Chapter 34: Black and White (2)

What have you forgotten?

What is going on with that magic array? Why do you always feel an inexplicable sadness in your heart whenever you see it?

Lying on the bed in the bedroom in the dormitory, Jiang Zhe pillowed his head and looked at the hazy starry sky image on the ceiling, looking at the stars that were just patterns but twinkled like real stars.

The dormitory of the second year is not much different from the first grade, but there is one more bookshelf in the study, in addition, there is one more magic resistance circle in each room, after all, the student dormitory of Rui Ox is built on the basis of space folding, and it is not so empty itself, if the students use the space magic that destroys the dormitory in the dormitory, it may cause unnecessary trouble.

Before going to bed, Jiang Zhe, Alan and Scott were idle and bored, discussing their respective pursuits with each other.

Alan said he was going to be a great, unprecedented knight, oh no, a battle mage.

Looking at the way he giggles every day, it is hard for Jiang Zhe to imagine what he will be like after he becomes a leader, because in this world, another meaning of a great knight is the commander and commander of an army.

Scott's goal is to be a scholar, and he wants to master as much magic as possible in the world, but in the end, he always mentions that he will become an orthodox aristocrat like his grandfather.

And what about yourself?

Where is your pursuit?

In fact, Jiang Zhe himself also understood that his achievements in the past were inseparable from Professor Huo De's urging and Lavia's 'persecution', without them, even Jiang Zhe himself could hardly believe that he could practice the same magic every day.

It is not so much the yearning for magic as the curiosity about magic, and the difference between the two is understood even by Jiang Zhe himself.

He knew that if it weren't for Lavia's 'persecution', he would never have memorized those annoying magical theories.

He knew that if he hadn't experienced the werewolf incident, he would never have worked so hard to practice the magic called Flame Flash.

What is the greatest contribution to a person's progress? is pursuit, desire, and greed...... In this world, the original purpose of the commoner to become a noble magician is nothing more than to improve his status, gain glory, money, power, or revenge, etc., etc., and the person who does not pursue it means that he has lost the motivation to lash out at his own progress, and it is difficult to imagine that a person who has no pursuit and no hatred can study magic more diligently than others.

What exactly is the purpose of learning magic?

Perhaps, as Daddy Roy on the farm said, he could use magic to help him water or something...... But what did you learn fire-based blue magic?

A flame flashed down, and those crops were not all roasted to death?

Hey!

Jiang Zhe knew very well that he was not a person from this world from the beginning, but for some reason, he wanted to live in this world until he died of old age...... Out of his strangeness to this world, he has an inexplicable estrangement from everyone.

He has lived in Reochs Academy for a year, but his circle is still only so big...... Scott, Allen, Professor Hodder, Lavia...... Even Lisa and Lyreira weren't very familiar with him...... Well, maybe add the head of the Academy, the venerable Grand Magician Gretel Keynes...... Speaking of which, Jiang Zhe felt that the old dean's eyes were a little strange when he looked at him...... Although the two had only met twice so far, the great magician seemed to trust him very much...... Well, maybe it's not trust, it's out of a kind of tolerance and doting on the old man's children...... It doesn't feel good...... Speaking of which, Scott is too serious and old-fashioned, and Alan is too funny, Lavia...... That's what the hell...... Professor Hodder's surname is quite compatible with himself, but it's a pity that his age, even in his previous life, is enough to be his father, and he is not very comfortable...... Oh, by the way, Argus's last name seems to be similar to himself...... Hey, what the hell is that poorer guy than himself, with only two silver coins on his body, doing now?

Who was after him, and why?

Hope...... In a daze, Jiang Zhe fell asleep, and when he woke up again, it was already the next day, Scott was warming up the ancient history of magic, and Allen, who was wielding his huge knight's sword for the morning class.

