Exploring the city part 2

Wendy's face changed. Her guess was totally wrong. This little guy was dead serious. She quickly finished filling all the documents and informed Leo that the process was finished. The adventurers that belittled Leo faces paled. Some of them even started to apologize. They understood that this little guy had the power of at least first circle mage apprentice that is equivalent to a knight level fighter. That was a very high level fighter for this town. Only "D rank" adventurers and higher had such strength. If those adventurers were in a lower rank they will meteorically rise in ranks. It was just a matter of time until this kid will become very influential figure in the city and those random adventurers did not want to get on his bad side. Revenge was something that could come and it was better lower their head now to not suffer later.

Leo did not generally cared. He wanted to go to the mage association and register there. He understood that it was very prestigious to be a member of the association. He did not go to the mercenary's guild and went straight to the mage association. He understood that it is better to get a status of a mage and then get all the benefits from it in all the different places. He took a carriage because he needed to travel to the other side of the city and he didn't want to go and asked for everyone where to go every five minutes. When he got to the mage association he payed the driver 5 bronze coins and saw a building that was way more magnificent then the adventurers guild. It showed that mage towered over the other professions in this world. When he entered the mage association he saw a similar concept to what he saw in the adventurer guild but there were less people around. There were few of people going in and out and also few medium sized rows. The interior of the mage association compared to the adventurers guild looked like a noble house compared to a commoners one. He sensed magic power from most of the people present. Most of them were at a lower level then him. From some of the people he felt danger. The hall was decorated by flowers that exuded a very nice scent and also the amount of energy particles in the surroundings inside the association was higher by a small amount then outside. If someone would use the breathing technique here he will accumulate magic power 10% faster then usual. Leo was positively surprised by this discovery. The people around here looked at Leo with hostile gazes. Some even did not conceal their distain. It was understandable because the dress code of those present was very different from what Leo had on him. He was dressed like a above average commoner. He preferred the outfit to be comfortable for movement and fighting instead of looking fancy. Most of the people wore robes that emphasized their status. Leo did not care much about the gazes of the people. He came here with a simple goal. To make himself part of the mage association and get the added benefits to it. When his turn came the clerk asked him with a not so friendly tone: "What is your purpose of coming here, sir?".

It was totally different to the service he received in the adventurers guild. His opinion of the mage association became worse by a big margin. He would just turn around and leave if he knew he could not get any benefits.

"Hello. I would like to register into the association." Leo said.

The clerk laughed and said: "Alright. To register into the mage association you need to have magic affinity to one of the elements or be at a level of a mage apprentice."

Leo nodded and said: "This is not a problem. Where I can make the check for the affinity and the magic power?"

The clerk looked at him with distain and said: "You can do the test now but it will cost one magic crystal."

'That's how it is. I'm not surprised he looked at me that way. I'm pretty sure that people that are not connected to the magic world don't have any of this currency on them. Well this guy is up to a big surprise.' Leo laughed inwardly.

"Here is a one magic crystal." Leo said with a flat tone and face, while getting a magic crystal from his bag he materialized by his storage ring. The clerk was very surprised and he took the magic crystal. After that he started to look at Leo in a different way.

'What a douchebag' Leo thought. Leo did not care about the clerk change of attitude. He waited to get over with the test, get the membership and continue to explore the city and see what other benefits he can get from the different guilds and associations.

The clerk gave him a token and explained the procedure. Leo will have to go into the room the clerk pointed to and there he will be checked for magic aptitude and magic power.

Leo nodded and went into the appointed room. When he entered the room he saw another clerk that was a beautiful female with a better attitude then the first guy that attended him.

Also in the center of the room was some kind of magic ball that was illuminating the room. Leo understood that it was some kind of magic instrument for measuring mage capabilities. He checked for his aptitude in the elven continent and he had a magic power measuring artifact with him. He knew he will have a good result but he did not want to attract to much attention. He had a ring to decrease his magic aptitude and David explained him how to play with it. He decided to cover his fire aptitude and use only earth magic for now. He wanted the fire magic aptitude to be his trump card. He tweaked the magic ring artifact on him to show only the earth element. His mentor already set up the level of his earth element before so he did not touch it.

"The first test will be an aptitude test. Please put your hands on the sphere. It will show if you have any talent for magic." The clerk said.

Leo nodded and put his hands on the sphere and a strong brown light shown from the round magic artifact. The clerk gasped and said: "High earth aptitude! Good heavens!"

The lady was shocked and looked at the boy in front of her with a totally different eyes. She was thinking how she could get close to the kid to have some merits from their relationship, but she could not get any good idea. The mage in front of her was just a kid. He most likely did not care about her curves or any lewd stuff that she could offer.

"Is it something good?" Leo tried to play the ignorant card to tease this lady.

"It is incredible!" The clerk said.

"Do I need to make another test or we finished?" Leo asked.

"Yes sir, we need to check your magic power. Please try infuse as much of your magic power as you can into the magic sphere." The clerk said.

Leo nodded and placed his hands on the magic artifact again. He did not want to reveal his true power. He infused only the power of a first circle magic apprentice into the artifact and its started to glow in a blue dim light.

"First circle magic apprentice!" The clerk gasped again. She was less surprised now. It was something very rare to see in such a young age. It was a talent. True talent, but this kid showed a high talent to the earth element. Even if he did not have any magic power now many mages will be glad to take him as their disciple. Because of his aptitude he is bound to get to a level of a mage sooner or later and be a big support in the future to the party that will nourish him. She was not sure if this kid had some backing so she did not try to call any of her superiors to not offend any other mage family.