The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman.

Chapter 1472 Asuka and Return (24)

"In the magic world, there is such a genre."

During lunch, Schiller said this to Bruce. He lowered his head slightly to arrange the food on the plate, as if he was organizing his words, and he spoke after a while.

"Most people think that the founder of this school was Constantine, but that's only because he had a lot of friends and his friends were all impressed by him."

"From ancient times to the present, magicians have been looking for ways to use magic without paying a price. Most people gave up after trying a few times. Human beings can't compete with those powerful beings. Power is already a fluke, if you don’t want to return it, it’s hard to reach the sky.”

Bruce eats slowly because he seems to have a premonition of what Schiller is going to say next.

"I know why you are interested in magic. During Constantine's time in Gotham, you have been following his footsteps, and he has been reminding you not to use magic to resurrect anyone."

"What he said makes sense, because whether you ask a god or a demon to revive someone, it is equivalent to giving away your own weaknesses. What was originally a fair deal will immediately become him whipping you with a whip. Go forward."

"The fundamental reason why Constantine has not collapsed after playing this game for so many years is that he has no weakness. He let the devil and the gods know that no matter how much he and his friends are tortured, he will never bow his head, and no one can take advantage of him. .”

"He used unimaginable willpower to force his trading partner to offer relatively fair terms, and he even had the strength to fight back against those demons and gods who wanted to play tricks. Once such an image is established, powerful creatures will also have fear."

"So, if you let any powerful existence outside of people know that you want to resurrect someone for many years, then even if you don't take the initiative to find them, they will keep tempting you, and even threaten you with the image of your relatives. You, until every ounce of value in you is drained."

Bruce looked at Schiller, then lowered his head to cut the steak and said, "Thomas is back, and Martha... maybe sleeping is not the wrong choice, is it better than being a clown?"

"I'm glad you think so, but I don't mean to keep you away from the wizarding world by saying this."

"I'm confused." Bruce plunged the tip of his knife into the steak and said, "If you're using the same method as Constantine and suffering as much as he is, there's no reason for you to drag me through the mud again , you have been trying desperately to push me to another path for several years."

"Indeed, in the society of ordinary people, there is no need for you to go my way." Schiller also looked into Bruce's eyes and said, "You are not hopeless, and you don't need to use madness as a sword at all. People who go the way of me and Batman probably have no choice, but you are different."

"I know that it is very normal for students to take him as a role model because they admire their teacher, and it is very normal to want to inherit his mantle. I have always wanted to push you on a different path from this, and you have a lot of complaints."

"I didn't," Bruce replied immediately, still poking at the meat with the point of his steak knife.

"Although in the society of ordinary people you have taken a different path, and you can already use the knowledge you have acquired and the power you have acquired as weapons instead of madness, but maybe on the other side of the world, you and I can go on the same road."

Bruce's hand trembled, and the tip of the knife made a harsh noise on the porcelain plate.

Schiller shook his head and said, "The essence of our torture is that I teach you but force you not to be me."

"When we no longer have such conflicts between us, we can naturally develop a normal teacher-student relationship, which is exactly what I expect. Perhaps magic will be a good entry point."

He hasn't moved since Bruce made the noise, and he's still standing still, looking Schiller in the eye and saying, "Are you going to teach me magic?"

"You can try, can't you?" Schiller looked into Bruce's eyes quite gently. He has been very gentle recently, which is already the most obvious expression of his happiness.

The first thing Bruce thought of was the definition of the symptoms of autistic people. Autistic people usually don't like to take a new step, including but not limited to refusing to meet new people, refusing to develop new relationships, refusing to accept In a new environment, they will always only live in the imaginary world they are most familiar with, which is the source of their sense of security.

Judging a relationship and taking a new step at the right time is a daunting task for an autistic person, and Schiller had never done it before.

He rarely talked with Bruce about the teacher-student relationship between them. Although he was on the strong side of this relationship, he almost never took the initiative to make changes. Accepting that something has changed a relationship.

And now, for the first time, he wants to reverse Bruce's impression of the relationship between teachers and students, or he also wants to reverse his own. After all, this teacher-student relationship accompanied by pain and blood is really not a good memory. It wasn't that there was a pretty good result, and it really matched the city of Gotham.

Is there room for a twist?

Bruce asked himself this way, in another completely strange new world, under the guidance of Schiller, learning a new subject that he has never touched and understood, will it really not become another painful and bloody battle? Feast?

People who have experienced unhealthy relationships always have a pessimistic attitude towards relationships with others, and it takes an extremely long time to heal, but Bruce knows how precious a social invitation from an autistic person is, and he has not forgotten The goal I set at the beginning.

Nobody has a choice about being crazy, Bruce thought, Batman, the Joker, or Schiller, it's just that no one has the willpower and the patience to work it out with them, so he just said lightly, " There's no cure," and they think so, so they weaponize madness.

