Is this really just an RPG? !

Classes at Christopher George College were suspended, all students were prohibited from leaving the college, and a night ban was imposed on the closing of the dormitory area at 9 pm. This is unprecedented, because even if George College encounters a war in a nearby country, there will not be so many regulations. At most, it will tell the students what they need to pay attention to. However, just the day before, after the college issued the red warning to all students in the school, it began to implement such a plan.

Of course, because it happened so suddenly, I didn't understand the situation at all, I could only ask around to see if other students would know some relevant information, but the answers I got were nothing more than "don't know", "unclear" and some guesses . Maybe because I am a student, my authority is not high enough, so I went to ask the professor again, but I got the same answer.

Until I found Emily.

To be precise, she called me to go.

In line with the mentality of "I have nothing to do when the class is closed anyway", I followed what she said, brought all kinds of materials needed for magic research, and ran to the gate of the girls' dormitory area. As a boy, if I want to enter the girls' dormitory, I need to make a fairly complicated application, and the chances of getting permission are not high. I am ready to find someone to help me talk to Emily in the dormitory. In fact, I just went in after being questioned, and it was quite easy, maybe because of the proof Emily gave me?

Anyway, I was able to go straight to Emily in the girls' dormitory.

It should be considered a good thing, after all, it saves a lot of trouble.

Before I thought about letting others bring it, the words you wanted were "the things you want have been delivered to the gate of the dormitory area". I wonder if she will really come to claim them in a serious manner? Still yelling "I didn't order anything" and shutting the person with the words out.

In any case, the sense of sight is quite strong.

Emily has a separate room from other students. Hmm... I prefer to understand that this person is too weird to find a roommate who can get along with her.

Such an understanding is indeed subjective, because thanks to Emily, I passed the semester test dangerously on the pass line.

"Sister?"

"I've been waiting for you for a long time, just leave your things at the door."

"...What are you doing?"

After putting down my things, I looked at Emily in the room from a distance, and began to consider whether I should choose to leave early. This genius magical girl is currently wearing a large wizard robe and a wizard hat, standing on a wooden bench staring at the black pot in front of her, stirring it with a wooden stick from time to time.

It's just like the typical villain's costume in the novel.

"Well, because I'm a little busy, I'll try this relatively ancient alchemy method."

Emily answered me like this.

Maybe she was still thinking about whether the ingredients added to the pot were correct, which made her reply sound a little bland. But at least I can be sure that she didn't intend to throw me and the pile of materials I brought in into the black pot for stirring... Wait! In this case, I finally understand why she lives alone!

Every day when I wake up, I can see my roommate dressed up like an evil witch making something in the pot, which will definitely create a psychological shadow.

"what you up to?"

"A potion that can change the appearance of the body."

"Changing the appearance characteristics, it sounds quite useful."

"Well, since I developed it, I decided to call it '9684-XTPA'."

"..."

"Aren't you complaining?"

"Please allow me to refuse, and it doesn't matter what your name is to me."

"Cut," Emily clicked her lips in dissatisfaction, took out part of the liquid from the pot and put it into an empty bottle on the table, shook it several times before turning around to look at me, "Would you like to try it? "

"Need not."

The liquid that exudes a strange green light doesn't look like a normal potion no matter what.

I decisively rejected Emily's suggestion.

She seemed disappointed, but it didn't last long.

"Don't you know why I came here for you?"

"I probably guessed a little bit, because of the ban issued by the academy?"

"It's only half. Before I say the reason, let me tell you the reason for issuing the ban... Wait, what time is it?"

"One o'clock in the afternoon, what's the matter?"

Emily panicked suddenly.

She hastily sealed the bottle, and then ran to the bedroom. A few minutes later, she saw Emily, who had changed into another outfit, running out with a staff. She seemed to be in a hurry, she probably had an appointment with someone, and she was still in a state of being late.

"It seems that I will talk to you later, you can read the books in my study as you like, as long as you don't move the things in the laboratory."

"For the safety of my life, I understand what cannot be moved."

I promise her that.

Based on the scene I saw today, I probably won't be willing to touch Emily's laboratory for a long time to come.

"Then I'll go out for a while, and I'll probably be back before dinner. If you have time, help me make a dinner. You can find the kitchen yourself. You can use the kitchen utensils inside!"

Emily ran out yelling like this without even closing the door.

Really anxious!

Did she call me here just to make dinner?

I couldn't help laughing, and turned around to go to her study, when I accidentally glanced at the table, there were empty and full bottles and jars on it, and seeing the colorful liquids made me feel chills behind me. I heard that she likes to make various potions, but I didn't expect it to be this level.

"Wait, that bottle just now... will she remember to take it away in such a hurry?"

It should have been placed on the table, but the bottle of freshly made green potion was gone.

The only explanation is that Emily took the bottle of potion with her when she left.

"I still plan to test what materials are put in it."

