Can the sadness that magic cannot take away be offset by love?

On her way back to the academy the next day, Ethelia thought about how Ernest had influenced her underlying thinking. Can it be manipulated with thoughts, or does it need to be controlled by other means? For example, he expressed specific words and actions to her... But when she recalled Ernest's behavior in the time after meeting Alexia, she couldn't see anything wrong.

It can't be ruled out that it's just because she didn't notice it.

After entering the college gate, she thought for a moment, then went to the library first and borrowed a few books: "Dragon Beard Immortal in Human History", "Analysis of the Action Principles of Hypnotic Potions", "Underlying Logic of Reversible Potion Solutions", "Wisdom" Books such as "Puppet: War and the Dragon Bearded Immortal" and "A Brief Discussion on the Original Solution to Hypnosis Control Potions and the Innovative Solution Seven Thousand Years Later"...

This thing was buried in her body like a time bomb. She didn't know when it was affected by him, which was so frustrating.

but……

Aecilia, who had been reading potions books since she was a child, thought of a certain possibility and smiled slightly.

After she lay down on the bed in the dormitory, thinking rationally about how to calm herself down in the future, she took out the smart network. The screen just turned on. After seeing what was on it clearly, her smile froze.

[You have a missed call from Hammer Green: 144 2563 0892 006 Call back?]

[whether]

It had been a long time since she had contacted her friends in Lawrence.

This was the first time Hammer reached out to her.

Aecilia stared at that line of message and was silent for a long time. Until the light of the screen dimmed, she subconsciously turned the screen back on with her finger.

Her already tense brain seemed to have completely lost its proper order.

It was chaos, with countless fragments of memories intertwined, truth and falsehood emerging and destroying each other, messy thoughts drifting through the visual field of thought in an orderly manner, and then forgotten in an instant.

Her forehead began to throb and hurt again, and a stick was stirring her brain randomly. She could clearly see the things in front of her, but she still felt dizzy.

Countless shrill sobs, excited and angry voices intertwined and fused together, pointing to one question:

Do you want to call back?

The truly sensible approach should be to put down the smart network and sleep where you are.

But...this may be the last time.

If she missed it, then she wouldn't even have their last look... No, don't think about it anymore.

Aecilia pulled her quilt up over her head.

Time passed by minute by second, and a hand stretched out from the quilt, grasped the Zhiwang on the edge of the quilt, and then slowly dragged it into the quilt.

"beep--"

It only rang once and the other party was connected.

"Esilia?"

The familiar young man's tentative voice sounded from the other end of the screen.

"it's me."

Aecilia looked at the screen in silence for a moment before saying.

At this time, he looked like he was outside Green's Bakery. The background was the warm yellow walls of the bakery. The screen moved slightly, and a glass window was illuminated. On the other side of the window was a man sitting on a lounge chair, holding an orange in his arms. Cat, Mrs. Helene sleeping.

The bright sunshine through the window fell on her body.

There are also scattered light golden spots on Hammer's curly brown hair, and the sunlight brings out a sense of holiness on his simple face.

"You haven't called back for a long time. Did you encounter any difficulties there?"

Aecilia thought that the difficulties she encountered were not ordinary.

"The exam is coming soon, okay? I haven't studied yet."

Aecilia showed a light and gentle smile, and the peace between her brows and eyes seemed to calm all the noise and impetuousness in the world.

As she spoke, her brows furrowed slightly, as if she was really worried about something like "exams" that troubled most students.

Hammer also laughed:

"I have never seen anyone with more solid theoretical knowledge than you. If you fail to achieve your expected results in the future, it may just be because your original knowledge system is not adapted to the college's teaching model. You can adjust it over time. No need to worry."

Aecilia nodded slightly, as if she would disturb something if she moved too much:

"I see."

After hesitating again and again, she pursed her lips for a moment and asked:

"Is Mei okay?"

Upon hearing this question, Hammer's smile turned slightly bitter:

"She wants to inherit our family's bakery... If I hadn't hidden a few tricks when I taught her before, I might not be able to hold on to my family's only industry, and my dad would beat me to death..."

Aecilia couldn't help but curl her eyes again:

"Then you have to be careful, she may figure out her own special skills, and then..."

The two looked at each other through the smart network screen and chuckled together.

They chatted about many things, or about trivial things in life that seemed like nonsense, or they talked nonsense all over the place, talking about whatever came to mind. This situation was no different from ordinary chatting between family and friends.

The fiery red sunset of Lawrence jumped into the glowing smart network screen in the dark quilt. The twilight was dim and the figures were blurry. Aecilia slowly felt her mouth going dry.

Her chest also gradually returned to its slow and regular rise and fall.

"You rarely go to the library, but I remember you happened to bump into me when you went back one time."

Hammer said without hesitation:

"Indeed, it happened several years ago. I didn't expect you to still remember it. At that time, you also said that you saw something like 'heritage magic'. When you went back, you talked to Mrs. Hailin, and she also said Even if she is a magician, she will not use this magic because she thinks that everything she has can be left to us."

Finally, Hammer commented:

"Hide your heritage - in my opinion, this magic belongs to those who are selfish to the end, don't you think?"

Aecilia blinked:

"Don't you already have the answer?"

Hammer laughed again:

"Yes, but I want to hear it from your own mouth once."

Aecilia's expression was light and her tone was calm and steady:

"The evaluation of a magic can only depend on the magician who casts it. Before the light of the staff lights up, all magic is equal and innocent."

She saw Hammer listening to her words quietly, his expression serious and solemn.

"I'm glad you think so."

His tone was also brisk.

Aecilia's eyes were a little sore. Hammer looked at her quietly until the time was up [17:46]. He stretched out his fingers and stroked the Zhiwang screen, as if touching her cheek:

"It's time, we'll see you tomorrow."

he smiled.

Without waiting for her to respond, the call was hung up.

Aecilia said silently in her heart: See you tomorrow.

We will definitely meet again tomorrow.

She looked up at the ceiling, took a deep breath, then lowered her head and put down the spell textbook in her hand, took out her smart network, and looked through the review materials for the midterm exam.