Before leaving home in the morning, Anna specifically told Guy that because she had more work, she would come back a little later in the evening so that she would have time to find Dibian to learn.

When she returned home in the evening, she deliberately went to a tavern and used the copper coins she usually saved to buy some food and drink, and then quietly returned to Pomegranate Lane, and turned into the ruins without being noticed.

"Dibian?" Anna whispered.

When Dibian emerged from the shadows, Anna hurriedly walked over and gave him a paper bag containing food and juice.

"I bought some barbecue, and I should eat more meat if I get hurt." Anna said.

"Thank you." Dibian smiled and took it, then took out a gold coin and handed it over.

Anna was taken aback for a moment, and she couldn't help feeling that she really had money to be a mage... not right, she really had to be very rich to be a mage. Dibian has a surname, which shows that he is a nobleman.

However, will the combination of nobles and wizards be as miserable as Dibian? Obviously Ulysses had a very comfortable life, the city owner, Earl Wilson, asked him to stay in the earl's mansion temporarily, and he was extremely polite, and he hardly disturbed him.

Anna remembered that Dibian said he was a fallen mage, maybe the fallen mage is so miserable...If she can become a mage, don't be a dark one.

Anna took the gold coin and said, "I will accept this first, and then you don't have to give me gold coins."

She had calculated it. According to her current consumption standard for buying food for Dibian, thirty copper coins a day, ten silver coins in one month, and twenty silver coins in two months. The remaining gold coin and 80 silver coins were her sealing fees and hard work, which was equivalent to the coins her father could save for three years without eating or drinking.

As for what he taught her, it is good for them, and it cancels each other out.

After Anna was preoccupied with persuading herself, she sat aside watching Dibian eat.

Dibian's condition is better than yesterday. His movements when eating are very elegant, but he is incompatible with the ruins.

Because part of the top of the ruins has been burned through, the moonlight is shining down, and staying inside will not be so dark that you can't see clearly, so you don't have to risk lighting up.

When Dibian finished eating, he sat down with Anna, remembering the promise he made yesterday, and said, "I would take the liberty to ask, have you ever studied with the teacher?"

In this world, the term "teacher" generally refers to a scholar who imparts knowledge. Dubian is euphemistically asking whether Anna is literate, and literacy is a necessary condition for the path to the mage.

"No, I don't know a word." Anna replied very readily, followed by another sentence, "But I learn things very quickly."

Let the teacher understand his own situation, so that the teacher can teach in accordance with his aptitude.

Dibian was a little surprised at Anna's honesty, of course he didn't doubt what she said to learn quickly, after all, from yesterday to now, she has proved her unique.

"Today I will teach you the basic characters first." Dubian said. He was teaching people for the first time, but he was also taught seriously from the hands of the teacher, and he knew the process of teaching literacy.

Basic characters? It is roughly equivalent to the twenty-six English letters of English.

Anna nodded silently.

The knowledge of this world is a precious resource, but paper is not considered to be that much. It's just that ordinary people don't have much need to use paper, so Anna's family naturally doesn't have paper for writing.

Therefore, Dubian was in the moonlight, using gravel to draw basic characters on the dusty ground, and teach Anna to pronounce.

There are a total of 22 basic characters, and Dibian first writes them all on the ground and reads them as a whole.

Anna was remembering while Dibian was reading. After Dibian finished reading it, she scanned it again and found that she had remembered 80%.

After Dibian read the whole body, he pointed to the basic characters again, and said one for Anna to follow.

Anna followed Dibian and read it from start to finish, and she remembered everything.

These basic characters are similar to the Greek letters, and the pronunciation is within the normal range, so it is not difficult to remember.

After reading it through with Anna, Dibian said: "Anna, you remember first, and ask me if you don't remember."

Anna nodded and read it silently in her heart, making sure that she hadn't forgotten, so she said out all the 22 basic characters.

At first, Dibian only thought that Anna was in the process of remembering, listening carefully to correct her wrong pronunciation, but until Anna had read all the basic characters, he did not find a chance.

Dibian asked in surprise: "Have you remembered all of them?"

Anna nodded: "Yes."

Dibian couldn't help being silent. What he originally thought was that it would take him four or five days for these basic characters to give Anna a general impression. If you are really familiar with it, you can read it when you see it, and you can write it when you hear it. Generally, students need one week to ten days, and after that, they must review and consolidate frequently to avoid forgetting.

But Anna only heard him read it twice and then remembered it. When he learned from his enlightenment teacher, it took almost three days to become fully proficient.

Dibian did not remain silent for too long, he began to test Anna's mastery in advance.

After going through a random dictation test and Anna got everything right, Dubian has accepted the fact that he really met a very talented "student".