I muttered to myself with some regret, and then walked into Emily's study, planning to find some interesting books to pass the time.

But who is Emily planning to meet?

※ ※ ※ ※

Emily has many books in her study.

History, theology, magic, politics, even chivalry novels, children's books, and urban ghost stories can be found. After a quick scan of the titles of all the books, I found it almost impossible to think that there would be no books here. It seems that the reason for living alone, Emily divided a large area as a study room, resulting in this study room being big enough to fit four or five bookcases.

I'd love to do that too, but my dorm can only hold one bookcase at most.

Luckily I have a super convenient mobile storage space called a backpack.

——Even after so long, I still want to complain about who made the setting of this backpack. Lindsay, the creator god, shouldn’t be so boring, right?

While complaining in my heart like this, I put the half-read book back on the shelf. Before I knew it, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon, and it had been four hours since Emily left, and she hadn't come back yet. Based on Emily's expression and actions when she left, it can be inferred that she probably has some important agreement, and it seems that it is about to be delayed. But thinking carefully about the few words left by Emily, it doesn't seem like it would take a lot of time, or it means "I'll be back soon, don't worry".

[Are you entangled by something? 】

I couldn't help but walked out of the study and wandered aimlessly into the laboratory.

I frowned at the strange potion smell on my face.

Emily is she really just a spellcaster who is good at ice and thunder?

""Explosive Potion Research Experiment Report", "Frost Potion Test Report", "Transformation Potion Conjecture Record", all of them are potions!" I picked up a few notes from the table and quickly looked at them, and I couldn't help sighing. "She shouldn't have studied potions, right?"

At least that's my guess, since Potions is a rather complex subject. It's not that it's more complicated than other subjects, it's mainly because it requires a variety of materials, and it's very difficult to memorize the effects of so many kinds of materials by relying on the brain, so people who study potions often prepare a series of Tool of.

The most common are books, which are used to record the effects of various materials.

But I didn't see related books at all in the study, not even in the laboratory.

Does she always carry such books with her?

Or maybe Emily has a special way of remembering?

I don't know and don't want to know. I'm even more curious about who Emily met with, or what she agreed to do, because I don't think she is the kind of person who is easily bound by an agreement, since she was able to take me running during the semester test. Going to the strange ruins and forcing the professor to change my score to pass after I came back, I can confirm without a doubt that Emily will not be bound by the rules, and she is not willing to be bound by the rules .

So it's not so much that she made an appointment with someone...it's better to say that there was some news that was so important that she couldn't miss it, which led to this situation.

Speaking of which, did I think too much? Even if we worked together, it was just an ordinary friendship.

"Let's prepare dinner."

I put the notebook in my hand back on the table and left the lab. Emily Thomas, no matter how many secrets she has, it has nothing to do with me. What I have to do now is probably to prepare dinner and wait for Emily to come back, listen to what she said, and then leave here Go back to the dormitory and wait until the school's ban is lifted.

Although it is an overly negative attitude, I always feel that if I continue to mix in, I will probably be involved in some strange things.

At the beginning, Qiuqiu complained about my accident physique.

[Kitchen... Wait, it turns out that there is really a kitchen in here! 】

I thought Emily's phrase "use the kitchen utensils casually" was just talking, but when I really saw a room of cooking utensils neatly placed, I was shocked, after all, I couldn't imagine her Seriously cooking.

Besides, ever since I saw her standing in front of the pot and stirring potions, I couldn't even imagine the dishes she made. Those things probably belong to the category of lethal weapons, right? For example, "Just one drop of a super poison that can poison a slime" is scary when you think about it.

——By the way, one second of sympathy is always a slime as a unit of measurement.

"These kitchen utensils are too new. Did she just buy them?"

I really don't understand how she got the college to allow her to live alone, and I don't understand how much she has remodeled the house. I started picking out the kitchen utensils I needed, and thinking about what to make for dinner along the way. Because I often travel alone, I also learned some simple cooking. In Qiuqiu's words - how can a brave man not know how to cook! It is common sense to have a meal and add BUFF before opening the BOSS!

Where did the god damn common sense come from? Anyway, I don't know.

"Squeak—"

Just as I was flipping through the things in the cabinet, there was a very strange sound in the whole room.

It's like a door has been opened somewhere.

I can be sure that I didn't touch anything like a mechanism, the voice just sounded out of thin air, without any warning. I put down the things in my hands, walked slowly back to the living room, looked around and saw nothing strange, then walked into the laboratory subconsciously, and then I found that the pot in the middle of the room was removed, and a hole leading to the bottom appeared. stairs.

Kind of like an entrance to a hidden basement.

【Go in? 】

I asked myself this question, but I couldn't answer it.

My intuition tells me that if I want to avoid being involved in strange events, it is best not to go in, but curiosity makes me unable to ignore the situation in front of me. More importantly, the task that has been my guide to action has finally been updated, and the new task is related to the entrance in front of me.

