Ace thought as much, then stroked the ring the Book of Magic had turned into and recorded his detailed understanding of the Minor Magic Trick spell in the Magic Diary.
The spell pages only contained brief introductions; for more detailed information, one had to consult the Magic Diary.
The predetermined spells Daina had obtained the first two times were fixed, and the same would be true for future Book of Magic contractors.
It was an invisible form of guidance for newcomers. The Lesser Permanent Mental Blessing helped them reach a state of mental overclocking; Introduction to Wizards gave them a basic understanding of the path of magic; then came the Minimalist Meditation Method and Minor Magic Missile, providing the fundamental meditation method and offensive spell necessary for their early growth.
After that, they would need to discover new Demonic Beasts and magical materials themselves, and gather new runes and rune structures.
They could try the Equivalent Exchange ritual, sacrificing Demonic Beasts or magical materials to make an equivalent exchange with the Flamebearer, obtaining rune pages and the runes and spell models that were only described in the spell list.
Meanwhile, Ace could gain a whole group of diligent workers for free, discovering new Demonic Beasts, new runes, and new materials for him, accumulating new materials, and incidentally testing all sorts of his ideas to observe the results.
In the future, he could also draw upon their wisdom. Once the numbers grew, there would always be innovations. Runes, spells, rune arrays, rituals, and more—all might bring unexpected surprises.
Time returned to several days earlier. Daina had hurriedly parted ways with Ace, returned home to see her parents and brother, then meditated for another two days, raising her mental power to 2.
She was now very familiar with the Book of Magic's