Im telling you, its a sign, I nod wisely toward Flaminia, who looks at with skeptical eyes.
Yeah, I dont think so, Flaminia cringes.
Co on, she smirked! For Gods sake! A smirk! Its basically a done deal!
If you say so, Flaminia sniggers.
Im rolling the bread dough with a pin when Flaminia asks .
Have you got a class?
Huh, I should? I didnt really get one, I reply, surprised.
You get classes when you rest. Either sleep, naps, or even dinner and lunch at tis. The first class might take a little longer than usual, but then the first few levels should co rolling. If you havent got one yet, you might get one tonight.
I an, I would like a class to get won. Is there such a thing?
Sure, [Flirt], Flaminia says with a smile, until they get too high-level and they are banned from cities or killed by the concerned husbands; sotis they get offed as a precautionary asure, even. You might want to refuse such a class if you get it.
Well, do I want to refuse it just because soone would kill , though? I an, I will probably die at so point anyway. Isnt it better to die doing what you love? I give her my signature wink with the tongue click.
Sure she shakes her head while laughing.
and Flaminia clicked.
Its amazing how well we work together. We are so in synch that you wouldnt believe this is just the second night shift we spend together.
And we can fall in silence for a couple of hours, while we are still experienced enough to take care of a lot of bread with just a few glances to communicate. When she extends a hand, she finds handing her the right tool without flinching. When Im looking for sothing, she nudges the thing towards before I even have to ask.
I have to say, Im surprised we work this well together and I still havent caught feelings for her. Shes sort of an accomplice, a cri partner you do a lot of business with, but one you dont want to tangle your romantic life with.
Hows your magic coming along? she asks while we relieve another couple of workers from the chores they couldnt get done on ti.
h. I didnt practice much. I tried it out a couple of tis, but then I fell asleep. Im still getting my footing with the hours.
She nodded, probably thinking I wasnt used to the night shift. In reality, I was referring to the 27/9 weirdness.
But I suppose Ill kind of be forced to learn so magic, you know, I say with a sad smile, thinking about the zaps that await if I dont finish my stupid howork.
Oh, if you want to court Lucinda, you have to beco a [Grand Mage] or sothing, she laughed hard.
Uh?
Wait a second.
If I bedazzle her with a display of magic, you think I could get to her? I ask with wide eyes.
If you could do sothing cool, she would probably jump your skin, kid. Lucinda is one hell of a researcher. She would kill to spend ti with soone with a good understanding of magic. You show off a couple of good tricks and you might as well have beco the King of Elves in her eyes.
See, now this is a dilemma. To hell with Dostoevsky.
Should I try hard and learn so good magic to get a girl? Is trying hard in my bones if there is a girl involved?
Mh.
I dont know. I dont like sweating out too much. What if I learn too much magic and soone cos to bother because Im too strong or sothing?
Flaminia snorts so hard she almost spits on the dough in front of her.
What? I ask with an offended expression.
Joey, she wants to beco an [Archmage]. I was joking before. You cannot catch up to her. How do you think you could beco so magically powerful that one of the greatest magical talents in the city if not the greatest, mind you would hang out with you for your magic? Huh, do you have a secret weapon or sothing?
I look at my secret weapon, laying on my bed, untouched.
I exhale.
Even if I didnt want to, this damned book is set on making a [Mage], so
Lets see what we can do.
Book, how you doin? Can you show the instructions again?
The book levitates in the air and opens dead in the middle, now with blank pages. It had shown so basic magic spells to the [Enchanter] to fool him, but the truth is that the book will materialize whatever you need. It could have had four pages and still worked.
Yeah, yeah. The most stupid mage, whatever I skip the first part about how easy this should be for because Im not sure it will. I have a 23 in talent. Which tells absolutely nothing.
Mana is inside the body of every living being. Even children can cast [Light] with their low reserves of Mana.
This book is not just setting up to fail with all these remarks, but it is also going to make look like the biggest fool onwhatever this planet is called.
To feel it for the first ti, you may ask your master or request the book to guide you. Whatever you prefer.
Oh, mighty book, can you show my Mana? I ask with an eyebrow raised.
After placing a hand on it, I expect to feel so tingling or sothing that would indicate a spark of power in my body.
What I wasnt expecting was my vision to completely change. One mont I was looking at my hand on the book, the next mont I see pure energy dancing around everything. I am pure energy, the book is pure energy. I see a world of energy.
A world of Mana.
Everything is light, but its also air, fire, earth and water. Its also tal and wood. And its also a thousand other things.
Its so overwhelming that I feel my mind starting to shut down already.
But I can see the book as the greatest blazing fire in the universe.
And when I look at myself, I can feel it. I can feel the Mana. Its there, its in my flesh, bones, muscles, hair, nails, and skin.
Its everywhere.
And I suddenly get an intimate feeling with it, sothing that tells how to move it, how to bend it, how to make it travel from my body to the outside world.
For a second, I feel all-powerful.
Then, I faint.
[Mage Class Acquired!]
[Mage Level 1!]
[Skill Advanced Mana Sense Acquired!]
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