In the following days, Richard spent his time in quiet research.
Fast forward, many days later, it was afternoon.
White Rock Tower Academy, inside the library.
In front of a long table, Richard sat. On the top of the long table, dozens of books were piled into several piles. Each pile was more than half a meter high, like a wall blocking Richard's face.
Behind the book wall, Richard quickly browsed the contents of the books and thought for a while after finishing browsing. I am sure that the book I just read called "The Secret of the Ultimate Mage Pattern Spell - Holy Wizard Oaks" is basically of no use. The recorded knowledge is not reliable at all. The system established is contradictory. It is probably an unknown person. A masterpiece of wizard's imagination.
"call-"
Richard let out a breath, threw the book on the pile of books next to him, then picked up a new book from the side and started reading.
At this time, a faint scent of tulips floated from the side, and a girl in pink clothes sat down next to her holding a book. He tilted his head, straightened his bangs, opened the book and was about to read. From the corner of his eye, he saw the spectacular sight of the "book wall" in front of Richard. He was a little curious and turned to look at Richard.
Eyes flashing, the girl in pink said: "Hey, that..."
"Huh?" Richard turned to look at the girl.
"Um..." the girl pointed to the stacked books and asked with some caution, "Have you finished reading all these books?"
"It's almost done." Richard said.
"Are you so good?" The girl blinked, "But... why do you read so many books?"
Before Richard could say anything, the girl stretched out her hand and said friendly: "By the way, my name is Jessica. Nice to meet you."
"Richard." Richard said calmly, but did not extend his hand.
The girl's hand hung empty in the air for a long time, then she shrank back uncomfortably, but the expression on her face didn't pay too much attention to it. She just thought that Richard was a little introverted. He said aloud: "Are you interested in telling me why you read so many books? Well, they all seem to be books related to magic patterns. Have you... taken Teacher Adolf's magic pattern course? I am a student of Teacher Adolf. I… "
The girl chattered like a lark, but Richard only replied three words.
"Not interested." Richard said calmly.
"Forehead… "
The girl's words stopped abruptly, she opened her mouth and looked at Richard blankly, her eyes widened, as if she didn't understand.
"You...what did you say?" the girl asked.
"I said, I'm not interested in answering your question. Do you have anything else to do? If not, then I will continue reading." Richard said.
"Um..." The girl named Jessica looked straight at Richard with her eyes rounded, and suddenly realized that Richard was not an introvert at all, but a complete freak.
"Huh." Jessica picked up her book angrily, turned around and left.
Richard looked at the other person's back and shook his head lightly, not paying much attention.
Richard knew very well that as long as he took the initiative, he could easily connect with the other party. If he put some thought into it, he might be able to do some wonderful things with the other party. But then again, he had no interest in doing so.
He knew very well that there must be a lot of interesting things happening in the entire White Rock Tower Academy and the entire White Rock City at this moment.
Maybe in a corner, two students, a boy and a girl, are kissing.
Perhaps in a dark warehouse, a group of strong students may be bullying a thin student.
Perhaps in a remote open space, students who have just broken through to become third-level apprentices are beating up their former enemies.
These things are normal experiences for college students and are part of college life, but he has no interest in participating in them. From beginning to end, he tried to stay away, as a bystander, to get what he wanted from the academy and conduct some of his research.
Therefore, this kind of two-point and one-line life from laboratory to college has been going on for a long time.
If possible, he is prepared to continue this method and not have unnecessary contact with anyone unless there are special needs.
"Don't add entities if it's not necessary."
This is the "Occam's razor" proposed by the 14th-century English logician and Franciscan monk William on modern earth, also known as "Occam's razor".
He is ready to implement this concept at this stage.
Only in this way can we minimize external interference and focus on our own affairs.
These thoughts flashed through Richard's mind. Taking a breath, Richard turned his head, his eyes fell on the open page of the book again, and he started browsing.
…
quite a while.
Richard had finished reading a book called "The Language of Gods - Demon Patterns" and was digesting the content. Suddenly he raised his eyes and looked around with a sharp gaze.
Because at this moment, Richard suddenly felt that the simple ring on his finger was slightly warm.
The temperature change is so small that it would be easy to miss it if you hadn't been paying attention since the last time something similar happened.
And now...
Richard quickly stood up and looked around. But just like the first time, everything around him was normal, everyone was reading and walking as usual, and there was nothing abnormal.
That…
The temperature change of the ancient ring was very weak this time. Richard guessed that the triggering thing was relatively far away, so he stood up and randomly chose a direction to walk towards.
After walking for more than ten meters, there was no response from the ancient ring. Richard realized that he was going in the wrong direction and immediately returned to the opposite direction.
After walking more than ten meters again, the ancient ring began to heat up, and the heat became stronger and stronger, slowly turning from hot to boiling hot.
Richard looked ahead, which was the exit of the library. There were many people carrying books and heading towards the service desk, ready to borrow them.
So…
Richard moved forward quickly, feeling the heat of the ring, until he reached the service desk, then walked back step by step, and finally stopped in front of a short girl holding a book, and his eyes fell on the girl's arms. On top of the book.
The short girl was stunned, looked at Richard with some vigilance, and asked aloud: "You... what are you doing?"
"Excuse me, I want to read your book."
"Why?" the short girl asked.
"Isn't it possible?" Richard asked, "Is there something in the book you borrowed that you don't want others to know?"
"Huh?" The short girl's eyes widened, her face flushed a little bit, and she said to Richard: "Nonsense! I didn't!"
"Then let me take a look." Richard said.
"Just look at it, I'm not afraid!" said the short girl, showing the top book in her arms to Richard. It was a very ordinary book about plastic energy spells, and Richard had already browsed it. , although the content inside is very colorful, it is of little value. The name is "The Secret of Fire and Frost".
"Not this one, the next one."
"What's going on with the next book?" The short girl showed the second book - "Norsk Acid Analysis" - which is also an ordinary evocation spell book.
"There is another book." Richard said.
"Do you really want to see it?" the short girl asked.
"No?" Richard asked.
"No, but... forget it, I'll just show it to you." The short girl hesitated for a while and showed the last book - "My Autobiography - Moratos".
The moment the book was displayed, Richard felt that the simple ring on his finger suddenly became a little hot.
So... was it this book that triggered the changes in the ancient ring
Richard thought to himself and looked at the short girl, "I am very interested in what this book can give us."
"Huh?" The girl's cheeks suddenly turned like ripe red apples, and she looked at Richard with her big round eyes, showing a shy and weird expression, "Are you really interested?"
"how… "
"Here you go." The short girl put the book into Richard's arms and ran away like a frightened rabbit.
Richard couldn't help but his eyes flashed.