Mordo only felt that his authority had been subjected to an unprecedented provocation.
"Cough!!!"
Mordo coughed heavily, his voice laced with magic, making everyone's ears ring.
"Are you all that idle? Have you finished today's combat training? Everyone, get back to training!"
Seeing their Master Brother fly into a rage, the apprentices finally dispersed reluctantly, looking back with every step as they returned to their positions.
Having dispersed the crowd, Mordo walked up to Lux with a dark expression.
"Since you've already changed your clothes, let's get down to business."
Mordo raised his hand and drew a portal; on the other side was a quiet Library filled with the scent of ink.
He led Lux through the portal and walked straight to a row of massive bookshelves. Regardless of whether Lux could understand them, he pulled out several ancient books as thick as bricks and shoved them into her arms.
"Read them thoroughly and memorize them. This is the absolute basic of basics."
Lux held the pile of books with some effort and looked down at the titles—\"The Book of Seraphim,\" \"Agamotto Scrolls,\" \"Basic Sanskrit and Hand-copied Scrolls,\" \"Sanskrit and Runic Comparative Dictionary\"... Su Modie's eyes lit up.
They're all good things!
Lux held the books and smiled sweetly, "Thank you, Master Brother Mordo~"
This "Master Brother" almost made Mordo's bones go soft.
[simulation value +41]
His dark face, which was perpetually tense, twitched visibly and almost broke character, but he took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed that slight oddity in his heart, and stuck to his opinion—
A young lady like this, who had never suffered, would surely lose interest in three minutes.
He estimated she'd be crying and begging to go home after reading just two pages.
"Hmph, don't get happy too soon. I'll be doing a random check tomorrow."
Mordo snorted coldly, flicked his sleeve, and turned to leave, feigning a cold and aloof manner.
Leaving behind a back that seemed resolute but was actually slightly flustered.
Bidding farewell to Mordo, Lux dove into the Library with the stack of brick-like magic books.
She read for several hours straight.
So cute.
Just as Lux was reading the "Agamotto Scrolls," a slender figure stepped out from behind the bookshelf.
It was a very charismatic middle-aged man with well-groomed short hair and deep-set eyes, especially that face—elegant, stern, and carrying a unique melancholic temperament.
One look made people feel that this man was very good at "conducting himself."
Kaecilius.
It was still 2011, and this master with a handsome "Hannibal" face had not yet betrayed the Ancient One; he was even one of her most prized students, with a status in the Sanctum half a notch higher than the rigid Mordo.
Su Modie found this point very interesting.
In the comics, Kaecilius was a minor lackey under Mordo, but in the movies, his seniority was actually quite a bit higher than Mordo's.
He didn't stare at Lux like the others.
He merely gave Lux a slight, graceful nod as he passed by, his eyes as calm as water.
Then, with a gentle flick of his slender fingers, a heavy book automatically fell into his hand, and he turned to leave.
Lux was a bit dazed, not because she thought this face, identical to Uncle Hannibal's, was handsome... well, it was indeed handsome, but it wasn't her type.
Lux took after Su Modie; she still preferred fragrant and soft beautiful girls.
It was just that Kaecilius reminded her of an old acquaintance... Sylas... another traitor... Lux commented casually and continued to immerse herself in the ocean of books... time flew by.
As night fell, the apprentices in the Library left one after another, leaving only a tiny flicker of lamplight in the corner.
Lux sat cross-legged on a chair, crunching on a bright red apple while her other hand rapidly flipped through the pages.
If Demacia's etiquette teacher saw this scene, they would probably faint from anger on the spot, but Lux felt incredibly happy at this moment.
Despite being a noble lady who often complained about classes, what she hated were those dull and tedious noble etiquette lessons.
On the contrary, these obscure and difficult magic theories were very interesting in her eyes, not to mention the reading buff provided by her Spellthief skin.
"So mental energy can be constructed like this..."
"The gaps between dimensions are actually fluid..."
The more she read, the more excited she became. Lux didn't even budge from her seat, forgetting to eat dinner and reading straight from noon until late at night.
This scene had long been observed by a pair of eyes in the shadows.
It was Wong.
Don't misunderstand; although this future Sorcerer Supreme looked fierce with a face full of flesh, resembling a debt collector at first glance, he wasn't a pervert, nor did he have a fetish for voyeuristically watching pure young girls... probably... he was simply being dutiful.
Wong stood in the shadows with his arms crossed, his face looking as if everyone owed him five million.
Watching the girl reading thirstily by candlelight, his heart, which had been roughened by time, couldn't help but be slightly moved.
"Master Ancient One was right; she's a promising talent," Wong thought. "Much better than those impetuous kids outside."
However, the night was late.
No matter how hard one works, one must rest; overextending mental energy is a major taboo in cultivation.
Wong sighed. Instead of walking out to scold her, he decided to show a senior's "silent tenderness."
Hiding behind the bookshelf, he lightly rubbed his fingers together.
Whoosh—
A gentle breeze arose out of nowhere, accurately blowing out the candle on Lux's desk.
The room fell into total darkness.
"Eh?" Lux was stunned, forgetting to chew the apple in her mouth.
But she didn't mind, thinking it was just a strong wind.
As the lady of luminosity, the thing she lacked least was light.
So, she casually snapped her fingers.
Snap.
On the previously extinguished wick, a ball of pure white flame suddenly ignited.
It was even brighter than the candle flame from before, and it didn't even produce smoke.
Wong, hiding in the shadows: "..."
He was stunned.
This wasn't how the script was supposed to go.
Shouldn't a normal person grope around in the dark for matches, find none, and then obediently go back to sleep, allowing him, the gentle senior, to hide his contribution and fame?
What kind of move was it to casually conjure a light ball to use as a light bulb?
Wong didn't believe it.
To maintain his dignity as a senior and to get the kid to go to sleep, he quietly conjured a slightly stronger wind spell.
Whoosh—!
This time the wind was noticeably louder, even fluttering Lux's blonde hair.
However, that ball of pure white flame remained motionless in the wind.
Wong: "..."
A wave of speechlessness welled up in his heart.
There was no other way; Wong had to give up on acting cool.
"Cough, cough."
He coughed twice heavily and stepped out from the shadows with his hands behind his back, putting on a serious expression:
"It's already late. The Library is closing. Go back and rest."
Lux finally snapped out of it, and seeing it was Wong, Su Modie's eyes lit up.
Isn't this the future Sorcerer Supreme, Old Wong?
Lux didn't insist; she had a gentle personality and lacked that stubborn streak typical of geniuses.
After all, staying up this late was entirely because she was too immersed; now that she was interrupted, sleepiness began to wash over her.
"Ah, sorry! I didn't notice the time."
Lux quickly swallowed the last bite of her apple, stood up, and gave Wong a polite bow. "Are you the librarian here? Thank you for the reminder. I'm sorry for the trouble..."
"No, I'm not."
Hearing Lux being so polite, Wong was quite pleased, but he still shook his head.
A hint of helplessness appeared on his serious face. "The current librarian is Master Tenzin. The old gentleman's back pain flared up recently, so he went to Shangri-La to find a hot spring for treatment. I was temporarily grabbed by Master Ancient One to fill in for a few days."
Speaking of this, Wong seemed to have found someone to vent to and couldn't help but complain..
"To be honest, I'd rather spend the whole day at the training grounds fighting those brats than stay here, guarding these books every day, not being able to speak loudly, and having to watch out for thieves... it's too boring..."
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