The Idea of a Magic Crystal Phone

Hekate took a deep breath and said softly, "Teacher, I've actually already broken through to become a 5-Star Apprentice Mage, but I don't want to attract attention, so I learned magic that suppresses mana fluctuations!"

To keep her teacher from probing her true strength, she could only reveal a little.

Eternal Moonlight could only alter mana fluctuations; it could not truly change the Magic Level within her body to that of a 4-Star Apprentice Mage.

Upon hearing this, Teacher Ivin stopped what she was doing and looked at Hekate with pity. "All right. If you run into any difficulties, remember to tell me. If I'm not around, you can also find Emmand."

Why did Teacher's gaze seem so strange?

Hekate was somewhat confused. After nodding, she left the classroom with Betty and the others.

On the way home, the three of them went their separate ways.

Betty went to the Astrology Academy, while Puli went to the Elemental Academy.

Hekate did not return home. Instead, she went to the Magic Crystal Research Academy.

Apprentice-level Magic Crystal Modification knowledge already allowed one to inscribe mana circuits inside magic crystals, so she wanted to buy a magic crystal and go back to try it out.

Hekate's unfamiliar face drew plenty of attention. The charm of a Witch Bloodline could not be summed up by mere beauty. Students from the Magic Crystal Tower who had just finished class could not help but turn their eyes toward her, regardless of gender.

"What a cute student. Is she a new student this year?"

"That's a first-year mage robe, so she's obviously a newcomer. But I've never seen her in the Magic Crystal Tower. She must be a student from another Mage Tower."

"Little sister, where are you from? Are you here looking for someone?" An upperclassman stopped Hekate and asked.

Hekate did not answer his question. "Hello, I'd like to buy blank magic crystals. Where can I buy them?"

"You can buy them on the first floor of the Magic Crystal Tower."

"Thank you." Hekate smiled faintly, then quickly entered the Magic Crystal Tower, found a teacher from the Magic Crystal Materials Department, and asked to purchase blank magic crystals.

After thinking it over, she bought three in the end. It was her first time working with them, after all, and she could not guarantee complete success.

After returning home, Hekate picked up a blank magic crystal. It was the size of an egg, crystal-clear within.

A Magic Crystal Phone would definitely be different from those in her previous life. First of all, flat rectangular magic crystals were difficult to make. That structure was highly prone to shattering while mana channels were being inscribed, whereas round and oval structures were the most stable.

With Projection Imaging Magic, there was no need to make it the same shape as those from her previous life. She only needed to inscribe a Projected Imaging Magic Pattern inside the magic crystal.

Magic patterns were mana channels in special shapes.

Once the entire magic pattern was inscribed into a magic crystal, mana could be fed into it to activate the pattern, allowing magic to be cast through the crystal.

After giving it some thought, Hekate decided that to make a phone, she first needed to inscribe Projection Imaging Magic—a display screen—Consciousness Sensing Magic—a touchscreen—and Transmission Magic—WIFI—inside the magic crystal...

Projection Imaging Magic already existed, so she could use it directly.

There was no Consciousness Sensing Magic, but she could modify Mage Hand. Since the magic crystal required its owner's mana supply to activate anyway, adding a Mage Hand magic pattern could solve the touchscreen issue.

For Transmission Magic, she could use Astrology Magic. She only needed the magic pattern to point toward her own Resonance Star.

In the end, Hekate's idea for a phone had been inspired by Astrology Magic. If this Magic Crystal Phone could be made, it could also simply be called a miniature crystal ball.

"But how am I supposed to handle the Resonance Star that serves as the server and processor?"

The moment Hekate thought of this, her head began to ache.

The Magic Crystal Phone was merely a playback device. Creating a magic pattern that could store things locally was practically impossible, so all content could only be placed on the server.

And building the content was the real trouble. She definitely could not do something like that alone; she would have to rely on the power of the masses.

Now that she thought about it, Betty seemed like the most suitable tool...

Forget it. She should first make a phone capable of receiving information.

The mana channels inside the magic crystal had to be formed in a single attempt. Hekate needed to find a way to combine the mana channels of the three spells into one.

She continued researching until nightfall.

The first blank magic crystal was ruined. Hekate had not expected magic fusion to be such a difficult matter.

Every completed spell was like a streamlined piece of code, an application that could run smoothly. To merge these three applications, she not only had to safely take them apart, but also make their code understand one another and work together.

"...No. Magic fusion has already gone beyond my current level of knowledge."

Hekate frowned and gave up on modifying the second blank magic crystal, silently sinking into thought.

If she wanted to truly fuse the three spells, she had to master all three. She could not simply inscribe the mana channels from her Magic Crystal knowledge.

Without understanding, she could not create.

After understanding this principle, Hekate put aside her work and stepped onto the balcony to look at tonight's Star Speech.

The night sky was clear, with moonlight and starlight illuminating the earth.

Hekate's mind relaxed somewhat.

Teacher Ivin believed that you had suffered misfortune in your childhood because of your bloodline, which was why you hid your talents to protect yourself. Her favorability toward you has greatly increased.

Hekate: "..."

It seemed Half-Elves were barely affected by age. She was already several hundred years old, yet her mind was still so active.

Could it be that I simply don't want to cause trouble? With Gift of Fate practically being fed to me, why compete with others so much? I just need to quietly grow stronger.

But she could not say that reason aloud.

Forget it. A misunderstanding was a misunderstanding.

Your father, Count Fortes, is coming to Lundria to visit a friend. Upon hearing this, your eldest brother, wanting to prevent your father from speaking with you privately, demanded to come along. Your second sister learned of it and also demanded to come. Your mother learned of it and demanded to come as well. Finally, your younger sister Loria also wanted to come.

Hekate's face darkened. What the hell?

If Father came to Lundria alone, he would only need a dozen or so days of flight to arrive. But with so many people coming together, would they not take a whole month to get here?

Was this family so idle that they had nothing better to do?

Your close relationship with Princess Betty has drawn the attention of some members of the royal family. Your information has already been delivered to the king, but he has no particular plans for you for now.

Getting too close to the royal family would definitely bring trouble. She had only been enrolled for a little over two months, yet trouble had finally found her.

However, this was also an opportunity for her to shake off Princess Betty.

When trouble from the royal family came knocking, Betty would definitely step in to resolve it. At that time, Hekate only needed to say that she did not want trouble to fall upon her, and she would have a suitable reason to distance herself from Betty.

It was just that she would need to find someone else for matters involving Astrology Magic and the Resonance Star.

Hekate thought to herself thoughtfully.