The moment I told him that his brother had the ability of a top-notch adventurer, Larma-san's face was filled with joy.
It was the face of a master rejoicing in the fact that his apprentice has that much ability, and I knew from that expression that Ralma-san seriously believed that her brother had the ability of a top-notch adventurer.

That he is revealing his joy because of that assumption.

Lies .........

...... But even with that understanding, I still couldn't convince myself of Larma's words.
Lalma said he had no talent, and then told me that his brother's ability was top-notch.

But as I am convinced that lack of talent is weakness and being talented is talent, I just couldn't reconcile those two words.

...... And in the first place, I couldn't believe that your brother had the ability of a top-notch adventurer.

It's not that I think my brother is weak, it's not that I think he's weak.
I believe that he is stronger than ordinary top-notch adventurers, but top-notch adventurers are different.

But a top-notch adventurer is something else.

Some ordinary people mistakenly believe that a top-notch adventurer is only stronger than a top-notch adventurer.
But the truth is that they are not like that at all.

It is said that the difference between the top-notch adventurers and the bottom-notch adventurers is greater than the difference between the bottom-notch adventurers and the top-notch adventurers.

That's what a top-notch adventurer is.
It's too outrageous, and that's why I had to go out of my way to create and rank them above the top-tier monsters.

''Yi, no matter how big brother ......

...... And I couldn't believe that your brother was such a thing, and I couldn't believe that I couldn't believe that your brother was such a thing, so I couldn't help but recoil at Larma's words.

''Do you really believe that?''

...... Huh?

But Larma's response to my words was a question.
I couldn't help but stammer at that unexpected reaction.

'Do you really think it's that easy to dodge all of Hydra's attacks by staying on the defensive?

But Mr. Larma speaks without paying any attention to me.

'How could that be possible? It's just a matter of being on the defensive. You've been there, Narsena, you've been there. You've been on the defensive at times. What was your experience with that?

Ah!

With those words, I finally understand what Larma-san is trying to say.
I had been instructed and trained by a top-notch adventurer who was an acquaintance of Larma-san's, but it was always at a disadvantage to be at a defensive position.
In other words, a defensive situation is a state of being pushed.

Even at ......, your brother was always holding the enemy back in such a state.

Yeah, that's right. And that's with nothing but checks and balances. ...... stalling Hydra in such conditions, do you finally understand how crazy that is?

Woohoo!

...... Larma's words finally made me understand my brother's abnormality.
I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make the most out of it," he said, taking a breath, quenching his throat with the finest tea on the desk and beginning to speak again.

''Well, I'm not going to lose to that stupid disciple. I won't expose any openings for that idiot disciple to attack, and then I won't lose to that idiot disciple.

But it would be difficult for me to defeat that idiot disciple.

If it's my strongest skill, even if it's an attack from super long range, if it's medium or close range, I don't have the confidence that I can defeat that idiot disciple who kept dodging Hydra's attacks. ...... That guy, he only had so much strength.

So that's what you're saying: ......

Larma's words finally convinced me that my brother was as good as a top-notch adventurer.
I realized now that my brother's defensive abilities were extraordinary.
Normally, humans limit their actions by attacking or pretending to attack.
But your brother can only defend himself.
In other words, he can attack as much as he wants.
Nevertheless, the brother even stopped the aggressive and ferocious Hydra's attacks and even stopped it in its tracks.

This is the best proof that he has the ability to be a top-notch adventurer.

''But then why doesn't your brother have any talent!

And it was this understanding that made me even more suspicious of my brother's lack of talent.

''Surely your brother may not be talented as a healer! But I'm able to fight that much, and I can even use magic on it: ......

I pile on the words to Larma, trying to explain the part about your brother being superhuman.

'That's why he's not talented,'

"It's ...... ......, huh?

...... But, interrupting his words, Larma told him so.

It's magic. It's a good thing that I've convinced myself that he doesn't have any talent. It's a good thing that he's quite talented now. But I can assure you of this.

...... that he, that idiot apprentice, had no talent whatsoever as an adventurer.





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As I was stunned by Lalma's declaration, she put the candy on the desk in her mouth.
Then, after taking a break, she began to speak again.

'When I heard that my idiot apprentice had no talent for healing magic, I decided to teach him a new power, or rather a skill.

'Well, I've heard of it: ......'

I replied to those words as I remembered the memory.
When I heard that my brother could use magic, I asked him how he was able to use magic despite being a healer.
And that's when my brother told me about the power outside of his skills.

'Magic and chi, right?'

You didn't mean to hear that from Raust!

Larma-san let out a small gasp of astonishment at my statement.

''No, let's leave that subject for now.

But Larma-san quickly returned to the conversation.

'Magic power and chi, it is considered the source of skills and is also the source for people to wield supernatural powers. It is said that magic power acts on the surroundings and qi acts on the body. Well, there are exceptions where magic power can enhance physical abilities and chi can affect the body outside the body. And on top of that, the reason I'm able to fight in close quarters is because I'm using magic power to enhance my physical abilities.

That much I had heard from my brother.
So I listen to the story without interfering too much.

''Of course, trying to deal with magic and qi directly is inferior to skill. After all, skills double the effects of magic and chi. But since the healing magic was so devastating in Raust's case, I decided that those skills, such as magic and chi, would be more useful.

Then, for a moment, he looked somewhat reminiscent of the past, and then continued to speak.

...... But even after learning magic and qi, Laust still couldn't gain the ability to be useful in battle. That guy couldn't reach that level of dimension.

Huh!

And in the next moment, I realized the reason why Laruma-san told her brother that he had no talent.

In order to survive as an adventurer, your brother wanted to abandon his healing magic, which he couldn't use to his satisfaction, in order to gain new skills. But to make up for that, he was grasping at straws and memories.


...... But even when it comes to the technology he remembered grasping at straws to make up for that healing magic, he had no talent for it.