A Genius Mage Won't Fall in Love at First Sight

The young girl's words, accompanied by a light chuckle, ended, and an instant chill spread across Damir's entire body.

Acting on instinct, the young Genius Mage didn't hesitate and completely disregarded his image, performing a sideways roll to put distance between himself and the little girl.

He rolled on the ground.

Dusting himself off, the first thing Damir did after getting up was to flare his eyes with blue light, re-erecting his magic barrier while assuming an offensive stance.

"Who exactly are you?" Damir questioned coldly, looking at the smiling girl opposite him.

He had realized it by then.

Indeed, something had felt off from the very beginning. What normal commoner would see such a tragic scene at the inspection point and still be foolishly sitting in their chair?

Then, the girl opposite him spoke.

However.

She spoke, but not entirely.

From Damir's perspective, this was the scene.

"Alright, my other self, stop messing around," the little girl said first, in a complaining tone.

Tch, so boring. I wanted to scare him a little.

Then, inexplicably, the other party's tone deepened, sounding a bit angry.

"Now is not the time for games!"

Hmph, why so fierce!

Suddenly, the chilling cold that Damir felt vanished from the girl's body.

In the blink of an eye, the other party seemed to have reverted to the simple, pure girl from a country village that he had first seen.

"Um... I'm really sorry about just now!" Vivian, having returned to her main personality, apologized to Damir first.

Next, the girl took out the Fire God Token again.

"Excuse me, do you recognize... this?"

At first, Damir remained extremely vigilant, constantly wary of the girl opposite him.

However, The moment Vivian began to inject magic into the wooden token in her hand...

Whoosh!

It was as if a supreme forbidden spell had erupted in his mind.

In that instant, within Damir's world, it felt as though only the girl opposite him remained.

What is a genius?

A genius is someone different, someone who can keenly perceive what others cannot.

From the fact that he could sense the evil aura emanating from Claw Forest even when he was in Huodian City, it was evident that Damir's sensitivity to magic was extremely high.

Naturally, as Vivian began to activate the magic within her body, intending to awaken the wooden token, Damir finally perceived the little girl's magic level.

And then...

Clack

This chosen one of the era, the main NPC who would lead countless players in the future, the youngest Genius Mage of Huodian City, the sole disciple of the Fire God Cult's Grand Bishop.

Damir, a third-tier professional, an Elemental Archmage, directly sat down on the ground.

A flame-like crimson flashed on the wooden token in Vivian's palm.

Sacred and noble.

But in Damir's eyes, no matter how dazzling the Fire God Token's light was, it couldn't compare to the halo of magic emanating from the girl's own body at that moment.

Was it because Vivian's magic was incredibly abundant?

No.

Although it did far exceed Damir's imagination, his mentor was, after all, the Grand Bishop of the Fire God Cult, a fourth-tier transcendent. Compared to that, Vivian's current total magic volume was still quite lacking.

What truly made Damir stunned, and even somewhat mesmerized, as if he were looking at an exquisitely crafted, breathtaking work of art, was the purity of the magic within Vivian.

Essence.

These two words alone might not be enough to express it.

If Damir were to describe it, it was as if there wasn't a single impurity on the girl opposite him, as if from birth until now, all her developmental direction had been concentrated solely on her magic.

How could there be such a beautiful person in the world!

Yes, the minds of geniuses always differed from ordinary people.

The standard for a beautiful young girl for normal people was superficial: fair skin, pretty face, long legs, and ample cleavage. But Damir was completely uninterested in these. The only thing that piqued his interest was magic. In his opinion, women were merely moving pieces of meat.

Of course.

Unless...

Unless this woman was the embodiment of magic!

Already deeply passionate about magic and having poured all his heart into its study, Damir was, in the words of Harvey, the Commander of the Huodian Knights, destined to have children with parchment scrolls.

At this moment, the young Genius Mage felt his heart pound fiercely. And pound again! And pound again! It just wouldn't stop!

From this moment on, in Damir's world, magic was no longer everything.

A long-forgotten human instinct gradually and quietly reawakened.

"Um... um, are you okay?"

Vivian's concerned voice finally pulled Damir back to reality.

He saw that the little girl had stopped channeling magic into the Fire God Token. She had come to where Damir had fallen and was waving her small hand in front of his eyes.

"Ah, I-I'm fine! Perfectly fine! Uh, I... I..." Damir stammered anxiously, wanting to say something.

His mouth, which could fluently and rapidly recite several sets of complex, intricate, and obscure spells, was now completely disobedient and out of control, like a stutterer's.

Damir frantically tried to get up quickly.

His mouth wouldn't cooperate, but his brain was still working. Damir knew without a doubt that his current sprawled-on-the-ground appearance was utterly embarrassing.

"Uh, my name is Damir. I'm an honorary mage of the Huodian City Knights. My mentor is Maggie, the current Grand Bishop of the Fire God Cult. I also have a rather unconventional uncle named Harvey. Ah! Don't let his unconventional nature fool you, he's also the Commander of the entire Huodian Knights. And then, then, oh right! I'm a senior student at the Royal Academy, and I also serve as the Vice President of the Student Council."

As Damir got up from the ground, he had only intended to give a simple self-introduction. But under extreme nervousness, the young Genius Mage was about to reveal his house number.

Finally, whether it was because Damir had nothing more to say, or because he saw Vivian's increasingly bewildered and awkward expression, he stopped.

"In short, it's very, very nice to meet you!"

"May I know your name, Miss?" His heart pounded wildly. This was the first time Damir had actively asked a girl for her name.

"Vivian."

"I'm from Nuoqi Village, and I'm... a villager. My profession is a tailor?" The little girl thought this was a city custom, where people introduced themselves and their status upon meeting.

But after holding back for a long time, the girl couldn't utter a string of prestigious identities like Damir. She could only say this one sentence, and finally, she mimicked him and added:

"It's nice to meet you too?"

However, before the girl could finish speaking.

"Vivian, heavens, what a beautiful name!" Damir had etched those three words into his DNA in less than half a second.

But that wasn't all.

The more significant part was yet to come.

"A tailor? My goodness! That's amazing! To be honest, I've always had a dream, which is..."

"To become a tailor!"

Vivian: "..."

Vivian, is this guy not quite right in the head?

Vivian: Maybe?

I got home a bit late today, and another chapter will be posted later.