"In classical mystic philosophy, there are two things in this world that must not be violated."
"The Starry Sky above our heads, and the bottom line in our hearts. Above the Starry Sky lie indescribable beings; any disrespectful gaze will drive people mad. Below that bottom line lies the source of calamity. Fallen Wizards are proof of this. Having lost their bottom line, they ultimately lost even themselves."
"Hermeticists firmly believed that their wisdom came from Hermes in the depths of the Starry Sky. Based on this understanding, they branded every one of their works with the mark of Hermes, including Alchemical Objects, divination results, newly created spells, new magical formulas, and so on."
"Because they believed that the fruits of Hermes's wisdom were sacred and inviolable..."
At the lectern, Old Yao directed his chalk, leaving long stretches of examples and explanations across the blackboard. Below, Jiuyou Academy students scribbled furiously, feathers and bamboo rods becoming the most active things in the classroom.
This Magic Philosophy class mainly covered "Western Classical Mysticism," involving a great many names, schools of thought, and their core ideas. Zheng Qing's head swam from listening, and he could only mechanically record every word the professor said.
That lively, noisy hearing at noon felt as though it had happened a very, very long time ago. The "distant" memories mingled with the dull reality, leaving Zheng Qing with the muddled sensation of having been hit by a Confundus Charm—though it was more likely that the professor's voice had hypnotized him into wanting to sleep.
Because he had not rested at noon, the young publicly funded student was now utterly exhausted.
Yet contrary to his increasingly blurred consciousness, the whispers of Fatty Xin and Zhang Jixin, seated not far from him, entered his ears with perfect clarity.
"...So