February 8, 8 p.m

"Why do people in the school keep handing out this kind of flyer lately," Louise complained, "it's a hassle to clean up."

Shouldn't you first ask how these so-called "flyers" got into your house?

"Louise, what are these flyers?" Hiraga said curiously

"Wanted warrants or something," Louise glanced at, "to keep our eyes on a thief named Fukai of Clods"

"It feels the same as the anti-theft instructions delivered in our community," Hiraga nodded

"What are you kidding, I've seen a lot of thieves who dare to steal from the academy, but none of them have succeeded" Louise casually threw the paper into the trash can made of twigs "There are no people who dare to steal the student dormitory, if you want to come here to steal, it's better to steal when we return home from vacation"

"Louise, I've actually been wanting to ask you a question" Hiraga Sato held his chin with his hand, "Do you magicians here like to add a XXX in front of their names?" ”

"Yes, it's the equivalent of a nobleman's honor, and every magician will have a title," Louise nodded

"Aren't you afraid of repetition?"

"Repeat? It doesn't matter," Louise thought, "but if the title is the same, there will be a fight, there is this kind of event every year, and it ended not long ago this year."

"Someone will look into all the nobles' titles and arrange a challenge?" Hiraga was surprised, "This is even more boring than our show there."

"Because it will be registered, and then the palace will arrange a duel between people with the same title, and the winner will get that title, and the loser will think again" Louise shook her finger "Don't think that the title is useless at all, it can symbolize a person's characteristics"

"Mmmmmm, Louise's characteristics match very well, after all, it's zero" Hiraga forced a smile "It's the same whether it's magic or figure, poof"

Ten minutes later

"It's so cold," Hiraga Hideto, who was sitting outside the corridor, said in frustration, "It looks like I'm really going to sleep in the aisle today."

The locked door was opened

"Oooh! Louise, you really do."

"I'm going to go to Chong, lest no one open the door when he enters in the middle of the night," Louise said angrily, "you just sleep outside the door for me, and if you dare to sneak into that woman's door, then you won't eat this week!" ”

"Yes," Hiraga bowed his head obediently, and then squatted by the wall and remained motionless

"Humph! That's what makes a lot of mouths," Louise turned away

At the back entrance of the college

"Hmm" Looking at the rocks shattered by lightning, he nodded in satisfaction, "Very good, that's all you can do"

Chong stood there without saying a word

"What? Don't you continue" He waved his hand, and a few more rocks appeared on the ground, "Hurry up, you should have more spell list today"

"Why do you want to teach me," Chong said after a moment of silence

"Are you afraid," he sneered, "don't worry, I'm just worried that there will be no successor."

"As long as you have talent, then I can teach anyone" he said indifferently, "You have talent and talent, so I will teach you"

"Knowledge knows no borders, and at the same time, it is good or bad," he continued, "I am not the kind of fool who will bury my precious jade because of my own likes and dislikes, but I like to teach others."

"Otherwise, when I die, to whom will I entrust all these things I have?" He said lightly, "I'm worried, I'm worried about this kind of thing happening."

"I don't know," Chong shook his head, "handing over what he has to someone else." I've never thought about it."

"I'm just worried about the future" is a normal tone, but it doesn't have all the usual coldness "I've lived for a long time, I should say it's an evil way, in short, I touched the realm of the undead"

"You will not understand the sorrow of the Eternals, and the only thing I agree with you is this," he said, "It is a good thing that you do not seek eternity."

"Eternals will lose a qiē in an excessive amount of time" Chong said the words he had said to Yakumo Murasaki "It's terrible, so don't"

"It's really not funny to say it from your mouth," he sneered, "how about being scared a little more?" I'm going to cut off your head at any moment."

"Knowledge is not good or bad, as long as someone is willing to teach, then I don't care about anything" Chong Indifferent Dao "I have been exposed to a lot of things that will die"

"Good answer, presumably the two of us can have such a gentle conversation only this time" he sneered, "then just ask for it, it's up to you how much you want, as long as you want, then I'll give you anything"

"Will it get stronger," Chong said, just like the protagonist in a hot-blooded manga, "what is the strength of magic and science?" ”

"Technology is created from the finite, and magic is created from the infinite" He grabbed a handful of mud and sand, "The materials that can be made into weapons are not enough, metals and minerals have an end point, once they are used up, they cannot be regenerated, and magic does not need weapons, they only need a unified point"

"No matter how powerful a weapon is, it will break, but magic is nothingness, and no one can see zero" He spread his hand and let the fine sand flow through the cracks between his fingers, "But magic also has weaknesses, their unity takes time, and humans cannot control the real nothingness, so there will be an extra boundary in all species on the earth, and magic will be affected by it"

