In the dead of night, everything is silent.

Sitting in front of the computer desk in his room, Xia Ran crossed his hands against his chin and put on a classic pose, just like a pair of reflective glasses.

On the desk in front of him, the computer monitor didn't turn on, only a spread notebook, and a plain-looking writing pen.

The exterior of the pen is pure black, with a smooth barrel that reflects the faint sheen of the lighting light in the room.

It looks really ordinary, there is nothing special, it probably belongs to any stationery store on the street, you can buy the same style or even better, the only unusual thing is that this pen is automatically writing lines of text on the notebook -

That's right, it's writing automatically, as if it's being held by an invisible hand, tilting out a just right angle in the air, and the tip of the pen is like a cloud of flowing water, drawing one after another through the back of the paper, the dragon and snake flying handwriting.

Just looking at this font, it is vivid and imposing, and there is no difference between it and the handwriting that Xia Ran usually writes by himself......

"Automatic Scrivener" –

It is a small technique that Xia Ran has only recently figured out, and it does not have much effect, it just provides a considerable degree of convenience for him when he takes notes.

It can also be seen as a not-so-advanced but more complex enchantment effect, which 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 the mind or something, it is still just a tool, and it can float and write automatically because of the effect of the magic attached to it, and the corresponding text can be written because there is an invisible line between it and the user, which is the connection of the spiritual power maintained by the technique.

In other words, it only replaces the work of the hand, not the work of the brain, and what Xia Ran wants to write down must first think clearly, and make sure that he wants to express it in this way, so that the "automatic secretary" can transform his thoughts into words through spiritual connection.

It's just that his computing power is extremely strong, comparable to a high-end computer, although at the moment the pen is basically non-stop, writing down lines and lines of handwriting at great speed, and in a short time, a whole page of notes is full.

The note stopped slightly, Xia Ran reached out and picked up the pen, turned it over another page, and then put the pen back, so the rustling sound of writing sounded again, although it was slight, but it broke the silence in the room.

"Well, it seems that the configuration of automatic page turning also has to be pondered, otherwise, it is still not smooth enough...... After writing a full page, you have to turn to the blank page at the back by yourself to be able to continue to write automatically, which is too easy to interrupt the rhythm. ”

Xia Ran felt that this was a bad shortcoming, and he needed to continue to adjust.

And there are actually a lot of shortcomings he found, one of the most troublesome points is the consumption of mental power, even if only a trace of spiritual power is needed as a connection and the core of the "automatic secretary", but if it needs to be maintained all the time, the mental power of ordinary people is still not enough.

He made a brief estimate and found that if it was not optimized, ordinary people would hardly be able to support half an hour using this simple magic device, and if they didn't stop, they would have to pass out and be sent to the hospital.

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

After all, ordinary people don't have the same brain power as him, and many times they write and write, and they won't complete some homework in one go, and the thinking process is essential-

It's not that he doesn't need to think or deliberate, 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, not only will it not improve the efficiency at all, but it will only drag down the efficiency of ordinary people......

But this kind of mental power consumption is already very low, obviously only a trace of mental power is needed to maintain this connection, and the speed of consumption is not fast enough for him to recover...... How else can it be optimized? It can only be said that the problem is actually that the mental strength of ordinary people is too low......

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

At this time, there was some small movement in the kitchen downstairs, but this was no problem at all, it was completely the mentality of the noble knight king who was on the battlefield, honing his cooking skills, and preparing for supper at night.

Yes, that's right, it's a late-night snack.

Because Xia Ran really couldn't stand the fact that he was busy with his own affairs, there was a girl who was like a spirit behind her, staring at herself on the side, without saying a word, and then spent the whole night slowly in this silent atmosphere......

Therefore, he has always been very flexible, and decisively popularized the knowledge of "supper" to Artoria, so that the knight king understood that in addition to the normal three meals a day, he could actually find a reason to eat another meal at night......

Of course, the knight girl may indeed have the attributes of a foodie, but it is not so undisciplined, so he made a request to the girl very sincerely, explaining that he wanted to eat supper, but he couldn't spare time for the time being, so he could only ask his most trusted Servant to prepare......

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

In the name of justice, Artoria could turn her attention elsewhere instead of being in the room doing nothing and staring at herself for hours.

You can also cultivate Artoria's maid's basic literacy by the way, cooking skills or something, these skills are all basic skills......

Saber had no idea how sinister his master was...... Good intentions, or knights like her are tendons, and they can only see the monarch's trust in them and the responsibility they entrust to themselves-

Only if the monarch trusts himself and says that there is something that can only be done by himself, then the knight will be so excited that he will feel that his life is worth it, and he will realize the ultimate need for self-realization in life.

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

Because it was two happy things that coincided together, and what he got was a happy time like a dream, so Saber didn't think too much about it at all, and he didn't find out that there was still a difference between a servant and a maid, and he didn't find out the true intentions of his master-

When she heard the other party's affirmative words, saying that only she could do this, she subconsciously stood upright, and her face bloomed with an extremely determined look, and a kind of pride of "death for the confidant" emerged in her heart.

If you don't know, after perceiving the battle-hardened smell of iron and blood that she exudes, you may mistakenly think that she is ready to go to battle...... Who would have thought that she was just going to make a late-night snack?

Xia Ran smiled, and then retracted his thoughts.

Although there were some minor twists and turns today, there were no big problems on the whole, and he carefully combed through it to make sure that he had dealt with everything, including the pit left by Yang Nai under the snow.

The elf......

It's just that there is one more thing worth paying attention to, that is, after discovering Xia Ran's learning materials for Artoria, he pondered under the snow for a while, and asked for a copy, saying that he was going to learn about it.

Xia Ran hesitated a little at the time, but did not refuse the girl's request, after all, he could probably guess the psychological activities under the snow, so he simply pushed the boat down the river and agreed, even if it was useless, at least it could alleviate her uneasiness to a certain extent.

Again, mystery is different from concealment, the latter will only create distance and estrangement, and there is no benefit. But if she can't understand those things under the snow, then this situation can only be said to be mysterious, after all, Xia Ran showed it to her directly, and she still can't understand it herself, so this is called mystery.

However, Xia Ran was still a little worried, even if reason told him that this situation was like an ordinary person facing all kinds of cultivation exercises on the Hundred × Library, no matter how much he tossed, he couldn't practice anything.

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

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

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

This is because it is a secret technique used to open a magic circuit, forming a transformation circuit in one's own body, drawing magic from the outside world and making magic that can be used by humans.

It is difficult to imagine how high the overall level of the magic path of the god is, after all, according to modern magic common sense, the number of magic circuits is determined by birth, and it will not increase due to external factors.

Because it was a very rare thing, magicians accumulated several generations of bloodlines, in order to give birth to children and grandchildren who were more suitable for magic, and the overdone family was like doing breed improvement.

It's not that there are no exceptions, for example, Emiya Shirou is a special case of 27 circuits from ordinary people's families.

However, the great magician from the god generation, the ancient witch whose magic attainments rivaled that of the magician, had the secret technique of increasing the magic circuit through the cultivation and training of the day after tomorrow...... This is also the reason why she persuaded Xia Ran to continue to increase her own circuit, in her opinion, this kind of possibility that modern magicians have never thought of is actually a very simple thing.

"Do you want to teach her? But it doesn't really make sense......"

Xia Ran felt a little entangled now, he wasn't sure if it was the right thing to do.

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

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