This wizard only wishes to be a teacher

Carly froze for a moment. She was no longer the newbie who had just stepped onto the path of wizardry, which is why she instinctively felt wary of Barton and the actions of the Boyle Family behind him, as this contravened the principle of equivalent exchange common among wizards!

Did they have some sort of scheme?

A sense of caution emerged in Carly’s heart as she accepted the 200 pieces of Magic Stone passed to her, but she did not reply to the words of the second-level Wizard Apprentice, nor did she purchase the ingredients related to the "Growth Potion" that she had originally planned to buy.

After taking the 200 Magic Stones, Carly paused, then looked towards the second-level Wizard Apprentice, "I would like to know, what does your family intend to do with these healing potions?"

"I, I don’t know..." The second-level Wizard Apprentice’s eyes darted away, but he still turned his head slightly.

Carly’s brows furrowed slightly. She had intended to leave immediately but soon after, something occurred to her. After making some casual purchases, she quickly walked away.

However, it wasn’t long before Carly, with her hood drawn up and her distinctive marks concealed by Bloodline Magic, returned to scrutinize the internal situation of the trading area.

"Recovery Potion? Unfortunately, they’ve just been sold out..."

"No."

"Compound potions? Sorry, we’ve had some large orders come in and several Pharmacists have been commandeered. If you’re not in a hurry, you might need to wait one or two months..."

"No, if you have surplus, you might try to sell them. The price of Recovery Potions has gone up..."

...

Carly quickly surveyed the area and was surprised to find that Recovery Potions seemed to have vanished from the market. Even the prices of the raw materials for concocting such potions had increased noticeably.

This was clearly not normal!

To know, anyone capable of consuming all of the Recovery Potions in the trading area in a short period must involve a formal Wizard.

If ordinary third-level Wizard Apprentices or even some weaker wizard families had the financial power, they would not dare to purchase on such a large scale! Such actions brazenly disrupted the market and were bound to attract the attention and even the ire of formal Wizards.

"It seems I must hurry back and report this incident to Mentor Lucien..." Carly quickly made up her mind, and then she left without a trace, heading towards the laboratory where Lucien was.

...

Meanwhile, Lucien observed the squirming "parts" laid out on the table, and according to the method Count Sanaxis had just explained, he began the two-dimensional conversion of nightmare life.

According to Count Sanaxis, the focus of the process was not on the wizard formation, which was simply a medium; the real emphasis was on "imagination."

How did Lucien imagine Adeline within his own mind?

Looking at the table where Adeline had been split into six parts and the now fully repaired "doll" Lilia, Lucien couldn’t help but pinch the bridge of his nose.

"It’s still necessary to take precautions." Lucien thought, while also keeping the energy core "Lilia" associated with Adeline within the sealed trap. In this way, even if something unexpected happened during the upcoming transformation process, Adeline would hardly be able to cause any damage without sufficient energy supply, let alone pose any threat to him.

But once all the preparations were ready, Lucien found himself at a loss for how to proceed with the construction. His initial impression of Adeline had always been "danger," "nightmare creature," and "involving a formal Wizard."

But now, he needed to carry out a sort of "deconstruction" of Adeline.

It was like the blind men touching the elephant; he needed to find an angle that suited him to give a plausible description of Adeline.

Reflecting on this, Lucien recalled reading online before his transmigration that the best solution to the "skinwalker’s plea" was "blonde beast-eared loli." He grinned, feeling that the task at hand seemed somewhat similar.

"She should be a part of Level 1 nightmare creature Helen..." Lucien started his construction. At the moment the wizard formation was activated, he began manipulating his spiritual power to inscribe within a specific area, describing Adeline’s new appearance in his eyes.

At the same time, he was also quietly monitoring the changes in Adeline with his spiritual power. Deconstructing a nightmare creature wasn’t just wishful thinking; much like the blind men had to satisfy certain features of the elephant, even if their description was not comprehensive, his deconstruction of Adeline had to follow certain logic.

Otherwise, according to Count Sanaxis, the extra essence consumed in changing the traits of a nightmare creature would be borne by him as the "Dream Builder."

The transformation of nightmare creatures also had to follow some more abstract rules.

