After dinner, Anders and Nemina went back to cataloging all the repaired items while Anton began repairing the items that needed to be repaired. He wanted to complete them as soon as possible since he still wanted to tour the city the next day.

While repairing the items, Anton heard Nemina asking Lunelle to purchase items that could be repaired like old clothing and other accessories. Devon and two other guards would accompany her as her guards while four other assistants would help her. Anna then declared that she would also assist Lunelle.

Anders suddenly asked what he would be doing the next day and Anton said that he would tour the city with Fenix and that he didn’t need any bodyguard and his father just nodded.

“Be sure to be back after lunch since you will still need to repair a lot of things. We should be done by tomorrow and leave the day after,” Anders said.

A few minutes passed by and they were all busy except for Anna who went back to reading the book that Anton made for her about Garion’s adventure. Fenix for some reason was still there and everybody just left him alone. He was inspecting the items that were being cataloged as well as the items that Anton was repairing.

Suddenly they heard a knock on the door and Devon went to check out who it was and it was one of the guards that Lucas hired. The guard said that a wizard was applying for the job that “Sir Anton” posted on the adventurer’s guild.

Anton was surprised since he thought that nobody would apply since there was a surprising scarcity of mages in this city. Just to be safe, he cast Energy Shield and Frozen Armor but made sure that the special effects of the skills were turned off. He also added his father, Anna, Lucas, Nemina, Lunelle, Devon, and Colin to his party system and activated all of his auras which were the Prayer, Meditation, and Vigor auras just to make sure everyone would be safe. Unfortunately for Fenix, he wasn’t added to the party system since Anton could only add up to seven people.

After his preparation, he nodded to his father and Anders allowed Devon to let the wizard in.

The wizard was young. He looked like he was only a few years older than Devon, around in his late twenties. He had blonde hair and was short which was a head shorter than Devon and was very skinny. The wizard was also wearing a pair of glasses which made him look very nerdy.

Anton saw that the mage was nervous since everyone was staring at him. He stood up and greeted the wizard while shaking hands.

“Good evening sir. My name is Anton and I was the one who posted the request in the adventurer’s guild. Have you eaten yet?”

The wizard shook his head so Anton asked Devon to order food from the inn downstairs and then he invited the wizard to sit at the dining table.

“My name is Frederick. I’m a novice mage and I memorized six-cantrip-level spells. I can teach the ancient dragon language to aspiring mages.” The wizard said.

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That introduction alone answered some of Anton’s questions regarding magic. That meant that he was correct to assume that magic spell books were written using an ancient language and based on what Frederick said, it was the dragon language. He also mentioned that it was ancient so he wondered if it was different from the current one that was being used by the dragons.

The wizard also mentioned that he memorized six spells although it was only cantrip-level spells and wondered if he was young or old for a novice wizard. But the most important part was he was able to teach the ancient dragon language which Anton assumed was the language used on the spell books that they had gotten from the vampires.

“Frederick as you know we’re a traveling merchant caravan and the next city that we need to go to is the merchant city of Ruandelle. That meant that you will need to teach me and my sister while we’re on the road, is that going to be a problem for you?”

“Sir Anton, I want to be honest with you. As a wizard, I’m very weak and not capable of powerful offensive magic. That meant that I could only be a tutor and would not be able to help in any way in defending the caravan. Is that okay?” Frederick asked.

“Of course, that will not be a problem. As I’ve said in the advertisement that I posted in the adventurer’s guild, we’re looking for a tutor, not someone who can fight.” Anton replied.

“I also heard rumors, sir, that you’re a very powerful wizard yourself. Why do you need a novice mage tutor, If I may ask?” Fred asked nervously and Anton smiled to put the mage at ease.

“Yes I’m a powerful caster but my magic is what you may call bloodline magic or personal magic that cannot be taught. My sister wanted to become a mage and I’m curious if I can learn the standard magic aside from my own. We already have a few spell books and when I checked them out, I couldn’t understand them. That’s where you will come in.”

The dinner that Anton ordered for Frederick arrived so they paused their talk to allow the wizard to eat. At first, Anton thought that the wizard would eat with dignity befitting a respected mage so he couldn’t wait to observe how the mage would eat but then suddenly the mage started eating and all dignity went out of the window. Even Anna stared when he saw how the young mage ate. He looked like he only started eating after starving for a few days and wasn’t embarrassed at the least of other people observing him eat and that meant that the man was truly hungry.

Anton then thought of the fact that the man, even though he was a mage was probably very poor and he felt a little bit of pity for the wizard. After the food was devoured, Frederick suddenly remembered himself and blushed.

“I’m sorry Sir Anton. I just arrived in the city and I haven’t eaten for more than a day.”

“That’s fine. This is one of the spell books that we receive. Can you check if it's using the ancient dragon language that you mentioned,” Anton then gave the Mage Light spell book to Frederick for the young wizard to inspect.

Frederick checked the spell book for a few seconds then gave it back to Anton.

“That’s a standard spell book. I can teach the language and you and your sister will become mages once you learn the language and start memorizing spell books. Honestly, the most difficult part in the beginning was learning the language and once you learned it, you will just need to memorize the spell books, and depending on your talent, you will start to cast spells as soon as possible.”

Anton was satisfied when he heard that and he couldn’t wait to start learning the language.

“There’s one thing that you will need to be aware of before we employ you. As I’ve said I’m a powerful mage and I have spells that I use that would need to be kept a secret. Are you willing to keep it a secret even so far as undergoing a magic oath?” Anton bluffed.

Frederick was taken aback when Anton mentioned an oath but after a few minutes of deliberating, the mage nodded.