Chapter 390 The murderer is myself
The carriage stopped smoothly at the entrance of the Incredible Magic Academy.
Jiang Qi and Lilian jumped out of the carriage. Standing at the school gate was a young lady with brown hair, with a kind smile on her face, which made people feel close to her just by looking at her.
"Mr. Jiang Qi, Miss Lillian, good morning. Welcome to the Incredible Magic Academy. I am Peggy, the principal of the school." Principal Peggy greeted him warmly, and first glanced at Jiang Qi's clothes with some confusion. Then he cast a warm smile on Lillian.
"Because the Incredible Magic Academy has not been open for hundreds of years, some of the facilities in the school have been in disrepair and have not been replaced. Please don't mind."
"However, I believe that since you two are willing to accept the invitation and come to visit the school in person today, you must pay more attention to the school's teaching quality. For the future of the students, I specially invited my friend, the famous time magician Mr. Zero, to come to our school as a Teacher of time magic class."
"You two must have met Teacher Ling at the reception desk just now, right? You should have a lot in common with each other. Later I will ask Teacher Ling to come and talk to you about his teaching philosophy. Now I will lead you to visit the school. Our school has many special teachings, and you two will definitely like them after seeing them."
Principal Peggy patted the school door, and the door opened automatically. Jiang Qi subconsciously looked at the location where the stone tablet with the school rules will be placed in 100 years. At this time, the place was empty except for some weeds that had not been cleared away.
Jiang Qi silently withdrew his gaze and looked towards the campus.
Then Jiang Qi was stunned.
Lilian was also stunned.
The incredible magic academy at this moment is too shabby!
When Jiang Qi visited the incredible magic academy, he could see the majestic castle as soon as he entered the door. The roads on the ground were paved with very beautiful gravel roads. Flowers and green plants were cultivated by specialized gardeners. Exquisite decorations could be seen everywhere. The environment Absolutely nothing to say.
The current Magic Academy is filled with farmland as soon as you enter.
Wheat is still growing in the fields, and it looks like it's ready for harvest.
In addition to the fields, there are fruit trees. There is a dirt road between the fields and the fruit trees leading to the castle. Fruit trees that have already produced fruit can be seen everywhere, and large areas are blocking the front of the low castle.
Jiang Qi clearly remembered the castle of the Incredible Magic Academy, which had several towers and looked very majestic.
But not only does the current castle have no towers, it also has only five floors visually. Without two floors, it looks a lot shorter in appearance, giving people a completely different feeling and momentum.
If the Mysterious Magic Academy 100 years later is a grand and well-known school, then the current Mysterious Magic Academy is like a not-so-good village primary school.
The outside was so different, Jiang Qi didn't even dare to think about what it was like inside.
Principal Peggy looked at the expressions of Jiang Qi and Lilian, and the smile on her face remained unchanged: "As I said just now, some parts of the school are in disrepair and have not been repaired, but we deliberately did not repair them. I will tell you later. I will explain the reason to you two.”
Jiang Qi and Lilian followed Principal Peggy towards the castle in a daze.
"These farmlands are special farmlands specially prepared by our school for students. There will be dedicated teachers to guide students in farming in these farmlands. According to my many years of research and observation, most magicians, especially human magicians, only Focusing on magical practice but neglecting physical training.”
"Long-term neglect of physical exercise will cause the magician to be unable to respond in time when an explosion occurs in the laboratory. Farming is a good way to exercise all parts of the body. At the same time, farming can also cultivate students' patience and concentration. These are very important qualities in future studies of magic.”
"Have you two seen this fruit forest? This is specially prepared by our school for students who study wood magic. Many people think that only special plants can gather wood magic. Only in that special environment can it help The study of wood magic."
"Actually, this is a wrong view. According to my many years of research and observation, the fruit forest is the best place to learn wood magic. These fruit trees are all carefully selected by me and can produce high-quality fruit. When the time comes, they will bear fruit." The fruit is directly supplied to the student canteen, it is natural and pollution-free!”
