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

Ruan Xiaozhe thought seriously, is this book a gift from the principal or a trap?

If it is a gift from the principal:

Although the principal is an undead, he is still a flesh-and-blood person after all.

Ruan Xiaozhe fought desperately to save the professor, and the principal should have seen it.

Although the other party locked him up in the punishment room according to the regulations, he still felt a little apologetic, so this book may be to express this apology.

If it is the principal's trap:

Strictly speaking, the principal is not a human, but an undead, without human emotions.

And he obviously enjoyed the process of locking Ruan Xiaozhe in the punishment room. So...

"Well, it looks more like a trap."

Ruan Xiaozhe touched his chin and nodded, deeply agreeing with his own conclusion.

So, Ruan Xiaozhe decided to temporarily put aside the urge to open the book and push it aside first.

at this time--

"hiss--"

"!?"

As soon as Ruan Xiaozhe touched the black book, it opened automatically!

On the opened page, the words seemed to come alive, jumping into his hands and then quickly spreading to his whole body.

“Oh my god!!!!”

Ruan Xiaozhe felt a violent shock, as if someone had directly instilled a large amount of information into his head!

“What the hell is this…!”

Although his mind was confused and painful at the moment, Ruan Xiaozhe could feel that the book seemed to be teaching him some kind of magical knowledge.

His mouth opened involuntarily and he called out the name of the magic:

"Os's...agile steps...!"

Snapped!

After the teaching was completed, the book closed quickly and no matter how Ruan Xiaozhe tried, he could no longer open it.

"What the hell is this book?"

Ruan Xiaozhe covered his head which was numb due to the headache and recalled the magical knowledge he had just acquired.

It felt like he had always known this magic. All the knowledge, spells, and movements of the magic "Os's Nimble Steps" were deeply imprinted in his mind.

Of course, knowledge alone is not enough, Ruan Xiaozhe also needs to understand and master it on his own.

"In other words, this is a book that teaches magic by force..."

Judging from the name of the magic, this should be magic created by the principal himself.

Since it is the principal's magic, he can teach it personally one-on-one. Why does he use such a weird way to teach it?

"Maybe it's the peculiar habit of that crazy principal. Being a professor for too long will make people crazy."

Ruan Xiaozhe thought to himself to comfort himself.

In fact, the reason why the principal did not teach in person was that if he taught privately, it would likely cause criticism from other professors and the outside world, who would think that he was "trying to ruin another genius", but Ruan Xiaozhe did not know this.

……

"Feet, crush the earth. Feet, crush the earth. Feet..."

With nothing to do, Ruan Xiaozhe began to seriously recite the new spell he had learned from the black book.

Although he often says "I'm not that keen on magic", in fact, Ruan Xiaozhe is a complete magic fanatic!

Most freshmen would go out of the dormitory to play when they have free time, but Ruan Xiaozhe is the only one who would say, “If I have nothing to do, I might as well study.”

dong dong dong-

"...?"

Suddenly, there was a sound of knocking on the wall from somewhere. Ruan Xiaozhe frowned vigilantly and stopped immediately.

"Huh? What is this sound?"

Ruan Xiaozhe stopped chanting the spell and listened attentively.

dong dong dong-

The sound of knocking on the wall came clearly again.

It seemed that he had heard correctly, so Ruan Xiaozhe carefully approached the wall of the punishment room and put his ear against it.

dong dong dong-

The sound became clearer.

Ruan Xiaozhe also knocked on the wall in response. The other party seemed to hear it and stopped for a moment.

Then a hoarse, low voice came from the other side of the wall:

"Dude on the other side...can you hear me?"

"Can hear it."

"What grade are you in?"

"I'm a freshman."

"New students, thank you for your hard work."

"how about you?"

"I'm in the fourth grade."

Fourth grade? That's the top grade for the school!

Ruan Xiaozhe was surprised to find that the person locked up next to him was a senior!

"Why is a fourth-year student locked up in the punishment room? No, I have no right to judge others."

Ruan Xiaozhe quickly did some self-reflection. After all, he was arrested for his failed escape attempt and had no right to comment on others.

"What did you do to get locked up? Was it because you had a fight with other people in the dormitory?" the other person asked.

"No."

"Did you steal something from your classmates?"

"Not really, it's because I was caught while trying to escape." Ruan Xiaozhe said honestly.

Then, a low laugh came from next door:

"The freshmen acted really quickly. They tried to escape after only one week. Let me guess, did they run to the mountains? Many people were caught like this. They didn't know there were city walls there."

“I didn’t go to the mountains.”

After hearing Ruan Xiaozhe's words, the other party was stunned for a moment.

"Could it be that they took the underground passage?"

"Correct."

"It's amazing that you found the underground passage. But the place is full of traps. Once you touch anything, the alarm will sound. Besides, the monsters guarding the warehouse are good at detection. Where were you caught?"

“I wasn’t caught.”

"Um... not caught?"

"Yes, I escaped through the underground passage, but was caught outside."

"..."

The fourth graders were silent.

This freshman had only been here for a week, and he had already discovered the underground passage, avoided all the traps and guards, and finally managed to escape from the school? ?

"You kid...are you really a freshman?"

"Wait, how did you get caught?"

The other party was a little dumbfounded and asked curiously.

"When I was leaving in a carriage, I was attacked by Imperial anti-magicians and was discovered by the headmaster during the battle."

"You..." The other party didn't speak for a long time.