The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 721 Dream World 59
Whenever Moran finished reading a book, Martina's shadow would gracefully rise, take the book from her hands, and then carry it out the door.

"Teacher, is your shadow going to return a book?" Moran asked curiously.

“Yes. The sooner we return these books, the better. We can only borrow new ones after we return them,” Martina said.

Moran seemed to be deep in thought. She thought she had just seen her teacher's shadow leave the house and then enter the shadow world.

Is it to get there faster, or because the Heritage Bookstore is in the shadow world?

As Moran's reading increased, he discovered that the Heritage Bookstore's collection was far richer than he had imagined.

That day, holding a book titled "An Introduction to Frostwhisper Ice and Snow Magic," she couldn't help but ask, "Teacher, it seems that many of the books in the Heritage Bookstore are works by other races. Where did you get these books from?"

Compared to the skill books used by adventurers, she found that the ancient books collected by the Dreamers were more suitable for her to learn.

She was also interested in several unique magic spells in the beginner area and originally planned to visit different villages and towns to learn them from masters.

However, seeing these books in Shadow Village gave her other ideas.

With her talent and ability, learning magic is not difficult. With reliable books, self-study is entirely feasible. Whether or not she has a teacher to guide her is not a big problem.

When she was learning shadow magic, she actually consulted her teacher Martina on magic very few times.

Instead of spending time and effort learning from one master after another, it would be more efficient to collect the books from the people and study on your own.

The Inheritance Bookstore contains spellbooks of other races from the beginner area, and even if there aren't many, it's enough to show that she has the opportunity to obtain them.

As long as she can find out how to obtain it from Teacher Martina.

“These were all brought back by villagers when they went out to travel,” Martina said casually, putting down her teacup. “Most of them were bought or copied from locals. You can keep an eye out and collect them whenever you go to a new place.”

Moran's eyes widened in surprise: "So easy? This precious knowledge sounds even easier to obtain than skill books? But I haven't seen any bookstores in Emerald Wood Village or Shadow Village!"

Martina chuckled softly and pulled a simply bound handwritten book from the bookshelf:
"Skill books require the caster to materialize their magical insights, which is naturally rare. But copying books? Anyone who can write can do that."

The reason you can't find bookstores is that the shop owners simply don't put the books on the product page to show adventurers. Who, besides you, would ignore readily available skill books and instead go and study these obscure tomes?
If you ask any local Dreamers if they have any books available for borrowing or purchase, they will all say yes. After all, Dreamers rely on these books to record and pass on knowledge; everyone has some books in their collection. The more people read them, the less likely the knowledge within the books will be lost, so everyone is happy to trade their book collections.

When Moran thought back, apart from the time when Teacher Martina took her to the Shadow General Store to buy materials, she always ordered directly from the product interface on the panel when she went to the Dreamers' shops. This was because it was faster and she didn't have to count the money. The Dream Coins in her backpack would be automatically deducted from her order and sent to the shopkeeper.

From that day on, she began to think about how to quickly collect these books.

She needed to stay in the Shadow Clan to learn shadow magic and couldn't leave. It would be a waste of time to buy everything herself after she finished learning. After thinking it over, she decided to entrust this matter to someone else.

It would definitely be easier for dreamers to do this than for adventurers, since they are used to going to a place to buy some books and read.

Professor Martina was very supportive of her reading, so Moran asked her if she had any recommendations. "Buy books... Aren't the ones at Heritage Bookstore enough for you?"

Before Moran could explain, Martina answered herself:

"That's true. At your reading speed and incredible memory, you'll probably finish reading all the books in the Inheritance Bookstore in less than a year."

However, the Heritage Bookstore has all the books you need in the various floating island villages and towns, and it's updated regularly. The only thing no one bothers to copy down are some advanced magic books that people can't understand or use. Do you want those books?

Moran nodded: "I'd like to learn about other magic systems and compare them with shadow magic; perhaps that will be helpful."

“Alright… Go find Leona!” Martina said. “She often goes to various floating islands to buy goods and knows a lot of people. Just have her bring them back for you… No, I’ll take you to her myself, so she won’t try to swindle your Dream Coins from you! I know you have money, but you can’t always be so extravagant. You’ll need money for many things when you travel in the future!”

Under Martina's guidance, Moran went to the Shadow General Store to order a complete set of magic books for each of the floating island races in the beginner area from Leona.

Only after all the books were settled did she resume her studies in magic.

Under Martina's "laissez-faire" teaching style, Moran absorbed knowledge at an astonishing speed, like a dry sponge.

In the dream world, she buried herself in books all day long, and after returning to the real world, she practiced shadow magic without stopping.

One afternoon a year later, Moran gently closed the heavy book in her hands and looked at the figure pretending to be asleep beside her: "Teacher, I have finished reading it."

“Moran!” Martina opened her eyes at some point: “Two months ago you mastered all the shadow magic in the clan, and now you’ve even finished reading the last book in the inheritance stone house. I… have nothing more to teach you.”

A year ago, she never imagined that Moran would graduate so quickly.

"What are your plans next?" Martina asked softly.

The room fell into a brief silence, broken only by the occasional crackling of the firewood in the fireplace.

Moran raised her head and said firmly, "Teacher, I'm going to check out the exploration area!"

In fact, during that year, she not only read all the books in the Shadow Village Heritage Bookstore and learned all the shadow magic she could learn, but also went to a single-player dream instance near Shadow Village under the guise of practical training, and used the Dream Disc to read and learn all the magic books that Toreoona had bought.

Moran knew his departure was imminent, until three days ago when Leona delivered the last batch of books.

After that, she went to the solo dream instance again, stopped time to finish reading those books, and then practiced magic for a day before returning.

She finished reading the last book in the Heritage Bookstore today, and had no reason to stay any longer.

Martina was already mentally prepared; Moran had already surpassed her, his master, in what he had learned, so she had nothing to worry about.

In the end, all those words boiled down to just five: "Take care of yourself."