I really just want to hang out in the magic world.

"I really have no intention of escaping this academy, but if it makes you feel at ease, then I am willing to listen to the information you have to say."

Ruan Xiaozhe said expressionlessly, without a trace of joking on that sculptured face.

Seeing him so serious, Sarkoda couldn't help but feel confused.

"Is it true that he never went out at night?"

Sarkoda turned his gaze to another student from the Black Turtle Tower next to him. The student shook his head slightly, meaning not to be fooled.

"..."

Sarkoda's face suddenly turned gloomy. It turned out that these nobles who looked glamorous on the surface were unreliable and too dangerous.

"...Come with me and I will explain it to you."

Then, Sarkoda whispered a few words to the students of the Black Turtle Tower and left.

Ruan Xiaozhe curiously went up to one of the students who had eaten the vegetable stew and asked, "What did Tutantha say?"

The man replied apologetically: "...He said not to talk to you alone when he's not around."

"..."

……

In fact, Ruan Xiaozhe was not the only one wandering around outside at night, and most of the students were starting to leave the tower now.

They gradually realized that they could not survive in this college if they just stayed in bed and slept quietly at night.

Whether it's for food, to complete their homework, or to escape, they must wander around the academy looking for any possible clues.

Sarkoda is certainly no exception.

"You sneak around the academy at night and you dare to blame me?"

"...I didn't blame you." Sarkoda said helplessly.

If you think about it carefully, there really isn't.

"Okay, go on." Ruan Xiaozhe waved his hand.

"..."

So Sarkoda continued his story.

Recently, he and his students have been challenging the third floor of the main building.

Of all the magic academy buildings, the main building is the largest and hides the most secrets.

According to legend, not even the principal knew what was inside the main building.

The rumors are not groundless, the third floor of the main building looks different every time I go there.

Sometimes there would be five corridors, sometimes the stairs leading there would disappear, and sometimes they would be blocked by a wall after just a few steps.

But Sarkoda found some way in thanks to the persistence of the Stonemasons Guild.

"How to get in?"

"When the minutes and seconds are odd numbers, the moon is not covered by clouds, and the wand is held in the left hand, these conditions are met, and the corridor on the third floor will open correctly."

"..."

Ruan Xiaozhe wondered for a moment whether Sarkoda was joking, but Sarkoda's expression was very serious.

"......I see."

After all, this is a magic academy, so such a situation is not impossible.

Ruan Xiaozhe was thankful that the conditions for opening the third-floor corridor did not require him to fry peanuts on a unicycle with lightning speed while walking through a ring of fire.

"Thank you, this is useful information."

Ruan Xiaozhe originally planned to go to the upper floor of the main building to find the stables, so the information on the third floor was very important to him.

"The information is not over yet. On the third floor, there is a being who can help you."

"Isn't it the Thunder Elf?"

"?"

"It's okay, I was just joking, what is that?"

Ruan Xiaozhe became curious.

Although this is a magical world, the main building is filled with all kinds of strange beings:

Liches, troll hybrids, vampires, thunder elves, etc...

Most of them are not friendly, and Ruan Xiaozhe can bet a gold coin on this.

"Then I can't say." Sarkoda spread his hands.

"..."

"I swore an oath not to reveal the identity of that being."

"I see. You want me to go and confirm it myself?"

"No, that information alone will make it harder to find than finding a way into the third floor corridor, so I must accompany you."

Sarkoda said with a rock-hard attitude.

Ruan Xiaozhe was doubtful about this.

"Could this guy have set a trap?"

Having been maliciously attacked by other students many times before, Ruan Xiaozhe couldn't help but become suspicious.

After all, the other party doesn't like nobles and knights either.

Maybe, in the corridor on the third floor, there would be students from the Black Turtle Tower waiting for him wearing masks.

Or maybe, the existence of the third level needs a student as a sacrifice, and Sarkoda chose Ruan Xiaozhe...

"what happened to you?"

Sarkoda had never expected Ruan Xiaozhe to doubt him, so he asked.

"Will it not be angry if you take me to that being?"

"No, it just doesn't want to reveal its identity, but it doesn't mind me bringing new students to meet it. I confirmed this in the course "Empire Basic Language and Logic."

"Tsk."

It seems that the other party is a student as serious as Ruan Xiaozhe, and is not as easily fooled as Gainan.

"Do you really think it will help me?"

"On the honor of my family, I think so. Of course, my judgment is not always accurate." Sarkoda stroked his beard and said seriously.

"Okay...who told me I really need the information." After thinking for a while, Ruan Xiaozhe nodded.

He was running out of options for picking out information in order to find his way to the stables on the upper floor of the main building.

"Then when do you plan to go?"

"Just tonight."

……

Saturday night.

Other students were wrapped in blankets in the lounge, enjoying the warmth of the fire.

Some of them held a steaming cup of tea or coffee in one hand, while others held a quill, chess pieces or cards in the other.