Chapter 814: The Possible Unfavorable Situations Caused by Self-Generated Magic
After the academy’s training ground temporarily became an experimental site, the news quickly stirred quite a commotion on the academy’s network.
After all, this incident occupied an indoor training ground, and many lower-grade courses had to be relocated elsewhere, which naturally made these students curious about what the original training ground was actually used for.
The speed of information transmission online is always much faster than expected, especially with some new students, who were temporarily assigned tasks, inadvertently spreading this news further.
Of course, the main reason is that within the Witch Academy, any small commotion attracts curiosity. After all, the academy network is just the internal network of the Witch Academy.
And those who learned about and paid attention to this news were always the deeply rooted student groups within the academy.
Not long ago, they had just come to know about the good news announcement released by the academy system and related information about self-generated magic.
They were still worried about where to get intelligence.
Since the notice mentioned “Teaching Assistant Yang Yuelan,” Millien’s communications that day were bombarded with messages.
As for directly contacting Teaching Assistant Yang Yuelan?
They didn’t think they had that kind of face, or even if they did contact her, she probably wouldn’t even bother to respond.
Now that they knew there was suddenly an experimental site here, and those involved could find out that the information filed here was related to the self-generated magic experiment, they immediately sent someone to understand the situation.
This was one of the reasons why there were often people coming here to “scout” the area.
At the same time, the task recruitment on this side also attracted many senior students.
For this, we accepted all applicants, as we didn’t mind our site and some basic conditions being inquired about.
Moreover, after accepting tasks, they would sign witch contracts, so critical experimental data would absolutely not be lost or stolen.
As for the rest… feel free to ask.
If they could figure it out, I would respect them as qualified academic researchers.
And what I fear least is sharing results with such people.
“Oh~ Are you all so busy already?” A figure appeared just as we were busy at the site.
She stood out like the brightest scenery in the crowd; just her aura and style showed she wasn’t a student.
“Hello, Mentor!”
“Hi there, student~ You look so busy, are you a member of that laboratory?”
“Uh… no… I’m just here to take on a helping task…” The girl said shyly, scratching her head in embarrassment, but when she looked up, she found the mentor had already walked away, “Ugh… this mentor is so aloof…”
“Maybe she just looks down on us. We can’t compare to such a senior, workers should accept the fate of workers~ We should go.” At this moment, another girl passed by and casually patted her friend, “There’s more stuff to move over there. I heard they are all laboratory-grade drinks made using alchemical potion-level ratios. We can grab a few bottles; I’ve always wanted to taste them~”
“Wait… does a bottle of drink really have that much to discuss? Hey, wait for me! Bring me a bottle!”
After the two left, the mentor found the laboratory team here.
“You must be the team members of the Little Witch Yang Yuelan, right?”
“Yes, that’s us. You must be a mentor, right? May I ask what you need?”
“Oh, I’m the accompanying mentor for this experiment. It’s my first time doing this. I heard you all are working on something incredible, so I came over specifically.” The witch mentor explained enthusiastically, “Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. You can call me Mentor Daniel, or Sister Daniel works too. By the way, which one of you is Xiao Han?”
“Sister Daniel, hello~”
“As for Sister Xiao Han… um, she’s quite busy. We are mainly in charge of the site here… Oh? Sister Xiao Han seems to be over there!”
“Oh? Is that so? Then I’ll not disturb her.” Mentor Daniel said, a bit surprised, following the direction pointed by the girl, and then promptly bid farewell.
She left the two standing there.
“Sure enough, Sister Xiao Han is quite favored by the mentors at the academy.” The girl looked at the departing figure with a hint of envy.
“This mentor also has a strong personality. It’s hard for us to even have a few words with her. I guess I’m more suited to work quietly on experiments alone.”
“Sister Xiao Han does experiments too, right? I can only say your level is still not there~” The girl said with a smile. “I heard this time Sister Xiao Han doesn’t plan to participate fully in the experiment; she left this opportunity for us. It’s a good chance for us to show what we can do!”
