Chapter 113 Daily Life. - Yang Mingyi's Girls' Night Chapter.
Chapter 113 Daily Life. - Yang Mingyi's Girls' Night Chapter.
As mentioned in the previous chapter, Yang Mingyi and two trainee mages returned to the palace late in the evening after a day out. Yang Mingyi first helped the two trainee mages carry their purchases, and the two trainee mages, out of neighborly goodwill, also paid a visit to Yang Mingyi's residence.
Actually, it would have been fine if they hadn't gone. After they went, they couldn't move. After seeing Yang Mingyi living alone in such a large room and such a big bed, they all decided to spend the night in Yang Mingyi's room.
The trainee mages all lived in pairs in a room, and each had a small bed. Only Yang Mingyi was different from them.
At this moment, Cordelia, lying on the large bed, felt more and more that something was wrong. She said to Yang Mingyi, "That's not right. How could an intern mage live in such a large room, all by himself?"
Yang Mingyi didn't know how to explain it, so she just told Cortilauia the truth, saying, "They arranged for me to stay in this room when I first arrived."
Cordilauia quickly asked Yang Mingyi, "Did the person who came with you also stay in a room by himself from the beginning?"
Yang Mingyi replied to Cordelia, "Yes, they were all assigned to the same building as the guards. However, one of them has already gone on a long journey."
At this time, Li Xingqi, who had already been sprawled out on the big bed, said to Yang Mingyi after listening to the conversation between the other two girls, "I didn't expect the king to be so kind to his summoned ones. The building where the guards live has multiple people sharing a room, regardless of whether they're interns or not. You came with me and I actually got a room all to yourself."
In fact, their information was a bit off from the facts. You Jiahui no longer lived in the building where the guards lived. Since being canonized as a "knight" by the king himself, her residence had moved to the building where the officers lived, where they had a proper large room for one person.
Coincidentally, when Qi Xinyang returned to the palace again to "present" the mysterious objects in the underground city to the king, the room the king rearranged for her was the one where You Jiahui lived now.
When Yang Mingyi saw that the other two girls didn't ask her any more questions, she walked straight to the desk and sat on the chair.
After a brief pause, Cortilauea said to Yang Mingyi, "Wait a minute. I don't think it's that simple. There must be something special about you."
Li Xingqi also joined in the conversation, saying to Yang Mingyi, "Yes! Even Cordelia, a noble family, doesn't receive this kind of treatment. You must have something special."
Yang Mingyi's eyes drifted upward, and she muttered, "Something special..." She couldn't immediately pinpoint the reason. Then, she thought, "Because I eat a lot? No, Jiahui and Xinyang don't eat much..." But then, she suddenly recalled what happened on the first day. She said to the other two girls, "I see. Maybe our 'identification' is different from others."
Li Xingqi quickly asked Yang Mingyi, "What's the difference?"
Yang Mingyi told the other two girls, "Look. My identification is 'Holy Mage,' but I also know 'Water Magic.' This is pretty unique."
Li Xingqi thought about it and suddenly it made sense. She said to Yang Mingyi, "Holy, Water, Mage. Oh... that makes sense. There are so few Holy Mages in our country, and you also know water magic. You're really special."
After hearing this, Cortilauia became curious again and asked Yang Mingyi, "What about the other two? Are they also very different?"
Yang Mingyi told Cordelia, "Xinyang's identification is 'Ranger,' Jiahui's identification is 'Hero.' And..."
Before Yang Mingyi could continue talking about "skills," the other two girls jumped up from their beds and suddenly said in unison: "What? The Knight is a "Brave Man"!"
The two girls suddenly jumped off the bed and looked at each other, unable to believe what they heard.
As Cortilauia walked towards Yang Mingyi, she said to her, "Hey, it seems like you've revealed a very important secret..."
Seeing the other two girls gathered around at the same time, Yang Mingyi was suddenly stunned. She asked the other two girls, "I don't think we can tell anyone about this, right?"
