The defeated saint is also on the way to tame the evil god today

　Nefera Beta School of Magic - City of Academi

　"It's so annoying, when will she leave?"

　In the library, Elmo looked at Alice with resentment as she occupied his advanced reading room.

　Beside her, Professor Ling was drinking a glass of red wine.

　Hearing Elmo's complaint, Ling poked her hand with his wand in dissatisfaction.

　"Ouch."

　Ai Ermo looked at Ling resentfully:

　"What are you doing!"

　"Haven't you finished reading all the books? What's the point of occupying the advanced reading room?" Ling picked up the wine glass without even looking at Elmo.

　"Learning is endless, don't you understand? I just like reading!" Elmo clenched his fists angrily.

　"Are you really studying?" Ling's eyes became sharp. "Did I forget to read the advanced reading materials in the vine suit... Ugh!"

　Elmo covered Ling's mouth, his face flushed:

　"Stop talking! Stop talking!"

　""

　Alice didn't hear the quarrel outside.

　She sat in front of three bookshelves. A miniature altar was placed on the table in front of her, with discrete halos suspended around the altar.

　In the center of the altar, the Book of Hell is floating.

　Faint illusory characters floated out from the surrounding bookshelves, entwined around the altar, and constantly stabilized the spirituality of the Book of Hell.

　Nefera Beta's advanced reading room is generally used to interpret books that may have the ability to pollute information.

　This room can not only stabilize the reader's spiritual power, but also filter out and analyze some dangerous secrets in the books.

　Alice wasn't sure if the contents of the Book of Hell were that dangerous, but she thought caution was necessary.

　""

　After confirming that the small string magic circle was activated, Alice picked up a bottle of blood-red liquid from the side.

　This was the potion she asked Professor Ling to prepare for her, which contained Ophelia's blood.

　This potion would add a trace of the Sean family's qualifications to her bloodline. According to some knowledge that Mr. Luffy taught Alice, this seemed to increase the possibility of filtering out useful information from the Book of Hell.

　"call..."

　Alice exhaled, then pulled out the exquisite bottle cap and drank the potion.

　The potion flowed through her throat like magma, burning her body and making her body feel hot, as if a strong energy was washing her blood.

　The heat soon disappeared, and as Alice repeatedly calmed her mind, her chest gradually became cool.

　"ha..."

　Alice exhaled a breath of cold air, then slowly stretched out her hand and placed her palm on the Book of Hell.

　"!"

　The deep red pupils on the book opened instantly, and in an instant, countless broken images seemed to flash before Alice's eyes.

　Garden, sunshine, lake.

　Angels were playing by the lake.

　Crimson flooded everything.

　The remains of the angel floated on the crimson lake.

　The back of a man holding a knife.

　Cain.

　"!"

　Alice suddenly opened her eyes, took a breath, and saw the Crimson Book slowly opening.

　On the pages of the book, strange symbols gradually pieced together into abstract totems.

　The moment I saw those totems, love

　Liz felt as if she was hit on the head with a stick and almost passed out.

　She drew her wand and pressed it to her temple, freeing a cluster of clinging, polluted thoughts, while reaching for the Book of Hell.

　"Alice? What happened?"

　Hearing the noise in the room, Ling and Ai Ermo rushed out and looked at Alice's slightly embarrassed back in surprise.

　Elmo waved his hand and the Book of Hell closed immediately, while Professor Ling quickly took out the dice and threw it.

　"Om——"

　Amidst the shimmering light, Alice's mind gradually faded.

　After confirming that her spirit body was stable, she let out a long breath and said:

　"...It's actually a secret totem."

　"Secret Totem?" Elmo was surprised. "What kind of book are you reading? Is there such a book?"

　Hidden totems usually refer to totems that record excessive amounts of information.

　To interpret this totem, it is useless to just see it, you must "understand" it.

　Whether one can understand texts of this level depends on whether the reader's intelligence can bear it.

　And obviously, Alice is currently... unable to bear it.

