The strife, slaps in the face, the aristocratic children oppressing the common people that I have seen in the online articles in my previous life... are nothing.
Gretel walked from Heartland City to the Mage Tower. Along the way, he imagined countless common plots in his mind, but unfortunately none of them happened. It's not that all the students have high moral standards and follow the twenty-four-word mantra, but... no one
.
Master Herman was nowhere to be seen.
The wizard Elliot who was blown out of the wizard tower last time could not see anyone either.
It was so quiet outside the mage tower that you could hear the chirping of birds. Gretel guessed that the experiment was probably going well, or that the person was doing another experiment and it would not explode for the time being.
Several other low-level mages, or mage apprentices - when Master Herman came yesterday, Master Herman said "disciples", there should be more than one - there was no sign of anyone.
Considering that yesterday's explosion occurred on the fourth floor, and Master Herman only allowed him to read the books on the first floor, Gretel had reason to believe that there was a library upstairs specifically for wizards and wizard apprentices. These extraordinary beings who had stepped into the door of magic
, all activities are on the second floor and above, and never go downstairs unless necessary.
As for teaching... I can only say that today is not the day for classes to start?
The library on the first floor of the mage tower was empty except for Gretel.
The servant guarding the door of the Mage Tower led him to the library, said "You are not allowed to go upstairs", and turned away. Gretel wanted to ask him where the bathroom was, but before he could ask, he had disappeared.
…
Not even a pot of water was given.
Hey, in the past, the school libraries and libraries did not provide drinking water, so I got used to it.
Grete put down his backpack and walked to the bookshelves. When he stepped into the library, he saw these bookshelves at first sight. The fine dark maroon wooden shelves stood tall and tall. There were also exquisite patterns carved on the capitals and the top of the bookshelves. Just look at these bookshelves.
The decoration makes people feel that the books above are valuable.
... Just this bookshelf is enough for my salary for a year, right?
Gretel secretly speculated, and first quickly scanned the books on the shelves. There were not many books in the library, and there were only two bookshelves in total. The books on the shelves were thick and large, as long as his elbows and fingertips.
Long and nearly as thick as a punch.
In order to hold such a large book, the bookshelf is only divided into four layers from top to bottom. The shelves in each layer are clearly made of solid wood, with a thickness of more than five centimeters, and the middle section of the shelf is still bent due to pressure.
Because the books are so big, the two bookshelves combined cannot contain more than a hundred books...
Grete did a quick mental calculation. Fortunately, it was better than the textbooks they used for the seven-year undergraduate and master's program... In terms of quantity alone, it was almost the same, haha.
After all, the medical textbooks were called "Blue Love of Life and Death" by later students. There were 53 books in total, plus political courses and basic public courses, as well as some optional elective courses, the textbooks alone were close to one hundred.
What's more, in addition to textbooks, medicine also has a lot of exercise books, reference literature, clinical diagnosis and treatment guides, and other materials, all of which need to be memorized.
We are professionals in learning. Don’t be afraid.
Gretel encouraged himself secretly. Then, the next step is to pick out the books he needs to read!
Those book titles reported by Master Hermann!
"Spell Basics"!
"Magic Pattern Structure"!
"First Interpretation of Elements"!
"Potions"!
And the most basic, magic words!
As for the rest of the books on the bookshelf, they may not be unimportant, but let’s start with the basics!
Grete tilted his head and looked at the words on the spine of the book, and found that he couldn't make out the words. He tilted his head to the left again. He still couldn't see what the words were, and he couldn't even tell whether it was written vertically or horizontally, or whether it was written vertically or horizontally.
If he fell to the left or to the right, he had no choice but to tilt his head to the right again...
After going back and forth and doing several cervical spine exercises, Gretel finally accepted a cruel reality. He could not recognize any of the words on the spine of the book.
There is no other way, just read the text!
He stood on tiptoes and picked up a book from the shelf. As soon as he picked it up, his arms sank, and he had to add some strength to hold it steady.
...so heavy!
Being a librarian these days is a physical job, right?
Gretel was speechless. He carefully put the book on the table, put it down, straightened it, and studied the cover carefully. The dark blue leather book cover felt thick and soft, with silver cursive characters coiled around it, twisting and turning like a vine.
Grete looked at it for a moment, but couldn't figure it out, so he could only open the title page.
Don't recognize it.
Still don't recognize it.
Even after turning to the text, I still don’t know what this book is about, and I don’t even understand the words on it. The only good thing is that this big book is a handwritten copy, and the characters are more than ten times larger than those in later printings.
.As you can imagine, the content of the entire book is at most one-tenth.
No, not even one tenth. The paper under my hand is several times thicker than in my previous life. It is thick and yellow, and you can still see clear traces of fibers. The paper is thicker, and the number of pages is naturally fewer. The information recorded on it,
It’s not surprising that there are fewer people following.
Grete breathed a sigh of relief, then thought about it, and felt nervous again. The papermaking technology of this era was still quite crude, and it turned out that it could only record common knowledge.
It is conceivable that in the future, if you need to copy spells or something, the starting price of paper, parchment, Warcraft skin, etc. will be several times more expensive than this paper. If the material is too poor, the magic power will not be able to bear it at all, and there is a high probability that it will be used.
I burned it after writing it...
In the future, he will have to come up with the materials to copy spells!
You have to buy your own paper, pen and ink!
I have to look at the price later...well, I feel so poor...
Grete sighed, closed the cover of the book with tears in her eyes, took it back to the bookshelf, and went to carry the second book.
The second book.
Don't recognize it.
The third book.
Don't recognize it.
...book ten.
Don't recognize...
A thin layer of sweat has broken out on my body, half because of tiredness, half because of urgency. I came early, and I haven’t started to feel hungry yet, but my muscles and bones are exhausted, my body is depleted, and my actions are confusing...these are the feelings
, I have really tried them all.
No wonder librarians are a hidden profession. In this profession, you will indeed achieve great achievements!
He wiped his sweat and continued to move books. The title of the seventeenth book was finally written in common language, and it was called "The Miracle Journey of the Archmage". Gretel had an ominous feeling after reading the title, so he opened it and read it.
Two lines, it is indeed a novel...
It’s still a low-quality adventure novel. If you put it at the starting point, you can’t even sign a contract.
...So I worked hard and worked up a sweat. How many of the things I was transporting must be novels?
Oh no……
Grete beat his chest. The bad news is that he will have to fight with these novels for an unknown amount of time. The good news is that he needs to read (memorize) less textbooks...