Chapter 69: Dark Bible? Englen City Magic Enthusiasts Association?

Chapter 69: Dark Bible? Englen City Magic Enthusiasts Association?

“Louis, why are you spacing out again.” Helen pouted, thinking to herself: [Bookworm, always spacing out (looking at Storybooks) all the time, bookworm, bookworm…]

“Alright, alright, let’s continue.”

After this first lesson ended, Helen was astonished to find she had coincidentally succeeded once, after dozens of attempts!

She excitedly grabbed Louis’s arm and shook it, her eyes full of admiration.

But unfortunately, Louis didn’t notice.

This ‘bookworm’ was ‘spacing out’ again.

He found that his Animated Charm had gone from Lv3 to Lv5 (19/78426). And just a moment ago, it was still Max after Lv5.

Louis couldn’t help but fall into thought.

‘If you don’t comprehend it, practicing countless times is like trying to fish out the moon from the water, or climbing a tree to catch a fish.’

‘When I have time, I could give lectures to those Dark Wizards. Their Magic is quite interesting.’

After the first lesson, Louis talked to Helen about the contents of ‘Sister Stia’s Notes I’—the Rule Information Identification Method.

But Louis preferred to describe it with another analogy—pinyin.

If Her Majesty Dalphinia were standing here right now, she would definitely know what this was.

Once you learned this ‘pinyin,’ you could understand all languages—use one little trick to understand all written texts and languages, including Magic Spells. This knowledge was undoubtedly close to the source of truth.

Wasn’t this the realm of a god?

Louis opened the book and began explaining the Rule Information Identification Method to Helen—or ‘pinyin.’

God’s pinyin.

After the first lesson, Louis assigned Helen some practical homework. Looking at those Incantation Texts she had never seen before, Helen used the ‘Rule Information Identification Method’ Louis taught her. After concentrating and thinking hard, she identified them.

Soon, she successfully recited them. Although she couldn’t cast them, she now knew their meaning.

Helen opened her small mouth wide and looked at Louis with admiration in her eyes, somewhat finding it hard to believe.

Before, if she had tried to interpret these Magic Spells, she would have had to look through dozens of books to figure out how to recite them and what they meant.

But she just spent a little over half an hour and read them out!

And Louis had only taught her one lesson.

Helen suddenly felt that her over ten years of learning at the Holy Icon Tree had all been like feeding a dog—utterly meaningless.

All that studying for over ten years, wasted.

“You’re so amazing, Louis! What else did Sister Stia teach you? Quick, teach me something else.” Helen shook Louis’s arm, acting cute.

[Big Sis also wanted me to secretly ask Louis what all he has learned. So curious.]

Louis rubbed his face, thinking about what to teach them—probably starting from ‘Sister Stia’s Notes I.’

‘To put it in a vivid way, first grade is pinyin (Information Identification Method), second grade is basic arithmetic (foundational operations of Magic rule structures), third grade is reading diagrams (elementary introduction to small Mana field theory)… Sigh, an 18-year-old and a 23-year-old girl have to start learning from these most basic things.’

‘How many years did I study at the Forbidden Sanctum? It feels like just a fleeting moment… It shouldn’t be too long, right? Sigh, I can’t really remember clearly. Much of the knowledge has become rusty. It’s a good chance to review while teaching.’

“Learn to walk first. I believe you’ll learn quickly.” Louis encouraged her and then gave Helen a bunch of practice problems.

If Her Majesty Dalphinia were here, she would definitely grab these books and run after Louis finished modifying them. And then never come back—right now, she spends all day biting her fingernails, studying this kind of ‘god’s pinyin.’ But she can’t understand it. With these pinyin practice problems, she would definitely be helped onto the path for a mortal to become ‘god’!

Or, to graduate from first grade.

When Helen heard Louis say she could learn it quickly, her eyes lit up.

[Helen is so smart. She’ll definitely learn it before school starts, right? Big Sis is smarter than Helen, so she’ll learn even faster.]

Louis pretended not to hear, but in his heart, he griped: ‘This… Your Highness Ocris, you wouldn’t come find me to duel after learning just a few pinyin letters, would you? If you’re that rebellious, I’ll have to teach you a lesson about who’s the teacher.’

After finishing the modifications, Louis handed the homework back into Helen’s lap and said, “Start working on this first.”

“Mmhmm.” Helen took it and placed it on her legs. She kicked her feet, waiting for Louis to give out more assignments.

Louis casually wrote out a few more, then thought to himself: ‘If you master the contents from 1 to 3, you won’t need Magic agreements or Magic Spells to break the spell your sister put on both of you… I wonder if tempting Ocris with this would make her study hard?’

Helen blinked her big eyes, looking at the practice problems in her hands, and asked innocently, “Louis, if I master these things, will I be as amazing as you?”

Louis glanced at those ‘pinyin’ practice problems on Helen’s lap, took a sip of tea, nodded, and said, “Better than me. I haven’t fully learned it myself yet. We’ll study together then.”