"Wake up, buddy?" said Allen with a grin, grinning as he repeated the seemingly laborious movements of lifting, slashing, and stabbing with one hand, "and we'll leave you alone...... Don't get me wrong, it's not that we don't want to call you, it's just that the fireballs flying around the bed are too scary......"

Before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by Scott.

"Don't listen to his nonsense, Lavia came here just now and said that the course was postponed...... All the lessons, so we think it's okay anyway, so we'll just let you fall asleep...... Look at how you haven't slept well lately......"

"That'...... Has Lavia been here? just now?" his eyes widened, and Jiang Zhe felt a little uncomfortable.

"Don't worry, buddy," Putting down the knight's sword in his hand, Alan wiped the sweat from his forehead with the towel on his shoulder, and said with a grin, "Don't look at her as a boyish, actually...... Knowing that you hadn't gotten up yet, she didn't dare to come in, so she said a few words in the living room...... Oh, but I think I saw her glancing at you...... Ahh

"What nonsense?" Removing a book that was two knuckles thick from Allen's back, Scott sat down on the edge of Jiang Zhe's bed and pointed to the fireballs flying around.

"Smack!" the four or five fireballs that flew suddenly disappeared without a trace.

She ...... Didn't say anything?"

"What do you want her to say?" asked Scott, smirking.

Jiang Zhe was stunned, turned his head, and felt that he was a little stupid to ask, yes, what did she say have to do with herself? Although somehow it didn't seem to be very pleasant with her...... "Ahem," it seemed that he had noticed Allen's ill-intentioned hehehe, Jiang Zhe coughed twice, changed the topic and said, "That...... Why is the academy postponing classes?"

"I don't know this very well," Shaking his head, Scott frowned, "Lavia only said that Professor Hodd told her that the college seemed to be preparing to welcome some guests lately......"

"Guest?"

"It's not that I don't know, huh...... It may be that the academy has invited some well-known magicians, the academy has always invited some famous magicians to give lectures at the academy, you know, not all magicians will choose to join the Royal Magician Order, or teach in the academy......"

"Understood," nodded, Jiang Zhe turned over and got out of bed, casually took his coat from the side and put it on, shrugged his shoulders and said, "Anyway, this matter has nothing to do with me...... Okay, there's still some time to memorize those damn ancient histories, by the way, what part of Scott's exam this year?"

"It should be about five hundred years ago, well, it's the pre-magic and post-magic eras, and next year should be the golden age, maybe the chaos age...... And in the second grade, I should be more detailed in the questions than last year......"

"My God," Jiang Zhe said with a wry smile, "Last year, I was asked to memorize for two weeks for three hundred years alone, plus a make-up exam, and this year I will add another two hundred years on the basis of last year? I have to memorize the famous people in it for a whole week, and this does not include any outstanding achievements of others, and it is also detailed? By the way, this year, the professor invigilated us?"

"Hey," Scott said with a strange look on his face, as if taken aback, "you don't want to think about that again...... Didn't you get it last year?"

"Isn't that because I didn't know about magic in the first place? Besides, the professor is too much, just for an exam with a 100% pass rate, as for the real eye in the examination room? Anyway, I don't want to face those annoying names anymore, and what outstanding achievements they have......"

"Agreed!" As soon as Jiang Zhe's words fell, Alan applauded in support.

"Go!" Glaring at Allen, Scott shook his head and said, "I didn't say you, Soth, though there really isn't much need for this ancient history of magic...... Well, but even now, a year from now, you're guaranteed to be able to hide from ......the professors? Besides, you haven't studied reconnaissance magic, I think it's better to write it down honestly, maybe you'll use it in the future......" As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Alan and said, "Including you, you guys took the exam three times last year, and the last one to take the make-up exam with you was only three people, so you're embarrassed...... Go, go, go, back!"

"Hey, you guy...... Well, there's nothing to say to a guy like you who holds a book all day long," said Allen, who hurriedly turned his head before Scott had time to stare and discussed with Jiang Zhe, "Man, in fact, I'm also thinking that this method of making a cheat sheet is not very suitable...... I copied a lot, but I often used very little......"

