Miss Witch’s Devotion Has Gone… Twisted-Chapter 69: Preaching and Instructing

"Choose an instrument you like."
Loren brought Luna to his study, which contained almost every instrument Luna could think of. It was only then that Luna remembered Loren's other identity as a musician.
"Why do I need to choose an instrument?"
Luna picked up a flute and tried to play it. She could only manage to play a few simple melodies.
"Because casting magic is, in a sense, similar to performing music. The officially published methods for learning magic have been overcomplicated, especially magic related to the Orthodox Gods, which has an added step of praying to the deities.
"Even some magic unrelated to the Orthodox Gods still requires prayer to be cast, because the gods have jointly sealed off the world's magic."
"Huh?"
Hearing such information-dense words so suddenly caused Luna's brain to momentarily short-circuit. This knowledge essentially overturned everything she had learned before.
Loren didn't worry about whether Luna could understand or not, first stating the most fundamental principles:
"But witches don't need to. Witches are naturally more attuned to magical power. The gods' seal has minimal effect on witches."
As he spoke, Loren also picked up a violin and led Luna out of the study onto the balcony. Seeing Loren, Nightingale flew directly onto his shoulder.
"Magic is like a piece of music. The casting method taught by the academy is equivalent to paying a musician to perform for you. The method I'm teaching you is to let you perform it yourself.
"This way, not only is the casting faster, but the consumption is also smaller."
Loren drew the bow across the violin. As a beautiful melody was played, the withered flowers in the vase on the balcony suddenly began to gradually regain their vitality and bloom once more.
"This is a first-tier magic of the Abundance Sequence, Revival.
"The essence of casting magic is using your magical power to play the corresponding melody. You can start by casting magic with the aid of an instrument. Once you're proficient, you can cast it directly.
"This technique isn't exclusive to witches, though. With the added part of requesting divine permission, ordinary people can use it too."
This was also why Loren required Naclis and Anna to study music. Having a foundation in music makes learning magic much easier.
Hearing this, Luna suddenly realized how important the knowledge Loren was teaching her truly was. If this knowledge were made public, it could likely overturn the world.
Loren handed Luna a small notebook. It recorded some of the magics Loren had already deciphered. Once the principles were mastered, deciphering other magics would become much simpler. Now, Loren was confident he could decipher any magic within half an hour.
It was also at this moment that Luna finally understood why so many important figures held Loren in such high regard. Probably even the gods themselves would be wary of Loren's knowledge.
"You try it first."
Loren patted her shoulder and then lay down on the sofa to slack off. Sure, exercise could also increase attribute points, but working hard for half a year might not yield as much benefit as Loren allocating points once. Why bother with that effort?
Now, Loren lacked nothing—fame, wealth, power… He hadn't copied any songs for a long time. He basically didn't need to do anything every day. His only job was to wait for something to happen so the Church people would come find him.
Loren beckoned, and Nightingale flew onto his hand. This reminded Loren of a disabled raven he had raised in his past life. It had also latched onto him after he rescued it, only to be killed by a stray cat later.
Although he lived in a technologically advanced future world, his previous life was still very monotonous. Living alone, besides rescuing animals, he spent his time playing Finale, occasionally posting videos online that hardly anyone watched.
Only one of his videos went viral, and it was also his last. In the video, Loren caught the stray cat that had killed the raven. The video ended with Loren putting the cat in a cage.
Later, the cat's owner appeared online and began inciting people to cyberbully Loren. It was then that Loren learned she was the same person who had originally abandoned the cat near Loren's sanctuary.
Under the pressure from the internet, Loren still returned the cat to her unharmed. The next time Loren saw that cat, it had become a "cat stick," and Loren was blamed as the culprit.
To treat the cat's illness, that sister raised several million, flying to the capital for treatment.
The existence of a game like Finale indicated that technological development had reached a certain level. People's lives were more affluent, their spiritual needs greater, or perhaps more… deranged, deranged to the extreme.
Also on that day, someone set Loren's sanctuary on fire. The blaze burned down the mountain. Having barely escaped, Loren watched helplessly as the wildfire spread, watching his sanctuary, his home, turn to ashes.
Along with countless lives within the sanctuary, all reduced to ashes.
Perhaps that fire caused the extinction of several more species. Loren wasn't entirely sure, because that very day, Loren spent his meager savings to find that cat's owner.
Afterwards, Loren replaced Mirrorheart as the Master Mentor. Perhaps she had replaced the original Simone.
In Loren's memory, Simone was only guilty of treason, not a cat lover. This speculation wasn't without reason.
"I'll call you Starnight. This world hasn't seen real stars for a long time. The stars in the sky now aren't real stars. But I will make this world have a true starry sky."
Having kept this nightingale for so long, Loren had never given her a name. Now that she had officially become Loren's pet, she deserved one.
Starnight seemed very satisfied with her name, rubbing against Loren's finger.
Loren placed Starnight on the table, holding a cricket in one hand and a cookie in the other. In the end, Starnight still chose to eat the cookie.
At this point, Loren decided to just discard the common sense from his previous life. At first, he was a bit worried that Starnight might get sick from eating human food—nightingales aren't seagulls.
But Starnight remained perfectly fine, so Loren let go of his worries.
"Ah-woo…"
Loren took out another cookie, intending to feed Starnight, but Anna suddenly darted out and clamped her mouth around Loren's finger.
Starnight flew onto Anna's head and started pecking at her skull. Unfortunately, a little bird couldn't inflict any harm on Anna, who was a witch.
When Anna finally released Loren's finger, there were still food remnants on it.
"Hey, you…"
Loren held his hand away with some disgust. After swallowing the food in her mouth, Anna proceeded to lick Loren's finger clean.
"There, all clean."
"Could you not be so gross!"
After rapping Anna on the head, Loren took out a handkerchief and wiped his finger.
"Mhmm…"
Anna just kept grinning foolishly. I hear you, but I won't change.
By now, Luna was still practicing, but the flower in front of her showed no change.
This was also within Loren's expectations. The first time learning is indeed difficult, but once you grasp the method, you can apply it to other situations, making learning other magics much easier.