Chapter 39 – Costew
“… You say you can’t read?”
“Yes, I am ashamed…”
Just as a grown adult knows how to use chopsticks, a wizard should have learned the basics of the language of another country.
However, the hero did not come out of the academy and did not learn magic in the normal way.
And because he had the genius talent of seeing only the movement of mana and using magic by mimicking it, the warrior did not acquire the culture or knowledge that a wizard would of course have to learn.
To be precise, it was something he didn’t need to learn, but Allenbaut, who didn’t know that fact, asked the warrior.
“Then… How did you learn magic?”
“I saw the movement of mana when my friend named Yuria used magic and copied it.”
“… Did you follow? Guess, you learned magic with just that?”
Magic is wrapped up in mystery and everything, but in the end, it is the operation or transformation of mana, so if you can see it and follow it, you can use magic as the hero said.
However, it was only a theory, and it was difficult to put it into practice.
Even Allen Bout, who is called a genius in his own way, was not sure if he would be able to do the same thing if asked to do the same thing.
“That… It’s not a lie, is it?”
“Yes… So it’s embarrassing, but I didn’t have to learn a foreign language because I didn’t have to read the magic books.”
“No. What a shame about that Rather, it is something to be proud of.”
To put it mildly, this was Allenbout’s mistake in handing over the book written in a foreign language even though he knew the hero hadn’t graduated from the academy.
Maybe he was thinking of making up for that, Allenbaut sat down right next to the hero and said.
“This is my fault, so I’ll read it to you.”
“… Are you reading? Will you be okay?”
“Are you okay. It’s my fault, and I’m a little curious about how far you’ll grow.”
“And being quiet in the library in the first place…”
“It sure is. Then let’s move places.”
Saying that, Allenbout raised one hand, and the warrior, Allenbout, and books stacked like a mountain next to him began to come to mind.
“Oh oh… !”
The warrior exclaimed involuntarily at the strange feeling of struggling in the transparent sea where no water was visible.
The floating hero and Allenbaut went upstairs and headed to the 10th floor of the library.
From the 10th floor, it was a place where only wizards of at least 6 circles could enter, and originally, warriors were not allowed to enter.
However, because Allenbout, who was right next to him, was accompanying him, he was able to enter and exit specially.
“There’s no one here, so it’s okay to make a little noise.”
“Yes…”
There were very few wizards who had reached Circle 6 or higher, so even in the Great Library where many wizards gathered, the 10th floor and above were almost empty.
Of course, it wasn’t that there weren’t any people at all, but there was no way that a wizard enough to come here would not have the discernment to warn Allenbaut just because he made a little noise.
“Then… Let’s start with this.”
Saying that, the book Allenbout held was the one the hero had read only the first page and immediately closed.
“Hmm… This is a book about acceleration magic.”
Opening the front page, Allenbout pointed to the fast-moving illustrations of magic on the front page.
“As you can see from this illustration, this magic instantly accelerates the target.”
Acceleration magic was literally magic that instantly accelerated one’s own body, arrows, or fireballs.
It was a magic that looked simple or took a long time to learn, so proficiency rather than difficulty in learning magic became a problem.
Instantaneous acceleration of the body required a lot of quickness, and even if you tried to enchant a spell or a projectile, it was not easy to cast another enchantment on the flying magic.
“It’s magic that requires a lot of proficiency, but… I think you’ll be fine.”
“Haha… I am ashamed to say that.”
“What are you ashamed of? But there is no need to use honorifics. Although I am a noble, I am not particularly the heir to the Allenbaut family.”
“Are you okay? To be honest, I was a little uncomfortable.”
“Doesn’t care. I don’t really care about that. It’s uncomfortable to speak so rigidly.”
“Then… I will tell you in the future.”
“Do it. Then focus on this again.”
Allenbaut pointed out each sentence in the book with his hand and translated it into the language of the Biltan Kingdom and told the warrior.
“This part is so… When using this acceleration magic, if you use it only on your legs or parts of it, it will put a lot of strain on that part, so it means that you should use it all over your body even if the mana loss is large. The sentence right next to it is an example of that, but there is an example where some people used acceleration magic only on their legs and all the muscles in their calves burst.”
“I see…”
“And next… It’s about the management of mana when applying accelerated magic to the body… If you refer to the illustration next to this…”
Since he was a warrior who could imitate mana management just by looking at it, the learning speed was quite fast.
Unlike ordinary novels, there is no point in reading magic books quickly if the reader does not fully understand the contents.
“Whoa…”
About 3 hours after Allenbaut joined, the hero had read a magic book on acceleration magic and thought he had fully understood its contents, so Allenbaut closed the book.
“You understood sooner than I thought. Well done… Keu, kuhm!!”
Maybe it was because he had been talking next to him for three hours without a break, and Allenbout stopped talking and stroked his throat and cleared his throat.
“Are you okay?”
“Are you okay… Just drink a glass of water.”
Allenbaut immediately made a cup out of the same crystal he gave to Lina and poured water into the cup with magic.
– Gulp.
After emptying the cup at once, Allenbaut threw the cup with a few drops of water at random, and before the cup even touched the ground, the crystal turned into blue particles and disappeared.
“I think I’ve learned acceleration magic, but I haven’t used it myself yet, so I’ll need some practice.”
“Huh. Come to think of it… I heard there’s also a practice field where you can practice the magic you’ve learned.”
“That’s right. Since I’ve learned acceleration magic, I’ll test it for you when you practice, so tell me.”
“Then thank you, but… Would it be okay to be indebted to you like that?”
“Doesn’t care. It’s not that hard because you just have to look and judge.”
“… I’m sorry then, but I’ll ask you a favor later.”
It would be better to practice it after learning more magic.