"Main Quest [Emily Thomas]

Mission information: When you came to Emily Thomas' room alone, you accidentally triggered some mechanism and found a hidden entrance, which may lead to a place that hides many secrets. As a curious brave man, of course you should go in and explore!

Task requirements: 1. Enter the basement (unfinished)

2. Investigate the basement (unfinished)"

It's really a basement.

Is it really okay to just tell me so bluntly?

…………

It's really uncomfortable not to have Qiuqiu complaining by the side.

"If you just go in and have a look, it shouldn't matter!"

I comforted myself in this way, and then silently pushed all my motives to the task sent to me by the system, closed the door of the research room, walked directly into the secret passage, and prepared to see what was going on below.

I thought that [Illumination] and other spells would be used. I took out the magic scroll before going in, but I didn't expect that it was not very dark inside.

A faint green light emanated from the walls, like luminous stones.

"special material?"

I reached out and touched the wall, but there was no strange feeling.

I always feel that there is something hidden in this wall... maybe some kind of special spell that continues to work?

Not sure, but very concerned.

But Qiuqiu wasn't around, and I didn't even have anyone to ask.

"Come out and talk."

The corridor seemed a bit long, and I couldn't help recalling the words Emily said when she left, as well as her demeanor, movements and tone at that time. Because I don't know Emily very well, I can't see anything wrong with her actions, but I am a little puzzled by her demeanor and tone.

At that time, I abruptly interrupted the middle of the sentence, which caught my attention.

A normal person should not think about the time issue until after finishing a sentence. Emily should have some purpose for saying this, probably to make me stay and wait for her to finish speaking, and to remind me of what to pay attention to.

About time?

Then she mentioned two places that I have to pay attention to, one is "study" and the other is "laboratory".

Books can be read casually but the laboratory cannot be moved. It reminds me that books recording the effects of various materials and various medicines in the laboratory cannot be seen in the study...

There are too many places worth paying attention to.

And the last sentence before leaving the house was obviously implying that I should go to the kitchen!

If she let me discover this entrance on purpose, then this sentence is to lure me into the kitchen to trigger a certain mechanism. When I hear the sound of the mechanism, I will definitely leave the kitchen and look around, and finally see this entrance in the laboratory.

In this way, all the strange places should be able to figure out.

Then the last thing to confirm is why Emily went out on purpose.

【Stop, stop. 】

There are too many possibilities combined by the clues in my mind, which makes me feel a headache. Stop speculating about Emily's behavior, and I turn my attention back to the hallway in front of me. The corridor is actually not long, but I have been thinking along the way, so I subconsciously slowed down.

Soon I saw a light coming from ahead.

[It looks like it should be the end. 】

The light ahead comes from a door... To be precise, it is the gemstone on the door. The gemstone that emits dazzling white light clearly tells those who see him that this is a gemstone full of light elements. However, when it comes to light elements, the only people who can use this kind of power on this continent are the believers who believe in the god of light, Octavia. Besides, didn’t they disappear from the mainland for some reason?

Could it be that Emily is actually an Octavian?

This kind of speculation is not impossible, because most of the gods allow their believers to have multiple beliefs, and the power that the gods give back to believers is often related to the depth of beliefs of believers, so most believers will only choose one belief, let’s talk about single belief On the issue of multiple beliefs, each denomination has different views and management methods.

Also, all spellcasters who use the magic net can be called non-believers.

Because they don't believe in any gods, they only believe in themselves, so they can use magic.

But in terms of power feedback, in fact, the casters who use the magic net are believing in Anthony. As long as they use the magic net, it is tantamount to offering the power of faith to Anthony. A relatively common god is quite idle.

"Warren..."

I suddenly recalled what Emily said while staring at the symbol after defeating the magic dog outside the ruins during the semester test.

"Warren, Warren?"

There was no clue about the noun in my brain, and I rubbed my brows with a headache.

[Try to open the door first. 】

Pushing the strange term out of my head, I looked up and tried to open the door, only to find it was locked. When I retracted my right hand and was about to test the [Unlock] skill that I had never successfully activated, the jewel on the door suddenly made a crisp sound, the light dimmed, and then the jewel left the door and landed in my hand.

"Eh?"

Before he could react, the door opened by itself.

A small room...about the size of a bedroom.

There are no strange equipment, props or experimental products as imagined, just a lonely bookshelf in the middle of the room. There are a few books sparsely placed on the bookshelf, without exception, they are all books related to potion materials. Among them, the pages of several books have been wrinkled, and there are dense notes written on them.

"So, the books you didn't see above are actually placed here... Eh!"

When I was about to take out one of them and flip through it, a book fell from the top of the bookshelf.

The black cover looks very new, and it has an obvious sense of disobedience compared with the books here.

Most importantly, the cover of this book is signed "Warren".

Translated, it is "Warren".

"It's... this one!"

I opened the book in my hand.