Otaku Witch

Time passed like a fleeting white steed, and in the blink of an eye, a month had passed...

Inside the underground workshop for automated mechanical civil engineering...

"Teacher, I have a slightly different opinion about the design of this mechanism..."

"Teacher, I think you could optimize this part of the design a bit more..."

"Teacher, I have finished all the basic textbooks you showed me before, and I've learned a lot. I think we can start the next phase of learning now."

"Teacher..."

......

Dorothy looked eagerly at the Spider Teacher in front of her, licking her lips involuntarily, feeling an insatiable hunger.

It seems that in the first month of school, she finally got to live the peaceful daily life she had always longed for, without any of the problems that had plagued her at the start.

She had delegated all matters related to the Armed Society to the Fairy King's Martial Soul Incarnation. Even the role of the nutritional consultant was left to it, as giving certain magic power permissions to the Martial Soul Incarnation allowed it to materialize temporarily and intervene in reality.

Moreover, as long as there were no battles, the consumption of magic power was not significant, which was more than sufficient for cooking.

However, although the Martial Soul Incarnation seemed to share part of her culinary talent, their cooking styles differed drastically due to personality differences.

Dorothy herself preferred a lighter taste, adhering to the Huaiyang cuisine of her previous life, which strives for original flavors with meticulous preparation, resulting in mostly delicate dishes.

However, the Martial Soul Incarnation preferred a heavier taste, leaning toward Sichuan cuisine with diverse seasonings and flavorful dishes. Though the presentation might look rough, the taste was remarkably memorable.

As for Dorothy's lazy conduct, the Armed Society had no complaints. In fact, the group of brutes even preferred the cooking style of the Martial Soul Incarnation.

Thus, Dorothy's recent days had been quite leisurely, allowing her to devote herself wholeheartedly to draining, oh pardon, learning from the Spider Teacher.

Although the Spider Teacher's misleading advertisement about selling sheep's heads but serving dragon meat misled her—Dorothy, who initially just wanted to make some beautiful doll wives, suddenly found herself diverted to moving castles and fortress cities.

But after careful thought, the Homebody Witch realized it was her own vision that had been too narrow. Who said she couldn't have both beautiful girls and moving fortresses?

Look, if various warships can transform into Warship Girls, then why would it be too much for me to work on moving castle girls or fortress city girls?

See, this method is more challenging than difficult. Sometimes, just by broadening your perspective a little, doesn't everything suddenly become more exciting?

Therefore, in her subsequent studies, Dorothy, as if infused with chicken blood, embarked on an intense study spree. Aside from her Martial Soul Incarnation, her three other lines of thought were fully engaged, and her inspiration was incredibly active under the support of experience points, making her learning frighteningly efficient.

Previously, Spider Teacher had tossed her a catalogue as thick as a dictionary, stating that these books were basic theories.

At that time, Dorothy was taken aback, worrying it would take years to finish such an abundance of books. However, upon closer examination, she realized that over ninety percent of the content was things she had already read or studied.

Hehe... Do you understand the substance behind the Nine Major Factions' joint exams? See, isn't there a benefit to knowing a little about everything?

In that month, she hurriedly caught up on the unread parts, and it's undeniable that with more material, she could see that although the Nine Major Factions seemed independent, a closer study revealed many commonalities—totally enabling derivative learning and mutual complementation.

Moreover, she couldn't help but criticize her Spider Teacher, who was content with only mastering architecture and puppetry. She found the teacher's understanding of other factions somewhat lacking. Some of her ideas, in Dorothy's view, were overly complicated and could easily be replaced with similar spell models from other factions.

Therefore, with the mindset that learning is always beneficial, Dorothy also took the opportunity to optimize the Spider Teacher's teaching materials over the month, reducing the original dictionary-thick catalogue to just half a dictionary's thickness.

"Hmm, Audrey, you should study according to this in the future. The teacher, after all, has limited knowledge and is somewhat behind the times."

