Chapter 36 - 36: direct disciple
"Ah yes, my master is Sigrún Eldurdóttir."
Imitating the woman, Erik approached and responded in a soft voice, but his words almost made the receptionist jump in surprise. Although she looked at him as if he were a celebrity or something of the sort for a moment, there was still a hint of doubt in her eyes.
"I apologize to the disciple for the lack of respect. I hope you can forgive me, but could you please show me your identification?" The receptionist bowed respectfully before speaking to Erik in a professional tone. Erik responded with a smile.
"That's no problem at all; don't worry."
After replying, Erik was about to materialize the rune his master had left him when she accepted him as a disciple, but he quickly remembered the student card, which led him to think that she might be referring to that. So, with a thought, the card appeared in his hand, and he showed it to the woman in front of him.
A big smile blossomed on the receptionist's face as soon as she saw Erik's beautiful crystal card. After all, crystal cards were exclusive to the direct disciples of the honorable masters of the faction and were incredibly difficult to counterfeit, with hundreds of different verification systems.
Firstly, to make a functional crystal card, it required an artificer of at least arcane level—people of high status, reputation, and income who wouldn't stoop to producing counterfeits, much less to deceive the order. That wouldn't just be humiliating; it could even be considered a suicidal act.
Not to mention that merely possessing a fake crystal card was considered a capital crime, and in the arcane order, no one was foolish enough to anger the court, let alone pose as a direct disciple. The real benefits they received from the order and the university weren't too enticing compared to those of a good student.
"I apologize for my earlier discourtesy towards the direct disciple. I hope you can forgive my mistakes and allow me to serve you in whatever you need," the receptionist said in a tone full of respect and apology as she bowed deeply.
"You don't need to do that. Instead, could you please tell me a bit about how the university works? I don't know anything." Erik commented with a smile and a respectful tone, which surprised the receptionist a bit.
"Of course, please follow me."