So I Became a Witch and Started Doing Daily Quests

Chapter 252: Task Reward for Reading

"As expected, it's still the same old books on the shelves."

In order to improve her efficiency in completing tasks, Janna-Roland originally intended to move all books related to the Plane World to the table and read them all at once.

However, seeing that most of the books on the shelf had already been read, Janna had no choice but to check the adjacent shelves to see if there were any she hadn't yet gone through.

"Books related to the Plane World that I haven’t read yet—looks like this is the only one left."

After taking down a book titled "Journey Through Planes," Janna, to meet the task’s requirements, also selected nine books from the Magic Plants Section and the Magical Creatures Section, and used Hand of the Witch to send them to her usual window seat.

"This should be about right."

Looking at the stack of books piled high like a wall, Janna felt a brief moment of joy from the money she was saving.

This was because Anthony-Blackcrow had promised her earlier that she would be exempt from all book rental fees at the library. So,

When Janna looked for books in the library, she selected without any restraint.

Previously, due to concerns about overspending, she had to carefully calculate and choose categories of books. But now, Janna was no longer in financial straits and would simply take any book that caught her eye.

After all, if she didn’t enjoy reading it, she could just put it back—it wouldn’t cost anything.

"Flip—"

As the pages turned rapidly, under the dual boost of the Reading Magic and Extraordinary Memory witch talents, Janna's reading speed truly reached the level of finishing thousands of pages within an hour.

Even though the books Janna selected this time were not particularly thin, it still took her less than ten hours to finish reading all ten.

"Reading intensely for ten hours straight is definitely a major test of both mental and physical stamina..."

Rubbing her swollen temples, Janna closed the final book and found the desk before her slightly doubled in vision. After resting a while, she finally picked up the ten books and returned them to the shelves in two trips.

"Next time I use Reading Magic, I need to pace myself better."

Besides the strain of intense reading and memorization, casting Reading Magic continuously for ten hours had nearly exhausted Janna’s mental energy. She couldn’t even manage to cast the simplest Hand of the Witch.

"Phew, I really admire you."

Watching the last apprentice leave the library, Gavin-Toul genuinely felt admiration toward Janna.

They were both non-affiliated apprentices, but compared to Janna, Gavin-Toul’s level of effort was leagues behind.

Others might not know, but Gavin-Toul, who had been paying attention to Janna since her first year, could confidently swear that no other apprentice in the entire White Coral Academy had read more books than her.

Even Gavin-Toul, who worked part-time in the library year-round as a librarian, probably hadn’t read even half of what Janna had over the past two years.

“Well, I’m usually idle anyway, so reading a few more books helps me unwind.”

"You call this unwinding?"

Seeing Janna’s sincere expression, Gavin-Toul could only shake his head before taking out a small cake box

and handing it to her.

"I bought an extra piece this afternoon—thought I’d give it to you."

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Through the gap in the side of the box, Janna could see that the cake inside was shaped like a skull made of cream.

"Right? I think it’s adorable too! And it tastes really good!"

"Then I must savor it properly when I get back."

After thanking Gavin-Toul, Janna carried the cake box and went down the stairs, leaving the library building.

"Is it really this late already?"

Looking at the moon hanging high in the night sky, Janna, who hadn’t checked the time while descending, couldn’t help but glance back toward the second floor.

"There’s still quite a bit of blueberry wine left in the dorm—next time I visit the library, I should bring a bottle for Senior Gavin..."

Janna often became so immersed in reading that she lost track of time.

Just like today, in order to complete the task of "reading ten books," Janna stayed in the library well past its regular operating hours—which forced Gavin-Toul to work overtime as well.

Moreover, throughout the entire process, Gavin-Toul didn’t interrupt her and even brought her a piece of cake.

This made the somewhat slow-to-realize Janna feel a little embarrassed.

"System, open the task panel."

[Today's Task: Read ten or more books (Completed);

Task Reward: 100 Talent Experience, 500 Skill Experience, Mental Power +0.1.]

"Finally, a reward for the Mental Power attribute—"

Since the start of the New Year until now, most of Janna’s daily tasks seldom included rewards for the Mental Power attribute.

Most of the time, the system rewarded attributes like Constitution, Agility, and Strength—although these significantly improved Janna’s physical attributes, they also slowed down her promotion speed.

After all, Janna’s goal was to advance to a Third-Level Witch Apprentice before the start of her third year.

Only then could she participate in the Dordogne-White Tower Trial in the second month after the start of her third year alongside previous third-year apprentices who had already reached Third-Level.

Thanks to her talents like Extraordinary Insight and Extraordinary Memory, the curriculum at White Coral Academy was already falling behind Janna’s learning pace.

By the time she reached third year, when other apprentices would still be gradually learning Intermediate Courses, Janna, who had nearly finished reading every book in the library, would only have a chance to continue her studies in Advanced Courses by securing early admission to the Dordogne-White Tower.

Otherwise, the entire third year would be a waste of time for Janna. It would only widen the gap between her and other top-tier talents from different witch settlements.

There are always greater talents out there.

For those top-tier talents supported by family resources, the speed at which they comprehended Law Fragments might not be slower than Janna’s—in fact, they might even be faster.

"Ding—"

Exiting the elevator in the dormitory building, Janna quickly entered her dorm after greeting the door spirit.

She took off her witch’s robe, rested for a while, then mustered her energy and swiftly recited the spell:

"By my will, I command you—summon the Hundred-Eyed Mirror Demon."