Review

Harmon immediately recalled what Suye had said earlier. His legs went weak with fright, and he said, "Sir Kelton, I was only saying it casually. How could I bear to give him 200 Golden Eagles?"

"Tell me the truth!" Kelton shouted in a low voice.

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

"I'm not angry."

Harmon answered honestly, "At first, I really did want to teach him a lesson, but later I discovered that he was far more mature than his peers, so I wanted to build a closer relationship. First, it was to help Horton. Second, it was to get acquainted with a mage from Plato Academy ahead of time. Two hundred Golden Eagles really isn't much. Unfortunately, my son is too stupid. There was no way he would agree to associate with Suye as an equal, so I could only make Suye suffer a little. As you saw, a fine mage like Suye would never lower his head before a crude man like me."

"In other words, you owe Suye 200 Golden Eagles?" Kelton asked.

Harmon stared in shock. What kind of divine arithmetic was this?

But in the next instant, his face lit up with joy. "No, no, no. It isn't that I owe him 200 Golden Eagles. It's that you intend to add another 200 Golden Eagles to the investment. I'll deliver them to him tomorrow."

Kelton sneered. "Do you think I'm short of that little bit of money?"

Harmon immediately wilted. "I misunderstood."

Kelton gently stroked the snake-head ring on his right hand. After a while, he said, "I can't let Suye think I'm inferior to you. How about this? I'll make an additional investment of 100 Golden Eagles. Deliver it together tomorrow."

Harmon froze for a moment, cursing inwardly. Kelton really is something else. No wonder he's a Silver Warrior with power and influence, while I can only be bullied by nobles.

"Rest assured. Tomorrow I'll deliver all 300 Golden Eagles to Suye's home."

Senit, who was standing nearby, suddenly felt a little sorry for his old friend. One meal had cost him a house in the Workshop District.

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

Senit froze, then said with a sorrowful expression, "I'm only a Bronze Warrior. My cultivation expenses are high, and I have neither Mr. Kelton's wisdom nor Mr. Hark's strength. I truly can't afford to invest in a future great mage like Suye."

"Send him your dagger," Hark said. For some reason, he felt refreshed after saying it.

"But..."

"Hmm?" Hark interrupted Senit with a soft grunt.

"Rest assured. Tomorrow I'll personally deliver the Magic Dagger to Mr. Suye!" Senit said through clenched teeth.

Kelton was somewhat puzzled. Is Suye really that charming? Why are both of my capable subordinates so biased toward him? Should I keep my men farther away from him?

After getting out of the carriage, Suye returned home.

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

It took him a long while to realize that he was the only person in the house.

Previously, there had at least been slaves and servants at home.

I don't have time to do housework. When I have time, I'll hire a servant.

Suye thought this as he went to wash up. Then he found some wine at home and performed a simple daily ritual for Zeus, Athena, and Vulcan in the Living Room.

Afterward, Suye left the Living Room and entered his bedroom to meditate on magic.

After absorbing enough Divine Light, Suye was brimming with energy. He listed his evening tasks, first writing in his diary and briefly recording the day's events.

After finishing his diary, Suye crossed the item off and added a new task. Looking at the unfinished list, he once again asked himself Lakin's Question without growing tired of it, examining his next course of action from a macro and panoramic perspective.

In the end, Suye discovered that one thing was more important than previewing lessons, studying, and doing homework.

Reviewing his battle with the Three-Headed Cheetah—in other words, using the correct method to revisit the detailed battle process, summarize the phenomena, distill the patterns, and search for the underlying principles.

On the Mind Map, Suye first divided the entire process into three broad categories: self-combat, cheetah combat, and other points of attention.

He further subdivided self-combat into a second-level directory, including mental state, combat methods, learning methods, spell use, magic formation, and so on.

Then he subdivided the cheetah's combat methods into several categories, including coordinated attacks, frontal attacks, attacks from behind, and evasive methods.

The points of attention covered other things that needed attention, including Teacher Niedern's advice.

Based on the second-level directory, Suye subdivided everything further. The third-level directory became more specific, and by the fourth level, it had been broken down into actual movements.

Through careful classification, Suye almost completely recreated the entire battle from that morning.

Afterward, Suye used different frameworks to explain and study each specific movement and action, formulated concrete methods to correct his shortcomings, and placed them on the Deliberate Practice Plan page. Then, focusing on the cheetah's attacks and evasions, he devised new judgment strategies and likewise listed them on the Deliberate Practice page.

Following the framework he was accustomed to, Suye went through six steps—recording, categorizing, analyzing, reflecting, planning actions, and pending practice—before completing his battle review.

Afterward, Suye recorded the time. He would review it four more times: tomorrow, seven days later, one month later, and six months later, to resist the forgetting curve and convert it into long-term memory.

Suye had an even more comprehensive review method, but after considering time and efficiency, he ultimately chose completion over perfection.

After finishing, Suye checked everything again and began to think.

After thinking for a long time, he wrote a line at the bottom of the page and made it bold.

"When fighting an enemy in a high-speed beast form, what mode of thinking should I use to guide my specific combat methods?"

Even if he forgot everything he had analyzed before, Suye would not care. He cared only about that final line.

Suye stared at the question for a long time without finding an answer. He realized that it exceeded the scope of his current knowledge, so he decided to leave it for now and analyze it in writing using the methods he had mastered half a month later. If he still couldn't figure it out after a month, he would ask Teacher Niedern for guidance.

Only then did Suye begin doing his homework.

During that time, Jimmy sent another Magic Letter asking how to interpret the animal he had chosen. Suye still replied, "You guess."

Whenever he felt tired, Suye meditated on magic. After recovering his energy, he continued studying.

It was not until midnight that Suye closed his book and prepared for bed.

Suye did not know whether magic meditation in the future could replace sleep, but for now, he felt he should ensure at least six hours of sleep. This concerned the brain's nighttime activity and memory processing, and was also central to learning.

Before going to sleep, Suye once again placed the open Magic Book at the doorway and projected Plato's image outward.

Afterward, Suye repeatedly chanted in his mind: Get up at six. Get up at six. Get up at six. I can't be late again. I need to spend some money on a Magic Alarm Clock...

Late at night, a patch of shadow in the courtyard suddenly writhed. But just a few seconds later, the shadow abruptly dissipated, and everything returned to peace.

At dawn, Suye slowly opened his eyes. Then he looked outside the door and saw that the sky seemed somewhat darker than it had been when he got up over the previous few days.