Becoming a sorcerer's apprentice was far from being Adrien's lifelong ambition. In fact, it was a path that he would have never expected to take - as strange as it sounds, it had been the last of a series of last choices. To begin with, he was well aware that he was rather late to start - Adrien had turned 23 that year, and he knew of full-fledged sorcerers younger than himself. Although he had always been interested in magic and he had amassed a small collection of books about the topic through the years, the extent of his knowledge remained that of a dabbler. He had tried his hand at a few simple spells - with varying results. He knew that, without experience and without a guide, his skills would not progress beyond that - he knew barely enough to call himself a magical practictioner, and he was far from making a living at it. As all of his previous endeavours had failed, there was nothing stopping him from taking a new path in life; and so, he made his decision. He would leave his home and go study with a sorcerer of renown, and eventually become a sorcerer himself.