The Library

Luke sat on the shuttle bus heading to Aolu Academy.

As she boarded, she saw Imperial Secret Agents pursuing her, just in the nick of time.

Clear Sky's appearance this time was enough to throw Raging Wave City into chaos. No matter what clandestine moves the Political Affairs Hall made in the Cape District, they had to withdraw to support Aolu Academy first.

Outside the car window, the city buildings distorted and flew backward as the space shifted.

Upon reaching a certain critical point, the darkness of night was instantly replaced by daylight, and the academy shuttle drove through a field filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers.

At the end of the road stood an ancient castle with a style reminiscent of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

That was Aolu Academy.

Aolu Academy had a history of over a thousand years. In its early days, it was located within Raging Wave City and was called Aolu School of Magic. Later, Aolu mages discovered a stable subspace within Raging Wave City and relocated the academy there.

Raging Wave City was an open port city, and its style influenced the educational approach of Aolu School of Magic.

Aolu School of Magic was the first magic academy in the Golden Shield Empire to establish disciplines other than magic, even changing its name to "Aolu Academy."

In numerous fields such as magic, alchemy, steam, machinery, and arcane research, Aolu Academy was at the forefront of the world. Its excellence and inclusivity attracted renowned scholars from all over the world, as well as the empire's most outstanding students.

As the academy shuttle drove along the country road, other shuttle buses picking up students appeared on the road one after another.

The day and night in the subspace were the opposite of the main space. Today was also the first day of a new week, so Luke encountered students returning to school after spending the weekend at home.

The academy shuttles parked uniformly in the plaza outside the academy gates, and soon the plaza was filled with students in uniform attire.

Haidixike, who had just alighted, stopped the girl sitting with Luke. "Lydia, wasn't Professor Clear Sky sitting with you? Where is she?"

Lydia looked around strangely. "Professor Clear Sky? Professor Clear Sky clearly got off the bus with me just now, but she vanished in the blink of an eye."

Her companions jumped among the crowd, looking around, but they couldn't find the Elf professor who had come with them.

"Don't look anymore. Since Professor Clear Sky is here to complete her onboarding, we'll definitely see her again inside the academy."

"Okay..." Haidixike said with a hint of disappointment.

At this moment, Luke was already walking down the main avenue inside Aolu Academy.

In fact, if it weren't for the need to attract the attention of the Imperial Secret Agents, Luke would have had many ways to enter the subspace where Aolu Academy was located. After all, this was a place for Players to collect recipes and learn skills, and it also had many interesting academy-themed storylines.

As a very ancient academy, it also housed many mysterious items.

Luke naturally greeted students and faculty along the way, acting like an amiable visiting Elf professor, and then entered the academy library.

Aolu Academy Library was a four-story building in the style of a fortress from centuries ago. It was one of the oldest existing teaching buildings on campus, hiding many secrets and being the location with the most supernatural event storylines.

As it was Monday morning, there were very few people in the library.

Luke followed the spiral staircase in the main hall down to the first basement level and found the No. 36 Reading Room.

A dim light bulb illuminated the room, which was about ten square meters. Books filled the shelves on all four sides. However, a thick layer of dust covered these books, clearly indicating that the librarians did not pay much attention to cleaning this area.

Luke pulled a book from the shelf and brushed off the dust.

The Relationship Between Curses and Secret Arts

Author—Lowell Felix.

Opening the title page:

Curses are a branch of Secret Arts?

Secret Arts are a branch of Curses?

These are two very interesting questions!

In its early days, after tasting the benefits of open disciplines, Aolu Academy once accepted all forms of scholarship without discrimination, leading to an explosion of ideas like a herd of wild horses.

Secret Arts, as the most ancient discipline among all, was highly valued by Aolu Academy at that time. The arrogant mages attempted to find the most fundamental laws of Secret Arts, establish a recognizable and usable academic tree, and put an end to its empirical nature.

If they could achieve this, Secret Arts would undoubtedly become a great discipline comparable to Magic and Alchemy.

However, the Aolu mages, who were making rapid progress in all academic fields, suffered severe setbacks in Secret Arts.

Several curse-related disasters and a group of Aolu mages who went mad from their obsession with Secret Arts nearly led to the downfall of Aolu Academy.

Therefore, after that disaster, Aolu Academy removed Secret Arts from its curriculum and imposed severe restrictions on their research.

A large number of books and materials related to Secret Arts were destroyed, leaving only books on the history and analysis of Secret Arts, with not a single one related to practical application.

These books were all gathered in this small No. 36 Reading Room, serving as a faint afterglow of the past glory of Secret Arts.

Luke held The Relationship Between Curses and Secret Arts and read, completely losing track of time.

Outside Aolu Academy, a large number of vehicles carrying Imperial Secret Agents and law enforcement officers arrived.

However, they were all blocked at the academy gates by Aolu mages.

"I am Councilor Kipling Virgil," said Virgil, stepping forward amidst the throng of secret agents and law enforcement officers, addressing the Aolu mages blocking the way. "We have received confirmed intelligence that a very dangerous individual has entered Aolu Academy. For the safety of the children, please allow us to enter and search."

"Greetings, Councilor!" The Aolu mage blocking the academy gate first bowed to Councilor Virgil, then stated with a hint of arrogance, "Aolu Academy has a complete defense force. If a dangerous individual enters the academy, we will handle it ourselves. For the students of the academy, this might be a good practical combat opportunity."

Virgil said sternly, "You have no idea how dangerous the person I'm talking about is. She killed over a hundred people in the Cape District, is highly likely to possess the 'Heart of Red Dragon Nilcolon,' and completed the purchase of all summoning materials last night."

Now she has entered your academy!

"If you don't want the academy students' combat practice targets to be a rampaging Red Dragon, then let us in!"

Hearing that a Red Dragon might be summoned within the academy, the Aolu mage blocking their path finally lost the confidence he had in the academy's strength just moments ago.

But he still didn't let them in immediately.

"Please wait a moment, Councilor Virgil. I will report this matter to our Dean immediately."

"Hurry!"

Councilor Virgil urged the Aolu mage, then called Bonar to his side. "Aolu Academy's status is very special. I'll ask you again, did that female Elf named Clear Sky really enter Aolu Academy?"

Bonar replied, "Yes, my people and I saw her board the Aolu Academy shuttle with our own eyes. The license plate number is... Aolu 24. You can verify it by finding the accompanying mage."