Vol 8 Chapter 1172: smile

"gold?"
Talia was confused, and after hearing Mary's explanation for a long time, she realized that it would cost money to do anything here. The Galan family is only a "middle class" in the entire city. Although the family is good, it is definitely not rich enough for children to learn magic.
For the nobles in the current city, those who are qualified to learn magic, the nearby territories add up to seven or eight families, and the city has a "magic prop" because it has a high-level mage sitting in town. The shop, otherwise, it would be impossible to see a mage like Nefi at ordinary times.
After learning this information, it took Talia a whole day. When she returned home with Mary's persuasion, she couldn't hold back anymore. She thought about exploring the world of "Mage" ...
Within the next half month, she began to study the language and knowledge desperately, and read the books at home day and night-but Talia did not realize at this time that the books at home were obviously "problematic" .
The rest of the world today is mostly parchment books, expensive and rare. But in the bookcase of Baron Galan's house, there were many really "paper" books. The content ranges from language and history to art and various family and heraldic histories, and three or four of them have more or less mentioned the group of "mages", and one has a special mention of "bits" The magic of face spells.
The more she understood, the more excited Talia was. She had an instinctive desire for "power", and she learned that "mage" is the privileged class of the world, which strengthened her faith in studying hard.
And as she read multiple history books, she finally got a rough outline of the entire world and the current era ...
But soon, she also realized that her situation was not good: in this era, the fate of aristocratic women is often not chosen, and ultimately they are used as tools for marriage.
The big aristocrats rely on marriage to obtain power support or real territory, while the small nobles fight for commercial interests. The Galan family's territory is not large. The annual taxation of the territory for a family living in the city is not even enough to spend on the carriage and maids. The real profit is the wineries and wine sales. Lia is twenty-three years old. She should have been married for a long time. If it hadn't been for the past few years, she would have married other noble children in the chamber of commerce ...
After Talia ’s body is fully recovered, she has overheard several times in the restaurant whispering about their marriage issues—the boys in a certain family are of appropriate age, and the marriage of a certain family is more beneficial to the Galan family. .
These words made her deeply realize that her parents' "love" for her was simply a soothing, all purpose, but to exchange her as a bargaining chip when needed ...
She did not understand what the fate of "married" was, but she also learned from Mary that the greatest role of "Miss Noble" after marriage was to continually have children.
Talia didn't think it was any good. She began to collect more clues on the street, and "coincidentally" discovered that the famous high-level mage "Isen" in the city was openly recruiting apprentices.
He intends to conduct a qualification test through a ritual to screen the right people to become his apprentices.
Talia realized that this was her chance, and she also learned that the so-called "qualification test" is not only a gift, but also to let her master some basic magic knowledge. In order to find and contact these, Talia, who has no way to go, finally chose to "gamble"-she took out all the savings that she could find in her room, and even sold those precious jewels to make up thirteen gold coins. I came to the Dawson Magic Store and wanted to buy a so-called "spell book".
But a white-haired boss, Dawson, clearly saw her intentions and shook his head to refuse: "Spells have never been successful on their own. Many people are killed for this. I think you are the daughter of a nobleman and live a good life. Right. "
Talia still insisted that she didn't show the pleading look like most women, but frowned, even the focus swept the old Dawson's neck ... Obviously, some instincts left in consciousness still made her lean For using violence to solve problems.
Without waiting for Dawson to say anything, Neffi pushed in and walked in. After seeing Talia, she raised her eyebrows and had an unexpected look on her face. Then she nodded and said hello. And asked, "Is there anything wrong?"
"She had to learn magic, and brought gold coins to buy textbooks."
Dawson explained with a bitter smile, but Nefie should not persuade Talia with him, but looked at her for a few seconds and said, "Why do you want to be a mage?"
Talia seemed to have long thought about the answer, and immediately said, "I don't want to be a bird in a cage."
She didn't know that her answer not only made Niffy's mouth twitch a bit, but also made those invisible "behind curtains" nervous at the same time.
Once Nefie wanted to withdraw from the half plane for help, but soon realized that she could only make things out of control, so after a few seconds of silence, she sighed and said, "You have many ways to change your Fate, why did you choose to go this way? "
Taria calmed her expression, and she found that it was indeed a problem: from the moment she heard about magic, she had an irresistible desire to contact magic in her head, learn magic, and firmly determined that she could learn it. Yes, learn well ...
Looking at the other party's hesitation, Neffi was relieved, because it meant that the topic's initiative had returned to her hands-before Talia answered, she continued: "Learning magic is not learning equestrian, learning Noble etiquette is so simple. If you want to be proficient at it, you must get rid of all interference. Among the nobles who can do this, they are often the most tough elites in the family center. Do you really confirm that you have this qualification? "
Nefi said a lot at a time, and finally faintly warned: "If you can't do it, don't think too much. Learning magic is never a beautiful thing, even boring and painful."
"I ... I can do it!"
Talia also felt that she didn't feel confident enough after speaking ~ EbookFREE.me ~ but she quickly lifted the money bag she had been holding in her hand: "I took out all the gold coins, just for a book If it doesn't work ... "
It seemed that she had overcome a lot of difficulties before she whispered: "It really doesn't work, then I give up."
Nefi glanced at the heavy money bag and turned to Dawson next to him, "Is there still the upper part of the" Elemental Lecture "?"
Dawson knew what she meant, shook her head with a wry smile and went to pick up the book, but Talia realized that she had really found the "gateway", looked at Neffi for a few seconds, and finally said, "Thank you ... Thank you!"
The thankful Neffiy had a weird expression, but she still held her face and waved: "The book can be bought with six gold coins, but the above things may not be understandable. If you have any questions, you can come to me. Ask, do n’t guess yourself—yes, I ’m paying for consultation. Answering questions is not free.

Talia didn't bargain at all, and immediately performed a standard lady's ceremony, revealing an extremely sincere smile.