Magical Cat

Li En reluctantly groaned, closed the open window tightly, then climbed into bed and snuggled into Elaine's arms.

Half-asleep, Elaine mumbled a few words and then hugged Li En tightly as he snuggled into her arms.

The next day at dawn, Elaine carried Li En, who was still catching up on sleep, to class.

When Li En finally got enough sleep and stretched, it was already time for Elaine to eat in the cafeteria.

"Li En, you can really sleep."

Elaine had just finished eating when she casually patted Li En's bottom and started rubbing his head.

Li En was enjoying the hair-rubbing service from the girl after waking up, stretching her body, when she suddenly froze.

There was no other reason than a new mission message that had appeared in his mind without him even realizing it.

[Mission: Break the limits of magic circuits (Incomplete)]

[Time Limit: None]

[Reward: Passive Skill (Silver)]

[Punishment: None]

"Hey, when did this new mission appear? And the conditions for this mission seem a bit strange!"

Li En sat up abruptly, thinking she was still half asleep.

But he shook his head, and the mission information in his mind remained unchanged.

"Wait a minute, why is there no time limit or penalty for this mission?"

Li En blinked, somewhat incredulous that the mission conditions would be so generous.

Compared to the severe punishments of the previous missions, this mission can be considered a benefit.

Most importantly, the reward for successfully completing the mission is yet another Silver-tier passive skill.

Li En couldn't help but swallow.

The passive skill "Magic Perception" from the previous Silver tier benefited him greatly.

Now that he has upgraded it to the Gold rank, it is even more powerful.

Li En's current strength is mainly due to his passive ability to perceive magic.

This only made him more eager to see what the second passive skill would be like.

"Is the mission to break through the limits of magical circuits?"

Last night, Li Encai had just learned about magic loops from Kao Brian.

Li En encountered the so-called limit of magical circuits last night.

When casting a spell, the larger the magical loop you imagine, the wider the area the spell can affect.

Last night, under Brian's guidance, he only attempted to reach one-third of the maximum size of the magic loop.

The current task requires him to completely break through the current limits of magical circuits.

"Li En, what's wrong?"

When Yi Yilian saw that Li En, who usually stayed in bed for at least half an hour, looked serious shortly after waking up today, she couldn't help but ask him a question.

But Li En was thinking about an important question and didn't have time to answer her.

"Strange, this quest was triggered in a very strange way."

Previously, Li En summarized several conditions for triggering a mission.

The known elements are crisis, knowledge, and special items.

Last night's experience was related to knowledge, but Li En felt it was somewhat different.

"It's cultivation, specifically magical cultivation, that triggered this somewhat unusual task."

Li En's furrowed brows gradually relaxed.

"There's no time limit, and no penalty. Is it all because the triggering conditions are different?"

Li En's heart stirred, and he silently made a note of it.

As mentioned before, he still has too few samples, and he can only summarize more specific and complete patterns by constantly trying.

"The most urgent task is to complete this task first, and then continue with the experiments."

"If it were truly possible to consistently trigger missions through cultivation..."

Li En swallowed hard, a burning light gradually appearing in his eyes.

At first, he didn't know much about magic in this world.

But after witnessing the skills of elite mages like Corbrain, he became even more fascinated by magical power.

Li En also wanted to become such a powerful magician.

……

In the afternoon, Li En approached Melina alone.

As soon as Melina saw him, she joked, "You and Corbyn caused quite a commotion last night."

Li En shook his head, uninterested in such idle chatter, and cut to the chase:

"Help me find a suitable place to cultivate."

Melina's smile faded, and she said seriously, "There are quite a few places suitable for cultivation, but if you want privacy, I'm afraid there isn't such a place in the academy."

Li En frowned.

If you want to go to places outside the college, it will be a bit troublesome to travel back and forth.

But as Melina said, Lee does want some privacy.

"The academy monitors the generation of every spell, whether it's from a person or a magical beast," Melina added.

Li En lowered his head and thought for a moment, then asked Melina a question that caught her off guard: "When you had me and Elaine sign the contract, were you also monitored by the academy?"

"Haha, you're such a clever cat," Melina couldn't help but laugh.

Lee En smiled, waiting for Melina's reply.

"The ritual and spellcasting process for the contract are slightly different, and I do have ways to circumvent the academy's magical surveillance," Melina replied helplessly, then continued, "So you still want me to arrange a place for you within the academy, is that right?"

Li En nodded.

Having witnessed more and more powerful magicians, Li En is now less willing to run around with Melina.

Especially the Tongxin Society; Li En dared not have too much involvement with them.

He was unaware of the Tongxin Society's strength, but he recognized the capabilities of several of the academy's teachers.

Whatever the Tongxin Association is planning, it seems to be going against the mainstream forces of society.

Li En couldn't help but have a big question mark about this matter.

Is there really any chance of winning?

After Melina understood Li En's request, she took her back to her dormitory.

Melina's dormitory was located in another corner of the teachers' dormitory area, some distance away from Corbyn's dormitory.

Melina's dormitory was clean and elegant. As soon as you entered the room, you could smell a pleasant scent of daffodils, which was light, delicate, and soft.

Li En immediately spotted the source of the fragrance: a blue daffodil was swaying gently in the breeze on the table by the window.

Seeing Li En staring at her daffodils, Melina warned, "It's okay to smell the fragrance, but please don't touch them, they're poisonous."

Li En was taken aback, not expecting that Melina had placed a poisonous flower in her room.

Then, she led Li En to open a hidden door on the ground.

Melina's dormitory even has a basement.

"The academy must know about your basement, right?" Li En asked.

He met with that Mr. Parker from the Civil Engineering Corps yesterday.

Given the other party's magical prowess, it shouldn't be difficult for them to know that someone had created a basement on their own.

"Don't worry, every teacher in the academy has their own secrets. As long as it's not too outrageous, the academy won't interfere," Melina said with a smile.

After descending the stairs to the bottom, Li En discovered that Melina's basement was quite large, with a space of over a hundred square meters.

There are also some training props like magic targets here, so Melina will obviously practice here as well.

"You can use this place to cultivate. Don't worry, it's absolutely private, and I've set up a barrier so you can cause as much trouble as you want."

Li En looked around and nodded in satisfaction.