Excluding the royal library, the Great Library of the Bard College is probably the largest library in the entire empire. The first "big" is not a modifier, but a unique title. When you mention the Great Library in the empire

, it must be referring to the library of the Bard Academy.

Due to the needs and special circumstances of the bard's work, the large library may not necessarily contain more books than the royal library, but it must cover a larger area. Compared with the royal library, it only contains valuable ancient books and magic research materials

When it comes to books, the Big Library appears to be more open and inclusive. From the scribbling notes of street vendors to the unofficial history written by an unknown author, there are only books that are not included in the Big Library. You can't find them in the Big Library.

books.

Therefore, the big library may have unexpected gains for me, I just need to search for it carefully.

"Hello, two classmates, my name is Shirley, what information do I need to check?" An elegant lady came to us and gave us an afternoon salute.

"Hello, I need to read all the stories and information about the Horus Heresy." I gave her an afternoon salute in return. I learned this complicated etiquette when performing.

"Are you sure you need all the information and stories?" She looked a little surprised, not sure whether it was because of my request or my etiquette.

"Yes, dear madam, I'm sure." I said without hesitation. Shirley nodded after hearing this, then turned to Sickle and asked kindly: "What about you, classmate? What information do you need to read?"

"I need information about the origin of magic power, preferably water-based." Sickled's face was serious, even a little fanatical, and even a fool could hear the urgency in his voice.

"Okay, please go to the main reading room on the first floor and wait a moment. This way." Shirley bowed to us gracefully and then led us to the main reading room on the first floor of the big library.

She opened a heavy wooden door with both hands. Inside was an extremely spacious and tall room that could accommodate at least several hundred students. I guessed. There were long tables placed at regular intervals in the room. There were people there at the moment.

Dozens of students were studying inside, and hundreds of electric lights illuminated the entire room like daylight.

"This is the main reading room on the first floor," Miss Shirley said softly in a voice that only we could hear. "Generally speaking, you can find most of the popular stories and history books here, and you can also find many elementary books."

Magic books." She raised her left hand and pointed to the wall shelves on both sides of the long table, which were filled with books. I estimated there were thousands of them.

"Thank you, Shirley." I was firmly attracted by the big library, and I paused for a while before I remembered to say thank you.

"You're welcome," Shirley still looked elegant and decent. She knelt down and saluted, "Please forgive me for leaving temporarily. I need to verify your identity. If there are no problems, I will help you get the books you need.

.What are your names?”

"Salenovis."

"Hycra Draxos."

"By the way," before Shirley left, I suddenly thought of a question. I was very interested in the answer to this question, so I asked it immediately: "If I look for a book here by myself, how long will it take?"

I pointed to the main reading room.

"It won't take long," Shirley turned around and gave me a smile, "usually no more than three hours." After saying that, she shook her head and walked away with graceful steps.

After a while, she came back pushing a trolley. The trolley was divided into three levels, and each level was filled with books, at least one or two hundred.

"God, are you going to give books to so many people?" I was a little worried for her.

"No," she shook her head, picked up a pile of books from the car, probably a dozen or so, and handed them to Sikelad.

"Theacled Lexus, this is the book you want."

Sickled stood up in a hurry, took the magic book he asked for in a panic, and began to read it carefully without even having time to say thank you.

I must say, I am quite surprised. I have never seen Sickled so persistent and obsessed with one thing that he did not even notice his own faux pas.

"As for you..." Shirley didn't take the book after handing it to Sickled. She looked straight at me, her eyes full of pity. A bad premonition flashed through my heart, and I subconsciously wanted to run away.

But it was too late. Shirley pushed the rest of the trolley to my side. "As for you, Salen Novus," she let go of the handle, pointed at the whole car and smiled at me: "This is all

what you want."

"Last point, you two need to remember that you can't take books out of the big library, nor can you borrow them out."

Siclad and I looked at her slowly receding figure and buried ourselves in our respective mountains of books.

I don't want to go into detail about what happened next because I found out nothing, which is annoying. It's true that these books have something to do with Strader, but Strader's legs are hairier than the average person's hair.

Many such legends are common and make people laugh.

I was really depressed, especially when Sickled told me with excitement that he had learned more about the origin of water's magic power, and maybe he could summon water in the next test, I guess.