The moment when both the warrior and Allenbout thought so and tried to choose the next book.
“Warrior…”
Sweating profusely, YuRia, who seemed about to collapse at any moment, spoke to the hero.
“Who is the woman next to you… ?”
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After being humiliated by Marta, Yuria returned to the Turbul Turbul library and opened the door to the library.
Even Yuria, who invited her to go to the library, it was the first time she had stepped into the library herself.
However, admiring the library’s magnificent collection of books was short-lived, and Yuria immediately remembered her original purpose and looked around.
‘… He should still be around here.’
The line waiting for the librarian is long, and Hero alone will not have a sense of the magic system he has to learn.
Since it was the 4th circle, there was a possibility that he went upstairs, but it was unlikely that a good hero would leave Lina behind.
After looking around the first floor for a long time, Yuria found Lina with a pile of books next to her.
With a serious expression she had never shown before, she was a bit hesitant to speak to Lina, who was reading, but Yuria patted Lina’s arm and said,
“Sorry to interrupt. Where is the warrior?”
“Huh? Oh, was it you…”
Lina, who had been concentrating on hearing what YuRia had to say, put her book down on her desk.
“The hero went upstairs with the librarian. It’s so high up, I don’t know exactly how many floors it is, but I’m sure it’s at least 5 floors.”
“… What?”
If it seems like a long time of about 3 hours, what the hell happened in such a short time?
“… What the hell happened?”
“What didn’t happen? I just asked him to find a book, but since the hero was having a hard time, we went upstairs together.”
“… Are you a woman?”
“Uh, what about it? Why?”
When she heard that the librarian was a woman, Rina’s explanation, which she thought was a little rough, was a bit simplistic, and Yuria instantly understood.
No, it was not at a level that I could understand, but it seemed as if I saw it vividly as if I was watching it by her side.
“… Didn’t she say she was above the 5th floor?”
“Huh. But at a rough glance, it was like that, if you hear it by sound, at least the 8th floor or higher…”
Upon hearing that, Yuria immediately ran upstairs.
Behind her, Lina seemed to be muttering something, but those words did not enter her head.
“Ha… Ha…”
YuRia squeezed as much of her stamina as possible and went upstairs.
If she could use magic, she would have used flight magic or body strengthening magic, but she couldn’t use magic except for the librarian in this library.
“It’s annoying…”
When she reached the 7th floor, Yuria’s physical strength was at its limit, but she did not stop Yuria’s feet.
‘I’m anxious… I’m anxious…’
For some reason, from the moment she heard that the librarian was a woman, a black anxiety began to sprout in Yuria’s heart.
Climbing the stairs, almost half-crawling, she reached the 10th floor, the highest floor YuRia could go on, and Yuria collapsed onto her floor.
After a while, YuRia got up from her seat and struggled to find the hero, panting for breath even though she held her breath for a while.
“Ha…”
Yuria, who had exhausted her stamina, wandered the 10th floor using her staff as a walking stick.
And not long after, Yuria found a warrior with a little girl sitting next to her.
“Warrior…”
As soon as the word warrior came out of Yuria’s exhausted mouth, the warrior’s head turned to Yuria.
“Who is the woman next to you… ?”
“Yuria? Why is she so tired?”
Unlike Yuria, who tried to set the mood, the warrior was just worried about Yuria, who seemed like she would collapse at any moment.
“Rather than that, the woman next to me…”
“Huh? Oh, this one…”
“Something disrespectful.”
Before the hero could even finish talking, Allenbaut, who was sitting next to the hero, said with a calm expression.
“You’ve been saying women and girls recklessly since earlier, so you know who I am and you dare to speak like that?”
“… Ah, Allenbout? What’s wrong all of a sudden?”
As if telling the hero a while ago was a lie, there was an oppressive atmosphere unique to aristocrats in Allenbaut.
“Oh, Allenbout?”
Meanwhile, Yuria, who knew her name well, was Allen Bout, unable to budge on the girl in front of her.
The wise Edward Allenbout.
The original owner of this great library and the hero of the wizards who made numerous achievements.
Even though she was not her own, but her descendant, as a magician, Yuria could not treat Allen Bout carelessly.
It was clear that if she was naughty and another wizard caught her, she would end up eating beef stew with her nose.
“Ha, sorry for being careless…”
“Joy.”
YuRia lowered her head, and Allen Boutt turned her head away as if he didn’t want to see him.
“Kuhm… There’s something strange about the atmosphere, but I’ll introduce it properly. The other side of Allenbout is Yuria, the magician of our party. Yuria, this is Allenbout, the librarian who helped me with my studies.”
“Help me study… ?”
“Huh. I’m ashamed… The magic book was written in characters I couldn’t read, so Allenbaut helped me.”
“… I see.”
YuRia, who had completely grasped her situation with just those words, approached Allen Bout and said.
“Because I came late, I caused a lot of trouble. I’ll do it next, so Mr. Allenbaut…”
“There is no need for that. Since this is my job, I will take full responsibility until the end.”
“Ah, no, but… Originally, I had to postpone what I had to do to Mr. Allenbaut…”
“Besides, you seem to have come to this library to find new knowledge. Wouldn’t it be nice if I had less time to spend on this guy?”
“Actually… It is. I’m sorry Allenbout, but it’s more efficient that way.”
“Ooh, ooh… !”
When her hero said that, Yuria couldn’t say anything and she could only nod her head.
“… Then I’ll go find some books.”
After Yuria left, only the hero and Allenbaut remained on the 10th floor.
“Then next time… It’s a magic that increases resistance to elemental attacks. Let’s learn this next time.”
“Huh. By the way, Allenbaut, what was that tone you used to talk to Yuria earlier? I thought you were looking at some old aristocrat.”
“… Noisy. Look at the book.”
