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Harmon immediately recalled what Suye had just said. His legs went weak with fear, and he said, "Lord Kelton, I was just speaking casually. How could I bear to give him two hundred Golden Eagles?"

"Tell the truth!" Kelton barked.

Harmon had no choice but to say, "Then please don't be angry."

"I'm not angry."

Harmon answered honestly, "At first, I did want to teach him a lesson, but later I realized he was far more mature than his peers, so I wanted to build a closer relationship. First, to help Horton, and second, to get acquainted with the mages of Plato Academy early on. Two hundred Golden Eagles really isn't much. Unfortunately, my son is too foolish; he would never agree to associate with Suye as an equal, so I had to ask Suye to lower himself. As you saw, an outstanding mage like Suye won't bow his head before a crude fellow like me."

"So, you owe Suye two hundred Golden Eagles?" Kelton asked.

Harmon was dumbfounded. What kind of divine arithmetic was this?

But in the next instant, his face lit up instead, and he said, "No, no, no, it's not that I owe him two hundred Golden Eagles. It's that you, my lord, want to add two hundred Golden Eagles to your investment. I'll deliver them to him tomorrow."

Kelton sneered, "Do I lack your paltry sum?"

Harmon immediately wilted and said, "I misunderstood."

Kelton's right hand gently stroked his serpent-head ring. After a moment, he said, "I can't let Suye think I'm inferior to you. How about this: I'll add another hundred Golden Eagles. You can deliver them together tomorrow."

Harmon paused, cursing inwardly. Kelton was truly a piece of work. No wonder he was a Silver Warrior with power and influence, while he himself could only be bullied by nobles.

"Rest assured, tomorrow I'll deliver the three hundred Golden Eagles to Suye's home together."

Senit, standing nearby, suddenly felt a pang of sympathy for his old friend. One meal, and he'd lost the price of a house in the Workshop District.

"What about you?" Hark suddenly looked at Senit.

Senit froze, then said with a grimace, "I'm just a Bronze Warrior. My cultivation expenses are heavy, and I lack both Lord Kelton's wisdom and Lord Hark's strength. I truly can't afford to invest in a future great mage like Suye."

"Send him your dagger." Hark said, and for some reason, felt refreshed.

"But..."

"Hm?" Hark grunted, cutting off Senit's words.

"Rest assured, I will personally deliver the Magic Dagger to Mr. Suye tomorrow!" Senit said through gritted teeth.

Kelton felt a bit puzzled. Was Suye really that charismatic? Both of his capable subordinates were leaning toward him. Should he keep his men away from him?

Getting off the carriage, Suye returned home.

After walking a few steps, Suye suddenly felt a bit uncomfortable.

It took him a while to realize that this home had only himself.

Before, at least there had been slaves and servants.

"I don't have time for housework. If I have time, I'll hire a servant."

Suye thought to himself, then went to wash up first. Afterward, he found some wine in the house and performed a simple daily sacrifice to the three gods Zeus, Athena, and Vulcan in the Living Room.

Then, Suye left the Living Room and entered his bedroom for magical meditation.

After absorbing enough Divine Light, Suye felt energized. He listed his evening to-do list, first writing a diary to briefly record the day's events.

After finishing the diary, Suye crossed off that item and added new Matters. Looking at the unfinished list, he patiently asked himself the Lakin's Question again, examining his next steps from a macro and panoramic perspective.

In the end, Suye found one thing more important than previewing, studying, and doing homework.

Reviewing the battle with the Three-Headed Cheetah—that is, using the correct method to go over the detailed battle process, summarizing phenomena, extracting patterns, and seeking principles.

On the Mind Map, Suye first roughly divided the entire process into three categories: Self-Combat, Cheetah Combat, and Other Notes.

He further subdivided Self-Combat into a secondary directory, including Mental State, Combat Method, Learning Method, Spell Usage, Magic Formation, and so on.

Then he subdivided Cheetah Combat into categories like Combined Attack Method, Frontal Attack Method, Rear Attack Method, Evasion Method, and so on.

Other Notes were points worth noting, including suggestions from Teacher Niedern.

Based on the secondary directory, Suye subdivided further. Under the tertiary directory, things became more specific, and by the fourth directory, it had already broken down into actual actions.

Through careful classification, Suye nearly recreated the entire morning's battle process.

Afterward, for each specific movement and action, Suye used different frameworks to explain and study them. He formulated specific change methods for his shortcomings and placed them in the Deliberate Practice plan page. Then, for the cheetah's attacks and evasions, he devised new judgment schemes, also listing them in the Deliberate Practice page.

Following his habitual framework, Suye went through the six steps of recording, classifying, analyzing, reflecting, planning actions, and planning practice before completing the battle summary.

After that, Suye recorded the time. He would review it four times—tomorrow, seven days later, one month later, and six months later—to combat the forgetting curve and convert it into long-term memory.

Suye had even more thorough review methods, but considering time and efficiency, he chose completion over perfection.

After writing, Suye rechecked everything and began to think.

After thinking for a long time, he wrote one last line at the bottom of the page and bolded it.

"What mindset should I use to guide specific combat methods when fighting high-speed beast-type enemies?"

Even if he forgot everything he had analyzed before, Suye didn't care. He only cared about that last line.

Suye stared at this question, thought for a long time without finding an answer, and realized it was beyond his current knowledge. He decided to leave it for now and analyze it with the methods he had mastered in half a month. If he still couldn't figure it out after a month, he would ask Teacher Niedern.

After that, Suye finally started on his homework.

During this time, Jimmy sent another Magic Letter asking how to interpret the animal selection, and Suye replied again, "You guess."

Whenever he grew tired, Suye would perform magical meditation, recover his energy, and then continue studying.

It wasn't until midnight that Suye finally closed the book and prepared to sleep.

Suye didn't know whether future magical Meditation could replace sleep, but at least for now, he felt he should guarantee at least six hours of rest. This was tied to the brain's nighttime operations—processing memories—and was also the core of learning.

Before sleeping, Suye once again placed the open Magic Book by the door, projecting Plato's image outward.

After that, Suye kept repeating in his mind: Wake up at six, wake up at six, wake up at six. I can't be late again. I need to spend money on a magic alarm clock...

Late at night, a shadow in the courtyard suddenly began Wriggling. But after just a few seconds, the shadow abruptly dissipated, and everything returned to calm.

At dawn, Suye slowly opened his eyes, then glanced outside the door. The sky seemed darker than when he had woken up in the past few days.