When Locke opened his door, he discovered that beside Wizard Urien Rich, there was also a third-class wizard apprentice who appeared to be about fourteen years old.
Wizard Urien Rich was still wearing a wizard robe embroidered with silver threads, with a magical stone tablet floating behind him. The tablet was inscribed with arcane runes of the Evocation School's frost magic branch, causing some frost to spread around the edges of the magical stone tablet.
Just the invisible magical pressure unconsciously emanating from the formal wizard was enough to make one's heart tense with nervousness.
Locke felt as if he was looking at an insurmountable towering snow peak standing before him, where every rock on that snow peak was composed of magical mysteries.
After hesitating for a moment, Locke still invited Wizard Urien Rich into his house, as it wouldn't be appropriate to let a formal wizard speak at the doorway.
Moreover, when Locke had just entered Lilith's Cottage to study, the first public class he attended, the Basic Runic Principles course, was taught by this very wizard.
Wizard Urien Rich entered and observed the furnishings in the living room, saying, "Good taste."
"Potion Master Augustine, this is my grandson, Cavin Rich."
"Hello, Potion Master Augustine." Cavin Rich bowed to Locke. His body appeared very frail, and though it wasn't yet winter, he was wrapped in heavy clothing. His complexion was pale, his eyes appeared vacant, and his steps were unsteady.
Locke felt somewhat puzzled. Why did this formal wizard's grandson look so weak and sickly, as if he were seriously ill?
However, he wisely chose not to bring up this topic proactively. Instead, he invited Wizard Urien Rich and the others to sit down and poured him a cup of fragrant, strong tea.
Locke looked at Wizard Urien Rich with confusion, "Lord Rich, it's so late. What brings you to see me?"
Wizard Urien Rich sat on the sofa, touched Cavin's head, then spoke with guilt and a hint of weariness, "This is my grandson, Cavin. His dream is to become a potion master. So I want to hire you to tutor my grandson Cavin."
Locke stood before him, puzzled, "Hire me to tutor?"
"But I'm just an ordinary first-class wizard apprentice who has only recently obtained my potion master assistant certificate. With your resources, you could surely find better teachers to instruct your grandson."
"This job carries great responsibility. I cannot accept it lightly."
"Why do you need to find me?" Locke couldn't understand the key point here. He looked at Cavin with confusion, and Cavin also lowered his head somewhat guiltily.
Locke quickly realized that the crux of the problem seemed to lie with Cavin himself, this formal wizard's sole blood descendant.
Wizard Urien Rich smiled amiably at Locke, "No, Locke, you are the most suitable."
He appeared rather pleased with himself. "Your advancement speed can almost rival that of a Child of Elements. Locke, you are not ordinary."
"From what I know of you, you have great potential. It's just that your prospects are currently unclear, and many people haven't seen this yet. I personally believe you even possess the potential to become a formal wizard."
"Locke, you are a special genius. You are most suited to teach my grandson."
Wizard Urien Rich sighed, "There are also reasons related to Cavin himself. Locke, you also know that I was once a wizard of the Frozen Tower, and only transferred to Lilith's Cottage five years ago. That's because five years ago, my enemy at the Frozen Tower, unable to deal with me, targeted my only blood descendant."
"Cavin became ill because of this and nearly lost his life. Although I saved his life, it left his body extremely weak."
"So I want to fulfill Cavin's requests as much as possible."
"I came to Lilith's Cottage solely to find a way to completely cure my grandson. This old man's only wish is to see my grandson grow up safely."
Wizard Urien Rich spoke somewhat guiltily, "Cavin's aptitude is only Level 1, and his only secondary affinity attribute is wood element. Ordinary wizards are not qualified to teach him, while those I consider qualified are unwilling to teach a student with such poor aptitude."
"Furthermore, I am a wizard of the Evocation School's frost magic branch. I have very few connections in the field of potion studies. The status of potion master assistants is special within Lilith's Cottage."
Cavin, upon hearing Wizard Urien Rich mention his aptitude, also lowered his head guiltily. "Teacher Augustine, please accept me..."
Locke suddenly understood. Being as intelligent as he was, he immediately grasped the key point.
Although Cavin Rich had a noble status as Wizard Urien Rich's only blood descendant, his own aptitude was truly too poor, and his health was also poor.
Those senior potion master assistants would absolutely never accept such a student.
Even if they reluctantly accepted him for Wizard Urien Rich's sake, they couldn't possibly teach him seriously.
Thus, Wizard Urien Rich had set his sights on those potion master assistants with relatively shallow experience.
It so happened that not only had Locke recently become a potion master assistant, but his aptitude level upon enrollment had been very low, merely Level 3, unlike other potion master assistants who were generally Level 5 or 6.
As someone with relatively low aptitude who had nonetheless become a potion master assistant, Wizard Urien Rich believed that Locke must possess unique exceptional qualities and might even be able to help his grandson, which was why he had approached him.
Wizard Urien Rich smiled faintly, "As long as you agree to give my grandson one lesson per week, one hour per lesson, I can pay you one thousand magic stones per month."
"In return, I can help you accelerate obtaining an advanced meditation method. The academy's upper echelons are very cautious about reviewing advanced meditation methods. This is the same everywhere."
"For wizard apprentices without backgrounds who want to obtain advanced meditation methods, it's impossible to complete the process without more than a year." Wizard Urien Rich said, "This has become an unspoken rule."
"But if Witch Sophia and I help accelerate the process together, I believe you can complete the advanced meditation method procedures within ten days."
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Wizard Urien Rich looked at Locke gently. "Of course, it would be normal if you refused. After all, my grandson's aptitude is indeed quite low."
"It's just that I really hope you will tutor my grandson."