In another world, Lu Mingfei is learning card making.

As for the "special functions based on unique professions" launched by the crossover network?

Lu Mingfei also looked at it, but the problem was that it was for use with spirit cards, and only spirit cards made by Lu Mingfei himself could be used. Even the red-robed acolyte who was imbued with his magic could not use it.

Faced with the choice between "borrowing money from a senior to buy a set of refining materials" and "waiting for the school to distribute the materials for the first card refining session," Lu Mingfei chose to borrow money to buy them.

—Because he doesn't have enough 'credits'.

Yes, credits—at St. Marian Academy, credits aren't just virtual numbers used by different colleges to compete for the Holy Grail at the end of the semester; they also function as currency. The weekly "Traveler's Street," which officially opens a month later, allows students to use their credits to purchase toys or useful materials.

The way to earn academic credits is through class and assignments given by teachers. Sometimes, schools will also assign tasks to students to earn credits.

Besides spending money in Traveler's Street, students can also exchange credits with each other—for example, a blank magic card that can be engraved with a transmutation circle and ink for engraving a transmutation circle. Lu Mingfei asked the price and it was one hundred credits.

Of course, the ink is borrowed temporarily. This kind of ink often requires alchemical techniques to prepare and is a consumable that can be used for a long time. A bottle is quite expensive.

How many credits does Lu Mingfei earn in the end, given that he attends six classes a week?

"Haha, only eighty."

Ten credits per class, plus twenty credits earned by answering questions after good preparation—Lu Mingfei had been pondering this since Friday, wondering whether he should borrow twenty credits from a friend to exchange for a blank magic card.

The final answer, of course, is to borrow it, because this feature of the comprehensive network seems quite useful.

The Mirror of Eternity

By casting magical spirits into this mirror, they will experience worlds related to their growth, resulting in unpredictable changes. You can schedule a time for their return or recall them directly in an emergency.

As you journey through the world, you'll see the logs formed by the Mirror of Eternity, and the magical spirits themselves will write you backs and send you gifts.

[Currently available Eternal Mirror slots: 4/4. You can expand the available slots by building Eternal Mirrors.]

Since it has marked the empty slots and says that "the magical spirit will send a gift", then of course the spirit should be put in first. Lu Mingfei was very curious about what kind of gift the magical spirit would send him.

But for now, let's finish those repetitive assignments first.

Lu Mingfei walked briskly toward the library of St. Mary's College.

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The library occupies almost an entire floor, which allows each of its bookshelves to be set quite high.

—The more advanced the books were placed higher up, making it impossible for first-year students who had not yet mastered the ability to fly to reach those mysterious magic books.

But the books Lu Ming insisted on finding were definitely not those kinds. He planned to find something about the history of magic to work on that short paper. The dueling class assignment had already been completed in class; the cardinal had copied his notes for him, and submitting them would complete the assignment.

As for the history of magic paper, since it's for first-year students, it's naturally not expected to be particularly profound or have any novel or innovative points. In fact, Lu Mingfei felt that even simply copying the original text from the textbook should be enough to get by...

He came to the library to look for articles, simply to satisfy his curiosity—he wanted to see what magic cards were like before.

Then he learned that before magic cards, there was the era of wands. Back then, summoners—or mages—could simply wave their wands to unleash all sorts of spells to attack enemies or protect themselves.

It was also at this time that fields such as potion-making, alchemy, and spellcasting flourished. Eventually, with the invention of magic cards, all the previous knowledge was summarized and its essence was incorporated into the new era's fields of "magic" and "summoning."

Before the wand, there was the era of magic circles. Back then, mages—according to current academic interpretations, they couldn't be called mages, but rather 'shamans' or 'wizards'—couldn't even cast spells by themselves.

They often draw a huge magic circle in advance, with several or even dozens of wizards sitting in the corresponding positions on the circle. They adjust their minds and spirits through dance, singing and other methods to unleash powerful yet primitive magical effects.

"In conclusion, the emergence of magic card technology was an inevitable result. From wizards to mages to summoners, from magic circles to wands to magic cards, with the progress of the times, magic technology demanded a simpler and more miniaturized form..."

"Perhaps in the future, magic cards will be as small as a fingertip, functioning by being inserted into specific magical devices..."

Putting the pen back into its cap, Lu Mingfei looked back and forth at the piece of text, which was about the length of a sheet of paper, and nodded.

With its introduction, development, transition, and conclusion, this small essay is complete in every aspect, resembling a high-scoring composition.

It's definitely enough to be used as a history of magic assignment.

Lu Mingfei then picked out a book from the bookshelf about card making, intending to study it carefully over the next period of time.

"Several designs for the No. 1 transmutation array and its supporting arrays..." The librarian sitting at the door read out the book title while noting its number in the library. "The book can be borrowed for three months. If it is damaged, you will need to pay an additional 20 credits for repairs."

"Okay, thank you, Auntie." Lu Mingfei's attention wasn't on the librarian at all; he said casually as he took the book.

But the next moment, an extremely powerful sense of oppression forced Lu Mingfei's attention back to what was in front of him. The librarian—this silver-haired, elegant, and well-proportioned woman—had a smile on her face, but her eyes flashed with a cold light…

"Oh, no, thank you, sister." Lu Mingfei immediately corrected his slip of the tongue.

He had assumed that librarians were usually graduates, but now it seemed she was just a senior student.

After this blunder, Lu Mingfei didn't dare linger in front of her any longer and practically ran away from the library.

……

Pandora is in a very bad mood right now!

Shouldn't all freshmen be like that blond boy from the academy—cute, innocent, and shy?

The way she would lower her head and shyly reveal an expression like a small animal when an older sister approached her...

Pandora quickly suppressed her anger and glared even more fiercely at the brat in front of her.

How could anyone call a senior they've just met "auntie"?! How can there be such an impolite student in the world!

Pandora had a terrible first impression of Lu Mingfei!