I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha.

Chapter 3 Mentor
Below the spell, there is a description of this magic.

[Forbidden. Elementary Transfiguration: Transform an object. Or in other words, discover the essence of an object.]

[Duration: 1 seconds]

【Consumption: All Magic Power】

[Effect: The moment you discover what it is, it is.]

[Tip: Before casting a spell, be sure to correct your perception first - if you don't believe in reality, how can you see the truth?]

Roland concentrated on studying this forbidden spell.

After a moment, he suddenly realized that he had completely mastered this magic.

You have learned the 'Basic Transfiguration'.

"My ability to accept, understand, and learn everything about the God of Alayeh is extraordinary. It's as if I'm the evil god who descended upon us."

Roland's expression turned a little strange. He shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

"Forbidden Transfiguration... This spell is very different from ordinary Transfiguration."

The transformed object will be completely changed into something else.

For example, if you think the herb in front of you is ripe, then after the herb is transformed, it will immediately bloom and bear fruit.

However, after a second, the mature herb will return to its original state, and the fruit it sprouted will disappear.

One second is not enough time to digest the fruit.

However, if Roland turned a wine glass into a 'holy grail' that could ripen herbs, then within this second, he could use this 'holy grail' to ripen the herbs!
After a second, the Holy Grail will turn into a wine glass, but the herbs will be ripened.

What Roland wanted to do now was to turn the broken wine glass in front of him into a holy grail that could ripen herbs.

Coming back to his senses, Roland looked at the broken wine glass in front of him.

"Rumor has it that in the Yellow Fern Forest, there is a 'strange object' called the 'Yellow Fern Holy Grail'."

"If you fill the Yellow Fern Chalice with wine, anything you water with it will immediately bloom and bear fruit."

"The reason Baron Hall repeatedly traveled to the Fern Forest at all costs was to find the Fern Holy Grail."

Roland picked up the broken wine glass in front of him.

Before using the forbidden transfiguration spell, one needs to hypnotize oneself. Now he must firmly believe that the wine glass in front of him is the Yellow Fern Holy Grail in order to successfully cast the spell.

"This broken wine glass is a souvenir I bought from a street stall in town a few days ago."

"Baron Hall and the wizard both suspected that my father had left me something. So they have repeatedly confirmed that the wine glass is not a treasure, but just something you bought on the street."

"But I thought I'd check again."

"Because all cups are one Holy Grail!"

"All holy grails are butterflies!"

[You've got it! Telepathy +1]

Just as Roland was hypnotizing himself and going crazy, the door banged open and a cold and beautiful woman in a witch's robe walked in.

Roland, who had just been going crazy, suddenly shrank. He was no longer crazy, nor did he have butterflies in his stomach. He buried his head in the book, sweating profusely.

'Damn it! How did she come back so suddenly? Luckily I was just hypnotizing myself and hadn't used Transfiguration yet, otherwise I would be in trouble.'
Each use of Transfiguration would consume all of one's magic power. With Roland's current magic power, he would not be able to use Transfiguration again for three days after using it once.

What's more, if this cold and beautiful witch lady discovered that Roland could turn a broken wine glass into the Yellow Fern Holy Grail, haha.

Roland seemed to be very afraid of the witch. After the witch pushed the door open, he became very cautious.

It's like a student meeting his teacher.
Indeed, this young lady is Roland's 'teacher'.

Her name is Catherine, and she is Roland's mentor.

Roland had seen her in the morning.

At that time, Roland had just traveled through time, so he said some nonsense. He didn't remember what he said, but after the witch heard it, her face became very interesting.

She gave Roland a good beating, and after that, Roland remembered this person.

The cold and beautiful witch glanced at Roland coldly, then she pulled up a curtain in the middle of the room, dividing the room into two parts.

Then, a series of rustling sounds of changing clothes came from behind the curtains. Roland glanced at the mirror and saw from the uncovered corner of the room that the witch's feet were on the bed, taking off her noble high stockings.

The witch suddenly frowned, and Roland lowered his head hastily.

——The scary "cat wizard" that the townspeople talked about was Catherine.

In the eyes of the town residents, the cat wizard is a terrible monster that crawls on the walls and eats people without leaving any bones.

But this witch lady looks very elegant. At least she doesn't look like the type who would crawl on the wall.

By the way, the two now live together.

The female tutor slept on the bed and Roland slept on the floor.

After the female tutor started changing her clothes, Roland fell into a daze. However, he was not staring at the beautiful lady in the mirror, but at the herb and wine glass in front of the mirror.

"Three months ago, I, recklessly, made a bet with my mentor. I bet that I could be promoted to a low-level apprentice within three months. To this end, we even signed a magic contract."

According to the contract, the mentor would not kill Roland or use him as food for the trolls during the contract period, and would provide Roland with the resources he needed for cultivation. On the other hand, Roland would not be able to leave the mountain for three months.

If Roland failed to advance within three months, he would be unable to disobey his mentor's orders forever. Even if his mentor ordered him to marinate himself and feed himself to the trolls, he would be forced to obey. The conditions for terminating the contract were simple: advancement to a low-level apprentice.

In other words, if Roland fails to advance to a low-level apprentice tonight, he will become his mentor's slave for the rest of his life.

