118-Luna's Past (2 4)




 
 I was reincarnated in this world as a seven-year-old girl named Luna-Dired.

 Luna had originally been the child of a nobleman, but when her parents died in an accident, her house was destroyed and she was relegated to an orphanage in a small town.

 I had no memories of my life until I was six years old. But it kept me from feeling the grief of losing my parents in this world.

 I enjoyed my life at the orphanage. All the other orphans were good friends with me. They are my brothers and sisters, and I love them very much. And the sisters were very nice to me. I love them too.

 The orphanage was full of donated books. I kept reading them. I was able to understand difficult books that a seven year old couldn't read, thanks to the skills the Goddess gave me.

 When I turned eight years old, I read all the books in the orphanage. I still wanted to read, so the sisters negotiated with the town's mayor and I was allowed to read in the town's library.

 I was so happy to be surrounded by hundreds of books. And I could read any book I wanted.

 In my former world, I had to study so hard to keep up with my school work that I didn't have time to look at or read books that didn't seem relevant to the class, like picture books.

 Of course, I never read manga either. After all, I had to read several times as many textbooks as anyone else to memorize words and equations. It was all I could do just to study to keep up with the class.

 But now that I've been reborn, I have a skill called absolute memory. The more books I read, the more I can turn them into my knowledge. I went to the library every day and continued to read books.

 My skill is that if I see it for a second, I can understand it and remember it. So I was able to flip through various books, memorize them, and then go back to the orphanage to take care of the little ones and enjoy the contents of the book I had memorized in a corner of my mind.

 And in just six months, I read through all the books in the town's library. But that didn't stop my desire to 'learn something new'.


 That's when it happened. I heard that there was a place that could be said to have concentrated the knowledge of this world.

 The place is the Ifrus Magic Academy.

 It was a school for training wizards in Glendale, in this country. I've heard that there are more than hundreds of thousands of books there, and in addition, the best research in this world is being conducted there.

 I wanted to go there (the school of magic) at all costs.

 But I am an orphan.

 I don't have money, nor do I have the kind of guardianship that ordinary people need when they enter a magical academy.

 Still, I wanted to join the magical academy.


 After doing a lot of research, I found out that there is a scholarship program at Ifrus Magic Academy. It's a system in which they accept students who have excellent knowledge and handling of magic with no entrance fees or tuition fees, and no guardianship required.

 I decided to take a chance on it. Fortunately, I already have my knowledge of magic. This is because there were many used grimoires donated to the orphanage.

 As far as grimoires were concerned, they were more complete than the town's library.

 There was no way the orphans could read a grimoire written in ancient script, but to me, who had the language comprehension skills, I could only recognize them as very interesting books.

 When I think about it now, I think that (grimoire) is a national treasure class book. Maybe it was leaked before anyone could read it, and then it was donated to an orphanage in a roundabout way.

 As such, my knowledge of magic seems to be fine. Because they had gained knowledge about all kinds of magic, both ancient and modern.


 The problem is regarding the handling of magic.
 My status at that time was ...

 status
 Name:Luna-Dread
 Race: Human
 Blessing: Otherworldly gods
 Occupation:Accompanist (level 50)
 Skills: Absolute Memory, Language Comprehension


 It looked like this. I had never defeated a demon, but I was at level 50. And when they say level 50, they say it's one of the strongest in this world.

 It seems that the gods of this world sometimes bring people from the world I was in, and the people who have been transferred to this world are suddenly at level 150.

 On the other hand, I had a modest correction to my status, probably because the goddess from my original world sent me here.

 However, with a level 50 status and the knowledge of magic that I got from the grimoire, all I needed to do was to increase my skill in using magic.

 My occupation was as an attached magician. I was afraid to use attack magic, so I can't use it much, but I thought I wouldn't be afraid of magic that supports someone else.

 From the day I heard about Ifrus Magic Academy, I started training in magic as an attendant magician. My absolute memory and language comprehension skills, which I thought weren't suited for combat, helped me.


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 In a few months, I have mastered all the magic that an attendant can use.

 And I also defeated the demons.
 It was very scary when I defeated them.

 I cast as much auxiliary magic on myself as I could, and then I just shot lower level attack magic at the demon from a distance to defeat it.

 After that, I defeated a lot of demons that were much lower level than me in the same way. I heard that it was easier for demons in the same level range to level up, but I was too scared to do that.

 Safety first!

 The sisters and the adults around me couldn't get them to stay with me for my special training because they were on a lower level than I was.

 So I continued to fight on my own.

 By the time I turned ten years old, I was level 52. I had risen two levels all by myself.

 I'm great!
 I would like to give myself a pat on the back.


 And finally, the day has come for me to take the entrance exam for Ifrus Magic Academy.

 It's okay, I can do it.
 I've worked hard for today.

 I was seen off by the sisters and my brothers and sisters from the orphanage, and we headed to the city where the exam room was set up.