Chapter 133

Because he drank the "Water of No Leakage," his hunger dropped significantly, so Gao De didn't even eat breakfast today.

However, no matter how magical the "Water of No Leakage" is, it can't make him abstain from food.

After a busy morning, Gao De was still a bit hungry.

91 gold and 6 silver, his savings are already in an emergency... Now he can't spend too much money on food; just eating enough to fill his stomach is fine.

On the way to the academy cafeteria, Gao De secretly told himself.

Half a quarter of an hour later.

At the entrance of the cafeteria, when Gao De stepped into the door, he habitually glanced at the water sign placed on the side.

It was written with the specialty dishes provided by the cafeteria today.

"Today's specialty food: Vulture Rice, 10 silver/portion."

Five minutes later.

"Sir, your Vulture Rice, carefully cooked, please enjoy!"

The cafeteria staff served the mysterious dish called "Vulture Rice" to Gao De's dining table.

He can't spend too much money on food.

But this is a vulture!

He hasn't seen it a few times, let alone eaten it.

Gao De defended himself in his heart while observing this extremely bizarre specialty dish.

The so-called "Vulture Rice" is actually a bit similar to the "Chicken Rice" of his previous life, both of which are stuffed with staple food in the bird's belly and then cooked together.

It's just that a vulture is used here.

And what is stuffed in the belly is not white rice, but shelled wheat and saffron, and then the surface is covered with spicy seasonings similar to chili.

Gao De took a deep breath, first scooped up a spoonful of steamed, soft, glutinous, and fragrant wheat grains from the vulture's belly and sent them into his mouth.

The sweetness of the wheat, the fragrance of the saffron, the spiciness of the seasoning, and the indescribable meat aroma from the vulture itself intertwined, instantly bringing an unprecedented experience to Gao De's taste buds.

You are awesome! Gao De gave a fierce praise to the cafeteria's chef, and also accepted his own purse, which had shrunk by another layer, with conviction.

After finishing lunch, Gao De's next destination is the academy's library.

Actually, he had wanted to go for a long time.

But before completing the enrollment task, he was not considered an official student of the academy.

Not an official student, he could not enjoy the treatment belonging to students, including borrowing books from the library.

Sairui Academy's library is an ancient stone building, and it is also one of the earliest buildings built by the academy, with a history of more than a thousand years.

And after thousands of years of accumulation, it is said that there are more than 8,000 books in the library today.

— This number sounds like it's not much. After all, in his previous life, the library of any ordinary middle school could reach tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of books.

But in this world, books are truly "luxury goods," not daily necessities.

Looking at the entire Saint Xi En Principality, there is no second library with more than 8,000 books.

Walking into the door of the library, an aura unique to a "library" rushed toward him.

The library has only two floors in total, and with Gao De's authority, the books on the first floor are all open to him for free.

Gao De's eyes swept over the books displayed on the bookshelves on the first floor.

These books range from ancient parchment scrolls to exquisite "hardcover editions," all of which look very historical and ancient.

Just as Commissioner La Er introduced at the beginning, although most of the books in the library are open to Gao De for free, these books are mostly general books or the experience theories of predecessors.

Truly valuable knowledge, even for students, needs to be "purchased for a fee" and cannot be borrowed for free in the library.

It seems that Sairui Academy is too stingy with its students.

But in fact, it is not so.

Because in this world, due to knowledge monopoly, those high-circle magic users or forces who master knowledge mostly hide knowledge tightly, and ordinary people can't buy it even if they have money.

Being able to purchase knowledge for a fee is already a huge benefit in many cases.

Gao De didn't think too much.

Because for him, even those general books are of great value.

He has never denied his "hillbilly" status.

As a student who enrolled with the highest treatment, Gao De enjoys the treatment of borrowing up to ten books for free at one time and a handwritten copy of a collection of predecessors' experience theories.

And the borrowing period is also extended from the half-month of ordinary students to two months.

He did not skimp on using his "privilege."

After some selection, he chose ten books covering multiple fields, including the history and legal books of the Saint Xi En Principality, as well as general books in fields such as finance, agriculture, and etiquette:

"General History of Saint Xi En," "Compilation of Laws of Saint Xi En Principality," "Overview of Saint Xi En Humanities," "Etiquette and Social Norms," "Agriculture and Weather"... Finally, Gao De also saw an article titled "A Little Conjecture on Specialty Awakening" signed by "Biyue Aoteluo," which seemed to be his graduation design article.

No matter who this "Biyue Aoteluo" is, and whether this article has any real content, at least this title attracted Gao De's attention.

So, he gave his quota for borrowing the handwritten copy of the collection of predecessors' experience theories to it.

After swiping his identity badge and borrowing a thick stack of books from the library, Gao De hurried to his "dormitory."

He had to put these books back in Building 30 in the First District first.

Because if the books borrowed from the library are lost or damaged, they must be compensated at the original price.

And in this world, even for general books, the average price is above 2 gold coins... Very unexpectedly, Gao De actually met Jielika on the road at the entrance of Building 30.

As Jielika, who entered the academy with the same highest treatment as him, her "dormitory" is also in the First District.

