Chapter 27: New Job (Seeking Clicks and Recommendations)

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  Leaving Elisa's house, Lucien didn't immediately go to the market district, but instead went home to fetch his wooden sword and continued practicing basic sword techniques in an empty lot. Before he had enough spiritual energy to cast over a dozen spells consecutively, having some close combat and evasion abilities was still very important.

  Moreover, the better one's physical training is, the easier it will be to activate the power of blood vessels when there is a chance to concoct and refine the "Crying Soul" magical potion in the future.

  After an hour of exercise, Lucien went home to wipe off his sweat before heading towards the market district.

  It had been five whole days since Lucien last came to the market district, and he felt that it was still very lively here. All sorts of accents, shapes and colors of appearances, different types of humanoid creatures mixed together, filled with vibrant and boisterous life pulses.

  Due to concerns about Aaron's gang possible revenge, Lucien was extremely cautious in his movements, coupled with the faint sense of spiritual power, ensuring that he would not be easily tracked, and even if the gangsters approached within five meters of him, they would be discovered.

  However, by the time Lucien finished buying the materials and left the market district, Aaron's gang hadn't come to cause any trouble. On the contrary, Lucien noticed that when Aaron's gang came to collect fees, there were significantly fewer people, they used to be in groups of two or three, but now they were all doing it alone, which made Lucien a bit puzzled: "Did what happened last time make Aaron's gang decide to keep a low profile?"

  This guess, even Lucien himself didn't believe it, but in any case, the abnormal behavior of Aaron's gang made Lucien decide to be cautious and learn most of the informal magic of the apprentice level as soon as possible. Although their destructive power and defensive power are not strong, they are clever and cunning. As long as they are used properly, Lucien thought that even if he encountered ten gangsters, he could still deal with them calmly in the absence of bows, crossbows and other long-range weapons.

  In the market district, Lucien walked for a full three hours before buying only three types of spellcasting materials. This was because he had become more cautious and careful after being discovered by Aaron's gang last time. Even if some materials were very common but not currently needed in his daily life, he temporarily did not buy them. Many of these materials could be found in the wild, such as the fruit of the birch tree and red flower-patterned rock powder. Therefore, Lucien decided to find a time to go outside the city to collect them.

  Lucien bought three types of spellcasting materials: wormwood to repel insects and mosquitoes, sulfur frequently used in "Inferno" to calm the mind and aid sleep, night star grass - which became normal for a music student to buy, and icebreaker stone with preservative and refreshing effects.

  These three spellcasting materials, Lucien bought enough for a hundred times of spellcasting, the most expensive is Night Star Grass, followed by Ice Dissolving Stone, and Sulfur is the cheapest, in total Lucien spent one silver Nair and twenty copper Ferl, almost half of his family's property.

  "This can't help but make Lucien exclaim: 'Magic is really expensive!'"

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  Because "Acid Splash" and "Frost Ray" are not as low-key as "Ring of Uncontrol", they will leave behind difficult-to-handle traces, and during the day Adel's district is bustling with people, the environment is complicated, so Lucien dares not to perform in his own small house, preparing for nightfall, like a witch, find a sewer entrance, go deep into the sewer to practice.

  At two o'clock in the afternoon, Lucien arrived at Victor's home on time to continue yesterday's delayed study.

  "Lucien, are you working now?" Victor suddenly asked in a gentle tone after an hour of study ended and people like Rennie, Colin, Annie left.

  At this time, there were only four students left in the hall: Lott, Phyllis, Hierode and Lucien.

  Lucien shook his head: "Mr. Viktor, I lost my previous job and haven't found a new one yet."

  After experiencing the rapid cost of learning magic, Lucien had decided to go to the Copper Crown Tavern in the evening to ask around, and if not, then head to the Administrative District tomorrow. Now, Victor suddenly asked about it, making Lucien somewhat more expectant.

  "Considering your family situation, even if I exempt you from tuition fees, studying every afternoon from two to six o'clock will still affect your life." Viktor weighed his words carefully. He had previously asked Colin and Lenny and knew that Lucien, a poor boy, needed at least ten hours of labor per day to survive. Although he didn't know where Lucien's previous tuition came from, judging by his clothes, his life hadn't improved much. "I happen to know of a relatively easy job that requires only four hours of work in the morning and pays ten silver Nars per month. Would you like to go, Lucien?"

  It turned out that he had indeed found a light and easy job for himself, Victor not only made himself his true student and waived the tuition fees, but also cared about his life. Faced with this kindness, Lucien's heart was once again filled with emotion. Since coming here, although he had encountered scoundrels like Jackson, he had also met good people like Uncle Joel, Aunt Elisa, John, and Mr. Victor: "I'm willing to, Mr. Victor."

  "Didn't you even listen to what the job was before agreeing to it?" Viktor said with a hint of humor. "The association's music library, originally managed by one person each in the morning and afternoon, but I thought that with only one person, mistakes could easily occur, so I suggested that the association add two more people, and unexpectedly they agreed. Well, when you're managing the library, try to take a look at some introductory music books, so that when I teach you, you can understand faster. After a week of introductory study, you can try learning an instrument."

