Anna read it carefully, and the remaining 22 characters were the same as what Dibian taught her, no mistakes or omissions, and the remaining three characters were too complicated and incompatible with the 22 basic characters.

To use an analogy, the basic characters are like the two in mahjong, and the three are nine.

As a "illiterate" person, Anna can only pretend that she can't see any problems at this moment. She thought, these three characters are not like devil doodles, maybe they belong to the language of the devil?

Ana guessed wildly in her mind, but her eyes seemed to be the first time she saw these basic characters. She watched it many times from beginning to end.

Then she looked at the devil and assumed a studious look: "Master Ulysses, how do you pronounce these basic characters?"

Rothgar frowned. Although he said that he wanted to teach Anna to read, he was a little impatient at the beginning.

"I don't understand this?"

Anna recalled Dibian's meticulousness and patience when teaching her, trying to keep herself calm.

The devil, how can you demand him with the attitude of demanding a good teacher?

"I haven't learned basic characters before, and I don't know how to pronounce it." Anna answered the devil's mockery seriously.

Rothgar felt that Anna's ignorant and stupid appearance at the moment seemed much pleasing to the eye.

Because he was in a good mood, he clicked on the first row of the paper Anna was holding. He didn't consider Anna's ability to accept it at all, and quickly read it again.

Then he looked at Anna and said in a tone of impatience and warning, "Remember?"

Anna felt that if she said she didn't remember, he would tear her up immediately.

She quickly said: "Remember."

Rothgar did not see any unexpected expressions on his face, he continued to read the next row, and then issued a threatening question: "Remember?"

Anna continued to answer and remember.

Rotgar wrote ten basic characters in each row, and there were only five characters in the last row. He looked at Anna after he finished reading. Before he could question, Anna immediately said, “I didn’t remember the last three. ."

The last three special characters, even the pronunciation is very strange, one character, you have to use seven or eight syllables to pronounce it, and the peculiar tongue sound, the devil speaks fast, these three character syllables are connected together. Son, Anna is dizzy.

There was a sneer at the corner of Rotgar's mouth. As expected, human beings are an inferior race, and they can't even learn such simple characters.

After Anna said that she didn't remember, she looked at the demon's expression nervously. Seeing that he didn't mean to tear her up immediately, she quickly said, "The last three are too difficult. Could you please read them separately this time? I will definitely try to remember."

Rotgar didn't bother to read it again. He had never been a teacher of others with good intentions. But thinking that he had promised Anna to teach her the purpose of literacy, he put up with it and used the patience that is rare in a century. Say the three characters separately one by one.

Anna spent twelve minutes of concentration, and memorized the pronunciation of the three characters in her mind, and said it silently in her heart. Except for the peculiar tongue sound, she couldn't pronounce it accurately. No problem.

Then just practice more.

Although it is very clear that the last three are not basic characters, Anna decided to pretend to be unclear and study hard. The first is that before the demon has discovered the existence of Dibian, the demon cannot be allowed to discover the clues, and the second is that what's wrong with learning more? What if it's useful in the future?

No matter what text it is, if you have spare capacity, you will be over.

As soon as Anna remembered the pronunciation of these three characters in her heart, she heard Rothgar threaten: "If you dare to say that you don't remember, I won't teach you."

...Is there such a good thing again?

Anna endured the urge to say "I didn't remember", and said with a heartache: "I remembered all!"

It's really stressful to learn from the devil, but it's not bad. She will reveal what she has learned from Dibian in the future, and there will be people who will throw the pot.

Moreover, she is a student taught by "Mage Ulysses", who would dare to hit her with bad ideas like Bobby in the future?

The dilemma that was once annoying is no longer worth mentioning to Anna today, but it is a pity that the title "student of a genius mage" is still a bit late.

Rothgar nodded in satisfaction, and then the two fell silent again.

There is no doubt that Rotgar, an unqualified teacher, does not know what to teach next.

Because he always remembered things all the time, he asked Anna not to give her a chance to review after teaching the basic characters, let alone test her to judge her mastery.

There is no such concept in his mind.

Starting from the basic character teaching, Anna told him, and he did it.

Therefore, after more than three minutes of silence, Rothgar said impatiently: "Why are you still here? Today's class is over, you can go."

