New Skills
A fair, slender hand with small and well-proportioned joints, no calluses, and nails a healthy light pink.
After a few seconds, Leonard looked away, focusing on the problem at hand. "No wonder I didn't find it that time. I thought it was still in feather form. It turns out it's already living in your hand in a simple, active state."
"Later," Elena paused and looked at Leonard cautiously, "I have to confess something to you first."
Leonard's heart skipped a beat. "...What's going on?"
Elena: "At that time, I was dissatisfied with Mr. Leopold's too full class schedule and negotiations were fruitless. So I made a cursed doll to bring bad luck to Mr. Leopold."
Leonard felt relieved: "It's okay, he deserved it."
Elena laughed out loud. It felt so good to have a friend who spoke completely for her.
Elena's smile faded as she recalled what happened next. "But because of that cursed doll, the sensitive object proactively lent its power without my knowledge. When Mr. Leopold had a really bad day, the sensitive object determined that the transaction was successful, and some of its power then invaded my body."
Leonard immediately recalled the strange, ominous black aura surrounding Elena. "No wonder you had that black aura. You didn't go to any dangerous places, nor did you touch any dangerous objects. How could you have that aura for no reason? It turns out it was your sensitive substance that was causing the trouble."
Leonard apologized to Elena: "I was wrong. I clearly felt something was wrong, but I didn't do any further checks on you, letting this hidden danger stay with you for so long. If it weren't for this time..."
"I don't blame you." Elena stopped him from apologizing. "I didn't even know I had a sensitive object. There's nothing wrong with it. It was my own negligence. Besides, you're a knight, not a mage. You're not good at curses and fate."
Before Leonard could continue, Elena continued to talk about the dream: "The sensitive creature still needs to wait for the second and third transactions with me, so that it can completely invade and reside in my body.
It continues to wait, but we discovered the problem with Yuanyuan and the magic symbol, and I want to complete the magic symbol.
Fortunately, the magic symbol's power source was just enough to suppress the sensitive creature, so the sensitive creature was completely unaware of the danger. It wasn't until I mobilized my magic power to connect with the magic symbol on Yuanyuan's body, causing a collision of magical forces that the sensitive creature realized the danger. However, it was too late; it was caught."
This development surprised Leonard even more. "The source of the spatial symbol's power happens to be able to restrain sensitive objects?"
"Yes, that's right." Elena nodded heavily. "In the dream, the sensitive creature said that it was its mortal enemy and nemesis. It also said that even though it had fallen for many years, its remaining power could still restrain it."
Leonard: ...That's a lot of information.
Elena directly stated her conclusion: "According to my speculation, the underground chamber where Yuanyuan fell should be the remains of a great and powerful person. Although he has been dead for many years, he still has residual power left. He happens to be the nemesis of sensitive objects. The symbol on Yuanyuan's body carries his residual power."
After saying this, Elena looked at Leonard, waiting for Leonard's approval.
However, after thinking for a while, Leonard slowly shook his head. "No, it's not true. He has been dead for so many years, yet he still retains such powerful strength. He can restrain sensitive objects with just an incomplete symbol. He can't be just a strong being. He must be a god-level being."
Existence at the divine level?? !!
"Which god could it be?" Elena asked curiously.
Leonard shrugged. "How would I know? I'm not a theology major. The history of the gods is so long, and there's still evidence of existing gods. How many people would know about fallen gods? Besides, at the divine level, there are not only gods, but also angels. Angels are even harder to explain."
Elena: ...
Is this just going to be left unresolved? A huge question mark popped up over Elena's head.
Leonard comforted her: "It's okay that I don't know. We can ask the dean. He's lived a long time and knows a lot. We can ask him."
"But," Elena hesitated, "what if the dean..."
She didn't know what to say. She had to be on guard. She didn't want to doubt the dean, but what if? Aren't many villains righteous and kind on the surface, but insidious and vicious behind the scenes?
Elena hesitated, and Leonard didn't urge her or continue to persuade her.
"Okay, it's okay. Don't worry. We can continue to observe. If there's nothing wrong, just forget it. If there is any problem, go find the dean." Leonard said.
Elena breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay."
After gaining her new abilities, Elena spent the rest of her vacation practicing them.
Elena didn't dare to practice her ability to cross space for the time being.
Because Elena's spatial leap didn't require a predetermined location; as long as she thought about it and had a specific image in her mind, she could leap through it. This was incredible, even the great wizard couldn't do it. What if Leopold or Ansiel happened to see her practicing? That would be very troublesome, and would definitely require explanation, research, and investigation.
It is better to have less trouble than more, not to mention that this new skill is used as a trump card to save your life.
So let’s not practice space crossing for now.
Elena is now concentrating on practicing destiny prediction. This skill is very simple and can be activated by just snapping your fingers. Moreover, practicing more will help absorb the activity of sensitive objects. This is what Leonard said.
Elena snapped her fingers.
A snap of the fingers means knowing tomorrow.
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Teacher Leopold sat in front of her. "Is my wizard robe ready? Today we are learning about enchantment, so let's use my robe to demonstrate enchantment. Do you have all the magic gems I need?"