But if Schiller had drawn such hasty conclusions at the beginning, then perhaps Bruce would not be Bruce now. Since he has become the savior, there is no lamb he cannot save.

"My pleasure." Bruce gestured to Schiller, raising his glass.

Bruce isn't sure if he sees a hint of relief in Schiller's eyes, like a sigh of relief, when Schiller picks up his glass.

"There's going to be a banquet tonight, and you're going to visit friends, so when are you going to teach me the magic to keep me secret at the banquet?" Bruce asked after lunch.

Schiller took him into the carriage and said, "No rush."

This time the carriage took a little longer, and Schiller took Bruce to Maier's Mirror Tower to buy gifts.

The Mirror Tower is a trading bazaar hanging upside down above the sky of Maya, but the goods sold in it are higher-end than those sold in the big bazaar in London, and most of them are specialties of the wizarding world.

Schiller took Bruce to a gemstone store. Bruce was a little dazzled by the dazzling array of ancient magic accessories, but thanks to his girlfriend who is a gemstone collector, Bruce chose the most special magic ring inlaid with opal in the store.

Afterwards, they rode back to London in the magic carriage, and saw a bookshop around the corner on a foggy street.

Bruce guessed who Schiller was going to bring him to visit, but when he saw Constantine again, he still sighed a little.

The Hell Detective has completely lost that scruffy appearance. Although he still has some punk-rock snark, his mental state is not the slightest bit better.

He was forced to go ashore by Schiller, and there was another soul in his mind supervising him, preventing him from returning to the terrible life in the past. Constantine was completely saved.

When Schiller and Bruce entered the bookstore, Constantine was arranging books with his back facing them. Bruce could see that most of the books in Constantine's bookstore were magic books, and many of them were shining with evil luster.

"Oh, here you are." Constantine said after turning his head to see Schiller.

And when he saw Bruce behind Schiller, he was taken aback, and even took a quick step back and fell into a pile of books. He opened his arms and said, "If you don't want me to open a bookstore, just say so, so as not to destroy The whole of London?!"

Schiller handed Constantine a small gift purchased in the mirror tower before, and said, "Don't be nervous, it's just that I plan to teach him magic."

Constantine's hands started to shake, he stared at Schiller and said, "Four more years, and then destroy London, Mayer, or other cities?!"

"Not this time."

"If not, there will be ghosts!"

In the end, Constantine accepted Schiller's gift with a full face of complaints, opened it and put it back on the shelf. Seeing Schiller pick up a book and start reading, he still asked with some doubts: "Aren't you Seriously? You're going to teach Bruce Wayne magic?"

"He is already a rich man standing at the top of the pyramid in the society of ordinary people. You still want him to become an archmage? Can you leave a way for an ordinary mage like me with mediocre talents and mediocre family background?"

"I think you're quite comfortable being a second-rate dealer and bookseller." Schiller said sarcastically.

"Don't mention it, everyone who is my friend and can live to this day has two brushes, thank you brothers for your love." Constantine sat down next to a pile of books and said, "It's still a good life."

"Okay, let's get down to business." Schiller put down the book, looked at Constantine and said, "Find me some books that record the most secret, profound, and obscure magical knowledge, preferably on the same subject .”

Constantine stood up from the ground with wide-eyed eyes, looked at Schiller with some doubts and said, "The most secretive, most profound, and most obscure? This kind of book can be dusted on the bookshelf of the demon monarch. What do you want it to do?" Well?"

"Just tell me if you can get it out?"

"Heh, am I a violent person?" Constantine snorted coldly, but still patted the hem of his windbreaker, and went upstairs to find books for Schiller.

After a while, he took out three tomes that were much thicker than bricks, and said: "The occult world has experienced about three knowledge innovations. Before the first knowledge innovation, magic was rich and leisurely. , Talented nobles can only play things, at that time, it may take more than ten years to decipher a symbol."

"These three books are all about the theory of magic written in that era, that is, the classics written by the ancient masters about the laws of magic in this world. Even if the mysticism world has flourished to this point, not many people have the patience and knowledge To decipher the esoteric stuff they wrote."

Constantine shrugged and said, "After all, you can use magic as long as you negotiate with the devil in your dream. Who cares about how magic works?"

"Very well, that's all."

Schiller nodded in satisfaction, then waved to Bruce, who was looking at other books, and said, "Come here, Bruce."

Schiller looked down at his watch and said, "There are about three hours before the banquet starts, memorize these three books, and discuss these with whoever talks to you at the banquet."

Constantine's eyes widened slowly, while Schiller smiled and said, "I believe it won't be long before the news of a new talented magician in the magic world will spread throughout the world."

　Magic World: Don't come here!

　
(End of this chapter)