Li Xingqi and Cordilauia, who were standing in front of Yang Mingyi, looked at Yang Mingyi at the same time and nodded.
Li Xingqi poked Cortiola with her finger and asked Cortiola softly, "Why are you asking?" There was a hint of blame in her question.
Li Xingqi felt that there was no need to inquire about You Jiahui and Qi Xinyang, and that "identification" was a personal secret, and it was indeed not a good idea to talk about other people's secrets behind their backs.
Cordelia looked embarrassed and answered Li Xingqi, "How would I know?" Then she sat back on the edge of the bed.
Cordilauia was just asking casually. She had no idea that Yang Mingyi would reveal such a shocking secret.
Yang Mingyi panicked all of a sudden, thinking, "It's over, it's over, I'm in trouble again. But no one told me that this is a secret that can't be told..." In fact, someone had told her about it, but she treated it as a casual chat and didn't take it to heart. This is also her personal characteristic.
Cordelia and Li Xingqi exchanged a glance, tacitly agreeing to keep the secret. Then, Li Xingqi placed a hand on Yang Mingyi's shoulder and said, "Don't worry, we'll keep it a secret." Her words were merely a comfort to Yang Mingyi; in reality, no one could guarantee that the secret wouldn't slip out inadvertently.
After a short pause, Cordelia thought for a while and said to the other two girls, "Our country has a hero, and this kind of important matter is a secret. I'm afraid it's not because of 'liberation', but because this country wants to keep You Jiahui, a 'hero', and let her become a noble. This reason is more reasonable than the previous 'liberation'. But in this case, how many people know this secret..." After that, she continued to think with her head down.
After listening to Cordilauria's analysis, Yang Mingyi and Li Xingqi said in unison: Oh...
Cordelia then said to the other two girls, "If a conflict breaks out between us and other countries one day, the 'Hero' is our 'trump card'. Even if other countries know that we have a hero, as long as they don't know that the hero is You Jiahui, it can be regarded as a 'hidden card'. The identity of the hero is concealed by the identity of the knight. What a clever strategy. Is the king planning a big game..." At this point, she fell silent again, and her mind had already begun to simulate various national wars.
In fact, Cordelia was overthinking it. The king was adopting a defensive strategy, not the offensive strategy she was thinking of now.
At this moment, Yang Mingyi's mind was completely fuzzy. She felt extremely helpless, thinking, "It's over! How did this become a national 'trump card'? Another secret to keep. My mind is almost spinning..."
The three girls fell into a brief silence, each lost in their own thoughts. Cordelia was playing chess, Li Xingqi was worried about Yang Mingyi, and Yang Mingyi was simply lost in thought.
After a while, it was Li Xingqi who spoke first. She said to Cordeira, "You know a lot. Tell us why heroes are so important."
Cordelia said to Li Xingqi, "Everyone knows this. How could you not have heard the story? It's just that everyone doesn't know who the hero in that story is."
Li Xingqi said to Cordelia, "That's not right. The heroes in the story are definitely not the knights who came with Mingyi. They just arrived." Then, she turned to Yang Mingyi and asked, "Mingyi, does the knight know fire magic?" She asked this question because she wanted to confirm whether You Jiahui and the hero in the story had more in common.
Yang Mingyi replied to Li Xingqi, "She can't, she... doesn't know any magic." She almost brought up the matter of "halo magic" again, but luckily before she said it, she remembered that this was something You Jiahui didn't like others to mention.
Li Xingqi had a slightly disappointed look on her face and said to Cordeira, "That's definitely not the same one."
Cordelia said to Li Xingqi calmly, "They can't be the same person. The ages don't match."
After hearing this, Li Xingqi muttered, "Oh, yes."
Yang Mingyi was stunned when she heard this, and hurriedly asked Li Xingqi, "Wait, what about the fire magic you just mentioned?" She couldn't understand what the connection was between the hero and fire magic.
Li Xingqi told Yang Mingyi, “The story says that the fire set by the brave cannot be extinguished.”
