Isaac

“You're back in the harbor. ”

“Yeah. Let's unpack first. ”

“Do you have any students living here? ”

“No, just you. Students live in boarding houses on the boarding street, but you don't have a school. ”

Magellan took him to an air station on the other side of the harbor. This place is reserved for periodic supply ships that come and go once every two days when weather conditions prevent them from escalating.

That said, if the supply lane is only an hour away from the capital Gabelin and the weather conditions deteriorate, we won't even get a boat in the first place. It was always empty because it was just a place made by regulations.

“You should really thank me. It's a good thing I can use the air station at my own discretion. I'd be out on the streets if it wasn't for me. ”

“Well, I certainly owe you one. I will not forget this grace. ”

Thank you for that. If Magellan didn't like Isaac, Isaac was almost homeless.

Magellan guides you through the room smiling to make sure Isaac's gratitude is satisfied.

“We're putting it in the name of managing the hangar, so all we need to do is clean it up and maintain it. It's still for officers, so there won't be any inconvenience. ”

Obviously for a ship officer, it was much better than where I used to be when I was a kid, even though it wasn't glamorous.

“Just unpack and get some rest. See you tomorrow."

“Tomorrow?”

Aren't we done here? I looked at it with a look on my face.

“Oh, didn't I tell you? He asked me to select a student to be responsible for you as part of a special treatment. I thought it'd be fun, so I'll take it. ”

Obviously Magellan was close to the nerd.

“So what do I do tomorrow? ”

“Well, that's for you to decide. What do you want to learn? ”

“Magic.”

Magellan asked me a big question. The Grand Wizard's Passion is known only to those who have never dreamed of it. However, Magellan's curiously difficult, anticipated eyes were slightly caught.

“Never mind.”

“Yes?”

“I don't think so, asshole! You want to learn magic? You think magic is something that anyone can learn just because they want to? ”

“But once... ”

“All the students here can feel and hold Mana. Have you ever felt Mana? ”

“So if you can teach me how to try... ”

“Do you think this place is free enough to care about just you? ”

I've never been treated like this before. My face fluttered with the squealing voices of students around me. Isaac, who was willing to risk embarrassment and ask me to let him listen to the class, turned his foot without saying a word to the displeasing and contemptuous faculty. The appearance of Magellan grinning and grinning at you, giving you a distant boat, makes you feel a slight puff of pussy.

“Rotten. Do you think magic cost you your life?" I'm gonna be a sod master. ”

“You want to learn swordsmanship? ”

The next day, Isaac's military school instructor looked at him with a look of reluctance.

“Well, I don't like being kicked out by magic, but I can't let him learn. We're not small-time like the crooks. ”

“Thank you!”

“Let me introduce myself first. I'm Casey. He is an instructor here at the Third Military School. You know that if you don't have a prosecutor or a wizard or Mana, you don't get it, right? They can't even test it on the magic side. They kicked me out, so I'm gonna give them a look. If we can't feel Mana, we can't help it. Let's just feel Mana and embrace her. If you can't hold Mana, give up. ”

“That's not gonna happen! ”

Even with Isaac's confident voice, Casey shakes his head with an unyielding look.

“Swords and magic. It is of a completely different nature, but its roots are the same. How many mannas have you trained and piled up? In other words, only consistent training is the right answer and talent should be added to it. Manah of the caster gathers like a small stone at the bottom of the sharp spot and calls it the 'Core’. This core is at first smaller than the narrower rice, but the more continuous the training, the bigger it gets. ”

“I have a question. ”

“What is it?”

“Aren't exams different from wizards where Mana is stored? ”

“Hmm, I don't know where I heard that crap. Both swordsmanship and magic use Mana. Why are there different parts of the core that store Mana? ”

“That's what I heard. So anyone who's trained in Mana can wield a sword and magic? ”

“Yes. Do you think you can be invincible if you use both your sword and magic at the same time? ”

“…… Yes. ”

“Well, it's not like anyone hasn't thought of that before. But it all failed. ”

“Why?”

“When Carl grows up in front of you, why don't you just relax and chant? It's quicker to put one more in the belly button when you chant. ”

“Well, it's either distracting or distracting... ”

“Beginner magic like that is much simpler to use magicians or enchanted weapons. It doesn't mean it's useful. At that level of magic, the Mana in your core can act as an anti-magical defense force and, if not, is usually equipped with defensive magic engraved on it. I didn't just hear the sound of digging a well. ”

“ ……. ”

Inhale... exhale... Fill your lungs with breath and exhale slowly. Inhale... exhale... I forget everything and feel ecstatic.

