"I don't rest during the day," Colin shook his head.
"Don't you have any days off?" Yulaya found it hard to comprehend.
She considered herself an extremely diligent wizard, yet still set aside time for rest every day and dedicated one or two days each week solely to basic meditation practice.
This was to relax her body and mind, alleviate the mental stress brought on by the pursuit of knowledge, and thus avoid contamination and mutation.
"No," Colin stated seriously.
"…Your Excellency is truly diligent," Yulaya's lips quivered, and it was only after a moment that she murmured.
Colin unconsciously glanced at the True Knowledge Society Castle nearby, his gaze seemingly piercing through the thick walls to where the lights were still on in Shelley's laboratory outside.
"It's alright," he shook his head, feeling an inexplicable sense of urgency in his heart, and quickly ended the conversation, "That will do, Lady Yulaya. It's getting late, and I need to continue my studies."
Yulaya nodded slightly, watching as Colin's figure receded into the distance.
The cold wind was bleak, and Yulaya's gaze followed Colin until he entered the castle of the True Knowledge Society, only then she finally retracted her gaze.
"Truly a Golden Feather genius…" she whispered lowly, her tone somewhat admiring.
But soon, Yulaya felt a bit despondent.
Clearly, Colin's behavior indicated he had no interest in her…
Anxiety inevitably crept onto her face.
The task from the family to connect with Colin had been ongoing for half a month, and she had made no progress.
With a sigh, Yulaya stepped into a carriage waiting in the shadows nearby.
About thirty minutes later.
Yulaya arrived at an office and began to report her situation.
"So, there's still no progress?" The middle-aged wizard behind the desk asked calmly after listening.
"Yes," Yulaya lowered her head and said softly.
"What a pity, I didn't expect Colin Leonard to join the True Knowledge Society," the middle-aged wizard sighed, his face showing displeasure. "Doesn't he know that place is only filled with a bunch of knowledge-chasing lunatics?"
Yulaya remained silent, thinking to herself that compared to those wizards at the True Knowledge Society, Colin seemed even more extreme, almost always immersed in the laboratory.
The middle-aged wizard thought for a moment, then said:
"Yulaya, there's no need to contact Colin for now. The New Year is coming soon, wait for further instructions after the holidays."
"…Yes," Yulaya paused, hesitantly nodding her head.
She had been thinking of visiting the True Knowledge Society tomorrow to seek out Colin again, such a high-quality male wizard, she couldn't bear to give up.
But the order from her family was even harder to resist, and Yulaya could only sigh inwardly and leave silently.
After she left, the middle-aged wizard rubbed his brow, feeling somewhat troubled.
For Pureblood Families, every Golden Feather wizard born from the School was an extremely precious resource.
Especially someone like Colin, an outsider Golden Feather prodigy, integrating him into the family was akin to injecting fresh vitality, benefiting in many ways.
Unexpectedly, this time it was his turn to absorb a Golden Feather, and not only was there the issue with Yasi affecting it beforehand, he encountered someone obsessed with cultivation.
Yasi's situation was simple, it just required sufficient benefits.
And a cultivation fanatic wasn't really a problem; after all, the wizards who obtained the Golden Feather Token were more diligent in their practice, a matter the family had experienced before.
Once he truly joined the family, there naturally were ways to make him contribute to the family's proliferation.
In fact, for a large Pureblood Family like Hidosh, missing one Golden Feather genius wasn't a big deal, as genius only represented potential.
And whether potential could be realized as expected was uncertain.
Thus, rather than obtaining a potentially powerful wizard in the future, the family really wanted new blood to be infused.
Stagnant water couldn't survive; only by maintaining the influx of fresh elements like Colin could the longevity be sustained.
Of course, to ensure the purity of the family lineage, once those "fresh elements" completed their task of proliferation.
These 'outsiders' would naturally be marginalized justifiably.
Whether it was Golden Feather or anything else, as long as one was within the family, they had to abide by the rules; once they truly realized this, they were already deep in the mire, ultimately unable to stir up any waves.
The absorbed Golden Feather was, after all, an outsider.
Of course, that was a matter for later; what troubled the middle-aged wizard the most for now was—
Colin had no desire whatsoever to join any Faction.
This was a true headache for him.
He had thought it was merely a temporary obstinacy and that he would change his mind after recognizing the current state of the School.
However, before he knew it, half a month had passed...
The middle-aged Wizard sighed and slowly stood up, disregarding the night as he hurried outside.
The cold wind caused his Wizard Robe to flutter and further hardened his expression.
Only fools who cannot grasp reality would delude themselves thinking they could climb from insignificance to the Peak.
Little did they know that the paths leading to the Peak had already been secretly named and their destinies marked.
Colin Leonard would soon realize that joining the Pureblood Family was his only way out!
"Enhance the energy intensity of the Elemental Summoning... this is a bit too vague."
In the True Knowledge Society laboratory, the ceiling was embedded with Bright Crystals illuminating the room.
Standing in front of the experimental table, Colin looked at the detailed requirements for custom witchcraft and murmured with a frown.
The client's detailed requirements... were not that detailed.
For example, this Elemental Summoning wasn't specified whether it was the Fire Element or Wind Element, just that the energy intensity needed to reach Second Rank and involve Elemental Creatures.
It seemed that it was meant to cover mainstream Elemental Summonings, implying that the witchcraft created needed to be universally applicable to Elemental Creatures.
This posed some difficulty, especially since it was Second Rank Lower witchcraft.
But for 250,000 Magic Stones... Colin took a deep breath and began to contemplate meticulously.
Normally, when a Wizard wanted to create witchcraft, the process involved deducing the principle and building the basic model first.
This was the first and most difficult step.
The difficulty wasn't in deducing the principles.
After all, they weren't exploring new knowledge, but creating new witchcraft.
Especially with custom witchcraft commissions like these, most of the time existing knowledge was used to meet requirements.
This difference was like that between scientific research and designing a product.
Colin had not hesitated to take on this custom witchcraft commission precisely because of this.
He possessed relevant knowledge about Fire Element Summonings.
Had it been a different custom witchcraft commission, he might have needed to familiarize himself with related knowledge first, but not this time.
Thus, the real challenge in creating witchcraft was how to transform dry principles into practical framework models.
Once past the hardest beginning and a rough structural framework was set, the next step involved practical testing, and finally, specific revisions based on the test results.
Whenever the practical test's effectiveness and stability met the requirements, the creation of the witchcraft could be declared a success!
Colin exhaled, rolled up his sleeves, and prepared to get to work with a piece of white paper.
Strictly speaking, this was his first actual attempt at creating witchcraft.
But he was no stranger to the process of creating witchcraft.
Golden Paper Limit Breaking, essentially, was about creating new witchcraft.
Back in his Apprentice days during Limit Breaking, he couldn't feel the process at all, assuming that the knowledge acquired post-Limit Breaking appeared out of nowhere.
But now, at First Rank Advanced, during Limit Breaking, he could faintly perceive those scattered research fragments.
So, in strict sense, he already was an experienced witchcraft creator!
Although those memories from Golden Paper Limit Breaking weren't clear, they were deeply embedded in his very bones.
This instilled Colin with constant streams of inspiration and ingenious ideas as he held the white paper!
He was focused yet filled with joy.
With his current state and the solid theoretical foundation from Golden Paper Limit Breaking,
those 250,000 Magic Stones were as good as his!