Sword and Magic and Clear Flow

"Associate Professor Kaixiu is recruiting 4 magic plant caregivers. He requires natural science students in the second grade and above to be careful and handy. Please enclose your transcripts since enrollment..."

"Careful and ingenious? It's me!"

"You are really shameless, besides, Teacher Kaixiu only needs four, can we do it?"

"Sign up and give it a try. Don't talk about other subjects, if you only look at the results of botany, we will be safe!"

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"Professor Pine is recruiting 2 assistants, and requires arcane magic students in the fifth grade and above, good-looking handwriting..."

"Oh, it's a pity that only graduate students are allowed."

"Let's look at something else."

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"The Faculty of Light Law recruits 20 guards for off-campus practice. Students of the fourth-year combat department are required to give priority to knights and swordsmen. After the practice is over, an additional 6 credits will be given..."

"Hey! So many credits? Who's in front, help me get a registration form!"

"Hehe, even with an extra 6 points, it's not enough for you to graduate this year."

"You don't care, I heard that their tie flower Ke Kena is also in the same batch to practice."

"Oh—the drunkard's intention is not to drink, you don't deliberately squat for her, do you?!"

"Hey, that's not true, my grades are really bad..."

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As soon as the holiday was over, the bulletin board of Wang Zong Magic School was crowded with noisy students.

The summer in Snowman was not too hot, and the summer vacation was very short, less than a month in total. Many students from other places simply stayed to work and study.

Kantalu read each recruitment instruction carefully, sighed regretfully, and put back the blank application form in his hand.The jobs offered by the school are the best, and the salary is not necessarily high, but the extra credits, the appreciation of the professors...these cannot be exchanged for money, but unfortunately there is no job suitable for him here.

There are more than 400 first-year students in the Combat Department. The theoretical courses for the freshmen are more abundant than the actual combat courses. Some of them are taken with the law students. At the end of the semester, many auditors suddenly come... Auditors have every year. , especially this year.

It is said that the tuition fee of auditors is more than ten times that of regular students. They are all rich and powerful aristocratic young masters and ladies who come to study in advance and get to know the professors so that they can take the exam directly in the next year. The audit students are all so old, most of them are obviously over 20 years old, and they only take theoretical classes, elusive.

The girls are very excited, black hair, brown eyes... This is a common appearance of humans on the east coast of the mainland, and a group of foreign nobles and beautiful young people came to their school!Is it from the Grand Duchy of Stabelly or the Duchy of Salmen?

Kantalu didn't care about these gossips, he immersed himself in his studies, and finally passed the grade No. 6 - already a remarkable result in a prestigious school in the capital, and he can still rank first in the Assassin subject.He saved more than a dozen textbooks and notes and planned to recite them back to his younger siblings.

There is no hope for a job in the school, and it is not bad to go outside the school to see it. The status of Wang Zong's student is also a bonus.

"Oh, not bad, you're good at it!" The manager of the Grance Professional Assassin's Union showed appreciation, patted the shoulder of the young man in front of him, and asked, "How old are you? What grade?"

"15 years old, first grade." Cantalou replied, he deliberately said that he was one year older.

Management: "..." This kid looks really anxious.

"It's true that we welcome Wang Zong's students, but the dangerous task of licking blood can only be practiced by graduates. And even if it is a part-time job, you must be above the third grade and at least 18 years old." The management shrugged and spread his hands. Said helpless.

Kantaru said anxiously: "I can do anything—I'm very capable!"

The management pushed the child out of the door in a good voice: "Okay, okay, come back in three years..."

Kanta Road: "..."

He reluctantly carried his schoolbag to look for his next target. Neither the professional union nor the mercenary guild would accept minors—but he was no longer a child, and he considered himself no worse than an adult.

"No, no, we have recruited enough people." The dwarf blacksmith in the armor shop shook his head.

"Your grades are very good, but I only need magic apprentices from the natural department, or hunter subjects." The dwarf medicine merchant refused.

