"Hey, what's this white, yellowish, slimy thing?"

The little mage raised the plastic cup suspiciously, he glanced at the little Lori on the coffee table again, and found that the little thing had put down the half of the steamed bun, and poked his head into the side of the rice bowl and licked it in small bites, and the rice bowl was also filled with this liquid.

Soon, the little thing raised its head, because it had a little soy milk on its mouth, and it also stuck out its pink tongue and licked it.

"Soy milk. Cheng Yun said, "The drink made from beans is rich in nutrition. ”

"Oh!" the little mage nodded, "What does it smell like?"

"The taste is not heavy, even if you don't like it, you can drink it, it's similar to steamed buns. ”

"Mantou? I thought it was your bread. ”

"It's pretty much the same. Cheng Yun shrugged, "You also use wheat as your staple food?"

"There are some places where it isn't. The little mage frowned, tentatively put the straw into his mouth, and took a sip, his face full of thought, "It's strange, isn't it? We are in two worlds, but we look almost identical, and at the same time we have similar species and habits! It shouldn't be like this......"

"Hmm. Cheng Yun nodded, and was reminded of something very heavy by the little mage, "This is one of the biggest mysteries in the endless universe. ”

"You don't know?" the little mage looked at him stunned.

"I don't know. ”

"Cut! I thought you were so good. ”

"......" Cheng Yun glanced at him, "I just don't know at the moment, it doesn't mean I won't know in the future." ”

"Hey, hey!" the little mage smiled, "I can say the same thing about what you say." ”

"But I can live for millions, billions of years, what about you?"

"......" the little mage fell silent.

A smile tugged at the corner of Cheng Yun's mouth.

The little mage was silent for a long time, and even became more and more melancholy, and did not gnaw on the steamed buns. Even little Lori seemed to sense his emotions and raised her head to look at him suspiciously.

I'm afraid this human isn't a fool, is he?

Until the little mage let out a long sigh, as if he vomited out the filth in his heart: "Being born in the world, but not knowing why, is really a painful world. ”

Cheng Yun looked at him and couldn't help but be stunned.

He suddenly understood what the old master said to him at the beginning - you are too old, your understanding of everything in the world has been solidified, you have your own set of fixed thinking to understand the world, and you are no longer curious about strange things.

At the beginning, the old mage listed this as a necessary element to become a mage, and obviously, Cheng Yun did not have this.

The little mage has it!

He was even annoyed and terrified of the mysteries that he could not understand for the rest of his life!

Soon, the little mage finished nibbling on the two steamed buns, and drank the soy milk with a grunt, then got up and looked at the room carefully, frowning and thinking as he looked at it.

Suddenly, he turned his head and said firmly, "You actually set up a magic circle in this hotel?"

Cheng Yun was stunned: "Your ability has recovered?"

"Nope. The little mage shook his head, "Am I right?"

"Well, that's amazing!"

"Of course!" the little mage looked up with some pride, "You forgot what I majored in! Designing magic circles for buildings is my specialty, especially for private villas, military installations, and public buildings!"

"Can't you see that a crappy mage who can't even rub the fireball technique can still have a large magic circle?" Cheng Yun's gaze at him changed slightly.

"Hey, what do you mean, how many times have I told you, I'm the one who is about to be promoted to a full-fledged mage, a full-fledged mage in the new era, do you have to use that backward ancient spell to scold me? It's not that I can't learn those crude third-level spells, it's not that I don't have the ability to cast them, it's just that I haven't learned them. The little mage said dissatisfied.

"Huh?" Cheng Yun sensed an incomprehensible point in his words, "What do you mean by a third-level spell?"

"It's a third-level spell, a spell grade. ”

"Aren't they graded according to the difficulty and power of the spells?"

"Not at all. The little mage looked at him with a 'how could you have such a strange idea' expression, "It's just the level of control of spells. ”

"You mean that magic is regulated in your world......? I'm going to be a full-fledged mage soon. ”

"Of course it is regulated, such a thing as magic is dangerous and destructive, and it should be regulated in any civilization, right? Although I am about to become a full-fledged mage, I am not a mage engaged in special work or military professions......" the little mage said, looking at him suspiciously, "It seems that you don't know anything about it, and your thinking is barbaric and backward. ”

At this time, Xiao Lori had already finished eating her steamed bun, she turned her head to glance at Cheng Yun, lowered her head and licked the soy milk in the rice bowl.

Cheng Yun handed it the steamed bun that he had eaten with a third left, and then looked at the little mage with interest: "So this is a kind of control of the danger level?"

"Hmm. ”

"How do you divide it?"

"It's a huge system, there's a lot of holes to exploit, and it's filling holes every year, but it's probably in line with that. The little mage thought for a moment and said, "The United Nations divides spells into five levels, and the first-level spells are roughly spells that do not have any lethal or defensive nature, and generally speaking, they will not enhance people's combat effectiveness in any way, and even if they are enhanced, the degree is very low. ”

"Level 1 spells are open and can be learned by anyone, but it's also a very large and complex category. It's not that a first-level spell is the simplest and most basic spell as you might think. While it is true that there are countless simple spells in the first level of spells, there are also countless spells that are complex enough to rank on top of the world. ”

"Totally understandable. Cheng Yun nodded.

