Magic for Sleeping More Comfortably
For a week, Li Yan holed up in the archives filled with magic books, and Serie did not come to bother him either; she herself was extremely curious about the Flame Vortex Li Yan had developed, and was trying out the Water Vortex, Wind Vortex, Earth Vortex, and Sand Vortex...
Mages were like this, buried in the knowledge of the ocean of magic. Except for three daily meals and necessary bodily physiology, basically all their time was spent in the ocean of magic knowledge.
During this period, both Flamme and Frieren came to visit Li Yan. Li Yan, with his bird's-nest hair and dark circles under his eyes, was scolded quite a bit by Flamme, and was dragged off to take a bath.
Frieren took Li Yan's place, reading the Magic Tome there. Once Li Yan finished bathing and tidying up, he could not bear to part with the Magic Tome and returned to the magic archives once more to study magic.
The junior martial siblings studied magic knowledge as if starved or thirsty, and Flamme watched with gratification. Staying here could only delay their study, so it was better to go find Serie first.
Leaving the book archives, Flamme stepped into Serie's room. Seeing Flamme arrive, Serie merely raised her head slightly for a glance, then continued reading her magic books.
"A Yan has been even more earnest about learning magic than before."
A smile hung on Flamme's face as she sat beside Serie, who was reading the Magic Tome.
"Hmph, didn't you purposefully leave him by my side precisely because you wanted me to teach him for you? Why have you suddenly come back again?"
Serie glanced sideways at Flamme, speaking with unconcern. How could she not know the little thoughts of this disciple of hers?
Flamme gave a light cough, carrying a trace of embarrassment, "Master, A Yan is studying space magic. I cannot give correct teaching approaches for this kind of magic, so I can only rely on you, Master."
Serie narrowed her eyes to sweep a glance over Flamme, then looked back down at the Magic Tome in her hands. "I've taught everything that should be taught. He is applying space magic very well, and this approach is correct. As long as he persists in his passion for magic, his achievements will inevitably surpass yours."
Hearing Serie's evaluation, no expression of disappointment appeared on Flamme's face; instead, she was exceptionally happy. How wonderful a thing it was that her disciple could surpass her in the future.
"Also, I promised to teach him a piece of magic. He chose a magic in the direction of machine life. I really don't understand him."
Serie spoke with a detached expression. The magic of that machine life was truly tasteless and useless. Not only did it require spending a lot of money as an investment, but it could only make a Magic Puppet with only a certain amount of mobility, which could only obey some meaningless minor matters. It was truly insipid and useless.
"It doesn't matter, as long as A Yan is happy."
Flamme left with a smile, a trace of disdain appearing faintly at the corner of Serie's mouth, "Hmph, go ahead and spoil him, saying 'A Yan' this and 'A Yan' that every single day."
The departing Flamme returned once more to the magic archives. Watching Li Yan and Frieren jointly discussing magic knowledge, a warm feeling rose on her face.
"Master, Master, the knowledge in the Magic Tomes here is far too rich. Can we secretly take all of them away?" Li Yan hugged a few Magic Tomes and quietly approached Flamme's ear to speak in a soft voice.
Frieren also hugged a few Magic Tomes, blinking her large eyes as she looked over expectantly, evidently meaning the exact same thing.
"Ah!" Flamme's mouth twitched slightly. Logically speaking, this kind of matter only required the two of them to say a word to their Grandmaster themselves; there was no need to be like this.
"This kind of behavior is unacceptable, oh. Such behavior is stealing, A Yan, Frieren." Flamme spoke with complete solemnity, and just as she was about to guide them toward correct values in life, Li Yan softly retorted.
"Master, things done by scholars cannot be called stealing. Besides, our Grandmaster and we are one family; members of the same family do not speak of separate things, and Grandmaster will certainly be willing."
At Li Yan's retort, Frieren gently nodded in agreement. That flat-chested, unbridled Grandmaster would definitely agree.
"You two, no matter how you look at it, this kind of behavior is a bad thing. As your master, I cannot allow you to do something that violates morality. Go and speak with your Grandmaster yourselves."
Flamme turned her back, no longer arguing with Li Yan. She was somewhat unable to talk back to A Yan, and had almost nodded to agree with A Yan's viewpoint.
Seeing that Flamme refused to wallow in the mire with them, Li Yan looked toward Frieren, and Frieren also looked toward Li Yan. The two stared at each other in blank dismay and found it difficult to voice anything, so they could only continue studying magic knowledge as if starved or thirsty, since their current time was still exceptionally ample.
The magic books that Li Yan wanted to take away were entirely related to magical machine life. This knowledge was a type that the current him could not crack through, containing the movement and spiritual intelligence of robots, and also touching upon the theory of placing human souls into machines to thereby realize artificial intelligence.
As for the Magic Tomes Frieren had selected, Li Yan glanced over them roughly: five or six offensive-type magic books, one or two defensive-type magic books, and among them there was actually even a Magic Tome that did not belong to a combat type.
Looking at that magic book named Magic for Sleeping More Comfortably, Li Yan was slightly dazed. This truly belonged to Frieren's personality.
Whether elves were all like this or Frieren herself possessed this very temperament, she harbored a ravenous feeling toward sleeping. Waking up at 12:00 noon was her dream; waking up meant she could eat, and then she could study magic with overflowing vigor.
Looking at Frieren, who was so devoid of drive to improve herself, Li Yan gnashed his teeth in anger and proposed that once Frieren finished reading this Magic Tome, she must definitely let him read it through once as well.
After all, who wouldn't like sleeping to be just a bit more comfortable!