"Thank you for the compliment," Angelet responded as he gently pushed Anne away, disregarding her standards of looking at people.
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That night, Angelet allowed Anne into his room. Fortunately, the soundproofing effect of the room was excellent, and no other creatures could hear Anne's loud breathing, except perhaps the spiders in the ventilation duct.
Angelet always had a high level of self-control in this aspect. At his current age, indulging in such matters would be detrimental to the body. So, within just a day, he stopped thinking about it and returned to the vast ocean of knowledge about magic and alchemy.
For the next ten days or so, Angelet attended lectures, visited the library for information retrieval, and studied like any other student during the day. Occasionally, he would go to the magical experimentation area to practice magic. No different from the other students around him, all striving to learn various magical arts, enhance their spiritual power, and acquire a wealth of knowledge.
For students, aside from the limitation of their innate talents, the most significant hindrance beyond that was the accumulation of explanatory knowledge and understanding. This was the key limitation preventing progress for most students with good talents.
Some students took a month to learn the language of magical symbols. In some cases, it took more than a year, even a few years. For many, mana and spiritual power were already sufficient. But every attempt at casting spells failed, all due to inadequate preparation and understanding of fundamental principles. During confrontations, encountering various issues and changes, not knowing how to solve them, sometimes even after a certain process, they couldn't progress to the next stage.
In the following days, Angelet, like other students, found himself trapped by the overwhelming amount of knowledge—taking notes, memorizing key points, attending classes, and daily information retrieval.
But at night, he used the chip to continuously concoct potions. With the assistance of the chip, he almost mastered the second magical pattern.
Quietly, he surpassed many students around him, reaching a relatively strong level among the student body.
Especially, the chip could store the energy of the magical pattern beforehand. It acted like a disposable enchanted item. However, it could only release magical patterns Angelet had mastered. The crucial point was that the chip's magical patterns appeared almost instantaneously. It was even faster than some enchanted items that required activation spells.
It's worth noting that instantaneous magical patterns, even level 0 spells, could only be performed by official witchs.
However, the drawback was that the chip could only store one magical pattern. If there were more, it would cause a chaotic link, and the magical pattern effects would completely disappear, leaving only pure energy. For Angelet, this was also a supplementary storage item for magical patterns.
In the market, an item like this, capable of storing low-level magical patterns, cost around two thousand magic stones. It was a considerable saving if the chip had this function.
After signing the covenant with Anne, Angelet rejected the transfer request of another female student. He never had a particular interest in basic instincts. Occasionally harmonizing with Anne was enough. Conversely, Angelet was satisfied that, through Anne, he continuously received magic stones from that family, some knowledge that required payment, and a large amount of magical materials.
The only thing he could store now was the Sleep Charm, as the Fatigue Hand required dry root powder to perform magic, something that couldn't be stored in the chip.
Living like this for more than half a month, finally, a major event occurred that disrupted the calm rhythm.
"What!! You're saying Manas betrayed and fled from the academy?!" Angelet suddenly stood up from his seat in the dining hall, looking surprised at Anne across from him.
The students sitting around glanced over for a moment and then continued eating in silence.
"It's true. This just happened yesterday." Anne's face also carried a hint of sadness. "He escaped together with Urquiza."
Angelet took a deep breath and slowly sat back down. "What's going on? There's no reason for him to run away like this."
Anne shook her head. "I don't know either. But I heard that all the Manas family students in our academy have betrayed. I'm afraid something significant has happened."
Angelet's face gradually darkened, as if he had thought of something. "I fear something is about to happen."
He looked at Anne, except for the first time they were unrelated, they didn't want to waste time on this relationship. The relationship between the two hadn't changed much except that it became a bit more intimate.
"What do you intend to do?" Anne asked in a low voice.
"I heard that the witchs sent by the academy lost in the battle against the Northland Union witchs."
"What's your plan?" Angelet inquired.
Anne, no longer the virgin she was before getting into bed with him, was only concerned with the purpose of benefit. She didn't think much about him. At that time, he only needed the resources of the family.
"I'm afraid I'll be recalled by the family. The current situation in the academy is very worrying."
"Do you want to come with me? I'll apply to my teacher for residence in the border territory of the Ramsouda Kingdom. It's expected to be very safe. There are no essential resources or minerals, making it an area for ordinary people. Basic witchs won't pay attention, regardless of war or anything else. There won't be much impact even if there's any turmoil." Angelet said calmly.
Anne smiled. "Me? I'll go home. Father, brothers, and sisters are all family members. I can't abandon them."
"So?" Angelet stopped talking.
Both knew that after this parting, they might not meet each other for a long time.
According to the agreement, Angelet had to prioritize support for Anne's family after ascending to an official witch. But perhaps that would take a long time.
But currently, the family was preparing to evacuate the children in the academy. Yet, they still hadn't arranged for the agreement with Angelet. This meant they were preparing to unilaterally break the agreement.
Anne especially talked to Angelet for this reason. Her intention was clear. Of course, Angelet understood.
Because her family had violated the agreement, he didn't need to return the research notes and magical stones they had given him before. The two sides were no longer related, and the things returned were considered compensation for the broken agreement.
"You really won't come with me?" Angelet asked again.
Anne hesitated for a moment, carefully weighing which side would be safer and more beneficial for her development. Eventually, she shook her head.
The two fell silent after finishing their meal and then stood up to leave.
Angelet went straight to the teacher's room for energy auxiliary.
Liliana was still sitting in the study, wearing a large black robe that covered her entire body.
When Angelet approached the door, he saw that the door was slightly open.