In Scott's helpless shake of his head, Jiang Zhe asked suspiciously, "What should I do then?" As soon as the words fell, he saw Alan laughing over there.

"Hey, you're not trying to ......"

"Hehe," Alan laughed, lowering his voice, "Isn't there a more worry-free way?" I know...... Where do I put the exam papers......"

"Yes...... But ......"

"Don't worry, there are so many exam papers, we will take one or two, no one will know......"

Glancing at Allen, who was smiling, and then at Jiang Zhe, who was a little excited, Scott shook his head, stood up and said helplessly, "Okay, you guys discuss it first...... but as soon as he was about to leave, he was stopped by Allen.

"Where are you going, man?"

Looking at Alan's serious face, Scott suddenly couldn't cry or laugh, and said helplessly, "You still doubt that I will ......"

"Don't, man, that's not what I meant," Hehe laughed, Alan rubbed his hands, and said a little embarrassedly, "No, aren't the three of us roommate......s? If you get brushed off after the two of us, how embarrassing it would be to ......"

"You save it, I still need you to worry? I don't care if I take all the exams......

"Look, look," Alan shook his head and said, pointing at Scott incredulously, "The three of us have always advanced and retreated together......, right?

"You...... Okay, okay, come and talk to me later, I'm too lazy to talk to a guy like you...... You'd better call Lavia and the others too, huh!" As he spoke, Scott shook his head and walked to the living room, behind him, Alan sneered at Jiang Zhe, and then shouted towards the living room, "Don't worry, I can't forget it!"

"Also...... Do you want to call them?" Jiang Zhe felt a little awkward, he always felt that the girl in Lavia was too inexplicable, and she was always angry at every turn.

"Of course," after glancing at Jiang Zhe, Alan lowered his voice and said, "I heard that the exam papers were locked in the innermost room of the underground passage...... Maybe there's some mechanism here, and there's something like a magic puppet, a guardian beast, or something......"

"Magic golems?" Scott sneered outside, "Do you know how long it takes to make a magic golem?

"Hey, if the pass rate was really 100 percent, we wouldn't be talking about it, okay?

"I'm too lazy to pay attention to you!" Scott suddenly glanced at the door as he heard a knock.

"Tuk Tuk ......"

Looking at the bedroom in the middle of nowhere, Scott shook his head, walked to the door and opened the door, and when he was about to speak, his expression suddenly became a little confused.

I saw an amiable old man in a white robe standing outside the dormitory, looking at Scott with a smile and saying kindly, "Hello, little one......

"Uh, hello......" Scotta opened the door and bowed his head slightly as a courtesy, although the old man in front of him didn't seem to have anything out of the ordinary, he still felt a faint pressure, as if he was facing an unclimbable mountain.

"Who are you looking for......"

"Well, I'm looking for a little guy named Soth, does he live here?"

Subconsciously looked back at the residence, and faintly saw that Alan was discussing something with Jiang Zhe on his shoulder, Scott coughed twice and shouted, "Soth, someone is looking for you!"

It didn't take long for Jiang Zhe's puzzled voice to come from inside.

"Looking for me?who?" As the voice appeared, Jiang Zhe walked out, he had already put on his clothes, and when he saw the old man standing at the door, his expression was stunned, and he looked at Scott with an inexplicable expression.

Scott shrugged, apparently, unaware.

But Jiang Zhe himself didn't know, so he walked up, looked at the old man's kind eyes, and said suspiciously, "This ...... You—you're looking for me?"

I saw that the old man looked at Jiang Zhe carefully for a while, the smile in his eyes became stronger and stronger, and he nodded and was about to speak, when suddenly, his gaze stayed on the back of Jiang Zhe's left hand, and his expression was a little inexplicably surprised.

"Kid, we're meeting for the first time...... Hmm, won't you invite me in and sit down?"

"Oh," Jiang Zhe hesitated and said, "Please ......"

