Chapter 102: The Curse of Knowledge

Dorothy put away the magic potion box helplessly and began to talk about the business of coming here today.

"Senior Sister, I want to learn about the deeds of the Three Kings, especially the deeds of the Demon King. The information on the Mana Web is too messy, so I don't know if you have any reliable information here. Of course, it would be even better if there are people who specialize in this knowledge."

The Home Witch said with expectation.

"The deeds of the Three Kings?"

Hearing the Young Lady's request, Senior Sister Dai Na first thought for a moment, but soon frowned.

"Young Lady, we have a lot of books about the deeds of the Three Kings here. I can ask someone to write a book list for you. As for people who specialize in this research..."

The intellectual senior sister reached out and adjusted the single-frame glasses on her face, her tone a bit tangled.

"This exists, but it's just that Senior Sister Senior Fan Ni's personality..."

Dai Na shook her head and changed the subject.

"Young Lady, you should just read the book list and study by yourself."

It's just that her appearance made Dorothy curious.

"What's wrong with that senior sister? If it's just a bad personality, I think I can tolerate it."

After all, it is asking for help, so the attitude should naturally be lower, and it is quite common for talented people to have some quirks. Dorothy doesn't think there is any problem with this.

If she really can't find anyone to consult, she can only study by herself, but since there is really someone in the All-Seeing Eye club who studies this, Dorothy is too lazy to waste that time.

Although learning is not a difficult thing for her, people always have things they like to learn and things they don't like to learn.

Her interest in learning mainly lies in the theory and application of magic. She likes the process of researching and developing new magic spells, and she really doesn't have much interest in those boring witch history and celebrity biographies. That thing looks boring, easy to fall asleep, and very uncomfortable.

The 5,000 years of history in her previous life made her head bald, and the history of the Witch World in this life is more than 100,000 years. And the deeds of the Three Kings run through the entire witch history. Basically, there are shadows of the Three Kings behind the major events in witch history. Basically, researching the deeds of the Three Kings is equivalent to researching witch history. Even the deeds of the youngest Demon King have to be traced back to 20,000 years ago.

This is too difficult.

Therefore, Dorothy feels that as long as Senior Sister Senior Fan Ni's personality is not too outrageous, she should be able to tolerate it.

And facing her questioning, Dai Na also sighed and spoke again.

"Young Lady, do you know the Curse of Knowledge?"

She didn't directly say anything about the senior sister, but asked such a question.

Dorothy was stunned, then suddenly realized, and was also a bit speechless.

"Ah, this, Senior Sister, do you mean that Senior Sister Senior Fan Ni is infected with the Curse of Knowledge?"

She now understands why Senior Sister Dai Na in front of her would rather let her study by herself than introduce that senior sister who specializes in witch history to her.

The Curse of Knowledge, although named as a curse, is actually more like a psychological and mental illness. It is a troublesome symptom that even a powerful race like witches feels very tricky.

Just like what was said before, witches' power may be very powerful. Perhaps excellent individuals among them surpass the limits of those alien races as soon as they are born, but in the field of the mind, witches are no different from mortals.

Aside from a few lucky "Dragon Heaven" cheaters, the lives of most powerful witches standing at the pinnacle of the Witch World are actually a magnificent, blood-and-tear-filled history of a protagonist's growth; they all forged that heart of a powerhouse step by step through suffering and setbacks.

And some people succeeded, and naturally some people overturned. The glory of successful people is mostly the same, but the reasons for overturned people are often varied. The Curse of Knowledge is one of the most common ones.

The mainstream growth routes of witches nowadays are the two paths of 'Omnipotence' and 'Omniscience'. Most of those who can walk the path of Omnipotence are heaven-favored daughters, nothing to say, just lying down and winning. But the path of Omniscience that most of the remaining witches are walking, although it looks like a low threshold at first glance, the risks and difficulties are not enough to be told to outsiders.

It's like a sentence Dorothy often heard people sigh in her previous life: 'Other things can be worked hard, but math is something you won't if you won't.' This sentence is the same when applied to magic.

Every year, I don't know how many witches on the path of Omniscience are driven crazy by the obscure and difficult magic knowledge. They cry and shout 'I really can't do this', and then they study hard overnight without admitting defeat, and finally become crazier the more they study.

This is the most common Curse of Knowledge—the 'Incompetent Rage of Fools'.

Hmm, that's right, the Curse of Knowledge has many kinds. This actually refers to the collective name for psychological and mental illnesses caused by knowledge. There are a bunch of subdivided symptoms below, just like cancer has many kinds.

Among them, the 'Incompetent Rage of Fools' is already the mildest one. For this kind of witch who has studied crazy, generally throwing her into a hospital and asking a mental witch doctor to treat and enlighten her is still saved, but other more serious knowledge curses are very troublesome.

A person's self-cognition is a very magical and idealistic thing. Generally, the formation of self-cognition is often related to growth environment, knowledge level, personality, etc. And if it is a little more systematic, it is the so-called 'Id', 'Ego', and 'Superego'.

A more understandable way of saying it is the three parts of instinct, sensibility, and rationality. (PS: It's all my nonsense settings, don't take it seriously if you are a big shot who really studies psychology. I'm just a novelist, I don't understand those professional knowledge.)

People often say that knowledge makes people progress. This point is indeed a fact, especially after witches can more directly convert knowledge into power, the more knowledgeable the witch, the stronger she is.

Some people will say that the greater the power, the greater the responsibility. This point is a bit too idealistic.

While the greater the power, in fact, the stronger the desire. After all, not everyone has that great consciousness of self-sacrifice. Most people will definitely not think about 'I want to engage in charity and repay the motherland' after suddenly getting rich, but will buy houses and cars to enjoy life for the first time.

Such a difference is the contest between instinct and rationality. The self-sensibility part of a person coordinates between the two.

Wealth is like this, and knowledge is also like this. When a witch on the path of Omniscience has a desire for knowledge that exceeds the constraints of her sensibility and rationality, the Curse of Knowledge is born, which will have a huge impact on the witch's mind.

To put it more bluntly, mad scientists, fanatics pursuing truth, terrorists studying forbidden black magic, etc., are born.

Most of the crimes in the Witch World today originate from this. Once a person who masters power loses control, the consequences will be terrible, needless to say, especially for a powerful existence like a witch who is almost equivalent to a god. Once she loses control, that is the birth of an evil god.

This is the truly terrible place of the Curse of Knowledge. Those 'scum' students who can't learn and go crazy are just small problems. The most terrible thing is the kind of 'god' student who has gone into magic, which is a big problem.

Hmm, for example, Zhang San, who has studied law for a lifetime, suddenly wants to try his research results.

Is this terrible?

Yes, it is really terrible.

And now Senior Sister Dai Na actually said that there is such a knowledge curse patient in the All-Seeing Eye club. At this moment, Dorothy even wanted to rush out of the door and run away.

... The Home Witch is trembling... ===== CHAPTER 103 =====