Upon hearing Okot's serious and earnest words, Laze merely smiled faintly: "Okot, I've been here for most of my life. I can't stay young forever. Although Miss Sohier can also handle the position of Magician for our Circus, why should the boss do the work herself?"
Okot was still a bit unwilling: "Then you won't leave immediately, will you?"
Laze felt very warm-hearted that Okot was so concerned about him. After all, Laze had no children in his life and had basically dedicated his entire life to magic, and the people of the Circus were like his own family: "Haha, Okot, my life is already set. I won't leave you all. Cultivating new talent is another matter. You, you are smart, but you are always tripped up by emotions."
Immediately after, Laze said to Fulen: "Fulen, I highly approve of your talent, but talent alone doesn't make a qualified Magician. Next, I will teach you step by step how to do it. For the next performance, I'll go first, and you watch my details from below the stage. I will test you. Afterward, if I approve of you, you will perform on stage."
Although Fulen had achieved his goal, he still asked with a slight hint of doubt and curiosity: "Are you only keeping me because of my talent?"
Laze was startled, then burst into laughter, and with a smile, said: "You know, there's a folk saying: 'If you don't approach the divine, you cannot understand divine revelation.' This saying, though crude, is not without reason. Your talent is not simply that of a Magician. Do you remember how I tested you?"
Upon hearing this, the scattered stars in Fulen's mind twinkled, recalling the memories of what had just happened. The memories brought Fulen not only the general scene but also his feelings and various sensory memories from that time. This was naturally not Fulen's inherent talent but rather the effect brought by the potion.
The Sequence 8 Trickmaster of the Apprentice Pathway improved both memory and physical constitution somewhat, so now Fulen's memory is basically close to being able to recall everything. Although the Beyonder potions are the same, if people's application techniques differ, the effects achieved by Beyonder potions at the same Sequence are also different. Of course, this is only effective at low Sequences; high-Sequence Beyonders are basically exceptional individuals.
And no matter how weak Abraham is, searching through the Apprentice Pathway, no angelic family like Abraham has ever been seen. The Trickmaster's memory ability can also be enhanced through certain methods, and the method is to turn the mind into scattered stars, which is also related to the subsequent promotion Pathway of the Apprentice.
Of course, such an incredible memory ability is not without limitations. If this method is not used, a Trickmaster can clearly remember the general impressions of all events from the past seven days. However, if this method is used, they can only obtain memories from 24 hours prior, with themselves as the timeline. And the memories of the past seven days only include what they consciously remembered, abandoning subconscious memories.
Laze's way of testing him was to have him pick up a fake hand, and then he transformed it into a rose and gave it to Miss Darlene. Huh, wait, why did Okot's eyes at that time look like he wanted to slaughter me? Something's not right, very not right. It seems I can't just flirt casually. No, why does Miss Darlene's gaze seem to be disdainful of me? Something's not right, this is very not right.
Watching Fulen openly space out, Laze's face darkened with black lines. He instantly felt his pipe no longer smelled good. After coughing twice to attract Fulen, who was lost in thought, he said: "That's right, you replaced the fake hand with a rose and then calmed Miss Darlene's screaming fear. This hidden ability is your grasp of the situation. You know who you should perform magic for and how to perform it. Although it's a cliché, it's quite effective, which is why I took you into the Circus."
Seeing that Fulen finally understood, Laze rubbed his brow, feeling tired of this unreliable junior. Then he pointed his left hand at Okot and said: "This is Okot Otto, he is the manager of our Circus and a very capable junior. If possible, you two can get along well."
Okot stood up, extended his hand to Fulen, and said: "Okot Otto, you are our Circus's Apprentice Magician. Please guide me in the future."
Fulen also stood up, shook Okot's hand, and replied to Okot: "Fulen Freeman, I am very happy to become a Magician of Sohier Circus. Please guide me in the future as well."
Then the two stood, quietly standing, looking at each other with their eyes, their small eyes filled with great confusion. Fulen never knew how to start a conversation, and Okot was also a serious person. Although reliable in his work, he was not the type who liked to talk; he was more inclined to prove himself through practical work.
Therefore, the two fell silent, and Laze rubbed his brow again, feeling a bit tired. He quickly smoothed things over and said: "You two aren't very familiar with each other yet, that's fine. You'll get to know each other later. So Fulen, our next meeting will be tomorrow. If you have time, you can come to the Circus to find me, at 8 AM. I'll teach you my secrets little by little. Well then, you two, goodbye for now. I still need to enjoy some tea and my pipe. When you get old, you can only rely on these things to live."
Fulen and Okot bowed and left. As they were leaving, Okot turned and said to Laze: "Mr. Laze, you can drink tea, but not too much or too strong. You can smoke, but you can't smoke continuously. Then I'll take my leave."
After speaking, Okot left decisively, ignoring Laze's clear posture of wanting to refute and his helpless expression of wanting to complain in the lounge. And since Okot had no topic to chat about with Fulen, Okot also said to Fulen: "Goodbye." After that, he returned to his office to handle matters.
Fulen walked out of the Circus, thinking that he had already finished his tasks this morning, and then pondered what to do in the afternoon.
Fulen thought about the Trier National Library and then concluded that he no longer needed to look up anything there. Regarding the world's geographical knowledge and travelogues, Fulen had already read two or three of the most famous travelogues from various places. Current travelogues are short, mostly only forty to fifty thousand characters, and over a hundred thousand characters is already considered a super-long novel, which is why Fulen could finish them so early.
As for language books, Fulen had already mastered Feysac Language, Rune Language, and Faynapotter Language. As for ancient Feysac, Giant Language, Elf Language, Dragon Language, dutan language, and Highland Language, Fulen decided to learn them when he needed to master certain rituals. After calculating, Fulen really had nothing that required the help of the library.
His three-point-one-line life thus ended, leaving Fulen feeling a little lost.