"Come on, come on, this open space is the arena of our school. Don't look at the sand on the ground, the road seems uneven, and the stones seem to sting your feet. This is specially provided by our school for the students of the orcs and half-orcs. They designed it.”
"You two may not know that although the students of these two races are strong, their eyes are their weak point. According to incomplete statistics from the teachers of the orc fighting class in our school, every year, more than 100,000 students fail in battle due to eye injuries. There are countless orcs and half-orcs, and the harsh fighting environment can help orcs and half-orc students better adapt to the cruel battles in the future."
"If you have friends from these two races, you can recommend this arena in our school to them and invite them to visit our school. Now old students and new students can enjoy a 10% discount on tuition fees and free accommodation fees."
"Come on, come on, you two can enter the castle from here. The castle is the main teaching place for human students in our school."
"It is not difficult to see that there is some dirt inside our castle, but this dirt is specially prepared by our school for the goblin students."
"As you can see from the admissions brochure, our school is a comprehensive magic school that recruits students from all races. Even goblins who are not proficient in magic are admitted to our school."
"Considering the future employment direction of goblins, we have provided a lot of opportunities for goblins to practice. Things like castle cleaning, lake cleaning, food processing in the canteen, etc. are mainly to exercise their hands-on skills and give them more practical experience. Chance."
"Oh, this painting is amazing! This painting is us..."
Principal Peggy led Jiang Qi and Lilian around the school, and they didn't stop talking all the way.
In her words, the school only has 10 support staff to give goblin students more practical opportunities.
The equipment in the Potions class is old and antique equipment left over from the school hundreds of years ago. It is used to train the students in the precision of brewing potions.
The brooms used in flying lessons are tattered and look similar to fire sticks. This is because the tattered the flying equipment, the higher the requirements on the students' flying ability and the better they can train the students.
The accommodation environment is not good in order to cultivate students' hard-working qualities. After all, as long as you embark on the road of no return like magic, unless you are an elf like Mr. Zero who is rich and has no fear of failure, or you are a dragon who can put some blood from your body and sell it with your own wealth. Wan Guan's race, otherwise the ordinary little nobles would one day go bankrupt due to the bombing of the laboratory.
Just look at Lilian and you will know that as long as you are brave, you can blow up the palace in Antarctica.
In short, according to Principal Peggy, all the seemingly bad things about the school have deep meanings and are all done deliberately for the sake of the students.
The Incredible Magic Academy is so considerate of its students, so considerate, so original, and so unconventional.
If Jiang Qi hadn't seen what the school would look like 100 years from now, he would have believed it.
Principal Peggy really deserves to be rich and make money. She is so eloquent that she can speak black and white. Even if you don't open a school, you should still be able to make a fortune by engaging in fraud.
After Principal Peggy led Jiang Qi and Lillian around, they went to the school gate to receive the next group of visiting parents, leaving Jiang Qi and Lillian to visit the school freely.
After Principal Peggy left, she was confused by her deception. Lillian, who completely believed her lies, looked at Jiang Qi blankly, her big eyes full of questions.
"Boss." Lilian had begun to doubt life, "I think what Principal Peggy just said makes sense, but why won't the school look like this 100 years from now?"
Jiang Qi:......
Jiang Qi said sincerely: "This may be why Principal Peggy was able to make a fortune by opening a school after bombing the laboratory and losing all his family property, but you can only pay back the money by having your salary deducted and going home to rob Brother Min."
Lillian:?
I suspect you are trying to spite me, but I dare not say it.
Lillian chose to change the subject: "Boss, what are we doing now?"
"When I just visited, I noticed that there was a noble couple over there in the auditorium. They are both human race. They don't have any magical aura on their bodies and they should be just ordinary people. But their clothes are very expensive and the best materials are on the lady's skirt. There are at least 30 protective magic patterns, and those magic patterns are absolutely sky-high if you just buy them."
"It must be safe to rob them!"
"Boss, how about we wait and leave with the couple, and then..." Lilian made a clicking motion.
Jiang Qi:...Are your ancestors really not bandits? Why are you thinking about robbery?
