Eriksson was scolding two liberal arts students who were blocking his way. One of them was probably indignant and retorted, causing Eriksson to fly into a rage and hit him on the head a few times, causing him to flee with his hands over his head.
Eriksson chased after him and knocked him to the ground before kicking him a few more times. Seeing that he was obediently taking the beating on the ground, Eriksson cursed him a few more times before returning to his seat in a haughty manner.
That was a rather common sight among the three male classes in the second grade of Whitestag National High School.
That was especially true for the quartet of Welikro, Claude, Borkal and Eriksson. Nobody in the school dared to provoke them, not even the third grade students.
Even if the teachers wanted to teach them a lesson because the bullied students complained, they wouldn't punish them too harshly for the sake of their fathers.
Claude felt like laughing as he watched Eriksson teach his classmates a lesson. That's school bullying, isn't it? Back before I transmigrated, my little Claude did quite a bit of that too.
But after transmigrating to this body, Claude was much more restrained and wouldn't bully his classmates for no reason.
Unless someone provoked him, he wouldn't even need to do anything. Eriksson and Borkal would teach them a lesson they wouldn't forget.
Claude recalled Landes' diary from last night. There were many incidents of him being bullied by apprentice magi. Even though it was written in a literary style, Claude could still see the resentment and indignation in his heart.
Because no one would remember the past of being bullied by others so clearly that they would even write down their names in their diary.
For example, Claremondo had purposely tripped the young Landes when he walked past him. After Landes had fallen, Claremondo had laughed out loud. There was also the female acolyte named Aria. She had sat beside the young Landes. Landes had not heard her clearly during class, but she had purposely raised her voice and said, "You didn't hear me either. What were you thinking?
So, the young Landes was punished to stand for the entire afternoon by the rune magus who taught them magic.
There were many other similar cases. Claude really admired the magus sometimes. Even after becoming a third-rank rune magus, he still couldn't forget the bullying he suffered back when he was still an apprentice magus and even wrote them down in his diary. Just how much resentment did he have against Claude?
Perhaps it was because the other apprentices were jealous of Landes's talent in magic, but he seemed to be isolated in class.
No one was willing to make friends with him. Instead, they often teamed up to bully him. They put scorpions and geckos in his bed, put glue on his stool, put a trash can on the door when he entered, stole his clothes when he was taking a shower, and secretly tore up his study notes …
Claude felt that it was quite a miracle that the young Landes managed to survive that kind of bullying. That was because Landes had recorded more than 20 pages of the incident in his diary. It was truly a shocking sight to behold.
He looked up at the student who was beaten up by Eriksson and saw him sneaking a hateful glance at Eriksson from his seat.
Claude wondered if the liberal arts student would keep a diary when he returned home. Perhaps he would write down the scene of him being bullied by Eriksson and swear that he would take revenge in the future.
School, school, home.
After dinner, Claude returned to his attic and impatiently flipped open Landes' diary.
Landes wrote that he had to carefully check himself every time he went to bed or went to class to prevent himself from falling into the traps set by the apprentice magi.
They didn't have to worry about Landes' safety. The apprentices knew what they were doing. It was fine to make Landes suffer a little for the sake of everyone's happiness, but if they ended up endangering his life, then everyone would have to suffer. The wrath of the master of the Magic Tower, Archmagus Loenk, wasn't something they could handle.
Just like that, Landes fell into a battle of wits and courage with the apprentice magi. Of course, he didn't deny that he was at a disadvantage most of the time.
However, every time he was tricked or unlucky, he would always go to the edge of the cliff to look at the sea and to reflect on the lesson he had learned.
That was until one day, when Landes fell for another trick and was given a proper beating by a few apprentice magi.
The cause of the incident was simple. He saw a silver ring on the ground and picked it up. He didn't think that the ring would be covered in glue and stuck to his hand.
Then, a few apprentice magi appeared and said that they had placed the ring on the ground to see if the glue would form a protective layer on the ring after it dried. In the end, their grand experiment was ruined by Landes. Now that they had caught the culprit, they had no choice but to beat him up.
Once again, Landes stood at the edge of the cliff in a gloomy mood. He swore to himself that he would avoid gold coins the next time he saw them. It didn't matter if it was a trap set by someone else or someone else. He would be fine as long as he didn't jump into the pit.
At that moment, he was suddenly grabbed by someone and cursed at, asking him why he was standing at the edge of the cliff and wanting to commit suicide.
I don't want to die … I don't want to jump off the cliff either … Only then did Landes realize that the person who grabbed him was the black-bearded magus who brought him here.