Yang Mingyi looked surprised and said to Li Xingqi, "Huh? There's also that kind of fire magic. That's impossible." Then, she thought about it and asked Li Xingqi, "Could it be because he has reached 'mastery' in fire magic?"
Li Xingqi replied to Yang Mingyi, "I don't know, probably not. If it was just 'mastery' that made it happen, it wouldn't have been deliberately written into the story. The old wizards who taught us all mastered water magic, but it wasn't used as a story."
The old wizards that Li Xingqi mentioned teaching them were naturally water wizards like them. They then shifted their conversation from the topic of "heroes" to the topic of "magic".
Yang Mingyi let out a long "Oh" and then asked Li Xingqi, "Wait a minute! Are only the veteran mages able to reach 'proficient'? What about those other young water mages? Are they only able to reach 'proficient'?"
After thinking for a moment, Li Xingqi replied to Yang Mingyi, "Hmm...it seems so."
Yang Mingyi asked the other two girls, "So it has something to do with age. Do we have to wait until we're old ladies to achieve 'mastery'?"
Li Xingqi looked uncertain and told Yang Mingyi, "That's basically it... I'm not sure."
Cortilauia said to the other two girls, "It has nothing to do with age, but it's pretty close."
Li Xingqi hurriedly asked Cordilauria, "What do you mean?"
Cordelia told the other two girls, "Learning water magic is closely related to the mage's own magical energy. Many spells require a large amount of magical energy to learn, and water magic is especially so."
Li Xingqi said to Cordelia, "Oh—so, the key lies in the amount of magic energy. If you want to learn more and more powerful spells, you need to increase your magic energy first."
After hearing this, Yang Mingyi suddenly came to her senses and asked the other two girls, "Wait, could it be that the reason I'm learning so slowly is because I don't have enough magic energy?"
Li Xingqi and Cordilauria said to Yang Mingyi in unison: It's possible!
Yang Mingyi looked anxious and asked the other two girls, "What should we do then?"
Cortilauea told Yang Mingyi, "There are ways to cheat."
Li Xingqi said to Cordilauria, "You mean..."
Before Li Xingqi could finish, Cordelia said to her, "Yes! Alchemy."
Li Xingqi looked suspicious and asked Cordilauria, "Drinking potions to increase your magic energy? Isn't that too expensive?"
Cordelia told Li Xingqi, "That's right! The potion that increases the upper limit is too expensive to make, and the recipe is hard to find, and the ingredients are even more expensive. And there's nowhere to buy that potion; it's too scarce."
Li Xingqi looked at the ceiling and muttered, "I heard that alchemical materials related to magic are indeed expensive." After all, she was the daughter of a merchant family, and she had heard about the high prices of related products.
Yang Mingyi also muttered to herself, "I understand. There is no place to buy that kind of potion, and no one knows who has the formula. Even if you find it, they may not give it to you. This is it, you can't come across it and you can't ask for it." After saying that, she immediately thought to herself, "Then I won't be able to learn other spells." Thinking of this, she suddenly asked the other two girls, "Then I'm hopeless?" She was obviously anxious at the moment, and her words were a bit exaggerated.
Cordelia quickly told Yang Mingyi, "There's nothing to worry about. The magic energy value of our high race is growing the fastest among all humans. Now that you know what's going on, there's no need to worry anymore. Study hard, maybe one day you'll suddenly need it." The result of her speculation was exactly what happened to Yang Mingyi.
Li Xingqi also joined in, saying to Yang Mingyi, "Yes, water magic is most suitable for the Gaoren race. That's what the old wizards all said. Don't skip classes anymore."
Yang Mingyi nodded at the other two girls and thought to herself, "Okay, you two are here to 'persuade me to study'. But that's not why I'm not going to class..."
Next, Cordelia and Li Xingqi chatted about magic.
Cordelia said to Li Xingqi, "Water mages across the continent who want to advance must come to our veteran mages."
Li Xingqi asked Cordelia, "So, our country still has a 'fixed leveling point' for water mages?"
So, what else will they talk about next? See the next chapter.
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