Because Teacher Brishisan is Adorably Clueless

"Professor Brishisan, where do you think I should start from next?"

On the way, Li Mo fiddled with the envelope containing his proof of enrollment and couldn't help asking.

After all, Brishisan was a Lord. With his guidance, Li Mo's path at the Clock Tower would be much smoother.

Brishisan chuckled as he walked. "For now, focus on recovering. Tonight, have the number of your Magic Circuits measured. Once you've recovered, go to Mystic Code first."

"Mystic Code?" Li Mo scratched his head. Another unfamiliar term.

"That's right, Mystic Code—the Department of General Fundamentals."

Brishisan said with a light laugh, "While you're recovering, read through everything in your proof of enrollment carefully. Most of the Clock Tower's Twelve Departments are named after the family lines of their Lords. For example, the Department of General Fundamentals is called Mystic Code, while the Department of Lore, where I belong, is called Brishisan."

Li Mo nodded to show he understood, then asked, "Then why am I going to the Department of General Fundamentals? Didn't you say before that I'd minor in your Department of Lore, Professor?"

I'm just an ordinary person. I really don't know even the most basic common sense among Magi!

Brishisan was taken aback, then chuckled. "It's not that I'm requiring you to minor in the Department of Lore. You need to start there now because you don't have even the slightest foundation as a Magus.

And the Department of General Fundamentals is precisely the place that builds foundations for newly initiated Magi."

Brishisan explained, "Normally, newly initiated Magi study in Mystic Code for five years before transferring to other divisions. That's because it teaches the common knowledge shared across all magecraft, as well as general knowledge among Magi and minor spells."

Li Mo froze. It sounded kind of like an elementary school for Magi...

Brishisan grinned and teased, "Of course, if you think you're talented enough, you don't have to stay there that long. Some geniuses transfer departments or choose a minor shortly after entering Mystic Code.

And I don't intend to keep you in Mystic Code forever. Once you begin your Mystic Code courses, you'll also train in the magecraft of my Department of Lore."

Li Yuan was taken aback. Just practice magecraft, without attending classes?

The thought came to him, so he asked, "Professor, don't I need to attend classes in our Department of Lore?"

Brishisan suddenly stopped walking. He neither spoke nor turned around, as though he were gathering his emotions.

Li Mo was stunned. Did I say something wrong?

Soon, Brishisan turned to look at Li Mo, wearing a sorrowful expression. "Mo-jun, our Department of Lore simply can't scrape together enough people to hold a class."

Wtf?

Li Mo was dumbfounded. Could it be that the Department of Lore had only him as a new Magus?

No, he wasn't even a Magus yet.

Brishisan seemed to see what Li Mo was thinking and nodded. "That's right. At present, you're the only person in the Department of Lore who needs teaching."

Brishisan chuckled. "So there are no classes in the Department of Lore. I can only slowly teach you the various kinds of knowledge it possesses.

Of course, every so often, I give lectures in my classroom at Clock Tower headquarters. You must attend those."

"Emmmm," Li Mo said speechlessly, feeling as if Brishisan had dragged him into a pit.

What he did not know was how many people outside would crack their heads open just for a chance to enter the Department of Lore.

There was no other reason. It was said that Mystery had only begun to decline after the death of Solomon, the King of Magecraft. The various forms of knowledge within the disciplines passed down by his disciples might even contain magecraft from the Age of Gods. Wouldn't you want to learn that?

Yes, magic—the Magic of the Six Magics, not magecraft!

Of course, Brishisan did not say anything, so outsiders had no way of knowing whether it was true. Nor did anyone dare force him to reveal the truth.

Moreover, the Department of Lore rarely accepted students. Outsiders could forget about ever seeing what it concealed.

Perhaps someone had seen it before, but that was a taboo among taboos. Those who had seen it were probably already happily typing gg by now.

But shouldn't transmigrators usually have their own Golden Fingers? Could I really just be an exception?

Li Mo frowned, racking his brains to think whether there was anything he had forgotten.

"System, are you there?" Li Mo silently called out in his heart.

Yet no system suddenly popped up, nor did any mechanical voice ring out.

Li Mo deflated, slumping back in his wheelchair like a salted fish, wearing an expression of utter exhaustion with life.

Brishisan seemed to notice Li Mo's movement. When he turned back and saw him, he nearly burst out laughing. "Mo-jun, you can't lose heart. Although the Department of Lore has only you as a newcomer, look at it from the other side—there are considerable benefits too."

"Oh~," Li Mo replied lazily. When did I ever say I was worried about that...

But could he talk about the Incineration of Humanity? Could he talk about Goetia, whom the Department of Lore pursued? Could he talk about the Alien God?

Sigh, without a Golden Finger, I can barely go on living~

I wasn't some genius in my original world either...

Seeing Li Mo like this, Brishisan shook his head and said, "Do you know why Solomon was called the King of Magecraft?"

Li Mo shook his head. "Wasn't it because of the power God bestowed upon him?"

Brishisan chuckled. "No. God appeared in Solomon's dream and asked him what he desired. Solomon did not ask for power, but wisdom."

Brishisan stopped and turned around. "God was very pleased with that answer. After granting Solomon wisdom, He also gave him power, but Solomon only used that power once in his entire life. People called him the Wise King and the King of Magecraft because of his wisdom."

"Wisdom?" Li Mo murmured, a faint stir passing through his eyes as he thought of something unknown.

Brishisan paid him no mind and continued with a chuckle, "Why does Mystery gradually vanish in modern society? Why is it called magecraft rather than Magic?

Because things that can be accomplished with modern knowledge and technology have, little by little, unraveled the Mystery that once existed only in the hands of Magi."

Only what they could not accomplish or explain could be called magic."

"The Six True Magics?" Li Mo murmured.

For example, the Greater Grail in the Holy Grail War? The materialization of the soul in the Third Magic?

Brishisan nodded. "The Age of Gods has already faded. Modern Magi can only rely on those remnants of Mystery.

But knowledge is the one thing that never changes. As long as you possess boundless knowledge, you are Mystery itself."

"I am Mystery?" Li Mo shook his head with a somewhat forced smile. He looked around, then suddenly called out, "Merlin, is that right?"

"Merlin!?" Brishisan jolted, countless thoughts flashing through his mind. His body tensed as he scanned their surroundings.

No one answered. Li Mo sighed. "Looks like his gaze isn't on this place."

"No, perhaps he simply doesn't want to show himself."

Brishisan did not relax. With a complicated expression, he looked at his newly accepted disciple. "You mean Merlin, the court mage from the legend of King Arthur?"

"Yes, Master." Li Mo sighed. "Merlin was a half-blood born of an incubus and a human. He was born with immense magical power and neither aged nor died.

After Cowlick King died, he exiled himself into another independent space."

Or rather, Avalon, isolated from the world?

Mystic Eyes?

"Cowlick King? You mean King Arthur?" Light suddenly appeared in Brishisan's eyes. Just as he had thought, this new disciple of his had far too many secrets!

"Yep~" Li Mo did not care. Once the Fourth Holy Grail War began in a couple of years, Cowlick King's dossier would probably be placed in the Clock Tower. Brishisan would naturally understand then why she was called Cowlick King.

"Master, it's not that I don't want to tell you. I'm just really afraid you'll be too shocked..."

It was only Brishisan. Li Mo had no idea how someone this dazed had become a Lord, but if it had been any other Lord, how would he have dared reveal any of this!

Home was still better. Once they had seen it, they weren't allowed to become spirits!