Chapter 8: The Enthusiastic Senior Definitely Isn't a Bad Person
Chapter 8: A Warm-Hearted Senior Is Definitely Not a Bad Person
The young man leaned lifelessly against the podium at the back of the classroom, and only after a long while did he speak again.
“My name is Lau Kai. Second-level apprentice. Take the handbook yourselves. Read it for ten minutes.”
His voice had turned listless and dispirited.
But soon, some enthusiastic boys and girls stepped up to help distribute the handbooks.
Roke, with his hands now free, chanted an incomprehensible incantation and made two gestures.
Whoosh—the filth on the floor vanished instantly.
The new apprentices, who had already witnessed Syd melting the chubby boy, didn’t react with much shock to Roke’s spell.
This made Roke, who had hoped to show off a little, look even more defeated.
The two boys sitting to Keli’s left also got up to grab forms and brought back copies for both Keli and Saul.
Keli took hers naturally, while Saul thanked them aloud.
“No need to thank me, no need at all,” the big-eyed boy replied with some surprise.
“I’m Doze, and he’s Rocky. We live in Rooms 613 and 614. From now on, let’s study and discuss together!”
If this were a normal school, it would’ve been a great moment to make friends.
But Saul didn’t think wizard apprentices could learn together like that—after all, their elemental focuses and mentors would likely differ.
He looked down at the form in his hands.
There were only five mentors listed. That was the entirety of Gorsa Wizard Tower’s staff.
Each mentor’s name had a brief description, listing their primary elements and specialized fields.
Most mentors had one or two main elements, but their specialized fields were more varied.
Saul immediately spotted Mentor Gudo’s name.
Right next to it was the name Katz.
Katz — Main Element: Dark Element.
Specialties: Necromancy, Ghost Research, Corpse Preservation, Limb Grafting.
Everything listed was straight out of the underworld.
Saul thought of Kongsha’s horrifying face, and obediently checked the box beneath Mentor Katz’s name.
Afterward, he flipped open the handbook and skimmed through it.
The detailed rules inside were far more extensive than what Gudo had mentioned.
Back when he was a servant, there were never this many regulations.
But maybe that was because servants didn’t need to know much.
At that moment, out of the corner of his eye, Saul noticed Keli frowning deeply, chewing the cap of her ink pen.
She hadn’t moved in quite a while.
“What’s wrong?”
Did Keli discover some hidden information?
Keli removed the pen cap and turned to Saul with a serious expression.
“The element I have the strongest affinity with is fire. But none of the mentors specialize in fire.”
Before Saul could respond, she looked back down at the form.
“Do I have to choose metal as my major? Damn it, that’s so frustrating.”
As she said this, the frown on her face began to ease, leaving Saul unsure how genuine her frustration actually was.
This wizard tower wasn’t a real school—there were only five mentors, so it made sense that not all elements were covered.
Just like Saul’s dark element—only Mentor Katz could teach it.
That thought made Saul’s expression turn grim.
Wait a second—how did Kongsha know my strongest affinity was dark?
Was it just a coincidence… or something deliberately arranged?
Saul stared at Katz’s name, brows slowly furrowing.
At the front, Lau Kai finally recovered from his disappointment. He straightened up and asked pleasantly:
“If anyone has questions, now’s the time.”
Hands shot up quickly.
Some asked about the rules in the handbook, and others raised the same concern as Kori.
As Saul had guessed—if there’s no matching mentor, apprentices had to choose their second-highest elemental affinity.
Worse still, some might have to go with their third or fourth.
Roke patiently explained for half an hour. His explanations were very detailed—almost nagging—but every question was answered clearly.
Even when he couldn’t answer, he still pointed out what they should watch out for.
Even Saul was enthralled, temporarily forgetting his worries about Kongsha.
Suddenly, Saul felt his arm get poked. He turned and saw Keli retract her finger and motion with her eyes toward the right front.
Saul looked up—and saw the boy who had stood ahead of him during the apprentice test, the one who had glared back at him.
He was now staring at Saul with resentment.
The boy noticed Saul looking, gave him a long, meaningful glare, and then turned away.
“Who’s that?” Saul leaned slightly to the left and asked in a low voice.
Keli sat up straight.
“Duke. His best friend died on the way here. A third-level apprentice escorting them didn’t lift a finger to help.”
“What does that have to do with me?”
“That apprentice said, ‘Too many people.’”
Too many people. So the wizard apprentice simply let a test participant die on the road.
And then during the test, they found a few more people than expected.
Saul turned his head back in silence.
After a moment, he said:
“It has nothing to do with me.”
“Ha!”
Keli let out a short laugh, unclear who she was laughing at.
The two continued listening to Lau Kai’s explanations—no one brought up Duke again.
“...In short, if you devote most of your energy to the foundational courses, there’s no need to worry about failing the test.”
Roke clapped his hands together to summarize.
“Alright, my mouth’s gone dry. That’s all for this lecture. Have you all filled out your forms?”
He gave a light cough.
“Before I collect them, let me introduce my mentor—Anze. Yes, the very first mentor listed on your form. His official specialty is earth-elemental magic, but he can also teach wood-element. In truth, though, he’s studied water and poison as well.”
Lau Kai grinned.
“Don’t worry if your element isn’t a match. These mentors are full-fledged wizards—they don’t need to limit themselves to teaching just their primary element. Even if you’re a dark-element apprentice, choosing Mentor Anze is totally fine.
Besides, we senior apprentices will help guide you too.”
“So, I warmly welcome all of you to join Mentor Anze’s big family!”
Lau Kai bared his teeth, winked, and looked incredibly friendly.
“Swish, swish, swish…”
Saul noticed several people immediately changing their forms.
Even Doze and Rocky—sitting on Keli’s other side—were altering theirs.
Doze even turned to Saul and Keli and suggested:
“Let’s all choose Mentor Anze, yeah? Look how enthusiastic Senior Lau Kai is—he’ll definitely help us study. We’ll improve faster that way too.”
“No!” Keli rejected him without hesitation.
Saul also shook his head.
These apprentices had been brought in from the outside, and they probably still harbored illusions about the people inside the wizard tower.
In Saul’s eyes, wizard apprentices and wizards were always in a rush. They never stopped for trivial matters.
And if one day, they did stop in front of you—don’t be happy.
It only meant they had a use for you.
And as for what that use might be?
Saul’s skeletal left hand was a constant reminder:
Without power, without value, your only worth is your flesh.
The kind that led to nine out of ten deaths—or ten out of ten.
Lau Kai finally finished pitching his mentor and asked everyone to turn in their forms.
Doze tried to hand in the forms for Kori and Saul again—
But this time, they both chose to submit them themselves.
Out of the corner of his eye, Saul noticed Kori’s form—and was surprised to see she had selected Mentor Gudo, the very one who’d come in earlier and left after vomiting.
Given Gudo’s earlier “urp,” choosing him really did take guts.
After the forms were submitted, Lau Kai told everyone they could return to their dorms. Servants would deliver their supplies.
Everyone said their goodbyes to the senior with excitement and left.
The large classroom on the tenth floor soon became empty and quiet.
Lau Kai neatened the stack of forms in his hands and laid them neatly on the podium.
“Hehehehe…”
He suddenly let out a chuckle.
(End of Chapter)
Who the hell Roke and Kori?
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