Chapter 212 – Making a Tiny Fortune

Chapter 212 – Making a Tiny Fortune

“Now then, let’s begin with monadic runes…”

Knowledge entered through their ears, flowed into their brains, and promptly flowed right back out again. Much of it wasn’t even covered in the textbooks. Sylph and Vasida hurriedly switched on their Recording Cards.

Mo Lan sat perfectly still, sipping her tea while committing everything to memory.

The only pity was that Lady Amisha’s lecture was so densely packed that Mo Lan could only manage to snag some tea—she never got a chance at the little cakes.

When a class was comfortable, time seemed to fly.

When the bell from the Castle clock tower rang out, Mo Lan was startled.

Class was over already? They hadn’t even finished covering the second monadic rune, “Energy”!

“Let me finish this rune, and then we’ll dismiss!” Amisha pulled their attention back.

Mo Lan, Sylph, and Vasida: “!!!”

Good heavens! Lady Amisha was actually running over time for once! How unbelievable.

Though she didn’t dismiss on time, Amisha sped up her pace and quickly finished covering the last bit of knowledge on the “Energy” rune.

In one class session, they had barely managed to cover just two monadic runes: “Fixation” and “Energy.”

There were a hundred and eight monadic runes in total. At this rate, it would take fifty-four full class sessions to learn them all.

But this was an elective course, held only once every other week. This academic year would have at most just over twenty sessions—nowhere near enough to finish.

“Headmistress! The Alchemy theory course won’t carry over into third and fourth year too, will it?” Mo Lan asked.

“Third-year electives have more class hours, so don’t worry about it dragging into fourth year! What we cover in second year are the commonly used monadic runes. Once you’ve learned them, you’ll be able to try studying the crafting of most low-level Magic items and some Intermediate Magic items on your own. It won’t hold back your independent Alchemy research,” Amisha said.

For Mo Lan, this was far too slow. She glanced at the Recording Cards in Sylph’s and Vasida’s hands, and inspiration struck.

“Um, Headmistress, do you remember the teaching video cards I mentioned before? I don’t think there’s any need to wait for Lady Traci to come back, or for me to learn how to make them first.

Why wait for anyone else? You’re a ready-made Beyond Peak Sorceress who’s a natural at teaching—the Headmistress herself! I’ll handle making the camcorder cards, and you can handle recording teaching videos, starting with the Academy curriculum.

That way, wouldn’t everyone’s class time be more flexible, and studying more convenient?

We could even restructure courses so that watching video lessons is the main method, with scheduled Q&A sessions and learning assessments as supplements…”

The more Mo Lan talked, the more feasible it sounded. But Amisha shook her head.

“I have no problem recording teaching videos related to Academy courses.

But required courses can’t be restructured into the model you’re describing.”

“Huh? Why not?” Mo Lan asked, puzzled.

“Not every young witch can be like you—always passionate about learning with a mature set of study methods already in place.

Required courses don’t just teach knowledge itself. They also bear the important responsibility of guiding young witches to develop self-study habits and learn self-study methods. That’s something Mo-Pic videos can’t replace.

The knowledge in required courses must be mastered before graduation. A certain degree of supervision is needed to ensure the young witches’ learning progress. A combined model of structured classes and independent study is more appropriate. Teaching videos can only serve as after-class supplements,” Amisha said.

Mo Lan nodded in understanding. “Then using them for electives would be great too! Electives have so many subjects and tight schedules. By the time students take electives, they’ll have developed some self-study ability already!”

Amisha rubbed her hands together. “That card you mentioned for recording videos…”

“One moment!” Mo Lan summoned the Book of Cards and began crafting on the spot. Before long, she produced three cards.

“This is the {Camcorder Card}—use it for recording videos. It also has editing functions.

This is the {Projector Card}—use it for watching videos. And this is the {Videotape Card (Witch Edition)}—insert it into the camcorder, and all recorded footage is stored on it.

After recording, insert it into the Projector Card to view the contents.

If you place it together with another videotape card that has content on it, you can also copy that card’s contents onto it.”

In truth, she hadn’t recreated these Earth devices with perfect one-to-one accuracy.

Mainly because in the era she had lived in, camcorders, projectors, and videotapes had long since been obsolete.

A single smart bracelet could handle recording, projection, communication, internet access, transactions, gaming, and all sorts of other functions.

If she’d modeled them after historical camcorders and projectors, they’d be too bulky and inconvenient to use.

If she’d modeled them after smart bracelets, they’d be convenient enough, but even a stripped-down version would cost significantly more to produce.

So she had drawn on partial technology from the generation of devices before smart bracelets—smartphones and tablets—to create these cards that suited the current situation and weren’t expensive to make.

The camcorder was a palm-sized block with a small operating screen. On the back was a storage slot for videotapes.

The projector was a book-sized flat screen that could stand upright on a desk, also equipped with a videotape storage slot and even a pair of earphones.

The videotape was a tiny chip the size of a fingernail.

Both the camcorder and projector required Mana charging to operate.

To Mo Lan, these were somewhat outdated products, but to Amisha and the others, they were nothing short of incredible.

Valen’s magical recording methods were extremely expensive and completely impractical for widespread use.

Even the Mo-Pic Recorders brought back from another world were far inferior to this palm-sized little block in both recording quality and convenience.

Since Mo Lan had specifically designed these for filming teaching videos, the functionality was fairly streamlined.

After a brief tutorial from Mo Lan, Lady Amisha had already figured out how to use them. “How many Gem Coins? I’ll buy a set to try out!”

“Don’t talk about Gem Coins!” Mo Lan waved her hand. “I’ll give you three sets of cards for free. Just remember to show one set to the elders at the Witch Council and see if they’d be useful for preserving witch heritage.

Oh, and here are a few of these {Videotape Cards – Witch Special Confidential Edition} for you too!

If you have any other needs, just let me know. Anything that can be improved, I’ll improve.

Once everything’s good, I’ll list them in the shop.”

Amisha gave her a look. “Fine.”

Mo Lan watched Lady Amisha leave the classroom.

“Moira, do you know that your smile looks even more devious than a Cheshire cat’s?” Vasida’s voice drifted over, low and knowing.

“???” Mo Lan turned around. “I’m doing this to save everyone time and improve self-study results. It’s a good deed that benefits all witches everywhere! How can you say I’m being devious?”

Vasida: “Is that so?”

“At most, I’ll also earn a little something for the effort of making cards, that’s all.” Mo Lan touched her nose.

Sylph offered a kind reminder: “Moira, did you know that you like to touch your nose whenever you’re feeling guilty?”

“Alright, fine. The truth is I suddenly realized the value of the video series cards. I’m just going to make a teeny tiny fortune, that’s all!” Mo Lan let out a cheeky grin.