Welcome to The Master's House!
Harbel and the others headed to their master's house
in a rickety car this time.
"It's here, I wonder if the master is doing well?"
"Master, I'm home!"
"Master Leafia, I'm home!"
"Oh, oh, you're back already?"
"Master, this is Mr. Harbel."
"Oh, it's rare for you to bring a friend."
"I'm Harbel, nice to meet you."
"Harbel..."
"Hey, master?"
"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm nervous because it's been a while
since I've talked to a young man..."
"That's not like you!"
"More importantly, how was the exam?"
"We cleared the first checkpoint."
"Well, of course."
"So, master, I want you to teach Harbel the basics of
magic."
"Harbel, who is your master?"
"I don't have one, I just found out about my magic
power a week ago, but I don't know what to do because it's attribute-less..."
"You're attribute-less too."
"You too?"
"Actually, Master Leafia is also attribute-less."
"Even though she's a master?"
"Well, it's understandable that you think so when you
hear that it's attribute-less."
Leafia began to explain from the basics of magic in order.
According to Master Leafia,
Magical attributes are broadly classified into fire, water, wind,
earth, light, and darkness.
In this world, it was believed that magic was activated by
magic elements and magic power.
However, real magic is "image" itself, and if you can imagine
it, you don't even need to chant.
However, this is just a theoretical story, and there are not so
many people who can actually use magic without chanting.
Regarding attributes, being attribute-less does not mean
that there is no attribute at all, but that it is not excellent
in any attribute, and conversely, it seems that all attributes
can be used up to a high level.
For example, Nell's attributes are light, earth, and wind,
but she can only draw out the ability of other attributes
up to about 1/3 of the total.
However, in the case of no attribute, all attributes can be
drawn out to a high level.
Furthermore, there seems to be a "skill" that is unique to
no attribute.
It's the "setting" skill.
"Setting" is the ability to give the function and ability that you imagine to existing items or ordinary tools around you, and it is a cheat depending on how you use it.
"Then, is this tool also made with the setting skill?"
Saying that, he handed a blue bag to Leafia.
"This bag is amazing, where did you get it?"
Harbel told her about everything that had happened so far in detail.
"I see, so that Sion or Senon is attribute-less."
"Besides, it seems that various things have been considered, which is helpful."
"I'm glad you're happy."
"Harbel, won't you train with me for a while?"
"Yes, please."
Again, he put his hands forward and bowed.
"So, it's a confession!"
Clarissa made another retort, but...
"Seriously, someone react---"
Leafia carefully explained magic to him from scratch.
"Well, since you passed the first checkpoint, you seem to be able to control your magic power to some extent, but you need to improve your accuracy."
"Yes, master!"
"If you can control your magic power, you can do this."
"Harbel, try attacking with fire, you can do it with all your might."
"What, is it really okay?"
"Yes, of course."
"Then I'll go, Fire!"
When Harbel chanted, a huge fireball was released towards Leafia at a tremendous speed.
"Oh, I overdid it!"
Leafia looked as if she had taken the attack head-on while standing in a natural stance.
The surrounding area was obscured by dust smoke, but when the smoke cleared, Leafia was quietly standing there in the same posture as before, as if nothing had happened.
"Huh, it certainly hit, didn't it?"
"The fireball was bigger than I expected, so you may not have been able to see it because of the dust smoke, but it certainly hit."
"Then, why are you unharmed?"
"Magic barrier."
"Magic barrier?"
"It's a barrier that you can create by imagining that the magic power covers your body."
"Furthermore, if you can control it precisely, you will be able to live your daily life with the barrier always on."
"However, there are limits because the total amount of magic power varies from person to person, but if you can make this a habit without chanting, you can gradually increase your magic power."
"What is that, it's really a cheat."
"Well, it's not something that ordinary people can do..."
"Is that so..."
"Also, it is not necessary to always cover the entire body with magic power, and if you control the thickness of the magic barrier according to the attack, you can also prevent powerful attacks. If you miss even a little, you will die instantly..."
Leafia actually showed how to shift the magic barrier to various parts of her body.
"I see."
"First of all, repeat this training over and over again, so that you can make it a habit and move the defense location instantly."
"Understood!"
"We'll help you, so hurry up and learn it!"
"Clarissa, Nell, thank you."
While concentrating on putting up a magic barrier, Harbel had Nell and Clarissa poke various parts of his body with a stick.
It is a training to instantly move the magic barrier to the poked part.
"You're really quick to learn."
"Really, you're almost done... what an incredible talent!"
"Is it okay like this?"
"Yes, perfect!"
Leafia was a little bewildered by how quickly he learned.
"Then, I'll explain how to give magic power to matter next."
"Yes!"
"It's similar to the method you used when you rotated the coin."
"Yes, master!"
