However, the effect was not good. When the person involved, Meihong, saw his appearance, she exclaimed that he was not a human, which shocked Xiangbei a little.
It's not impossible to go for an abstract style, for example, add a few more eyes and mouths, and make the style closer to Saya no Uta or something, but if it's too abstract, it will probably be easily defeated by a shrine maiden on the spot... so I'd rather pass it.
In order to maintain the form and keep the combat power unchanged without being restrained, the only way is to make fine adjustments slowly like this... But it probably won't take too long to polish out the final form, probably only a week, which is only one day faster than analyzing Sakuya Izayoi's abilities.
I've been drooling over Dante and Vergil's demon forms for a long time... I quite like that dark and fantastic style.
In that case, learning magic might be more in line with the style of painting. With this idea in mind, Xiangbei began to study the magic book in his hand.
Well, first is to understand magic, then to refine magic, and then to use magic in various ways. This is what is called magic.
Understanding and refining that… well… takes some time.
Perhaps it was because he inherited the talents of the talented people in the curse, it didn't take Xiangbei too much time to refine some magic power.
But being able to refine and control magic power does not mean that one is a qualified magician. The ability to use magic is the standard of whether one is a true wizard.
The first and most important thing is talent. If you want to become a mage, everything will be in vain without talent.
Then there is knowledge. A large amount of knowledge reserves, such as the seven stars, elements, five elements, and even mystical knowledge reserves in various aspects of myths and legends, are all essential things for a magician.
Then it's just a matter of time. With enough talent, constantly accumulated knowledge, and enough time, one can slowly climb to the pinnacle of magic.
Whether it is Alice, Patchouli, or the Holy White Lotus of Myouren Temple, as magicians, although they all look like beautiful girls in their teens, they are actually old men over a hundred years old.
Calling Xiangbei their grandmother made her feel like she was marrying above her station.
So, as a human being, Kirisame Marisa has cultivated magic to her current level of strength in just less than twenty years. Even though Patchouli is unwilling to admit that she is a real magician, she has to admit that she does have a good talent in magic.
"call……"
A bright little ball of light formed in Xiangbei's hand. Although it was just a simple and basic magic, after spending about an hour, Xiangbei finally mastered it and could be considered a novice magician.
Being considered by Patchouli to have a better talent in magic than Marisa Kirisame, and having other kinds of plug-ins to deepen her talent, it is not difficult to achieve this.
That is to say, during this period, Xiangbei probably noticed that time stopped about fourteen times, with pauses of just a dozen seconds and pauses of several dozen minutes.
As expected of the perfect and elegant head maid, she works 25 hours a day, even more so than a corporate slave... But maybe she seems to enjoy it, so Xiangbei can't say anything.
It felt like a long time had passed, so Xiangbei put the book back on the bookshelf. When he passed by Patchouli's desk, he saw a cup of steaming black tea next to her.
"Then I'll take my leave, Miss Patchouli."
I don’t know if Patchouli heard it. She seemed to be still immersed in the world of books... Xiangbei probably also understood what kind of person he was in his daily life.
He shook his head and then walked out of the library door to the north.
Volume 1: First Entry into Fantasy: Chapter 26: Scarlet Devil Mansion and Library
The morning at Xiangbei's house is not so quiet and peaceful.
First of all, the place where he lives is very remote. Not to mention humans, even monsters won’t come here, and there are not many animals here.
Then, if a house is not cleaned, it will definitely become dirty and messy. For example, Miss Alice and Miss Marisa who live in the Magic Forest are two vivid examples.
Every day she controls a large number of puppets to clean every corner of the house. Alice's house is not spotless, but it can be considered clean. On the other hand, mushrooms really grow in the house of another witch... Marisa!
Xiangbei can’t be said to be very fond of cleanliness, but he certainly doesn’t like living in a garbage dump. However, if he can avoid cleaning, he will definitely be too lazy to move.
So he usually lets the cursed spirits clean the room. Even though most cursed spirits are known for their low intelligence, there are always exceptions. After excluding those that cannot be stuffed into the room due to size issues, the remaining cursed spirits will be used by Xiangbei to clean.
Therefore, in the morning, the house facing north is basically a scene of demons dancing wildly - cursed spirits of various shapes and forms, whose strangeness would definitely make them pass San in COC, gathered in the house, waving brooms, mops and feather dusters to carry out cleaning activities. Those who know that they are cleaning, and those who don't probably think that they are performing some weird taboo ritual.
However, because this place is remote enough, no one will come here and it will not affect others, so he can release these cursed spirits with peace of mind.
He made himself a meal of fried rice that would make Hakurei shrine maiden cry with envy. Although eating such greasy food in the morning might not be very healthy, Xiangbei thought it didn't matter as long as it tasted good.
