21st Century Necromancer

When Misumi Mikoto followed a Ghost Maid to the study room, drying her hair with a towel, Chen Yu was sitting on the sofa in front of the fireplace, reading a book.

Although magic could keep the room temperature constant, the fireplace was burning with fire, providing a sense of warmth to Misumi Mikoto who had just soaked in the cold blood bath for half an hour.

In front of Chen Yu was a cup containing a green liquid, steaming at the top, which looked somewhat suspicious.

"Master, Miss Misumi has arrived," the Ghost Maid reported in a low voice to Chen Yu after bowing to him.

Chen Yu merely glanced up, noticing that Misumi Mikoto had changed back into the clothes she had come in, though her hair was still dripping wet as she dried it with a towel, and then motioned for the Ghost Maid to step back before saying, "Come and sit down, the potion on the table is prepared for you. I certainly wouldn’t want my only apprentice to catch hypothermia or something because of a mere test."

Hearing what Chen Yu said, Misumi Mikoto realized that the suspicious green liquid in the cup was intended for her.

Handing the towel to the Ghost Maid, Misumi Mikoto went over to sit on the sofa opposite Chen Yu, picking up the cup on the table. However, she did not immediately drink the contents of the cup but stared at it with a doubtful look.

Although a forensic scientist is not a doctor who cures people, they still have basic medical knowledge, and this suspicious-looking liquid didn’t seem like a medicinal potion at all—rather, it resembled the poison of an evil witch in a fantasy tale.

Of course, Misumi Mikoto knew that Chen Yu wouldn’t harm her, but still, due to her caution and fear of the mysterious potion, she asked Chen Yu, "Teacher, what is this made of?"

"This thing, it’s made with lots of good stuff, zombie brain marrow, toad saliva, bat feces, spider leg hair…" Perhaps wanting to joke around, Chen Yu deliberately listed many disgusting-sounding "casting materials."

"Teacher!" Misumi Mikoto gave Chen Yu a stern look, her tone inevitably carrying a hint of coquettish complaint. She obviously understood that Chen Yu was joking. Yet, even so, she drank the suspicious green liquid from the cup in her hand.

To Misumi Mikoto’s surprise, the liquid in the cup didn’t taste strange at all but only had a fragrant aroma of plants.

Watching Misumi Mikoto drink the liquid from the cup, Chen Yu finally smiled and nodded, saying, "It seems that having you soak in the blood bath for half an hour was useful after all; at least you have overcome your fear of these things and your inner disgust."

"You could have told me that directly, couldn’t you? Instead of making me endure half an hour of cold." The green liquid was slightly warm and not difficult to swallow, but after drinking it, Misumi Mikoto felt her entire body warm and even more comfortable than when she had been soaking in hot water in the bathroom.

"Growth obtained through preaching is far inferior to what one gains through personal experience. Plus, the purpose of this test actually includes training your willpower," Chen Yu said, looking at Misumi Mikoto with a meaningful and very serious gaze, "If you can’t persist through even this small ordeal and test, you wouldn’t be able to bear the pain of having your flesh burned away during the Promotion Ceremony to officially become a Necromancer."

"Burning away all the flesh?" Misumi Mikoto was suddenly startled, almost knocking over the cup in her hand. Chen Yu’s words were truly terrifying.

"Yes, to become an official Necromancer, one must capture Necromantic Power from the Netherworld, and then use that power to burn away all of one’s flesh and blood before making the flesh regenerate. The whole process is extremely painful, and without a tenacious will, it is impossible to endure and complete the entire ceremony," Chen Yu confirmed with a nod, with no hint of jest.

However, after completing his explanation, he also consoled Misumi Mikoto: "But these matters are still too far off for you. Not to mention other things, do you even know how to draw the magic circle for the Promotion Ceremony? Do you know the spells required for the ceremony? Do you know the coordinates of the Netherworld? Do you know how to open the portal to the Netherworld? If you don’t, then focus on your studies first, and don’t bite off more than you can chew."

"I understand, Teacher~!" Listening to Chen Yu’s lecture, Misumi Mikoto couldn’t help but drawl out her response, pouting playfully.

Seeing Misumi Mikoto’s behavior, Chen Yu shook his head helplessly, but he didn’t say anything more to her. Everyone has their own personality, and there was no need to force her to put on a stern face.

As Chen Yu shook his head, Misumi Mikoto finished the potion in her cup and felt a warm, comfortable sensation throughout her body, so she curled up on the sofa with her legs hugged to her chest, looking somewhat lazy.

However, having put down the cup, Misumi Mikoto did not forget the purpose of her visit that night, so she asked Chen Yu, "Teacher, didn’t you say earlier that you wanted to test me on practical spell operations? Is the test still going on?"

"Are you ready to take the test?" Chen Yu asked her, looking at her lazy appearance.

"Didn’t I come here for that very reason?" Misumi Mikoto looked at Chen Yu and showed him a confident smile.

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Inside the Mage Tower’s experimentation field, a two-meter-tall giant skeleton stood in the center of the open ground, while Chen Yu and Misumi Mikoto stood before it, looking at the enormous skeleton. Continue your adventure at NovelBin.Côm

Unlike ordinary skeletons, this skeleton’s bones were clearly thicker, and its legs were not structured like human bones, but rather like the robust hooves of a cow, and its head was a stark white cow skull.

"It looks like you’ve got a good grasp. Using animal bones to summon skeletons is far more practical than using human bones since animal bones are heavier and stronger than those of humans," Chen Yu said approvingly as he watched Misumi Mikoto summon a cow-headed skeleton with a pile of cow bones.

This was his own modified version of the Skeleton Summoning Spell. Although he had only made some modifications to the standard skeleton structure in the original spell, and the casting materials had changed from any bones to specifically cow bones, for Chen Yu, who could easily get tens of tons of cow bones, being able to transform an ordinary 1.8-meter-tall humanoid skeleton into a 2.2-meter-tall cow-headed skeleton—with bone strength and power increased by 1.5 times—made the spell extremely practical.

"Does that mean I passed the test, Teacher?" Misumi Mikoto asked Chen Yu with a beaming smile as she saw him nodding.

Chen Yu glanced at Misumi Mikoto, smiled slightly, and while nodding, he also pulled out a box from his person and handed it over to her: "This is your birthday gift; happy birthday."