Early the next morning, Agatha took a delicate roll of parchment from Roland. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"What is this?"

"Contract. Once you press the handprint, you officially belong to the League of Witches. ”

She spread out the paper roll, read the contents of the paper in detail, and said in surprise, "That's it?"

"Huh?" the other didn't seem to understand what she meant, "what?"

"The above restraint is meaningless," Agatha said, gesturing to the content of the effect, "only mentioning that the border town cannot be betrayed without violating the mutual agreement, but there are no restraints. If you really want to betray, I'm afraid there will be no psychological pressure. And the wording on it is too loose, is this really a contract? ”

"Well, what I wrote down casually at the time was just a formality. The prince nodded, not surprised, as if he was not the one to point out the problem with the contract.

"Porous form. She secretly slandered, poked the mud, and pressed the handprint. The alliance contract has very few requirements for both parties, and according to the above terms, there is basically no change after joining. Although she felt a little redundant, she felt a lot more relaxed.

She said that she was working with mortals, but she knew in her heart that the gray-haired man was the de facto leader of the Witch Alliance. If she wanted to serve a mortal with the same deference as she did to the top of the Federation or the Lord of the Three Cities, she would find it difficult for her to accept. Now, at least I have a fair amount of freedom.

Roland put away the parchment and asked curiously, "What are the contractual constraints in Tachira?"

"This is only needed when recruiting mortals, everything from physical punishment to mental torture," she pouted, "As for us, we don't need to sign such things, the federation is for life, and once you join, defectors have no choice but to die." ”

"Well," he took a breath, "welcome to the League of Witches." Don't forget to take a trip to the castle gardens after breakfast, I need to test your abilities thoroughly. ”

......

The process of the aptitude test was simpler than Agatha had imagined, and it was over by demonstrating the various characteristics of the abilities in front of the prince and answering a few more questions.

"The mana form is a sky blue pentagonal prism with a medium level of accommodation. The type is summoning, and the ability has been evolved once, and the initial manifestation effect is to create low temperatures, and after evolution, it can be consolidated at room temperature, which is a very convenient ability," Roland asked after recording it, "How did you let your ability evolve?"

"Constant practice and a chance epiphany," she said proudly, as the youngest high-level Awakened Person, whom everyone in the Federation at the time called the genius of Tachira, "I try every day to get the temperature down so that the water can freeze quickly." Until one day, I witnessed a witch who manipulated the flames melt a piece of lead cake into a liquid, and as the flame continued to burn, the lead water began to boil. ”

"This scene made me realize that there may be three states in everything: gaseous, liquid and solid - lead is solid at room temperature, but if the temperature is high enough, it can turn into gas, and water is liquid at room temperature and solidifies into ice when the temperature drops. ”

"So the gaseous gas at room temperature, will it be like lead, as long as the temperature is low enough, it can also freeze?"

With this idea in mind, I soon felt a completely different change in the magic power in my body, and finally promoted to a high-ranking witch, and this epiphany was also recorded in the "General Principles of Ten Thousand Laws". ”

In fact, she was the youngest person to include the book, and at the time, even Sanxi praised herself, believing that this epiphany was not only a great inspiration for the promotion of witches, but also significant for the study of reality. However, when she said this solemnly, the other party's performance was quite calm.

"I see," the prince nodded, "what is the General Rule of Ten Thousand Laws?"

"Wait, you...... Isn't it surprising?" said Agatha, "the world is full of gas, which seems to be ethereal and weightless, but can actually turn into flowing water or condensed ice. ”

"It's quite normal, and there are many kinds of gases, each with a different boiling and melting point," Roland shrugged, "why be surprised? ”

"......" Agatha suddenly felt a little tightness in her chest, and she took two deep breaths, "Well, I'll study this book well." ”

"The General Principles of Ten Thousand Laws—"

"It is to record the perception and process of the evolution of the abilities of all high-level awakened people," she didn't have a good breath, "but the abilities of witches are different, and it is difficult to achieve promotion through imitation and reference, so naturally it is not as good as your "Basic Principles of Natural Science"!"

"Am I saying something wrong?" the prince wondered.

"No, I'm too arrogant," Agatha felt even more depressed.

"Ahem," presumably seeing his displeasure, he changed the subject, "You just said that witches have different abilities...... Isn't there a single person with the ability to repeat among the thousands of witches in the Federation?"

"No," she replied firmly, "the Explorers believe that the form of magic determines ability, but no witch has the same form of magic. ”

"But when you saw Anna before, you thought it was a flame-type ability. ”

"It's just a layman's division, it's just easy to understand. The ability to glow and heat can be called a flame type, but as the magic power grows, the adult solidifies, or the advanced awakening, the seemingly same ability changes dramatically. Even in the initial stage of the flame, some witches are good at controlling the temperature, while others are more fireful, and some can project it. Even if you can't see the difference for the time being, it's because the means of observation are not in place," Agatha said, "The division of the Quest is more formal, and generally it is similar to yours. ”

"Also three categories?" asked Roland.

"Of the four categories, the main difference is in the summoning type - the Quest will divide it into two types, one is called magic and the other is called shaping. You should be able to understand the difference in the literal sense. ”

"Magical energy refers to Anna's summoning that consumes mana continuously and disappears once it is stopped, while Shaping is a long-lasting summoning like the coating that Zoroa draws?"

"I don't know exactly what Zoroa's abilities look like, but that's pretty much what they mean...... Anything that can last for a long time can be seen as a shaping call, such as my room temperature consolidation. ”

"Understood," Roland recorded as well, "that's all for today's test." As is customary, you can practice your skills on your own when I don't have a task, but I think there is someone who needs your help urgently. ”

"Who?"

"The chief alchemist of Frontiertown, Kemo Stone. ”

. (To be continued.) )