Witch, don't be so lazy

"What are you doing? Didn't you say you knew?"

"Yes. Reimu Tsubasa 'Chess Phosphorus Abandoned Ruiyi'"

Momo blinked.

...You just knew about it, but didn’t agree, right!

An Ke sorted out the guy's thoughts, then frowned:

"Don't think I'm easy to bully just because I'm young. I'm a formal mage. Even if I were to attack an ordinary person in the city, the most I'd have to do is pay money."

She emphasized, "Anyone who hasn't become a mage is considered an ordinary person, do you understand? If you follow me again, don't blame me for being rude!"

In order to increase her intimidation, arms wrapped in flames suddenly rose up beside her.

In an instant, the pedestrians around were frightened and scattered like birds and beasts.

Only a few adventurers armed with swords and knives remained, staring at the place vigilantly, their hands on their weapons.

The city guards in the distance also quickly approached.

"I understand, Momo surrenders, don't hit Momo~"

Momo raised her hands lazily.

After a brief exchange of words with the city guards, Anke showed his bronze badge, then looked at the strange man who was being taken away by the guards and sighed heavily.

so horrible.

After finally getting out, I encountered a neurotic pervert who was following me.

Even if he is good-looking, this behavior must be dealt with severely, and the other party must be put in jail for a few days to learn his lesson.

Humph, it’s just that Miss Anke is kind-hearted. If it were any other noble or wizard, they would have taken action long ago. This would just be an excuse to snatch the extraordinary gecko away.

Anke grumbled a few words in dissatisfaction, then took out the map and walked towards the Iris Workshop according to the instructions.

It's almost time.

……

Huge colorful irises sparkle in the sunlight.

This is a bright logo on the surface of a tall building.

Iris Workshop.

A super large organization dedicated to studying the art of spells. Most of the magic scroll skills and enchantment skills circulating in the world today come from this organization. Some magic is also closely related to it, such as rune magic, painting magic, stone statue magic, etc.

Of course, this is the small branch set up in the city of Asda. Some magic cannot be accessed, even in the branch in the northern capital. One must go to the headquarters in the Cloud City.

The iris was chosen as a symbol, as nature is inextricably linked to the origins of the workshop.

But the specific reasons are still controversial.

Some say that the workshop was founded and developed in the Phoenix Kingdom, which once gathered the best spellcasters and artists in the world. Iris is the national flower of the Phoenix Kingdom, hence the name.

Some people also say that when the founder of the workshop was exhausted and in despair, he accidentally encountered a kite flying in the sky. Its beautiful long tail streaked across the sky, leaving a rainbow-like mark, which suddenly inspired the founder to break through the bottleneck of the spell.

There are even more mysterious rumors, saying that there was once a god who transformed into a kite to save the world. He turned into several rainbows across the sky, each of which contained the wisdom of ancient runes. Those lucky people who received the favor later gathered together to form an organization, and to express their gratitude, they named themselves after irises.

Enter the building.

It was a completely different style from the Adventurer's Guild, with all sorts of bizarre sculptures and a dazzling array of paintings. If it weren't for the curse patterns on them, An Ke would have mistakenly thought she had stumbled into some novel art exhibition.

Although there are a lot of things, there are not many people inside, just a few, and most of them are staff.

As soon as they saw someone coming in, they took a quick look and immediately staff members surrounded them.

"Don't touch it, don't touch it. If you break it, you'll have to pay for it. If you want to take the membership exam, please go to the counter to complete the formalities. The fee is fifty-two gold coins."

"If you have requests for enchanting, scroll making, custom portraits and sculptures, please turn left and go to the commission center next door. This is the lobby and we don't accept such services."

"If you do not want to participate in the assessment, please show the Iris Badge or invitation certificate, otherwise please leave on your own."

Iris Workshop does not welcome outsiders to enter.

To this end, they even separated the entrustment center and put it aside.

The main focus is that apart from the members and those who intend to become members, there is also a small number of distinguished guests. No one else is worthy of entering.

Very cool.

Although Anke didn't have the Iris badge, she had an invitation to the seminar.

When the gilded envelope appeared, the staff member was stunned at first, took a look at the girl, and immediately understood. After bowing, he led the way:

"Ah, it's Miss Anke. I'm so sorry I didn't recognize you right away. I'll lead the way for you now. Please be careful, there are steps..."

Following her guidance, Anke disappeared into the passage.

It didn't take long.

Momo walked into the hall with her head tilted.

The new staff member came forward and repeated similar words.

Momo nodded, then remained indifferent. She looked around for a while and asked:

"Hello, was there a little girl who just came in? Where is she going to shower?"

The staff member's face darkened.

"Please show me your Iris badge and proof of appointment."

"I don't have any. Is it okay for Abbas to rally?"

Momo touched the strap of her pocket.

"...This is the Iris Workshop, not the Potion Workshop. Please leave now."

"Okay, that's stingy."

Momo muttered and turned to walk out, leaving the staff with even darker faces behind.

To the door of the no 1 wife dam eight balls VII Liuyin.

Xiao Hui popped up his head and asked, "She actually has an iris badge?"

"That's normal. To be able to specialize in runes in telekinesis magic means that one has mastered at least ancient spell patterns, elven runes, and abyssal magic patterns."

Momo took a bite of the milk stick. It wasn't drugged, but a new one she had just bought. "Not bad, barely a plus point."

"Yeah, so what should we do now? Go to the Adventurer's Guild?"

"Well, if that guard hadn't asked, I would have almost forgotten I was once registered in the guild. I had Iron, Bronze, and Silver. Ah, I didn't get any after that... Well, I'll just stick with Bronze. I got it when I was eight, and it's been almost ten years."

