Chapter 35: Golden Pen Technique

Chapter 35: Golden Pen Technique

After ten bell tolls, Lady Amisha, clad in black robes, entered the first-year alchemy classroom right on time.

Under the expectant gazes of the young witches, Lady Amisha retrieved a stack of parchment from a pile of miscellaneous items near the lectern.

She distributed two sheets to each young witch.

Holding these two thin pieces of parchment, the young witches were filled with confusion.

*Why is it paper? Aren't we learning to make a Witch's Book today?*

*Who hasn't seen their mother's Witch's Book? Aren't they all thick volumes with their own unique styles?*

*What can two pieces of paper do?*

Moran, who already had some understanding of the Witch Academy's style, felt a sudden sinking sensation in her heart. *The making of the Witch's Book isn't going to start from scratch, is it?*

This was very much in line with the witches who insisted on starting everything from zero.

After distributing the paper, Lady Amisha sat down gracefully

"To create a Witch's Book, one must first understand its origins.

Outsiders all believe that Witch's Books, wands, and flying brooms are innate treasures born with a witch.

But in reality, none of them are.

Wands and flying brooms are special magical items researched and developed by witch ancestors based on the specific characteristics of their own magical power infiltration.

As for the Witch's Book, it is actually a form of Witch Magic created by the Witch Tracy, combining alchemy with the Book of Omniscience—the Witch's Book!

From then on, all witches could use this magic, the Witch's Book, to create their own unique books of knowledge and heritage.

However, Witch Magic uses a Witch's Contract as its medium. And the contract document for a Witch's Contract must be produced using Lady Carmella's Contract Magic.

Therefore, the first step in making a Witch's Book is to sign a contract with Lady Carmella to obtain the ability to produce contract documents."

Moran: "???"

To use Witch Magic, one must first sign a Witch's Contract, but the contract document for a Witch's Contract must be made using Witch Magic. Isn't this a circular deadlock?

Unless there is a ready-made contract document.

Moran looked at the blank parchment in her hand. *Could it be...*

Sure enough, she heard Lady Amisha say, "I will prepare this first contract document for everyone. Watch closely!"

As she spoke, a golden magical light appeared on the wand beside her and flew toward the group of young witches.

A golden steel pen appeared on the parchment in front of everyone.

It wrote rapidly upon the parchment, and soon, a contract document was formed.

The content was roughly: "I wish to permanently pay 5 Mana of magical energy, or magical power equivalent to 5 Mana, in exchange for the right to use the Witch Carmella's Contract Magic: Golden Pen Technique (Apprentice Level). The energy consumption during the use of the Golden Pen Technique (Apprentice Level) shall be borne by the user themselves."

"Hiss—"

While Moran was studying the contents of the contract, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her finger.

Looking down, she saw beads of blood emerging from her fingertip.

A slender, blood-stained ice needle drifted slowly to the ground, turning into a drop of water.

Looking around, everyone was in the same situation, having been pierced in the finger by mysterious ice needles.

"Smear the blood onto the contract," the Headmistress's voice drifted over. The culprit was self-evident.

Caught off guard by the prick, the young witches felt the pain, but they quickly followed the Headmistress's guidance, smearing the blood from their fingertips onto a corner of the contract.

In the next moment, the blood-stained contract was enveloped in a dazzling golden light.

Once the golden light vanished, the contract merged into the bodies of the young witches.

"There. The appearance of golden light signifies that the contract is successful. If the contract document disappears directly without golden light appearing, it means the Witch has not yet processed the contract. If the contract document is burned to ashes, it means the Witch has rejected the contract," Amisha said.

"Remember, if you want to pass the contract quickly, write the contract according to a fixed template and then sign it with blood.

A witch using their own blood combined with a fixed template can generally pass instantly.

Otherwise, it requires individual review by the Witch.

From the moment the contract succeeds, the mana or magical power you just paid can no longer be used.

Unless you summon the newly signed contract document and tear it up, in which case that portion of power will return.

Of course, after tearing up the contract, the Golden Pen Technique obtained through the contract can no longer be used.

Furthermore, attempting to sign a contract again will not be so simple; even if you pay a higher price, success is not guaranteed.

Now, you may use the Golden Pen Technique to write your Witch's Contract with Lady Tracy.

You may use this as a reference for the contract template."

A demonstration of a contract document appeared on the blackboard.

It was similar to the one they had just signed, except "Contract Witch Carmella" and "Contract Magic: Golden Pen Technique (Apprentice Level)" were changed to "Book Witch Tracy" and "Book Magic: Witch's Book (Apprentice Level)."

The cost was the same: 5 Mana of magical energy, or magical power equivalent to 5 Mana.

Although the template was provided, the young witches did not know how to use the Golden Pen Technique.

At this moment, Amisha said

"Once a contract is signed using Witch Magic, it can be used immediately without further study. The only cost is your own magical power or mana.

Simply recite 'Golden Pen Technique' in your mind to summon the golden pen.

Then, you can either hold the pen with your hand or control it with your magical power to write the contract contents onto the blank parchment, and then sign it with a drop of blood."

The Golden Pen Technique was even easier to use than magical infiltration; it truly appeared just by thinking of it.

Moran attempted to use mana to hold the pen, but her mana control was insufficient, and she failed.

She had no choice but to hold the golden pen with her hand and copy the contents from the blackboard onto the remaining blank piece of parchment.

During the writing process, her mana was constantly being consumed.

However, the consumption was not large, similar to the magical infiltration required to turn coloring paper green.

All the young witches managed to produce their contract documents without any obstacles.

It was just that on most of the young witches' contracts, the handwriting was crooked and uneven in size.

After all, while witches are born with an innate understanding of Witch Script, calligraphy still requires practice.

Only Moran, who had spent her time practicing Witch Script before entering school, wrote a contract that was neat and beautiful.

However, since they were all witches, signing with blood allowed them to pass the Witch's review directly; whether the handwriting was beautiful or not did not affect the effectiveness of the contract.

"Headmistress! If we want to sign contracts with other Witches in the future, can we just write the contract like this?" Cheryl asked.

"Not necessarily. You can specifically refer to these four books: *The Witch's Contract*, *Book Magic*, *Contract Magic*, and *Fireworks Magic*.

Simply choose based on your own abilities and needs.

If you research and invent something yourself, or discover a special kind of magic while traveling, regardless of whether others can learn it, you can act like a Witch—using a contract to share the magic with others in exchange for energy compensation.

This is also a way to increase your own magical power."

(End of Chapter)