Chapter 31: Public Classes
After assisting Sein in transporting the specimen back to his dormitory room, Cindy kept glancing at Sein and seemed reluctant to leave.
She was contemplating to remind Sein about something he might have forgotten.
However, the detached and emotionless tone of Sein’s farewell changed her mind. With a final glance, she decided to leave.
Once Cindy had left, Sein nodded his head approvingly. The specimen on the experiment table could last for two more months without decaying.
Despite spending the entire morning in the anatomy class, Sein resolved to continue his studies.
He picked up one of the five tomes his mentor had given him, then went over to his bed and began reading it.
“Introduction to Pandalea in the Magus World” was by far the thickest book Sein had ever read.
It covered a wide range of general magic knowledge and also contained his mentor’s handwritten notes at the end of many sections.
Apart from the invaluable general magic knowledge, Sein was also deeply intrigued by the various cultures of the Magus World and Magus Continent mentioned in the book.
Is Magus World the name of the world we live in?
Where is Gloomhaven located in the Magus World?
Where is my home in the Magus World?
These questions filled Sein’s mind as he flipped through the tome.
Unfortunately, the tome only covered basic knowledge, and Sein could not find answers to his burning questions.
The details about the culture in various parts of the Magus World in the tome was kept very vague. It was almost like the author had reservations about disclosing too much about the current state of the Magus World. Embark on a quest to the commencement at n0v#lbin★
From the tome, Sein only learned that the size of the world he lived in was beyond his imagination.
In the notes written by Master Morsidor, he alluded to his sentiments of insignificance within the vast Magus World, despite being a full-fledged mage.
Now that Sein thought about it, he had been in Gloomhaven for ten years, yet he had never heard of any initiate who managed to leave Mystralora City and return to the surface.
The morning sun and the stars in the night sky had become nothing but distant memories now.
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Apart from Master Collance’s anatomy class, other public classes including “Introduction to Apothecary”, “Identifying Magic Beasts” and “Fundamentals of Constructing Spell Models” also commenced.
Sein would attend any courses that aligned with his interests or held practical value.
Classes with words like “introduction” or “fundamental” included in their names made it clear that they only offered surface-level knowledge.
This was hardly surprising, as true knowledge was priceless. It could only be gained through apprenticeship under a renowned black mage who was an expert in the field.
Sein knew that with the basic knowledge provided in these public classes, there were limits to what one could achieve.
In reality, the public classes primarily catered to fresh and junior initiates within the academy.
Intermediate initiates like Sein had probably covered all the topics discussed in these lessons.
After all, the full-fledged black mages who delivered these lectures rarely introduced fresh content.
Given the black mage’s cold and unpredictable nature, even intermediate initiates faced the risk of incurring their wrath.
The silver lining for intermediate initiates was that they were less likely to fall victim to unfortunate situations compared to the fresh and junior initiates.
The academy had invested more than a decade in nurturing them to this level.
Those black mages were not allowed to simply take the lives of these precious initiates on a whim.
As Sein attended these public classes, he ran into his mentor teaching the “Basics of Alchemy” and the “Fundamental Knowledge on the Pyro Element”.
Perhaps because of Sein’s presence, Master Morsidor always shared more profound knowledge during his lectures.
This in turn led to a surge in the number of initiates attending Master Morsidor’s lectures.
Sein was also often selected to take on the role of his assistant and class representative.
Being on the podium allowed Sein to learn and experience the deeper mysteries of magic up close.
During one of these classes, Sein also encountered Cindy.
The fresh initiate often seized the opportunity to strike up a conversation with Sein after class.
As a result, many other initiates assumed that she was part of Sein’s exclusive circle. This acted as a protective shield for her and discouraged others from harassing her.