In the overall dark environment, the crystalline patterns of the magic array flickered slightly, and the light and darkness were uncertain, and there were vaguely unpredictable runes in them.

In the quiet room, only the small sound of breathing sounded regularly.

At this time, it seemed that at a certain point in time, the patterns of the magic circle that had originally converged on the brilliance suddenly began to light up, sprinkling the blue brilliance onto a small figure.

"Hmm-"

As if sensing the changes in the external environment, the figure lying on the table suddenly became chaotic in his originally even breathing, and a murmur unconsciously came out of his mouth.

Then, in a much brighter environment, the figure slowly raised its head, revealing a face with soft features.

It was little Nicole who was placed in the half-plane arcane tower by the Muse.

However, the slightly pale complexion, slightly bluish lips and faint dark circles around the eye sockets clearly indicated that her health was not impressive.

But it's not a physical problem, it's a mental one.

In the seconds she just raised her head, her expression was still a little dull, her eyes seemed a little scattered, and her gaze was unfocused.

After a few seconds, little Nicole seemed to wake up suddenly, and her eyes refocused.

And after glancing around, she remembered her situation.

"Is another day gone?"

Looking at the unfamiliar environment in front of her, little Nicole couldn't help but let out a sigh.

She had been in this empty place for a long time, and it had been at least twenty days since she realized that she was going to start counting time.

Unless the muse takes the initiative to contact, it is completely blocked from the outside world.

Although little Nicole is not sure if there is any problem with the day according to the light and dark changes in her surroundings, she feels that it is still possible.

The scope of activities is also limited, basically only this living area, about 500 square meters.

Although, there is no problem at all in life, not only are there complete living utensils and facilities,

And the food is also very sufficient, and every meal will be delivered on time.

But little Nicole still felt very lonely, in order to relieve the loneliness in her heart, she could only keep reading books, practicing, and filling every moment of time, so that she had no time to think about other things......

"It's been ten days since my mentor last contacted me, or fifteen?"

"Ahh

Closing the book on the table, she lowered her head, reached out her hand, and placed her thumb on the second knuckle of her ring finger, which then bent down, and the other three fingers stretched straight out in a spell-casting gesture.

Slowly exhaled a few spell-casting syllables, accompanied by a faint spell fluctuation, a faint light flashed, and then her palm bloomed with a bright light.

- "Illumination"!

For little Nicole, who had already become an arcane apprentice, after so many days of desperate reading, the knowledge she learned was enough for her to master several Zero Ring spells.

This is what the Muse hoped for, and it is the reason why he left so many books.

And under the effect of the light technique, a certain area around it is illuminated.

Although the glow cast by the pattern on the ceiling was fully sufficient for the lighting, little Nicole liked the feeling of everything being illuminated, and the slight dazzling light could make her feel inexplicably relieved.

Holding the light in her palm, she stood up and glanced at a logistical steel golem standing not far away.

For some time, she had been in charge of bringing her food and cleaning up chores.

Immediately, little Nicole turned around and walked in the direction of the bathroom by the light of the light spell......

Entering the bathroom, she just touched the wall lightly, and then a steady stream of hot water sprayed out of the wall, and the rising water vapor quickly obscured everything.

In just a moment, little Nicole, who had already changed into clothes, walked out, and her slightly long hair was held into a bunch, and a little drop of water continued to drip from the towel wipe.

It didn't take long for little Nicole, who was sitting on a chair and waiting for her hair to dry, gradually spread, just like countless times during this period of time, and felt a trace of loneliness and loneliness gradually welling up in her heart......

At this moment, she even missed the dilapidated old house in Deira City.

Until a flat voice sounded in my head:

"Little Nicole, are you awake?"

The muse stood in the summoning room attached to the separate courtyard, watching the summoning circle in front of him, which had been changed beyond recognition, gradually brighten up with dazzling brilliance.

As the light flowed, the same spell materials placed on it gradually blended in, and then the light became brighter.

Due to the current energy situation of the Arcane Tower, it is really difficult for the Muse to directly use the [Astral Gate] to teleport little Nicole to the main material plane.

Therefore, he changed his mind and prepared to "summon" her with a summoning circle.

As for precision summoning, it can force almost any spell-based summoning spell mastery mage to death, making them suffer from precise positioning, stability, and plane barrier problems......

The Muse said that there was no need to worry at all, that the prototype of his summoning circle was used to summon demons and demons from the bottomless abyss and the Bato Hell...... All in all, the performance is definitely far more than that.

At this time, modify it, and use it to summon the apprentice-level little Nicole from the half-plane close to the lower plane, and there will definitely be no problem.

After calculating the time slightly, when a window-like black hole slowly appeared in the center of the summoning circle, he closed his eyes and channeled his thoughts along the spiritual connection in the dark, communicating with the Arcane Tower, and then the little Nicole in it.

"Little Nicole, are you awake?"

"Mentor!?"

"Are you calling me?"

With her back away from the back of the chair she was leaning on, little Nicole subconsciously straightened her back, glanced around, and said silently in her heart according to the method taught by the muse.

"It's me. ”

Listening to this answer, a trace of joy inexplicably appeared in her heart.

"May I ask you to call me this time, is there anything you want me to do?"

Quickly suppressing the glimmer of joy that appeared in her heart, little Nicole continued to say silently in her heart.

"Of course. ”

"Get ready, in about half an hour, I'll summon you to my side. ”

"Bring everything you need to bring, organize a slightly empty area, and be alone in it. ”

"I'll give you further instructions when the time comes. ”

The muse's flat voice continued to sound.

"Okay, Mentor. ”

Holding back the joy of not jumping for joy on the spot, little Nicole said this sentence in her heart and mouth at the same time.