When Anna got up in the morning, she looked at the place where Balan lay before, and of course there was no one.

She pretended to walk over and worshipped, then packed her things, put out all the ashes of the fire, and then covered it with mud.

Everyone is responsible for forest fire prevention.

It was not far from Black Cloud City, Anna walked for about two or three hours to reach the place.

She guessed that the demon was still following her, but as long as the other person didn't show up in front of her, she would treat him as non-existent.

At first glance, Black Cloud City is much larger than Blue Stone City, at least this city gate is too tall and majestic, and the people coming in and out of the city gate are also more impressive than Blue Stone City.

After spending many days in the wild, Anna felt like a beggar now. She took out the clean linen cloth used as a handkerchief, carefully wiped off the dirt on her face, and then tidyed her hair and clothes. Only then entered Black Cloud City.

Although there are soldiers at the gate of the city, they will not stop people from entering or leaving. The indolence of these soldiers is the same as that of the garrison soldiers in Blue Rock City, but because Anna is obviously a female but is wearing male underwear, she looks at her more. That's it.

After Anna entered the city, she first asked someone where the Mage Association was in the city. Then she admired and observed all the way along the way, and soon saw the gate of the Mage Association.

The building of the Mage Association is as eye-catching as the church. It occupies a very large area. The entrance to the street is a multi-storey building, five stories high, and there is a huge badge on the wall, like the Jane of a person reading a book. Strokes.

Anna originally wanted to determine the location of the Mage Association first, and then find a place to stay close, but seeing this magnificent place, she couldn't help but stop.

She saw some men and women wearing black wizard robes similar to Ulysses entering and exiting the Mage Association. Their wizard robes were the same, but the badges on their chests were slightly different. Judging from the materials of their lining clothes, these people are in very good family backgrounds.

Anna watched from a distance for a while, and she noticed that the badges worn by some of the younger children were almost blank with black background, while the older ones had one or two golden stars. Almost all those who have three stars are thirty years old and up.

Generally speaking, there are still more male wizards than female wizards, but seeing a lot of female wizards is an excellent incentive for Anna. She noticed that there are more clothes in the robes of female wizards, and some of them will Wearing ankle-length skirts with a little exposed outside the mage's robe, they look very playful, while some wear simple pants and a pair of leather boots, which look particularly refreshing and neat.

Anna looked at it for a while and was really envious, but she couldn't help being excited when she thought that she could also study in such a place.

She thought for a while, still planning to find a place to clean up, and then come to the Mage Association.

The surrounding area of ​​the Mage Association is a lively area. Anna first looked for a five-minute walk around, but most of them were shops. She had to expand the scope, and finally found a family willing to rent a room in a quiet alley about ten minutes’ walk away. To her family.

There are only two grandmothers and grandsons in this family. The grandmother's name is Givina. She is actually only 43 years old this year, but she has long gray hair. The grandson is called Gore, who is seven years old this year.

Originally, when Anna asked, Giverner hesitated not to rent it to her, but Anna made good use of her future apprenticeship as a mage, and a small flame appeared directly in her palm.

Knowing that Anna was about to study at the Mage Association, and her dirty clothes were no longer a hindrance, Givina assured her that she rented her attic to Anna.

There are also stairs in the attic of Givina’s house. They go upstairs from the side of the house. Usually Anna will not meet them. The tenant and the landlord live separately. Anna is very satisfied with this.

In the end, Anna rented the place for one silver coin a month after seeing the structure of the attic. The living conditions in Black Cloud City are indeed much better than those in Blue Stone City. Of course, it may also be the reason why the Jiwina family was once rich. Even the attic has toilets, water pipes and flush toilets, but the water pressure is insufficient, and the water volume is a bit small.

Compared with the mess and mess in Blue Stone City, life in Black Cloud City seems to be much cleaner and sanitary. Perhaps it has something to do with the Mage Association in the city.

Because it was already noon, Giverner warmly invited Anna to eat at her house after the talks were completed, and Anna responded generously.

After eating, Anna went back to her new residence and took a cold shower, wiped her hair half dry, tied it into a centipede braid, and then put on the skirt she wore in the past. She felt that it was much better than the previous image. Just went out to the nearby commercial street.

Anna first went to a women's clothing store. I have to say that snobbery exists in any era, because she almost didn't enter the store because she was wearing a gray skirt that was obviously from the low-level civilians.

Anna is not angry, this world is like this, what else can she do? If she can't change the world, then she will work hard to make these malicious people dare not show up in front of her.

So, a small flame appeared in her palm, and she said coldly: "I am an apprentice of the mage, don't you let me come in to buy clothes?"

Mage is very common in Black Cloud City. When seeing an apprentice of a mage, the clerk is certainly not surprised, but it is definitely not a wise move to stop a mage apprentice who will become a nobleman in the future, even if she thinks this apprentice of the mage is so old, I am afraid In the future, he won't be much more powerful mage, but as long as he is a one-star mage, he can become a baron, a nobleman, no matter how much better than a commoner like her.

