Chapter 135: Hermes the Teleporter
"You mean, your contract true name is, Hermes the Teleporter?"
For a moment, Jia Na thought her ears were playing tricks on her.
As a reborn person, the name "Hermes" was practically deafening in her previous Life.
After all, in her previous Life, even Jia Na, who didn't delve much into ancient Greek mythology, knew the names of the most famous main gods.
Coincidentally, "Hermes" is one of the most famous gods in ancient Greek mythology, in charge of commerce, theft, and other authorities, while also serving as the messenger of Olympus.
However, because there are many taboos in Mysticism regarding the Spirit World, especially for contracted creatures summoned for the first time and who don't have a certain emotional foundation, "saying too much" would mean "making a mistake".
Therefore, after hearing the Straw Man Messenger's contract true name, even though Jia Na had a whole bunch of questions, she could only temporarily swallow these doubts and remain silent.
"Nice to meet you for the first time, I am Jia Na-Luo Lan, I hope we can cooperate happily in the future."
"Hap~py~ Co~op~er~a~tion~"
Perhaps because he hadn't communicated with other Life forms for a long time, the Straw Man Messenger had been extremely curious and excited after signing the contract with Jia Na.
But coupled with his hoarse voice like grinding gears, even through mind communication, Jia Na still felt an indescribable strangeness.
"Then let's talk about the reward for each delivery."
Since the contract effect of Envoy Summons is far less strong than Contract Summoning and 【Elf Summoning】,
Therefore, every time Jia Na asked him for help, she needed to pay a specific reward.
Each reward would also be differentiated based on the actual workload and difficulty of the task, belonging to a relatively distant "employment relationship" in terms of emotional connection.
"I~ Don't~ Want~ Re~ward~"
Hearing this, Jia Na frowned, then her expression quickly returned to normal.
"That won't do. Your reward is the value generated by your work each time. I can't just enjoy the fruits of your labor for free."
Furthermore, Jia Na firmly believed in one principle: what's free is the most expensive.
"I~ Re~al~ly~ Don't~ Need~ It~"
Seeing that he didn't seem to be lying, Jia Na hesitated for a moment, then said to the Straw Man Messenger:
"How about this, I'll pay you one silver suler for each delivery?"
"Sil~ver~ Su~ler~?"
Looking at Jia Na's persistent expression, the Straw Man Messenger tilted his body, and then happily agreed to Jia Na's suggestion.
"As~ long~ as~ it's~ sent~ by~ you,~ I~ like~ it~"
Seeing that the other party agreed to use the currency of the main material plane for transaction payment, the contract magic circle around the two of them,
finally condensed successfully, and then slowly dissipated.
"The contract has been reached, I'll be relying on you from now on."
"O~kay,~ Good~bye~"
Slightly bowing his stiff body, the Straw Man Messenger was like a true human gentleman; when saying goodbye to Jia Na, he even performed a hat tip.
Although he had no hands, his mastery of magic power control was extremely high, completely unaffected in using magic power to control the removal and wearing of his top hat.
"Dong—Dong—Dong—"
Just like when he arrived, as the Straw Man Messenger lightly bounced on the ground, in the blink of an eye, his figure reintegrated into the void and disappeared.
"What a strange creature."
Seeing that the other party had finally left, Jia Na couldn't help but mutter in a low voice.
According to the final contract terms, every time Jia Na had the Straw Man Messenger deliver a letter, she needed to pay one silver suler.
That is to say, regardless of the distance, even for letter delivery across multiple planes, he would only charge her one silver suler.
Of course, Jia Na couldn't be blamed for being calculating. After all, bargaining is an important skill that every Wizard Apprentice specializing in 【Contract Studies】 must master.
Bargaining is an art; it's either zero times or countless times. A Summoning apprentice/Wizard who doesn't even know how to haggle cannot be called a qualified contract master.
Even though, in fact, the other party didn't even make a move to haggle—
She massaged her shoulders, then took out a piece of honey pancake she had specifically bought this morning from the refrigerator. Up until now, Jia Na had finally finished learning all the Witchcraft.
"Gulp gulp—"
She took a big gulp of iced bitter coffee, which helped alleviate the sweet and greasy taste of the honey pancake. If there were another flavor to choose from, Jia Na definitely wouldn't choose sweet food.
It's just that the apprentices at White Coral Academy seem to prefer sweet tastes; even the main dishes in the cafeteria are sweet tomato-flavored noodles, or creamy, cheesy seafood risotto—. This, however, ensured that Jia Na never had the trouble of gaining weight from overeating.
"Actually, getting fat doesn't matter, it's just a minor fat extraction surgery—it seems this kind of content will also be taught in the later 【Primary Medical】 course."
Gently putting down the coffee cup in her hand, without any pause, Jia Na directly summoned her character panel.
"System, upgrade all seven Witchcraft spells to the current level cap."
Swish, accompanied by seven golden lights flashing, while the accumulated skill experience was rapidly consumed, the seven Witchcraft spells Jia Na had mastered in the past two days were all upgraded to level 29.
At the moment the skills finished upgrading, a tide of Witchcraft knowledge surged wildly into Jia Na's mind.
Jia Na, who was already used to this, didn't even frown and easily completed the full absorption of the knowledge of these seven Witchcraft spells.
"This way, my confidence in the Three-School Joint Examination will be greater—"
As of now, Jia Na has mastered a total of twenty-two apprentice-level Witchcraft spells (not including apprentice cantrips).
Furthermore, Jia Na's proficiency with these twenty-two Witchcraft spells can be considered the limit that can be mastered at the current apprentice level.
This achievement, among apprentices of the same level in the entire Turin, is absolutely unmatched.
And this is also Jia Na's greatest confidence in having a chance to win in the Three-School Joint Examination three months later.
"It's just a pity that after this batch upgrade, the stock of skill experience is officially depleted—but fortunately, accumulating skill experience isn't difficult, and it won't take long to accumulate another batch—"
Turning off the character panel and looking at the sky outside, which was nearing dusk, Jia Na, who had stayed in the dormitory all day, walked to the window, gently pushed it open, and let the summer wind blow across her cheeks.
"Time flies so fast, in the blink of an eye, it's been a year—"
Sunset on the mountainside, slanting sun on the Raven's back.
Looking at the Raven dozing and being lazy on the branch again, Jia Na's thoughts, like her yellowing memories, accompanied by the afterglow of the setting sun, gradually sank into the mist, falling into the vast expanse.