What did you say?
The cave where your mother hid her books was turned into a bear cave by a few black bears?
Who would hide a book in a cave?
Claude really couldn't figure out what the magus' mother was thinking. She actually hid her books in the cave and never returned. Poor Sheila didn't have any books after she became a first-circle nature magus and couldn't choose a basic spell to engrave. She wanted to go to the cave where her mother hid her books, only to find that the cave had been turned into a bear cave by a few black bears and she couldn't beat them.
It was no wonder Claude felt that something was wrong when he first saw the old shack the magus lived in. It was only after he returned that he realized he didn't see anything that looked like a book.
As a magus, it was unimaginable that they didn't have a collection of books. After all, books were the carriers of knowledge and magi were the collectors and explorers of knowledge.
They would record all their experiences and discoveries on the path of exploring the mysteries of magic. At the same time, they would collect all the books that they thought were worth collecting.
"My mother set up a magic formation in the cave and used the dryness and coolness of the cave to protect those precious books.
We used to live outside the cave, but it was a little far from a water source and life there wasn't convenient. Also, considering how dangerous it was for me to play there when I was young, my mother brought me to Witch Forest to build that wooden hut, "the magus explained.
Girl, that's not a wooden hut, it's just a broken shack. I'm really impressed by your mother's sense of beauty in architecture.
If that shack of yours is a wooden hut, then this two-storey wooden building you're living in now is the palace your mother talked about?
But at least your mother acts like a mother, considering how dangerous it would be for you to play there when you were young. That's not easy at all …
As he cursed inwardly, he pretended to listen attentively.
"After my mother left, I was very happy at first. No one forced me to practice meditation, read, and write anymore. I brought Black Wind everywhere to play every day. At that time, Black Wind had just become an adult …" The young mage continued, "After more than a month, I felt lonely. I really wanted my mother back.
After that, I desperately trained in meditation, and after half a year, I officially became a 1-ring Nature Mage.
"Only then did I discover that I didn't have any basic spells to engrave, so I decided to go to the library cave to look for them. I remember my mother storing a few magic scrolls there …"
You let the goats out as soon as your mother left. You seem to be having a good time …
"In the end, I didn't expect that in the half a year that I hadn't been there, two big black bears had come to the cave. They treated the cave as their nest.
I couldn't get in at all. There was a big black bear chasing me for a long time. It took me a lot of effort to escape … "The young Mage's eyes turned red as she spoke, looking very wronged.
An unwelcome guest had come to her house and turned the tables on her. She, as the host, could not go back.
"So I returned to the Witch Forest, engraved the Beast Shapeshifting Spell, put on the old bear skin, and prepared to fight the two big black bears.
In the end, he discovered that Old Bearskin had been around for too long. After transforming into Black Bear, he couldn't beat the two bears at all.
If not for Black Wind holding them back and helping me, I would have been torn to shreds by the two black bears. "
The young Mage looked rather fearful. It seemed that the incident had left a deep impression on her and she couldn't bear to think back on it.
Come to think of it, she wasn't even 15 years old back then. The fact that she was able to put on the old bear skin and fight the two ferocious black bears was already quite courageous.
Claude was considerate and pulled the young Mage into his embrace. He patted her on the back and consoled her. "It's fine now. Don't be sad. I'll help you get that cave back.
Even if I didn't have this new bear skin, I still had a way to kill those black bears that occupied the cave.
I'll go with you when the rain lightens up a little. I mean it. "
The young Mage didn't realize that she was being taken advantage of by Claude. She only felt warmth and a sense of security in his embrace.
This was something she had never felt in the four years since her mother had left. Tears welled up in her eyes and she really wanted to cry. She had suffered so much in the past four years alone in the forest with the big black wolf. She was not even nineteen years old yet, and she was just a very pure girl …
But the moment his hand changed from a light pat to a caress and moved downwards to her round buttocks, the magus finally snapped out of her daze and pushed him away with a reddened face. "You … you pervert …" she said angrily.
