Well then, how about a quick history lesson. Where I come from, joining guilds are about the way to learn magic properly. The Lumen Conscientia are the most powerful of all of these, with branches all over the world. They've existed for several hundred years. However, they're a bunch of elitist bastards, and unless you're lucky enough for nepotism or are ridiculously wealthy, forget it. Just being able to cast isn't good enough for them. This particular collection of books was stolen from the LC around the year 1900 by the infamous Edward Grayson. And now they are mine, and they've taught me FAR more than that jackass alchemist ever could. They were wasted on him.