Chapter 71: Teacher Se Lian
Although the scene behind the door is roughly the same as that in the game, there are certain differences. At least the room in the game is not as messy as the one in front of you.
Moreover, the room in front of him was much more spacious than in the game, at least 70 square meters, and there seemed to be other rooms connected to the room in front.
There were rows and rows of bookshelves in the room, filled with all kinds of books. Some of the books were even piled on the floor, looking completely unkempt.
Some faded pyroxene crystals were scattered on the stone floor, and in the box in the corner there was a pile of long pyroxene crystals emitting a faint blue light .
Just by taking a quick look, you can tell that the owner of this place has no intention of cleaning at all. As long as it doesn't interfere with the work, there's no need to bother.
How to say it, this room is exactly the same as the room of modern otakus and housegirls, except that there are no takeout boxes and stacked game discs.
Well, Teacher Se Lian is indeed a homebody.
"...Oh, it's the Fader? It's rare to have such a rare guest."
The owner of this place seemed to have just noticed that someone had entered his room. He lifted his head, which was wearing a pyroxene stone mask, from the square table piled with books in front of him, and then looked at Xia Yu.
"My name is Selian. As you can see, I am a magician... So, what can I do for you?"
Listening to Teacher Se Lian's cold voice coming from under the pyrotechnic stone cover, Xia Yu frowned, looked around again, and spoke.
"Can't you clean up your room? It's too messy."
“…”
Se Lian was speechless. She had never expected that the first words from the Faded Man in front of her would be to condemn her for not cleaning the house.
But this is her house, she can do whatever she wants. However, when the words were on the tip of her tongue, she suddenly changed her mind.
"A magician's time is very precious. Instead of cleaning the house, it is better to use it to study the mysteries of magic. Judging from your attire, you should be a magician too, so you should understand this principle."
At this time, Xia Yu was still wearing the initial Stargazer suit, so his identity as a magician was still easy to tell.
Hearing Se Lian say this, Xia Yu kicked the scattered pyroxene pieces at his feet in disgust.
"Sorry, I don't understand. Never mind. I'll clean it up."
After saying that, without waiting for Se Lian to speak, Xia Yu treated this place as his own room and started to clean it up carefully.
The useless pyroxene fragments were thrown directly into the box and taken out to be thrown away when there was time. The books that were scattered around were also picked up one by one and put back on the empty bookshelf .
The originally messy house gradually became presentable after Xia Yu cleaned it up. It looked like an ordinary laboratory, albeit a little simple.
After a moment, a brand new house appeared in front of the two of them. Xia Yu breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the non-existent sweat.
"Well, it looks much better now, right?"
"Hmm..." At this moment, Se Lian didn't know what to say. Even for a Faded One, this Faded One was too weird.
"Okay, you're right, the room is indeed much nicer to the eye. Well, I will clean up the room properly next time."
In order to prevent this strange fader from lecturing her again, Se Lian had no choice but to say this. However, she didn't care at all. After all, this was her room and she could arrange it however she wanted. Anyway, this fader couldn't stay here and stare at her all the time.
"So, what are you doing here? You can't be here just to help me clean the house."
Hearing Teacher Se Lian's question, Xia Yu strode forward and spoke as he came in front of the other party.
"Hehe, of course I have something to ask for. Don't think my help is free. I will charge for it."
“…I didn’t ask you to clean it up.”
"I don't care!"
Xia Yu, with an unfazed look, sat down on the chair beside him and pulled out a magic book. However, after taking a quick glance at it, he put the book back.
Well, I don’t understand. Damn it, why doesn’t he have the language proficiency that every time traveler must have!
Se Lian looked at the faded one in front of him, sighed softly, and spoke softly.
"So what do you want? Don't be too greedy. After all, I'm just a wandering witch who was expelled from the academy."
"Don't worry, I'm not greedy, Teacher Se Lian, I want to learn magic!"
Hearing this, Se Lian was slightly stunned, then began to persuade.
"You want to learn pyroxene magic? Judging from the magic power in your body, you do have the most basic qualifications..."
"However, you must be careful when choosing a disciple. I was expelled from the Rhea Lukalia Academy and everyone shunned me as a so-called heretic witch. Even so, do you still insist on becoming my disciple?"
Listening to Teacher Se Lian saying this about himself, Xia Yu chuckled: "Don't worry, I'm not a good person either. Neither of us are good people, so it's a good opportunity for us to stay together for warmth."
Hearing the Faded One in front of him say this, Se Lian rolled his eyes under the mask and tried to persuade him again.
"You have to think it over carefully. You have to be careful when choosing a disciple. Have you really decided?"
"Coach, I want to learn magic!"
Although he didn't know what the Faded Man in front of him meant by coach, he could sense his feelings and was serious.
Thinking of this, Se Lian's tone softened, mixed with a hint of joy that she herself could not even detect.
"...Ha, you are such a weirdo. Fine, I am willing to take you in as my apprentice and teach you pyroxene magic, but I am very strict and will not teach you gently. Don't regret it."
After finishing speaking, Se Lian cleared his throat, changed his tone to a more severe one, and spoke again.
"Apprentice, the first step is to understand. Although you are also a magician, the realm of magic is boundless. You are just getting started."
"Only by recognizing your own immaturity can you become a true magician... Let's start the class."
After saying that, Se Lian walked to a bookshelf, took out a book from it, and then took out a piece of paper full of words from the book.
"Take a test first, let me see how your foundation is."
Xia Yu reached out and took the small test paper, then as he looked at it, his brows gradually furrowed.
"Apprentice, is there anything wrong with this test paper?"
Seeing that Xia Yu even frowned, Se Lian asked with some concern. She was not afraid that the other party would not even understand it. After all, the other party was also a magician. Although he had just started, it should not be possible that he could not understand it at all.
The questions above were all written by her, and they involve a lot of pyroxene magic theory. Generally speaking, anyone who knows magic can understand it.
"Teacher..." Xia Yu turned his eyes away from the test paper, his brows furrowed, his face full of seriousness.
Seeing this, Se Lian also became serious. Could it be that there was some problem in this test paper that she didn't notice?
"I can't read..."
“Ahem…!”
"Hey, teacher, why are you coughing? Come and drink some water to relieve the cough."
Taking the water Xia Yu brought out, Se Lian quickly lifted his hood and took a few big gulps of water, only then did he calm down.
"Disciple..." Se Lian took off his hood and stared at Xia Yu with a slightly scary smile, "It's not good to tease the teacher."
"Um... Teacher, I really can't read. I lost that part of my memory. After all, I am a fader."
“…”
"well……"
Se Lian held his forehead helplessly and said worriedly: "I thought you were just starting out, but I didn't expect you couldn't even walk."
"Disciple, let's start with learning to read. I hope you won't make it too difficult for me."
