Lost Narrative Poetry

It's late at night and everything is silent.

Sitting in front of the computer desk in her room, Xia Ran crossed her hands on her chin, assuming a classic pose, all she needed was a pair of reflective glasses.

On the table in front of him, the computer monitor was not turned on. There was only an open notebook and an ordinary-looking writing pen.

The appearance of the writing pen is pure black, and the pen barrel is smooth, reflecting the light luster of the lighting in the room.

It looks really ordinary, nothing special. You can probably buy the same model or even better ones at any stationery store on the street. The only unusual thing is that this pen is in Lines of text are automatically written on the notebook——

That's right, he was writing automatically, as if he was being held by an invisible hand, tilted at a right angle in the air, and the tip of the pen drew one after another like a flowing cloud, penetrating the back of the paper, with dragons and snakes flying around.

Just looking at the font, it's vivid and powerful, no different from Xia Ran's usual handwriting...

"Automatic Secretary"——

It was a small technique that Xia Ran had just figured out recently. It didn't have much effect. It just provided him with a certain degree of convenience when taking notes.

It can also be regarded as a not advanced but relatively complex enchantment effect. It only needs to be processed by an ordinary writing pen to make it write automatically...

Of course, this does not mean that this writing pen has become an alchemical life that inspires spiritual intelligence. It is still just a tool. It can float and write automatically because of the magic power attached to it, and it can write the corresponding words. Words are because there is an invisible line between them and the user, which is a spiritual connection maintained through magic.

In other words, it only replaces the work of the hands, but does not replace the work of the brain. If Xia Ran wants to write down something, he must first think clearly and be sure to express it in this way. Only then can "automatic writing" be able to communicate through the mind. Convert his thoughts into words.

It's just that his computing power is extremely strong, comparable to high-end computers, so the writing pen basically doesn't stop at the moment, writing down lines of handwriting very quickly. In a short time, a whole page of notes is written. It’s full.

The note-taking stopped softly. Xia Ran reached out to pick up the writing pen, turned it over to another page, and then put the writing pen back. Then the rustling sound of writing sounded again. Although it was slight, it broke the silence in the room. .

"Well, it seems that the configuration of automatic page turning needs to be considered. Otherwise, it is still not smooth enough... After writing a full page, you actually have to turn to the blank page at the back before you can continue automatic writing. It is too easy. It breaks the rhythm.”

Xia Ran thinks this is a bad shortcoming and needs to continue to be adjusted.

There are actually many shortcomings that he found. The most troublesome one is the consumption of mental power. Even if it only requires a trace of mental power to connect and drive the core of the "automatic secretary", if it needs to be maintained all the time, ordinary people will The mental strength is still not enough.

He made a brief estimate and found that if optimization was not carried out, ordinary people could hardly sustain using this simple magic device for half an hour. If they did not stop, they would be sent to the hospital in a coma.

Xia Ran didn't want to see such a thing happen, so she still needed to optimize it as much as possible to minimize unnecessary mental consumption.

After all, most people don’t have the brain power like him. They often write and write intermittently, and they won’t complete certain assignments in one go. The thinking process is essential——

It's not that he doesn't need to think or consider, it's just that his thinking process is so fast that he doesn't need to pause at all.

——Therefore, if this shortcoming is not made up for, not only will the efficiency not be improved at all, but it will only drag down the efficiency of ordinary people...

But this kind of mental power consumption is already very low. It only requires a trace of mental power to maintain this connection, but the speed of consumption is not fast enough for him to recover... How can it be optimized? All we can say is that the problem actually lies in the fact that ordinary people’s mental power is a little too low...

Xia Ran stared at the notes for a long time, and finally shook his head.

At this time, there was some small noise coming from the kitchen downstairs, but there was nothing wrong with it. It was just that the noble King of Knights was in the battlefield mentality, honing his cooking skills, and preparing for the night's supper.

Yes, that’s right, it’s a late night snack.

Because Xia Ran really couldn't stand that when she was busy with her own things, there was a girl who was like a ghost behind her, staring at her without saying a word, and then she stayed in this kind of silence the whole night. Spend time slowly in the atmosphere...