“Really? I must say, being around Sister Xiao Han does put some pressure on me. That kind of… inability to help feels incredibly suffocating!”
“You feel the same way? What a coincidence! I also feel that way; probably only Sister Yi Rui can communicate with Sister Xiao Han without barriers, sigh~ So envious.”
“Who can argue with that?”
After these girls chatted for a while, they resumed their busy activities.
After all, today is a whole day of free time, enough for them to get many things ready.
Then tomorrow they can directly start the preliminary experiments. This speed and efficiency are quite rapid, and according to their words, they learned all this from Sister Xiao Han.
Meaningless tasks are best left for those who find them meaningful; they only need to do their own work well. This is a great strategy for managing their time, and they all agreed with this.
With this in mind, they began to instruct the junior student who had come to assist with the task.
After all, money had been paid, and if they felt it wasn’t enough, they could always add more.
Being in the same team, common currency-level funding consumption was not something they needed to worry about.
Meanwhile, the witch calling herself Daniel was walking towards me under the direction of those girls.
“Mm? Hello, Mentor. Is there something you need?”
I looked at this unfamiliar witch and confirmed that I indeed had no impression of her, so I didn’t rashly use the Earth Vein Identification Technique.
“You must be Xiao Han, right? You’re definitely different from the usual students. Let me introduce myself; I’m Daniel, you can just call me Sister Daniel~”
“Hello, Sister Daniel~”
I politely responded, “May I ask what brings you to me?”
“I’m here as the safety mentor for the self-generated magic promotion test experiment. Actually, I’m just called to be some extra help~ If something uncontrollable happens during the experiment, you can find me.” Daniel stated very seriously.
“I see, then I look forward to your guidance in the future, Sister Daniel!” After understanding roughly, I quickly expressed my thanks.
Although I knew that this stage of the experiment probably wouldn’t see any major accidents, having insurance does put many people at ease.
“Of course, I will. I’ve heard quite a bit about your achievements, Xiao Han. I must say, it’s truly remarkable, to the point of making people jealous.”
“Actually, I’m just doing what I think I should do.” I said modestly.
“Excessive modesty can sometimes attract more hatred than bragging, you know? I think you should change that, Xiao Han~” Daniel said with a smile.
“Is… is that so? Then I will pay more attention to it from now on.” I quickly adjusted my attitude. In fact, it seems I have been told this by witches before, but until now, I haven’t really changed.
Maybe at my core, I’m a person who is more self-satisfied than proud? And this self-satisfaction transformed into modesty because of my mindset.
But no matter what, being a bit modest as a person is not wrong, being a bit aggressive in action is fine as well.
“Seems you’re a good child willing to listen to suggestions. By the way, Xiao Han, what were you doing just now?”
“Just now? Well… I went to apply for the use permission of the root network and power network in this area for the experiment. Since we need to organize so many people for the experiment, it always requires some special means for management.”
“Such minor tasks could be done by someone else, right? Is it necessary for you to do it personally?”
“Well~ I’m free anyway~” I said casually.
Since I cannot rush the soul drawing I want to do at this stage, I found something for myself to do, while also relaxing a bit and sorting out the recent information from the Great Knowledge Tree.
The information in the Great Knowledge Tree is very disorganized and vast, which made me realize I really need to improve it further.
“So, this means you’re quite free now~”
“Mm, does Sister Daniel have something to discuss with me?” I instinctively felt that she was here for a specific reason.
“Not at all~” Daniel chuckled lightly, “I just wanted to have a chat with you. After all, the topic of self-generated magic is quite hot among our Extraordinary Witches community. Because of you, many witches have also become interested in self-generated magic, to the point where a temporary research group was formed to see if they can achieve other accomplishments, but…”
“They ended up with nothing?” I probed.