Anna, who hadn't been there for a quarter of an hour, came: "...Yes, Lord Ulysses. Thank you very much for your generosity today."

She saluted, and just about to leave, she heard Rotgar say: "It's still time to come tomorrow."

Anna replied, "Okay, my lord."

After leaving the small building, Anna's mood relaxed a little.

Fortunately, she met Dibian, otherwise she would be difficult to learn by relying solely on the teaching of the devil. Maybe she would be impatient with the devil because of this, so she would be killed directly.

Anna hasn’t figured out why the demon suddenly changed her mind to teach her to read. According to his usual purpose...this is to deliberately shorten the distance between her and him, so as to cultivate feelings, and achieve "he proposes and she agrees." "Achievements?

But his attitude when teaching her was too bad! With his attitude, even if he taught her for a hundred years, she would not be able to develop any affection with him.

Anna couldn't figure it out, so she didn't want to. During the day, there were demons "playing cover", and at night Dibian taught her to be a mage. She hoped that such a good day would continue.

When Anna returned to the kitchen, Rebecca was surprised at how quickly she came back. Anna knew that her literacy with the devil would surely spread out, and worried that it would spread "Anna is too stupid, Master Master taught her for a quarter of an hour. Driven away" rumor, quickly told Rebecca that she would go again the next day.

Ana sighed in her heart when she noticed the people around her who turned away from her gaze.

Really tired.

The next day, when delivering meals to the devil, Anna always felt that the look he looked at her was very wrong, but she couldn't guess what it was. This made her very nervous when she was in front of him, more like a cautious than ever. An ordinary maid who keeps her duty.

It wasn't until the end of the day that she left the earl's mansion that Anna was completely relieved.

As usual, I went to the tavern to buy some food and drink, and Anna quietly touched the ruins.

After Dibian finished eating, the first thing was to check Anna's mastery of the basic characters. Anna didn't let him down either, and passed the quiz perfectly.

Dibian said: "I will teach you some daily vocabulary first. You usually say it. It should be easier to remember."

Anna has nothing to do with her. After being poisoned by the devil's education, Dibian feels that she can be rated as an excellent young teacher no matter how she teaches her...

The lingua franca of this world does have a certain degree of similarity with English. Twenty-two basic characters and basic characters form different words. Words include nouns, verbs, prepositions, etc., nouns have masculine and masculine, and verbs have a certain tense... Of course, the complexity is mainly In the written language, the spoken language is simplified a lot.

For Anna, the rules that are slightly more complicated than English are not difficult. It took about half an hour before she matched nearly a hundred spoken and written vocabulary.

After today's literacy course is over, it is Anna's most anticipated meditation course.

Dibian said: "We are full of various natural elements, only element affinity can guide them into the body, and to control the natural elements into the body, you must have a strong spiritual power. The spiritual power is in addition to the slow nature. Growth is mainly enhanced by meditation. A talented wizard not only has a natural increase in mental power hundreds of thousands of times than ordinary wizards, but the effect of meditation is also much better than them."

"Can the strength of the mental power be measured?" Anna asked.

Dibian shook his head: "Except for the mage himself, it is difficult for others to know his mental strength. But the mental strength is generally similar to the level of the mage, so you can make a rough judgment from this."

Anna was a little disappointed at once, she didn't know if she was an elemental affinity body yet, so naturally she couldn't know the strength of her mental power.

Seeing Anna's disappointment, Dibian comforted: "Anna, your learning ability is very strong, and your mental power will not be weak."

Anna smiled at him, wondering if this mental power is still linked to IQ?

Dibian coughed and continued: "In order to cast a spell, in addition to having a strong mental power to guide it, it is also necessary to construct a magic circuit."

As he said, he drew a circle on the ground and added some lines in the middle.

"This is the most basic condensed circuit. Some natural elements have the characteristic of condensing and shining. You can use this as a lighting technique." Dibian said and smiled apologetically, "For example, the dark element is fine, but I am now mentally disordered. , It’s inconvenient to cast spells, so I can’t show it to you."

Anna looked at the small "magic circle", this condensing circuit was very simple, she had already remembered it.

"It doesn't matter, it's important for you to heal the injury." Anna shook her head, pointing to the magic circuit and said, "Do you have to draw this circuit every time you cast a spell?"