The price "Dream Builders" had to pay to change nightmares involved their spiritual power at its source. Once these sources were "divided" and lost, they could not be recovered.

For Wizards, it was their potential on the path of wizardry that was being consumed, a price no Wizard would be willing to pay if not absolutely necessary.

Therefore, Lucien proceeded with caution as he described and reconstructed Adeline.

While ill at ease with his depiction, Lucien did not feel the sensation of his consciousness being forcibly extracted, which suggested that his assumptions and descriptions were somewhat accurate.

"Phew..." Lucien let out a gentle breath, confident enough to describe it that way. After all, Adeline herself had some special connection with Helen Wizard, and his description merely made that connection more tangible.

"From a certain angle, a connection, a master-servant relationship is also a part of the whole..." Lucien muttered softly to himself, then started to consider his descriptions of Adeline with even greater caution.

"A doll that can be controlled..."

Suddenly, Lucien felt his spiritual power begin to be bound by something, accompanied by a faint suction force.

"Not good!" Lucien’s face changed, and he quickly erased the description, feeling the suction disappear, but there was still a slight sense of fatigue in his spiritual power.

"Fortunately, the source of my spiritual power wasn’t drained in time, it has just been slightly shaken." Lucien let out a sigh of relief, and became even more careful with his descriptions of Adeline.

After all, if such a problem occurred again, he feared he truly would have his source of spiritual power siphoned off.

However, Lucien was also puzzled, for based on his observations of Adeline, at least when Lilia had used her, she indeed could be controlled and used. But why was he failing now when making this description?

Lucien contemplated, and soon he noticed the first condition he had written for Adeline, seemingly enlightened.

"It seems that two conditions cannot coexist, after all, I might control Adeline, but at least I can’t control Helen Wizard..." Lucien guessed, and tried to change the way he described her.

"An entity that follows certain rules and under specific conditions, can be commanded."

"Following the principle of equivalent exchange between wizards... that should also count as some kind of rule, right?" Lucien mused to himself as he wrote. He also watched the wizard formation carefully, ready to erase the description at any sign of trouble.

Fortunately, after waiting for a while, the wizard formation remained quiet and unchanged.

That is to say, Lucien’s second piece of information was approved.

Lucien breathed a sigh of relief, but looking at the space in the describable area, he knew he could define one more new rule.

However, this rule had better not conflict with the previous two; otherwise...

Lucien took even longer this time to contemplate, almost not knowing how to proceed with the description.

And Count Sanaxis, who had somehow climbed onto his head, seemed to become impatient. He bypassed Lucien and started writing directly through their mental connection.

"It cannot focus on power and freedom at the same time."

"You..." Lucien looked at Count Sanaxis’s description, shocked.

How could this be possible? It certainly violated the laws of dream observation!

But to Lucien’s surprise, he didn’t feel any backlash at all.

Which meant... the description worked? Or perhaps...

Lucien murmured to himself, also turning to look at Count Sanaxis.

"You don’t understand dreams. Sometimes, don’t let your thoughts be limited by your impoverished imagination," Count Sanaxis said dismissively, with a tone that was rather contemptuous.

Lucien’s mouth twitched.

If he really let himself go, he probably would have been sucked dry by the Dream Space just now.

But he was also more curious about the changes that would happen to Adeline, now being re-observed and re-described.

"Move." Lucien urged the wizard formation, but it seemed to be suppressed by some special entity, merely flickering slightly before the light was suppressed, with no subsequent changes occurring.

However, Lucien felt a faint backlash from the wizard formation, as if his head had been lightly hammered by something, leaving him somewhat dazed.

"You need to ensure its integrity," Count Sanaxis said indifferently. "Take out that doll you put away earlier."

"Why didn’t you say that earlier?" Lucien asked, rubbing his temples irritably.

"You didn’t ask. Besides, who knew you, a Two-legged Long-haired Monster, would make such a beginner’s mistake," Count Sanaxis spoke with an air of carelessness, even appearing a bit innocent. However, the constantly swaying tentacles revealed a hint of schadenfreude.

Lucien took a deep breath, feeling as though he had empathized deeply with Carly.