Over the past month, Xiangbei, who often sparred with Meiling, was naturally known to Sakuya in the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Since it would not interfere with her security work, Sakuya did not stop her. Xiangbei's actions of cleaning up and restoring the battlefield before the end of a fight made her feel more favorable towards this peer in front of her.
"The more the better. Besides, if magic is used properly, it can be used in close combat." For example, his own magical abilities, if used properly, can basically increase the intensity of close combat.
"Is that so?" Sakuya Izayoi didn't know much about magic. Although as the head maid, she could borrow most of the books, even those that could not be borrowed, she could "borrow" them through her ability to control time. But being able to read them didn't mean she had to read them. She had no interest in learning magic.
At most, I would find some comic books or novels from the library, or maybe some pornographic stuff... cough!
"Then please wait here for a moment. I will go and ask for instructions from Lady Patchouli."
She took the stack of magic books from Xiangbei's hand... It was a bit heavy, but still acceptable. Shizaye activated her ability to control time. In an instant, the world turned black and white. The only one who still retained the color was herself.
Sakuya walked towards the Scarlet Devil Mansion, but the books in her hands were unexpectedly heavy. Halfway through the walk, she had to put the pile of books on the ground and rest for a while before continuing.
After all, she is just an ordinary human girl, and she has not even systematically learned spiritual power or magic. In essence, she is closer to the super-powered person from the outside world who claims to be the strongest female high school student.
While resting, she admired the garden below. After resting, Sakuya picked up the pile of books again, and walked into the gate of the Scarlet Devil Mansion under the gaze of Xiangbei.
"..."
In the black and white space where time stopped, Xiangbei's body regained color.
He turned his head to look at Hong Meiling, who was still rolling on the ground but in a very strange posture because time had stopped. He walked to her side and reached out to pull the silver flying knife off her head.
He weighed the flying knife in his hand and threw it casually to the north. When the flying knife left him for some distance, it stayed in the air because time stopped.
Sakuya is not the only one who can move in stopped time, now there is also Xiangbei.
...It seems that this cannot be said, because before Xiangbei, the only person who could move during the stopped time was Ai Ge, whom he had just sent home in the morning.
The ability to control the degree of limit, in fact, Xiangbei has not yet fully mastered it.
At the beginning of the original work, according to Yakumo Yukari, Aika's ability, the ability to control the limits of physical objects, is a powerful ability that can disrupt her realm power and change her plans.
Of course, Xiangbei always felt that Aige's greatest strength lay not in her abilities, but in her background...
But in the original work, this ability was not shown much. At most, it was used to pass through walls, through walls, through walls... or to be immune to the influence of Sakuya Izayoi's time stop.
Thanks to this ability, Xiangbei is not affected by Sakuya's time-stop ability...but this ability is sometimes effective and sometimes not. For example, when Sakuya stopped time and walked towards him just now, this ability did not work.
Feeling the progress bar of the time copying ability appear in the imitation technique, Xiangbei couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief - the main purpose of his visit this time had been achieved.
With this BUG-level copying ability, it is natural to copy the abilities of all the monsters and human girls in Gensokyo.
Borrowing books was just a pretext; the main purpose was to stay in the Scarlet Devil Mansion for a while longer so that his ability, which sometimes worked and sometimes didn't, could trigger Sakuya's time stop, allowing him to "observe" her ability and copy and imitate it.
Of course, if I could really borrow it, I could use it for reference, but it was basically impossible for a half-baked witch's magic book that even a worm couldn't finish to enter the library of that immovable big library.
If I only rely on observing the ability to load the progress, it will probably take several days to imitate this ability... In the space where time stopped, Xiangbei first curiously fiddled with the body of Hong Meiling who could not move, then messed up the surrounding environment, and then stood back to where he was.
About ten minutes had passed? It felt like that much time. Just as Xiangbei was getting bored, the stopped time began to flow again.
"Aaaaaaaaah... ah?" Hong Meiling touched her head and found that the flying knife above her head was gone. She stood up and saw that the flying knife had fallen to the ground without her knowing when.
"As expected of Miss Sakuya." Xiangbei said from the side.
"She actually possesses such a powerful ability to control time. Even the big monsters in Gensokyo must be very jealous of her ability."
"Hehehe, of course." Hearing her head maid being praised, Hong Meiling couldn't help but feel proud.
"Even among the great monsters, few can compare to Sakuya in terms of power. Even if we compare her to the entire Gensokyo, or even the entire world, Sakuya's ability is definitely among the top. It's a unique and powerful ability!"
It is indeed an amazing ability. It will be mine in two days.
"By the way, are your injuries serious?" Looking at Hong Meiling's head, which was still bleeding, Xiangbei couldn't help but wonder if this guy didn't have a brain. "It's still bleeding."
"Ah, it's nothing serious." Hong Meiling waved her hand and said nonchalantly, "It just looks like the injury is serious, but it's actually very shallow. With a youkai's physique, it will be completely healed in one night."
"Oh." He nodded, "Do you still need my help to treat it?"