Therefore, he, who has always been very flexible, decisively spread the knowledge about "late night snacks" to Artoria, letting the King of Knights understand that in addition to the normal three meals a day, you can actually find reasons to have another meal at night. of……

Of course, the knight girl may indeed have the attributes of a foodie, but she is not so unscrupulous, so he made a very sincere request to the girl, explaining that he wanted to have a midnight snack, but could not spare the time for the time being, so he just I can ask my most trusted Servant to prepare...

Kill two birds with one stone, get the best of both worlds!

Not only can it use a legitimate name, it allows Artoria to divert her attention to other places, without having to do nothing in the room like a ghost behind her, just staring at herself for several hours.

You can also cultivate the basic qualities of Artoria's maid, such as cooking skills, etc. These skills are all basic skills...

Saber has no idea of ​​her Master's sinister... good intentions, or that knights like her are single-minded, and all they can think about is the Lord's trust in her and the responsibilities entrusted to her——

As long as the monarch trusts himself and says that there is something that only he can do, then the knight will be so excited that he can hardly restrain himself and feel that his life is worth it, realizing the ultimate need for self-realization in life.

And if the responsibilities entrusted by the monarch overlap with the interests and hobbies of the knight, then it will naturally be double the happiness...

Precisely because two happy things overlapped and resulted in a happy time like a dream, Saber did not think too much at all, nor did she realize that there was a difference between a servant and a maid, nor did she realize that her Master True intention——

When she heard the other party's words of affirmation, saying that only she could do this, she subconsciously stood up straight, with an extremely determined look on her face, and a wave of excitement emerged in her heart. A kind of heroic feeling that "a scholar will die for his bosom friend".

If someone didn't know, after noticing the iron-blooded smell that she exuded, they might mistakenly think that she was preparing to go to the battlefield... Who would have thought that she was just going for a midnight snack?

Xia Ran smiled and then retracted her thoughts.

Although there were some minor twists and turns today, overall there were no big problems. He sorted it out carefully and made sure that he had dealt with everything, including the pit left by Yukinoshita Harano.

That goblin...

However, there is one more thing worth paying attention to, that is, after discovering the study materials Xia Ran gave Artoria, Yukinoshita thought about it and asked for a copy, saying that he was going to learn more about it.

Xia Ran hesitated for a moment, but did not refuse the girl's request. After all, he could probably guess Yukinoshita's psychological activities, so he simply agreed. Even if it was of no use, it could at least alleviate her uneasiness to a certain extent. feel.

Again, there is a difference between mystery and concealment. The latter will only create distance and estrangement, without any benefit. But if Yukinoshita herself can't understand those things, then this situation can only be called a mystery. After all, Xia Ran showed it to her directly, but she still couldn't understand it herself, so this is called a mystery.

However, Xia Ran was still a little worried, even if reason told him that this situation was like ordinary people practicing various cultivation techniques on the Baix Library. No matter how hard they tried, they couldn't achieve anything.

However, in addition to rationality, he also has emotions.

The rustling sound of writing stopped abruptly at this moment. Xia Ran put her eyes on the notes in front of her and was silent for a moment, feeling a little undecided.

What he just wrote was a certain secret technique that Medea personally gave to him in the previous mission world. The effect was very simple and simple, but it was also quite shocking and could make all magicians' jaws break to the ground.

Because this is a secret technique used to open magic circuits, forming a conversion circuit in one's own body, absorbing magic power from the outside world, and creating magic power that humans can use.

It is difficult to imagine how high the overall level of magic in the Age of Gods was. After all, according to modern magic common sense, the number of magic circuits is determined at birth and will not increase due to external factors.

Because it is a very rare thing, magicians accumulate bloodlines for several generations in order to make their descendants more suitable for magic. A family that goes too far is like improving the breed.

There are no exceptions. For example, Emiya Shirou is a special case who mutated twenty-seven circuits from an ordinary family.

However, the great magician from the Age of Gods, the ancient witch whose magic skills rivaled that of magicians, has the secret technique of increasing magic circuits through acquired training... This is why she persuaded Xia Ran to continue to increase her own circuits. It seems that this possibility, which modern magicians have never thought of, is actually a very simple matter.

"Should we teach her? But there's actually no point..."

Xia Ran felt a little entangled now. He was not sure whether this was the right thing to do.

"Of course! Because for girls, the important thing is not whether it makes sense for you to do it, but whether you want to do it..."

At this time, a voice with a faint smile sounded from behind.