MTL - Don’t Confiscate My Citizenship

 Chapter 8 Thalia finds it difficult for humans to understand

In the sky of the border city-state, a few stars still shone faintly, as if they were poems that were about to disappear in the night sky.

Until the early morning light came quietly, a faint blush appeared on the sky, giving the Lanci family's mansion a hazy color.

At this quiet moment, Lan Qi's bedroom seemed particularly peaceful. Light filtered in through the light window screens, as if wisps of pure elves were dancing.

However, Lan Qi has woken up.

 He moved his body, pushed the quilt aside, hung his feet, and placed them gently on the carpet, feeling the soft touch under his feet.

“Why did I dream that I was in the underworld, and the King of Hell was on a long vacation, and I signed the book of life and death on my behalf..."

 He rubbed his eyes, recalled the dream, and murmured to himself,

“By the way, the borrowed code can be returned.”

After stretching hard, a feeling of relaxation spread throughout his body. Lan Qi straightened his back and stood up from the bed.

 After washing, he did not go downstairs to eat today's breakfast immediately.

 Instead, he opened the curtains next to the desk, bathing in the warmth of the morning and the just-right rising sun.

The breeze caressed the leaves outside the window, and birds were chirping on the treetops not far away.

A string of crisp notes drifted into Lan Qi's bedroom along the window sill, permeating the entire pleasant morning light.

 Two weeks have passed since I borrowed this codex on the table from the border library.

These days, the books on his desk are piling up more and more.

In addition to the code of law, he also asked the trustee to buy him several basic books that were sold directly at the Card Makers Association in this city-state.

 The learning and use of magic in this world is obscure and difficult to understand, just like mathematics in the doctoral field. If you can't learn it, you just can't learn it.

Lanchi was probably convinced that he did not have the talent to become a "traditional mage who could make good use of magic by himself".

 But the good thing about this world is that everyone can use magic through "magic cards".

However, magic cards that can be bound to souls have carrying limitations.

 So they will not affect the specialness of combat classes, they will only make the strong ones stronger.

And ordinary people can also use various convenient small life magic through magic cards.

 It is precisely because of this that the magic craftsman who can make magic cards is a very popular profession!

 Compared with making other types of magic props, card making requires not only a thorough understanding of the principles of magic engineering, but also extremely high creativity and brain power, as well as the development of extremely high drawing skills.

Fortunately, the knowledge of related magic engineering, similar to the production of magic props and the principles of magic equipment, was unexpectedly simple to read, even if you look at it at one time.

“Of course it’s possible that the textbook compilers are of a higher standard.”

Lan Qi looked at the pile of reference books on the desk and sighed.

Coincidentally, these textbooks are all written by the same author:

 "The Fundamentals of Magical Engineering in the Kingdom of Hutton, Seventh Edition—by Paulo"

  "Common Misunderstandings in First-Level Magic Card Production—by Borao"

 "Card Card Maker's Code of Ethics—by Paulo"

 I heard from people in the Card Creators Association that this Professor Borao is the instructor of the Magic Engineering Institute of Icerita College.

 It’s a pity that Professor Pollao does not take students.

 Otherwise, Lan Qi would have wanted to work hard for a hundred days and apply for the Magic Institute of Technology.

However, compared to the Magic Academy, which has complicated and arduous academic studies and special tutors, he still prefers the free and relaxed curriculum structure of the Sage Academy and the Knight Academy: few required courses and many elective courses. He only needs to complete all required courses and take them concurrently. You can graduate if you have enough credits.

 As for the courses of the Magic Institute that suit you, you can just add them to your course schedule as elective subjects.

 This is the conclusion Lanqi came to after carefully studying the information about Iclita College.

“Okay, after studying the theory, it’s time to experiment with making magic cards.”

Lanqi felt that the so-called "mana" consumed by drawing Thalia's portrait a few days ago should have been almost recovered by now.

 Today you can go to the Card Makers Association to rent a card making workshop and try to practice.

as well as.

Since we have to leave the city-state and go to the royal capital in two and a half months.

Thalia’s affairs also need to be arranged.

Although she is a demon, she and I need each other. Maybe, the two of them can become good trading partners in the future.

 Lanchi looked out the window.

Soon, his eyes found a gray figure outside his yard.

At the street corner where the sun has not yet reached, a girl stands dignified like a vivid work of art, her figure as delicate and soft as porcelain.

 In the breeze, the dark gray cloak covering Thalia's body fluttered gently, adding a bit of mystery.

In this quiet moment, she seemed to blend into the painting with the surrounding environment, and it seemed as if her presence was the only thing in the painting.

Lanci held her chin up and looked at the demon princess who was perfectly disguised as a human from a distance.

“It’s a pity that he is too old, at least a few hundred years old.”

 He sighed.

Thalia is also a young demon among the demons.

But according to the human concept of age, it seems right to call her an old woman.

certainly.

Lanchi didn’t know what the consequences would be if he really called Thalia an old woman.

 …

far away.

As if aware of Lan Qi's gaze, Thalia also glanced in the direction of the second floor of the mansion.

"Good morning."

After meeting their gazes, Lan Qi smiled and waved gently towards Thalia in the distance.

Thalia ignored him.

Her gray hair slid over her shoulders like silk, falling quietly on her cloak, and her eyes looked forward indifferently.

 She just wanted to identify any movement that might pose a threat to the residents of this mansion.

Since it was Lan Qi himself and not someone else who would threaten Lan Qi, she had no intention of paying any more attention to it.

 Like she only cares about doing her job—protecting her employer.

‒ regardless of the employer itself.

but…

She didn’t know why, but she always felt that the inner activities of the young man just now were extremely active.

And he seemed to be thinking about something pretty damned.

But Talia couldn't tell where her intuition came from, or what exactly was going on in the boy's mind.

 It’s obvious no matter how you look at it.

 He was just saying hello in a friendly way.

 Perhaps it’s an illusion.

  After all, ever since the demon kingdom fell... I have begun to hate humans.

Even for a docile and harmless human like Lan Qi, she would occasionally have misconceptions about him, suspecting that he might be a perfectly disguised guy with an extremely bad personality.

 But his own lie detection skills and his own personal observations proved that this human being had absolutely excellent character.

"well."

Thalia sighed softly.

I thought that after wandering in the human country for so many years, I had some understanding of human beings.

But now it seems that I want to endure the humiliation and perfectly integrate into human society in order to seek opportunities for national restoration.

 There is still a lot of work to be done.

 (End of this chapter)