“Exactly! They found nothing! How incredible!” Daniel laughed with a hint of exaggeration, “I really can’t comprehend how your brain works, I’d love to open it up and take a look~”
“Ah, please don’t say such terrifying things in a serious manner, Sister Daniel!” I complained.
“Alright, I won’t tease you anymore, but I really did come over to discuss the topic of self-generated magic with you.”
“Sister Daniel is also interested in self-generated magic?” I asked, somewhat surprised.
“Oh! No, no, I’m not talking about academic discussion; I mean something else~” Daniel shook her head.
“Um… something else? What is it?”
“For instance… the influence and changes brought by widely promoted techniques like self-generated magic. Xiao Han, you should understand that a brand new, groundbreaking technique always causes significant ripples!”
“That… should be the case?”
“Not just should be, but absolutely! Have you thought about this kind of hypothesis?” Daniel asked.
“What hypothesis?”
“This is a hypothesis regarding humanity. If primates learned to use human tools, do you think that would be a good thing?”
“I suppose not…” I shook my head, but I understood Daniel’s metaphor.
Isn’t she saying that we, as non-extraordinary witches, have obtained the “certificate” of extraordinary witches?
Self-generated magic is indeed the hallmark of extraordinary witches.
And by lowering its threshold to that of a preparatory witch, the ripples caused at the level of extraordinary witches…
“It seems like Xiao Han is quite clever~ You figured it out immediately, right?” Daniel said happily.
“Then… are there witches in the Academy who oppose the spread of this technique?” I cautiously inquired.
“How should I put it? The witch race is very inclusive and can even accommodate peculiar existences like Betrayer Witches, acknowledging them as their own kind. So there are all sorts of strange witches among them—twisted personalities, paranoid, even mad witches. I can only say I cannot guarantee… You seem to be overly protected by Principal Mei~ Even a little girlfriend who is already an extraordinary witch is willing to protect you?”
“Um… I indeed am… but even Principal Mei agrees with self-generated magic…” I hesitated to say.
“But that’s just the will of that Principal.” Daniel chuckled lightly, seemingly not wanting to continue on this topic, “The topic we were discussing seems a bit too heavy? I’m really sorry, let’s drop it~”
“Actually, it’s fine. I also appreciate Sister Daniel for bringing this matter to my attention, something I hadn’t considered before.” I expressed my gratitude to Mentor Daniel.
This made me think about the group of Betrayer Witches. If there are indeed stubborn witches who want to stop everything I’m doing, then I seem to have some understanding of the mentality of the Betrayer Witches.
Those old stubborn, paranoid folks… just thinking about it can cast a shadow over my good mood.
So far, I still haven’t encountered any such witches or had anyone secretly trip me up. That Betrayer Witch seems to have played quite a significant role?
After all, she is a Betrayer Witch!
Principal Mei would frown even in the face of such an existence.
If a paranoid witch obstructed me for such a ridiculous reason and was then targeted by this Betrayer Witch, it would be a loss that outweighed the gain.
“It seems that even if such witches exist, Xiao Han, you’re not planning to stop, right?”
“Mm.” I nodded firmly.
“So then, what do you still care about? Oh, come on~ I said not to bring this up again, let’s talk about something else. Xiao Han, do you feel confident about this experiment?”
“I do have some confidence. In fact, the architecture ceremony is the last hurdle, but the architecture ceremony itself is actually quite similar to shaping rituals and…”
“Don’t mention those to me; I don’t understand, and don’t expect me to comprehend. So, Xiao Han, please don’t flaunt your professional knowledge in front of me.” Daniel interrupted my words, “Let’s talk about something else, perhaps some lighter topics, like… um, perhaps some of your past experiences? I love hearing those stories about talented people’s journeys, and Xiao Han, for you to rise so quickly, you must have your own tricks, right? How about sharing some with me?”
“Well… alright, but my experiences might be a bit boring. Luck played a huge role in my journey to get here.”