"Sorry, it's my fault. It's all my fault. You're too beautiful. I couldn't help myself. I couldn't control my hands …" he apologized sincerely.
Seeing that the young Mage didn't move, Claude was delighted. Just as he was about to take another step forward, an invisible hand grabbed his collar and lifted him into the air.
"Ugh, Sheila, I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. Can you put me down?"
Only then did Claude realize that teaching the young Mage Spellhand wasn't a good idea at all. He was now easily controlled by her.
The young Mage ignored Claude's pleas and brought him to the door. She opened the door with her other Spellhand and flung him out into the corridor.
He patted his bottom and got up. He didn't think that he would see Myjack standing at the other end of the corridor, gaping at him.
"Are you alright, Sir?"
Sir … "Myjack asked with concern.
"I'm fine. Go do what you need to do. Don't mind me. Being chased out isn't a big deal." Claude could only pretend that nothing had happened and returned to his room next door.
At the end of the third month, the heavy rain finally turned into a light drizzle. That meant that the rainy season was about to end and sunny days were about to arrive.
The young Mage Magus, who had been staying in her room all this while, couldn't hold back her temper any longer. She insisted on going out into the wilderness to test out the dozen or so magic formations she suspected to be fireball spells.
Claude had no choice but to go along with her wishes. He brought a pack horse and put the new bearskin with magic runes engraved on it into a bag on the horse's back. Then, he carried his backpack, a match soaked in oil, and a flintlock. He accompanied the young Mage Magus and the big black wolf up the mountain behind Squirrel Village.
Even though it was a light drizzle, it was still rather inconvenient for the people walking on the mountain with their ponchos draped over their shoulders.
The young Mage Magus was also wearing the Aueran uniform, but she didn't wear a cap. Her long hair was tied up in a ponytail behind her.
She threw the hood of her ponytail behind her and wore a rain-proof hat. She skipped along the mountain path, her ponytail swinging back and forth behind her. It was obvious that she was in a good mood.
The big black wolf was also having a good time in the mountains. It was rather depressed after being cooped up in its room for more than two weeks.
Even though it slept well and ate well, the young Mage Magus kept using it as a guinea pig after learning Spell's Hands and Fine Control. She often swung it around in the air and didn't allow it to howl.
Not to mention, she had to bathe it four times in a short span of ten days. It was a painful experience for the big black wolf. Now that it could have fun in the mountains, it was as free as a dream.
After nearly three hours on the mountain path, the two humans and the wolf finally arrived at Witch Forest.
Even though the rain had lessened and was no longer an obstacle to their journey, the mud and puddles were still there.
This was especially true for the young female mage. She had stayed in the room for nearly twenty days, and this journey was like a walk in the park. Even an ordinary wildflower in the mountains could attract her interest, so much so that her time was delayed quite a bit.
She had already picked a bunch of wildflowers and her clothes and boots were all stained with mud.
The dilapidated shack was still there. As Claude had expected, it had become a haven for insects and ants.
The blood that seeped into the ground from the black bear attracted many ants and octopuses. Occasionally, a few scorpions and centipedes would crawl past.
The smell of blood also attracted other carnivores. The shack was turned upside down and there were many messy claw marks on the ground and wooden walls.
Seeing that the young Mage Magus' eyes were filled with tears, Claude walked over and gently patted her shoulder. "Don't worry. When the weather clears up, I'll help you build a beautiful hut here.
The new won't come if the old doesn't go.
I promise I'll build it beautifully and you'll be satisfied with it. "
Thanks to Claude's constant testing, the young Mage Magus was already used to his touch.
Of course, she still didn't allow him to touch the forbidden areas of her body. Even if he used carelessness as an excuse, he would still be taught a harsh lesson by the young Mage Magus.
She leaned her head on Claude's shoulder and said with a choked voice, "This is the home my mother built with her own hands …"
Even though she felt a little sad, her emotions dissipated quickly.
After a while, the young Mage Magus pulled Claude to try out the fireball spell. Claude had no choice but to persuade her to stop. He told her to go to the cave where her mother hid her books and that there might be a scroll for the spell hidden there.