"I have a feeling that even if I break through tonight, my mentor will feed me to her pet."
'It's even possible that she trained me as a lowly apprentice just to feed me to her pet!'

"The effect of adult medicine made by low-level apprentices is better than that made by trainee apprentices, isn't it?"

Roland knew that regardless of the contract, his mentor would one day attack him. The difference in their strength was too great. His only escape was escape. However, due to the constraints of the magic contract, he could not leave the mountain unless he advanced.

Therefore, promotion is the prerequisite for his successful escape.

Roland planned to advance secretly tonight and then escape.

"Stop staring at that potion you picked."

The curtain was drawn aside. The beautiful mentor's cold voice came from behind: "The merfolk of Manhattos are known as the wizard's seed for a reason."

"The cost of making it blossom and bear fruit is greater than the cost of training an apprentice into a formal wizard."

"If you can really obtain its fruit, it will not only improve your meditation effect, but also the meditation effect of a high-level wizard like me."

Some words suddenly appeared in the book in front of Roland:
[There are nine steps on the wizard's path to godhood, but there is no such thing as 'low-level, medium-level, or high-level wizards.']

[There are low-level, medium-level, and high-level apprentices.]

[Of course, ordinary people generally don't know about this. Therefore, in the secular world, people often mistake apprentices for wizards.]

[Perhaps, you could try calling her "senior sister" instead?]

Roland's expression turned strange. He had heard Baron Hall say that Catherine's strength was unfathomable and that she was an extremely powerful wizard.

So, she is actually just a senior apprentice?

Every day, the instructor would bring back some magical newspapers to keep Roland informed about the wizarding world. Judging from the content of the newspapers, advanced apprentices were usually instructors, taking over from professors to guide new students. Therefore, it was possible that Catherine was actually an advanced apprentice, rather than a full-fledged wizard.

Of course, no matter whether Catherine was a senior apprentice or a formal wizard, Roland didn't dare to call her senior sister - Catherine would skin him alive!
Miss Catherine's voice rang out again: "I'm going to the Witch City in a while to meet up with the team heading back to the academy. Boil some hot water for me so I can take a bath. Then I'll pack my luggage and feed Anna. The team will set off tomorrow."

Anna is the troll that Catherine raises. She eats two sheep a day.

By the way, Anna is a male troll - at least that's what the mentor said.

Roland thought to himself, "Anna eats two sheep a day. What troll has such a big appetite?"

"Judging from her appetite, Anna is incredibly strong. I strongly suspect she's even stronger than my senior."
"Keeping pets that are stronger than you is extremely dangerous. Furthermore, this pet is ill and often goes berserk."

"Once Anna goes crazy, I, the senior, will also become a human medicine in Anna's eyes. So she needs an insurance, and that insurance is me! When Anna goes crazy, as long as the senior throws me to Anna, Anna will eat me and won't eat the senior anymore, right?"

Roland really likes to look at things from the worst possible perspective. He thinks that with the senior sister's dark side, she is capable of doing such a thing.

"Didn't you hear me? Go, get some water!"

Catherine said angrily, "Also, throw away that damn potion - this is my last warning today, I don't want to see you go crazy again!"

"Oh." Roland stood up obediently.

Seeing Roland so obedient, Catherine breathed a sigh of relief.

This morning, Roland looked a little strange. He didn't even recognize himself. Roland hadn't integrated his memories yet. When he found out that the two of them lived together, he thought Catherine was his wife.

So, the two had some strange conversations, and Roland even hugged Catherine and called her dear.

When Catherine was held in Roland's arms, she was completely stunned.

She was furious and gave Roland a good scolding, making him understand clearly what it meant to respect teachers.

Afterwards, Catherine tested Roland's understanding of the codex's contents. To her astonishment, this boy seemed to have suddenly become enlightened overnight and had actually understood the core of the codex.

At that time, Roland understood something and said something to himself.

These words are Roland's understanding of the core of the codex, and the content is extremely disappointing.

What made Catherine even more disappointed was that she actually thought Roland's words made sense!

In her panic, she severely punished the brat and warned him not to study the contents of the notebook in her presence in the future, let alone tell her about it.

It’s even more forbidden to call myself senior!

After that, Roland knew exactly who Catherine was.

He followed Catherine's orders and did not mention the contents of the notebook in front of her, and Catherine finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She was indeed extremely curious about the contents of Alayeh's Codex and had studied them before, but she couldn't understand them. Now Roland seemed to understand them, but Catherine didn't dare to listen.

At least she didn't want to hear anything about the 'Alayeh Codex' anymore.

But just when Catherine walked in, she found that Roland seemed to have suddenly realized something!
Damn it! Catherine couldn't hold back her curiosity again.

Just then, she saw Roland pouring wine into the herbs.

Manhattan grass has a property: it will rot after a few hours if it comes into contact with alcohol. Therefore, Roland deliberately poured the wine into the dwarf herb without using Transfiguration, creating the illusion that the herb would rot and could no longer be ripened.

So, if an apprentice who was on the verge of despair poured wine on the herb, it meant that he had given up on this foolish method of ripening the herb.

Catherine noticed Roland's movements and her eyes narrowed slightly.

"Has this kid given up on advancing tonight? Humph, quite clever. If you beg me, perhaps I can give you a potion to advance tomorrow."
There was a hint of pride in Catherine's eyes, but then she frowned.

(End of this chapter)