Wizard: I brought the wrong system.

Chapter 109 Stone Spirit
When Yaro first arrived at the academy, Desi had told him that there were laboratories in the teaching buildings.

Whether you call him cautious or timid, even after living in the academy for more than half a year, Yaro never went there.

In his conjecture, the so-called laboratory was either like the eerie and mysterious dwelling of the ethereal witch, where a group of strange wizard apprentices tinkered with things like frogs and bats.

Or it could be like the laboratory classrooms of the previous life, with many small rooms arranged in a row, specifically used for experimental teaching.

But when he followed the instructions on the mission and used his personal name card to unlock the gate outside the experimental area, he was greeted by two smooth and straight roads. In the middle of the roads was a row of straight green trees, with roses larger than a fist scattered among them, displaying a proud and beautiful appearance against the backdrop of green leaves.

But amidst this rich floral fragrance, there was something strange—no birds or insects were seen!
"Snapped!"

Yaro raised an eyebrow and looked at the rose that was being slowly chewed.

Demonized Insectivorous Plant?
Is this strange appearance a decorative modification, or is it a demonization made from roses from the start?
Yaro turned his head and looked at the scattered flowers around him.

So, are all these flowers demonized carnivorous plants?
I don't know who designed this garden, but the distribution of each rose is just right, without giving people a feeling of being tired of it. It has a kind of splendid bloom in the wilderness.

Perhaps this is also the mindset of wizards when they conduct research.

The road was flanked by towering walls, with a gate every so often. Looking up, one could vaguely see detached houses built within the walls in the distance, resembling a cluster of independent villas, completely different from what Yaro had imagined.

Yaro infused his magic into the name tag and checked the information on it.

"D-26".

Of course, the so-called 'D' is just a translation by Yaro, and it is not wrong to understand it as 'Ding-26'.

"Sector D? In which direction is it?"

A strange voice suddenly spoke up, "Sir, you need to go to the right in section D."

"Oh?"

Yaro turned his head in the direction of the sound, but saw no one.

There was only a small fountain over there, and in the center of the fountain stood a life-sized black stone statue of a bat with wings.

"Gargoyles?" Yaro asked tentatively.

"Sir, your joke isn't very funny."

This time, the sound actually came from beside Aro's feet.
Yaro looked down and saw a small knight sculpture on the outer wall of the flower bed next to him, bowing to him.

“If my words just now offended you, please accept my sincere apologies,” Yaro said, tapping his left shoulder with his right hand in an elegant apprentice’s bow.

“Alright, I accept your apology,” the palm-sized knight statue raised its lance and returned a warrior’s salute to Yaro, saying, “I am the managing stone spirit of the research area, you can call me Pipit.”

Stone Spirit?

Yaro immediately thought of the strange big rock outside his grandfather's door.

Is this the real Stone Spirit?

Yaro: "Mr. Pipit, this shouldn't be your true form, right? I've heard that the true forms of Stone Spirits are all very large."

Because of the strange big rock outside his grandfather's house, Yaro had some understanding of the Stone Spirit.

Stone spirits and gargoyles are not the same species at all. Gargoyles belong to the undead species, and are a type of undead monster created by the accumulation of fragments of deceased souls within stone statues.

Stone spirits, however, mostly appear in long-established wizarding families or formal wizarding academies.

It is a kind of magical transformation that eventually occurred due to the statue absorbing the magical energy radiated by wizards over a long period of time.

Because their existence is closely related to wizards, and because their thinking is relatively rigid, they can be understood as having absolute authority. They do not need to be fed, and as long as there is sufficient energy radiation, and their lifespan is very long, they are the best followers of wizards and the best candidates for stewards of most wizard towers.

Most stone spirits lack offensive capabilities, but they can learn and manipulate magic circles. Therefore, a stone spirit's strength depends on the strength of the wizard it is backed by.

Pipit said, "Of course, my main body is in the center of the research area. Would you like to go see it? My main body is very beautiful!"

Yaro quickly replied, "I'll definitely go when I have time. I need to go to my research lab now and see what's missing. I need to hurry up and buy it today."

“Yes, sir, please go ahead with your work,” the palm-sized knight said, brandishing his lance. “If you need any daily necessities, you can knock on the flowerbeds by the roadside.”

"Please let me know what kind of food you like the day before, and I will make arrangements for you."

“Every evening at six o’clock, a puppet will come to collect the clothes that need washing, and will bring them back to you at breakfast time the next day.”

"You just need to focus on your experiments, and your life manager, Pipit, will take care of everything else."

Yaro nodded. "I understand. Thank you for your help."

Although the cost of living in the academy has always been low, Yaro did not expect that the living conditions in the experimental zone would be even more extravagant.

Judging from this, it seems they're going to take care of all your daily chores.

Yaro suddenly thought of Kenan Nabi and his plaintive lament, "I should be in my own research lab..."

No wonder he couldn't forget it; these details of daily life alone show how much the college values ​​the research area.

"Sir, you can look at the upper right corner of each gate; the gate number is marked there. If you really can't find it, you can also follow my advice and knock on the flower bed to let me know. Pipit is always at your service."

The knight sculpture gave a farewell gesture, then sank in and merged back into the mural.

A few specks of dust fell to the ground, indicating that what had just happened was not an illusion.

As if sensing something, a rustling sound suddenly came from the flower bed, and several roots tentatively stretched out, slowly crawling towards Yaro's feet.

'What is this?'

Yaro instinctively took a few steps back.

As if sensing that Yaro had moved away, the roots suddenly sped up, quickly climbing onto a small amount of dust. A suction sound rang out, and the dust quickly disappeared. After doing this, the roots quickly returned to the flower bed.

The speed of their return shows that the roots traveled slowly before, simply to avoid startling Yaro, not because they were actually that slow.

'What an amazing place!'

After thinking it over, Yaro bowed in farewell towards the knight statue, then got up and walked in the direction Pipit had indicated.

(End of this chapter)