The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 36 The Book of Witches

It turns out that not only witches can share their magic, but other witches can too.

However, ordinary witches do not possess innate abilities, making it much less likely for them to develop unique magic.

Moran silently memorized these book titles.

Even though the library wasn't open to them yet, she had already memorized several books recommended by the dean.

After the contract for the Apprentice Witch's Book was successfully signed, many young witches put it to use, casting spells with their minds just like they used the Golden Pen spell, reciting the Witch's Book in their hearts.

However, all that appeared before them was the phantom of a book.

It wasn't the witch's book they imagined.

"Dean, what's going on?" Vasida asked, raising her hand.

“What a witch’s book of magic creates can only be considered an energy circuit, a functional core, or a soul skeleton. It still needs a vessel to be considered a true witch’s book,” Amisha said.

"What is the carrier?" a little witch asked impatiently.

“Blank books, of course!” Amisha said, and the remaining clutter around the podium fell like petals to the little witches, covering the table and the floor.

The next moment, the bell rang.

"This afternoon we'll start by making paper and learn how to make a book. We'll need these materials then."

Don't worry, it's just to learn how to make it so you don't run out of paper. You don't need to do it yourself every time.

Alright, get out of class dismissed!

Amisha left after she finished speaking.

The little witches were left behind, overwhelmed by the materials.

Moran looked at the animal hides, tree bark, and hay on the table, the planks and nails on the ground, and all sorts of tools.

My heart, which had been pounding with anxiety, finally died.

After a while, she even felt a little relieved.

At least they don't need to actually produce a book, right?
Moran obediently began organizing the materials.

They were all ordinary materials, and Moran didn't see any trace of energy on them.

Based on her planetary memories of Earth, she was able to roughly categorize these things.

The little witches, who had originally wanted to relax, started tidying up after seeing Moran's actions.

Although they didn't understand why it was placed that way, they felt that following Moran's lead was definitely the right thing to do.

In their eagerness to keep up with Moran's movements, they didn't even have time to ask her why she was tidying things up this way.

So much so that after Moran finished organizing the materials, she turned around and saw the way they were stacked, like copy and paste, and couldn't help but smile in surprise, explaining:
"I guess these are for papermaking, these are for binding books, these are tools, and as for these, I don't know their purpose."

"Ah! I see!" Ais exclaimed in realization, and said to Alba beside her, "I knew Moran must have had her reasons for placing it like that!"

Cheryl leaned out of the back seat curiously: "Moran, you seem to pick through the materials very efficiently. Do you know how to make paper?"

"No, no!" Moran shook his head: "I only know some related knowledge, but I haven't tried it myself."

In the afternoon, during class, the little witches, under the guidance of Dean Amisa, tried making paper and books. When they used these materials, they found that Moran's judgments were basically correct.

Seeing how skilled Moran was at making paper, unlike the others who seemed flustered, one could tell that Moran had been modest.

This is truly a perfect misunderstanding.

Moran's understanding of papermaking and bookmaking comes entirely from the planetary memories bestowed upon her by Earth. Previously, when cooking, she was either making dishes she already knew how to make or relatively simple ones, so her understanding wasn't very deep.

It was only during this attempt at papermaking and book production that I discovered that the planetary memories of Earth are not just a slideshow-like database that can be accessed at any time.

While making paper, she could even hear the thoughts of many papermaking artisans.

Every step and every point to note is crystal clear.

While it may not be true that you learn it directly, it's equivalent to having countless experienced teachers guiding you in real time.

It was only then that Moran realized that what she had inherited was not only the memories themselves, but also the even more precious experiences within those memories.

Learning papermaking and book-making was to prepare for the situation where the witch's book was damaged and there was no blank paper or books available to buy.

So Amisha teaches two of the most basic papermaking methods, the ones using the easiest materials available.

One method involves making paper from straw stalks, which is basically the same as the ancient papyrus production method used on Blue Star.

Another type is animal hide paper, and Blue Star also has a similar papermaking method.

The other little witches only had the headmaster to explain things to them, and often the headmaster would only remind them when they made a mistake.

Moran, with the experience of a group of paper-making artisans from Earth, naturally avoided various problems.

To the other little witches, it was as if they already knew how to do it.

Without realizing it, his image became even more impressive.

After learning how to make paper from straw and animal hides, the next step was to learn how to bind paper and make book covers.

This is simpler than papermaking. Binding is done by sewing with thread, which can be made of strips of cloth, straw rope, or vines. Only the method of twisting straw rope was taught.

The book cover is even simpler: two pieces of bark, two stone slabs, or a piece of animal hide will suffice.

Use the simplest materials possible.

During the production process, Ms. Amisha used magic to save them the time and effort required for processing and waiting.

As she said, she only wanted all the little witches to learn the basics of papermaking and bookmaking, not to become masters of papermaking and bookmaking.

Before get out of class ended, all the little witches made a simple book.

Although it's just a cover and a few pages of inner paper, it has everything a book should have.

"Alright! That's all for today. These books still need some processing before they can be used. Don't put them into the phantom of the witch's book beforehand, or they will be damaged."

All the little witches breathed a sigh of relief after Ms. Amisha left the classroom.

Afternoon classes are really tough!

Moran felt a bit tired, so he picked up his water pouch, took a sip of water, sat on his seat for a while, rubbed his wrists, and then went down the mountain with Vasida and the others.

With honey, bread, and juice to drink, she no longer needs to eat bread to fill her stomach.

After reaching the foot of the mountain, the three of them went to the food distribution point together and got some food.

Sylph went to the farmland to talk to Bea, while Moran and Vasita carried the groceries back to their dormitory.

She hadn't had a proper meal in days, so she treated herself to a nice dinner. Of course, she didn't eat too much; she left some room in her stomach and drank a large pot of honey bread and fruit juice.

When she realized that after drinking several sips of breadfruit juice, her energy aura hadn't become brighter, she knew that the magic she had previously over-consumed had been fully restored.

Now that you've recovered, how about... taking a look at the Book of Cards?
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