Blooming Tower of the West Wind

"My dad is very annoying! When he comes, he will keep saying that I'm wrong and that's wrong, and I won't invite him when it's my turn. Anyway, Dad is busy with work. Well, Jane is here to help, if you need help Just find her, and I'll take care of my poor brother."

She disappeared in no time, but instead of her brother, she went to Jane, and the two had a quick exchange of information.

The music suddenly sounded, and the school invited a whole symphony orchestra, which slowly rose from under the orchestra pit.The guests came in, the host spoke, and there were many people to speak. Theron became more and more nervous, and Zhen skipped work to accompany her.

Today's weather is very good, the sun is very bright, but sometimes it is covered by large clouds. When the archmage walked out of the mage guild, he happened to see the La Parelle Islands passing overhead, and the huge shadow followed She covered her entire journey from the Mage Guild to Starsong Castle.

It was still early, and she didn't want to go in so early to avoid meeting too many acquaintances. In fact, she saw a few nodding acquaintances on the road, and one even saw her wanting to come up to say hello.She nonchalantly slipped into a bookstore to avoid these time-wasting formalities.At this time, the bookstore was deserted, and there was no one there. The young and beautiful clerk's eyes lit up when he saw her, and he walked over and said, "What book are you looking for?"

"I'll just take a look." Hipper responded indifferently, and the coolness forced the clerk away. She even staggered back two steps, unable to stand firmly, and pressed against the sales counter next to her, making a lot of noise.

The archmage couldn't help being attracted by the noise, and subconsciously looked at the book she was pressing.

"Beauty and Duel: A Full Analysis of the Actual Cases of School Belles".Next to it was a promotional poster with provocative text: "One of the best students ever in Starsong Castle, she graduated this year, do you want to see how she beats up the nasty ghosts?

What a kitsch subject!But it is indeed attractive, who is the school belle this year?Why did the school belle run to a duel?Holding the idea of ​​"let me see how powerful it is", Hipper picked up the book by accident, and looked at the author. It turned out that it was not an unknown author, but Virgil's old friend Carter.

When she opened the book, she suddenly had an ominous premonition, and then the words in the preface confirmed her idea.

"The dueling spirit was revived in our school when, by a very strange accident, a sweet-looking first-year girl challenged her classmates to a duel, spelled the spell accurately, threw the white glove, and prevailed , leaving a mark of shame on the other person's head. This student then entered my classroom, and the talent she displayed prompted me to observe her further..."

Except for these gimmicks, this is indeed a pretty good analysis of actual combat, which contains a large number of actual combat cases. Carter wrote in his own hand: "Later, people challenged her almost every day, and I have been following her to record every battle she experienced. Fighting, I have to say that Theron's magical talent is indeed amazing, which is very consistent with the gossip circulating among my colleagues, but more importantly, she can choose the most correct strategy in the shortest time, even if With so many years of teaching career, I have to admit that she is born to fight."

The archmage snorted softly, unable to tell whether he was angry or proud.It was a whole book of incriminating evidence that Theron, for whatever reason, had gone to a duel.

The clerk hid nearby just now and didn't leave. Seeing her raise her head, she hurried forward and said, "This is a new book that just arrived today! If you're lucky, you can still see the protagonist of this book at the graduation ceremony." !"

"Is she really as powerful as the legend says?"

"I think the students who watched the duel will say the same. And her duel is full of legends! It's a pity that that paragraph was not included in the book. I heard that it was deleted by the censorship department."

"legend?"

There were stars in the clerk's eyes, and he clasped his hands on his chest, and described excitedly: "She is fighting to protect the honor of Archmage Hipper! The Lily Knights awarded her a special badge of 'Knight of Honor', which is very beautiful It is exquisite, and it was typed out by a famous dwarf craftsman in the city. I have seen it once, and it is so beautiful. A collector once offered to buy it with [-] gold coins, but was rejected."

"Lily Knights?"

"That's right, the Lily Knights are an organization of the archmage's fanatical admirers. We have the monograph of the archmage Hipper here, do you want to buy it together?" She hurriedly picked up an adjacent dusty book , to show Hipper.

Hipper smiled and said, "No, I have that one, and I want this one."

This "Beauty and the Duel".

The clerk stared straight at her, froze for a while, then ran to the counter to help her pay the bill.

The archmage took the newly bought book, looked at the gradually thinning crowd outside the door, and looked at the clock, planning to leave for the Winter Hall now.