"For example," he seems to be talking about addiction: "Alchemy, which is the most popular field of science to study"

"You think alchemy is the mutual transformation of the elements, but we think it is an equivalent exchange, we sacrifice the earth to nothingness, so the void returns the gold to us" He stomped on the ground hard "To put it bluntly, magic is a kind of sacrifice, you give the invisible to the nothing, and the void will give you the tangible things back, of course, there will be something missing"

"I'm not emphasizing the merits of magic," he fell silent suddenly, "Science is stronger than magic, that's the truth"

"No matter how weak a person picks up a gun, it will be intimidating, they only need to pull the trigger, and then the bullet will penetrate the fragile magic shield" he said indifferently, "Technology is too simple, no matter how strong a person is, he can't survive the fire of hundreds of thousands of guns, so of course magic will decline"

"A thousand horses - to put it bluntly, that's just a fallacy, no matter how powerful magic is, it needs time and material foundation, and they only need to move their fingers"

"Then you choose, do you want to continue to ask me for knowledge" He looked at himself, "the sword is destined to be a support in the future, and you can no longer rely on guns to fight"

"It's a transformation, I won't allow you to use technology anymore, but I'll give you access to the most powerful original text" to force yourself to choose

Chong was silent, not saying a word

"Hard to choose? Then I'll do whatever you want" replied very thoughtlessly "I have time, but don't forget, the longer you have to make a choice, the less you will get, this is equivalent exchange"

"Raise the great flame," he casually spat out a incantation

"Boom !!" There was a scream from the walls of the academy's main tower, followed by a large number of bricks falling off the tower's face

“？” Not surprised, Chong was just a little curious

"That's it, the rest of the aftermath is the first lesson" He faded into the air, "and it will let you get the answer"

In the distance, there was the sound of the ground rising, as if someone was digging up the soil

In a few moments, the huge stone giant slowly approached the tower, and several lights were lit in the academy at the same time, apparently activating the state of alert

"Is there a treasure trove inside" Chong watched as the giant stretched out his hand to act as a bridge, and then the man in a brown robe walked leisurely into the tower from his arm, "Very bold thief, it's better to say that the precautions here are too lax"

"I got the answer, but there is no science here at all" All the items are activated by magic, there is not even electricity and gasoline here, and the weapons on his body have long been unloaded

(Does science rely too much on weapons) Chong thought about it, he didn't care about the so-called thief, this matter had nothing to do with him, and presumably the other party didn't plan to let him go up and die at this time

"W-What is this?" A girl's surprised cry came from behind

"Tsk" Chong frowned, why did Louise rush over at such a time and appear at the right time?

"It must be a high-level earth mage who has invaded here, Chong, hurry up!" Louise hurriedly trotted to his side, "Be careful not to be affected!" ”

To mention here, the distance between him and Golem is only a few hundred meters, and the other party only needs two or three steps to step on his own distance

"Chong himself is not self-conscious, the other party is planning to grab things at a glance, and the other party will not be bored enough to attack himself if he doesn't do anything

But it still seems too close

There was a scream from the top of the tower, and the huge obelisk fell towards them, and it would be impossible to hide if they were carrying a single person

"Get down!" Louise tugged at her hand, could it be that she was planning to use that small body to block the top of the tower for herself?

"Underestimated," Chong said indifferently

"It's a lot of power, and the chant is too short," as if remembering the magic he had just used, Chong nodded his head

The black curtain of "Shadow Projection" floats out of the void, and then turns into paper and gathers in the hand for "wand projection"

(It's too expensive to use gems as charges) Chong casually pulled out a piece of amber from his pocket

When the "earth" is charged, the minerals are converted into mana, and the magic carried by the wand itself is activated

The earthen wall rose from the ground, and then turned into a fortress to obscure the moonlight

"Boom!" There was a loud bang, and the stone wall calmed down after trembling a few times, and there was a sound of footsteps outside, and it seemed that the other party had gotten what he wanted and left

The "Retract" wand turns into a shadow and returns to another dimension

"You don't even need to chant, it looks like a high-class wand," Louise said in surprise, "I have to use me to buy you something, I'm a failure."

"No, if you have a heart, you can do it" Chong said casually, does it sound like comfort?

"Hmm" still seems to be very lost, and sure enough, he is not suitable for comforting people

"Go back," Chong said, looking at the teachers who had gathered in this direction

"Hmm" nodded obediently, always feeling that the status of the two sides was reversed

(Who is more powerful, science or magic?) No, it's better to say that as long as it can be used, then I should ask for it) It's a very difficult choice, I can't make a decision at all, and it seems that even if it's a treasure that has fallen, it still has a lot of charm in itself

Or is it that the people who serve him are very attractive?

Note 1: I plan to use this chapter to complete some settings + introduce magic