Can't you think of other ways to make money quickly?
"I advise you two not to plot against Duke An and his wife. They are surrounded by demon guards who are very good at assassination. The bandits who have plotted against the couple over the years have all been turned into high-quality magic materials."
Teacher Ling appeared behind Jiang Qi and Lilian at some point.
Lilian, who was caught on the spot, did not panic at all when facing her teacher. She just sighed in disappointment: "I knew these nobles were not so easy to rob."
"You wouldn't be a noble if it was easy to rob." Teacher Zero smiled.
Jiang Qi:?
Is this kind of topic suitable for talking and laughing like this now?
Is your wizarding world so open to robbery?
"Do you two want to sit and chat in my office?" Teacher Ling invited Jiang Qi and Lilian, "I recently got some new drinks with rich magical elements. If you are interested, you can taste them together."
Jiang Qi glanced at Lillian, who nodded to Jiang Qi, and Jiang Qi readily agreed.
Teacher Zero led the two of them through the auditorium and all the way to the top of the castle.
As a good friend of Principal Peggy, Teacher Zero's office is adjacent to Principal Peggy's. When Jiang Qi visited the Incredible Magic Academy before, he went to all the classrooms and places that students could theoretically visit, such as the teacher's office and the principal's office, but not places that were off limits to visiting students.
Teacher Zero's office is more like a laboratory than an office, with all kinds of magic equipment and strange objects everywhere.
A walking stick that sings, a crucible that bubbles and bubbles by itself, a wonderful device that looks like a distillation device that is emitting red liquid drop by drop, a wall clock that moves backwards, and a wind chime that shakes desperately but doesn't ring.
Teacher Ling reached out and knocked on the cabinet. The cabinet door opened, and two sets of teacups jumped out. When they came out, they did not forget to close the cabinet door thoughtfully and then jumped on the coffee table.
Teacher Ling didn't need to do anything himself, the bottom of the tea cup was like a spring, and the clear light green drink automatically emerged, and the delicious fragrance of grass and trees instantly filled the entire office.
"You two, please use it." Teacher Ling made a gesture of invitation. The sofa cushion jumped up excitedly and patted the sofa under his buttocks, as if inviting Jiang Qi and Lilian to sit on it quickly.
"Teacher Ling is more like a magician than you." Jiang Qi complained in a low voice.
"These are the most expensive magic products, and they all cost money. I want to buy them but I don't have the money." Lillian said that this is not about magic at all.
Lilian sat down, picked up the tea cup and took a sip first, looking at Teacher Zero with expectant eyes: "Teacher Zero, can you lend me two large bags of high-grade magic stones?"
Jiang Qi, who had just picked up the tea cup, almost choked to death on a sip of the drink.
Teacher Zero was not angry either, and looked at Lilian with a smile: "Two big bags of high-grade magic stones are not much, but why should I lend them to you, Miss Lilian?"
"Because I am your future student!"
"Teacher Zero, I am a student you accepted after 1993. He is my boss, a very powerful and special time magician. The boss's world does not have magical elements, but he can travel through a special method. Space and time.”
"More than 100 years later, he traveled through time and space and came to the Incredible Magic Academy as a visiting student. It was I who welcomed him. I..."
Lillian told Teacher Ling very openly how she met Jiang Qi, how she was drawn by Jiang Qi as a card character, and how she traveled through time and space with Jiang Qi and came here. , not even a hint of concealment.
Faced with such a ridiculous thing, Teacher Zero did not interrupt Lillian loudly during the whole process, but just listened quietly. In the middle, he was worried that Lillian would be thirsty after talking for a long time, so he added some water to her teacup.
"The general situation is like this. I don't know exactly how to travel through time and space. I always thought that traveling through time and space would have a wonderful feeling. My body would feel like it was being torn apart, and my soul would feel like it was being pulled out, but it didn't happen. It was just white light. One flash, and then here I am.”
Teacher Zero showed an inquiring expression: "I didn't expect that traveling through time and space would be like this."
Jiang Qi, who has been holding the tea cup without daring to put it down:?
