Insufficient balance

  "Long bow. Wei, what time is it now?" Teacher Xiu looked at me with eyes full of anger.

  "Ah! Teacher, what are you doing here? Sorry, I overslept this morning!"

  I was so afraid of today's terrifying teacher that I lingered at the school gate for half a day and didn't dare to go in, but unexpectedly, he came out, now I'm doomed.

  "As expected, 'You're late? That must mean your spirit is not good. A magician's most important thing is spiritual training. First, you should refresh yourself and run 5 laps around the school immediately to wake up."

  No choice, let's run, I slowly and leisurely start taking off.

  "By my seat of rain. Noble name, heed my call, appear, my servant, Kōga."

  This is a 5th-level phantom beast. (Every magician has their own phantom beasts, and they can have multiple ones. Summoning multiple phantom beasts at once consumes a lot of spiritual energy.)

  "Longbow, you'd better run faster, if he catches up with you, you know what will happen."

  Looking at the light tiger that is 4 or 5 times bigger than me, baring its teeth and charging towards me. I instantly used all my might to dash forward quickly. The light tiger was following me slowly, if I slowed down a bit, a beam of light (the only attacking magic in primary and intermediate level light system magic) would fly over, scaring me into immediately quickening my pace.

  I'm so miserable.

  Finally, I finished running this route which was as long as a Long March for me. Teacher Xiu mercifully let me rest for 15 minutes.

  Alas, why is my life so bitter?

  "Alright, rest enough, let's take a look at what you've learned before. What magic can you use? Longbow?"

  "I will cast Illumination"

  "What else?"

  "It's gone."

  "In two years you've learned how to turn on a light."

  Then, Teacher Xiu asked me many basic questions about magic and some sharp-turning questions. The basics of magic were naturally a mess, I slept in class most of the time, but I answered the sharp-turning questions very well. After all, I'm still quite clever.

  Teacher Xiu looked at me for a full 2 minutes and let out a long sigh.

  "How did I end up with a student as lazy as you? No wonder Teacher Lin told me to keep a close eye on you. I knew your grades were always near the bottom, but I didn't think it was this bad. Alright, class is dismissed for today. Don't be late tomorrow morning." He's also at his wit's end with a student like me.

  What's this? This makes me want to skip class, he's so good at it now, and it's still morning too.

  "By the way, I'll leave you some homework." He said, handing over two thick books.

  I took them over and looked at them, one was titled "Basic Knowledge of Magic" and the other was "Primary Light System Magic Spells and Explanations". What's this for, I couldn't help but look at him in puzzlement.

  "Tomorrow, you must memorize the basic knowledge of magic, and make up for the knowledge you originally lagged behind. I don't want my students to be inferior to others. The other book is the textbook for later, you can take a look too. Alright, go home!"

  "Teacher, do we have to memorize this whole book of basic magic knowledge?" I still held onto a one in ten thousand chance.

  "Of course, I'll check tomorrow. If you still want to play with Kotora, you don't have to memorize it."

  After saying this, Teacher Xiu turned around and went back to the teacher's office building, leaving only me in a daze.

  What kind of teacher is this, it's like a devil, asking me to memorize a 300-400 page book in one day.

  Today's weather is quite good, sunny and windless, which forms a sharp contrast with my current mood.

  Back home, neither Dad nor Mom was there. They had both gone to work (Dad is a foundry worker and Mom is the village's therapist).

  I took out "Magic Fundamentals" and flipped through it, although I'm lazy, but thinking of the devil's punishment this morning... my calf is still cramping, what else can I do...

  The sun is slowly setting, under my tireless efforts, I finally memorized 10 pages, just 10 pages, can I finish memorizing in this lifetime?

  "Hey, who's back so early?" Mom, who usually comes home the earliest every day, is back.

  I.

  Hearing my weak and listless voice, Mom quickly walked over.

  "Baby son, why are you back so early today? What's wrong with you? You don't seem spirited. Did you make some mistake and get scolded by the teacher?"

  "No, mom." Thinking of my almost impossible homework, I rushed into my mother's arms and couldn't help but cry. After all, I was just a 7-year-old kid. My mom hugged me and asked, "What's wrong? Tell Mom quickly, did someone bully you?"

  "Yes, yes, mom, I hate my new teacher. The homework he assigned is impossible to finish and he even physically punished me."

  "What's wrong? What homework is this? Did the teacher punish you?"

  I hesitantly told him about what happened at school today.

  "Chang Gong, you're really in the wrong this time. Although mom knew your studies weren't great before, she never thought it was this bad. You haven't even mastered basic knowledge after 2 years! The teacher is right to do this. You little lazy bug need a strict teacher to discipline you. Always letting dad and mom spoil you like this has ruined you."

  "Your mom is right, let dad take a look at what homework you've left behind and see if there's anything that can't be finished."

  Dad is back too.

  Dad smiled after reading my homework.

  "My silly son, aren't you usually quite clever? Why are you so stupid this time? Although the book is very thick, you don't have to memorize it by force. Let your mom go cook first, and Dad will tutor you." Then, Dad started teaching me how to complete this impossible homework.

  "Longbow, you see, this part mainly talks about the principles of magic application. In our world, there are many elements, and the basic elements have 6 types, which you know. So how can we use magic? We need to communicate well with them, let the elements you want to use recognize you, gather around you, and then through incantations, transform the magical elements you've gathered into the purpose you want to achieve. That's magic, you see."

  "In the name of my pride, I call upon the elements of the wind system! Come to my side and protect your friend - Wind Shield!" My dad explained it to me with actual examples. He divided the whole book into several parts, each part having its main content, then he combined the principles of each part with reality and taught me, through his guidance, clever me quickly found the key and gradually developed an interest in magic.

  ………

  "Alright, it's already very late, let's leave this last bit and finish it early tomorrow morning, okay?"

  "Alright, Dad, I didn't think magic was like this." Having accepted a considerable amount of magical knowledge, I couldn't help but become immersed in the ocean of magic. (The amount of knowledge I gained that night was more than what I had learned in the past 2 years.)

  "Longbow, in the past it was Mom and Dad who were not good enough, we didn't care about your studies enough. From now on, Dad will definitely tutor you often, and Longbow, you will definitely become an excellent magician in the future."

  Dad stroked my head and looked at me with kindness.

  "Dad, I'll definitely study magic properly."

  Guang Zhi Zi made a boastful statement that even he himself didn't know if he could achieve, but he indeed did in his later elementary magic studies. (But it was under duress, with Xi Yu Xiu present, thinking that if he didn't study hard, haha...)