"Thank you, my child," the old man seemed to be satisfied, nodded and walked into the room, casually looked at the furnishings in the room, and finally stood in front of a sofa, raised his hand and said with a smile, "Don't be restrained, I'm not a suspicious person, otherwise the dean of your academy would have kicked me out a long time ago, hehe, you can sit down too......"

Glancing at the old man and then at Jiang Zhe, Scott hesitated, smiled and made a noble salute and said, "Your Excellency must have something, I'd better avoid it for the time being......" As he spoke, he walked towards the inner room, and by the way, he dragged Allen who was probing his brain in.

"Very polite little guy, a bonus...... Looks like he's been given a very strict education. Looking at Scott's back, the old man smiled and nodded, and then, he turned his head to look at Jiang Zhe, and after a slight pause, he said softly, "Let's sit down, kid, first of all, my name is Andrew Ashwarn......

"Oh, then why is Your Excellency Ashwarn looking for me? I don't seem to remember that I know Your Excellency......" interrupting the old man's words, Jiang Zhe said with some vigilance.

"Hehe, don't be restrained, don't be restrained, you just call me...... Call me Old Andrew," as he spoke, the old man glanced at Jiang Zhe again, smiled and said, "Child, do you know the Holy See?"

"Holy See...... Thelonia?" Jiang Zhe's eyes were still vigilant.

"Yes, you know, then, first of all, let me introduce myself, my name is Andrew Ashwall, and I am a priest of the Holy See, that is, a priest in your mouth, or a white magician......" At the same time, Father Andrew kept paying attention to the back of Jiang Zhe's left hand.

"White ......"

"Please don't be surprised, child, although we have not gotten along very well with each other in the past, you don't think that we white magicians will harm you here, do you......?

"Dean?, Grand Magician of Keynes?"

"Hehe, right ......" nodded, Father Andrew rubbed his hands and subconsciously turned his head to look at the fireplace behind him.

As if seeing Father Andrew's movements, Jiang Zhe raised his right hand, and after a pause for a few seconds, snapped his fingers, and with the sound of snapping his fingers, a small flame suddenly burst out in the fireplace, and the firewood inside was ignited in an instant.

Looking at Jiang Zhe, Father Andrew's eyes were full of surprise, and he nodded again and again and said, "Yes, very skilled...... And there is no reliance on spells, kid, you are very talented!"

"Uh, thank you, but ...... I still don't understand, why are you looking for me? I don't remember seeing you......."

As if seeing the vigilance in Jiang Zhe's eyes, Father Andrew shook his head with a smile and said helplessly, "Okay, then I'll just say it directly," as he spoke, he paused, changed his tone, and asked in a deep voice, "Child, have you ever studied white magic?"

"White magic?" Glancing at Father Andrew incredulously, Jiang Zhe said inexplicably, "Magic has been studied, but it's also black magic, white magic...... I haven't studied, so you're not looking for the wrong person, are you?"

"Hehe, find the wrong person? impossible!" Father Andrew smiled and shook his head, raised his hand to Jiang Zhe and whispered, "Then let me ask you, since you have not studied white magic, why do you have the breath of holy light in your body?"

"Holy light?" Jiang Zhe looked at himself inexplicably.

"Holy Light, it is a magic that only we in Salonia can learn, and if it weren't for our Holy See people to teach you, you would never have been able to learn it in the Empire, and it's still to this extent...... Who taught you white magic?"

"Nobody taught me......"

"Heh," Shaking his head with a wry smile, Father Andrew smiled and said, "Don't worry, child, I won't blame you, it's not a big deal, and we'd love to see it, if all the children of your empire learn white magic, we'll be too late to be happy!"

"But no one taught me white magic......"

"This is strange," looking at Jiang Zhe's eyes, Father Andrew could feel that the child opposite was not lying, muttered with a little doubt, suddenly frowned, pointed to Jiang Zhe's left hand and said, "Child, if you don't mind, can you take off that glove and let me see your left hand?"

