Whispering Verse

The middle-aged woman who just led Shade to see Miss Daniste led Shade back to the open space where the [Damaged Old World Map] was stored between the bookshelves, and then asked him to return through the map.

Before going back, Shade shamelessly asked the three people who operated and guarded the map for a "souvenir" with the St. Byrons school emblem.

So, after another bizarre hallucination, he appeared in the room on the second floor of the Schneider Psychological Clinic with five pens in his hand.

The other four people who were sitting on the stools chatting by the wall immediately stood up and breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that Shade was back.

"Look! Souvenirs! I brought them back from the academy especially!"

He smiled and showed the pen in his hand to the four people. The doctor took one and looked at it under the light with some excitement:

"Oh, Shade, tell us, what is the academy really like?"

Of the five present, Dr. Schneider was the most eager to go to the academy. When telling everyone about his previous experience, Shade was still thinking that if he returned with the news that "Saint Byrons is actually a scam", the doctor might lose control on the spot.

Because of Shade's unexpected "far trip," the rest of the afternoon was completely about him recounting his experiences. Obviously, the whole meeting with Miss Daniste only lasted for more than half an hour, but when everyone pressed for details, it took him until 5:30 in the evening to finish.

Of course, I didn’t say anything about Silver Moon and Hong Yue, I just said that there were important things that I needed to help complete.

"I have never seen a thirteen-ring warlock, but from what you said, Miss Danister seems to be very approachable."

This was the doctor's evaluation of Shade's description, but looking at the reactions of others, it seemed that Miss Louisa, Miss Anat, and Priest August had all had experiences with the thirteen-ring warlock.

The doctor was concerned about the academic atmosphere and learning environment of St. Byrons, and regretted that Shade was not able to talk to the formal students of the college; Miss Louisa was curious about the details about Miss Danister, the thirteen-ring warlock. He even asked Shade to accurately describe the other party's clothing and hairstyle.

Priest August was curious about the rich collection of books in the library described by Shade. When he heard Shade talking about the "Pink Book", he didn't understand it. Doctor Schneider and Miss Anat didn't understand the book either. Miss Louisa seemed to have thought of something, and then stopped Shade and the other three from discussing each other. She blushed and said lightly:

"Unhealthy readings. There are a lot of records of thaumaturgy and curses related to reproductive behaviors... I have never read it. I only learned about this book when I was writing a course paper."

After saying this, Shade completely understood, and the topic came to an abrupt end.

As for Miss Anat, what she cares about is the thaumaturgy [Soul Echo] brought back by Shade and the final divination. According to Miss Anat, this thaumaturgy is one of the most powerful thaumaturgy that a low-level sorcerer can master through normal means. The thirteenth-level librarian was really generous.

"As for divination, I've never heard of Miss Danister being proficient in divination before, so Shade, you don't have to worry too much."

This was the advice she gave, but the divination results coincided too closely with what Shade wanted to do, so he decided to give it a try.

This day's study meeting didn't end until about six o'clock. At the end, everyone was still so excited that Shade and Miss Anat almost forgot to return the library's catalog of thaumaturgy and conjuration that they borrowed last week.

After the study meeting, everyone left separately. Dr. Schneider was eager to visit again. Priest Augustus was getting busier and busier with his preparations for Holy Prayer Festival. As for Miss Anat, she was going to see Miss Bayas, and she had information about Shade. , the relationship between them will probably grow by leaps and bounds.

Miss Louisa left with Shade. The two had dinner together before heading to Quill Avenue for their first lecture.

The teaching location is Miss Louisa's study. Compared with the study in St. Teresa Square, the study in the rental apartment is slightly smaller, but the number of books stacked in it is about five times that of Shade's study.

The desk had been cleared in advance. Shade and Miss Louisa sat across from each other. There was a bucket next to the table with snowflakes floating on it.

"First of all, I want to make sure, Shade, how much do you know about human literature and the elements of enlightenment?"

The blonde girl was wearing a well-fitting women's shirt at home, with her hair hanging down behind her head and a hair tie tied around her wrist. She had prepared a lot of things for tonight's lecture. Shade had paper, pen and notebook in front of him, and three books at hand. Judging from what Miss Louisa means, these books are what he needs to study and submit reading notes next week.

"Basically no understanding at all."

Since Shade's basic knowledge was basically zero, Miss Louisa spent a lot of time in the first hour of the course to let Shade understand the development of "enlightenment" elements and the development status of contemporary ring wizards who are proficient in enlightenment elements.