As he and I were walking back to the apartment, I decided to ask him a question, a question that would affect my entire life: "Hill, do you really want to become a mage?"

He turned to look at me, his eyes exuding a fanatical light that I had never seen before: "Yes Saren, I think. I want to become a great and righteous mage master, just like in the story, who can do everything

Good deeds will be remembered forever and be sung by everyone."

I nodded and asked him the second question seriously: "Would you be happy if I taught you?"

"You taught me? Saren, your test today was even before me..." Sikrad first looked at me as if he had heard some joke, and then his voice stopped abruptly.

I summoned the flames, and the flowing flames surrounded me and lifted me up in the air. I don't know what I looked like. Maybe I looked more like a devil than a god, but that didn't matter, because I saw hope.

The fire in Krad's eyes was the power of fanaticism from within.

"Yes, I'm very happy, Saren, very happy." I heard him murmuring in the firelight, his eyes hot and sincere.

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After dinner, Sickled and I went to the rehearsal room on the second floor, where I had simply cleared an open space for my teaching.

"Before we begin, Hill, I want to ask you a question." I began to recall the way Terrazo taught me, and tried to ignore the pain caused by tearing open the scar, "Do you know what runes are?

"

Siclad nodded, "I know," but he quickly opened his mouth wide, "Wait? Rune magic? Isn't that something in the story?"

"Unfortunately, no." I briefly rejected his words and set an example myself.

"Fire." I whispered, not daring to use dragon language for fear of scaring Sickled, and even more fear of causing unnecessary trouble for myself.

I drew the runes skillfully, and a flame shield that I had practiced thousands of times took shape in my breath, continuously emitting amazing heat.

"This is amazing, Saren!" I heard Shiklad shout, "but can you cancel it first, my hair is about to burn!"

I waved my hand to disperse the flame shield, and Sickled quickly came up to me. "Is that the rune spell? It's more magical than any spell I've ever seen!"

"Yes, Hill. Do you want to learn?"

"Of course!" Sickled nodded faster than the metronome, for fear that I would regret it.

I took a deep breath and continued to recall Terrazo's teachings in my mind. Thanks to the dichotomy of consciousness, I could tell him the concept of runes while recalling my painful past.

But any wound will be numb, and if you talk too much, you won't feel it anymore. I have to admit Sikelad's talent. It took me an hour to make him understand the essence of rune magic.

"Sure enough, magic is a low-level form of rune magic." This was the first sentence he said to me after listening.

"Bingo!" I snapped my fingers, "Fortunately, you have a very high affinity for the name of water. It won't take long for you to master the name of water, I guess."

"I guess something unfortunate happened?"

"Yes, Hill, unfortunately, I have not mastered the name of water, so you can only rely on yourself for the first step."

Sickled became a little depressed for a moment, but quickly cheered up, "Then what can you teach me?"

I thought of the training that Terrazo once asked me to do, and the corners of my mouth curved slightly. I guessed that my current expression must have evil intentions, because Sickled took two steps back with some fear.

"Yes, Hill, I have a lot of training waiting for you."

The most important thing to avoid in the rune art journey is to be too hasty. That night I did not let Sikrad do any training. I left him alone at home to understand the name of water. I ran out of the apartment and bought him a Rubik's Cube.

Early the next morning, I woke him up.

"Hill, this is the first training," I handed him the Rubik's Cube. "In order to prevent you from seeing a Rubik's Cube, I will buy you one and let you observe it." After giving him enough observation time,

I took the Rubik's Cube back.

"The following is the first training." I stretched out a finger and showed an almost cruel smile, "Rubik's cube training."

"Rubik's cube training?"

"Yes, dear Hill, don't you have class in the morning?"

"no, what happened?"

"Very good," I put the Rubik's Cube in my pocket. "In the first session of the Rubik's Cube training, I built a third-order Rubik's Cube in my mind, which is the one I bought, and used my brain to restore it to six sides of the same color. I'll come back to check.

"

Leaving behind Shiklad who was still wailing behind me, I put away the Rubik's Cube and went out. The weather was so sunny, I had to go to the library to continue checking information, and then I had to visit Professor Chavez.
Chapter completed!