"Hmm... this..." You look so fierce, don't scare the guests away!The human owner of the restaurant couldn't think of euphemistic words, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "Oh, by the way, I only need waitresses here, sorry!"

Kantaru understood the other party's subtext and left sadly.His eye color is very weird, many people don't like it, including his biological mother...

"On vacation? Looking for a job?"

"Brother Kiwi?" Kantalu felt relieved when he saw his reunited brother after a long absence, and walked towards him. "When did you come back? Everyone misses you very much!"

"Just passing by." Kiwi is a young man of the fox tribe, with long hair and a neglected and forked tail. The whole crowd is angry. "Do you want to follow me?"

"I don't want to do it." Kantalu knows exactly what Kivi's "job" is, transforming inferior alchemy products, reselling mechanical materials, doing some hidden "business"... He also saw the city guard last month. issued a wanted warrant for the suspected leader of their "organization".

"Brother, don't do it, come home with me..."

"Where did you get the money if you don't work? That's fine, I won't tell you these things. I'll bring some delicious food back to see you later." Kivi raised his eyebrows and sneered, "Goodbye, 'Elite'."

"Brother, come back, don't do it! Please..." Kantalu reached out to grab Kiwi's arm, but the fox youth was very dexterous, and he disappeared in a flash.

Elite... how ironic, in terms of martial arts, Brother Kiwi is much better than him, but he is only a little bit less talented in magic, so other abilities are ignored.Kanta Road went in and out in the dark alleys, looking for the missing elder brother, but found nothing.

Feeling empty in his heart, he squatted down against the wall, staring at the pedestrians coming and going in a daze.

Across the street is a newly opened store called "Giant Panda Gift Shop". Kanta Road doesn't know what a giant panda is, maybe a big bear and a cat?What a strange name...

He has never been there, but his female classmates are always chatting about new jewelry, interesting stationery, dolls, so he knows a little bit-the things there are too expensive for him and flashy .

"Dad! That looks good, I want that!" A three-year-old girl was riding on her father's neck, suddenly attracted by the novelty of goods in the shop windows along the street, she shouted excitedly, and grabbed her father's ear to make him change direction.

"Okay, is that the store? Dad, I'll go there..." The tall bear beastman had a doting look on his face, and let his daughter play with his ears.

Mother Bear followed helplessly, and saw furry...bears of different sizes, mixed black and white, piled up in the window?cat?what?Immediately, he said dumbfoundingly: "How is it beautiful, this toy is made in a weird way."

"Does the baby like it..." Father Bear put his daughter down, and watched her cheer and jump on the pile of bears—well, black-eyed bears. "It's quite cute if you look closely, buy it!"

"Oh, you know how to spoil the child." Mother Bear disapproved, but honestly took out her wallet.

That's great...Kantalu sat on the ground, hugged his knees, and looked enviously at the family opposite.Not all parents dote on their children so much. His mother's face became more and more blurred in his mind, and he couldn't remember it clearly.

Kantaru didn't know who his father was, and his mother hated his eyes, and also hated him, and often got angry at him, "It's not like that, but the color of the eyes is exactly the same as that cold-blooded animal!"

The "cold-blooded animal" she mentioned might be his father. His blood is hot like everyone else's. Kantaru didn't understand but dared not refute. He just curled up obediently and waited for his mother's anger to go out naturally.

On a snowy winter night, his mother took him to a strange city and place, told him "Mom is going to do some shopping, wait for me here." and left.

Five-year-old Kantalu huddled in the cold late at night, waiting for his mother to come and pick him up.

Early the next morning, the director of the Salesian found the frozen Kanta Road and hurriedly carried him back to take care of him.

From then on, he had a family. There was a kind dean here, a mother with a knife mouth and a bean curd heart, older brothers and sisters who liked to tease him, lively and lovely younger brothers and sisters, and uncles and aunts who occasionally brought delicious food to see them... Later, there was another Grandpa Lu taught them mathematics and physics.

Kantalu was lucky enough to be admitted to the Assassin Department of the Combat Department of the Hero King Fenris Comprehensive Magic School, but his older brothers and sisters seldom went to school when they grew up, and they spent more time away from home.

