For a heretical magician like Samimi, her magical talents are truly one of a kind—there are both upsides and downsides, like drawing a lottery, but most of the time, it’s the downsides that show up.
If you awaken the Five Great Elements, the human race has accumulated thousands of years of Elemental Magic development, so you can just follow the experiences left behind by the Ancient Magicians to learn.
But heretical magicians can only fumble their way forward on their own, with no knowledge available to guide them. By the time they figure out even a little, they’re already old and gray.
Bemore vaguely remembered it was called [Briar Magic] or something?
So she believed the best thing for Samimi to do was to hurry up and spend her time researching and developing her own Briar Magic, rather than wandering around aimlessly every day, and certainly not wasting time learning any Universal Magic.
But I’m not Samimi’s mom—I’ve got no obligation to teach her.
Taking Samimi to learn Universal Magic lets me pry into her secrets, wastes her time, and earns her trust. It’s killing three birds with one stone.
Hehehe, I’m just too clever.
After enduring the long and rambling inner monologue of the white-haired witch, the group arrived at the Central Teaching Castle Cluster.
Today, finally, they didn’t have to go to the Magic Basic Theory classroom. Today, finally, they had a guide.
Bemore led the Samimi trio to a place even deeper and more mysterious—a Little Book Repository where ordinary magical knowledge scrolls were kept.
Alright, to be honest, it wasn’t all that secret. Any apprentice could come and go freely, so there definitely wouldn’t be any rare magic books hidden inside.
None of the facilities at the Continental Magic Academy had signs, and many places were off-limits, so Samimi couldn’t just go exploring everywhere.
The only place in the entire academy with a sign was the restroom. All the other big doors were tightly shut, and who knew what went on inside? She didn’t dare go snooping, either.
Even though Samimi considered herself invincible among magic apprentices, if she annoyed any big shots, her current strength wasn’t enough to handle it.
Without a guide familiar with the rules, it was impossible to get around here. And now that she’d offended the Flame School, no one wanted to help her.
The people she knew here—the Priestess and the other heretical magicians—were in the same situation as herself. They couldn’t fit into the rigidly stratified Continental Magic Academy either.
She’d been at the Continental Magic Academy for so long and hadn’t learned a single spell—how was that reasonable? It wasn’t, was it?
But! At this very moment!
The white-haired witch Bemore descended like a savior!
Now, what exactly is [Universal Magic]?
It’s just general magic that any magician can learn, with no talent restrictions. For example, an ice magician can’t exactly go learn fire magic, right?
But Universal Magic can be learned by both ice and fire magicians—like Magic Shield and Substitution Technique. As long as you’re a magician, you can learn them.
But in the eyes of magicians, you only need to learn Magic Shield when it comes to Universal Magic.
All the other Universal Magic spells are just flashy and useless tricks. Learning Universal Magic is considered a waste of time.
That’s why Bemore thought bringing Samimi to learn Universal Magic was a waste of her time—a win for herself.
But that wasn’t the case. Samimi’s Briar Magic was unlocked through the Evil-Good System, which meant she didn’t need to spend time developing her obscure magic at all.
She didn’t have to hole up in the Moon of Darkness Hall, painstakingly developing magic like other heretical magicians. All she had to do was sit and wait for her Goodness Value to rise.
So for Samimi, coming to learn some Universal Magic didn’t actually waste any time. Otherwise, she really wouldn’t have anything to do.
Although she had already mastered the two most practical Universal Magic spells—Magic Shield and Substitution Technique—on her own. These two god-tier skills didn’t require reading books; she could develop them herself.
But she also knew that Universal Magic didn’t have much practical use. Still, there might be one or two odd tricks hidden among them—like finding gold in a pile of dung.
Could she find some good Universal Magic?
It was just like drawing cards in a mobile game—full of anticipation.
Once inside, Samimi wandered around, full of curiosity. Seeing so many magic books made her happy; she could read whatever she wanted, so at least she wouldn’t be bored for the next half year.
And since there were no other magic apprentices in the Little Book Repository, it was like having the whole theater to themselves. Only the four of them were there, free to walk around and look for books.
Soon, Samimi and Rebecca were each hugging a stack of magic books as they headed to the seats in the corner of the Little Book Repository. They pulled out their thick notebooks and began studying hard, trying to decipher the secrets within the magic books.
“……”
Bemore watched Samimi so happy and studying so earnestly, and somehow felt a little uncomfortable herself.
As a professional magician, she knew Samimi was wasting her magical life like this, and couldn’t help but feel a bit uneasy.
But let’s be clear! This didn’t mean she was suddenly growing a conscience! And it definitely didn’t mean she had any feelings for Samimi!
She was simply looking at things from a professional standpoint—she just couldn’t stand magicians wasting time.
And in order to uncover the secrets of Samimi’s spells and get her to research her Briar Magic more, she’d have a better chance of finding out the truth.
“Universal Magic is useless. You’d be better off spending more time researching your own Briar Magic.”
After another long and rambling internal struggle, the conflicted Bemore finally made up her mind and said this out loud.
Let’s make it clear again! It absolutely wasn’t because her conscience was acting up! It was just for her own mission!
“This…” This time, it was Samimi who found it hard to explain.
She couldn’t exactly tell them her Briar Magic was stuck by the system, right? Couldn’t exactly say she didn’t need to research or develop new magic, and could just sit and level up?
“Lady Mimi has her own reasons. There’s no need for your input.” Rebecca suddenly retorted coldly.
“Rebecca, just what did I do to offend you? Why do you always have to give me that attitude?” Bemore couldn’t take it anymore and asked directly.
“You know perfectly well what you did to me.” Rebecca snorted coldly.
This was an unsolvable response—it was like when your girlfriend gets mad, but you have no idea why, and if you ask, she won’t say. She just wants you to figure it out yourself—truly a dead end.
“I was the one who introduced you into the school. If you followed the wrong person, who’s to blame? I told you long ago those people couldn’t be trusted. Couldn’t make it as a lapdog over there, so now you’re trying to be one here.” Bemore mocked.
“You! You didn’t say a damn thing! Not a thing!” Rebecca was so angry she was about to explode.
A classic socially anxious girl—quiet most of the time, but when she speaks, it’s a total eruption.
After all, when she’s silent, she’s overthinking, and overthinking means observing others, so naturally she knows exactly where to hit where it hurts.
“Huh?” Samimi was still taking notes nearby.
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