Chapter 61: Upgrading Magic

Chapter 61: Upgrading Witch Magic

"The *Continents of Valen*! You mean that *Continents of Valen* that fills up several bookshelves?"

"It's alright, the Headmaster only recommended the seventh volume!"

"You're too naive! The seventh volume appeared in today's homework; how far off are the eighth and ninth?"

"Don't tell me that from now on, every single Basic Magic Theory class, if we can't answer the Headmaster's questions, we'll be punished with reading books and writing essays!"

"It would be fine if it were only the Basic Magic Theory classes, but I'm afraid every theory class will be like this!"

"What should we do? Theory classes are even more stressful than practical classes!"

"Who was it that said attending theory classes was just like studying the *Little Witch Series* before class started?"

...

The little witches looked at each other in dismay.

Moran noted down the homework requirements and packed her things. Seeing the little witches suffering from "theory class phobia," she kindly tried to comfort them

"Think about it from another angle. We find the problems ourselves first, and then the Headmaster helps us fill in the gaps. It's very beneficial for mastering the knowledge from our theory classes! Besides, it's much more interesting than simply reading the textbooks!"

"..."

The little witches found themselves unable to argue.

"I'm going to the library to transcribe *Continents of Valen*. Do you want to come?" Moran asked.

"Yes!"

No matter how much they were breaking down over the homework, they still had to do it!

On the way to school that morning, each little witch had imbued some blank parchment.

To transcribe the seventh volume of *Continents of Valen* required for their homework, they also needed to transcribe *The Birth of an Exquisite Cover* to create a satisfactory Witch Book as early as possible.

In the first-year library, while other little witches were queuing to transcribe the seventh volume of *Continents of Valen*, Moran sat in the reading area, reading.

She had no choice; the night she remade her Witch Book, she had filled it with as many blank pages as an Apprentice-level Witch Book could possibly hold.

Of those, 91 pages had already been used, leaving only 9 blank ones.

The capacity of her Witch Book had reached the limit of the Apprentice level.

Although there was still room to transcribe the seventh volume of *Continents of Valen*, there was no guarantee the Headmaster wouldn't recommend more reference books for essays later. If that happened, her remaining nine blank pages wouldn't be enough.

She had to upgrade her Witch Book magic.

Ms. Amisha had said that the method for upgrading a Witch Book could be found in *The Lifelong Learning Companion—Witch Book*.

That was exactly what Moran was researching now.

With a clear purpose, she skipped over the instructional guides on how to use a Witch Book and quickly found the upgrade method.

To upgrade Witch Book magic from Apprentice to Junior, she only needed to sign one more contract.

However, the contract for Junior-level Witch Book magic also required a Golden Pen Technique of no less than the Junior level to write.

Therefore, she had to upgrade her Golden Pen Technique to Junior level first.

Perhaps the contracts written with the Golden Pen Technique were also part of upgrading the Witch Book; this book contained contract templates for various levels of Golden Pen Technique and Witch Books.

Everything else was the same as the Apprentice-level contracts, except the price had doubled.

Each required a payment of 10 Mana of permanent magic power, totaling 20 Mana.

20 Mana didn't seem like much, but Moran was only 10 Mana away from being a High-level Witch.

But she had no choice but to buy it. If she wanted to transcribe all the academy's collection, she would have to spend this magic power sooner or later.

Moran gritted her teeth, wrote a contract, pricked her finger, and signed it.

Her Golden Pen Technique rose to the Junior level, and the pen became slightly more exquisite.

Then, using the Junior-level Golden Pen Technique, she wrote a contract. Once signed, her Witch Book immediately upgraded to Junior level, and its capacity increased from 100 to 1,000.

Moran filled it with the parchment she had imbued two days ago, as well as the parchment she had imbued this morning.

She transcribed all her remaining selected reading list, including the complete set of *Continents of Valen*, and still had dozens of pages left.

This occupied less than half of the Junior Witch Book's capacity.

Of course, there were far more than just the few hundred books on the reading list in the entire library.

But this portion was undoubtedly the most important.

Although the Witch Book now held hundreds of books, its outward appearance remained unchanged.

Moran looked at her character card and sighed; her total magic power was down to only 970 Mana.

During the talent test, her magic power was only 2 Mana away from being a High-level Witch; after more than a week, she was now 30 Mana short.

Even though her magic power had clearly grown a bit over these days, she was now further away from being a High-level Witch than before.

Looking at it from another perspective, she alone had contributed 30 Mana of permanent magic power to two senior witches!

If she wanted to transcribe all the books in the academy, both her Witch Book and Golden Pen Technique would need to be upgraded to at least the High level, which would require another 70 Mana of permanent magic power.

"Witch magic is truly a money-maker!" Moran thought to herself.

Unfortunately, she didn't have her own Witch magic yet.

The little witches, who had been watching Moran's feat, felt even more pained, as they only had about forty or fifty Mana each on average. "It's so expensive!"

No wonder Ms. Amisha told them not to be greedy!

Witch magic was good, but with their meager magic power, they couldn't yet support the consumption.

However, there were ways to use magic power sparingly.

Es said, "I need to read more books. If I read one more book before graduation, I can transcribe one less, saving space in my Witch Book!"

This time, without Moran leading the way, the little witches spontaneously wanted to read more.

On the way down the mountain, there were several more little witches holding up their Witch Books.

However, their Witch Books weren't as large as Moran's, making them look a bit clumsy while walking.

Moreover, they hadn't yet mastered Moran's skill of reading and walking at the same time without issue.

But they went in pairs, supporting each other; one would recite the Witch Book while the other led the way, achieving the goal of reading while walking.

When the senior witches finished class and flew through the sky, none of the little witches spared them a single glance.

"Lilith, I think you were being too modest this morning. This isn't just hard work; they are clearly fighting for their lives!" a second-year little witch exclaimed in awe.

"..." Lilith was no less surprised than them. "This morning, only Moran was reading on the road!"

In a single morning, the first-year little witches had evolved again.

Everyone had started reading on the road.

"Let's go, let's go! Hurry back! After lunch, we need to research new wands! We can't let the first-years surpass us!" Kuilin said.

In the sky, the shadows of broomsticks streaked past.

Classes didn't start until four in the afternoon, so after the first-year little witches walked from the castle back to the dormitories, they had time to rest and eat lunch.

However, Moran had no intention of cooking. After stuffing herself with breadfruit cake, she kept reading.

She had transcribed hundreds of books into her Witch Book, but so far, she had only finished reading *Wand, Wand* in its entirety. It was far too little.

Transcribing books into a Witch Book only served as a database; only what she read and memorized would truly be her own.

(End of Chapter)