"Left hand?" Jiang Zhe was stunned, no one knew better than him what was on his left hand, but in the same way, he didn't know what it was, hesitated for a moment, he finally took off his gloves and raised his left hand.

"This is ......" Father Andrew's eyes suddenly became sharp, he grabbed Jiang Zhe's left hand, stared at the magic array with a solemn face, and raised his head to look at Jiang Zhe from time to time.

He...... Do you understand?

With this doubt, Jiang Zhe hesitated and asked, "Excuse me, this ...... What is it?"

"Magic Array!"

Nonsense!

Muttering secretly, Jiang Zhe said as if talking to himself, "Actually, I don't know how it appeared on the back of my hand, can you tell me what it's for?"

Father Andrew didn't answer Jiang Zhe directly, but he looked at it for a while before he slowly let go of his hand, then looked at Jiang Zhe and said in a somewhat sad tone, "Child, don't worry, this is a six-pointed star magic array, and it will only bring you benefits and no harm, that ...... The one who carved the magic circle for you...... Where?"

"No, I said, I don't have any impression of this magic array, and the people who carved this magic array!"

"That's ......," said Father Andrew, nodding slightly, and then patting himself in fear, "Sit here, child!"

This small voice seemed to have an irresistible magic, and after Jiang Zhe hesitated, he sat down next to Father Andrew.

I saw Father Andrew gently put his hands on the sides of Jiang Zhe's head, looked at him inexplicably and whispered, "Relax, child, I won't harm you...... It won't hurt you!" As he spoke, his hands suddenly emitted a burst of milky white light, different from ordinary white light, it was a dense and life-like light, holy light!

"Why should I ...... each other" Jiang Zhe wanted to struggle, but he only said half of his words, because he suddenly felt a very peaceful energy rushing into his head, as if he was being blown by a breeze in spring, and as if he was basking in the sun on a sunny day, that comfort, it could not be described in words.

"This ...... What is this?"

"This is the Light, and you have ...... in you"

"Me, this can't be!"

"Really?" Father Andrew smiled faintly, he could clearly feel that the child in front of him was absorbing the holy light power that he had passed into, just like Brother Chesher said, and he also found that every time the child absorbed a bit of holy light power, the six-pointed star magic array on the back of his left hand became clearer, and with the continuous influx of holy light power, the magic array seemed to come to life, and the patterns and runes seemed to be covered with a layer of glass-like shimmer.

It was not the child who actively absorbed the Light...... It's this six-pointed star magic array!

And it's not just that...... I don't know why, the energy of this magic array is decreasing from time to time, although it is only a faint one...... It's like a seal...... The power of the Holy Light seems to be neutralized by the conflict with other forces, well, it should be the restraint of that unknown energy, so there will be a loss, but this magic array itself has absorbed the Holy Light...... No, not only does it absorb the Holy Light, but it also carries the [Magic Circuit] that converts ordinary light elements into holy light elements, which is incredible!

How could such a thing be? Ordinary light elements can be transformed into holy light elements...... That's not ...... Wait, even if it's no longer possible, I've seen it with my own eyes, so ...... To this extent, there will be no more than three people in the whole of Thessalonia...... Well, maybe there's only one ...... Little Charles!

But why did he carve this magic circle for this little guy...... What about this seal-like magic array?

And looking at the look in this little guy's eyes, it doesn't look like he's lying...... This...... Frowning and looking at Jiang Zhe, who had his eyes closed, Father Andrew whispered, "How do you feel, kid?"

"Hmm......" hesitating, Jiang Zhe said in a tone of discomfort and embarrassment, "Although it feels good, it's ......."

Before he finished speaking, he heard Father Andrew whisper, "Maybe it won't be so comfortable next, bear with the child......"

"Huh?"

Before Jiang Zhe could come back to his senses, the power of holy light in Father Andrew's hands suddenly soared, and he saw Jiang Zhe trembling all over, while Father Andrew slowly closed his eyes...... Forbid!