Five days had passed since he had returned Aige and inexplicably obtained the right to borrow books from the library. He had been going to the library almost every day during these days, originally just to practice, but he hadn't expected to become addicted to it.
After finishing his breakfast and throwing the plate to the cursed spirit in the kitchen, Xiangbei went out.
Ao's ability to teleport instantly is indeed very convenient. He almost doesn't need to calculate the time of travel. He only needs to calculate in seconds to reach any known destination in Gensokyo... Of course, this does not include special places like the underworld located in another space.
Without greeting Hong Meiling at the door because she was still sleeping, and also to avoid her being beaten by Sakuya, Xiangbei did not choose to ring the doorbell, but flew into the courtyard of the Scarlet Devil Mansion with ease. After walking around the courtyard, Xiangbei crawled in through the hole in the wall that Marisa had beaten a few days ago and had not yet repaired.
High-end treasure troves often require the simplest infiltration methods.
Xiangbei always gets up early and doesn't need to calculate the travel time, so he usually arrives at the Scarlet Devil Mansion at 6:30 after eating at 6 o'clock.
At this time, except for Sakuya Izayoi, even the ordinary fairy maids were still asleep. After passing through the long red corridor, they headed north to the library.
Patchouli Noreki, although her physical fitness is worse than that of ordinary girls and she also has asthma, she is a witch after all, and her life essence is quite different from Xiangbei. At least Xiangbei still needs sleep, while Patchouli does not.
It's not that she can't sleep, but she doesn't want to sleep. She always wants to spend more of her limited time on the magic book that she can never finish reading. Sometimes she even doesn't want to eat. After all, as a witch, she doesn't need to eat to survive. This also gives a certain maid a headache.
This is the other extreme from the Puppeteer of the Magic Forest. Although she is also a witch, Alice's daily routine is very similar to that of humans. She goes to bed and eats on time. Especially after having children, Alice, who sometimes stays up late to do magic experiments, does fewer experiments now.
"Ah, good morning, Mr. Xiang."
The voice came from behind. Looking back, Xiangbei saw a tall stack of books coming towards him.
"You're here so early again! As a human, Mr. Xiang's diligence is second only to Patchouli-sama when she was still a human."
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a little devil holding a pile of books, with long red hair and wearing a black dress. It should be a race as powerful as vampires and magicians, but because its strength is too low, it doesn't even have a name and is simply called "little devil".
At the same time, she is also Patchouli's familiar, serving as a librarian, responsible for taking care of Patchouli's daily life and managing the library.
"Good morning, little devil." Xiangbei also greeted the little devil.
"It looks like there are too many books. Let me help move some."
"Ah, that's great. Thank you, Mr. Xiang..."
Holding about half of the books, I followed the little devil through the bookshelves, and then followed the little devil's instructions to put the books into the corresponding positions.
"This is... a book from the outside world? A collection of myths? I thought the library only had books about magic."
Xiangbei picked up one of the books and glanced at it casually, feeling a little curious.
"Hehe, this is what Mr. Xiang doesn't know. The books in the library are all-encompassing. It's better to say that this is essentially a library, so of course there are all kinds of books. Although because Lady Patchouli is a magician, there are quite a few books related to magic, but it's definitely not just magic books!"
"I see."
He pulled out another book and glanced at the "One Thousand and One Nights" on the cover. Xiangbei controlled the books with unlimited power and used the extremely precise "Cang" to place them on the corresponding shelves.
With Xiangbei's help, the work that originally took a long time was completed in a short while. After putting the last book on the bookshelf, the little devil clapped his hands and breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's finally over... Oh, by the way, Mr. Xiang, would you like something to drink? I'm preparing some refreshments for Patchouli-sama, so I might as well bring some over for you."
"That would be disrespectful."
Looking at the little devil's departing back, Xiangbei picked out a book "On the Mage's Close Combat Training" from the bookshelf and sat on the ground waiting.
After obtaining the right to borrow books from the library, Xiangbei naturally had some contact with this little devil librarian. At present, it seems that the other party does not dislike him as a human who comes to the library to borrow books, and they get along surprisingly well.
Of course, it could also be because there was another human borrowing the book as a negative example...
Just as Xiangbei was reading a book and waiting for the little devil, two blond girls, one big and one small, from the Margatlloyd family, also came into the Scarlet Devil Mansion.
In a gorgeously decorated room in the Scarlet Devil Mansion, on a luxurious bed, a blue-haired vampire girl opened her scarlet eyes. A perfect and elegant maid appeared in front of her bed, waiting for her orders.
On the other side, in another luxurious room, a blonde vampire girl who looked exactly like the blue-haired vampire was swinging her legs, inexplicably happy, and humming an unknown ballad.
