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Chapter 60: 60. Benevolent Teacher, Filial Disciple
"Huh? Is this teacher out of her mind?"
Dorothy looked at the Spider Witch, who had suddenly become cautious and even slightly respectful in front of her, feeling confused about what she was thinking.
"Teacher, so did I pass the exam?"
She pressed on.
"You passed, and with a perfect score, but are you really not an plainclothes inspector sent by the school to monitor the departments?"
Noe Rose was still a bit uneasy, confirming dryly.
This kind of thing had happened more than once in the past. The School Committee and the Student Council always had some little geniuses who came up with all sorts of bizarre ideas to cause trouble. Even the Headmaster herself, when in the mood, would go on incognito visits, wandering around the Witch Academy, pretending to be a student to attend classes and so on. These things were really terrifying, okay?
If this bad student was really an plainclothes envoy sent from above, then given her previous double standards, she would probably have her salary deducted again, and her research funds for the next few months might also be cut. She couldn't help but be nervous.
Dorothy: "."
A clear conscience fears no ghost knocking on the door. Teacher, what on earth have you done that you're so afraid of being investigated?
"I'm really not."
She patiently explained.
"But this isn't logical! Let me check your information. Name: Dorothy, Age: 16."
Noe Rose pulled out the list of registered students that the school had sent her earlier and found the information of the bad student in front of her. But the more she looked at the information, the more she suspected it was fake.
You're telling me someone with this level of knowledge is 16 years old? Impossible, absolutely impossible!
Normally, to have this level of knowledge, even a genius who can memorize everything at first glance and learn instantly would need to spend over 30 years studying.
"But this is very magical, isn't it, Teacher? For us Demonesses, anything is possible. Besides, your exam paper was really quite ordinary, Teacher. I originally thought it would be more difficult, but it was all basic questions. The only thing was that it covered a wide range of subjects. Luckily, I read widely in my daily life and have a slight understanding of all nine major factions."
Seeing the Spider Witch's exaggerated reaction, Dorothy spoke directly.
"Magic? Uh, do you have a talent for accelerated learning?"
Reminded, Noe Rose finally reacted, asking in shock.
If you ask what kind of talent is most precious to a Research Witch, all Research Demonesses would give the same answer: a talent that can accelerate learning or improve intelligence.
After all, most Research Demonesses are scholars walking on the All-Knowing Path, and for scholars, how to master more knowledge faster and better is their eternal pursuit.
Unfortunately, these two types of talents are extremely rare, not much better than the universally recognized rare Space-Time Talent. Moreover, most of them are of a relatively high level, generally starting at SR, and the difficulty of evolution is extremely great. It's basically very hard to obtain without some opportunity.
Therefore, a Demoness who is lucky enough to inherit such a talent is almost a darling of the All-Knowing Path, a cheater born with a learning cheat. Their progress speed can be much faster than their peers, and it's not impossible for a more abnormal one to be several times faster.
My goodness, did I really strike gold?
The Spider Witch felt a sudden rush of happiness, as if a mountain of gold had fallen from the sky and hit her.
After all, normally, these talented Demonesses are basically reserved by the big shots of the All-Knowing Path before they even enroll, directly competing to take them as disciples. There are rarely any that slip through the net.
And even if there were such wild geniuses, they would generally apply to popular majors like the Prophecy System, Alchemy Department, Potion Department, etc. After all, those major departments have strong faculty, a good learning atmosphere, and are more conducive to their growth.
And what was her major again? Automatic Mechanized Civil Engineering. Although those in the know understand that this is a high-difficulty composite major, when all is said and done, it's still a major that teaches people how to pour concrete and build houses. The career path after graduation still involves going to construction sites, belonging to the simple and unpretentious labor class, which sounds a bit underwhelming when spoken aloud.
In terms of popularity, how could her major compare to those popular majors where graduates can directly enter high-end laboratories, earn high salaries, have high social status, and be surrounded by various big shots with ample learning opportunities?