"...But it does hurt a little, so I'd appreciate it if you could help me heal it."
"Row."
Xiangbei stretched out his hand, and the blue and white maid suddenly appeared beside him again. It seemed that the ability he had not fully mastered did not work.
"Mr. Xiang," Izayoi Sakuya said, "Pachuli-sama has agreed to let you borrow those magic books from the library, but she wants you to tell her the true origins of those books first."
Volume 1: First Entry into Fantasy: Chapter 24: The Library
"Ok."
Xiangbei raised his eyebrows, a little surprised.
Theoretically, a magician's magic book that even Shechong cannot pass through should not be of any use to Patchouli. However, a special situation has arisen now.
"Then please follow me."
Xiangbei waved to Hong Meiling, then followed Sakuya into the Scarlet Devil Mansion.
This was Xiangbei's first time in the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Although he had tried to compete with Hong Meiling on weekdays, he had never entered the Scarlet Devil Mansion.
The interior and exterior of the Scarlet Devil Mansion are decorated in red, probably to meet the strange needs of a certain owner. In short, the red decoration looks a bit depressing, but that's all.
The space inside the Scarlet Devil Mansion is much larger than it looks from the outside. This may be due to some spatial magic. After walking in the corridor for a long time, I met some fairy maids who were completely unhelpful along the way. After passing through a door, Xiangbei finally arrived at the underground library.
The unique smell of books in the library wafted in the air. Countless bookshelves reaching the ceiling stood tall, and various magical books containing magical truths were neatly placed on the shelves.
Xiangbei was a little amazed. This was arguably the largest library he had ever seen. What's more, this library was filled with all kinds of magic books, which were essentially different from those in libraries outside. Even though he had no interest in magic, he felt a little excited at this moment, and even had the same idea as Marisa, "Why not just borrow it back?"
However, Xiangbei finally gave up this idea. After all, he was not Marisa, who could steal books from the library safely without being held accountable. If he really stole books like Marisa, he would probably be incurred the wrath of the witch.
Passing through layers of bookshelves, Xiangbei saw an open area behind a bookshelf. There was a rectangular wooden table placed there, on which were placed the magic books that Xiangbei had collected from his own study. Sitting in front of the wooden table was the owner of the library - the immovable big gym, Patchouli GO.
Ahem, no, no, it's the Immovable Great Library, Patchouli Noreki.
The girl had long flowing purple hair, her skin looked a little pale, and she looked a little thin. She wore a pink and purple ruffled hat decorated with ribbons and the iconic crescent-shaped ornaments, and a pink and purple robe that looked like pajamas. At this moment, Patchouli was flipping through the magic book on the desk, as if she didn't notice the two people's arrival at all.
Sakuya Izayoi knocked on the wooden table. The crisp sound finally drew Patchouli's thoughts away from the book and she looked at the two people who had arrived.
"Sakuya... So, you are this guy's descendant?"
Patchouli raised the magic book in her hand and asked.
It was a little confusing, but Xiangbei could probably guess a little...it seemed that the owner of the house had some connection with Patchouli?
However, I am not a descendant of the owner of the house. It would be better to say that the owner of the house was captured by a Pokémon like me. If you want to see it, I can release it to you.
"Not really." Xiangbei chose to tell the truth.
"While I was looking for a place to stay, I stumbled upon a house inhabited by an earthbound spirit. I brought these magic books out of that house after I defeated the earthbound spirit."
"...Earthbound spirit...huh..."
Patchouli glanced down at the magic book in her hand, her eyes hidden among her falling hair. She closed the book again, and her tone became a little low.
"That's right. When that half-baked but ambitious magician couldn't even complete the 'Shemu', it was inevitable that he would end up like this..."
Pushing the magic book aside, Patchouli raised her head, her expression returning to its previous calm state.
"Excuse me, you want to use these magic books as payment in exchange for the opportunity to borrow magic books from the library... Of course, you can borrow any books here except the banned ones, but you can't take them out of the library."
"Ugh?"
Unexpected, even more unexpected... In theory, the library here is not open to the public. Xiangbei learned this from Marisa, otherwise she would not have to steal books from the library all the time.
Although I also heard from her that Patchouli doesn't mind letting others borrow books from the library in the form of book exchange, the type and number of books that can be borrowed depends on the value of the books provided.
These books are of absolutely no value, as their owners have failed to complete the Shechong and become real witches, but the value of the borrowed books they can get in return far exceeds what they can get themselves.
In that case, there must be other hidden values that have not been revealed.
"If you have nothing else to do, please leave. Take any book you want to read. The little devil will tell you what to pay attention to, and don't damage the books, and don't even think about taking them away. If you discover these things, then don't come to this library anymore."
"I understand." Xiangbei nodded, glanced at the book on the table, and finally couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.
"Um, Ms. Patchouli? Can I ask what your relationship is with the owner of these magic books..."
"That guy was my former teacher, I guess."
Patchouli interrupted Xiangbei and answered.
"I don't want to go into detail. I allowed you to borrow these magic books in this library because you saved that guy's soul."
amount.
