Chapter Thirty-Eight: Cold Flame
In Morin Academy, you can choose to solve the problem by yourself or eat the food provided by the academy, Lin Ye and Amy were embarrassed to trouble Hela, so they decided to eat in the academy cafeteria in the future. In the dining room of the www.biquge.info Academy, there are three long tables put together in three rows, and the tableware is already placed on the long table. When the crowd is almost there, the magician in charge of the dining room will magically deliver the prepared food to the long table. The sudden appearance of food on the originally empty table was a novelty for the two who were new to magic.
Lunch consisted of fried bread, grilled chicken breast, pork soup with cream and onions, and some fruit, which was not as delicious as Hella's. Although the food is provided for free, a task issued by the academy must be completed by the end of each month, otherwise a large amount of gold will be paid for the meal, and the same goes for the accommodation. Even if Teacher Ai Wen helped Lin Ye and Amy pay for their tuition, they still had to complete two tasks every month. Lin Ye and Amy planned to take classes for a few more days and then go to pick up the task, after all, it would save a lot of trouble to finish it earlier.
The short lunch was soon over, and the twelve entered the classroom in trepidation, this time all picking up a book to read, and they didn't dare to provoke Headmaster Roger again. However, their hearts are not in the book now, and reading them is more or less a matter of talking.
During lunch, Lin Ye asked the others some questions about receiving magic wands, and the answers he got were quite surprising, in a sense, it was not them who received magic wands but magic wands who chose them. Can a wand made of wood and a special material choose its owner? But that's the way it is, and even the wand maker can't explain why. In the past, some people could only learn alchemy because they were not chosen by any magic wand, and even more so they could not make achievements in alchemy, so they had to transfer to the training of a bachelor.
Tension swirled and spread in everyone's heart, its fangs gnawing at the heart, filling every cell in the body with discomfort. Outside the window, a combat drill was underway, and colorful magic spread in the air, blooming with eye-catching brilliance, but the twelve people didn't seem to hear or see, they were still buried in reading the thick scary book in their hands.
Finally, the sound of Principal Roger's footsteps broke the dullness in the classroom, only to make their nervousness thicker.
"Put the book and come with me. Roger said a few simple words and turned to leave, and the twelve hurriedly put the book in front of them back to its original place, and then trotted all the way to keep up with Roger, who was walking away.
Roger strode in front with his tall stature, without stopping a single step, and the twelve people behind him chased after him and complained, wanting Roger to stop and rest for a while, but no one dared to say anything. So they had to keep jogging, following Roger around the corridor, and when they reached their destination, everyone was sweating profusely and almost fell down.
In addition to the outer cities, the interior of the Morin Academy is also very large, and the circle that Roger took them around took him for more than ten minutes even if he rode a horse, but he breathed evenly without even a drop of sweat.
A building larger than the Temple of the Elements comes into view, lacking the ornate golden ornamentation of the Temple of the Elements, nor the eye-catching rings and gems. It gives people the feeling that two words can be described - vicissitudes and heaviness. The whole building is a rectangle, you can see the attic at the top on both sides, the white simple stone frames the whole building, and the walls clearly record the traces of time. Roger pushed open the door that was also filled with the smell of time, and a wind with the smell of ink came to his face. The building is filled with bookshelves that touch the roof, tens of thousands of books are displayed in an orderly manner, and the tables and chairs inside are almost full. Seeing these people swallow a mouthful of saliva, it was hard for them to imagine that they were now in the decline of magic and alchemy.
Roger glanced at them and said, "This is the library of Morin Academy, and it is also the largest library on the Ion Continent, and some books are even more than five or six hundred years old. Most of the books here are constantly copied by the students, and the rare books with a long history are processed and stored in a place that reduces the rate of their deterioration. ”
Roger slid a finger on his chin, "By the way, you're going to be reading no less than sixty books here in the next year, and after reading them, give me a list of books to test." ”
Reading 60 books a year and using it for testing?! Reading 60 books a year is not a difficult task, but it is a different matter if you want to use it for exams. After reading a book once, they will have some impressions in their minds, but it is unlikely that they will pass the test with these impressions, which means that they have to read a book repeatedly and eat it completely before they can read the next book. In this way, a year is still a bit tense, or it is not enough at all.
"Once you've picked up your wand, you can start borrowing books here. Roger said.
"Here?" the crowd wondered, "It's full of books, where did you get the magic wand?"
"You'll find out right away. ”
With that, Roger strode forward again, walking from the door to the other side of the library before stopping. A young man with a round body with one hand on his face, sitting behind a square table with his eyes closed, his face full of inexplicable joy, not knowing what kind of dreams he was having.
Roger's eyes narrowed slightly, he recited a few incantations and tapped his magic wand on the fat young man's eyebrows, and a little red light flashed. The happiness on the fat young man's face gradually distorted, and soon it twisted into pain, and the flesh on his body began to tremble constantly.
"No, don't!" the fat young man whispered softly, "Don't eat me! Roast chicken eats people!" The latter sentence was almost a scream, and the sound instantly spread throughout the library.
The fat young man jerked his head up, stepped back in horror, and knocked the chair over, one of which fell to the ground. The fat young man patted his ass and looked at the smiling student with a blank face, and when he saw Roger's cold eyes, he shuddered.
"Do you have a lot of time?" Roger's voice was not loud but effective, and the laughing library immediately returned to its former quietness.
"Principal Roger, why are you here?" the fat young man smiled, but he could tell that he was a little panicked inside.
"Brandt, you seem to be busy with your job?" Roger said with a blank expression.
"Well, it's a little empty right now...... I'm usually busy!" Brandt said in a perpetuated voice.
"Oh yes, I'll help you change to an easier job tomorrow. ”
Hearing Roger say this, Brant's face immediately changed color, "This ......"
"Do you have any objections?"
"No, no. Brandt said with a bitter face.
"Alright, now you take the kids to get the wand. ”
"Yes," Brandt agreed casually, muttering quietly, "I don't have any affection, it's really a 'cold flame'." ”