BECOMING A MAGICIAN'S DISCIPLE

"This is just an ordinary sword, and maybe the price is low."

"Is that true?"

"If you want a stick, how about this?"

The woman went to the back and came back while handing me a wooden stick with the front coiled.

"I'll give you the wand if you can use it."

"Of course."

"What should I do?" I asked again.

"Try to sit down. If you can fly, that means you can use it."

"I understand."

I did as she said. After I sat on the stick, my body seemed to be pulled up and floated to touch the roofs of the shop.

"Is this enough?"

The woman just stared at me while gawking. Did I do the wrong thing? When I landed on my feet, she hugged me tightly for some reason.

"Mrs."

"From now on, call me teacher."

"Teacher?"

"My teacher left the stick, and my teacher once said if you want to take a student, make sure he can use this stick."

"In other words?"

"From now on, our relationship is teacher and student. There's no reason to refuse. You should also stay here with me."

I could get out of that girl, but now I ended up living with a grown woman.

"By the way, can you let me go?"

"After you said your name?"

"Aksa, my name is Aksa."

"Nice name," the woman finally backed away and showed a polite demeanour while placing her hand on her chest.

"My name is Heliet Ladeosfa. From now on, I will train you to become a great mage."

"Even if you say that, I am weak, and my job is only as an adventurer."

"It's okay, and you can use the room on the second floor."

Since I also don't have much money, I think I'll accept it, and maybe after she feels disappointed with my abilities, she will kick me out.

I received a quite spacious room without anything in it except the bed.

Heliet held her cheek.

"Even though this room is not being used, I always clean it so you can feel comfortable using it."

"Thank you today. I took a quest from the guild. I might come back this afternoon."

"I see. Your training will start tomorrow, so you will only go to the guild again after spending time with your teacher."

"Is this your first time having a disciple?"

"Call me teacher."

I smiled wryly.

"I mean, teacher."

"For old mages like me or out there, having students is something they want to pass on their knowledge and skills. It's just that, unlike my teacher, he has strict rules to take every single student in every generation and passed down that rule to me too. Thankfully, after a long wait, I have it now."

"May I ask you something?"

"Of course, my dear student."

"How old are you?"

"900 years."

"Witches can live that long."

"Just a few. It just so happens that I am immortal."

"All this time, the teacher must have been lonely."

"It's true, Aksa, when I was sick, there was never anyone to take care of me."

"Please don't keep hugging me."

"It's okay, and we are teacher and student."

That's the problem.

"Then excuse me, thanks for the wand."

When she was about to open the door, Heliet called me.

"You lost your sword."

"I don't need it anymore."

"Is that so? I will sell it."

"Ah."

Life is full of surprises. When I need a place to live, I get it in a difficult way for anyone to predict, even myself. You could say this is a stroke of luck.

I decided to walk out of town in search of slime to fulfil my job when on the way, I ran into Vivia Legal.

"We meet again."

I said I had found a place to live to her slightly annoyed expression.

"I see. Too bad I still have other work to do. We'll talk later."

"Well."

I just watched her back getting further away.