The middle-aged woman who had just led Xia De to Miss Daniste, led Xia De back from between the bookshelves to the open space where the Broken Old World Map was stored, and then used the map to send him back.
Before returning, Xia De shamelessly asked the three people operating and guarding the map for "souvenirs" with the Saint Byron's school emblem.
So, after another bizarre illusion, he appeared in the room on the second floor of Schneider Psychological Clinic, holding five fountain pens.
The other four people, who had been sitting on the bench by the wall chatting, immediately stood up, and only relaxed when they saw that Xia De had returned.
"Look! Souvenirs! I specially brought them back from the Academy!"
He smiled and showed the fountain pens in his hand to the four people. The doctor took one and looked at it under the lamp with some excitement:
"Oh, Xia De, quickly tell us, what is the Academy really like?"
Among the five people present, Doctor Schneider was the most eager to go to the Academy. While recounting his recent experience to everyone, Xia De was still thinking that if he returned with the news that "Saint Byron's is actually a scam," the doctor might lose control on the spot.
Due to Xia De's unexpected "journey," the rest of the afternoon completely turned into him recounting his experiences. Although the entire meeting with Miss Daniste only lasted a little over half an hour, he talked until 5:30 PM, as everyone pressed for details.
Of course, he didn't mention the matters of the Silver Moon and Red Moon, only saying that there was an important matter that required his assistance.
"I've never seen a Thirteen Ring Sorcerer before, but listening to you, Miss Daniste seems very approachable."
This was the doctor's assessment of Xia De's description, but looking at the reactions of the others, Miss Louisa, Miss Annette, and Priest Augustus, all seemed to have had experiences with Thirteen Ring Sorcerers.
The doctor was interested in Saint Byron's academic atmosphere and learning environment, and regretted that Xia De was unable to converse with the Academy's official students; Miss Louisa, on the other hand, curiously inquired about the details of the Thirteen Ring Sorcerer Miss Daniste, even asking Xia De to accurately describe her attire and hairstyle.
Priest Augustus was curious about the rich collection of books in the Library described by Xia De, and like him, was unfamiliar when Xia De mentioned the pink book. Doctor Schneider and Miss Annette also didn't understand this book, but Miss Louisa seemed to have thought of something, then stopped Xia De and the other three from discussing it among themselves. She blushed and said lightly:
"Unhealthy reading material, it contains a large number of Miracles and spells related to reproductive behavior... I haven't read it, I just learned about this book when writing a course paper."
With that, Xia De completely understood, and the topic abruptly ended.
As for Miss Annette, she was interested in the Miracle Soul Echo that Xia De brought back and the final divination. According to Miss Annette, this Miracle is considered one of the most powerful Miracles that low-Ring術士 can master through normal means. That Thirteenth Ring Librarian was truly generous.
"As for divination, I haven't heard that Miss Daniste is proficient in divination before, so Xia De, you don't need to pay too much attention to it."
This was her advice, but the divination result overlapped too highly with what Xia De had to do, so he still decided to give it a try.
The study session didn't end until around six o'clock that day, and everyone was still reluctant to leave, so much so that Xia De and Miss Annette almost forgot to return the Library Miracle and spell catalog they had borrowed last week.
After the study session, everyone left separately. Doctor Schneider was in a hurry to make another house call, Priest Augustus's Holy Prayer Festival preparations were getting busier and busier, and as for Miss Annette, she was going to see Miss Bei Ya Si. With Xia De's information, their relationship would likely improve by leaps and bounds.
Miss Louisa left with Xia De. The two first had dinner together, and then went to Feather Pen Street for the first lesson.
The lesson took place in Miss Louisa's study. Compared to the study in Saint Delan Square, the study in the rented apartment was slightly smaller, but the number of books piled inside was probably five times more than in Xia De's study.
The desk had been tidied up in advance. Xia De and Miss Louisa sat facing each other, with a water bucket beside the table, and snowflakes floating on the water bucket.
"First, I need to confirm, Xia De, how much do you know about human literature and Enlightenment Element?"
The Golden-haired girl was wearing a fitted ladies' shirt at home, her hair was loose and fell behind her head, and she had tied her hair tie around her wrist. She had prepared a lot for tonight's lesson. Paper, pens, and a notebook were laid out in front of Xia De, and three books were placed beside him. From Miss Louisa's intention, these books were what he needed to read and submit reading notes for next week.
"Basically, I don't know anything at all."
Given that Xia De's basic Knowledge was almost zero, Miss Louisa spent a lot of time in the first hour of the lesson, helping Xia De understand the development of the Enlightenment Element and the current development of Ring術士 who are proficient in the Enlightenment Element.
