It's weird to apply for Witch Academy as a boy

"Oh? Is that really possible?"

I was a little surprised when my senior asked me this question suddenly.

After all, I did have this plan originally. It is really good to learn a skill. However, after officially becoming a clerk, I found out that all kinds of cakes, biscuits and breads in the store were made by senior sister Tang Yihan, and I had nothing to do with it at all.

Moreover, the senior student did not show any willingness to teach me at that time, so I had no experience and naturally did not dare to step forward to help.

Now, of course, I won't refuse this invitation.

"Of course, you can try. If you don't have the talent, just give up."

"Yeah! I do want to try."

"Just right." Hearing my answer, Tang Yihan raised a relaxed smile, "Since you want to learn baking, then start from the basics!"

"Basic? Is it about memorizing the recipe list?" I enthusiastically followed senior Tang Yihan into the kitchen.

"No, no, no, start with washing the dishes!" Tang Yihan turned around and pointed at the various utensils piled up on the side.

Some are trays, some are shaping molds, and there are many strange-shaped tools.

"what?"

"I'll leave these to you. Oh, yes, I remember now. You're still a freshman and can't use magic, so wash them by hand first. If you can't finish washing them, you can put them aside. But make sure to wash them thoroughly. I don't want these things to be greasy on my hands."

Senior Tang Yihan pushed me to the edge of the pool. I didn’t react for a moment. What happened to the easy job?

How did you suddenly become a hard laborer?

"I'm sorry, Ying Shiqian ran away, and there's no other staff in the store, so you'll have to make do with this." Senior Tang Yihan rarely showed an attitude of begging for help, which really made it difficult for me to refuse.

"But I don't have much experience..."

"I'll make the decision and give you more money!"

"Experience is not something people are born with. I think you can try more new things. I have done similar things like washing dishes before. Leave it to me!"

When I heard about the increase in salary, I immediately changed my expression. There is no hard work that cannot be solved by increasing the salary! If it cannot be solved, it must be because the salary is not doubled!

Tang Yihan was also stunned for a second by my reversal, but she was relieved that Xiaohan was so motivated.

"Xiao Han is really sensible. You are much better than that Ying Shiqian. Asking her to wash these things is harder than asking her to die. Moreover, she also knows the cleaning technique, but she is not willing to put in this little effort."

"Uh-huh!"

I nodded quickly and worked harder.

"Come on, Xiaohan. If you perform well, I will ask the store manager for a cleaning spell book for you."

"Hmm..." I nodded subconsciously, but quickly realized, "Wait, what spell book?"

"Yeah, what's wrong with the spell book? Don't you know what it is? Oh, I forgot. You're still a freshman, and school hasn't officially started yet. The teacher didn't tell you about this. The spell book is a tool that allows you to use spells. Just understand it this way."

"Really? But my mental strength is not enough to interfere with magic. Even if I have a spell book, it won't work, right?"

Besides, there is still some time before school starts, and I don’t know when the teacher will be able to teach me how to use spells. Is this senior sister just making empty promises for me?

"Ah? You're worried about that? It's very difficult to interfere with magic with mental power. That's not something a freshman can get into. Normal students in a witch academy probably can't do things like using mental power to call upon magic in the first three years. Don't think too much about it."

"But spell books are different. By the way, have you opened your personal data?"

"Is it the personal information generated after the student card is bound to the mobile phone?" When I was asked this, this was the only thing I thought of.

"Yes, that's it. I didn't expect that the senior who guided you even told you this. My teacher didn't explain this to me until class started. Anyway, the data that appeared on the phone had something called a spell slot."

"Is there any?"

How could I not know? I don’t remember there was such a thing at that time. I took out my cell phone to confirm again, and there was indeed nothing there.

"There's none?"

Tang Yihan subconsciously wanted to come over to help me find it, but I put it back a little and didn't let the senior see it. After all, I still remembered that Sister Bai told me not to let anyone see it.