A smile appeared on Dibian's face, and he praised without hesitation: "Anna, you are really the most gifted person I have ever seen. If you were born in a noble family, you would have long been a genius with a reputation."

Anna said modestly: "You are so polite."

She knew very well in her heart that she was not a genius, but the accumulation of years of education allowed her to form a set of her own learning methods, which can quickly learn any new knowledge.

The dark lines on Dibian’s face have not diminished compared to yesterday. At this moment, he can still see the young and handsome face. It is pure joy: "No, I didn’t say a bit of an exaggeration. If You can maintain this kind of talent in the process of learning spells, and you may be able to become a five-star mage like no other."

Anna heard that Dibian began to mention the mage-related, and she hurriedly sat down and asked: "I heard that only elemental affinity can learn spells, and there are only two ways to test whether a person is elemental affinity, go to church or find a wizard. Association, is that true?"

Dibian nodded: "Yes. Testing elemental affinity requires a special mixed element ore. It is very rare and has long been monopolized by the Holy See and the Mage Association." He smiled, his expression somewhat subtle, "But in fact, as long as If a teacher is willing to teach you, you don’t need to be tested to learn spells. Although pure dark affinity is very rare, once it is found by the Holy See, no one can save you."

Anna was happy at first, she now has a mage in front of her who is willing to teach her, and the test fee for five gold coins can be saved!

Then she asked in a low voice: "Is the pure dark affinity body so unforgivable? Spells are just a very useful tool, right? Does it depend on the person who uses the tool to do good or evil?"

Dibian looked at Anna in surprise. He didn't expect that an ordinary civilian like her would have such an opinion. He smiled bitterly: "It's not that simple. My teacher told me that there are wind, fire, water, etc. in this world. The eight natural elements of earth, thunder, gold, light, and darkness are the Holy See stealing the light element and naming the holy light, and then opposing the dark element to suppress it. The Holy See has a powerful force, and the people believe in the goddess of light and pure dark relatives. Harmony, or even the darkest element, will be considered as the power of darkness that is hostile to the goddess and will be eliminated."

As an atheist who has been disrespectful to the goddess in her heart more than once, Anna said clearly: "So, the goddess of light does not exist, right?"

Who said that if there is a Western Fantasy world, there must be a god? The supernatural elements do not have to be premised on the existence of gods. The micro world here should be different from her own world. Those natural elements may have been produced by themselves after the big bang of this universe.

Most countries in this world have churches set up by the Holy See everywhere. The Goddess of Light is the belief of the whole people. Only the so-called "fallen mages" who are persecuted by the Holy See will completely disbelieve in the goddess. Moreover, before becoming "fallen mages", they were also devout goddesses.

Therefore, Dibian couldn't help looking at her in astonishment when she heard Anna's understatement and said that the goddess does not exist such astonishing words.

After Anna heard Dibian said that the Holy See would suppress the Dark Master, she knew that it was safe to talk about the goddess in front of Dibian.

She smiled: "I have secretly spoken ill of the goddess several times before, but she has never given a **** punishment, I think she either doesn't care about this little thing, or it doesn't exist. Now I know, She doesn't exist."

Knowing this news made Anna feel very comfortable. A world without gods is too friendly to atheists.

As for the devil...After experiencing many hopes and disappointments, she feels that she is still the most reliable. It is better for her to learn from Dibian and find a way to eliminate the devil by herself.

Considering that learning magic by herself should be something the devil can tolerate, Anna is not afraid of being known by the devil, but she is very afraid that the devil will know that she has seen through him a long time ago, so she will not tell anyone about the devil, including Di Bian. At most, if Dibian mentions the devil in the future, she pretends to inadvertently ask a few words, but she must not take the initiative to mention it.

"It's the first time I met you like you..." Dubian said halfway, not knowing how to describe Anna's situation. Her behavior, as if she had never believed in a goddess, turned so fast .

Anna said: "If the goddess really exists and is as kind as the priest said, then what is our current life? Every day I open my eyes and work for a day's food without stopping. After a hard day, it just tastes good. Full, the day before will be repeated the next day. Any accident will destroy everything that is fragile. If the goddess exists, if she is kind, why should she let us suffer these sufferings?"

The world’s belief in the goddess is actually very austere. It pursues peace in the world after death. After death, everything can be obtained in the goddess’ kingdom. Therefore, any believer can answer Anna in this way: Today’s suffering, It is a test, and only after passing the test of the goddess can one enter the kingdom of God after death.

But of course Anna does not eat this set at all.

The road is at your feet, and you can create whatever life you want to live, how can you wait for others to give alms?

Even if God really exists, she can't let her change her mind.

