The middle-aged woman who had just led Shad to see Miss Danister led Shad back to the open space where the damaged old world map was stored between the bookshelves, and then let him return through the map.
Before going back, Shad shamelessly asked the three people who operated and guarded the map for a "souvenir" with the St. Byron's school emblem.
So, after another bizarre hallucination, he appeared in a room on the second floor of Schneider's Psychological Clinic with five pens in his hands.
The other four people who were sitting on the stools by the wall and chatting immediately stood up and breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that it was Xia De who came back.
"Look! A souvenir! I brought it back from the academy!"
He smiled and showed the four people the pen in his hand. The doctor took one and looked at it under the light with some excitement:
"Oh, Shade, tell us quickly, what is the academy like?"
Among the five people present, Dr. Schneider was the most eager to go to the academy. While telling everyone about his experience, Shade was still thinking that if he returned with the news that "St. Byron's was actually a scam", the doctor might lose control on the spot.
Because of Shad's unexpected "long journey", the rest of the afternoon was completely spent on him telling his own stories. The whole process of meeting Miss Danister was only more than half an hour, but with everyone asking for details, he didn't finish until 5:30 in the evening.
Of course, he didn’t mention anything about Silver Moon and Red Moon, he just said that there were important things that needed his help to complete.
"I have never seen a thirteen-ring sorcerer, but from what you said, Miss Danister seems very approachable."
This was the doctor's evaluation of Shade's description, but judging by the reactions of the others, Miss Louisa, Miss Annat, and Father Augustus all seemed to have had experience with the Thirteen Ring Warlock.
The doctor was concerned about the academic atmosphere and learning environment of St. Byrons, and felt sorry that Shad was not able to talk to the formal students of the academy; Miss Louisa curiously asked about the details of Miss Danister, the thirteen-ring warlock, and even asked Shad to accurately describe her clothes and hairstyle.
Father Augustus was curious about the rich collection of books in the library that Shade described. When he heard Shade talking about the Pink Book, he didn't know anything about it like him. Doctor Schneider and Miss Annat didn't understand the book either. But Miss Louisa seemed to have thought of something, and then stopped Shade from discussing with the other three people. She blushed and said lightly:
"It's an unhealthy book. It contains a lot of records of magic and spells related to reproductive behavior... I haven't read it. I only learned about it when I was writing a course paper."
After hearing this, Xia De understood everything and the topic came to an abrupt end.
As for Miss Annat, she was concerned about the thaumaturgical soul echo and the final divination brought back by Shade. According to Miss Annat, this thaumaturgical art was one of the most powerful thaumaturgical arts that a low-level sorcerer could master through normal means, and the thirteenth-level librarian was really generous.
"As for divination, I've never heard that Miss Danister is proficient in divination before, so you don't have to worry too much about it, Shade."
This was the suggestion she gave, but the result of the divination was too consistent with what Xia De was going to do, so he decided to give it a try.
The study session that day did not end until around six o'clock. At the end, everyone was still reluctant to leave, so much so that Miss Shad and Miss Annat almost forgot to return the library's catalog of magic and spells that they had borrowed last week.
After the study session, everyone left. Dr. Schneider was in a hurry to see patients again, as the preparations for the Holy Prayer Festival for Father Augustus were becoming increasingly busy. As for Miss Annat, she was going to meet Miss Beatrice. With Shad's information, the relationship between them would probably grow by leaps and bounds.
Miss Louisa left with Shade. They had dinner together before heading to Quill Avenue for their first class.
The class was held in Miss Louisa's study. Compared with the study in St. Teresa's Square, the study in the rental apartment was a little smaller, but the number of books piled in it was probably more than five times that of the study in Shard.
The desk had been cleaned in advance. Xia De and Miss Louisa sat opposite each other. There was a bucket next to the table, with snowflakes floating on the bucket.
"First I need to confirm, Shade, how much do you know about human literature and the elements of enlightenment?"
The blonde girl was wearing a fitted blouse at home, with her hair hanging down behind her head and a hair tie tied around her wrist. She had prepared a lot of things for tonight's class. In front of Shade were a pen and a notebook, and three books at hand. From what Miss Louisa said, these were the books he needed to study and submit his reading notes next week.
“Basically, I don’t understand anything.”
Given that Shad's basic knowledge was basically zero, Miss Louisa spent a lot of time in the first hour of the course to let Shad understand the development of the "enlightenment" element and the development status of contemporary ring sorcerers who are proficient in the enlightenment element.
