Chapter 360: Ice

Early the next morning, Agatha got a delicate scroll of parchment from Roland.

"What's this?"

"Contract. After pressing the fingerprint, you will officially belong to the Witch Union."

She spread out the scroll, read the content on the paper in detail, and asked in surprise, "That's it?"

"Huh?" The other party didn't seem to understand what she meant, "What kind?"

"The restrictions above are meaningless." Agatha pointed to the line "Effect Content", "It only mentions that Border Town cannot be betrayed without violating the consensus of both parties, but there are no restrictive measures. If you really want to betray, I'm afraid there won't be any psychological pressure. And the words above are too imprecise, is this really a contract?"

"Well, what I wrote down at the time was just a formality." The prince nodded, not surprised, it seemed that he was not the one to point out the problem with this contract.

"A form full of loopholes." She slandered secretly, poked the ink pad, and pressed her handprint. The alliance contract has very few requirements for both parties. According to the above terms, there is basically no change after joining. Although she felt a little unnecessary, she felt a lot more relaxed.

She said she was cooperating with mortals, but she knew in her heart that this gray-haired man was the actual leader of the Witch Union. If she wants to serve a mortal with the same respect as she treats the high-level officials of the Federation or the Lord of the Three Cities, it may be difficult for her to accept it. Looking at it now, at least I have considerable freedom.

Roland put away the parchment and asked curiously, "In Taquila, what are the constraints on the contract?"

"This is only needed when recruiting mortals. It can range from physical punishment to mental torture," she curled her lips. "As for us, we don't need to sign such a thing. The union is for life. Once you join, defectors will only die."

"Okay," he took a breath, "welcome to join the Witch Union. Remember to come to the castle garden after breakfast, I need to fully test your abilities."

...

The process of the ability test was simpler than Agatha imagined. Demonstrate the various characteristics of the ability in front of the prince, and then answer a few questions for him.

"The magic power is in the shape of a sky blue pentagonal prism, with a medium capacity. The type is summoning, and the ability has evolved once. The initial effect was to create low temperature. After evolution, it can be consolidated at room temperature, which is a very convenient ability," Roland recorded. After finishing, he asked, "This is how you let your abilities evolve?"

"Constant practice and an accidental epiphany," she said proudly. As the youngest high-level awakened person, everyone in the Federation called her "Taquila's genius" at that time. The temperature dropped even lower, allowing the water to freeze quickly. Until one day, I witnessed a witch who manipulated the fire melt a piece of lead cake into a liquid, and as the flame continued to burn, the lead water began to boil."

"This scene made me realize that maybe everything has three states: gas, liquid and solid-lead is solid at normal temperature, but as long as the temperature is high enough, it can also turn into gas; water is liquid at normal temperature, and the temperature drops. If it does, it will freeze into ice."

"Then can a gas that is in a gaseous state at normal temperature be like lead, as long as the temperature is low enough, it can also be frozen?"

"Exercising my ability with this thought in mind, I soon felt a completely different change in the magic power in my body, and I was finally promoted to a high-level witch, and this epiphany was also recorded in the "Principles of Ten Thousand Laws."

In fact, she was the youngest person included in the book. At that time, even the three seats praised herself, thinking that this epiphany not only greatly enlightened the promotion of witches, but also had great significance for the study of reality. But when she solemnly said these words, the other party's performance was quite calm.

"I see," the prince nodded, "What is the "Principle of Ten Thousand Laws"?"

"Wait, don't you... feel surprised?" Agatha asked in amazement, "This world is full of gas, which seems to be ethereal and weightless, but in fact it can be transformed into flowing water, and it can also be transformed into as frozen ice."

"It's quite a normal phenomenon, and there are many types of gases, each with a different boiling point and melting point," Roland shrugged, "Why should you be surprised? These contents are considered common sense in "Basic Principles of Natural Science."

"..." Agatha suddenly felt a little stuffy in her chest, and she took two deep breaths, "Okay, I will study this book carefully."

"Then the "Principles of Ten Thousand Laws"—"

"It is to record the perception and history of the evolution of the abilities of all high-level awakened people," she said angrily, "However, the abilities of witches are different, and it is difficult to achieve promotion through imitation and reference. Naturally, it is not as good as your "Nature Fundamentals of Science!"

"Did I say something wrong?" The prince wondered.

"No, I'm too arrogant," Agatha felt even more depressed.

"Ahem," probably seeing his displeasure, he changed the subject, "You said just now that witches have different abilities... Could it be that among the thousands of witches in the Federation, there isn't a single person with the same abilities?"

"No," she replied bluntly, "The Quest Society believes that the form of magic power determines the ability, but no witch has the exact same form of magic power."

"But when you saw Anna before, you immediately thought it was a fire-type ability."

"This is just a popular division, simple and easy to understand. The ability to emit light and heat can be called a flame type, but with the growth of magic power, adult solidification, or advanced awakening, the seemingly same ability will undergo great changes .Even in the initial stage of flames, some witches are good at controlling the temperature, while some witches are more powerful, and some can project it out. Even if the difference is not visible for the time being, it is caused by inadequate observation methods, "Aiger Sha said, "The division method of the Quest Club is more formal, and generally speaking, it is similar to your division method."

"Three types too?" Roland asked.

"The four types, the main difference lies in the summoning type - the Quest will divide them into two types, one is called magic energy, and the other is called shaping. You should be able to understand the difference from the literal meaning."

"Magic energy refers to Anna's summoning that requires continuous consumption of magic power and disappears once the magic power stops, while shaping is a long-lasting summoning like the coating drawn by Soraya?"

"Although I don't know exactly what Soraya's ability looks like, it's roughly what it means... Those that can last for a long time can be regarded as shaping summons, such as my normal temperature consolidation."

"Understood," Roland also recorded these contents, "that's all for today's test. According to the usual practice, when I don't give you a task, you can practice your ability by yourself, but I think there is one person who may urgently need your help."

"who?"

"The chief alchemist of Border Town, Kyle Striker."

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