot be said, Tereza replied: "Five gold coins per person."

Anna's expression condensed: "It means that no matter how many mage apprentices are taught, they will only be given a subsidy of five gold coins, or one will be given a subsidy for teaching one."

"It's the latter. The Mage Association is very grateful to the members of the Association for their contributions to the Association. Knowing that this gold coin cannot buy the members' grace for the sacrifice of the association's growth, they can only compensate as much as possible." Tereza said .

Anna felt that she was distorted because of jealousy. She quickly asked: "Then what are the requirements for contributing to the association?"

Tereza smiled and said: "Mage with one star or more who has been in the association for more than eight years."

Anna's hope was suddenly pierced like a bubble.

Being a mage spends money like water, but it is also easy to make money, provided that she can't just be an apprentice to a mage. But if she wants to be promoted, she has to spend a lot of money, which is really a desperate loop.

"Is there a subsidy for teachers who pay for courses?" Anyway, after all started, Anna simply asked.

"There is no subsidy, but there are course fees. The guarantee is a gold coin, but if you want to appoint a mage and the other party is willing to teach, there will be a higher price, and the teacher will determine the price." Teresa said, "There are teachers With learning, you will get twice the result with half the effort."

"Yes." Anna sighed, but unfortunately she was poor and couldn't afford it.

Fortunately, there are so many books in the library. Her self-learning ability is not weak, so it is not a big problem to think about it.

"Thank you for answering my questions patiently. I just came here and don't understand anything. Don't laugh at me if you ask any silly questions later." Anna said with a smile.

Tereza smiled and said, "How dare I laugh at a master mage? If you have any questions, just ask me."

Because of Anna's casual attitude, Tereza also dared to say some jokes. She has been in the Mage Association for several years. She has seen all kinds of wizards, and she has already learned how to face different wizards with different attitudes.

After saying goodbye to Tereza, Anna went to Meditation Room No. 1 according to the instructions in the manual.

The Meditation Building is a three-story building with more than fifty small rooms, which is enough to meet the needs of members of the association. Meditation Room No. 1 is the simplest, unprotected meditation room. It costs no money and is also very suitable for introductory courses.

Anna arrived at 8:50, and to her surprise, there were already people in Meditation Room No. 1.

She glanced at it and saw that there was no demon on the other party, and she was relieved, but then she noticed that the other party's profile was very young, probably about the same age as her, it should not be the Lyon Freeman mage. In other words, she was too happy too early.

Anna didn't want to conflict with other mages. After thinking about it, she simply stayed outside the meditation room. Anyway, it was still early. When the teacher arrived, she would go in with the teacher.

She leaned on the wall and wondered what kind of person the teacher is. If she was too serious, she saw that young mage walked out of the meditation room, looked at her and said, "Are you Anna?"

Anna was taken aback, looking at the mage who stood up a head higher than her, and at the same time noticed the badge on his chest.

Two gold stars!

Actually made a mistake of empiricism!

Anna didn’t want this Master Leon Freeman to see that she misunderstood that he was not a teacher because she thought he was young. She nodded quickly and said: “Yes, Master Leon Freeman, I was a little nervous the first time in class. Go in later."

Why did she forget that most apprentices of the mage are seven or eight-year-old children, so what's wrong with letting a mage who is about the same age as her and has ten years of experience in learning spells to take the introductory tutorial?

Leon nodded, did not say much, turned around and said, "Come in."

Anna quickly followed.

After the slight embarrassment dissipated, she was only happy now.

After Dibian, her teacher is no longer the only demon! No matter what happens in the future, at least for now, she can take a class seriously!

Anna's excitement seemed to originate from the first class in Lyon. He thought about it and said: "Don't worry, the introductory course will not say too difficult things."

The space of the meditation room is not large, it may be about ten meters square. There is a mat in the center for the mage to sit and meditate. There is a table on the side. There is a small wooden tea table with scented tea and snacks on it.

"Okay, teacher." Anna replied slightly cautiously.

This Lyon mage seemed to be young, but he gave a sense of oppression that people did not dare to presumptuously be in front of him. Until this time, she noticed the teacher's youth and handsomeness.

He has short brown hair and gray eyes, as if nothing can leave a mark in his eyes, which puts invisible pressure on people.

"Do you know how to meditate?" Leon asked.

"I know. A mage once pointed me to me, I have a little experience." Anna said.

"Then sit down and let me see." Leon said, taking the lead to sit down on one end of the cushion.

Anna sat down on the other end in a meditation position.

Before Leon gave lessons to the apprentice children of the Master, the first lesson would teach them some basic knowledge and basic meditation knowledge. But there are also those who have been taught by elders at home, and he will modify the teaching content and schedule.

Seeing that there is no problem with Anna's movements, Leon asked again: "Can you already feel the natural elements?"

"Yes, I also know a little magic." Anna said, "such as lighting, exploration."

"Use the exploration technique, and the range should not exceed this meditation room." Leon said.

Anna did, and she opened her eyes to find that Leon was making a record.

She was almost moved to cry.

"What's the matter?" Leon frowned upon seeing Anna's expression a little weird.

Anna quickly smiled: "This is the first time I have met a serious and responsible teacher like you, and I am very touched."

It seemed that she didn't expect Anna to say this, Leon was stunned before he lowered his head and continued to write on the paper, saying: "Your exploration skills are very good."

"Thank you, teacher!"

Complimented by a talented two-star mage, Anna immediately felt that she was learning more vigorously. When she was studying with Dibian, Dibian always praised her, and she was embarrassed to praise her. The relatively restrained praise of the Lyon teacher sounded very comfortable.

Of course, everything is better than the devil's kind of duck-filling teaching and the teacher who doesn't even look at her learning results.

Anna was smiling happily, and from the corner of her eye she caught a glimpse of someone at the door of Meditation Room No. 1. She only glanced at it, and the smile on her face disappeared.

The devil cannot be mentioned, right, he will come out when he mentions it!

Standing by the corridor at the door was the poor man possessed by the devil, who should be a young nobleman.

Leon finished the record. He noticed Anna's gaze and looked out. He frowned in disgust when he saw the person standing at the door. He suddenly got up and walked over and slammed the door shut.

Anna suddenly laughed, Mrs. Leon, well done!