Academy's Second Seat [part 2 Complete]

Chapter 253: Robert (1)

Robert looked at Rudy.

The moment for decision had come.

"You're not a kid, what's with the whining?"

Robert patted Rudy's head.

'I believe in this guy.'

Robert didn't want to make Rudy like himself.

Or perhaps, it was for his own sake.

To avoid any more regrets, Robert had come here.

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Robert was an orphan.

He barely survived after being abandoned in the capital.

To avoid starving, he begged; to survive, he clung to adults.

Fortunately, being abandoned in the capital was a blessing in disguise.

Near the capital was Ephomos.

It overflowed with orphans like him, and there were people willing to take care of them.

Though "taking care of" might sound kind, in reality, these people exploited the orphans.

They made them pickpocket to line their own pockets, providing the orphans with just enough bread to live on.

While living day by day through pickpocketing, he encountered magic.

Necromancy.

It was a magic that orphans in Ephomos could easily come across.

The very people who made the orphans pickpocket were necromancers.

They used the money the orphans made from pickpocketing for their research.

Every day, as Robert pickpocketed and contributed to them, he learned magic by watching from the corner of his eye.

He learned the basics of magic this way and practiced it.

Though young enough to survive through pickpocketing, he thought that learning necromancy was essential for surviving the future.

He lived by pickpocketing in the morning and learning magic in the evening.

During such a life.

"What are you doing?"

"Excuse me?"

"My wallet. Give it back."

He encountered Levian, a middle-aged man.

"Ugh... Wind Blaster!"

Robert used magic to try and escape from Levian.

"Oh..."

Levian was impressed that a child who was pickpocketing could use magic properly.

"What do you do?"

"I'm a wizard."

"...What?"

Despite trying to escape with magic, Robert couldn't get away from Levian, who was an accomplished wizard at the time.

Levian smiled and approached Robert.

"How about learning magic from me?"

Levian saw potential in Robert.

It was unthinkable that a child living off the streets and pickpocketing could have learned proper magic on his own.

Yet, since Robert had used magic, Levian believed that with proper instruction, he could become an even greater wizard.