Dibian looked at Anna in surprise. He felt that Anna was really a peculiar girl. He had only really met her all day, and his perception of her changed many times.

A thought suddenly popped out from the bottom of his heart, if Anna was also a pure dark element affinity, then he could have one more reliable partner.

But then, he smiled bitterly and cast aside his dark thoughts. As a "fallen mage" wanted by the Holy See, he knew very well how dangerous and lonely this group was. He had to separate from his family and hide with his teacher. Occasionally, he would be hired by less religious lords who wanted to borrow their power. At that time, they would live a lot more comfortably, but most of the time, he still had to worry about being taken by the Holy See. Chase down.

Just like this time, he accidentally ran into a group of priests in disguise. There were so many people on the other side. He lost half of his life before he escaped.

He didn't want the girl in front of him who had focused and bright eyes while studying to experience such a life of wandering and precariousness.

"I very much agree with your idea, but you must not talk about it in front of the believers of the Goddess of Light." Dibian seriously warned, "You will be crowned blasphemous by the Holy See, and you will even be executed in public."

Anna nodded and smiled: "I'm not stupid, I just say that in front of you."

Dibian also knew that he was worrying too much, and smiled back to the topic: "You learn words very fast. I think you can master the basic vocabulary and grammar needed to learn spells in half a month. After that, I will Really teach you spells. While you are learning basic vocabulary and grammar, you can also try meditation according to the method I will teach you to control, exercise and increase your mental power."

Anna sat down like a schoolboy, and wrote down what Dibian said.

Xin Xin Nian was disappointed many times again. Now she can really learn spells, but it seems like a dream. Her heart is beating very fast now, and she is too excited, but she has to work hard to restrain herself and can't scream and jump like a little fool.

"Today I will only learn the basic characters, and you will review and consolidate it by yourself when you go back. Now I will talk about some common sense that every mage should know." Dibian thought, he is also the first time to be a teacher, or a part-time enlightenment. Teacher and spell teacher, this is a challenge for him.

Anna looked at Dibian without blinking, her eyes were the desire for knowledge of the out-of-school children.

Dibian coughed slightly, a little embarrassed, but the student should watch the teacher listen carefully when the teacher was in the lecture, he had to ignore the uncomfortable being watched by these clear eyes, and slowly said: "Only elemental parents Harmony can only practice spells. Whether there is elemental affinity is determined from birth. Elemental affinity may only have affinity for one element, which is pure elemental affinity, such as me, which is pure dark elemental affinity. . It is more of a variety of element affinity, and the most affinity for a certain element. Pure element affinity and multiple element affinity have no difference in the talents of learning spells, only the spell types that can be used The difference is that a person’s talent for learning spells is related to his learning ability and spiritual power. Your learning ability is very strong. If you are an elemental affinity body and your spiritual power can keep up, then you will become the envy of everyone. genius."

Anna thought to herself, just like Ulysses who became a four-star genius at such a young age.

She remembered that Ulysses had used wind spells. It was the first time she saw and experienced the magic of spells with her own eyes. She would never forget the feeling she would never forget. After being possessed by the demon, the demon created a fire dragon in front of her. She felt that it should be Ulysses's original ability, that is to say, he was at least two elemental affinity.

"Four-star mage...isn't it amazing?" Anna interjected.

Dibian is not surprised that Anna knows the four-star wizards, these are circulated among ordinary people, but they may only know one word and don't know the true meaning of it.

"Currently, the mage level ranges from apprenticeship, one-star to five-star. Generally speaking, it will be tested at the age of seven to see if it is elemental affinity. Star Mage, after each level it takes about five, ten, fifteen years of learning, and to become a five-star mage, it is not necessary to study hard. Normally talented people in their forties can become a four-star mage, and then It's over."

After listening to Dibian’s explanation, Anna knew how talented Ulysses was, in his early twenties, when someone else was a two-star mage, he was already a four-star mage.

——It can be seen how terrible the devil is, even this kind of genius can't stop him from possessing!

She began to feel that even though she was also a genius with mental power, it was impossible for her to fight the devil in the decades after she learned it.

Anna quickly drove all negative thoughts out of her brain, she couldn't give up at the beginning!

"Na Dibian, how many Star Mage are you?" Anna asked curiously.

Dibian said with some embarrassment: "A fallen mage like us can't be assessed and graded. My teacher said that my level should be a three-star mage."

Anna converted it. According to Dibian, it is normal to become a three-star mage at the age of twenty-seven or eighteen, and he now looks only in his early twenties, which shows that his talent is also very good.

"It's amazing!" Anna exclaimed sincerely.

Dibian blushed a little. It was the first time he heard such sincere compliments from a beautiful girl. Fortunately, the dark lines on his face covered his face.

