After getting along with each other for this period of time, Xia Duo felt that his mentor Niya was relatively easy to get along with. Just like most apprentices in the Mage Tower, age itself speaks for itself.
Even though it was not morning class time, Xia Duo called the door and Niya let him in. It seemed that Niya was relatively free recently.
"Shado, thank you for Mrs. Patty's matter."
"You're welcome, it's just a little effort." Xia Duo said modestly, but it was also true, and he also mixed in a few glasses of hot elf drink.
"With a little effort? Your description is quite unique!" Niya seemed to be in a good mood, and she didn't even mention that Xia Duo should step up his spell-casting training. "Tell me, what do you want from me?"
"Teacher, I obtained a spell outside, but it had no effect when I used it, so I came here to ask for advice." Sha Duo did not hide it.
Because there is not much point in concealing it, if you want to ask for advice, the other party will naturally know it. Instead of being secretive, it is better to say it openly.
Niya showed a curious expression and asked with interest: "What kind of spell is it?"
"The seller said it was [Charming Humans]." Xia Duo said bravely. If there is really a ban on psychic spells, we will find out next.
Silence, but no punishment.
"Then what?" Nia asked.
Xia Duo quickly handed over the inner pages of the notes he had prepared in advance. Niya seemed to have no difficulty in recording and describing the mage's routine.
But she only glanced at it and frowned, "This is not [Charming Humans]!"
Niya, an intermediate mage, must be more valuable than Griffith. Niya concluded that this was not [Charm Humans], so this spell was probably not [Charm Humans].
Xia Duo felt a little disappointed and continued to look at Niya, waiting for her conclusion.
Soon, Niya finished reading the notes, and then sent the three inner pages over, "You must have been deceived, this is an elf spell."
"Elven spells?" Shado was very surprised. Even elven spells appeared. Could it be that the scroll maker Griffith mentioned was an elf.
It’s no wonder Xia Duo made such an association. Recently, a suspected elf mage came to the Saville Territory. If it’s that person——
"Does this spell require an elf to cast?"
As soon as he asked this question, Xia Duo secretly cursed an idiot. Didn't the Nese people learn elf magic before?
But Shado still told Niya his guess. In any case, he had to bury a trap for Griffith first and then use elf magic to pretend to be psychic magic. It was hard for him to come up with it.
He defrauded Xia Duo of 1,000 gold coins!
"The mid-level mage Griffith you mentioned, I will report it to the mage tower." After saying that, Niya directly contacted the tower spirit, and she didn't know what news was passed on.
After talking a lot, Xia Duo looked anxious. Now the psychic spell has been changed into an elf spell, and he still doesn’t know what kind of spell it is!
Therefore, as soon as Niya ended the communication, Sha Duo couldn't wait to ask: "Teacher, what about this spell-"
"This spell is called [*&%#^] among the elves!" Niya said a strange elven language.
Xia Duo was full of questions. There was a book of Elf poetry in the book list that Niya gave him before, but he had never made plans to learn Elf language. Now Niya's words are like playing the piano to a cow.
Fortunately, Niya also knew that Xia Duo could not learn this Elvish word in a short time, so she explained it again in Nese language, "This Elvish word describes the process of a golden sun flower blooming, and it is translated into Nese language.
It’s almost like [flowers are blooming].
"And the actual effect of this spell is only to stimulate the growth of plants to a small extent. It is also used in arcane gardens."
With this explanation, Xia Duo understood that 1,000 gold coins were not worth it, but at least he could get some money back. The question now was whether he could learn it!
"Teacher, how should I cast this spell?"
Xia Duo's eager look made Niya want to laugh. She had pestered her father in this way when she was a child, so she repeated her father's original words at that time, "If you don't learn Elvish, you will never understand this spell."
"..." Xia Duo was speechless. Being unable to understand does not mean that you cannot learn!
"Okay, I can teach you how to cast [Flowers in Bloom], but the Arcane Competition -"
"I promise to get the ranking!" Although Xia Duo's operation is not good, it is not a big problem to defend with all his strength. If he uses up the number of spells cast by others, he will naturally win.
Although this is somewhat disgraceful, it is not prohibited by the competition rules.
Niya didn't know where this apprentice got his confidence, but it was good to have confidence. She once again asked for more training, and then began to teach Xia Duo how to cast this elf spell.
"[The ultimate life, flowers in full bloom]!" Niya recited a line of Elvish language and asked Xia Duo to learn the same.
[Extreme life, flowers bloom], this is obviously not a normal spoken language, but a poem like an aria. Although the Elvish language itself is very tactful and beautiful, the sentence taught by Niya has a strange rhythm.
Xia Duo just repeated one sentence and unconsciously touched the magic net. Xia Duo was shocked. If the elves can affect the magic net and cast magic by just using words, then they are really a born magic race!
Of course, the truth is not that simple, but in any case, Elvish language really shocked Sha Duo!
It was just a sentence in Elvish language, so it was easy to memorize it, but what really mattered was the combination of voice and intonation and the manipulation of the magic net. Niya also focused on this part.
Xia Duo recorded and memorized at the same time. Finally, Niya personally demonstrated [Flowers in Bloom]——
It was a fruit plate on the table and several fruits on it. Under the influence of magic, the pulp quickly withered and turned into dust, but the core was full of life and could even be felt intuitively with the naked eye.
Finally, a few green shoots broke out from the core and grew on the fruit plate.
Simply a miracle!
Although Xia Duo had been working in the Arcane Garden for a while before and had seen the accelerated growth of plants many times, none of them were as shocking as today.
At such a close distance, I witnessed with my own eyes a person casting a spell that allowed the fruit core to skip the long growth period.
"Teacher, can these saplings survive?"
"Why can't you live? Aren't you already alive?" Niya was a little surprised by Xia Duo's question, but then she straightened her face and said, "I have also learned spells, but I can't be too focused on it! Don't relax in spell-casting training!"
"..." Xia Duo could only respond.
"Let's go back."
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Until Xia Duo returned to his residence, he was still thinking about those saplings.
He once heard adventurers talk about anecdotes about elves, saying that elves plant and pick fruits when they want to eat outside. Now it seems that this is really possible!
However, he has now (soon) learned this spell, and he will be able to eat fresh fruit at any time in the future!
Next, Xia Duo's life was back on track. While researching, studying, and training, Xia Duo also recited a few Elvish spells taught by Niya from time to time.
The more he recited it, the more interesting it became to Xia Duo, and I don’t know if it was an illusion, but the Elvish spells seemed to be somewhat helpful in spell-casting training.
Therefore, in the original plan, it made sense to move the plan of learning Elvish language a little further forward.
In this way, time soon came to the eve of the arcane competition.