"Um... Sorry, this is personal privacy, I really shouldn't look at it like this." Tang Yihan immediately realized his mistake and apologized quickly, "If not, then it should be that you haven't touched the spell slot, so it's not displayed."

"What is a spell slot? Does it have anything to do with the spell book?" I asked immediately.

"Of course it is related. After you use the spell book, the corresponding spells and corresponding introductions will appear on your spell slot." Tang Yihan immediately explained to me.

"This statement sounds familiar," I complained immediately, but I didn't stop washing the dishes.

"It's really weird. It's like one of those low-quality games out there. You get a skill book, and then snap, the corresponding skill appears on the skill slot."

"I heard that this type of game appeared after the spell book. It is said that many games' settings are inspired by the spell book."

When I heard Senior Tang Yihan say this, I was shocked. At first I thought this kind of thing was just like a game, but I didn’t expect that the game borrowed from Chaofan?

An expansion that I never imagined.

"So... as long as you have a spell book, you can use spells directly without the limitation of mental power interfering with magic power?"

"That's pretty much it."

"Ok."

Chapter 33 You don’t want to be in debt at such a young age, do you?

I didn't continue asking about this. If I continued, wouldn't it be embarrassing for Senior Sister Tang Yihan if she didn't know?

This mentality is like explaining how to use a mobile phone to someone who has never used a mobile phone, and then that person asks how the mobile phone is made.

How to say this?

It should be said that the process is very complicated and involves a lot of theories.

The water in this business is deep and you can’t control it, kid.

So in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, I did not continue to ask, but just continued to ask for other information about the spell slots to see if it was really like the game.

Finally I came to the conclusion that it was true. The spell book was just a tool to quickly master and use spells. It was not even a learning tool because using it could not bring me the corresponding knowledge.

Moreover, before using a spell, you need to read the instruction manual, or figure out how to use it yourself. The spell book even has a limit on the number of times you can learn it. If you learn too many spells, the spell book will even self-destruct.

Moreover, the manufacture of spell books is also very troublesome. I heard that one has to at least reach the extraordinary level to reach the threshold of manufacturing spell books.

This really opened my eyes.

Isn’t this extraordinary world as easy as a game?

No, if it were put in reality, it would probably be a hell-level game difficulty. I don't have a main storyline or main quests, and there will be no quest rewards for completing quests.

However, there are still rewards in the academy’s task system. At least there is money, right?

This is true for everyone. Only those who have resources feel it is simple, but that can't be me.

I comforted myself and kept calm, at least those things were not something I needed to worry about now that I had to wash dishes.

At least the existence of spell slots is very helpful to people like me. Otherwise, if I want to learn a spell, I need to understand the composition of the spell, study spell theory, grasp the operating principles, and have strong mental strength to interfere with the magic to release the spell.

This is really tiring.

However, I was mentally prepared at the time. After all, before entering the Supernatural Academy, we had courses such as spell theory and elemental theory in our curriculum, and these subjects would also be counted in the final college entrance examination.

But I still feel that those theories are too basic, and understanding them even makes me feel that it is not as difficult as some math problems in my previous life that left me helpless.

I originally thought that after entering the Witch Academy, I would be able to access more advanced supernatural theoretical knowledge, but now I am told that supernatural methods have become a one-click fool-proof spell-casting method.

This is naturally a little hard for me to accept.

But at least this saves me a lot of time in the process of using spells to unlock.

After all, the world does not revolve around me. Perhaps because I have been influenced by many literary works in my previous lives, such as various novels, I have my own ideas and definitions of the extraordinary world.

For me, the extraordinary world should not be just a violent world where you can fight each other as soon as you master the skills, but a world that explores the essence of this world from an extraordinary perspective...

Maybe I just take it for granted. Combat power should be the most important thing in the extraordinary world.

If spells could be popularized in this simple way, it would indeed be easy to quickly form effective combat power.

Only with strength can you have the corresponding right to speak. This was the case in the previous life, and it should be even more so in this extraordinary world.

I comfort myself in this way.

