The next day, it was once more ti for class, and it was the first ti that Eiro was leaving the monsters at the manor without his supervision. It was a bit nerve-wracking, but at the end of the day, since Krog, Jess and Jas were there as well, they would be able to take care of anything that happened. They were certainly far stronger than any of the monster-servants at this point, after all.
Once they reached the academy, Eiro and the kids stepped out of the carriage and swiftly made their way inside. Of course, they split up soon after so that everyone could get to their respective classes. And Eiro didn't even have anything to do for now, since his first class didn't start for another two hours. The reason why he ca so early was in order to get a lesson himself during that ti, instead of teaching.
The Demon swiftly made his way to rlin's office. He knocked on the door rather excitedly. Beyond the door, Eiro heard so movent, and the next mont rlin replied, "Co in."
Eiro pushed the door open and stepped inside, "Good morning." He said, looking at rlin and the student that had been speaking to him until now. The old man smiled at her, "You are excused. We can continue this conversation soti later."
The girl imdiately nodded her head and rushed out of the room. Eiro knew her as well, she was one of his students as well. She was mostly quite average, but she was studious and dedicated. She just had a tough ti catching up to her more directly talented classmates.
But sothing was off. The girl rushed out of the room with her heart beating rapidly. The scent she gave off showed a hint of adrenaline, and her pupils were clearly dilated. She seed almost scared as she ran out of the room, closing the door behind her without a word.
"Did sothing happen?" Eiro asked concerned, and rlin slowly nodded his head, "Yes, but it is a private matter in her life. I can't divulge such information freely. But do not worry, I am handling it." The old man explained. Eiro was a bit concerned for the girl, but since rlin was speaking with clear sincerity, he didn't worry too much for now. He could always try and help in the future.
"Now, why are you here? Do you require a bit more assistance in your studies for the Ancient Language?" rlin asked, but Eiro swiftly shook his head, "No, not directly. I got the skill and brought it to beginner level 18 over the weekend. It's really a tough skill to level up, huh?" He said with a slight laugh.
rlin jumped up from his chair and stared back at Eiro, "What did you just say? You reached level 18 over the weekend..?"
"Ah, yeah. You see, so ti ago, I found this to written in the Ancient Language that was decently well-preserved. I simply chose to analyze the language a bit to figure out the true anings of the words in there. I even started transcribing a dictionary for all the words in here, as a way of practicing. And after I figured out that it was faster to level the skill up by creating your own spells and chants, my leveling speed for the skill shot up. Compared to other languages, at least."
"..." rlin didn't know what to say. Eiro had reached such a level within just a weekend?
"Hah, that is why I am jealous of those with superior talent like you." The old man sighed, but Eiro imdiately explained sothing, "Actually, I don't have any talents. I think it might be because I was artificially created, but during any sort of talent-asuring procedures, I get no results in the slightest."
"...No results?" rlin asked, "But you usually get at least miniscule positive results in the different solutions and liquids involved."
"Of course, usually. Except if you don't have a talent at all. As in... If 'talent' had a value, then my talent would be zero for everything. Usually, there are so reactions at least, since it's close to impossible to have a natural 'zero' in such values." Eiro explained simply, and rlin was unsure what to say. He simply stared down at his desk.
That ant that even rlin had higher talent for learning about magic and the ancient language, but Eiro was able to learn all that so easily anyway? That seed rather unfair to him.
"Now, why exactly are you here then?" rlin asked, not letting his thoughts be shown to the Demon in front of him any further, and Eiro quickly smiled, "Well, I would like to ask you about how I could get a grasp of the concept of Arcana for now. If you have the ti, that is."
rlin crossed his arms as he leaned backward in his chair, "Sure. I finished collecting the notebooks with Arcana theory for now. You can read those for now. Understanding the actual theory of the concept first is quite important."
"Hm, my guess is that the Ancient Language has an extrely high importance for this, also considering that the 'affinity' asuring showed it as an orb made of Ancient Runes. Let's say... Does it work by using magic without an elent as an interdiate and instead just relying on the Ancient Language, which in itself seems to have magical properties, far heavier in the elent's stead?" Eiro asked. rlin looked back at the Demon silently, unsure what to say.
"...That is exactly correct. Seems like you will rather easily figure out the specifics." rlin sighed, sowhat annoyed, as he stood up and walked over to the bookshelf near him. He grabbed so books out of it and handed them to Eiro, who quickly flipped them open. Eiro glanced at the pages and took the raw information in one after another, not really thinking about it. The total of five books were devoured by the Demon near to instantly.
"Co back to when you have read them all, then we can start." rlin explained, and Eiro placed the last book down onto the small pile in front of him and nodded his head, "I assu you have ti after class ends for the day again, right?"
"Of course, every day I leave ti to speak to my students." The old man replied, and Eiro smiled, "Perfect. Then I'll be back later after analyzing everything." He turned around and left for the door, "This gives so ti to read a few more books at the library as well."
"Speaking of books..." rlin sighed, "You forgot my notebooks."
"Hm? Oh, no, I just already rembered everything about them, don't worry. I just haven't had the chance to think about the content yet." Eiro explained in a smug voice, and left the perplexed rlin in his office behind. And without further ado, Eiro made his way toward the library. He still had a few hours left until his first class was going to start, so until then, he would simply use the chance to read up on so more things related to the Arcane that he could find here.
The collection of books within the library was more than just impressive, and it was even enough for Eiro to figure out things about mory-manipulating magic while all of his mories were disappearing bit by bit.
"Actually, isn't there already magic that's just mana? Magic like that manipulation stuff?" Sarius asked when the Demon spoke about this fact to the spirits, and Eiro thought about it for a mont, "Well, it seems to be a bit different with arcane magic. With things like mory-manipulation, you still infuse your mana with sothing, and that is the raw intent with which you carry the mana. It isn't 'pure mana' anymore. And with arcane magic, it seems like you really are using mana in its purest state, and then shape it into sothing else using the Ancient Language without infusing things like intent into it. It's fundantally different."
"Well, in the first place, using magic without an elent is fucking weird." Sarius pointed out, turning toward Gondos and Nelli, "Right?"
Gondos was the first to reply, "It certainly feels unusual, but it is not as if we are capable of it in the first place."
"Yeah, we don't have 'mana', we only have pure elental magic flowing within us. So we couldn't do this even if we tried." Nelli added, and Eiro stopped for a mont as he was looking through the library, "That makes wonder, if 'Arcana' is technically an elent, even capable of being picked up by affinity-asuring, does that an that there are Arcane spirits that have pure mana flowing within them?"
"Maybe, but what shape would they even take? Not like mana has a form to it..." Nelli replied, and Eiro thought about that as well, "That is true... Maybe it's going to make more sense when we figure out what Arcane Magic even looks like." The Demon suggested, "You know what, I think I saw so books about non-elental magic around here, speaking about it in theory. Maybe those are going to help with that. And so books about spirits were around here as well..."
"Heh, you seriously want to listen to books instead of the spirits in those books?" Sarius asked with a grin, and Eiro looked back at him with a wry smile, "Well, yeah. I especially won't listen to a spirit that spent its whole life in the primal plane of fire until very recently. But either way, it's not like any of you know much about other spirits besides yourself in the first place."
"He has a point." Nelli said as she looked at Sarius, who just crossed his arms annoyed, "Right, right."
With a light smile on his face, listening to the spirits' arguing, Eiro began to read so more books.
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