Fanatics of the Magic Academy

After Rossai finished organizing the intelligence and his findings, it quickly came to six in the morning.

Rose casually activated her [Materialism] state. The intense sense of control she had over her body quickly faded, replaced by a heightened awareness of her surroundings and a feeling of being able to interfere with everything.

At the same time, the gilded vertical pupils transformed into azure round pupils.

Rose got up and washed up briefly. For a follower of the Ancient Dragon, there was no need for much rest or sleep.

Rose decided to tidy up and then prepare breakfast.

Just then, Rose noticed that Tiana had gotten up.

When she saw Rose, she paused, her eyes widening slightly.

"Rosé, you're up so early?"

Rose thought for a moment. Before meeting the ancient dragon, he had indeed told Tiana that he needed to rest and that if he didn't wake up, she should eat some of the food Rose had prepared the day before.

Tiana took a few steps closer, looked up at him, her face full of worry:

"Rosé, are you rested enough? If you're tired, you don't need to get up so early. Leave it to Tiana; she can make breakfast."

Feeling Tiana's concern, Rose felt a warmth in her heart and instinctively became more alert, about to breathe on her...

Well, actually, when Rose looked into Tiana's bright, concerned eyes, he couldn't muster any wariness.

Rose felt that she had developed some psychological problems after what happened with her parents and Hope.

However, this mindset might not be a bad thing; it could help him survive better in this world.

He shook his head and said:

"It's okay, I've rested enough. You go and wash up first."

Tiana tilted her head, looking puzzled.

"Rosé, didn't Tiana just take a bath a couple of days ago?"

Rose was also a little confused; what did what she said have to do with washing up?

Rose then realized that Tiana was very young, and that her worldview was not yet fully formed.

She was very young and had lived in the slums since childhood. Although Hans loved her very much, he himself had little education and understanding, let alone the ability to educate Tiana.

Hans had already done everything he could to keep Tiana alive in the slums.

Her views on hygiene are still the same as those in the slums.

Rose thought for a moment and said:

"We've moved to a new house, we're settled in now, we can't keep living in that slum stuff..."

Rose stopped and frowned, because he saw Tiana's somewhat puzzled expression.

Rose's writing style and language habits were somewhat difficult for a child like Tiana to understand.

In fact, some of Rose's feigned childlike behavior was learned from Tiana, and of course, some of it was learned during the days when she was being taught to be Starwrath.

Tiana tilted her head, trying hard to figure out what the difference was between living in a slum and living in a house.

Suddenly, her eyes lit up:

"Ah! I know! Rose, you like the clean-cut Tiana!"

Rose:

"..."

Is that what I meant?

Tiana, however, seemed to have suddenly understood everything, and became excited, taking a few steps closer, her face filled with eager anticipation:

"As long as Tiana remains clean, Rose, won't you drive her away?"

Rose fell silent for a moment, pondering how to explain and guide Tiana to understand.

However, after seeing Rose fall silent, Tiana's expression slowly changed from excitement to terror, and her face began to turn pale.

Rose noticed this too, and his heart tightened. He thought for a moment and then tried to salvage the situation:

"Hmm, more or less."

Tiana's face lit up with a smile again, and she nodded emphatically, saying:

"Um!"

She turned around and happily went into the bathroom.

Rose was thinking that he might need to learn some parenting skills; he couldn't just let his child grow up without any guidance.

Anyway, since it has the dream left behind by Gu Long, it doesn't take too much time.

Rose has a very poor understanding of this; in her previous life, she lived alone as an orphan.

Otherwise, why would someone with 20 years of life experience from a previous life be trained as Xingnu for 6 years without noticing anything unusual?

Until he was dragged into the bishop's room, he still foolishly believed that his parents loved him.

It was a bit like hell and very difficult to bear.

After Tiana finished washing up, the two ate breakfast.

Rose told Tiana to stay home and look at the sketchbooks she had bought for her.

Rose needs to deal with the properties left behind by Hope.

Soon, Rose contacted the agent, who informed her that there was indeed a buyer, but the price had been negotiated down to around 25,000, since someone had died there.

After thinking about it, Rossai decided to have the agent negotiate with the other party to raise the price, and he was willing to pay more agency fees.

Agent: Since you're willing to pay more, what else is there to say, buddy?

Rose made this judgment reasonably, because she currently looks like a child.

The person who bought the house in the slum was most likely not a magician, and it was impossible to detect Rose's unusual physical abilities.

Without revealing one's identity as a mage, or even if one does reveal it, it is difficult to gain any advantage in negotiations.

Fortunately, since everyone has their own expertise, Rose decided to leave the negotiation to the intermediary.

Ultimately, after much persuasion from the intermediary, Rosey not only paid the intermediary fee but also received 29,000 marks, bringing his total to nearly 30,000 marks.

This is a huge sum of money; with this money, Rose can do many things.

For example, you could go to the nearby library and borrow some books related to magic.

Rose remembered hearing Mason say that borrowing books related to magic wasn't cheap, costing 500 marks a week.

Although those were said to be outdated magic and theoretical foundations, they were still invaluable to Rose.

Even if that doesn't work, Rose has other options.

Take, for example, the party that Keaton, the crazy, plastic-surgery man in a suit, invites to Rose.

There, Rose can also trade some magical knowledge and magical items.

Rose remembered Keaton saying that they met on the third Tuesday of every even-numbered month, and counting the days...

It will be around next Tuesday.

Today is Saturday, and Rose needs to make some preparations in advance.

He plans to use perception magic to observe the situation before going next Tuesday.

Rose thought of his Thunderous Wheat Perception-type magic, [Wind Net Perception].

This magic is great in every way: it has a wide range of perception, good penetration, and low sanity requirements.

However, there is one drawback: it almost completely eliminates the social applications of perception-based magic.

Perception magic has a social function in this world. It can use translation runes to send out rationality fluctuations in reverse, which can be received by those with perception magic.

Previously, Rose had communicated with Walker, the magician behind Hope, in this same way.

However, due to Rose's nerfed version of the Thunderous Wheat Smash spell—[Wind Web Perception]—the two could only communicate face-to-face.

Rose's current level of rationality has reached the second ring, so there is no need for her to use this first-ring level perception magic anymore.

Kenneth once said that most perception magic is second-circle.

Rose decided to go to the library to see if she could find a perception-type magic spell.

Anyway, with plenty of food, Rose can quickly gain enough proficiency with the help of [Ancient Dragon Meditation] to restore his focus.