The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 142 The Witch's Path
“Then I know a lot more!” Moran said, “So much that I can’t think of them all right now!”

Having said that, Moran asked the dean with some curiosity, "Dean, Dean, does the academy have combat classes?"

Although witches mainly rely on magic to fight, what if they run out of magic power, or accidentally get caught in close combat? It feels like learning some skills like that would be very useful.

"Close combat classes start in second grade," Ms. Amisa's voice came through.

Moran was relieved and looked at Vasita: "Study hard in your second year! We'll try again then!"

Vasita: "..."

Is Moran threatening her? Right?

This time, Moran really left the classroom and went to the library.

She still has so many picture books she hasn't read!

As usual, I stayed in the library until six o'clock, then took a walk around the greenhouse, the food distribution area, and the farmland before returning to my dormitory.

After finishing dinner and taking a bath, she pulled out a piece of paper and listed the things she wanted to do during the holiday.

The last class of first grade is over today. They'll just have to wait for the next batch of little witches to enroll so they can officially move up to second grade.

By the way, when did this year's freshmen enroll?

Moran only knew that it usually happened between June and August, but the exact time was uncertain.

When in doubt, consult the dean.

She quickly received the answer from the dean: "July 20th."

This is much later than when they enrolled last year!
"What determines this time?" Moran asked.

"It was decided by the birthday of the last little witch who turned 13 before August. The entrance ceremony was scheduled for the evening three days after the last little witch's birthday."

"Does that mean I'm the last one to have a birthday in our year?" Moran asked.

She remembered that she came to the college three days after receiving her admission notice.

"Yes."

The witches didn't care much about their birthdays each year.

Witches born naturally only celebrate their 13th and 18th birthdays.

One symbolizes the little witch leaving her mother's protection, and the other symbolizes the little witch leaving the academy to begin an independent life.

Witches who awaken among humans do not celebrate their birthdays; they only celebrate on their awakening day.

The witches have only one traditional holiday: the day commemorating the independence of the wilderness belonging to the witches.

Of course, Independence Day had nothing to do with these little witches at the academy.

That was a celebration for adult witches!
"By the way, Dean, when are the fifth-year students graduating?" Moran asked.

"The last day of May."

"independence Day?"

"That's right! It was both their graduation day and their first day of independence after they became adults."

"Dean! On the day the senior students graduate, could I prepare some Earth delicacies to celebrate for them?"

"No! Only fifth-year witches can participate in the graduation ceremony. And don't even think about selling cards! Like I said, it's not a good thing for the cards to be exposed to the outside world before witch magic is fully developed."

Moran: "..."

Damn it! She never said she was going to sell cards!
She just wanted to express her reluctance to part with her senior classmates!

"Graduation ceremony won't do, but at the entrance ceremony, could I provide part of the food for the first-year students' table? Just a portion will do!" Moran said. That would be a great opportunity to promote her cards!

Why didn't you provide it all?

"What else could it be? What if another little witch with similar abilities to Vasita appears? She'd bankrupt me!"

"...You can add an extra table to advertise your food."

"That's a good feeling!"

Once the first-graders realize that the entrance dinner is their last meal, she'll put out her condiment packets and samples, and she won't have to worry about selling cards next year.
Moran was satisfied, but then again, it must be so inconvenient for the fifth-grade students not to be able to take her cards with them when they leave school!
She definitely didn't want to take advantage of her seniors before they graduated.

Moran did the math; there was still a month and a half until Independence Day!

She needs to dedicate the next month and a half to studying witch magic.

Even if it doesn't have all the functions she expects, it at least needs to look more like magic, so that the cards can be disguised as a new kind of magic for a while.

Judging from the experience of the witches, this method is quite effective.

In the past, witches lived scattered, and many of them did not even understand their own abilities. They cast spells based on willpower and imagination, and each witch knew different magic.

Even after so many years of research by mages, they still haven't been able to figure it out.

Later, the wilderness belonged to the witches. With the establishment of witch academies and clan councils to standardize the transmission of witch knowledge, the witches understood their own abilities, but they were no longer at the mercy of others.

No race dared to openly hunt witches anymore.

For witches, all kinds of knowledge and traditions that are readily available are secrets that are not passed on to outsiders.

In addition, at this time, the Sky Well was opened to all beings of peak level and above in Valen, and new and unique products from other worlds would appear on the continent of Valen from time to time.

Even now, many outsiders believe that witch is merely an honorary title for powerful sorceresses, and that the manifestation of a witch's talent is the artifacts from the Well of Heaven, each with unique abilities.

Carmela's "artifact" has the ability to trade everything in the form of a contract.

Not only do witches share witch magic through contract magic, but powerful individuals who have gained something from the Well of Heaven also pass on the otherworldly magic they have acquired to others.

The only difference is that others trade knowledge of magical cultivation, while witches trade the right to use magic.

But to outsiders, they all look pretty much the same; they're just some kind of otherworldly magic they've never seen before.

The level of danger of exposing otherworldly magic is naturally different from that of exposing a "divine artifact".

In addition, the young witch was able to hide herself from the outside world thanks to her forgery techniques that could fake and conceal energy halos.

There are no picture books about witch magic; there is only one book compiled by senior witches based on their own experience—"The Witch's Path."

Moran found the book "The Witch's Path" in the Book of Witches.

She had heard about the book from senior student Lilith and Ms. Amish shortly after she enrolled in the university.

However, ever since the {Book of Cards} card was created, it has become much easier for her to research the manifestation of her talents, and she has basically encountered no insurmountable difficulties.

In addition, due to the tight schedule of previous courses, I had more fragmented time and less uninterrupted time, so I was never in a hurry to read this book.

Now is the time.

Chapter One: Know Yourself. —Editor: Tracy

Chapter Two: Developing Yourself. —Editors: Tracy and Anita

Chapter Three: Improving Yourself. —Editor: Carmela

The new book list for the 31st is out, and this book is number 19.

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