"My talent is not too high..." Dibian quickly changed the subject and continued, "After the Holy See stole the light element, today's mages are divided into three types, holy light mages, element mages, and fallen mages. , Holy Light Mage is a mage who specializes in light elements, so he is also called a priest. The rank is the same as the element mage, from apprentice to five-star. The pope is a five-star priest. The fallen mage is the name of the Holy See. In fact, we are more I like to call myself a dark wizard."

Anna had a little thought again in her heart, that the devil could possess a four-star mage, what about a five-star priest? Although the goddess does not exist, the pope is a true five-star mage, maybe he can destroy the devil?

She temporarily hid this little thought in her heart. If she really exhausted all the methods in the future, she wouldn't be able to kill the devil. This is also a way.

"How many pastors is the priest in that church?" Anna asked. She remembered that Father Louis hadn't even noticed the existence of the devil, so she couldn't help being curious.

Dubian said: "Not necessarily. The position of the Holy See is not strictly tied to the rank of the mage. Like the cardinals in the Holy See Temple, they can be five-star priests or four-star priests, and they are not necessarily pure. Light element affinity, it is said that only the holy son of the temple needs to be a pure light element affinity, and every pope will be born from the tried son."

Saint Son... sounds really desirable.

Anna couldn't help thinking, a four-star elemental mage can't handle demons, but what about a four-star light system mage? I really hope to pass by a few saints and blow up the devil.

Anna was fascinated, but listened to Dibian said: "Let's talk about this today. I will teach you how to meditate tomorrow."

Anna saw that it was indeed late, so she smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll go back first, see you tomorrow!"

Anna recalled the basic characters several times before going to bed, and after she got up the next day, she found that she was more proficient, and she was very satisfied.

She felt that there was no problem with her mental power, and the next step was to pray that she was an elemental affinity.

After arriving at the earl's house, Anna remembered that the devil had forcibly agreed to her yesterday that she would go to him for education today, and she sighed sadly.

But when she asked Rebecca for leave to explain the reason, she still had to be excited. After all, a four-star mage taught her literacy personally. For a maid, is there anything more honourable than this?

Even though Rebecca had been surprised after the genius mage, who usually lived in the simplest form, appointed Anna to deliver him food, she couldn't help but be even more surprised after hearing Anna's words.

Rebecca was silent for a moment, naturally not embarrassing Anna. Everyone has the right to pursue a better life. She likes Anna's seriousness. Although there are many rumors about Anna, she believes in her own judgment more.

Of course, Rebecca didn't know that Anna actually preferred Rebecca to do it herself, so she had enough reasons not to go.

It's 8:30 in the morning, and there are still three hours left to deliver food to Parrish, and during these three hours, Anna will go to the devil to receive education.

Anna arrived at the small building where the devil lived. The devil was waiting for her in the room where she usually eats. She found that the Ulysses servant who met on the road looked a little strange at her, and she didn't even see it.

His family master is so wrong, but she has nothing to do with her.

Rothgar saw Anna coming, and he began to think about what he would teach Anna today.

His purpose is to figure out Anna, teaching her to read is just a means, of course he didn't spend much time preparing.

The lingua franca of the human world is the same as that of the demon world, but there are still some varying languages ​​in the various races of the demon world, and even individuals have their own vocabulary. Rothgar is of course proficient in lingua franca, but he has never been a teacher, naturally he does not know how to teach students, and Ulysses has no similar fragments in his memory.

Anna stood in front of the devil for three full minutes, and the other party kept silent. She couldn't help but look up at him.

He was also looking at her and suddenly said, "How do you want to learn?"

Anna is almost full of question marks, is he a teacher or is she a teacher? If you don't know how to teach, then don't teach and let her go!

Because of Dibian, the only use value of this demon in her eyes is gone, and she is really avoiding it now.

Seeing that the devil didn't seem to get an answer, Anna had no choice but to say: "Then... start with the basic characters?"

Rothgar smiled and said, "Otherwise?"

Anna: "..." Madness!

Rotgar naturally didn’t know how Anna scolded him in his heart. On the table was a pile of paper he asked the servant to prepare. Next to it was a quill pen and black ink. He picked up the quill pen and soaked it in the ink. The characters are all written.

Then he handed the paper to Anna.

Anna took it, and then looked at the demon slightly blankly.

Rothgar said impatiently: "Look."

...No, I am illiterate, what do you show me, can I understand it?

Anna rolled her eyes in her heart, and had to lower her head and pretend to read the words on the paper.

I have to say that this character is pretty good-looking. The only problem is... how come there are twenty-five characters? Where did the three extra characters come from? !