Dorothy passed the optimized catalogue of teaching materials to the little fox who had been reciting to the point of shedding fur these past days, then received her younger sister's admiring and reverent gaze.

However, in front of the two, Noelle Rose found it increasingly difficult to keep her composure. She flipped through the optimized catalogue of teaching materials her apprentice had given her, feeling more astounded and incredulous with each page.

Gosh, is this what a true genius looks like?

Just now, her beloved apprentice had excitedly told her she had finished learning and even optimized her own teaching materials. Of course, Spider Teacher didn't believe it because the catalogue, although labeled "basic," would normally take a little witch around 20 years just to finish and learn approximately.

Yes, indeed, in her original plan, as long as this apprentice managed to learn everything before graduating from Witch Academy, she was already qualified.

But now, it's only been a month, a month's time and you've learned what others take 20 years to master. Guess if I believe that?

So, back then, she was even a bit angry, feeling that this precious apprentice was somewhat arrogant and loved to boast, which wasn't good.

If it had been another teacher, they would probably have already started lecturing sternly, but who could deny her admiration for talent?

She was always exceptionally generous with geniuses; therefore, even though she knew it was impossible, she decided to first see how exactly this apprentice had "optimized" her teaching material and theories.
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Without looking, she wouldn't have known, but once she did, indeed, she was startled.

This isn't optimization, this is completely rewriting the book, and what's more, the catalogue now includes many books that Noelle Rose herself had never seen.

For instance, her original design diagram for building a certain mechanism core used dragon bone, after all, the hardness of high-level dragon bones is unmatched by other materials, though they are rare. But in the apprentice's plan, a synthetic material proposal was directly presented.

And for the design of the Puppet intelligence core, her own scheme was traditional artificial intelligence, but this apprentice came straight up with the School of Necromancy's Soul Nourishing and Spirit Infusion Method.

Another example is a certain transformation core's design; her original plan was a purely mechanical structure's ingenious idea, but the apprentice proposed a brand-new application from the School of Transformation.

....

All this barely kept Noelle Rose's jaw off the floor, and most crucially, these solutions were not just superficial scribblings but quite professional, even citing various academic papers from professional experts.

Looking at those past papers from other factions which covered fields she was blind to, Spider Teacher curiously logged into the Magic Network and after casually browsing, she excitedly slapped her thigh.

Brilliant, brilliant! So this is the solution?

Darn it, that problem had stumped me for a good half a year. If I had discovered this method earlier, why would I have had to run around in so many circles?

Alas, being an expert in one's own field is hard enough, let alone mastering all Nine Systems like a Sage. For a Great Witch who was just touching the threshold of the peak, it was already quite an achievement to become a master in her specialized fields.

And, after truly verifying the authenticity of her darling apprentice's "optimization", Noelle Rose suddenly became interested in this optimized textbook in her hands, already wanting to return immediately to thoroughly study and recharge.

But, speaking of which, how does Dorothy know so much? Let me see how many schools are involved here: one, two, three....nine.

Ah, she's a master of all schools?

This horrifying discovery suddenly made Noelle Rose realize, she recalled that famous figure on the recent campus forum.

"Dorothy, don't tell me you're that lady?"

The Spider Witch asked with a trembling voice.

Damn, a month into school and I find out my apprentice is a top dog?

"Uh... Teacher, you didn't know? Hasn't Audrey mentioned it to you?"

Dorothy also scratched her head, somewhat puzzled.

She hadn't hidden her lady status from her little junior sister Audrey, and not just Audrey, Madeline knew too. Then how come Spider Teacher, as the aunt of the succubus sisters, had never heard of it?

Hearing this, Noelle Rose was also dumbfounded, mouth agape, then turning her head to look at Little Fox by her side.

However, Little Fox looked utterly innocent.

What aunt? Do I have an aunt? Aren't I just a frequently forgotten little transparent figure by the teacher?

..... Little Fox shivering coldly.....