Helen’s eyes lit up again.

She picked up the ‘pinyin practice problems’ with great motivation, lay down on the couch, kicking her legs and biting her fingernails as she studied them.

[Hmph, hmph, I’ll definitely catch up to Louis’s learning progress. Once I learn it, I’ll beat up that big meanie Louis.]

Louis, who had just gotten up to wash his socks, sat back down and sipped his tea.

That night, after Helen finished her homework, she pouted as she washed her socks.

[Hmph, hmph, big meanie, I won’t be your spy anymore. I’m going to show all the practice problems to Big Sis. Once Big Sis learns pinyin, she’ll come deal with you. Hmph.]

…

That night, after Louis returned to his room, he started reading according to plan. These past couple of days, he had been reading Witch/Wizard history and Magic history.

As he read, Louis kept shaking his head.

After Anthony passed away, for three thousand years, the three powers—the Great Wizard Families, the Ministry of Magic, and the Magic Council—had been doing two things.

The first was to lock down Magic.

The second was to lock down knowledge.

Then came internal strife and oppression. Preventing new things from appearing.

They used knowledge as a tool for class rule, keeping it all in the hands of a few—that is to say, only a tiny handful of people were qualified to access knowledge.

And each family had their own set of this knowledge. Even a place like the Holy Icon Tree, which claimed to be the world’s largest Magic Academy, only had 5% of the books.

Over these three thousand years, knowledge and Magic had been disappearing as the various Wizard families declined. Many Magic Spells from ancient times were gone.

And in these three thousand years, almost no new Magic had appeared.

The world’s Magic was disappearing.

‘Anthony wasted his effort beating the Moon Goddess into pixel art… If he knew, he would definitely push open his coffin lid, jump out, and strangle all these people.’

‘I’m feeling that way now too…’

‘It seems Magic has gradually faded, people aren’t into this anymore…’

Shaking his head, Louis felt a bit down. He went back to bed, took out a ‘paper,’ watched the ‘cartoon’ of the Magician’s Box Secret Realm for a while, and then, in a Dream, gathered the twelve Dark Wizards along with Harold and Stuart.

In that Holy Icon Tree within the Dream, he began lecturing to everyone. And he assigned some homework.

‘It’s a shame. Although these students are quite talented, they still can’t comprehend my Magic… Except for Harold, the others can’t really learn anything from me.’

‘If no one understands and everyone just memorizes by rote, then soon, this knowledge will become more and more distorted, like the whispering game in a variety show…’

‘Especially the later knowledge is even harder to understand… There’s simply no way to pass on all my knowledge.’

Louis realized he might not be able to leave behind much of what he knew.

[Clearly, this world could no longer produce any God of Magic. But Louis felt that since he had come here, he should leave something behind… at least, not let Magic disappear from this world.]

‘Let these guys who can’t learn do something truly meaningful.’

Louis especially gave the Dark Wizards some tasks. He told them to compile all the Magic they knew and write it into books.

On one hand, Louis wanted to see all these strange and interesting Magic Spells.

On the other hand, Magic needed a large foundation to develop, innovate, and flourish.

So whether it was for himself or others, these things were needed.

In the future, he would keep collecting ‘craftsmen’ and Magic Spells and have them improve this book.

This book would become this world’s ‘Yongle Encyclopedia.’

With this thing as a foundation, even if no one in this world could ‘graduate from university,’ later generations could gradually discover the laws and theories of Magic from the countless ‘applied sciences’ (Magic) research within.

Collecting Magic—when Louis mentioned this, the Dark Wizards and Harold all looked at their Boss with fervent eyes.

They ‘knew’ what the Boss wanted to do.

It’s just that what the Dark Wizards and Harold thought was partly the same, partly opposite.

Seeing everyone getting excited, Louis was a bit puzzled. He usually closed himself off to prevent others’ thoughts from affecting his own thinking. Now, he opened his mind and listened to everyone’s thoughts.

The Dark Wizards: [‘This world belongs to the noble Wizards! Those half-breed Wild Wizards, and the damn Muggles, should have been enslaved and ruled long ago! But the Ministry of Magic and the Magic Council forbid developing true Magic, which is why we can’t beat the Muggles anymore—Without a doubt, as this book is continuously perfected, it will become our Dark Bible, helping us rule the world. Purge the Muggles. And the Magic Circus Secret Realm will be our future Dark Academy!’]

The Dark Wizards: [‘But these Magic Spells must be kept well locked down, can’t let the Muggle Wild Wizards learn them…’]

The Muggle Wild Wizard Harold: [‘The Ministry of Magic and the Magic Council have been locking down Magic all along. Because of this, many talented Muggle children still can’t access or learn Magic. The Boss must have had the same idea as me. Our ‘Englen City Magic Enthusiasts Association’ doesn’t have many real Spellbooks yet. This is just perfect…’]

After hearing everyone’s inner thoughts, Louis blinked his eyes.

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