Then, I ended these fantasies and faced reality. Looking at the plates and utensils that were still piled up, I really doubted whether I could really sell all the bread, cookies, etc. with so many tools.

But this is not something I should worry about. After all, Tang Yihan told me during our conversation just now that there is a solidified preservation spell in the display cabinet outside, so it won’t go bad so easily.

Speaking of solidification spells, I remembered that there seemed to be a solidification spell on my badge...

It’s still a basic spell like Fireball.

Since I can't mobilize magic power, how can I use this fireball spell?

This isn't a spell book.

I remember Sister Bai said at the time that this was to help freshmen get through the awkward period of having no combat power in the early stages. Senior Sister Tang Yihan also said that freshmen were unable to use their mental power independently to cast spells in the first few years.

Isn't this a contradiction?

Or am I wrong?

"Senior Tang Yihan, can I ask one more question?"

"Well, you said."

At this time, Tang Yihan's task of washing dishes had been taken over by me. She was now able to feel relaxed and was naturally happy to answer all my questions.

"Aren't new students given a four-piece school uniform? There's also a solidification spell on the badge. How do I use it?"

I asked, pointing slightly at the badge on my chest.

"The alchemical product on this badge is similar to the effect of a spell book to some extent, but it is a real object that will be worn out. It can be activated by mental power..."

"and many more!"

"Huh? What's wrong?" I was listening to senior sister Tang Yihan's introduction and was about to try it when I was suddenly interrupted.

"Don't try! You've just started using magic and don't know its power. You have to remember that magic is very destructive. I don't want you to blow this place up. Just listen to me. You don't want to blow this place up at such a young age and then be in debt, right?"

"Uh, um, I don't want to."

I quickly nodded my head in deep apology and gave up the idea of ​​trying it.

"In short, you need to use your mental power to guide the spells on your badge. If you might interfere with the magic power in the future, you can inject it directly with magic power, but you can't do that now. Once you activate it, it will automatically absorb the magic power from the magic source in your body and release a spell of fixed power."

"This spell is difficult to control. You don't have the ability to remedy the problems that occur after the spell is released. Every year, freshmen always cause explosions in various places in the academy out of curiosity or carelessness, and thus fall into debt at a young age. So you have to be careful."

Afterwards, Senior Tang Yihan gave me some ideological education, wanting me to not use this spell lightly, and even if I was very interested in it, I had to experiment in a specific place.

At the same time, it also tells me not to rely on this power. Items solidified by this offensive spell will wear out very badly, and continuous use will make the wear even worse.

In a nutshell, let me not try it now, let alone in the store.

I quickly agreed to this. After all, the senior student also explained my confusion. It turns out that I am now capable of fighting. It’s a pity that it is a powerful weapon and cannot be used at will.

However, the dishes I washed were finally beaten back by Senior Sister Tang Yihan because they were not washed cleanly, which doubled my workload. Is it true that hand washing is no match for magic?

However, Senior Sister Tang Yihan was kind enough to say that she would report the matter to the store manager when she returned, so that I could master this spell as soon as possible.

Even though it's a spell called cleaning, I'm very happy about it. Cleaning is so convenient and can be used for more than just washing dishes.

Due to time constraints, Tang Yihan also joined in washing dishes. Seeing my senior sister use magic to accomplish the task so easily, I was naturally envious.

Chapter 34 A new day

The day passed quickly.

I punched in, changed my clothes and prepared to leave. It seemed that Senior Sister Tang Yihan was about to leave as well, after all, it was almost closing time.

"Xiao Han, you should hurry up too. Be careful on the road."

"Yeah, senior sister too." I responded politely.

"Heh, if it were me, I'd be the one to be careful of, the bad guys. If you're free tomorrow, remember to come early."

"Yes, I will!"

After nodding, I took some cookies that the senior asked me to take away and prepared to go back to the dormitory.

These cookies were given to me by my senior classmates. Senior classmate Tang Yihan said they have been stored for a long time. However, they tasted very good to me and did not feel like they have been stored for a long time.