"Why don't you teach me magic?"

"What?"

As the pale voice fell, Ariel, who had not caught up with his jumping thoughts, had a confused expression on her face.

"No! How did you know that I am a senior mage?"

But she quickly realized. How did Wanwan know that she was a high-level magician? Only a few people in her family knew about this.

In addition, she is usually low-key enough. Outsiders basically only know that she is a favored little princess, and they do not know that Miss Ariel is just a canary in a vase.

He is a senior magician who is more outstanding and talented than his elder brother.

'But how does this guy know? It's impossible for my father to even tell him this, right?'

Thinking of this, Ariel frowned slightly. It wasn't that she thought too much. With her downtrodden status as a "wandering noble", it was like a commoner knowing the emperor's privacy. In any case, the other party did not know that she was a high-level magician.

Possibility and eligibility.

Why did he say something that even the other three major duke families might not know? While he was secretly alert, the magic scroll behind him that was about to be taken back was once again gaining momentum.

"Of course you can see it with your eyes."

Wanwan had no awareness of arousing the girl's vigilance, and still had a smile on his face. He tilted his head and glanced at the magic scroll behind her, showing no fear but only curiosity.

"But it's no wonder, otherwise how could your father let you, a little girl, follow me with confidence? On the surface, he said he was letting me take care of and protect you, but in fact, you are fully capable of protecting yourself."

"How do you know this? Is it possible that you are a perceptual mage?"

Ariel did not let down her guard because of his words and spoke to test him.

She didn't care about the senior mage's identity being exposed, but she was just paranoid. She instinctively suspected that the other party knew this in advance and used it to approach her with ill intentions.

"Perception Mage?"

If he had been pale before getting the "Introduction to Magic", he would have been confused about the title of a mage. But now after adding a lot of common sense in the magic world, he naturally understands what a "sensory mage" is.

In this world, in addition to the common mainstream mages with elemental sequences, there are also many mages who follow various strange paths. For example, the destiny system to which prophecy mages belong, the space system to which space mages belong, the spiritual system to which incantations and spells belong, and so on.

Just like the blooming of scientific and technological civilization, there are also various different paths to magic in this world. Mage and magician are just a general term for these mysterious paths.

As for the perceptual mage Ariel mentioned, it is not actually a category. It is a type of mage with specialties in perception. Perception spells such as "Eye of Observation" and "Detection Technique" are exactly this type.

.

However, even mages of the same type and type also have their own specialties and focuses. Take the distance perception of mages, some are stronger in mental power, some are stronger in range detection, and some are stronger in detailed survey.

"Maybe..."

Wanwan didn't deny it, because he didn't know his powerful mental power, maybe it was also perception?

But his answer made Ariel feel even more perfunctory and strange. As a noble lady, she does not lack all kinds of magic items.

She would naturally have a lot of adventure items that could cover up her own magic power fluctuations. But the other party could see through the cover at a glance and see clearly her reality. How powerful is her perception?

"Since you are such a powerful perceptual mage, do you still need me to teach you magic?"

Ariel frowned slightly, feeling that the other party was playing tricks on her.

"My situation is a bit special."

He paused for a moment while arranging his words.

"I just started learning magic, and I learned it all by myself by buying books. As for being able to clearly see your strength, it's just because my mental power is special and strong."

"Stronger?"

Unconsciously twitching the corner of her mouth, Ariel suddenly believed what the other party said, that she had just learned magic. Otherwise, he would not have said such words without common sense. He wanted to find out the reality of a high-level mage based on pure mental perception?

This is not just a matter of "relatively strong"...

"Wait a minute, you want me to teach you magic, maybe you want me to be your teacher."

I don't know if it was an illusion of being pale. When she mentioned "being a teacher", the girl's beautiful blue eyes suddenly lit up.

"You are thinking too much. I just want a guide in magic, and we are just doing business, not a teacher-student relationship."

Bai Bai curled his lips in disdain. With his strength, his space ability alone could crush the legend. If he wasn't interested in learning magic, why would he need a senior mage to teach him?

"Ahem, okay. I'm still young, and it's really not suitable for me to accept students now."

Fortunately, Ariel is relatively self-aware, or perhaps she just has the impulse to "be a teacher".

"Then you agree to teach me?"

He said calmly.

"It's okay. But I have to make an agreement in advance."

Ariel nodded, but as she was born in a noble family and was mentally mature, she also knew that she had to negotiate the conditions in advance.

"I can teach you magic, but it is limited to basic spells and some of my own private spells. Because I am a student of a nine-story tower, there is a rule that the spells in the tower cannot be taught to anyone else."

"Unless... you worship me as your teacher. Then even if you are from a nine-story tower, you can learn advanced spells without any problem!"

At the end of the story, Ariel puffed out her mediocre chest, like a proud rooster.

"No need, I just need someone to teach me about the theory and basics of magic. I don't need to learn those advanced spells."

Baiwan refused without mercy.

"All right……"

A certain girl seemed to be a little disappointed in her tone, but this emotion did not last long. Then she talked about a lot of her conditions and requirements.

"Then I have some other requests:

1. You can't reveal my identity casually! I don't want the news that I ran away from home to spread throughout the empire.

2. I have to arrange the time to teach you spells. I also have my own magic to learn, which takes time...

3. When I teach you spells, you can ask questions and refute, but you cannot disobey me...

4…”

…

Nearly half an hour of chattering has even made Bai Bai feel drowsy.

"Are you done?"

"Okay, okay, let's get here first. Do you remember all the conditions I mentioned?"

Ariel smacked her lips and seemed to be still thinking about some situations that she had not considered.

"I'm remembering this. The demands you mentioned are more detailed than the terms of the contracts used by capitalists in our world to exploit and beat workers."

Bai Bai was very speechless. How could he be so perfect? ​​He just wanted to learn magic. Those who didn't know better thought he was signing some international treaty.

"Ah? Didn't you remember? How about I repeat it to you again."

A certain top student noticed a rare emotional fluctuation, her blue eyes narrowed, and the smile on her face looked like a little devil for a moment.

"No, no, no. I thank you and your family."

Wanwan quickly waved his hand to refuse, and after slowly exhaling to calm down his mood, he thought that although the other party's conditions were detailed and complicated, they were not excessive demands.

"The details you mentioned are all up to you. Our deal in a nutshell is: you teach me magic, and I promise you to accompany me all the way until you want to leave or meet Harold.

.is that OK?"

"emmm...I think."

Ariel hesitated for a moment, but still seemed to feel something was wrong. But after seeing the pale and expressionless face, she swallowed it back knowingly.

"Okay, okay, let's do this for now."

"well……"

Bai Bai shook his head with a sigh.

‘I thought this young lady was quite mature and cute, but I didn’t expect that she also had hidden chatty qualities. I should find something else to keep her busy so that she doesn’t have to spend all day long...'

"Oh, by the way, can you cook?"

Bai Bai pretended to think of something suddenly and asked instead.

"Cook?"

Ariel still couldn't keep up with his jumping topics.

"Yes, with your abilities as a high-level fire magician, I think you are quite suitable for cooking."

Wanwan expressed his thoughts directly. Since he asked the other party to teach him magic, why not teach her something himself? And fire magic? It would be a pity not to use it for cooking. If you don’t look at other people’s high-end cabinets, they often

Requires some awesome magic.

So girl, come and learn how to cook with me!

"But I can't cook."

This answer is not unexpected. As an aristocratic young lady who is always taken care of in daily life, she can even be considered as a completely untouchable person.

But after thinking about it for a while, perhaps out of curiosity about new things, she didn't refuse.
To be continued...