The reason she hadn't been able to recruit students for so many years, besides her exams being too difficult, was partly because there truly wasn't much good student material. Those who applied to her were mostly the leftovers from other majors, the crooked melons and cracked dates. Which true favored daughter of heaven would be so bored as to learn how to pour concrete?
Well, it's probably like how she hasn't been able to marry herself off for so many years. She doesn't like those who like her, and those she likes don't like her. It's difficult.
But now it seems fate is quite fond of her. She had already given up resisting and was lying flat like a salted fish, but suddenly such a great treasure delivered itself to her doorstep.
Am I having a change of luck?
Noe Rose thought with a pleasant surprise.
Dorothy, on the other hand, merely nodded, confirming the Spider Witch's guess. However, she didn't explain much further, as they weren't close yet, and detailed information about talents was always a private secret among Demonesses, not to be casually revealed unless the relationship reached a certain level.
She indeed had the ability to accelerate learning, but it wasn't an innate talent; it was a postnatal specialty she had evolved herself.
[Multiple Thinking (SSR): You are born with the ability to multitask. Through training, this talent has been enhanced. You now possess the ability to simultaneously process multiple different things.]
How to put it, this talent was like directly upgrading Dorothy's thought process from single-threaded to multi-threaded. Currently, she could do three things at once, performing three tasks simultaneously in the same amount of time. If combined with transformation magic, she could directly transform into a three-headed, six-armed being, then hold three books with six hands, and have three heads simultaneously learn three different kinds of knowledge.
Not only did this improve learning efficiency, but this talent was also a considerably powerful combat talent. After all, others could only cast one spell at a time, but she could cast three simultaneously.
Moreover, three wasn't the limit. Recently, with the increase in her magic power, Dorothy felt that her fourth thought circuit was almost successfully condensed. At that time, her learning efficiency would increase by a few more points.
Undoubtedly, this was an absurdly powerful ability. Generally speaking, to evolve such an ability, one would have to spend hundreds of thousands of Mana. It was simply unthinkable otherwise.
However, the evolution cost of talents and specialties has always been related to one's talent direction. The more talented a Demoness is in a certain field, the less magic power it costs to evolve the corresponding specialty, and the higher the discount.
Dorothy probably evolved this talent inexplicably because, as a Transmigration person, she was already like two souls in one body after Transmigration. The total cost before and after was only a little over 1000 Mana.
Hmm, rounded up, it's equivalent to getting it for free.
And because of this talent, she had a unique advantage in precise magic control. Afterwards, she successfully obtained the Magic Control (SSR) specialty for free.
Anyway, buy one get one free, truly a bargain.
However, thinking of this, Dorothy looked at the seemingly unreliable Spider Witch in front of her and began to worry if she could withstand her exploitation.
Noe Rose, who was targeted by this heaven-sent treasure, did not yet know what awaited her in the future. She just happily reached out and pressed the bad student's shoulder.
"Student Dorothy, you've been admitted. Don't worry, I, Noe Rose, will definitely cultivate you into a useful talent for the Witch World. I swear by my title as a double master of puppetry and architecture."
"Mm-hmm, okay. Then I'll be relying on you from now on, Teacher."
Dorothy was also very happy; she also felt she had struck gold.
Well, you can't judge a book by its cover. This Witch Academy is truly full of hidden talents. Who would have thought that she would encounter a double master in just any random major? This is good, this is wonderful! It seems there's no need to consider changing teachers for a while.
Don't worry, Teacher Noe Rose, I will drain the knowledge from your mind at four times the speed.
So, for a moment, the scene was one of a benevolent teacher and filial disciple, incredibly heartwarming.
Only the forgotten Audrey stood at a loss, looking at the teacher and disciple holding hands, feeling completely out of place with them.
Boo hoo hoo, Second Aunt, so I'm the extra one.
The little fox was in self-isolation again.