Xiangbei was silent for a moment, thinking about finding an opportunity to release the earthbound spirit or send it to the Sanzu River?
"That's about it. Also... I see you have some talent."
Patchouli stared at Xiangbei with her purple eyes and nodded slightly.
"At least you're much better than that black and white mouse. If you work hard, you might be able to reach my level in the future."
"Okay, I've said everything I need to say. Don't disturb me while I'm reading."
After saying that, Patchouli withdrew her gaze and completely immersed herself in the ocean of the magic book.
Wow, this guy switches states so quickly.
Izayoi Sakuya had left at some point, and it wasn't a good idea to just stand there, so Xiangbei walked around the library.
By various coincidences, Xiangbei became Patchouli's last disciple... No, it should be said that he obtained the right to borrow magic books from this library.
If Kirisame Marisa knew about this, she would definitely be envious to death... But in fact, if she could honestly return all the magic books, Patchouli would not be reluctant to give her the same treatment as Xiangbei, and might even be willing to teach her what a proper magician is.
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(I haven't been in the right shape these past few days, and have been bogged down by various things. I originally planned to update twice a day, but ended up delaying it for a few days... This won't be the case anymore. I should be able to try updating twice a day after May Day.)
Volume 1: First Steps into Fantasy: Chapter 25: Magic
The underground library of the Scarlet Devil Mansion is huge, very huge.
Ever since the Scarlet Devil Mansion's second daughter, Flandre Scarlet, went berserk some time ago and had a fight with the eldest daughter, Remlia Scarlet, which destroyed half of the Scarlet Devil Mansion and almost affected or had already affected part of the underground library, Patchouli has been performing more magical projects on this area.
Just like the Scarlet Devil Mansion as a whole is larger than it appears from the outside, the space inside the library is also much larger than it appears from the outside. Just by walking along the way, Six Eyes can see dozens of different magical processes, and there are still many that cannot be seen, and even Six Eyes finds it difficult to see through.
I can only say that he is worthy of being a serious wizard, he knows a lot of things.
He randomly pulled out a book called "Magic: From Beginner to Expertise" and another book called "Casting Spells Without Spells is Impossible" from the bookshelf, and Xiangbei sat down next to the bookshelf and started reading.
To be honest, Xiangbei was a little flattered to receive such a great favor for no reason...? It was hard to doubt that there was no conspiracy involved.
Based on his understanding of Eastern fan fiction over the years, Xiangbei came to the following conclusion.
First, his charm is so unstoppable that even Patchouli falls for him!
...He himself didn't believe what he said.
Second, it was indeed for the reasons she had mentioned before, and it was also due to her certain degree of interest.
The probability is quite high, but Xiangbei doesn't quite believe that such a coincidence will happen to him.
Third, the most common plot in Eastern doujinshi is the Scarlet Devil Mansion's boss! The ever-red Little Moon, Remlia, the Lady Scarlet, and the power of destiny!
Yes, it must be that Remlia, through the use of the power of destiny, observed that Xiangbei's future was destined to be invincible, so she wanted Patchouli to take Xiangbei as her apprentice before he grew up, to invest in the future and bring him into the Scarlet Devil Mansion Alliance, and to make him her consort!
Well, anyway, Xiangbei thinks the latter two are both possible. As for which one is true...we will know the answer in the future anyway.
Anyway, Xiangbei was not in a hurry and looked very leisurely.
How should I put it? After confirming that I have a pretty good strength in the whole Gensokyo (I can beat Meihong to my knees), I don't have any pressure in life (I can be self-sufficient in food, clothing, housing and transportation, and I don't have to go to school or work), my interpersonal relationships are very good and there are no problems (I have friends who I can chat and fight with), and I have a good relationship with the Child of the Plane (Aika-chan~), my own strength level is also steadily increasing, and I have not yet encountered the so-called bottleneck period (the ability to imitate others and the continuous development of ACT1).
Damn, the future is so bright (evil white face).
As for this good intention that was given for free, Xiangbei finally chose to accept it without any psychological burden.
Hmm, Patchouli seems to have asthma? I'll find time to cure her later, as a way of repaying her.
It will take some time to analyze the imitated abilities, so let's focus on other things.
For example, the name of ACT1 that blew up Meihong yesterday imitated the name of JOJO's form, and there is still room for improvement.
The reason is simple - this transformed form is so damn ugly.
As the saying goes, being strong is temporary, but being handsome is a lifelong thing...but Xiang Bei wants both.
After using the All-Killing Spirit Body, his body will become like the real person in the original novel, with the skin becoming something like an exoskeleton armor. After using the Mystical Beast Amber, his body will be covered with thunder-attributed cursed power, and part of his body will also be alienated.
And the state of Sukuna's two-armed true body. When these three are superimposed, the changed posture becomes a bit... abstract, in short, very ugly.
Because he has a high level of control over cursed energy and techniques, even if he uses the All-Killing Spirit Body Technique, he can still use the Inaction Transformation to slightly transform his body, trying to make this form look more handsome.
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