The black-bearded magus also noticed Landes' bruised face and comforted him, asking him what happened to make him want to jump off the cliff.
Perhaps it was the first time he was treated so kindly by someone, or perhaps it was the closeness he felt from the black-faced, bearded magus who brought him here from his home. For some reason, the young Landes felt a sense of trust in the black-faced, bearded magus. So, he told the magus about his encounters in the mountains and learned that the magus' name was Tawari.
Young Landes addressed Tawari as his teacher. In the magic tower, all apprentice magi had to address rune magi as their teacher.
But to his surprise, Tawari rejected the title. He said that only the master of the tower, Loenk, was the teacher of all the mages in the tower.
Even though Landes was still an apprentice magus, once he became a first-rank rune magus, he would be able to address Loenk as his teacher instead of his master.
You should just call me senior. Tawari said that I'm not used to people calling me teacher, and I don't accept disciples, nor do I have the right to. "
And so, young Landes began addressing Tawari as his senior.
In his diary, Landes wrote that he would never address any other magus as senior again. In his heart, that title only represented Tawari.
Tawari had just returned to the magic tower. After hearing about what happened to Landes, he didn't let him down. On the second day, he taught the apprentice magi a lesson.
As the battle magus in charge of external affairs, Tawari had the authority to do so. The apprentice magi had indeed caused quite a ruckus recently, so he had to make them understand who had the final say in the tower.
Only then did the apprentice magi learn that young Landes had such a powerful figure backing him up. Although they were still isolated, no one was purposely targeting Landes anymore. He finally had a peaceful learning environment.
But while learning magic, young Landes noticed that the apprentice magi no longer bullied him. Instead, the attitude of the teaching magi was rather problematic.
He didn't notice it when he was bullied by the apprentice magi because he had to constantly be on the lookout for any pranks. Even when he was in class, it was no exception.
But now that he was focused on his studies, he realized that the rune mages who came to teach the magic apprentices were mostly perfunctory. Some of the key points of knowledge were either skimmed over or ignored. They did not explain in detail …
As a result, Landes became the most hated apprentice magi among the teaching magi. He would often be punished to stand for half a day for minor mistakes.
The puzzled Landes went to ask Tawari what was going on.
Tawari didn't answer his question. Instead, he smiled bitterly and told him that he would understand after some observation.
If there was anything he didn't understand during class, he told him not to ask the magi. Instead, he would write it down in his notebook and he would answer it for Landes.
Thus, Landes began to calm down and jot down any questions he didn't understand during class. He planned to ask Tawari about it.
At the same time, he observed the interaction between the rune magi and the apprentice magi. Soon, he noticed that many of the apprentice magi were just like him. They would jot down any questions they had and only ask the rune magi when they were free.
Moreover, the apprentice magi would always bring gifts to the rune magi. Sometimes, it would be a pouch of money, and sometimes, it would be some magical materials.
There was also a female apprentice who had been in the tower for five years. Every night, she would go to the room of a five-ring rune magus and only come out the next morning.
"All knowledge comes with a price. Magical knowledge is even more so."
This was what Tawari said when the young Landers told him about his observations.
"But …" Landes wanted to say that the magical knowledge he learned and the ancient Hertz language he learned in the past three months were all taught by the rune magi for free.
Especially the beautiful female magus who taught them the ancient Hertz language. It was a pity that he hadn't seen her in the tower for so long.
"They only taught you the basics of the language and magic. That's not really valuable knowledge," Tawari said nonchalantly.
"They don't have much of a position in the tower, especially when it comes to Grand Magus Loenk's orders. Even if they're unwilling, they have no choice but to carry them out unconditionally.
Once they teach you how to meditate, they can ignore apprentice magi like you. Whether or not you can become a first-rank rune magus will depend on your own understanding and hard work.
That's why when they teach you the basics of magic, they often neglect the most important points. They'll only teach you if you apprentice magi are willing to spend some money or magical materials in private.
The apprentice magi you mentioned are usually from wealthy families, so they have the ability and money to help their children to the best of their ability.
It might seem like a lot, but as long as their children can become a first-rank magus, their investment will be repaid tenfold or even a hundredfold.
As for apprentice magi who don't have money, they'll have to use their own resources to achieve their goals. That female apprentice magi you mentioned is one such example.
This is a very common situation on the path of learning magic. No magus is willing to teach their knowledge to others for free, unless it's their own family or children.
Landes, you have to understand that when you become a magus in the future, you have to do the same. You can't teach your knowledge to others for free. "
Landes was touched. "I'm poor. I don't have any money or magical materials, but you're willing to help me with my questions.
You know I don't have anything … "