Late at night, Luo Wei dragged her exhausted body back to the dormitory.

Just when she had finally finished her patrol duty along the warning line, she still had to perform community service.

Headmaster Morrison had sentenced her to fifteen days of community service, of which she had only completed two days so far - one evening guarding the bulletin board on the second day of school, and tonight cleaning the lake surface.

With thirteen days remaining, if the upcoming service would be as torturous as tonight's, she wanted to say that she truly regretted her actions and begged the headmaster for mercy!

In the dead of night, with no hot water available, Luo Wei went downstairs with a bucket of cold water to wash up, sneezing throughout the process.

Damn, was she catching a cold?

She sniffled and carried the bucket back to her room.

Though it was late, she still had many tasks to complete before she could rest.

Luo Wei adjusted the oil lamp's wick to brighten the flame, then retrieved the maps hidden under her bed.

She had finished decoding all the minor magical patterns on the nine map pieces, extracting over thirty distinct patterns.

During her previous patrol duty, she had already tested half of these patterns on rats. Based on the results, she had preliminarily determined their main function was to protect and conceal the magic array.

The academy's magic array was fascinating - some patterns repelled light and dark elements, while others served practical purposes like reinforcement, waterproofing, fireproofing, and cleaning.

As for the remaining patterns, she hadn't had time to experiment with some, while others were beyond her current magical capacity to replicate.

In fact, after several episodes of bleeding from her eyes and nose, her magical power had increased significantly.

She had also discovered that decoding minor patterns could enhance her magical power.

Previously limited to drawing about twenty patterns daily, she could now manage over fifty.

This only applied to minor patterns though. Advanced nested patterns like the academy's magic array still made her dizzy at a glance.

Earlier, Luo Wei had forcibly memorized the teleportation array carved by the Dark Elf in her dream, breaking it down into fan-shaped segments and burying them deep in her subconscious, never retrieving them.

She feared both another hemorrhage if she recalled them and the possibility that it was merely an illusory dream, with the truth proving disappointing.

However, the raven's appearance had proven it real - confirmed that the improved teleportation array she witnessed while sleepwalking in the Misty Plains actually existed. Luo Wei's heart, which had finally settled, began to stir with excitement again.

She needed to accelerate her progress in decoding and replicating the academy's magic array. If she could master that, replicating advanced teleportation patterns would be trivial in comparison.

Tomorrow she would catch more rats to test the remaining patterns, then begin combining the map pieces in pairs to tackle the medium-sized patterns within!

Setting aside the map fragments, Luo Wei extracted an advanced spellbook from beneath her bed.

With Troy's assistance, she had mastered most spells within, save for one invisibility spell she was currently studying.

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Advanced spells typically affected the caster themselves - transformation, lightweight, underwater breathing, and earth-walking spells, for example.

Though she hadn't learned intermediate spells yet, Professor Moses had explained in class that they were combat spells used for attacking.

In scientific terms, they involved physical or chemical manipulation of elemental properties - like ice arrows evolving from water balls, or flame bursts advancing from fireballs. Some even combined multiple elements, like the sandstorm spell merging wind and earth.

Luo Wei found it peculiar that she had learned advanced spells before intermediate ones - like learning to fly before crawling.

Though lacking intermediate spells, she had mastered black magic more lethal than intermediate spells, guaranteed to draw blood.

Curses like bone-crushing and entrail-expelling would make enemies writhe in agony, but she dared not use them casually as they were easily identifiable.

She had learned some five-element magic and dark magic but hadn't yet explored light element spells.

With Roman's exceptional talent for light magic, it would be wasteful if she couldn't find proper spellbooks.

The challenge was that those with light element affinity typically joined the Church. She didn't want Roman there - not just because he was unwilling, but because she feared enemy influence might sway him.

This matter would require careful long-term planning.

After practicing the invisibility spell several times, Luo Wei was too excited to sleep.

She pulled out some papyrus sheets and recorded basic physics formulas from memory, along with helicopter rotor mechanics.

She had hoped to document aircraft flight principles but lacked the knowledge. She only recalled that lift came from wing pressure differentials but nothing more.

Her head ached - why had she focused solely on materials science in her previous life?

After another sleepless night, Luo Wei forced herself up early for Divination class.

Her Divination grades were mysterious - despite minimal study, she consistently topped the class.

Professor Tobias struggled with scoring her, always hesitating when assigning classroom points.

While others used crystal balls or tarot cards, she employed a turtle shell, yet correctly answered all questions - not just correctly, but providing double answers.

She could solve both judgment questions for tarot users and timing questions for crystal ball users, earning twice the normal credits.

Today proved no different - Luo Wei submitted answers for two questions.

Professor Tobias sighed, "Luo Wei, you... ah..."

Luo Wei innocently clutched her glowing green turtle shell, dark eyes upturned: "Please speak freely, Professor. I can take it."

She felt genuinely embarrassed about troubling her teacher with the unusual divination tool.

"I'm not criticizing you," Professor Tobias said, emotions complex. "I simply don't know how to teach you."

Initially, when Luo Wei produced the turtle shell, she had assumed poor divination talent - so poor that neither traditional tool would choose her.

Yet in subsequent classes, this student repeatedly defied expectations.

She answered every question correctly - sometimes more accurately than the professor herself.

This wasn't poor talent - this was talent so exceptional it had formed its own unique path!

After sighing, Professor Tobias asked, "Dear child, may I examine your divination tool?"

"Of course," Luo Wei readily handed over the shell. "Here you are, Professor."

"Thank you." Professor Tobias accepted it, having long wondered how Luo Wei used it for meditation. Today she finally couldn't resist trying herself.

Unfortunately, she failed to enter the spiritual realm while holding it and eventually opened her eyes in resignation.

"You're a natural diviner, Luo Wei. Choose this path, and I'm certain the Magic Association's diviners will welcome you among their ranks."

Luo Wei declined: "I'm sorry, Professor, but I still wish to become a mage."

"I've seen your grades. Your Spells performance doesn't match your Divination talent. You could go much further in divination," Professor Tobias urged.

Indeed, Luo Wei's Spells grades weren't as outstanding as Divination, nor even as good as Magical Patterns or Potions. But that stemmed from her broken wand in last semester's final month, resulting in poor classroom scores.

Unable to explain this, she simply nodded: "Thank you, Professor. I'll consider it carefully."

Professor Tobias recognized her determination and, though disappointed, wouldn't force the issue.

Her advice was purely well-intentioned, not wanting to see a divination prodigy stray from their optimal path.

"My door remains open whenever you reconsider. Divination has no age restrictions."

"I understand. Thank you," Luo Wei replied sincerely.

Hearing their exchange, Axina, seated in the second row, lowered her head, eyes flashing with contempt.

In her view, Luo Wei posed no threat anymore.

What good was divination talent? Diviners were useless in combat. Her spell-casting ability far surpassed Luo Wei's, and their gap would only widen.

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