Child of Light

Volume 1: Chapter 4 - Basic Knowledge

"Zhang Gong Wei, what time do you think it is right now?" Teacher Xiu said with eyes full of fury.

"Ah! Teacher why are you here? Ah, sorry I overslept this morning."

The truth is that I was terrified of meeting this terrifying teacher today, so I ended up walking in circles in the front of the school as I didn't dare to go in. I hadn't expected him to come out, I'm doomed.

As expected, "You overslept? Then your willpower must not be good. The most important thing for a mage to practice is their willpower. Then you'll need to be stimulated first then. Go run five laps around the school until you're vigilant."

With no way out, I began running at a slow and leisurely pace.

"My name is Xi Lu Xiu. Obey my call, come forth my servant, Light Tiger."

This is a level five magical beast. (Every person who studies magic each has their own magical beast. They can have more than one, but summoning more than one will consume a greater amount of willpower.)

"Zhang Gong, you have to run faster. If you get caught by him, you know what will happen to you."

Seeing the light tiger who is four to five times bigger than me, gave me a lot of motivation. The fear of getting eaten drew my strength out and quickly ran straight ahead. Teacher's light tiger followed me not too slowly or not too close. When I slow down a bit, a light arrow flies over and scares me, so I immediately speed up again. (Elementary and intermediate light spells only have one attack spell that's at rank two.)

Ah, I'm truly miserable.

Finally, I finished my run which was like a long journey. Teacher Xiu unexpectedly let me rest for fifteen minutes.

Ah, how does my life have so much suffering?

"Resting time is over, now we're going to see what you have learned already. What spells do you know Zhang Gong?"

"I know the illumination spell."

"What else?"

"Nothing else."

"In two years you have only learned the illumination spell."

Carrying on, Teacher Xiu asked me many questions regarding my knowledge of basic magic theory and then some problem questions. My knowledge of basic magic theory was horrible since I mostly sleep in class. However, for the problem questions, my answers were really good, as after all I am very clever.

Teacher Xiu looked at me for two minutes then let out a heavy sigh.

"How did I meet such a lazy student? Ah, no wonder Teacher Lin asked me to teach you. Although I know your scores are near the bottom, I still didn't expect it was bad to this extent. Well, let's end class for today. Don't be late tomorrow." I encountered such a poor student and he's also helpless.

What? He allowed me to finish class already, and it's still the morning. He's so great!

"Right, I'll give you some homework to do." saying so, he handed me two thick books.

Receiving them, I took a look. One of them says "Basic Magic Theory" while the other says "Major Light Element Spells and Explanations". Giving me this, what does he expect me to do with it? I cannot help but wonder about his intentions.

"For tomorrow, you must memorize the basics of magic theory so you can make up for your originally poor knowledge of magic theory. I don't want my students to be lacking in comparison to others. The other textbook is for later but you can also take a look at it. Well, you can go home now."