Chapter 39: Magic Mirror
Luo Xi did it as soon as he thought of it. He immediately began to draft his own magic notebook, titled "The Application of World Rules from Demonology".
Essentially, this is a paper discussing the objective rules of the wizarding world. Most of the content is copied directly from the notebook, but some of Luo Xi's own thoughts are also included.
What is a demon? What are rules? The demon's power comes from rules, so where does the power of rules come from? How does the world work? And so on.
This experience notebook is actually very important to apprentices. The wizards in the inner castle will judge the quality of an apprentice based on the content of the notebook, so most apprentices will not make some empty and false guesses like Luo Xi, but will prefer to actually explain a spell model or something like that.
However, Luo Xi's spell scores have always been excellent, and the final examination even got full marks in both the comprehensive assessment and the task assessment. There is no need for him to prove his strength through a graduation diary.
Therefore, in terms of the content of his notes, he was more inclined to the essence of the thesis, and used his imaginative thinking to discuss what he really wanted to know and understand.
Unexpectedly, this approach, which seemed stupid to other apprentices, achieved unexpected results.
The next day, Catherine's office.
"Did you write this notebook yourself?" Witch Catherine sat on the sofa, holding a piece of parchment in her hand. It was the graduation notebook that Luo Xi had compiled last night.
Luo Xi nodded: "Yes, I had a sudden idea when I was reading a book last night, so I wrote these ideas down."
Catherine sneered and said, "You are very honest."
After a pause, she commented, "From a practical point of view, this notebook is completely useless. It doesn't explain a single spell model, nor does it explain the application of a single rule. It's all just empty talk. If an apprentice uses this as a graduation notebook, it's obvious that he is a worthless piece of trash."
Luo Xi: “.”
This is too discouraging.
"but."
At this point, Catherine changed the subject and said approvingly: "This note also made me see something unusual. It showed me the most precious qualities that many of us wizards have long forgotten, but which truly belong to us wizards—"
"curious."
Catherine sighed and said, "The wizarding world has changed. Wizards and apprentices are all very impetuous. Everyone is thinking about how to learn the knowledge in the books as quickly as possible, and few people think about the origin of this knowledge."
"How can I make my spell model more complete without considering how the model was originally formed? Why are the formulas in it arranged in this way?"
"How can we quickly obtain resources to improve our strength without thinking about why these resources can bring about an improvement in strength?"
Catherine said earnestly: "Many wizards have forgotten that studying the nature of the world is the meaning of our existence. This is also where our strength lies. Our power does not come from books, but from exploring the world again and again."
"It was out of this curiosity that the wizard Merlin discovered the elements, which led to the birth of this brilliant wizard civilization."
"Curiosity is always the most precious quality of us wizards. I hope you will remember this."
Luo Xi nodded solemnly: "Students should remember this."
Witch Catherine pursed her lips and complained: "We are not as good as those dark wizards in this regard. Although those guys are crazy and mentally ill and always do crazy things, they can often get some new things."
Perhaps realizing that she had talked too much, Catherine stopped talking and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore."
She looked back at Luo Xi's notebook, pondered for a moment, and suddenly said, "How about this, I will recommend this notebook to you in 'Magic Mirror' later. I'll ask for a layout for you, and you can take it back and revise the wording and sentence structure."
Rosie's eyes widened.
The Magic Mirror is a magic journal published by the South Coast Alliance. It is officially issued by the alliance and is extremely important.
He said in disbelief: "Are you kidding?"
Even a wizard would not be able to publish in such a journal casually. How could he, a mere apprentice, write such a confusing letter?
Witch Catherine said, "Do you think I'm joking?"
Tsk tsk tsk. Luo Xi took a deep breath.
With the weight of the magic mirror, he, a junior apprentice, was able to publish an article on it. What does this mean for his personal future? Anyone with a sound mind cannot fail to understand.
He bowed solemnly to Witch Catherine: "Thank you very much."
Witch Catherine smiled and said, "That's not necessary. After all, I have taught you for three years. Just consider it as a small gift before you leave."
The apprentice in front of her might not be the best among all the apprentices she had handled over the years, but he was definitely the smartest among them. Catherine was very much looking forward to his future.
Why not give a little push to something you're looking forward to?
Magic Mirror Shop.
The goblin Addis sat in front of the loom, and his six long and slender fingers operated the loom quickly and flexibly.
A new issue of the Magic Mirror journal is about to be published. Before the moon rises today, it needs to weave out the first edition of the journal and send it to the owner for finalization. If it misses the deadline and makes the wizard master unhappy, the consequences will be disastrous.
"Lord Addis."
At this moment, an apprentice came to Addis and handed him a note: "This is the note that was just delivered today. Please take a look."
What the hell?
The first edition was basically finalized. What was the content of this issue? Where was each wizard's manuscript arranged? Addis had worked day and night for several days to get these done. Now he was saying that he wanted to put new content in it? Addis asked unhappily, "What manuscript? Who is the author?"
The apprentice replied: "The title is "Using Demonology to Evaluate the Application of World Rules", and the author is an apprentice of the Elemental Castle."
Addis almost thought he had heard it wrong. He knew from the title that there would be no substantial content. It would be difficult to publish even in a third-rate journal, especially since the author was an apprentice.
My God, in this issue, two middle-level wizards were almost fighting for a piece of paper. What was wrong with this apprentice to have such a wishful thinking? It didn't even look at it and said, "Throw it away, throw it away, there's no room for the paper."
The wizard master has delegated to him certain review authority, and he has the right to directly reject some manuscripts that appear to be obviously unreliable.
"But…"
The apprentice hesitated for a moment, then continued, "This manuscript was sent by Witch Catherine, and her name was signed on it."
Addis was stunned.
The previous impatience disappeared completely from its face. It swiftly took the notebook from the apprentice's hand and read it quickly. Then, it changed its previous opinion.
This article is surprisingly good.
But it is just good. It is not bad to put it on Magic Mirror, but there are many manuscripts of the same level.
but,
Since it was sent by Witch Catherine, it is meaningless to simply judge the value of this manuscript. The Azelin family is not something that anyone dares to offend easily.
"Lucky little guy."
Addis's eyes rested on the author column and he wrote down the name.
(End of this chapter)
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