The Magician of Rebirth

On a sunny afternoon, Flender spent his time searching for books in the academy library. With the decline of magic and the rise of alchemy, books related to magic became more and more difficult to find. There were only a few libraries in the academy and the royal family. There are also some ancient books that have been dated.

However, there is a saying that what is rare is the most precious. Since the loss of ancient magic books has decreased, and the well-known and respected Lord Wind Wolf has a hobby of collecting ancient magic books, the upper-class nobles of Salaman have followed suit, and gradually formed It is an ethos to be proud of owning a handbook written by great mages thousands of years ago.

The direct result of this shortage of supply, the contradiction between demand and productivity is that a large number of forged "ancient books" have appeared in the world. At the beginning, the methods of forgery were still very rough. The forgers just cut a few pieces of old leather and put the soles of their shoes on Grind it hard, then dip it in some dirt, and use a fluffy quill to write a few sentences excerpted from "Basic Theory of Magic".Then sell it to nobles at the level of the baron and viscount at a seemingly cheap price, but in fact it is very profitable, as the capital and topic of discussion that they can show off at some lower-grade dinner parties.

The forgers and petty nobles were content.

As a result, the forgery industry has flourished.

First of all, the forgery technology is constantly improving in practice. Through a lot of attempts, alchemists have created an incredible potion, which makes the parchment soaked in it look very old, making it difficult to distinguish the authenticity; secondly, the forgery The content is being innovated, all kinds of underappreciated little magicians, with the dream of becoming famous in one fell swoop, began to submit articles to forgers, hoping that their research results on magic theory would be named after a famous magician and published in various fields. After being presented at the noble reception, its deep understanding and clear exposition can be discovered; finally, the preparation of counterfeit public opinion gradually formed a system, and bards and counterfeiters signed an unknown agreement. After this "big book" (pseudo) comes out, they will use their lyres to play and sing touching stories, telling the past glory of this book and the many difficulties and obstacles the warriors encountered in order to find it, preaching that only Ilari chose Only certain people can have the central idea of ​​this book, further increasing the value of ancient books.

According to a well-known bard, as long as a book becomes popular, the profits it brings will far exceed the sum of income from playing and singing epic hero stories with that broken piano for a year.

Although the aristocrats spent a lot of money to buy the book back, but after showing it off at the reception, there is no use for it, so they can only be good people one after another, and in their own name, this volume that they can't understand at all is still in their eyes. Donate the dirty parchment, which is not as valuable as papyrus, to the library, and add a strong stroke of "focusing on the education of the empire" on your resume.

As a result, the ancient books in the Imperial Library have filled two rooms, and it is a disaster for Flanders to search for books every time—I am afraid that only one of the hundred books found is really valuable. The 99 books either mechanically praised Ilari, or eagerly showed that he had a different understanding of magic, which made him quite eager to read and tear each book.

One day, Flender was searching books one by one, and was shocked by the endless modern magic terms that appeared in the "ancient books". Suddenly, he had an idea and remembered the Elven King in his mind.

This guy is a veritable prehistoric creature from the era of prosperous magic before 2000!It must be easy for him to identify the real ancient books. Damn it, he has kept such a good resource unused, what a waste!

'Your Majesty, Your Majesty? ’ Flender called out to the Elf King in a gentle tone he had never felt before.

'Ah la? The beautiful young man appeared lazily, "Little Fran, what's the matter?" '

'Your Majesty, you are very knowledgeable, you must have read a lot of books back then. Flender's skin was aroused by his flattering tone.

'Of course,' a certain elf looked haughty, his eyes slanted down. 'My former contractor is also a guy who just digs into the pile of books for nothing. I have read almost all the books of our era! '

Flender rejoiced secretly, 'Then can you recommend some books for me?As you can see, the magic of this era has reached a low point, and even the slightest wisdom in the past may be a rare treasure to me. '

'Ah la, little Fran, you can ask me what you want to know, why do you need to read a book? 'A certain elf is dissatisfied.

Flender laughed dryly, recalling the tragic situation that every time he tried to discuss magic with the Elf King, the results ended up in small talk, so he worked hard to polish his language, "But I have too many deviations and doubts in my understanding of magic, why don't I find out about it first?" It will save time to study a book carefully before discussing with you. '

The Elf King rested his chin in thought for a moment, and then put forward the condition with a smile, "Then after we finish reading a book you want to read, you also have to let me read a book I want to read." '

Flender pondered for a while, and felt that this deal was actually a good deal. If he only wanted to find a good book on his own, he had to read at least 99 bad books first...

Thus, Flender embarked on a pleasant journey of reading books.

'Your Majesty, Your Majesty, is this really Lord Samuel's work? Flender faced an old roll of parchment with almost invisible ink color, and struggled to distinguish the writing on it, and then found in horror that both the style and the content were exactly the same as when he was chatting with the Elf King and himself.

'Of course, this is Xiao Sai's debut work! 'A certain elf smiled contentedly, with a "kind" look on his face.

'Little plug?Your Majesty, isn't your former contractor the legendary Archmage Samuel who created the first forbidden curse in human history? ' Flender's eyes widened.

'Ah, that's Samuel.Little Fran, if you cooperate with me well, you may become a greater magician than him.Your talent is also very good, the soul is more to my appetite, and people are smarter than him. '

Flender was stunned by the news. He was called the "Son of the Wind God". Samuel was once the object of worship of the Wind Wolf when he was young. Now, he was lucky enough to sign a contract with his idol and the same elf. The excitement and bewilderment made his mind blank for a moment.

After a while, "Wait," Flender finally regained his sanity, "Your Majesty, did you also participate in the writing of this book?" '

'Ah la, you've seen it all, as expected of Little Fran. The beautiful young man had frowned eyebrows, "At that time, Xiao Sai's understanding of magic was in a situation where he could only comprehend it but not express it in words, so I helped him do it for him. I said something and he wrote it.This book sold very well, and it was considered a bestseller at the time. '

The corner of Flender's mouth twitched. This book is not so much a magic book as a love story with a magician as the main character. Those few pitiful and vague magic theories are hidden in the large dialogues of the characters and the twists and turns of the storyline. After half a book, it's just a preliminary introduction to the magic system.

'Then, your Majesty, have you participated in the compilation of Lord Samuel's books? 'He will never read these books!

'Ah, I wrote all of Sergey's books!And every book is very popular! 'A certain elf looked back on the passionate years.

It is said that the works of "Son of the Wind God" were used as textbooks, and Flender began to sympathize with the magic apprentices 2000 years ago.Could it be that the decline of magic was initially caused by the fact that this guy kept writing books under the name of Lord Samuel, causing students to use romance novels as reference books?

'Ah, little Fran, it's time for my book! ' announced a certain elf cheerfully.

An ominous premonition faintly emerged in Flender's heart...

So, a few days later, Keane wanted to borrow Flender's magic note for resource sharing.He opened Flender's bookcase, and saw a few colorful new faces among the dusty magic theories—"The Man who Conquered the Iceberg in 100 Days", "Falling in Love with Your Bed", "The Story of Rebirth" The temptation of the eyes - the story of me and 18 men", "Cheats - How to please your sweetheart"...