Chapter 46: The Library

Chapter 46: The Library

"Wait!" Moran called out to Vasita and Sylph: "I'm making something."

She cut a large sheet of parchment.

Then, using colored ink, she wrote a large-scale poster.

Vasita read it aloud in curiosity: "Want to know how much mana you have left? Want to know how far you are from leveling up? Little Witch Moran's {Character Card} meets all your needs! Own it for just 50 mana at a time—use it all the way to the peak level without a worry!"

"Not enough mana? Pay in installments? Interest rates as cheap as cabbage?" Sylph was also extremely surprised: "Moran, is this how you sell cards to the other little witches too?"

Moran nodded: "Of course! I guarantee every little witch can afford it! Everyone can clearly see their progress in mana! Wait, let me draw a simple sketch of the card. Oh, right, and my dormitory number!"

A colorful advertisement with eye-catching font and illustrations took shape under her hands.

She went directly to Warehouse No. 3 to collect some ready-made glue and pasted the advertisement on the wall outside the door of Warehouse No. 1.

After sticking it up, Moran waited quietly for a moment.

When no chaotic noises arose to stop her, she felt relieved

"Great! Now every little witch coming to Warehouse No. 1 to collect supplies will see it!"

It was also here that she had a chance encounter with Senior Tracy, who had given her a reminder.

Since this place was open to all little witches, all of them would come here to collect school supplies.

Otherwise, she really wouldn't know where to find the fourth and fifth-year seniors.

Vasita and Sylph were utterly shocked: "If Senior Lilith sees this, she will definitely be very moved. The price you're giving us is truly very affordable!"

"Right! Senior calling me a goblin was such an injustice." Moran felt she was being incredibly conscientious!

If these cards were sold to anyone other than witches and sorceresses, she would have charged at least two or three times more!

After posting the card advertisement, Moran returned to the alchemy classroom with her companions, feeling satisfied.

The other little witches had already cut their paper and were busy impregnating the sheets one by one.

"Is this one-by-one method too slow?" Moran thought back to how she had impregnated the beast-skin book before, working from the outside in, gradually deepening the effect. She decided to simply impregnate an entire roll of paper at once.

She gave it a try, and it actually seemed to work!

However, compared to a single sheet, a whole roll had a larger surface area and volume, so the impregnation took longer and required slightly more intensity.

But this wasn't a problem; she could simply work from the outside in, impregnating the outer layers first and the inner layers later.

That way, when needed, she could just cut off as much as she required.

After all, the size of the blank inner pages had to match the cover.

She wouldn't be using this small beast-skin book forever.

By impregnating a roll in advance, she could simply cut pieces out when she switched to a new book.

Furthermore, the impregnation and penetration effect of mana was much stronger than that of magical power.

When impregnating objects with thickness, mana had the advantage.

Seeing this, Vasita and Sylph followed her lead.

With ten minutes left before the afternoon class, the three of them had already finished impregnating half a roll of parchment.

The other little witches couldn't impregnate a whole roll at once like they did, but they took inspiration from them and spread several sheets of paper flat on their desks to impregnate multiple sheets at once.

Matching the dimensions of the beast-skin book, Moran cut out thirty sheets and added them to the Witch's Book.

The thin beast-skin booklet finally looked somewhat like a real book.

"You all truly know how to surprise me!" Looking at the rolls of paper piled on the little witches' desks, Amisha knew they hadn't been idle during lunch.

"Headmistress! Please tell us how to record books into the Witch's Book!" Es said anxiously.

The little witches were already impatient.

"Alright! You'll know soon. Bring your Witch's Books and follow me!" Amisha signaled for them to follow.

They left the West Tower and arrived at the library in the main castle building.

The little witches were overjoyed: "Headmistress, the library is finally being opened to us, right?"

Amisha shook her head without speaking, leading them past the main library entrance and into another corridor.

"There's another corridor here?" Many little witches hadn't noticed it.

They passed two small doors with signs reading "Third Year Reading Room" and "Second Year Reading Room."

The little witches looked toward the door at the very end of the corridor, thinking, *No way!*

Ms. Amisha indeed stopped in front of that door; the sign truly read "First Year Reading Room."

One look at the door revealed that this place was not as luxurious as the main library.

"You still lack understanding of the magical world, and a single mistake could put you in danger. Many books are not yet meant for you to touch.

The books here are specifically selected to be suitable for first-year little witches to read; they are more basic and safer.

The second and third-year reading rooms will be opened to you later.

These three years are for building your foundation.

After the fourth year, once your foundation is solid and you begin to specialize in your chosen field, full access to the library will be granted.

However, if any of you can master this academic year's required magic ahead of schedule, you may come to me to obtain a pass for the next stage's reading room early."

After briefly explaining the reasons for the library restrictions, Amisha pushed open the First Year Reading Room and walked in.

The little witches followed her in a line.

The interior was much larger than they had imagined, roughly the size of the hall from the entrance banquet.

The magical lamps inside the reading room were very bright, and there were comfortable tables and chairs; reading here seemed like a wonderful choice.

The bookshelves inside were not high, only about 1.6 meters.

Even Vasita, the shortest among the first-year little witches, could easily reach the top shelf by standing on her tiptoes.

"The academy's books have all undergone special treatment." Ms. Amisha took a book from the first bookshelf and pointed to the runes on the spine: "Do you see this?"

The little witches nodded, and only then did Amisha continue her explanation

"These are the solidified magic runes from the Transcription Art of the sorceress Tracy. They can be used in conjunction with the Witch's Book.

You simply need to lean the spine of the book you want against a blank page of the Witch's Book, and the transcription will be completed quickly.

If the runes are dim, it means the book has just been transcribed by someone else and cannot be copied for the time being.

There are charging arrays on the bookshelves, so a book like this can be recharged in less than a minute. Once the runes light up, it can be transcribed again.

I suggest that once you have surplus magical power, you also learn Transcription Art. It will be useful after graduation, as only the books in the academy library come with transcription runes.

The learning method can be found in the book *The Magic of Books*."

(End of Chapter)