"It's a method of transferring magic power to a substance and strengthening it, and if you add an attribute, the power will double."
Leafia took out an ordinary knife.
"Harbel, try stabbing me with this knife!"
"No way, I can't attack a woman..."
"What are you talking about? There are many women in the exam! If you say that, you'll be disqualified soon!"
"But I can't!"
Harbel stubbornly refuses.
"I understand, then watch me."
Saying that, Leafia threw the knife she was holding and held her palm over the falling knife.
"Master, it's dangerous!"
The knife was repelled by her palm and was completely unharmed.
"Wow, you can even prevent physical attacks with magic power?"
"That's right, you can prevent ordinary weapons and weapons with weak magic with just a magic barrier."
"Amazing!"
"That's why magic power manipulation is important, and what do you think will happen if you concentrate it on a weapon with the magic power of your body?"
"Will the attack be able to pass even if there is a magic barrier?"
"That's right, and if you add the fire attribute, you can attack as a fire knife, and if you add ice, you can attack as an ice knife!"
"You can do such applications."
"In the old days, magic was mainly used for direct attacks by chanting, like the fireball that Harbel used earlier, and even if there was one, it was only used to use weapons with attributes."
"Yes."
"But modern magic has various devices made by magic power manipulation, and various magic has been created according to individual characteristics and suitability."
"I understand well, from here on, there are various possibilities with my own ingenuity."
"That's right."
"Next, you'll learn about attributes."
"Yes!"
"First, look at this."
Leafia said that and showed me the correlation diagram of attributes.
Light - Darkness - Void
- Fire - Light Beam
- Water - Holy Water
- Wind - Thunder
- Earth - Growth
Fire - Light - Light Beam
- Darkness - Black Flame
- Water - Evaporation
- Wind - Heating
- Earth - Hardening
Wind - Light - Thunder
- Darkness - Night Mist
- Fire - Heating
- Water - Luck
- Earth - Dust
Water - Light - Holy Water
- Darkness - Toxin
- Fire - Evaporation
- Wind - Luck
- Earth - Clay
Earth - Light - Growth
- Darkness - Decay
- Fire - Hardening
- Wind - Dust
- Water - Clay
Darkness - Light - Void
- Fire - Black Flame
- Water - Toxin
- Wind - Night Mist
- Earth - Decay
"In this way, you can use even newer attributes by combining attributes, but you need the same or higher level of proficiency to synthesize attributes, so you can only use main attributes."
"Is that so?"
"For example, if you have light and wind attributes, you can use the thunder attribute, so you can also use lightning, but you don't have the fire attribute, so you can't use light beams or heating."
"Then, what about no attribute?"
"That's a good question. Only no attribute and all attributes are special, and you can raise all attributes to the same level, so you can use all synthetic magic, theoretically..."
"Theoretically?"
"It takes a lot of effort and training to raise all attributes to the maximum. No matter how many attributes you have, it is practically impossible to raise all attributes. Normally, it is a theory to raise the attributes you are good at or want to acquire as the main."
"Ugh, I see..."
"I am a reincarnated person, but I was a pharmacist in my original world."
"Is that so?"
After all, he has been reincarnated...
"So I would like to raise light, darkness, and water mainly."
"I see, so you want to be able to use holy water and toxins too."
"Yes, what kind of attribute is void?"
"Void is special, and it is rare for someone to have both light and dark attributes at the same time, so there are very few people who can use void."
"Is that so..."
"Void is a magic that manipulates space, but it is not well understood because there are few people who can use it, and I have almost no void magic that I can use."
"Is that so? I feel like I can use it in an interesting way..."
Harbel seemed to be doing various simulations.
"And the other important thing is other attributes."
"Other?"
"If you don't raise other attributes to some extent, the overall balance will be bad and you will often lose control."
"Hmm, it's profound..."
"By the way, if you raise the light and dark attributes, it will be convenient to raise one more wind attribute because you will be able to use night mist and thunder, and night mist is useful for dazzling because you can use illusion-type magic."
"I'll keep that in mind."
"Furthermore, the amount of magic power is also involved, so it is usually difficult, but Harbel already has more than 50,000, so you don't have to worry about that."
"Is it possible to increase magic power any more?"
"It is possible. As I said earlier, if you continue to use magic without chanting, it will gradually increase, but since it is usually impossible to do that, the reality is that many people give up on increasing it."
"I see, if you keep putting up a magic barrier without chanting, you can increase both your magic control and magic power, which is a win-win situation."
"Probably only Harbel can do such a feat..."
"Is that so..."
"For today, that's it, first try various things by repeating the simulation yourself."
"Yes, master, thank you very much!"
Harbel happily returned to his house while simulating in his head.
Harbel, I didn't want you to become a magician or a reincarnated person... It seems that this is the fate that will eventually happen... You...
Leafia was holding her head in a thoughtful manner.