No, you just believe that?
Even if you time magicians have wonderful thinking and your brain circuits are different from ordinary people, most people still need to confirm such ridiculous things.
You have to at least ask Lillian about her habits to determine whether Lillian is a liar, a lunatic, or a real student more than 100 years in the future.
"Sorry, let me interrupt." Jiang Qi raised his hand weakly, "Teacher Ling, don't you think this is ridiculous?"
Teacher Ling shook his head: "I don't think so."
"Don't you think Lilian looks like a liar with poor tricks?"
Teacher Ling looked at Lilian and nodded: "It is indeed very similar, but if a liar wants to deceive people, he usually uses more sophisticated methods. There was too much nonsense in what Lilian said just now."
"If she is a liar, she is definitely not as good as Peggy, and she has no talent as a robber. Just discuss who to rob in public. You don't even know the details of the other party before committing the robbery. No wonder she is short of money."
Jiang Qi was already confused.
"No, you just accept it?"
"Do you just accept that she is your unborn future student and I am the owner of an amusement park from another world?"
Jiang Qi began to think, I, Qin Shihuang, am I, the classic trick of transferring money, a simple way of defrauding? Scamming is actually that simple, as long as it is sincere.
As long as the other party feels your sincerity, no matter how ridiculous what you say, there is a certain chance that the other party will believe it.
Is this the true meaning of fraud?
"Why don't you accept it?" Teacher Zero asked back, "For future students to travel through time and space and come to the past to see themselves, this is what every time magician dreams of."
“Shouldn’t teachers be gratified and happy to see their students succeed in their studies?”
"Although my students seem to be a little poor in academics, and their ability to successfully travel through time and space does not rely on their own strength. Even the first thing they do when they see me is to borrow money from me, but this does not prevent me from feeling happy and proud. "
Lilian lowered her head in shame.
Jiang Qi still felt a little ridiculous: "But...how could you believe such a thing so naturally?"
Teacher Ling took a deep look at Jiang Qi, stood up, took out two delicate and small purses from the cabinet and handed them to Lilian.
"I now believe that Mr. Jiang Qi, you are a wonderful world magician from another world who does not understand magic but can travel through time and space."
"Can't you feel the aura of time magic on your body that is so strong that it can almost overflow?"
Lilian also said this to Jiang Qi at the beginning.
Jiang Qi wanted to feel it, but unfortunately he couldn't feel anything. Rather than feeling the breath of the so-called time magic, he could feel the fragrance of the vegetation wafting out of the teacup.
"From the first moment I saw you two, I knew you were definitely not here to visit the school."
"One of you is dressed strangely, and the other is dressed as a normal human noble. The aura of time magic on your body is so strong that you seem to have just traveled through time and space."
"But Mr. Jiang Qi, there are no traces of magic on your body except for the breath of time magic. Lilian is a capable magician, but her strength is far from enough to travel through time and space."
"There is nothing wrong with Lillian's explanation. I believe she is my future student. I also believe that after 1993, I will accept Lillian as my student the first time I see her."
Teacher Ling walked to the wall and stretched out his hand to turn the hands of the clock on the wall that was running backwards: "Time is just like prophecy. They are both very wonderful things."
"There are many people who don't understand time magic and want to become time magicians and travel through time and space to go back to the past to make up for past regrets and save former lovers, but they don't know that time is something that is destined."
"Time is like a long river. It may branch into countless tributaries for various reasons, but you will appear on this tributary because the past has helped you make a choice."
"The change you feel may be just a choice that time helps you make."
Teacher Zero smiled: "Of course, this is just my interpretation of time. There are also many time magicians who believe that the past and future can be changed."
"Lillian, can you tell me what will happen in the future?"
"OK!"
Then Teacher Zero, who said that both the future and the past are destined, and you think you have changed, are actually just following the path planned for you by time, began to listen carefully to Lilian's talk about what will happen in the future.
Jiang Qi just spent the whole afternoon listening to the master and apprentice drama in Teacher Ling's office.