She hasn't wandered around this campus for a long time, but the old school hasn't changed much. Following the path in her memory, she walked through empty courtyards and soon saw the majestic auditorium.

"Hasn't the 'teacher' come yet?" Luna looked at Theron who kept wiping the sweat from his hands with the hem of his clothes.

"No……"

"It's about to start."

Theron looked disappointed.At this moment, Luna screamed in a low voice.

"What's wrong, Luna?"

"My dad! Oh my god..." Luna hid behind Theron, only showing her eyes, "He's actually here! Didn't he say he couldn't come because he had to work?"

Theron felt that the person looked familiar for no reason, but it was too far away, and she was not sure. She was about to take a closer look when the figure disappeared into the depths of the crowd.

Luna's father was greeting someone. The two girls in the distance were too young, otherwise they would have recognized his teacher Emerson who was greeting him. His tall body just blocked the one head shorter than him. Ms. Sloat, while Emerson was asking his eldest disciple with a smile on his face: "Come to Irwin's graduation ceremony?"

Diego smiled and said, "That's right."

"'Forget it', that means there is a job, go get busy, I happen to have a lot to say to Svoboda." Diego retreated, and Emerson asked Ms. Sloat: "The 'you said' to This is how to give me a gift'?"

"Don't worry, we'll be there soon, let's talk about something else before that." She was wearing formal overalls, with a few magic brooms beside her.

"So have you had any success with your work at the school?"

"Is it effective? Of course, I still know some things that no one knows before. But things have changed in the past two years. It's coming, right away, oh--that's great."

"What's that?" Emerson followed her gaze to the stage, and saw a girl with a very classical appearance come to the podium, lowered her head and asked Ms. Sloat, "Student representative, huh?"

"Yes, what I want to show you is her, little beauty, who has studied witchcraft for two years, paid for it all by herself, and interpreted the syntactic structure and principles of 'Duel Law'. Just use the book we edited, How about it, do you intend to accept her as a disciple?"

"Are you alone?"

"Basically, she occasionally has a few helpers, all of whom are her classmates."

"No one to give guidance?"

"Oh heh heh heh heh... Are you talking about me? Occasionally, there is a succubus who taught her demon spells, isn't she a very magical child? It seems that all opportunities revolve around her, Don't hesitate, old mage, after the speech is over, maybe she will be snatched away by others."

"Let me hear what she has to say first."

The girl on stage cleared her throat.

"...Maybe some people feel very bored standing here. Do you think that when you grow up, you will have less and less fun and more and more boring time? But when I was young, I didn't know I feel bored, and even feel that everything around me is playing with me. What kind of magic power does time have to make the world so boring?

One day, I think maybe it's not that the world itself has become boring, but that we are gradually familiar with it, or take it for granted.

What brought us happiness when we were young may not be the play itself, but the feeling of being satisfied with our curiosity when we explore the unknown world.

But when we grow up, everything around us becomes ordinary and ordinary, and there are fewer and fewer things that can satisfy us, and the huge emptiness gradually constitutes boredom itself.

I think we, my friends, my classmates, should look for things that satisfy our curiosity, in other words, things that we like.You should study what you think is valuable and persevere, not what others think is valuable, what others think 'should be studied'..."

Ms. Sloat smiled and asked Emerson, "How?"

Emerson sneered and shook his head, "Naive."

But he was still laughing. The child's voice was pleasant, neither high nor low, neither fast nor slow, and it was enlarged by the spell and sent to every corner of the hall.The hall was quieter than ever, and most people's attention was drawn to her.

"However... innocence is also very important sometimes. Simple people can bear their temper." He added, turning his head back from the direction of the podium, and at this moment, a person flashed in from the door, it seemed Not wanting to be noticed, the visitor lowered his head, but Emerson still recognized her and waved to her.

"Teacher." Hipper came over and glanced at the podium.

Emerson smiled and asked, "What wind brought my shy and shy little apprentice down from the tower?"

Hipper said briefly: "The invitation letter has been received."

"Do you want a junior sister?"

Hipper smiled lightly, "Is there any candidate for the teacher?" She lowered her head and said to Sloat: "Ma'am, long time no see."

Sloat said happily: "I have found a good little apprentice for Emerson, here." She pouted and pointed to Theron on the stage.

Emerson also seemed quite satisfied, as if the matter was settled, and more importantly, he saw Hipper's eyes light up for a moment.

The author has something to say: a whole book of incriminating evidence√

Because everyone was clamoring to see the great mage, it was released earlier, and there was no second watch at night.