It's just because Gao De and Jielika took different paths during the enrollment task, and the time was staggered accordingly, so they had never met in the First District.

But I didn't expect to run into her here today.

After the provocation incident by Geli Ha Le Er in the cafeteria half a month ago, Gao De gradually understood what "highest treatment" represents in Sairui Academy.

And compared to the "highest treatment" he obtained purely by relying on a "recommendation letter."

Although Jielika's "highest treatment" has a small part from the relationships behind her, most of it comes from herself.

From this, Gao De understood how outstanding Jielika's magic user talent is.

Not counting anything else, just from the fact that she had already reached the third-rank magic user apprentice level three years ago when she was thirteen, one can see a glimpse. You must know that he is also thirteen years old now, still struggling in the second-rank magic user apprentice realm.

Looking at the exhausted Jielika, Gao De knew she should have just returned from the hard labor cliff.

Except for him who broke the record by clam-picking, the other five new students of the same period are still struggling to mine, and the progress is not even half.

Hesitating for a moment, Gao De still took the initiative to say hello.

No matter what, he still owed Jielika a favor, and now that they met, not recognizing her would not be justified.

This was the first time the two met alone.

Facing Gao De's active greeting, Jielika's eyes flowed, not knowing what she was thinking.

"Should I call you Master Google, or Gao De?" She said lightly.

You've been holding it in for a long time, right... Gao De felt a bit funny.

When they first met at the hard labor cliff, he saw that Jielika was full of doubts about his appearance at Sairui Academy and the name "Gao De."

Gao De also planned that as long as Jielika came to ask, he would tell the truth.

But Jielika stubbornly held it in and never took the initiative to ask Gao De, as if she didn't know him at all.

"Sorry, because I offended some people and was worried about being sought for revenge, I could only use a fake name when I was in Bremen City," Gao De explained: "Now that I have left Bremen City, I don't have to worry about this, so I used my real name again."

"I didn't mean to deceive you, Miss Jielika." He apologized sincerely.

"Hmph," Jielika hummed with a nasal sound, and then let the matter pass.

It wasn't a big deal in the first place, and since Gao De's attitude was set, she naturally didn't care.

"I didn't see that besides a superb restoration skill, you also have a unique clam-picking technique." Jielika was both praising and distressed and envious.

Apparently, the introductory task caused her no small trouble.

"How much progress has Miss Jielika made in the enrollment task?"

Since this matter was mentioned, Gao De asked casually.

"Not even 1300 kilograms yet." As soon as this was mentioned, Jielika became even more exhausted.

"Then why?" Gao De was puzzled.

Since the task has not been completed yet, and it is just past noon, why did Jielika finish work early?

"Tired." Jielika said expressionlessly.

Although with her family background, these days, physical recovery potions have never been interrupted.

But potions only restore physical strength.

Repeating the act of "mining" day after day, the fatigue brought to the spirit is something potions cannot restore.

Proper work-rest balance is undoubtedly necessary.

Being too tense will sooner or later drive yourself crazy.

Gao De's brain turned, and he also realized what Jielika meant by "tired."

He felt a bit embarrassed.

Compared to boring mining, activities with reward mechanisms like clam-picking obviously brought him very little fatigue.

So throughout the enrollment task process, Gao De's spirit was very excited, and there was only physical fatigue.

He couldn't empathize with Jielika, because he hadn't even dug a piece of ore...

And for the enrollment task that troubled Jielika, he was also powerless.

The academy has clearly stipulated that no outside help can be used in the enrollment task.

Wait... As his thoughts drifted, Gao De suddenly thought of something.

"Miss Jielika, wait for me here for a moment." He said.

"Hmm?"

Gao De didn't care to explain, opened the door of Building 30 with his key, and walked in quickly.

After a while, he walked out with a small tin water bottle in his hand.

"Here." Gao De handed the water bottle to Jielika.

"What is this?" Jielika took the water bottle, her brows furrowed.

"A good thing, drinking it can eliminate fatigue." Gao De smiled.

Jielika opened the water bottle cap with some suspicion, then sniffed, and had already smelled the peculiar fragrance inside.

"Water of No Leakage."

Such a good-smelling fragrance, even she had never smelled it before.

Is it some kind of unique drink? After a slight hesitation, a faint, imperceptible spiritual light flashed in Jielika's eyes.

【Detect Poison】.

After confirming that it was non-toxic, Jielika put the water bottle to her mouth and took a light sip as a gesture.

Just that one sip made her pair of beautiful eyes light up immediately.

She had never drunk anything so delicious.

So, Jielika, who was only prepared to take a light sip, finally drank the "Water of No Leakage" in the water bottle in one gulp.

Looking at the empty tin water bottle, Jielika felt a bit embarrassed.

This behavior is not ladylike.

"The taste is very good." She used praise to cover up her embarrassment.

Gao De smiled slightly, "It's not just the taste that is good."

He didn't say much.

No matter how much he said, it wouldn't be as direct as Jielika experiencing the specific effect of the "Water of No Leakage" herself later.

(End of chapter)