If she were to try out the spell's formation now and end up hurting herself from the backlash, she wouldn't know how long it would take to reclaim the cave.
Thankfully, the young Mage Magus still had some rationality left. After some thought, she felt that Claude was right.
She originally wanted to test out the Fireball Spell first before driving away the few black bears that occupied the cave. After all, putting on the bear skin and using the Ferocious Beast Shapeshifting Spell to transform into a big black bear for a hand-to-hand fight was a little degrading for a delicate and beautiful girl like her. Using the Fireball Spell to blast away the few black bears would be more elegant, and it would also vent the anger in her heart.
However, she didn't consider the possibility of the backlash from the spell and the wrong formation exploding in her hands.
"It's fine. I have a gun with me. A few bears won't be a problem," Claude said confidently as he patted the gun on his back.
Even if he didn't have a gun, he wouldn't have to worry about the bears. The main reason he brought the gun was to demonstrate its power to the young Mage Magus. He didn't want her to think that she was superior to a gun just because she knew a few spells.
The young Mage Magus stared at the drizzling sky and the gun on Claude's back.
Claude understood what she meant. He took the gun from his back and smiled. "It's fine. As long as it's not a storm, the gun can be used normally.
First, the match has been soaked in kerosene and can still be lit when it's wet.
Second, there's a lid on the medicine box that can stop the rain from seeping in.
When we pull the trigger, the match will clamp on the handle and send the burning match into the medicine box. Only then will the lid open and the match will ignite the fuse inside. The gun will then fire the pellet.
The only thing we have to be careful about is not letting the rain get into the medicine box. "
Apart from climbing the mountain for another hour or so, the cave that the young Mage Magus mentioned was halfway up the mountain behind Witch Forest.
The cave that the young Mage mentioned was halfway up the mountain behind the Witch's Forest. Following the steep mountain path, there was a large hill. At the bottom of the hill was a large pine forest. After passing through the pine forest, there was a cave entrance in the stone wall. Outside the cave was a big black bear.
The big black wolf's roar allowed the bear to notice the two humans, wolf, and a saddle from afar.
In order not to let the delicacy that was delivered to its doorstep slip away, the bear pounced over with a fierce roar. Following that, two more black bears came out of the cave.
What Claude found strange was that, logically speaking, black bears were the cubs that were raised by the mother and chased away by the mother when they grew up.
Yet, for some reason, the three bears continued to live together.
But now wasn't the time to get to the bottom of it. Claude perfectly demonstrated the power of the gun in front of the young Mage Magus. He easily fired and hit the head of the charging black bear, killing it with a single shot.
As for the two bears that went berserk after that, Claude only used Spell Hands and Precise Control to turn them into two sharp spears that pierced into their hearts.
The young Mage Magus hurriedly put on the pelt and turned herself into a real black bear.
But when she was about to engage in a melee with the black bear, she realized that she had no opponents left.
Claude proudly stood on the dead black bear with his gun and put on a victorious posture. It was a pity that cameras weren't invented in this era.
The cave that had become the bear's den was filled with a foul stench. It was probably due to the bears' lack of hygiene.
The young Mage Magus cast a Luminous Pearl and used Spell Hands to grab some branches to clean the cave. After getting rid of the bear's excrement and moldy bones, she felt much better.
"Where are the books?"
Claude was disappointed. He thought that the books Sheila's mother stored here had been destroyed by the bears.
"Of course not. This is outside the cave."
The young Mage Magus walked to the flat stone wall at the end of the cave and bent down to search for a while before infusing some mana into it.
Claude found that a green hexagram had appeared on the flat stone wall.
The young Mage Magus breathed a sigh of relief. "I was worried that the black bear would break the formation and I would have to dig my way in.
Thankfully, it's only been four years and the formation isn't broken. I can still infuse mana into it. "
She pushed the hexagram forward and the stone wall retracted into the wall beside it.
What appeared before Claude was a room that looked like a reading room.
On both sides of the wall was a row of large black bookshelves. The bookshelves were filled with many large books made of animal hide.
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