She remembered that she had faced spells twice, once by Ulysses himself, who sent her away with gentle wind, once by the demon occupying Ulysses' body and threatened her with a fire dragon, and these two times, She didn't even see them drawing magic circuits.

"Yes and no," Dubian said. "The magic circuit is a prerequisite for casting spells, but it doesn't have to be in this way. When you can use mental power to guide the natural elements, you can guide nature in a position like the palm of your hand. Elements build loops. The more complex the magic loop, the more difficult it is to build. For example, it is difficult for ordinary people to build by only relying on spiritual force to guide natural elements."

As Dibian said, he drew another magic circuit beside the condensed circuit. This circuit is composed of three circles, intertwined, the lines inside are dazzled by Anna.

Anna was a little puzzled: "Although this circuit is a bit complicated, it is not difficult to remember."

Dubian said: "It's true, but remembering does not mean that it can be constructed. It is easy to draw, but it is very difficult to use spiritual force to guide natural elements to construct it. Natural elements are not so obedient. So, we still There is another way."

He said, showing something to Anna: "This is my staff."

Staff?

Anna looked at this stick, which was not much bigger than chopsticks, and fell into deep thought.

This thing is not at all compelling.

The main body of the staff in Dibian's hand is made of wood, and the body of the staff is only one finger thick, with a lot of shining ores inlaid on it.

He obviously didn’t have Anna’s idea of ​​compelling grids. He carefully held it, pointed to the ore and said to Anna: “This ore is called empty crystal, which can solidify the magic circuit on it, so that when you fight, you can guide the injected natural elements. It will automatically form your solidified spell loop and cast spells instantly."

Anna asked: "Is it difficult to solidify the magic circuit on the empty crystal?"

Dubian said: "Indeed, the more complex the spell circuit, the more difficult it is to solidify. Once the solidification fails, this small piece of empty crystal is useless. Even if the solidification is successful, this empty crystal can only be used for two or three months."

"Kong Jing... Isn't it expensive?" Anna asked again.

Dubian nodded: "Such a small piece, a gold coin. Even the most basic condensed circuit has only half of the solidification success rate. Like this," he pointed to the three circles on the side, "Try a hundred It’s not always possible to succeed once."

Anna swallowed. Sure enough, the mage is an extremely expensive profession, and she can't afford her own staff without money.

She's cruel, it doesn't matter, krypton gold is not good, it can be liver! As long as she is proficient enough to cast spells by herself without borrowing the curing circuit, can't she save money?

She guiltyly glanced at the three circular magic circuits on the side, and closed her eyes.

It's okay, what if she is not elemental affinity? Then there is no need to worry about Krypton not being able to afford gold...

With a wave of Dibian's hand, the two magic circuits disappeared. He looked at Anna and said with a smile: "But this is all for the future. At least a two-star mage will try to solidify the magic circuit."

Anna instantly understood that because the spell circuit learned during the one-star mage and apprentice stage was too simple, if even this simple circuit had to be solidified on the empty crystal, there was really no need for this person to continue learning spells.

"Today I will teach you the most basic method of meditation." Dibian was originally sitting on a rock, sitting cross-legged on a toilet seat, with his hands folded gently between his knees, his head slightly lowered and his eyes closed. This is a meditation posture."

Anna quickly followed suit.

Dibian opened his eyes and looked at Anna's movements and said, "Your movements are very accurate. Hold on."

Anna closed her eyes, and Dibian’s soft voice was in her ear: "Empty all your thoughts and concentrate on feeling the natural elements around us. The light element is white, the water element is blue, the wind element is green, and the fire element is. It is red, the earth element is yellow, the thunder element is purple, the gold element is golden, and the dark element is black."

Anna's mind was empty, and after closing her eyes, there was a light black.

...But she didn't see any other colors?

Could it be that she is also a pure dark element affinity body, so she can only see black?

Anna tried for a while and opened her eyes. Dibian was looking at her. She asked: "The pure dark element affinity can only feel the dark dark element?"

Dibian shook his head: "No. As long as it is an element affinity, you can feel all the natural elements, but you can't guide the use."

Anna's heart suddenly became cold, and she couldn't feel anything. Isn't she really an elemental affinity?

