Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
They had only been passing through, but unexpectedly ended up staying. For one thing, Zhizhi was popular here. For another, they shared and discussed what they knew about the Demon Wizard. They even found time to learn a one-ring spell, Lower-Tier Dragon Summoning, something that only came about at the Dragonkin Girl's emphatic suggestion.
Ruger had refused at first, while Mona merely smiled without a word, wearing that stock expression of a Prophecy Wizard.
It was not that Ruger did not want to learn it. There was simply no need to rush, much less hurry to learn it here.
That lasted until the Dragonkin Girl, Yige, produced a Spellbook.
It was a Spellbook for the one-ring spell Lower-Tier Dragon Summoning, a genuine edition published by the Knowledge Temple. It showed some signs of use-quite a few, in fact-but remained in excellent condition. The Dragonkin Girl had taken it out of a box, and apparently took good care of it when storing it.
Someone who was not a Wizard had produced a Spellbook, enthusiastically offered it to other Wizards, and strongly urged them to learn it.
It was so strange, so unexpected, yet so perfectly reasonable coming from this Dragonkin Girl.
Even Ruger's mouth, poised to sip his tea, closed a beat late.
He had a copy of the Spellbook himself and did not need to borrow hers, but the Dragonkin Girl had still startled him.
Her offer to lend them the book for free so they could learn the spell did come with conditions, though they were fairly reasonable. She wanted their first three hiring commissions after they mastered the spell-opportunities to work together. This was not merely a calculation of value. She was clearly very confident that she could satisfy