: 170. Silence, young Nnd! _3


    These silent powers would be stored by Erica in the Silent Magic Stone and handed over to him for use.


    If Nnd’s Soul Strength is abundant, he could temporarily store his rewards of silent power with Erica, and activate them whenever needed in the future.


    Other Silent Witch students are treated the same way.


    Acquiring silent power through the course is quite limited. To cultivate Meditation more quickly, one has to invest in Soul Strength. Nnd estimated that when he practices Meditation in the future, he would primarily consume his Soul Strength,plemented by the silent power.


    As Nnd was concentrating on reading the Contract, a pping sound suddenly came from the window.


    He raised his head and saw the parrot messenger perched on the stand, pping its wings twice, adjusting its stance, and maintaining a crooked expression while staring at Nnd.


    The parrot was quiterge, about 30 centimeters tall, with colorful feathers all over its body, and its head adorned with blue curved crown feathers pointing towards the sky.


    Because Nnd nced at it, this lively little guy swung his head twice, adorably and mischievously called out:


    “Yo-ho~ What a cute parrot~”


    Nnd’s mouth twitched.<div>


    Parrots love to mimic human speech.


    The words that this guy was muttering now were probably from the wizard students who hade to the study to find the professor.


    Nnd ignored it and buried his head in the Contract again.


    Seeing that Nnd wasn’t paying attention to it, the parrot became excited. It pped its wings and flew to Nnd’s desk, tilting its head, leaning forward, stretching its head out in front of Nnd, blocking the Contract.


    “Little cutie, little cutie, look at me, look at me. Yoo-hoo~ Cute parrot~”


    Nnd sat up straight, looking helplessly at the other party:


    “Hey, I need to read the Contract, don’t mess around.”


    “I don’t want to read, I don’t want to recite, magic knowledge is too boring.” The parrot, imitating a wizard student’s words, hopped and chattered on the tabletop:


    “Reading, boring! y with me, little parrot! I have something good to eat!”


    Nnd was stunned.


    The Deconstruction Consumption of this parrot was quite high, reaching 40,000 points. Its intelligence level was definitely not ordinary.


    From its performance, this fellow could understand human speech, and evenmunicate with people using the words it had learned.


    It was now using the words it had learned to express its own thoughts, trying to get Nnd to y with it.


    Nnd blinked and thought of the “something good to eat” mentioned by the parrot.


    He subconsciously touched the back of his left hand, intending to find some canned food or something from the Blood Haven to satisfy the parrot’s cravings.


    But there was nothing there, no Array/Formation on the back of his left hand.


    Only then did Nnd remember that he had entered the Court of Silence in the form of consciousness.


    This illusory body created by the Illusion Magic didn’t have anything on it other than covering clothes. The Blood Haven did note with him here either.


    It was said in the Contract that the “Court of Silence” is a sub-dimensional ne that Erica had bought from Hotams using the legacy of the kingdom.<div>


    She had researched and transformed this ne, carefully weaving a set of rules for the ne, allowing authorized people to enter it with their consciousness. In the Court of Silence, only she, the ne master, could freely use magic, while all other people could only use specific spells.


    Nnd had not yet learned to create little snacks with spells.


    The gluttonous parrot in front of him was bound to be disappointed.


    “I didn’t bring any food, little guy.” Nnd shook his hand and said:<div>


    “Why don’t you wait for a while? Wizard students wille to y with you after ss. Then you can ask them for something to eat.”


    The parrot shook its body, seemingly dissatisfied. Its beady ck eyes stared at Nnd, and it chattered:


    “I’ll perform a trick for you~ Little parrot~”


    Nnd pped his forehead:


    “Alright, I’ll do one for you. After that, fly back to the perch because I need to read the Contract.”


    Nnd called up the spell list in his mind.


    Most of the spells were marked as “temporarily unavable,” with only “Breath of the Dead,” “Soul Shield,” and “Mental Shield” being usable.


    Nnd Lee sketched a spell blueprint and turned himself into a skeleton.


    The parrot pped its wings in delight, giggling like a duck:


    “Wow~~~ Isn’t this trick quite fantastic, little parrot~ I learned it right away~”


    Nnd Lee returned to human form, shielding the contract so the other’s wings wouldn’t blow it onto the desk:


    “Alright, little thing, I’m going to read the contract now, keep quiet.”


    The parrot retracted its neck sneakily, hugged its wings against its body, and whispered:<div>


    “Shh shh shh… Don’t make any noise, be good. I need to go… Don’t let Erica find out I’ve been here…”


    Nnd Lee sighed, wondering which mischievous Wizard Student had been secretly ying with the parrot.


    The parrot stared at Nnd Lee for a while, then flew onto a perch and gazed at the only human in the room without blinking.


    About an hourter, a puff of gray fumes appeared in the study suddenly.


    When the fumes dissipated, Erica arrived.


    Nnd Lee had just finished reading the contract three times and signed his name on it.


    “Professor, I would like to join you.”


    Nnd Lee handed the signed contract to Erica.


    Erica conjured a magic pen and wrote down her own name.


    The contract was split in two, with each half entering the minds of the two people.


    The parrot on the perch pped its wings twice, and squawked a congrattion:


    “Look, look, I got a perfect score! Perform a backflip for me, little parrot, we agreed~”


    Erica was stunned for half a second, then stiffly turned her neck to look at the excited parrot:<div>


    “Pudding, where did you learn this line?”


    Nnd Lee pursed his lips to hold back hisughter.


    The parrot seemed to realize it had let something slip. It shrank its neck and moved its feet nervously:


    “Oh, she’s back so soon… I gotta go, see you next time for some ytime…”


    Having said that, the parrot lifted its wings, buried its head in its feathers, and wouldn’t even look at Erica.


    Erica’s full moon-like eyes flitted, and she awkwardly smiled at Nnd Lee:


    “It seems that a student sneaked in to y with it while I was away. Unbelievable. Pudding actually helped the student hide it from me. You go back to studying ‘The Voice of Silence’ for now. I’ll call you in for a ss once I’ve arranged your schedule. Make sure to study thews of the Ulnas Circle. You are a Wizard Enforcer now. If an enforcer breaks thew, the punishment will be even more severe. So be extra vignt.”


    “Alright, Professor. I’ll be leaving now.” Nnd Lee nodded calmly.


    Following the instructions recorded in the contract, he silently muttered “Leave the Court of Silence.”


    An indigo mist quickly appeared in front of him.


    Before the mist enveloped his entire body, he saw the following scene:


    Erica crossed her arms and walked over to the parrot, dragging out her words coldly:


    “It’s really strange, don’t you usually dislike meddling with the wizard students~~”<div>


    Erica made her voice intentionally cold:


    “I asked you to watch my study, and instead, you let a student in and kept it from me. Tell me, which student was secretly ying with you?”


    The parrot’s head was buried under its wings, and it muttered stuffily:


    “I’m not Luna, remember, little parrot. I’m not Luna. I’m Gina Smith. Don’t let it slip.”


    What a clever “puzzle within a puzzle,” this female student who ys with the parrot is quite a clever one…


    Nnd Lee shook his head, chuckling silently, and allowed the mist to envelop his consciousness.


    His consciousness began to sink like freefall, plummeting down, far below his body.