Fanatics of the Magic Academy

After Rose and Tiana finished breakfast.

Rose's gaze fell on Tiana, whose clothes were stained with varying shades of gray-black, clinging to her body in a wrinkled mess.

He looked down at himself and realized he wasn't much better off.

The two of them need to buy clothes, and they haven't brought back the things that Tiana and Hans left in the bridge archway.

Although there won't be any assets.

It's just some clothes at most.

After thinking for a moment, Rose decided to let Tiana wash herself as well.

He filled a basin with water, then put his hand in it and heated the water using the method he had used yesterday.

He then said to Tiana:

"Take a shower, we're going out in a bit."

Tiana looked at Rose's hand with curiosity in her eyes and said:

"Luo Xin, are you a magician?"

Rose: "...?"

No, you seem a bit too slow-witted.

That day, I practically blasted the entire gang into the sky, and then led you guys out of the inferno.

Didn't you realize I'm a magician?

Then Tiana belatedly exclaimed, "Ah!"

"Oh right! Luo Xin, you're a magician! I heard from Dad that magicians can earn lots and lots of money!"

She spread her arms wide, forcefully drawing a huge arc, trying her best to depict the concept of "many".

Rose looked at her and thought that perhaps it wasn't that Tiana was slow to understand, but that she had misjudged the situation; children of this age were just like that.

I've been in contact with a lot of underworld and supernatural beings lately, and Rose's mindset hasn't been able to be changed yet.

Then, she looked up at Luo Saibo with anticipation in her eyes:

"Luo Xin, can you teach me magic?"

Rose nodded, indicating her approval:

"Okay, you can take a shower first. There's a towel next to you, remember to dry yourself."

"Um!"

Tiana nodded vigorously.

Rose left the water room and sat quietly in a chair in the living room, waiting.

A short while later, Tiana came out of the washroom, already dressed, her wet brown hair hanging down her back, the ends still dripping water.

Rose stood up, pulled out a chair, and gestured for her to sit down.

"Let me blow on it for you."

Tiana obediently sat down, her legs dangling below the chair, swinging back and forth.

Rose extended her hand, palm facing Tiana's head, relying on the precise control brought by her high level of rationality, and her proficiency in the first-circle storm magic [Bombardment],

A faint, even breeze was released from the palm of his hand.

The airflow brushed across her hair, gently lifting and blowing away her damp brown hair.

In a short while, her hair was dried.

Rose reached out to help tidy up her hair a little, and her fluffy, slightly wavy brown hair fell naturally down her back.

Rose nodded. "Let's go."

"Okay!"

Rose and Tiana first went to the place where Tiana and Hans used to live, to reclaim the assets left behind by Tiana and Hans.

In terms of value alone, these things are of little recyclable value to Rose.

But as Rose packed up the tent she had once lived in, an indescribable emotion welled up inside her, stuck in her throat, and she couldn't quite put her finger on it.

Putting himself in her shoes, he felt that, at least from Tiana's perspective, he should also make a trip.

Sure enough, when Tiana walked under the bridge and saw the place where she had lived with her father, her eyes immediately reddened, tears welled up in her eyes, and she desperately held them back from falling.

Rose didn't say anything, but just stood silently to the side, waiting for her to calm down.

After a while, the two of them started cleaning up.

She picked out useful household items and clothes, along with a few things Tiana had chosen from Hans's belongings, and spread them all out on a large bed sheet.

Tiana tied the four corners into knots, then tugged hard, but the package didn't budge.

She glanced at Rose somewhat awkwardly, then said very sensibly:

"Luo Xin, I'll throw away some more useless things..."

Rose shook her head: "It's nothing."

Then, he picked up the package with one hand and casually hoisted it onto his shoulder.

He weighed it in his hand and found that the weight was manageable; there was no need to even activate the [Transform into Cloud Form] skill to lose weight.

Rose looked at the somewhat dazed Tiana and said:

"Let's go."

Tiana: He's like a superman!

Tiana's eyes sparkled as she circled Rose.

"My God! Luo Xin, you're amazing!"

"Um."

Back home, Rose placed the package in the living room and helped Tiana sort and organize its contents.

Some were put in Tiana's room, some in the living room, and some in the bathroom.

After finishing all that, Rose judged that it was already 10:30 a.m.

He glanced at Tiana, whose eyes already showed signs of weariness.

It makes sense, considering how long they've been living in the slums, sometimes hungry and sometimes full, it's only natural that they'd be physically weak.

Rose said, "You stay home and rest, I'll go buy some food."

Tiana initially wanted to get up and follow, but Rose insisted, so she gave up and stayed home to rest.

Afterwards, Rose went to the supermarket and selected some vegetables and meat.

He didn't dare to pick too many items because his home currently lacks refrigeration equipment, and it's the rainy season, so it's quite humid.

This world should have the relevant technology, but Rose has no chance to come into contact with it in the slums.

Because BYD memory metal is as ubiquitous as a roadside stall.

Rose guessed that most technologies, like Joel's little car, would require a certain level of rationality to intervene and activate.

If technological development revolves around rationality, then the light switches and touchscreen displays from Rose's previous life would be a good example.

There is absolutely no need to design devices that allow people to easily intervene and operate them by hand.

Just like Joel's simple little car, there's no need to design brakes and accelerators; all you need to do is rationally intervene with the metal underneath.

Therefore, Rose had long suspected that, given the existence of rationality as a force capable of interfering with reality, there was no such thing as technological equality in this world.

There is simply no need to design hand-operated devices for people who are not magicians.

A significant amount of technology belongs exclusively to magicians.

Of course, this world isn't just inhabited by magicians; for example, there are the nobles who are touring the "observation points."

Therefore, manually operated technology is not entirely without a market.

Therefore, the technology that ordinary people in this world can use should be a technological system that is built upon and compatible with magical technology.

The scraps left over from the upper levels formed the distorted technological system at the bottom that Rose is now seeing.

It's a strange experience that blends Victorian and modern Western society.

Rose also understood why those magicians were so desperate to return to the magician circle.

To draw an analogy, the slum where Rose is now is like a primitive tribe, while the magician's circle is like normal modern society.

It's difficult to go from luxury to frugality. When someone has lived in modern society for too long, it's like being driven back to a primitive tribe.

They will try their best to return to that circle, but when they find that they cannot return, they will be disheartened.