This kid has a ban on his head!

Sure enough, it was some of the child's memories that had been sealed by psychic magic...... Very clever skills, without damaging the soul and mental power of this child in the slightest...... I can't be wrong, although there are at least hundreds of people in the Holy See who can use this level of people, but with that incredible magic array, plus the personnel situation of the Holy See in recent times...... Charles Jr...... Alas!

But then again, why did little Charles seal this child's memory? and engrave that seal-like magic array...... Is there something mysterious about this little guy?

Let me take a look at this child's heart!

"Huh!"

Father Andrew slowly opened his eyes, but the place where he was standing was not Jiang Zhe's bedroom, but a very strange corridor...... What seems to be a long, long corridor ...... "To know what a person is like, it is not enough to just look at his eyes, but as long as you look at his inner world, it will be clear that people can never deceive their hearts!"

Father Andrew walked down this seemingly endless corridor, but he knew that at the end of this corridor, there was a door, which was the door to the inner world of man...... "But this child...... How can there be two?"

The corridor that seemed to be like a ribbon of light parted at some point, the bright one was connected to a seemingly ancient, majestic wooden door, the wooden door was carved with beautiful but strange patterns, and some strange symbols and words, and the dark one was connected to a cold iron door, the iron door was full of barbs, as for the words and symbols on this iron door, Father Andrew could still recognize a few, very similar to the [mirror text] commonly used by dark mages...... Father Andrew stood at the fork in the corridor for a few moments, but finally chose the one that led to the darkness.

After all, he just wanted to know what kind of existence was sealed in this boy's body, and there was no idea of peeking into the hearts of others, the ancient and imposing wooden door, although the style and pattern were a little strange, but it was not a problem, only this iron door...... The iron door was very large, which Father Andrew only noticed when he walked in, because he was as small as an ant in front of this huge iron door.

He looked up at the pattern on the iron door, but the pattern was very simple, there were only seven black circles on the entire iron door, but only in the fourth black circle, there was a monster with scales and armor carved, and there was a line of words carved above the black circle, as for what it meant, Father Andrew stared at it for a while, and felt a little burning on his cheeks...... The seven black circles are arranged from top to bottom in an asymmetrical way, and the seven black circles are connected by a black line, which looks like a plant from a distance, the black line is the stem of the plant, and the seven circles are the leaves of the plant...... Since it's a plant, if you have leaves, you will naturally have flowers, right?

Father Andrew struggled to pat his head to look at it, only to find that at the top of the entire huge iron door, a black sun was carved, and at the same time as he saw it, Father Andrew suddenly felt a dizzy discomfort, obviously, he did not like this feeling, looking at the black sun, he seemed to have a sense of foreboding.

Because the Bible that has been passed down by the Holy See for hundreds of years records that the golden sun represents the creation of the world by the supreme god, although the gods of the Holy See are not the so-called gods, the so-called gods, which Father Andrew himself understands.

When formulating the doctrine and the Bible, the White Mages worshipped the golden sun as the supreme god, and this was definitely not the empire's worship of the sun god.

Of course, if there is a positive side, there must be a negative side, and what is propagated and disseminated as negative material is the black sun, which I remember was originally proposed by a white magician who is proficient in great prophecy.

If the golden sun represents creation and peace, then the black sun represents destruction and destruction, which does not simply refer to a certain demon or a certain kind of demon, but an irresistible [will], that is, the "great will"!

This is a very pure symbol, if the golden sun symbolizes goodness, then the black sun symbolizes evil, the two do not refer to the gods, perhaps, this symbol is higher than the level of the gods...... "Then now ......" looked at the huge iron door without a single gap, Father Andrew raised his arm and pushed, but the iron door did not move.

Also, after all, this iron door was taller than any building Father Andrew had ever seen.

“...... Now, how do you get in?"

(To be continued)