Dubian went on to say: "It takes about two months for the average apprentice of the mage to feel the natural elements in meditation, so you don't have to worry if you can't feel it now."

Anna finally felt relieved.

It turns out that even after meditation, it must take two months. It is indeed necessary to test the affinity of the elements before learning spells. If it is not for elemental affinity, then there is no need to waste time at all.

Anna doesn't know if she is an elemental affinity, but Schrödinger's state is better than certain. She is very willing to take the little "risk" of wasting time to meditate.

After teaching Anna how to meditate, today's course is over. Just before leaving, Anna couldn't help but ask a question: "Is the posture of meditation very important? If I lie down and meditate, will it be effective? "

Dibian was stunned, because he had never thought about it, let alone tried it. His teacher taught him how to meditate, and he did the same. Why would he want to lie down and meditate?

But since Anna asked, Dibian couldn't help but think about it.

"I'll try it later and I will tell you tomorrow." Dubian said.

Anna just asked casually. She didn't expect Dibian to take it seriously. She was also taken aback before she smiled brightly: "Okay, see you tomorrow!"

Anna returned home happily, and the home was as good as usual. Her mother Gay did not ask too much after she said that she would go home late every day. She greeted Gay and went back to her room.

Adele and Little Evan were already asleep, Anna posed for meditation on the bed, and after some time, she yawned.

Although she still didn't feel the natural elements, Anna was not anxious, and went to sleep after packing up.

The next day, Anna still arrived at the small building where the devil lived at 8:30.

To Anna's surprise, today's demon looked prepared, and she actually saw a book on the table.

Books in this world are very precious. Of course, what is precious is not the paper of the books, but the knowledge written on paper, the knowledge monopolized by the upper-class nobles and mages.

Seeing Anna coming, Rothgar threw the precious book over.

Anna caught it in a hurry.

Rotgar sneered: "Don't hide this time?"

Anna suddenly remembered that after the devil had threatened her before, she threw a bag of gold coins to her, but she didn't pick it up.

But he was really a careful devil, that little thing has been remembered till now.

Anna smiled shyly and didn't reply. This is a book, it was the first time she touched a book after she came here!

The book is hand-copied and thread-bound, with some vocabulary written on the cover, and she doesn't know a word.

Turning over the inner pages, she looked a little greedily. Because of some words from Dibian's church yesterday, she could understand a few words in this book occasionally, and she would look at familiar words more often.

Rothgar looked at Anna's eagerness and even hungry appearance, slightly distracted.

It turns out that she really longed for literacy.

He remembered when she said that she was literate because she wanted to go her own way. Could it be that she approached Parish and Ulysses at first, really just for literacy?

Rothgar didn't make a final conclusion. His evaluation of Anna now is higher than that of ordinary human beings, so he didn't think her purpose would be so simple.

Literacy is not in conflict with taking shortcuts and becoming a master.

Rothgar said: "Do you know what this is?"

Anna shook her head: "I don't know."

Of course she can guess from the format that this is probably a collection of poems, but there is no need to tell the devil this kind of thing.

"This is what you must learn today." Rotgar said.

Anna: "..."

Is this demon really teaching her to read, not torturing her?

She didn't even know a few words, so she sprinted a hundred meters before she walked quickly? Did he forget that she only started learning basic characters yesterday!

"Master Ulysses, not everyone is a genius like you. My talent is very ordinary. I only learned the basic characters yesterday. I will learn a whole book today. I really can't do it!" Anna quickly Say.

Sure enough, it is not easy to take advantage of the devil's benefits.

"Can't learn, you don't need to go back today." Rotgar smiled badly.

Anna panicked.

What does this mean? Literally, it means detention with an ordinary teacher, or if she can't learn it today, he will kill her and let her explain it here?

Anna didn't dare to ask, she held the suspected poem collection, only fortunately, this poem collection is still relatively thin, about fifty pages, and when she just looked through it, she found that many words are the same. of.

Isn't it about memorizing words with high intensity? She can! She had memorized five hundred unfamiliar English words in one day!

Anna took a deep breath, strode to Rotgar, patted the book on the table, pointed to the cover and said, "Then Master Ulysses, start teaching me immediately!"

For the benefit, she didn't lose at all when she learned so many written words in one day.