He applied for a student loan from the Gnome Bank, and after paying the four-year tuition and dormitory fees, there was not a single copper coin left.But food and clothing, stationery, decent weapons, and loan repayments are all in need of money, and he is now the eldest child in the sales home, and he has to take on the responsibility of taking care of his younger siblings—just like his older siblings took care of him.

Wheat flour, milk, cotton cloth, three kilograms of energy stones... Kantalu counted the prices of these things with his fingers. I heard that the seniors of the second grade can earn 5 gold in one summer vacation. It will be great when he can earn that much Yes, you can buy 100 kilograms of wheat flour, and you can buy more if you buy wheat directly.

After finishing the calculation, he looked up and found that there was a new sign in the window of the "Giant Panda Gift Shop", which said "Job Recruitment...". He jumped up and rushed into the shop without looking at the latter. ah!

"Hello, are you recruiting summer jobs?" Kantalu said with bright eyes, promoting himself to the boss behind the counter: "I can do anything and learn quickly..."

"Huh? I remember you, Kanta Road, right?" Li Yinian took a lot of lectures in the Combat Department, and students with special characteristics can remember them.

Kantalu was startled, and found that the other party looked familiar, and he was an auditor who often came to their department for classes.Those aristocratic youths from the east were similar in appearance and shockingly similar in temperament, which made him a little confused who was who, and couldn't help but blush and bowed his head in shame.

The classmate recognizes me, but I can't even call the classmate's name...

Li Yinian knew what the child was thinking as soon as he guessed, and said with a smile: "I am Li Yinian, just call me Li." After speaking, he shook the hand of the little "classmate". "Congratulations on being hired, come with me now, and I will teach you how to do it."

"Thank you..." Kantalu was shaken, and after a face-to-face meeting—you got a job?

This "handshake" action is very kind, and the pronunciation of Li Yinian's three characters is also inexplicably familiar... Kanta Road followed Li to the workshop behind the store, and was shocked by all kinds of weird machines-there were clicks, clicks, cuts. Cloth, tuk tuk tuk sewing, and several machines connected together, puff puff puff spit out cotton balls of different sizes...

"Come on, your job is to press the cotton into the pre-sewn toy first, this button is the switch."

Li Yinian grabbed a black and white "plush cloth bag" to demonstrate, "Pour small balls of cotton into the limbs, large balls into the body and head, compact them with hands to make them more even, and then put a few insect-proof aromatherapy balls into it— —It’s just this kind of small particles, and then go to this machine to continue to suture and seal, install ears, eyes and nose, and see how I operate.”

The "plush cloth bag" in his hand has become round and chubby, and he sewed it on the automatic sewing machine with chugs and chugs, very skillfully... A few minutes later, one eye was black, innocent and drooping, with a cute face, fluffy and chubby An animal with a beep, an upturned mouth and a mysterious smile was born!

"This is... a cat?" Kantalu tried to guess, but overturned his guess when he saw the small round white tail. "No, it's a bear."

"Well... Actually it's called a panda. This is the pattern. Do it like this." Li Yinian said: "We pay piecework wages here. For each toy like this, the big one is 5 coppers and the small one is 3 coppers. You Let’s practice with the small ones first, the big ones are easy to lose shape if they are not well sewn.”

"Too, too much." Kantaru waved his hands again and again. He noticed that this kind of toy with exquisite design and high-grade fabrics only costs 5 silver to 1 gold, and he actually gave him 5% directly. If you give so much in face, you will lose money.

What a sincere boy, Li Yinian found him more and more interesting the more he watched, and said: "Don't worry, everyone will be paid this salary, and you won't be able to do it as fast as me at the beginning, and it will be fine after you become proficient. When the machine lights up red, that means It’s time to change the battery, come here and show you where to add it.”

Change, change the battery?Oh, it's filled with energy stones.Kantalu learned really fast. After a while, he figured out the usage of these combined machines, and started to make his first toy. After 10 minutes of busy work, his ears were asymmetrical, and his nose was crooked. , the black thread used as a smile is sewn out at the wrong angle.

