"I'm glad you understand. Do you have any other questions? I can answer any academic questions or difficulties you encounter."
Miss Danister continued, and Shade immediately thought of Miss Felina's gift. He was not sure whether the witch who lived in the last era would remember him after leaving the Thousand Trees Forest, but he was still happy to try to find traces.
However, even Miss Danister seemed to have never heard of Shade, so whether the two witches who left the forest had completely forgotten about him, or the years had worn away all traces, the possibility that the "gift" still existed was probably quite slim.
"I want to know what the admission process is for formal students of the academy."
Shade asked cautiously.
Miss Felina said that if the gift existed, it would have been obtained when Shad heard her name in his own time, so Shad thought of the entrance ceremony.
"Are you curious about this?"
Miss Danister smiled and said:
"In addition to the process you've already gone through as a correspondence student, regular students also have to go through complicated written tests, interviews, family investigations, and origin investigations. These rules are slightly adjusted every few years. If you want to know, I can find a book for you to read."
"Besides that, are there any admission regulations that have existed since the founding of the academy?"
Shade asked again, and Miss Danister thought about it carefully:
"Probably not. The modern admissions regulations were drawn up at the beginning of the Sixth Era, and then evolved step by step. After all, male ring sorcerers appeared at that time, and some of the old rules had to be changed on a large scale."
"I see..."
Shad felt a little disappointed. Miss Danister was very curious about his attitude at this moment, but she didn't ask much.
"It's the Sixth Era now, right?"
Xia De suddenly asked again.
"certainly."
The Thirteen Rings Warlock answered this question with certainty:
"I talked to Professor Garcia about your problem, and he said that judging from the paper you were going to read, you seemed to be doubting the accuracy of the time?"
"It's a guess."
Shade remained cautious.
"Be careful not to lose control. Ring sorcerers need to use time and space to stabilize their position in this world. The confusion of time and space will make people like you who deal with time and space more prone to mental disorder."
Xia De nodded to show that he understood, but in fact he was feeling regretful. Perhaps Miss Feliana and Miss Orlanod, the Moon Witch, had really forgotten him completely.
After canceling the ceremony and returning to Dr. Schneider's clinic, Shad picked up the cat again and told his friends what had just happened, telling them that Miss Danister had given him a very troublesome commission from the college.
In fact, the commission had already been passed on, and it was assigned to Shade in the name of Miss Danister. However, the commission had nothing to do with the library at all, but required Shade to submit a detailed hand-drawn map of Tobesk and the surrounding area as an update to the library's old map.
Luvia seemed to not quite believe that this was really a commission from the administrator, but everyone else believed it.
The five of them chatted in the doctor's clinic until five in the afternoon before leaving. Nothing major had happened in the Tobesk ring magic community this week, so there was nothing worth talking about. However, Priest Augustus mentioned the Yodel Palace and the prince's gun-wielding intrusion, which made everyone sigh.
Saturday night was the usual time for Shad to study with Dorothy, so the two of them and the cat had dinner together and then walked back to number 6 St. Teresa's Square.
The study of "Kiss of the Tree" was terminated because of the spirit rune that Shade accidentally obtained. The next step of learning about sleep would have to wait until Leicia returned to Tobesk and she would appear in front of Shade with her own body to explain it.
Shad actually thought that it would be okay to let Lecia use Dorothy's body and start teaching directly this Saturday, but Shad was very cautious and did not make this suggestion.
Because there is no clear goal for the time being, the study this time is tentatively set to interpret "Crazy Light Chaser". Before the formal study in the study room began, the blonde girl told Shade a good news:
"I have found some magic that may be related to the Kiss of the Tree."
She smiled happily:
"It's really not easy. The magic in the libraries of Zarathus College of Literature and Saint Byrons Comprehensive College are not as good as your rare spiritual runes. But Leicia's friend in Carsenrick found some very interesting magic from the Church of Nature."
She handed the letter from a distant place that she had prepared long ago to Shad. The foreign words recorded the magic - Brave Heart.
The name of the magic seems to have nothing to do with Tree Kiss, but it was created three hundred and eighty years ago by Mr. Hillard Kubrick, a high-ring warlock of the Church of Nature, after reading the story of "Tree Kiss" and being inspired by the story.
Different people have different understandings of different stories, but the ringmaster who lived nearly four hundred years ago saw "courage". Princess Tavier, betrayed by her lover and parents, lived alone in the forest with the trees. In Mr. Kubrick's view, this showed courage.
Although this interpretation has nothing to do with the true history represented by "Kiss of the Tree", it somehow fits with Shade's experience. For the sake of a goal, the two witches faced loneliness and darkness in the forest of thousands of trees, stubbornly survived by the campfire, and finally dispelled the darkness with Shade, which also showed courage.
Shade was very fond of this passive magic that could enhance the mental resistance and cardiopulmonary function of the ring wizard. Seeing that the learning materials were not complicated, he tried to learn it with the help of Dorothy.
He just lay on the ritual base on the floor with his upper body naked. After completing the entire ceremony, Shade's life ring showed no reaction.
Mia the cat was lying on the windowsill, Dorothy was presiding over the ceremony, and they all saw Shad lying on the ground in the pentagram for a long time before he had to admit defeat.
"It seems that I still need some magic that really fits this story... How come you have such a good figure?"
Dorothy was a little frustrated and looked carefully at Shad who was getting dressed.
Shade was not disappointed:
"The experience of obtaining this spiritual rune is a gain in itself, so it doesn't matter if there is no associated magic."
It had only been more than half a month since he was promoted to the second ring. There was still a long way to go, so there was no need to demand results from every attempt. But thinking back, he already had two spirit runes in more than half a month, and Miss Aurora helped him find the vibration. After experiencing the "Witch Light of Feliana" and the holy light of Priest Augustus, the reading of "Crazy Light Chaser" would produce results almost immediately.
If these two spiritual runes can correspond to the silver blasphemy and the brass enlightenment respectively, then Shade is not far from the third ring.
But before this relatively peaceful Saturday came to an end, there was a small episode. While Shad was looking for the key in the hallway and preparing to take Dorothy home, she suddenly slapped her head when she was looking for a carriage at the corner of the street:
"Oh, I actually forgot something very important! My little Mia, it's Saturday! Fortunately, I remembered it."
"What did you forget?"
The blonde asked curiously, and Shad hesitated and looked at Dorothy very seriously, which made the writer blush slightly.
"Can you do me a favor?"
"Sure, what is it?"
She looked up at Xia De with some anticipation, her emerald green eyes blinked a few times, her eyelashes very beautiful.
"Can I help you with some laundry?"
Shade asked hesitantly.
"Um?"
The blonde girl took a step back clutching her handbag, and cried out in pain when she accidentally bumped into the door.
If she hadn't learned about the ruby earrings from Leicia, Shade would most likely have been regarded as a pervert.
This is very bad for his reputation.