Ah, is it an integral part of Mola? Sweet and sweet.

Yikes! Isaac screams, his eyes flashing with the pain in his head, flashing before his eyes.

“Ow! Ow! Legs! ”

Casey kicks his tongue with a soft look as he watches the mouse or calf muscles twist in pain because he is turning the crowbar suddenly.

“Fuck you, fuck you. ”

Isaac barely relaxes the muscles on his legs, and a heartless word leaks from Casey's mouth.

“Passed. You're hopeless. Give it up.What kind of man trains Mana when he learns? ”

Magellan's laughter bothers my ears.

Inhale... exhale... Use your breath to receive and store Mana inside your body. Inhale... Nash...

“Oh, fuck! ”

A red blister rises from the center of the forehead.

“You said you don't respect me. ”

“Well, that's ……. ”

“I made a fortune putting candles in front of my eyes and practicing, just like you said. But look at your forehead. Don't you think it's time we gave up? ”

“But I don't want to give up now.... ”

“What kind of swordsmanship and magic does a man who can't even reap inside his body learn? ”

“ ……. ”

“Chug... Chug. ”

You feel disgusted by Magellan, who falls to the ground, choking to death with laughter.

Romance of fantasy! Master of the Sword! What an uplifting word!

Wizard! A ball of fire protrudes from his hand and he makes various magical items and collects the money with a rake. Well, I don't even want that. It's enough to just live comfortably.

But I had to give up. It was Isaac, who didn't even know how to breathe. All I know is that I read a lot of novels, and I find them frustrating.

No matter how hard I tried to feel the Mana with my left hand, I fell asleep, and the result of my training was just to grab my stingy calf and pounce. Perfectly ordinary.

Isaac, who had not a single handful of his talents, had no choice but to fold his dreams. When I thought about it, I had nothing good to do after training Mana. Whatever it was, it was best to sit at the head of the desk and roll a pen. When I thought about it, I remembered the story of Aesop's fox and grape, but I tried to ignore it.

What surprised me about magic in this world was that there is no classification method called Classy, because it is a circle. All it took was one, the amount of Mana the caster needed to trigger the magic. This means that even a young child can use national catastrophe magic like Hellfire or Meteor. It's called the Moorish Internal Affairs.

The more I found out, the more people who trained in magic didn't understand. I didn't need any realization. Of course, magic and spells of that difficulty were necessary to use such powerful magic, but if a novice wizard had gone mad and failed to use a famous maker-class spell, none would have been possible. However, if he failed to use magic that did not match his level, he was basically dead.

Magic on difficulty requires a proper Mana, and when the wizard fails to provide the required amount, the magic drains all the energy from the caster. It's like a private loan shark sucking his back with interest rates.

A wizard that fast and fast disappears without even leaving a body, and that's it. In other words, if you do not know the fountain and misuse it, your life was magical that day.

As soon as he realized that magic was a bad discipline, Isaac abandoned his stubbornness. He couldn't climb the tree because he couldn't hold Mana anyway, and neither could the sword. The day after he was kicked out of military school, Isaac went to the administrative school.

“You want to learn administrative studies? ”

“Yes, my dream is to be a tribal city administrator in the countryside. ”

“... This is quite a unique dream. ”

“It's the right level for me. ”

“Hmm. Well, you don't have to disagree if you want to. ”

“Thank you. I'll work hard. ”

“To be thankful. I have nothing to teach you anyway. ”

“Yes?”

“You know, if you survive five years on campus, you're gonna get a diploma, right? ”

“Yes... ”

“When you graduate from campus, you get a second class knighthood. Empire novice officials since second grade. Once you graduate, you'll be able to choose your place in the countryside. ”

“So you're saying you can just get a job as a clerk after you graduate? ”

“That's right."

“Well, you still need to learn something.... ”

“That's the basics of administration. No instructor teaches basics because it's natural to master before you come to campus. And I can't do special lessons just for you. ”

“ ……. ”

“For the record, no matter how incompetent the inspectors are in the countryside, they will fire without hesitation after three warnings accumulate. If you get fired, you won't be able to reinstate for three years. Of course, if misconduct is caught, we will be punished immediately after dismissal and we will be unable to employ any public agency in the future. Do you understand?”

“…… Yes. ”

“But if you're excited, go to the library. The library should have some basic administrative material. ”

“Thank you for the advice. ”