  In Viktor's mind, since he didn't know what Lucien's talent was like, he planned to let him learn an instrument as soon as possible and become a musician. Once he became a musician and had a stable source of income, it wouldn't be too late if he had talent and wanted to study more advanced content later on.

  Lucien was stunned, never expecting to have such a strong connection with the library. He had traveled through it, carried its soul within him, and now he was about to become its administrator. But soon, Lucien filled with gratitude said: "Thank you, Mr. Victor."

  This job, at first glance, is a favor to Viktor from the Musicians' Association, working four hours a day and earning ten silver nails in a month. It's really a great thing. To know that Lucien used to be busy from dawn till dusk, exhausted, and only earned three silver nails a month, now he has jumped directly from the bottom of the poor to an ordinary citizen with a normal income, fully demonstrating the importance of relationships.

  Victor clapped his hands: "Just in time, I was planning to take Lotte, Phyllis and Hierode this afternoon to the Association Concert Hall to practice with the orchestra. Lucien, follow me to the hall to sign a contract, and we can start work tomorrow morning."

  As Mr. Vex took the papers with many inspired melodies, Lottie smiled at Lucien and said: "Nice to meet you, I'm Lottie, Lottie Griffiths, Mr. Vex is a very good teacher and a very kind person, hope you don't disappoint his expectations."

  Originally, Lucien was suddenly taken in as a student by Victor, and Lott had a kind of anger and discontent. As a member of the Griffith family, he actually had to study music with a poor man, a guy who didn't understand anything and hadn't received any education, also wanted to step on the elegant and sacred path of musicians, this was really a shame to the noble dignity.

  However, from Mr. Viktor's words, Lott heard that he wanted Lucien to become a musician, and this anger and dissatisfaction were relieved, turning into a kind of noble pride, with a condescending attitude towards Lucien releasing kindness.

  "Mr. Viktor should be delighted to see his students getting along so harmoniously." Lotte thought, hoping to become Viktor's true disciple.

  Lucien wasn't interested in what Lott thought, he had already chosen the path of magic, and their intersections would not be many from now on, so he replied politely: "I will, thank you for reminding me, Lott. Ah, my name is Lucien Evans."

  "I am Phyllis Hayne." The red-haired girl, Phyllis, nodded calmly and coldly to Lucien. She didn't think Lucien could achieve much in music, after all, he started too late, so she regarded Lucien becoming a student of Viktor's as Mr. Viktor's kind repayment, and didn't take it seriously.

  Moreover, releasing too many good things that Lotte can do but Phyllis cannot do, if the rumor of becoming friends with a poor man spreads out, it will have no small impact on her reputation, and even affect the choice of marriage.

  Herodotus, who had always looked down on Lucien, also learned from Phyllis to greet him politely but coldly.

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  Musicians Association Hall.

  Treading on the thick, soft carpet, Lucien followed Viktor to the reception desk, while Lott, Phyllis and Hierode were sent by Viktor to practice in the concert hall on the fifth floor.

  The beautiful girl Elena with brown hair and green eyes bowed sweetly: "Good afternoon, Mr. Viktor."

  "Afternoon, Elena. This is Lucien, a student who's been studying music with me. Starting tomorrow, he'll be managing the library in the mornings. Would you sign the contract over to him? And then pass it on to Mr. Hank." Victor introduced Lucien.

  Irina nodded and took out a piece of paper that had been prepared in advance with only simple words written on it, handing it to Lucien: "Hello, Mr. Lucien, is that you?!"

  She had just felt that Lucien's eyes were familiar, and now that she thought of the name, she suddenly remembered. Her emerald-like eyes widened in shock, unable to believe that Lucien, a lowly poor person who was moving trash at the Musician Association just over a week ago, had become the music student of Maestro Viktor, "This world must be crazy!"

  "Hello, Irina, nice to see you." Lucien took the contract, because he was not familiar with the text, and needed to spell it out, look up words in a dictionary, and simple lines of text took several minutes to read, which gradually calmed Irina down, curiously and passionately sizing up Lucien. "Take a look if there's no problem, then sign or press your handprint at the back, and give it to me. I didn't expect that when we meet again, you would have changed so much."

  Viktor smiled and asked beside her: "Elena, do you know Lucien?"

  "Mr. Viktor, you were there at the time..." Elina hastily told the story, while Lucien finished reading the contract and thought it was no big deal, picked up a feather pen and signed his name with an air of unfamiliarity.

  Victor listened and looked at Lucien: "No wonder I always thought you were familiar, yes, you have the will and action to strive upwards, God will surely bless your success."

  "Hmm, what's success? Viktor, are you ready with all the scores?" Suddenly, a voice with a faintly sharp tone rang out.

  Lucien turned around and looked back, it was the brown-haired musician Wolf with his chin jutting forward that he had seen last time.