Chapter 4
Rumors spread throughout the imperial city. The r.e.t.a.r.ded child of the Roland family made his teach left.
People were happy to talk about unfortunate things happening around such a significant person.
Earl Raymond also made a mistake when he offered the quest to find people to make his child talk. That event made Duwei famous throughout the city and became the topic of entertainment.
This day, the Earl went to see his son again. And accompanying him is a man in gray robe, gray pointed hat, with skinny fingers, and clouded eyes. This man emitted an unpleasant smell of rot and old.
"Magician Clark, this is my son." The Earl said politely. "Can you see if he has any talent in the path of magic, even a little bit?"
If magicians are a job, then this job is the one of the most prestigious. In any place in this world, magicians is a symbol of elitists. They have the privileges of the n.o.bility, they receive the best treatments. A strong magician can rival a small army during a war. Any country will want to recruit magicians, not just for their ability, but they also won’t threaten those in power. A magician spends most of his life in research and meditation to acc.u.mulate mana. Almost all of them has no desires of the common people. Their biggest goal is to seek the truth of magic.
But the Earl didn’t want his son to become a magician. Because magicians were feared by everyone, as monsters. They were too logical, solitary, weird, and drown in their research. No woman will like to have a relations.h.i.+p with a monster that dwells in his laboratory. No n.o.bility will invite a cold magician to parties. And no kings will give a magician political power.
Duwei was the heir of the Roland family. He needed to marry, have his children, partic.i.p.ate in social engagements of the n.o.bles. Yet what can he do if he can’t become a warrior or scholar? The path of magic is the only one left.
The Earl led Clark and his son into a concealed room.
"Listen kid." Clark took out