In the corner of the room, there were various broken doll remains and an inconspicuous small cloth bag, which was bulging, as if it contained something.
Volume 1: First Entry into Fantasy: Chapter 27: Meeting Love Song Again
The library has always been very quiet. After all, it is not a public place. Patchouli is the only one reading here silently, or sometimes the little devil will cause some pranks and make some noise.
Patchouli doesn't want anyone to disturb her when she's reading, and Xiangbei isn't interested in that either. Xiangbei has greeted Patchouli a few times in the past few days, but there hasn't been any communication. Usually, only Little Devil and Sakuya come to the library.
But today seems to be different.
"Da da da……"
"Ta Tata..."
Two different footsteps came into Xiangbei's ears, as if it was a girl about his age, plus a child.
Who? Besides the Scarlet Devil Mansion and Marisa, are there other people who come to the library?
"It's really rare to see a dark figure lover like you." Patchouli's voice rang out, "You're not here to borrow a book this time."
"Ah, you're still alive." Another female voice came, "I'm sorry, I haven't seen you out for so long, I thought you had died in the magic experiment, Senior!"
As soon as the two met, their words were full of tension. If an outsider heard this, they would probably think that the relationship between these two guys was very bad.
When Xiangbei heard the voice of the person coming, he felt it sounded familiar. After thinking about it carefully, he vaguely remembered that he seemed to have heard a similar voice in the bamboo forest a few days ago.
Combined with Patchouli's words... figurine lover, doll maker... Alice?
"So, what brings you here this time?"
After all, in terms of mental age, Patchouli was more mature and stable. She stopped the argument first and asked while holding up the black tea.
"Hehe..." Alice lifted up the little girl next to her. The girl screamed and tried to struggle, but because she was too weak, it was useless.
"?"
The voice sounded even more familiar. Xiangbei couldn't help but stick his head out from behind the bookshelf and look towards Patchouli - Xiangbei had very good eyesight and could see the person's face clearly even from a considerable distance.
Alice was holding up the song like a doll, showing it to Patchouli who was sitting at the table.
It turns out to be a love song, so it’s okay.
As the protagonist of the original work, Aika has a good relationship with the two major forces in Gensokyo - one is Eternatei and the other is Scarlet Devil Mansion.
Ai Ge is here to defeat the Scarlet Devil Mansion camp, it doesn’t seem like a big deal.
After looking for a while, Xiangbei withdrew his gaze. If there was nothing else, he would continue reading.
Ignoring the two magicians who were arguing beside him, Xiangbei took out a pair of earplugs, put them on, and refocused his attention on the book.
What's so good about women? I love learning!
But after a while, Xiangbei felt that there was inexplicably an extra line of sight.
Xiangbei originally thought that the little devil had returned, so he turned his head and saw that it was Aige. She had stood next to Xiangbei without him noticing, with a look of surprise in her blue eyes.
Well, the little princess came over by herself. As Xiangbei just took off his earplugs, he heard Aige's words.
"Xiangbei, why are you here?"
Xiangbei likes children and also likes Aige, whether it was when they were reading in the past or face to face like now. Even though he was interrupted while reading, he still patiently explained to Aige why he was in the library.
"Huh? I see."
Aige nodded, not sure whether she understood or not.
"So what are you reading?"
Ai Ge leaned over, with most of her body resting on Xiang Bei's shoulder. Her light weight even made Xiang Bei doubt whether Ai Ge had eaten well.
In order to let Aige see more clearly, Xiangbei moved the book in his hand a little towards Aige.
"Well……"
Looking at the little face so close to him and feeling the warmth from her breath, Xiangbei felt a little embarrassed.
It's not that he thinks there's no such thing as inappropriate physical contact between men and women. He's just a child, and he's been held by girls of the same age as Ai Ge before. When he visited relatives in the past, he often had fun playing with his cousins. But he's really not used to being so close to other people.
"I don't understand. What kind of book is this?"
Seeing the densely packed words on the book, the girl immediately felt dizzy.
"Let me take a look... Oh, 'On the Mage's Close Combat Training'. I've read half of it, and most of it talks about how a mage should respond when being attacked in close combat. I thought it was about how to become a close combat mage."
He poked the girl's little face and asked Xiangbei.
"Then why did you come here? Did your mother bring you here?"
"Yeah!" Aige nodded.
"Alice said to ask the shampoo lady to check my body, and then they went about their business, leaving me aside... Humph! How dare they treat me like this! It's truly disrespectful!"
This child, just one month old, is already experiencing chuunibyou.
"Ah, what a cute little kid! Did Alice bring you here?"
The little devil came over with tea and snacks, and his eyes lit up when he saw Ai Ge.
"You are... the kid from Alice's family? Wow, you really look exactly like Alice!"
"Who are you? Are you Alice's friend?" Aige asked.
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