Generally, the family has the conditions to support a mage. Children with elemental affinity will be sent to learn spells when they are seven years old. After five years of study, they will become a one-star mage around the age of twelve. Like Anna, he is already seventeen or eighteen. A year-old girl, if the talent is not too bad, is already a two-star mage.

Therefore, Anna, who is already seventeen or eighteen, is still the apprentice of a mage, in the eyes of the clerk, she is the one with the worst qualifications. In the future, she may only be able to wander at the level of a two-star mage. Moreover, she was already an apprentice to a wizard, indicating that the conditions in the family were at least wealthy. How could she wear linen clothes that poor civilians would wear?

The clerk whispered in his heart, but still led Anna into the shop and let her choose freely.

Anna looked around and found that most of the skirts here are complicated and cumbersome, but they are beautiful, so they are very unsuitable for work.

She finally fell in love with a simple and elegant skirt and a big red riding outfit. After trying it, she was very satisfied and paid for it.

Anna's heart was bleeding when she paid the money. The skirt was five silver coins, and the riding outfit required eight silver coins. She could only find the gold coins for the clerk.

The clerk, who had originally suspected that she might not be able to pay, showed her a sweet smile and sent Anna away when she saw her graciously paying, saying "Welcome to visit next time".

Anna thought to herself that she would never come again unless she became rich.

After returning home to change her skirt, Anna walked out to the Black Cloud City Mage Association.

Once again standing at the door looking at the magnificent Association Building, Anna held back her excitement and took a deep breath. As soon as she was about to enter, she saw a man standing in front of the Association Building, looking at her carelessly.

—The demon is in the man's body.

Anna almost staggered under her feet, thinking of ignoring him, stepped in and passed the man, the devil did not stop her.

Rothgar casually possessed a city where one person entered, because he knew that Anna would come to the Mage Association, he was not in a hurry. He went to the Mage Association and picked a personal possession at random, and waited for Anna to see her coming. , He didn't come forward to talk to her either, this body he chose randomly, it was just an ordinary staff member of the Mage Association, not a mage at all, he didn't want to use this body to approach Anna.

He is attached to this body, it's just convenient for him to choose the next suitable body.

The office building of the Mage Association is a bit like a company lobby. There is a service desk at the end, and a sweet-looking girl sits behind it.

Anna walked up to the girl, glanced at the name tag pinned on her chest, and smiled: "Hello, Tereza, I want to know how to test the affinity of the elements and join the Mage Association."

Tereza only thought that Anna was asking for her relatives, showing a standard smile: "Hello, the process is like this, you need to fill out an application form first, then take the application form to the second floor to find the test room, and test after the payment is completed. , If there is elemental affinity, you will automatically obtain the membership of the Black Cloud City Mage Association, and the subsequent rights and obligations will be explained by the instructor."

Tereza said as she took out an application form and put it in front of Anna.

Anna picked it up and looked at it, and said politely: "Can you lend me a pen?"

Tereza has been a receptionist in the Mage Association for three years and has encountered various situations. It is not uncommon to fill out the application form on the spot here. She took out the ink and quill from the service desk and put them in Anna. He smiled and said, "You can fill in slowly."

The height of the service desk was reasonable, so Anna held the pen and slowly started filling out the application form item by item. She was very grateful to Dibian for teaching her literacy.

The illiteracy rate in this world is very high, and families that have the conditions and ambition to send their children to be masters ask teachers to teach literacy when the children are very young, and how can they have a little foundation when they are sent to the Masters Association. If a mage apprentice as big as Anna is illiterate, I am afraid the Mage Association will encounter this situation for the first time.

Name, age, home address...

Anna completed each item, and then handed it to Tereza to ask if there were any mistakes or omissions.

Out of courtesy, Tereza did not watch Anna fill out the application form. When she received the application form, she saw that the age column was seventeen years old. She was surprised to look at Anna: "It's you Do you take the test yourself?"

Anna nodded: "Yes."

Tereza looked at Anna again in surprise, but did not say anything. She returned the application form to Anna with both hands and smiled and said, "There is no problem with filling in this application form. You can go up to the second floor from there. This room is the testing room."

Anna thanked her, took the application form and followed the place pointed by Tereza upstairs.

The main building of the Mage Association seems to be constructed of a material similar to cement. As Anna walked up the stairs, she could feel the faint natural elements in the wall. I wanted to come to the construction process with the participation of the mage.

Standing at the door of the testing room, Anna knocked on the door, but she didn't feel much nervous, because she knew that she was an elemental affinity, but she didn't know which elements she had affinity for.