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Okay, wizard robe, magic gem, Elena immediately picked up a pen and paper and wrote it down.
The magic gems have been bought, but what about the wizard robes? Has the tailor made the robes?
Oh, by the way, she seemed to remember that the housekeeper had told her the day before yesterday that the wizard robe was almost finished, except for the embroidery. Two days had passed, so it should be done, right?
Ask the tailor to bring the wizard robe to me later.
Elena snapped her fingers twice more.
Two snaps of the fingers represent the day after tomorrow.
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The old housekeeper hurried up to her, his expression serious: "Miss, a village has reported an insect plague."
Insect plague?
Elena quickly asked, "How many villages? What kind of insect is it?"
"So far, only two villages have reported that they are beetles." The old housekeeper replied.
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The picture disappeared, and Elena quickly wrote down "insect plague, diplodocus" on the paper.
I'll check how to prevent and control this insect later.
Elena snapped her fingers three more times.
Three snaps of the fingers represent the day after tomorrow.
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The agricultural officer stood before her with a serious expression. "Miss, the large number of beetles indicates an impending flood. Please take precautions."
flood?
flood!
We must quickly develop water conservancy projects!
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Elena quickly wrote down "flood, water conservancy construction" on the paper.
Accurate prediction consumes a lot of magic power. Elena can only predict the future three times a day now. Today's prediction quota has been used up, so she stopped practicing and will not continue.
Now we must first deal with the two disasters that have been predicted.
Elena found the "Insect Illustrated Encyclopedia" from the space ring and found the information about the diplodocid.
"Prevention and Control of Diptera", well, "prevention" can be done by spreading powder in advance.
"Control" can be achieved by using artificial nets to capture them, or by using a large number of insectivorous birds.
An insect plague will break out the day after tomorrow. No, judging from the speed of information transmission here, it is estimated that preliminary signs of disaster have already appeared. Time is running out.
Villages that have not yet encountered diploids must take preventive measures immediately and must purchase large quantities of medicine powder for deworming.
Villages where bisection insects have appeared will directly enter the control stage, setting up nets and releasing birds.
Well, there are two problems now.
1. Where can I buy anthelmintic powder in bulk?
Second, the efficiency of manual netting is too low, and the number of birds must be increased. Where can we buy the birds?
Oh, and then you have to consider what kind of bird to buy.
The original world was extremely rich in various information resources. Anyone with access to the Internet had seen news about the invasion of alien species. Although Elena had no experience in prevention and control, she knew from these news reports that she should not buy alien birds casually, otherwise after eating the diplodocids, they would in turn affect the local ecosystem, which would be terrible.
Thinking of this, Elena began to lament again, why is there no internet here?
If you have internet access, you can find answers to these questions in minutes. Not only will you know what kind of medicine powder to buy and what kind of birds to buy, you can even find the purchase link. You can place an order and wait for delivery.
Who can I ask?
Agricultural officer?
Leonard?
Elena didn't think much about it and went straight to Leonard.
Leonard was practicing swordplay in the training ground when Elena found him and told him the result she had predicted.
"Do you know where I can buy a large quantity of insect repellent powder? Do you know where I can buy a suitable bird?" Elena asked Leonard hopefully.
Leonard thought for a moment and said, "If you want to buy insect repellent powder, Booker Harbor should have it. But I think since we've decided to buy a bird to kill insects, there's no need to buy powder. Just scatter the bird spray and they'll fly to where there are insects. They'll eat here and there, and they'll be done with the insects quickly. There's no need to waste money."
Elena didn't have much experience, she just did whatever she thought of. Now that she heard Leonard say this, she felt it made sense.
Indeed, there is no need to spend twice as much money to achieve a goal that can be achieved with one.
"So, where can I buy a large number of birds?" Elena asked, then quickly added, "And the birds I buy can't affect the birds and insects in my territory. What if it's too greedy and takes over the territory of other birds in the territory, starving them to death? Or eat all the harmless insects? That would be very troublesome."
Leonard hadn't thought of this, and nodded repeatedly after she reminded him: "You're right to think so. It's indeed necessary to pay attention to this."
Leonard habitually wanted to touch his beard, but he touched only air. He moved his hand upwards and touched his smooth chin.
"I need to ask someone about this, just wait." Leonard said and was about to leave.
Elena quickly grabbed him and said, "Wait a minute, I'll go with you. I can set up a location, and it will be convenient to send the bird back when I buy it."
Although her space-crossing skill does not require a positioning point, with her current magic power, she still cannot carry supplies. She must have a positioning point so that she can use a teleportation scroll.
Leonard hesitated: "But it's a bit dangerous and dirty there."
He knew that she loved cleanliness. For the sake of cleanliness, the new road was built so well. The viscount's mansion was cleaned every day, and the kitchen was spotless without any water accumulation. There... he was worried that she would dislike it.
Elena was firm: "No, time is running out, the faster the better. Take me there."
Since she insists...
"Okay," Leonard said.
Elena quickly cast a wind spell to wrap the two of them: "Tell me the direction, and we'll fly over there."
"good."
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