The rest of the days were spent in calm study.

In a flash, many days later, in the afternoon.

White Rock Tower Academy, inside the library.

At a long table, Richard sits. On the top of the long table, dozens of books were stacked in several stacks, each more than half a meter high, like a wall blocking Richard's face.

Richard was behind the wall, quickly skimming through the contents of the book, and after browsing, he thought about it. I am sure that the book I just read is called "The Ultimate Mystery of Magic Spells - Holy Wizard Oakes", which is basically of no use value, the knowledge recorded is not reliable at all, and the system established is self-contradictory, and it is likely to be the work of some unknown wizard's whims.

"Whew-"

Richard exhaled lightly, tossed the book on a nearby stack of books, and picked up a new one from the side and flipped through it.

At this time, a faint fragrance of tulips wafted from the side, and a girl in pink clothes sat down next to her with a book in her hand. Tilted his head, straightened his bangs, opened the book and was about to read, his eyes saw the spectacular scene of the "book wall" in front of Richard, and with a little curiosity, he turned his head to look at Richard.

Her eyes flashed, and the girl in pink said, "Hey, that ......"

"Huh?" Richard turned to look at the girl.

"The ......," the girl asked, pointing to the stacked books and with a bit of caution, "Have you finished reading them?"

"Almost. Richard said.

"You're so good?" the girl blinked, "but ...... Why do you read so many books?"

Without waiting for Richard to speak, the girl stretched out her hand and said in a friendly manner: "By the way, my name is Jessica, it's nice to meet you." ”

"Richard. Richard said calmly, but did not stretch out his hand.

The girl's hand hung in the air, half loud, and she retracted a little uncomfortably, but the expression on her face didn't care too much, and she only thought that Richard was a little introverted. He said loudly: "Are you interested, tell me why you read so many books? Well, it seems that they are all books related to magic patterns." Do you ...... I'm a student of Adolf, I'm ......."

The girl "chirped" like a lark talking, but Richard only replied with three words.

"Not interested. Richard said calmly.

"Forehead ......"

The girl's words stopped abruptly, and she opened her mouth and looked at Richard in a daze, her eyes widening, as if she didn't understand.

"You...... What do you say?" the girl asked.

"I said, I'm not interested in answering your question. Is there anything else you can do? If not, then I'm going to keep reading. Richard said.

The girl named Jessica, who was "......", looked straight at Richard with round eyes, and suddenly realized that Richard was not an introvert at all, he was completely a freak.

"Hmph. Jessica picked up her book in a huff and turned to leave.

Richard looked at the other party's back and shook his head lightly, not paying much attention.

Richard knew very well that as long as he took the initiative, he could easily get in touch with the other party, and if he put some thought into it, he might be able to do something wonderful with the other party. But then again, he had no interest in doing so.

He knew very well that at this moment, there must be a lot of interesting things happening in the entire White Rock Tower Academy and the entire White Rock City.

Maybe in a corner, two students, a man and a woman, are kissing.

Perhaps inside the dark warehouse, a group of sturdy students may be bullying an emaciated student.

Perhaps in a remote clearing, students who had just broken through to become Level 3 apprentices were beating up their former enemies.

These things are normal things for students in the academy, and they are part of the life of the academy, but he has little interest in participating in them. From beginning to end, he tried to get out of the way, as a spectator, to get what he wanted from the academy and to do some of his research.

Therefore, the life of two points and one line from the laboratory to the academy has been going on for a long time.

If possible, he is prepared to continue this way, without special needs and without unnecessary contact with anyone.

"Don't add entities unless necessary. ”

This is the "Occam's razor's law", also known as "O'Con's razor", proposed by William, a 14th-century English logician and Franciscan friar, on the modern earth.

He is ready to implement this concept at this stage.

Only in this way can we minimize external intervention and focus on our own things.

These thoughts flashed through Richard's mind. With a light breath, Richard turned his head and his gaze fell back on the open page, and he began to browse.

......

Half ringing.

Richard finished reading a book called "The Language of the Gods—Magic Patterns", and was digesting the contents, when suddenly his eyes were raised, and his gaze was a little sharp.

Because at this moment, Richard suddenly felt the quaint ring on his finger slightly warm.

The temperature change is so small that it's easy to ignore if you haven't been paying attention to it since the last time something like this happened.

And now......

Richard quickly stood up and glanced around. But just like the first time, everything around me was normal, everyone was reading and walking as usual, and there was nothing unusual about it.

That......

The change in temperature of the quaint ring this time was very weak, and Richard guessed that it might be that the trigger was far away, so he stood up and randomly chose a direction to walk over.

After walking more than ten meters, the quaint ring did not react, and Richard realized that he was in the wrong direction, and immediately returned and walked in the opposite direction.

Walking out of more than ten meters again, the quaint ring really began to heat up, and the degree of heat became stronger and stronger, slowly turning from hot to hot.

Richard looked ahead, there was the exit of the library, and there were quite a few people walking towards the service desk with books in their arms, ready to borrow.

So......

Richard walked quickly, feeling the burning heat of the ring, until he reached the service desk, then reverted back step by step, and finally stopped in front of a short girl holding a book, and his eyes fell on the book that the girl was holding in her arms.

The short girl was stunned for a moment, looked at Richard with some vigilance, and asked aloud, "You...... What are you doing?"

"Excuse me, I'd like to read your book. ”

"Why?" asked the short girl.

"Can't you?" said Richard, "is there anything in the book you borrowed that you don't want people to know?"

"Huh?" the short girl's eyes widened, her face flushed a little, and she exclaimed at Richard, "Nonsense!

"Then let me take a look. Richard said.

"Just look, I'm not afraid!" said the short girl, showing Richard the top book she was holding, it was a very ordinary book about plastic spells, Richard had already browsed it, although the content was fanciful, but it had no value, and it was called "The Secret of Fire and Frost".

"Not this one, the next one. ”

"What's next?" the short girl showed off the second book, "Knowske Acid Analysis", which was also a normal plastic spell book.

"There's another one. Richard said.

"Do you really want to see it?" asked the short girl.

"Isn't that possible?" said Richard.

"No, but ...... Forget it, I'll show you. The short girl hesitated for a moment and showed the last book, "My Autobiography - Moratos".

At the moment when the book was displayed, Richard felt the quaint ring on his finger suddenly become a little hot.

So...... Is this the book that triggered the change in the quaint ring?

Richard thought to himself, looking at the short girl, "I'm interested in what this book can give us." ”

"Huh?" the girl's cheeks suddenly turned like ripe red apples, and she looked at Richard with big round eyes, showing a look that was both shy and weird, "Are you really interested?"

"How ......"

"Here you go. The short girl put the book in Richard's bosom and fled, like a frightened rabbit.

Richard's eyes flashed.