Contemporary research on the elements of enlightenment is divided into two general directions, namely obtaining enlightenment from literature and obtaining enlightenment directly from civilization.

Miss Louisa was proficient in the former, and listed to Shade the similarities and differences in the power that different types of stories can obtain according to literary classification. As for gaining strength from civilization itself, according to Miss Louisa, few people in this era are specialized in this method.

"Strictly speaking, any method of obtaining elements by looking at texts written by humans is a method of extracting enlightenment elements. Therefore, the study of enlightenment elements can also help you dig deeper into the mysteries in those ancient classics. .”

This kind of systematic learning is exactly what foreigners who know nothing about it lack. Although correspondence education magicians are free, they also lack opportunities for systematic training. With a "teacher" like Miss Louisa who is willing to help without reservation, Shade can quickly complete the basic knowledge and move faster on the path of a ring warlock.

Therefore, although the two have their own needs, Shade is actually very grateful to Miss Louisa.

At about half past seven, the two of them took a short rest. Later, Miss Louisa took out the translation of the original copy of the fairy tale "Kiss from the Tree" that she had found, and asked Shade to study it carefully.

After Shade explained his inexplicable involvement with the "Father of the Infinite Tree" a few days ago, Miss Louisa temporarily changed the teaching plan, thinking that the runes related to the "Tree" might be of great help to Shade. .

While Shade was reading the story, Miss Louisa explained the details in the story, and based on different legends and stories, explained the possible meanings of the giant tree and Princess Taweil in the story. Although this book uses common language, some metaphors and different interpretations can have a great impact on understanding the story itself.

After Shade finished reading it completely for the first time, Miss Louisa sat back at the desk with sweat on her face. She looked at Shade, who was not blushing and out of breath:

"Xia De, I wanted to ask you the last time you faced that magic eye, how high is your soul's resistance? Don't you feel any discomfort at all after reading this kind of story that is close to the original? "

There was a chuckle in his ears. In fact, Shade just didn't realize that this kind of book would pollute the spirit.

In short, it is enough to read it once today, and the two of them will continue to study this book in next week's class. Miss Louisa estimated that in a month at most, Shade would be able to gain some strength from the book. Coupled with "Crazy Light Chaser", which he is still studying, Shade may have many unexpected gains in the near future:

"This kind of treatment of having another ring wizard help interpret the story will never be found elsewhere in this era. This was the one-to-one apprenticeship system in the past era, but the teachers in the apprenticeship system You won’t be as generous as me.”

She was probably praising herself.

At nearly nine o'clock, the formal teaching ended. Miss Louisa asked Shade to reveal his life ring, and then under her instructions, he continued to try to use [Mystery Lock·The Little Match Girl] to let Louisa reveal his life ring. Miss Yisha realizes the power of [Match Girl].

Shade didn't see the use of this, but the blonde female writer claimed that she had gained a lot.

This kind of research lasted until ten o'clock, because the apartment the female writer rented did not allow any man to stay beyond eleven o'clock, and the landlady downstairs had come to urge her many times.

When Shade was about to leave, he had three more books and a study notebook that Miss Louisa had used in the past.

But instead of walking him to the door, Miss Louisa picked up the coat she wore when going out, and followed Shade through the apartment door to Quill Street at night.

"Miss Louisa, you want to take me to the intersection? It's such a short distance, so there's no need to take me there."

"of course not."

The blonde girl motioned to Shade to follow her down the street:

"Although you didn't mention the materials needed for [Soul Echo] thaumaturgy, I think it must be related to corpse materials and soul materials. Shade, do you know where to get the materials?"

She put on the loose coat and stepped on the ground with her right foot to make the shoes fit better.

"Go to old John..."

"He doesn't even accept the magic eye. Why do you think he has those disgusting materials? Corpse-like materials are difficult to find on the black market in a city with strict controls like Tobesk. This requires special methods."

With that said, he took the lead towards the intersection and waved to Shade:

"Come with me, I will introduce you to a good place."

In the night, the blond girl's back looked particularly dazzling under the not very bright gas street lamp on Quill Street. Shade knew that it was inappropriate to use the word "dazzling" to describe the back, but this was the only word he could think of at the moment.

He hurriedly followed, but this time he didn't say anything like thank you. The two of them chatted about the feeling of carrying the [Eternal Youth Leaf], and together they disappeared into the gradually emerging night mist.