"I'm sorry!" Kantalu almost cried, it was obvious that it couldn't be sold. "I'll buy it!"

"Do you have money?"

"No... I, I will pay back by working."

"Okay, okay, let's stop teasing you. You look much better than the one I made at the beginning. Anyone will make mistakes, so just sew it crookedly, tear it apart, and redo it." Li Yinian said, "This one is for you to play with. , the meaning of the things you make for the first time is different, isn’t it?”

"Thank you..." That's right, Kantalu doesn't think the failed product is ugly at all... Well, it's a bit ugly, but it's ugly and cute. If you bring it back to your sister, she will definitely like it.

After dismantling and modifying until the store closed, I finally made 10 pandas that looked exactly like the pattern, and the daily salary was 3 silver coins—isn’t it 3 gold coins after working for ten days? Earn 10 gold... omg.

Best of all, the boss also took care of a lunch, and Kantaru was dazed with happiness.

"That's right, if there are still students who want to work, you can introduce them to come here for an interview, regardless of major." Li Yinian said, "In addition to the toy assembly line, there are also jewelry making and beads."

More than half of the action team went out to check locations in major nearby towns and inquire about land prices. The ultimate goal was to open branches all over the continent—by the way, to cover up signal base stations with different painting styles.Those who remained were too busy making jewelry with secret recipes and developing new products that they had no time for handicrafts.

Kantalu nodded, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Is it okay if you are not a student of Wang Zong? I have an older brother who is smart and dexterous..."

Li Yinian was very straightforward: "No problem, just bring him here."

"Thank you! Li, you are such a nice person!"

After Kantaru thanked and said goodbye, he hurried home, passing by a food store that was about to close, and bought the remaining dozen or so bread.Although it is completely cold, it is soft and delicious because it is made of fine wheat flour and coated with butter.

On the first day of salary, the younger siblings, mother, dean and grandpa must have a good meal!

"I'm back!"

Lu Yunzhe waited anxiously, and finally heaved a sigh of relief when he saw him come back safely. "Didn't you have a holiday early in the morning? Why did you come back so late..."

The youngest sister also rushed over and raised her hand to hug in aggrieved way: "Brother, I miss you to death!"

Kantalu smiled embarrassedly: "Hey, I found a summer job. Look, we can have soft bread with sandwiches for dinner!" After saying that, he handed a big bag of bread to grandpa, and took out a plush toy to give to him. Play for my sister.

"This... Sigh." The more sensible the child, the more distressed he is, Lu Yunzhe persuaded: "If you earn money, keep the flowers for yourself, don't buy these things...Huh?"

The younger sister was also a little confused: "Huh? What is this?"

"Oh, it's a little flat in the schoolbag." Kantalu skillfully grabbed the doll with crooked mouth and eyes, patted it left and pinched it right, "Look, it's become round and round. This kind of toy is called a panda."

"It's ugly! It's so cute!" The younger sister embraced the panda and happily rubbed its round, furry face: "Thank you brother, I like it so much!"

Is it ugly or cute... Kantalu fondled his sister's hair and asked her to eat before playing.

Lu Yunzhe looked at the slightly out-of-shape black and white bear, felt his heart beating wildly, and asked uncertainly, "Is this a bear...a cat?"

"Yes, that's right." Kantalu finally remembered Li Yinian's familiarity, and said, "My boss's name is very similar to yours, but there are two words that are difficult to pronounce. He is called Li Yinian—he likes to shake hands and say hello just like you. Woolen cloth."

I don't know him, but that's right, he's from my hometown!Lu Yunzhe almost burst into tears, and said excitedly: "Where is he? Take me to see him!"

I don't know why Kanta Road, but seeing the darkness outside, I took Grandpa Lu to eat and rest first: "The store is closed, and I don't know where the boss lives. I will take you to see him tomorrow, okay?"

"Okay." Lu Yunzhe took a deep breath and managed to calm down.