"Most of the second-level spells are spells that can increase personal physical fitness, with some lethality or defense, etc., to increase personal strength, generally speaking, each profession has second-level spells that can be learned, such as the mage's hand in our industry, the fine cutting of medicine and surgery, etc. ”

"Level 3 spells are spells that can directly damage the body or mind of others, or other spells that can affect social stability, and are usually only allowed to be learned by special classes and armies, and will be restricted after leaving the office. ”

"Level 4 spells are mainly spells of mass destruction, and almost no one except for the army and the developers of military weapons has the right to learn this kind of spell, and even the related materials are regulated. And in recent years, due to the gradual development of military technology, even the army has not learned this spell. Perhaps some special forces still have this tradition. ”

"The fifth-level spell is a strategic devastating spell, and in this era, except for the developers of military weapons, there are almost no individuals who have mastered this spell, and it is useless to master it, you can't rely on it to fight. Perhaps only some non-human race still inherits this ability. ”

"Oh!" Cheng Yun nodded, "It's interesting, I thought that high-level spells were spells that commoners couldn't learn and only nobles could learn." ”

The little mage rolled his eyes: "There are no nobles now, only the rich and the poor. ”

"What about those ancient gods and demons in your world?"

"Assimilated, names changed. The little mage said lightly, "The Sky City of the Protoss was reduced to ruins by the Human Empire a thousand years ago, before the outbreak of the Modern World War. The gods have been on the high for too long, and they only know about collecting protection money, and they know nothing about the world. When the Greenfire Empire, led by the cheating emperor, forgot its reverence for them, the sky battleship arrived, and for the first time humanity confronted the gods without fear, we found that they were far less powerful and inviolable than described in the Psalms, and even we could defeat them, and then plunder all the wealth they had scraped from the ground for thousands of years, and turn it into a boost to the development of the country and deal with the upcoming war. ”

"Then there was war, plunder, colonization. The little mage said as if he was reciting a history book, but he didn't seem to be rote at all, and even gradually clenched his fists, and the whole person was inexplicably excited, as if he was extremely longing for that period of history, "Not only the race in the Sky City, but also the other races that claim to be gods were all conquered by the crazy human kingdom after the fall of the Sky City, and it was a period of constant war, madness and dazzling light. ”

"But now it's okay, everyone is on the surface as equals, and there is no racial discrimination. The little mage said, his eyes a little dim, "Actually, I really want to go to the current Sky City to see, it is said that it has the best scenery in the world, but I don't have the money to ......."

"That's right. Cheng Yun could see that this little mage had a violence that did not match his appearance.

A man born in a time of peace, but who admires violence and war...... This is the exact opposite of General Lee.

"Pour me a glass of water, thank you. The little mage smacked his mouth twice and said, as if he had been thirsty from what he had just said.

"Didn't you just drink soy milk?"

"Thirsty. "Actually, he was very thirsty last night, but he didn't know how to get water out of that old water dispenser, and he was afraid of breaking it, so he endured it.

Cheng Yun quickly poured him a glass of water with a disposable paper cup.

The little mage thanked him, took a sip, and after just one sip, he was stunned.

Cheng Yun couldn't help frowning: "What's wrong?"

He just looked at the cup, and it was clean!

It took a long time for the little mage to say, "Natural water, pure water, natural pure water!"

Cheng Yun looked at him with a confused expression.

Little Lori stuffed the remaining steamed buns into her mouth, and just wanted to lick her paws, but suddenly realized something, put her tongue back again, and followed Cheng Yun to raise her head and look at the little mage.

This human spellcaster is a fool!

The little mage looked at Cheng Yun and then at Xiao Lori, then realized that he had lost his temper, and said: "In our world, unpolluted pure water is very expensive, because it generally depends on complicated procedures to purify the energy pollution inside, and pure natural pure water...... It's even more sky-high. ”

Cheng Yun was still confused: "It's all pure water, is there any difference?"

"Yes," said the little mage, "the latter can make a bunch of stupid people with a lot of money pay a lot of money! as long as you have enough credibility to convince them that your pure water is really natural." ”

"It's really stupid and has a lot of money......"

"But we civilians can only drink industrial water, which is water made with spell equipment. The little mage said and took a sip of water, as if he was drinking the elixir and jade liquid, showing an expression of enjoyment, "Industrial water itself is harmless, and ordinary people can't drink the difference, but as long as people who have learned spells can drink the difference between it and natural water, just like in ancient times, there were usually no mages who used water-based spells to quench their thirst." ”

"What does it smell like?"

"It's unpleasant! It's terrible! And there's no thirst quenching, it's like taking a breath of air. The little mage said, "It's still hard to drink even with the juice powder! I mean, why was your bowl of noodles so delicious last night...... Tsk tsk!"

The thought of being able to drink pure water every day in the future makes him feel happy.

But then, he became melancholy again: It's a pity that my aunt can't drink it, so she just brings a big bucket back when she goes back!

Little Lori looked at him blankly, remembering how she felt when she drank water before, and began to doubt herself a little.

Cheng Yun tugged at the corners of his mouth, thinking about whether to tell him that the water he drank was also purified.