In addition to talking to each other and complaining about their studies, the three also exchanged their recent plans. Shade did not mention the matter of Founder Silver Moon, intending to wait until the final appraisal next week before mentioning it, and the doctor had already accepted the academy's reward for obtaining the forged Philosopher's Stone of the Keeper-level relic.
Even though he knew that this matter was related to the gift box of the Sage-level relic god and the crazy plan of the Mercury Blood Organization, the doctor still planned to get involved. He planned to invite Miss Louisa to participate in his plan, but told Shade not to get involved in this matter, as it would definitely end with a battle between the ring warlocks.
Compared to the fourth- and fifth-ring warlocks, Shad is almost just an ordinary person.
Miss Louisa's plan for next week is much simpler. In addition to assisting the doctor, she has made up her mind to study at home and never go out. In the exam season at the end of July, she must pass at least five exams so that she can hope to be promoted to the fifth grade at the end of this year.
The blonde girl has already collected the four different spirit runes of the fourth ring, and now she is just waiting for the ceremony to connect the sublimation words of the low-level ring sorcerers and advance to the fifth ring in one fell swoop. These things have been reported to Saint Byrons, and the academy will send a mentor to Tobesk this fall to assist in this crucial sublimation.
Therefore, the examinations in cultural and theoretical subjects were the biggest obstacle for her to enter the fifth grade.
The fortune teller Miss Annat still hadn't returned to Tobesk City, and Father Augustus hadn't shown up until that evening, so Shad had no chance to ask what the "afterglow of God" that the old god of the past was.
He did try to mention it to Dr. Schneider and Miss Louisa, but they didn't react at all and regarded it as some kind of religious metaphor.
"As expected, if this kind of thing can be found out casually, it doesn't match the difficulty of the event. It's like a simple commission, it's impossible to get a high reward... ...Except for Mia."
Shad comforted himself in his heart and planned to visit Priest Augustus in the Dawn Church in person when he had time.
Of course, the priest's failure to show up was not due to bad luck or an accident. He sent a letter to the psychological clinic a little later, saying that the church had arranged a meeting this afternoon to discuss the activities of the Dawn Church's Holy Prayer Day to be held in July.
The Dawn Church holds a grand religious celebration in late July every year, which is the day with the longest daylight hours. Believers call it "Holy Prayer Day" and pagans call it "Holy Prayer Festival." So priest Augustus will probably be quite busy in the next month. As an old priest who has participated in countless Holy Prayer Days, he is an important organizer of the event.
It is common for only three people to attend a study group meeting like today, which should have five people. Everyone has their own life and plans, and life is always full of strange surprises, said Miss Louisa, a writer.
"Ha, that's not a quote, that's my own words, from my short story, A Midsummer Night's Wish."
The blond writer said with a hint of pride.
After returning to his home in St. Teresa's Square that night, Shad immediately learned the spell of the frog's leap, which included three basic spells, and the number of spells mastered by Shad rose to six.
The materials for learning spells were the supernatant of the ground frog entrails and four complete frog skins, all of which were provided free of charge by Miss Louisa. She even provided more than a dozen dried frog legs for Shade to use as spellcasting materials.
Shade would have to prepare these things by himself in the future, so the doctor told Shade that he could set up a special room in his home for alchemy, potion preparation and herb cultivation.
Xia De planned to dismantle the wooden boards on the first floor and go to the basement to see if there was any space. That night, he and his orange cat Mia did not sleep well most of the night because of the smell of frog materials.
But at least he learned the spell, and applied three-quarters of the supernatant of the ground material to his two legs, and wrapped his ankles and knees with four frog skins respectively. He pierced the wrapped knees and ankles with a steel needle until they bled, and in this injured state, he recited the spell provided by Miss Louisa.
Xia De once again demonstrated his ability of "being able to understand what he heard and saw, but not being able to speak or write". After reciting those strange syllables, he realized that this was a form of witchcraft sacrifice, praying for help from the killed frogs.
"Kill them and then ask for their help?"
Although he did not understand this behavior, he eventually learned the sixth spell after enduring the feeling of nausea and vomiting, drinking the last quarter of the supernatant, and throbbing with injuries while retching.
"Since you are me, can you complete these terrible studies for me?"
He still had the mood to ask in his heart, but the usual woman's whispering voice did not appear this time.
Now that he had learned it, he had to give it a try. After clearing the furniture in the living room and leaving enough space for movement, Shade chanted the spell while rolling the dried frog legs with his fingers. As the power in his legs gradually became more obvious, he seemed to see a green halo appearing on his legs.
He threw the frog legs casually down, and as the spell was completed, he suddenly jumped upwards, the whole person flew into the air, turned 360 degrees in the air, and with a thud, his feet landed steadily on the ground.
"Oh! This is amazing!"
Xia De thought with a smile that the feeling of power had not weakened, which meant that the power of the spell could last for a long time. Just as he was about to try again, he saw the orange cat lying on the sofa staring at him with big eyes.
Then, Mia stood up on the sofa, tried to jump slowly a few times, and then suddenly jumped up with great force. The whole orange cat imitated what Shade had just done, made a beautiful turn in the air, and then fell onto the sofa.
The sofa was soft, and Mia didn't jump very high. So it struggled for a while and stood up. It looked up and saw Shade looking at it. So it turned around and lay down again with its back to Shade. The whole cat curled up into an orange cat ball in the corner of the sofa, and it seemed that it had made up its mind not to pay attention to Shade.
"Um... ... "
In fact, the joy of having a cat at home is enough to offset the cost of cat food and daily care. At least when Xia De saw the money for high-end cat food on the coffee table, he would be happy, but he would not have this kind of happiness from the heart.
Of course, there were unhappy things that night. The taste of frog skin and supernatant did not completely disappear until the next morning. And Xia De suspected that he would remember the taste in his mouth for the rest of his life.