Chapter 1 The Radiant Morning in the Royal Capital

The morning light of the royal capital streamed down, sprinkling over the magnificent campus of the Yggdrasil Academy.

Today was another day full of hope.

On the first-floor balcony garden of the Sage Council dormitory building, verdant vines grew along the wooden railings, their leaves shimmering with vibrant green. Under the railings, elegant potted plants were arranged.

The fragrance of flowers and fresh soil permeated the air. A flock of small birds chirped on the wooden open-air balcony, occasionally hopping to the nearby stone bricks, singing vibrantly, as if celebrating the start of a new day.

Two weeks of vacation had flashed by.

Today, Lan Qi was finally returning to the Sage Council's school building to resume normal classes.

Even getting out of bed in the morning felt difficult.

These past two weeks, Lan Qi had mainly shuttled between his own dormitory and Talia's house.

He spent basically half of every morning under Talia's supervision, engaged in high-intensity card crafting training.

Staying at Talia's house, his card explosion rate was noticeably lower.

It was only later, when he exploded a card and thought all was lost, that he discovered Talia had long since set up a protective barrier.

Scaring him earlier was just to force him into a state of immersion.

Similarly, Talia had instructed Lan Qi that, after returning, his recent card crafting practice should focus on studying the sealing system, and he should choose sealing-type magic cards as the subject of his crafting for the registered card crafter exam.

She was not very proficient in sealing arts herself. Many of the magics related to the sealing system needed Lan Qi to research on his own.

As for the "hairstyle remodeling magic," she had already begun to analyze the principle of the original "magical beast hair treatment magic" and would share it with Lan Qi after making progress.

However, this magic, which originated in the fourth-tier Shadow World, even if produced, would be a fourth-tier product in its full effect, and Lan Qi would not be able to participate in it for the time being.

So Lan Qi also purchased a set of protective barriers and installed them in his dormitory's card crafting lab, which had been converted from a storage room.

Every afternoon, he worked overtime, studying the sealing arts, while also researching a new type of magic card. In the evening, he would rest a bit and then go running.

Because Talia had told him that he had better be good at short-distance sprints and endurance running, otherwise he could easily be caught and beaten to death.

Lan Qi did not understand why someone as kind as him would be chased.

But he still believed in Talia's teachings.

After all, he was a firm believer in the demon teaching method.

After Lan Qi's research these past few days and inquiries at the academy, he discovered that very few people were proficient in sealing-type magic, because it had extremely complex construction principles, and at the same time, its limitations were also very large.

Either it needed to be used by a high-level spellcaster on a low-level enemy to have a strong sealing effect, or it could only cause a weak or temporary seal on enemies of the same level.

And sealing techniques that violated this principle required an extremely high price to be triggered and take effect, even using one's life to seal other enemies.

"Ignoring level restrictions with sealing techniques can only start with some small sealing functions."

Lan Qi murmured to himself as he fed the birds on the balcony in the early morning.

Although he had fully awakened from his dream, his mind was still thinking about the sealing techniques he had been immersed in for the past two weeks.

The Great Poet of Love, who was quietly watering the flowers beside him, glanced at him.

She would occasionally be released by Lan Qi to act as his card crafting assistant, and she also learned a little about sealing techniques.

It was not very meaningful to seal enemies whose level was lower than one's own, and if one wanted to ignore the level and seal magic cards that were stronger than oneself, or even seal the entire person, the magic card that could achieve this level was probably at least epic.

It was not something that Lan Qi had any hope of making on his own in a short time.

However, the thought of Lan Qi mastering sealing techniques in the future, being able to exclude the enemy's key magic cards while fighting, was also a way of confiscating the enemy's smile.

"Go for it, Lan Qi. You must become a super Saint Remover."

The Great Poet of Love finally finished watering the flowers, squatted down, patted Lan Qi on the shoulder, and blessed him.

"……?"

Lan Qi looked at the Great Poet of Love in a daze.

The Great Poet of Love pursed her lips, smiled, shook her head, and scattered into orange fluorescent light, returning to his body.

On the balcony filled with the fragrance of birds and flowers, Lan Qi tilted his head and wondered for a long time.

……

After simply tidying up his clothes, Lan Qi left the dormitory building and headed for the long-unseen school building.

A truly good student must not be absent from any class without a reason. This is a respect for teachers and an active demonstration.

In the heart of the Sage Council area, a three-story stone building stood, its dark exterior with a classic limestone tone, stone pillars, arched windows, intricate stone carvings, and carefully polished iron railings all deeply imprinted with Victorian style.

The corridor was full of academic atmosphere, as if one could hear the whispers of the sages.

Following the familiar road, just as he entered the classroom, Lan Qi heard the students chatting.

"I don't know which company is doing renovations in our academy's dormitory building, but we always hear explosions in the afternoon."

"It's strange that forbidden items are not allowed in the dormitory."

"The dormitory administrator seems a little scared and has recently applied to the school to purchase an additional set of fire-fighting equipment."

Noticing Lan Qi's appearance, they immediately focused their attention on him.

The look in their eyes was neither admiration nor fear, but somewhere in between, more like discovering a new type of rare creature with the species "Lan Qi."

Lan Qi passed through the stepped aisles on his own, naturally arriving at the familiar back row of the classroom.

Just sitting down and looking at the scenery in front of him, he couldn't help but sigh—two weeks ago, in that dreamlike academy, he also opened his eyes in almost the same position.

Any student in the front row who wanted to cheat could not escape his righteous hawk eyes.

Then, Lan Qi shook his head. He realized that he had returned to hell. This was Yggdrasil Academy.

"Hyperion, good morning."

Lan Qi turned his head, smiled, and greeted Hyperion.

"Good morning."

This time, Hyperion frankly responded to him.

During the days they hadn't seen each other, Hyperion came to class diligently every day, still lonely as before.

Now that Lan Qi had arrived, she finally had a companion by her side.

"How have you been these days?"

Hyperion looked at him and said.

She felt that Lan Qi was very busy, so she didn't go looking for him.

"Fulfilling and real."

Lan Qi said with a hearty smile.

Not only was he immersed in practicing card crafting every day, but he was also occasionally visited by classmates knocking on his door, giving him a sense of lively campus life.

"Lan Qi, have you rejected many team invitations?"

Hyperion asked with some guilt.

She had already heard about it.

Many teams had approached Lan Qi, hoping that Lan Qi could join their team, and offered him generous conditions.

But Lan Qi didn't agree to any of them.

She knew it must be because of her.

(End of Chapter)