Contemporary research on the Enlightenment Element is divided into two main directions: gaining inspiration from literature and directly gaining inspiration from civilization.
Miss Louisa is proficient in the former, and according to literary classification, she listed the similarities and differences of the powers that can be obtained from different types of stories to Xia De. As for gaining power from civilization itself, according to Miss Louisa, very few people in this era specialize in this method.
"Strictly speaking, any method of obtaining elements by examining texts written by humans belongs to the method of extracting Enlightenment Element. Therefore, the study of Enlightenment Element can also help you delve deeper into the mysteries in those ancient classics."
This kind of systematic learning is exactly what the Outsider, who knows nothing, lacks. Although Letter-based Ring術士 are free, they also lack the opportunity to receive systematic training. Having a "teacher" like Miss Louisa, who is willing to provide help without reservation, can quickly help Xia De make up for those basic common senses and progress faster on the path of a Ring術士.
So, although the two of them had their own needs, Xia De was actually very grateful to Miss Louisa.
Around 7:30 PM, the two finally took a short break. Afterwards, Miss Louisa took out her translated copy of the original transcription of the fairy tale "Kiss of the Tree" and had Xia De study it carefully.
After Xia De explained his inexplicable connection with the Father of Infinite Trees a few days ago, Miss Louisa temporarily changed her teaching plan, believing that runes related to the Tree might be of great help to Xia De.
Xia De read the story while Miss Louisa explained the detailed content of the story, and according to different legends and stories, explained the possible meanings of the giant tree and Princess Tavel in the story. Although this book used the common language, some metaphors and different interpretation methods could greatly affect the understanding of the story itself.
By the time Xia De finished reading the first time completely, Miss Louisa sat back at the desk, covered in sweat. She looked at Xia De, whose face was not red and who was not out of breath:
"Xia De, I wanted to ask you last time when we faced that demonic eye, how high is your Soul Echo resistance? After reading a story so close to the original, didn't you feel any discomfort at all?"
A light laugh came from his ear. Xia De actually just didn't realize that this kind of book could pollute the mind.
In any case, reading it once today was enough. In next week's lesson, the two would continue to study this book. Miss Louisa estimated that within a month at most, Xia De would be able to gain some power from the book. Coupled with the crazy light chaser, which he was still studying, Xia De might have many unexpected gains recently:
"This kind of treatment, where another Ring術士 helps interpret the story, is something you'll never find anywhere else in this era. The one-on-one apprenticeship system of past eras did have this phenomenon, but the teachers in apprenticeships wouldn't be as generous as I am."
She was probably praising herself.
Around nine o'clock, the formal lesson ended. Miss Louisa had Xia De reveal his Destiny Ring, and then, under her guidance, he continuously tried to use the Mystic Lock · the little match girl, so that Miss Louisa could experience the power of the match girl.
Xia De didn't see what the use of doing this was, but the Golden-haired Writer claimed that she gained a lot.
This research continued until ten o'clock, because the apartment rented by the Writer did not allow any men to stay beyond eleven o'clock, and the landlady downstairs had already urged them many times.
When Xia De was about to say goodbye, he had three more books and a study notebook that Miss Louisa had used in the past.
But Miss Louisa didn't just see him to the door. Instead, she picked up her coat for going out and followed Xia De out of the apartment building onto the night-time Feather Pen Street.
"Miss Louisa, are you going to see me to the intersection? It's such a short distance, you don't need to."
"Of course not."
The Golden-haired girl gestured for Xia De to follow her down the street:
"Although you didn't say what materials the Soul Echo Miracle requires, I imagine it must be related to corpse materials and soul materials. Xia De, do you know where to get the materials?"
She put on the still somewhat loose coat and stepped on the ground with her right foot to make her shoes fit better.
"Go to Old John's..."
"He doesn't even take demonic eyes, why do you think he would have those disgusting materials? Corpse-related materials are very difficult to find even in the black market of a strictly controlled City like Tobesk. This requires special channels."
Saying that, she walked towards the intersection first, waving at Xia De:
"Come with me, I'll introduce you to a good place."
In the night, the Golden-haired girl's back looked extraordinarily dazzling under the not-so-bright gas streetlights of Feather Pen Street. Xia De knew that using the word "dazzling" to describe a back was inappropriate, but that was the only word he could think of at the moment.
Hurriedly catching up, this time he didn't say things like thank you. The two chatted about the feeling of carrying the youth everlasting leaf and disappeared together into the gradually emerging night fog.