At dinner time, Teacher Ling gave Jiang Qi and Lillian a small meal, took them to have a sumptuous magical meal in the office, and then sent them to the registration office to wait quietly for Jiang Qi and Lillian to leave.
Jiang Qi felt that this time he entered the script world as if he had done everything, but also as if he had done nothing.
This book has a prophecy crystal ball in its name, but he didn't even see what the prophecy crystal ball looked like from beginning to end today.
Just listen to Lilian talk about the future.
Fortunately, Lillian had been practicing her eloquence and voice in the amusement park for so long recently, otherwise most people would have become hoarse after just one day of speaking.
Jiang Qi and Lilian stood on the edge of the cliff and waited quietly for the moment to leave.
"Teacher Zero." Lilian held the purse full of magic stones that Teacher Zero lent her, "Can I ask you a question?"
"Um?"
"You now know that in the future I will be a far inferior time magician than you. I blew up the palace of Antarctica. I advanced decades of salary from Principal Peggy. I also ruined all the money you left for me. For money, I sold the carriage you gave me.”
"I am such a failed student. After 1993, are you still willing to accept me as your student?" Lilian looked at Teacher Zero carefully.
"Of course." Teacher Zero said without hesitation.
The moonlight shines on Teacher Ling's face, making his handsome, white and shining face look a little more holy.
"Lillian, I'm not sure whether the future and the past are already doomed, but I am willing to let the future be doomed."
"You are an excellent time magician. Your strength is not as good as mine only because of your race and your age."
"As your future teacher, I am proud to have you as my student."
"Of course, if I am destined to see you again in the future, I hope you will pay me back instead of borrowing money from me again."
Lilian choked up a little: "I can, Teacher Zero."
"Mr. Jiang Qi." Teacher Ling turned his attention to Jiang Qi, who had been serving as a backdrop all day.
"You can be considered a special guest from afar. I am very grateful to you for bringing Lillian here to meet me today. I have been thinking about what gift to give you since the afternoon. You don't know magic. I will give you magic. You can’t use the products, and the magic materials are even more useless to you.”
"After much thought, I think you might like this." After saying that, Teacher Ling took out a crystal ball and handed it to Jiang Qi.
A crystal ball that is crystal clear and looks no different from ordinary crystal balls sold in the market.
"This is this?" Jiang Qi from the background touched the crystal ball doubtfully, but there was no reaction from the crystal ball.
"I don't know whether the prophecy crystal ball that Peggy sold me can predict. This prophecy crystal ball is very special. Its prophecies are generated randomly. Neither Peggy nor I have seen it produce prophecies, so Not sure it’s useful at all.”
"The prophecy crystal ball that Principal Peggy sold you?" Jiang Qi looked shocked, "But Lilian told me that this crystal ball will always be placed in Principal Peggy's office in the future."
"In the office?" Teacher Ling raised an eyebrow, "Peggy never puts valuable things in the office. That one must be a fake. After all, she sold it to me."
"I think Peggy didn't want to tell everyone that she was so short of money that she had no money to hire a gardener, chef or logistics, so she could only sell me a prophecy crystal ball to pay her salary. In order to cover up this matter, she made a fake holiday In the office, after all, I probably won’t expose her in the future.”
Lilian was a little confused. She lowered her head and looked at the crystal ball in Jiang Qi's hand. She was not very sure and said: "But boss, it was written in the host manual I saw before I came here. This case predicts that the crystal ball will be destroyed." It was stolen."
"ah?"
"It's true. There is a synopsis of the story on page 1 of the host manual. I took a quick look at it. This book is about a mysterious murderer who stole Principal Peggy's prophecy crystal ball."
Jiang Qi holding the crystal ball:? ? ?
Is the mysterious murderer actually me? !
I thought I came here today just for fun, but it turned out that I became a murderer.
"This is too far away..."
Before Jiang Qi finished speaking, a white light flashed, and he and Lilian left the script world.
Teacher Zero's surprised voice finally floated in the air.
"It turns out that traveling through time and space is really that ordinary. I thought there would be at least a seven-color light."