Contemporary research on the elements of enlightenment can be divided into two major directions, namely, obtaining enlightenment from literature and obtaining enlightenment directly from civilization.
Miss Louisa is proficient in the former, and according to literary classification, she listed to Shade the similarities and differences in the power that can be obtained from different types of stories. As for obtaining power from civilization itself, according to Miss Louisa, few people in this era are specialized in this method.
"Strictly speaking, any method of obtaining elements by looking at the texts written by humans is a method of extracting enlightenment elements. Therefore, the study of enlightenment elements can also help you dig deeper into the mysteries of those ancient texts."
This kind of systematic learning is exactly what the ignorant outsiders lack. Although the correspondence ring wizards are free, they also lack the opportunity to receive systematic training. With a "teacher" like Miss Louisa who is willing to provide unreserved help, Shade can quickly make up for the basic common sense and walk faster on the road of ring wizards.
So, although both of them have their own needs, Xia De is actually very grateful to Miss Louisa.
Around 7:30, the two of them took a short break. Then, Miss Louisa took out the translation of the original copy of the fairy tale "The Kiss of the Tree" that she had found, and asked Xia De to study it carefully.
A few days ago, after Shade explained his inexplicable involvement with the Father of the Infinite Tree, Miss Louisa temporarily changed the teaching plan, thinking that the runes related to the tree might be of great help to Shade.
While Shade was reading the story, Miss Louisa explained the details of the story and explained the possible meanings of the giant tree and Princess Tavier in the story based on different legends and stories. Although the book uses the common language, some metaphors and different interpretation methods can have a great impact on understanding the story itself.
When Xia De finished reading the whole thing for the first time, Miss Louisa sat back at her desk with sweat all over her forehead. She looked at Xia De, who was neither blushing nor panting:
"Shade, I wanted to ask you the last time I faced that evil eye, how high is your soul's resistance? Don't you feel any discomfort after reading a story that is close to the original?"
A chuckle reached his ears, and it was just that Shad didn't realize that such books could pollute the spirit.
In short, reading it once today is enough, and the two will continue to study the book in the class next week. Miss Louisa estimated that within a month at most, Shade would be able to gain some strength from the book. In addition to the "Mad Light Chaser" that he is still studying, Shade may have many unexpected gains in the near future:
"This kind of treatment, where another ring sorcerer helps interpret stories, can never be found anywhere else in this era. This phenomenon did exist in the one-to-one apprenticeship system of the past, but the teachers in the apprenticeship system would not be as generous as I am."
She was probably complimenting herself.
It was almost nine o'clock when the formal class ended. Miss Louisa asked Shade to show his life ring, and then under her instructions, he kept trying to use the puzzle lock "Little Match Girl" to let Miss Louisa experience the power of the match girl.
Shad didn't see the point in doing this, but the blonde writer claimed she gained a lot.
This study lasted until ten o'clock, because the apartment rented by the female writer did not allow any man to stay after eleven o'clock, and the landlady downstairs had come to urge them many times.
When Xia De was about to leave, he had three more books and a study notebook that Miss Louisa had used in the past.
But Miss Louisa did not see him off to the door. Instead, she picked up her coat and followed Shad through the apartment door and onto Quill Pen Street at night.
"Ms. Louisa, are you going to walk me to the intersection? It's such a short distance, there's no need to do that."
"Of course not."
The blonde motioned for Shade to follow her down the street:
"Although you didn't mention the materials needed for the Soul Echo Thaumaturgy, I think it must be related to corpse materials and soul materials. Shade, do you know where to get the materials?"
She put on the relatively loose coat and stepped on the ground with her right foot to make the shoe fit better.
"Go to Old John..."
"He doesn't even take the Demon Eye, so why do you think he has those disgusting materials? Corpse-related materials are hard to find on the black market in a strictly controlled city like Tobesk. It requires special channels."
As he spoke, he walked to the intersection first and waved to Xia De:
"Come with me, I'll show you a good place."
The back of the blonde girl in the night was particularly dazzling under the not very bright gas street lights on Quill Pen Street. Shade knew that it was inappropriate to use the word "dazzling" to describe the back, but this was the only word he could think of at the moment.
He hurriedly followed, but this time he didn't say thank you or anything like that. The two chatted about their feelings of carrying the Eternal Youth Leaf, and disappeared together in the gradually emerging night fog.