"That won't work, Momo. Your information has been updated to silver in the guild, and this thing is just a commemorative item after being processed. No one can fool outsiders. I just paid money to get out."

Xiao Hui reminded.

"Right."

Momo thought for a moment and said, "Forget it. Silver is still too easy to attract attention. Let's rent a building next to the guild and gather information from the Adventurer's Guild on weekdays."

"...You're finally willing to let the city lord go, Momo, let's set off now!"

"Wait a minute. I need to walk around here. I haven't given her the milk stick yet. She didn't even drink the coffee just now. What a shame. It's a waste of the medicine I secretly put in. She didn't seem to notice."

"Momo, you just want to go shopping!

Xiao Hui shouted, then paused, looking a little worried. "Is it because the ley lines are too deeply affected? Should I stop the resonance and reclaim the magic power?"

The surface veins beneath the city of Asda are somewhat weak. This may be because the former Rock Mountain Dragon and the Asda family, which inherited the Rock Mountain Dragon's bloodline, have squandered it for too many years.

The deeper areas are not affected, but the earth vein energy there is too violent, which can easily make Momo irritable.

"That would make too much noise, and the entire Calamity Cult would surely be scared away... Let's take a walk first, Xiao Hui. I'll treat you to some candy."

"...Well, this is the central district. It would be terrible if the Disaster Cult showed up. We really need to patrol it. I'll keep my eyes and ears open!"

Chapter 97 Seminar

Narrow reception room.

To be honest, the space in this hall is actually very spacious, but it is very crowded because it is furnished with a huge long table and more than a dozen chairs, and is surrounded by canvases and statues covered with cloths, as well as various tools, puppets, armor, swords, alchemical hunting rifles, etc.

On the huge long table were steaming tea, fruits and various desserts, the aroma was everywhere, but few people present cared.

Before Anko came in, they were either whispering to each other, or buried their heads in flipping through thick books, or gesturing at the instruments.

Most people seemed extremely anxious, but there were only two people who were different.

One was an old man sitting at the end of the long table, facing the display stand in the hall. He had white hair but strong muscles and was wearing thin clothes even in the middle of winter.

That is the head of the Iris Guild, Deshup, a second-level mage of the Fiery Sun School, who is said to follow the path of war.

The other person who seemed calm and composed was a little kid with a crew cut and a thin body, sitting next to the display stand, looking down at the anxious attendees with his nose.

Kanis, thirteen years old, is a first-level mage of the Fiery Sun School, Deshup's favorite disciple, and also a famous genius in the city of Asda.

As the staff led Anke in and introduced her, everyone's eyes were instantly focused on the door.

Anke felt that her breathing became difficult.

It wasn't because of people's gazes, nor was it because of any deliberate pressure from anyone.

It was mainly the layout and overall atmosphere of this seminar that made people suddenly hallucinate the group meetings they had to attend every week in their previous lives, which almost made their heart stop.

"Are you Encore?"

Kanis immediately stood up with his head held high.

Unfortunately, since he was shorter than Anke, his arrogant look and domineering attitude could not be fully displayed, so he had to pause for a moment.

He raised one foot and just as he stepped on the chair, he suddenly felt a sharp gaze from the side, so he had to retract his foot, take off his shoes first, and then jump onto the chair.

After some effort, I finally achieved a condescending posture and began to speak.

"You, a guy from Xueshan Town, who luckily has some talent for runes, why do you ask for 'A Brief Discussion of Ancient Runes' right away? Why don't you learn modern runes... Hey, I'm asking you a question, look at me!"

“…Maybe it’s because I’m awesome.”

An Ke smiled. When she answered, she didn't look at the frustrated little brat, but turned to look at the old man at the end of the long table.

Deshup coughed heavily, and Kanis gave up the idea of ​​jumping onto the table in annoyance, but still stared at Anke with his eyes wide open.

I only heard the old man say:

"Ms. Anke, I've seen your enchanted works. The style is very unique, and the quality is undoubtedly top-notch..."

He paused, recalling the enchanted props he had looked through before, which could leave an extremely deep impression on people.

The main reason is that the style is so unique, uniquely "flat".

It is almost like the assembly line creations in an alchemy factory, like a heart that is about to stop beating, or like the barely perceptible undulations of a mountain.

Although there are indeed some enchanters who pursue stability, few of them are so extreme.

This shows that she is likely to have a unique talent, and can naturally maintain a "calm mind" and "peaceful heart" when drawing the runes, and her mental strength must be relatively strong.

Considering that she also practiced the Hand of the Mage, her request for the book of ancient runes clearly meant that she was planning to specialize in runes.

"...But I'm a little curious now. Is Miss Anke doing well in learning the ancient curse patterns?"

Deshup inquired.

"Okay."

An Ke thought about it, and his mental power emerged. As the ochre-colored spell patterns lit up one after another, a huge rock palm was formed.

The crowd exclaimed one after another.

"What is this? A black stone palm?"

"Such powerful magic, he really is a first-level mage."

"The earth runes above feel strange, quite different from what we normally draw."

The little brat Kanis stared at the curse pattern, was stunned at first, then snorted and sat back in his chair.

Perhaps because he thought the other person's question was too stupid, he couldn't help but curse:

"How foolish! That's an ancient rune, of course different from the modern runes you use. Hers is a mixture of the basic patterns of the Armor Charm and Stoneskin, then heavily cut down for speed, ultimately enhancing its sturdiness and weight."

Anko raised an eyebrow.

The fact that he could figure out the prototype and structure of her Earth Rune at once showed that the little brat had very solid basic knowledge and good analytical ability.