Someone in the room called to come in, and Anna pushed the door in. She found that the room was not too big. An old mage wearing a mage robe and gold-rimmed glasses was leaning against the desk and squinting. Anna did not come in. What a reaction.

Anna walked over, glanced at the two-star badge pinned on the other's chest, and said politely: "Hello, I will test the elemental affinity."

The old mage took off his glasses, looked at Anna, stretched out his hand and said succinctly: "Application form."

Anna passed the application form.

The old mage glanced twice, then looked up at Anna, with a serious expression: "Do you test it yourself?"

"it's me."

The old mage said: "Let me remind you first, test five gold coins once, after the test, whether you have element affinity or not, you will not return."

"I know." Anna nodded in response.

The old mage nodded: "You know, just pay."

Anna took out five gold coins and handed them over, still reluctant to give up.

She doesn't have a single gold coin now, and she doesn't know how much it will cost to study in the future? She still has to think about ways to make money, and read while working...

After receiving the gold coin, the old mage opened the drawer and took out a square box the size of a mobile phone. After opening it, he saw a piece of carefully carved ore inside.

The old mage said, "Put your index finger up, press it tightly and don't move it."

Anna did as she said.

The old mage took a sip of the scented tea with a special fragrance, picked up the quill and turned it gently, and suddenly said, "Why are you so big to test?"

"Just saved money." Anna said.

The old mage glanced at Anna, and then retracted his gaze: "Being a mage costs money, unless you have an amazing talent, otherwise it will be difficult for you to upgrade if you don't have money."

Anna smiled and said, "I happen to be the kind with amazing talent."

The old mage glanced at the overconfident Anna in surprise, and said with a smile: "I'm not too old, and my tone is not small! Don't move, I haven't finished the test yet."

Of course Anna didn't dare to move, she measured five gold coins at a time. In case of any random movement, she said she had to retest, and she had to collect another five gold coins, then she would just use it.

However, the test time is really long, comparable to the bone density of her previous body.

"All right."

When the old mage said this, Anna put her hand back, only then did she notice that some colors appeared on the ore.

I have to say that this testing process is not the same as Anna imagined. In her imagination, the crystal ball used for the test should be the kind of crystal clear crystal ball. She put her hands on it, and there was a bang, the light was brilliant...

Think about it, too, the mixed element ore used in the test is so expensive, why make a big piece of fancy.

The old master wrote in the second half of the application form, and said as he wrote: "You have a lot of natural elements that you are familiar with, but remember to be greedy and not chew, and just focus on the use of one or two elements."

Anna happily responded: "Okay."

She suddenly felt that now she was seeing a doctor, and the old master was writing a prescription to treat her...

"Yes, go to the guide next door, and he will tell you everything you want to know." The old mage returned the application form to Anna.

Seeing the old mage's plain expression, and not looking at herself in shock as if she was looking at a baby after the test, Anna very much doubted whether Dibian's judgment of her amazing talent was a problem.

She also wanted to trick a teacher into vain prostitutes by relying on the gimmick of "amazing talent".

"Excuse me, this test, don't you see how my talent is?" Anna still asked.

The old mage took a sip of tea slowly, and then said slowly: "The talent of a mage can only be reflected in ordinary learning. What's the use of just measuring the affinity of an element?"

"That's it, thank you... I don't know how you are called?" Anna asked before leaving.

The old mage glared at her: "What's close to it! Want to take advantage of me?" He poked his badge heavily with his thin fingers, "See if I am seventy years old this year, and I'm just a two-star mage." Either you have no money or no talent. There is almost no benefit for you to go with me, so hurry up!"

Anna really wanted to ask the old mage's name out of politeness, but she didn't expect to be robbed like this, so she couldn't laugh or cry, so she had to slip away quickly.

After going out, Anna looked at the test results written by the old master in the second half of her application form.

She has six kinds of element affinity, except for the dark and the earth, and the most affinity among them is the thunder element.

Anna remembered that Lei's intrinsic attributes were destruction and entanglement, and she couldn't help feeling weird. According to the general routine, her affinity element should be closely related to her character. Is she inherently an irritable person?

But remembering that Ulysses's most intimate element is fire, and he himself was actually very cold, she was relieved.

Looking up again at the closed door of the testing room, Anna couldn't help laughing.

Although the attitude of the old mage is not very good, if the atmosphere of the entire mage association is like this, she should stay very happy.

Unlike in the earl's mansion, she was just a low-level commoner maid. Even if the nobles were kind to her, they actually looked down on her from the bottom of their hearts, which made her very unhappy.

From this point of view, the demon has another point of merit. After all, in his opinion, "everyone here is rubbish". He looks down on all human beings, which is equivalent to "everyone is equal."

Anna knocked on the door next door with a smile on her face and opened the door after hearing the answer from the person inside. She just said "you" and closed the door again with a slam.

No, why did that demon change his body and appear here again! Did he want to surround her alone!