　"Let me see. Let me see."

　Elmo came forward excitedly:

　"I'm familiar with the Secret Totem. I can definitely see this. Trust me."

　"What's written in the book depends on the fate of the reader," Alice said. "My totem... you shouldn't be able to see it, right?"

　"It's okay, I'll just take a look at mine."

　After saying that, Elmo opened the Book of Hell.

　As the crimson light surged, Elmo saw the totems recorded in the books.

　She was stunned for a moment, the corner of her mouth twitched slightly, and then...

　...slammed the book shut.

　"Ms. Elmo, what did you see?" Alice looked at Elmo's frightened expression and frowned slightly.

　"I...I saw..."

　Elmo murmured as if he had seen a ghost.

　"What did you see?" Ling also came over with a serious expression.

　"Something...personal..."

　"I know it's private. After all, the Book of Hell records the fate of those who read it," Alice said seriously, "but we need to know what you saw. At this juncture, all information is important."

　"No...this information...is not very important..."

　Elmo's eyes shifted slightly.

　"Not very important?" Alice was stunned. "How could it be? This is something recorded in the Book of Hell. You..."

　"Okay, Alice..."

　Ling put his hand on Alice's shoulder.

　Alice looked up and was surprised to find that this usually serious petite professor...

　...I'm trying to hold back my laughter.

　"Elmo, let me guess," Ling suppressed her laughter, "Did you see something about personal hobbies?"

　As soon as the words "personal hobby" came out, Elmo's face suddenly turned red.

　"Don't guess randomly. I'm going to bed first. You can use this room as long as you want."

　After saying that, Elmo left the advanced reading room like a flash and closed the door.

　"Boom."

　""

　Professor Ling turned around, and Alice was sure that she could no longer hold back the smile on her face.

　But she was still puzzled:

　"Personal hobby?"

　"No...it's okay..." Professor Ling shook his head, "It's okay, Alice, don't worry about it, let's continue talking about the Book of Hell."

　"Is Miss Elmo okay?"

　"It's okay, it's really okay," Professor Ling's lips twitched. "She just... maybe realized that she was destined to develop some... personal hobbies."

　"Private...Private hobby..."

　Alice nodded thoughtfully, deciding to put the matter aside for the moment.

　Since Professor Ling said it's okay, then it should be okay...

　...Bar?

　"If it's a secret totem, then I don't need an advanced reading room..." Alice thought thoughtfully, "What I need... is sufficient spiritual anchoring ability..."

　"Then it seems we can only use the high-level alchemy workshop," Professor Ling shrugged. "You can use it. Old Merlin has been gone for so long, no one will steal it."

　Ah... Come to think of it, it seems like Principal Merlin has been gone for quite a while...

　Alice picked up the Book of Hell and stood up.

　"Then, I'll leave first."

　When she reached the door, she was suddenly stopped by Professor Ling:

　"Alice."

　Alice turned her head and saw Professor Ling looking at her seriously.

　"Professor Ling?"

　"There's a lot of turmoil going on outside right now, and the Citadel isn't at peace either," Professor Ling said earnestly. "How have you been lately?"

　"I'm...okay..."

　Alice blinked her eyes, licking away the sour taste caused by fatigue.

　"It's okay, really."

　"I don't know much about the outside world. Most of Nefera Beta's faculty won't participate in the council. The academy is leaderless after Merlin left. They're a bunch of nerds who don't understand these things."

　Professor Ling folded his arms across his chest:

　"We can't help you politically, but..."

　She took two steps forward, stood on tiptoe, and straightened Alice's bow tie.

　"If you have any difficulties or encounter any persecution, come directly to Nefera Beta."

　“This place is forever

　I will protect you forever."

　Professor Ling's words made Alice's eyes slightly moist. She forced a smile and gently hugged Professor Ling.

　"it is good."

　After saying that, she fled away, fearing that her crystal clearness would be seen by others.

　She was Alice Pucht, and she couldn't cry.

　North city area.