I was planning to go to the library today to learn how to acquire the magic and skills Mika taught me, but first, I'm coming to the Alchemist's Guild to greet my master, Rainrich, for his return.

Not really, though, there's nothing master and student-like about it.
By the way, he was happy when I gave him some dried eight eyes as a gift.
I've been told that they are the ingredients for that potion that knocked me unconscious.
Please don't make it again.

So I was making small talk with Rito-san, who is now at the reception desk........

''Huh?　Did you build an alchemy room to work in?
'Yes. It was a simple shed, but it was on my own property and... was it bad?
''No........as long as there are walls and roofs on all sides and some distance from other people's property, it's not a problem....... Did you also deal with chemicals this time?
I probably didn't use any chemicals. I just did the normal cutting of materials and stuff like that.

Yeah. Mr. Condo isn't really a medicine, is he?
Maybe it's for medical purposes.

'Didn't I explain........?　If you're an A-level alchemist, you're allowed to alchemize outside as long as it's not chemicals, right?
Class A...?

Ah, come to think of it, I was an A-level alchemist, in case you were wondering.
I remembered that I received an A-level alchemist's certificate during the Dardaril incident, so I hurriedly took out the certificate from the magic space and read the entry.

Then, it was indeed written.
It's no good for medicines because of the possibility of dangerous materials being blown away by the wind, etc., but if it's a production system alchemy with no danger, it's allowed as long as it respects public order and morals.

Oh, that's right.　You mean that one?
So you're saying that before we went to King's Landing, it was okay for me to go out and smelt for you?

I didn't get it.
'Haha I'm sorry. But you usually look it over, right?

Yes, but!　No, I mean, yeah!
The price of the alchemy room will be free. Isn't that much more important information than that!

Ahhhh!
It would have been a lot easier to work with if I'd realized this earlier!
I could have made the rocks and stuff smoother!
No, we'll fix that the next time we go.
I'll make you more comfortable!


Now, the next step is the library........
Rainrich told me that if I was going to try it anyway, it would be better to try it out at home while I'm at it, so I decided to borrow two books on the basics of magic and acquiring skills.
He also bought the necessary materials and went home to look through the books.

It was hard because I'm not a good print person....
But I had to read it, so I did my best in silence.
To sum up the gist of it.

Magic can be summed up as the four basic attributes of fire, water, wind, and earth, the two special attributes of light and dark, and the rest of the attributes without.
　Each person has at least one aptitude for one or more of these attributes.
　You need an aptitude to use magic.

Well, so this is the crystal to find out your aptitude attribute.....
The six crystals are laid out on the table.
Red is fire, blue is water, green is wind, yellow is earth, black is darkness, and white is a crystal that can be used to test your aptitude for light.

For a moment I thought they were just magic stones, but apparently they are slightly different.
By the way, I found this one on sale at the library.
It's a high-class product that you can use up for 20,000 Nol just to check it.

In the otherworldly fantasy that I know, wizards are considered less numerous than warriors, and this world seems to be like that too, but I think the price of this crystal is partly to blame.
I'm sure that if you can use magic, you'll be able to do more work, but it's 20,000 knolls just to look it up; at 120,000 knolls for six, it's hard to get your hands on.

So.

''Well then, let's check the attribute aptitude first.

I opened the introductory grimoire I rented, and when I read the instructions, it seems that all I have to do is hold the crystal and pour magic power into it, so I decided to try it right away.
By the way........I'm surrounded by Aina, Sorte, Renge, Wendy, and Shiro.
They've been fidgeting since I started reading the book, but none of them seemed to speak up and watched with bated breath.

...I guess I'll start with the fire.
Let's see........Aina?　What's going on?
Why are you looking at me with such seriousness?
What is it?　Just checking for attributional aptitude, okay?


I pour the magic power into the crystal, being careful not to accidentally alchemize it out of habit.
Then a red glow emanates from the red crystal.

''Good!''
Oh, what?

I'm like, 'Oh!' Before I could say that, Aina stood up and clenched her fists and gutted herself.
Seeing this, Sorte and the others looked up at Aina with envy.

It's a good idea to have a good time. That's nice.
'My lord!　If you can use fire magic, I'll teach you!　We'll start with some simple magic, but let's work together in friendly competition!
Oh, oh. Thanks, but it's not a done deal yet, okay?

It's not always possible to use magic just because you have an aptitude for it.
I've heard that there are many people who have aptitude, but cannot use magic.

I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about it.　Next stop, water!　Try the water!
It's not fair!　Now the wind!　The wind, right?
I think it's a good idea to get some dirt and...

The three of them asked for it in a hurry, but since we're going to do everything anyway, why should we not at least care about the order?
Huh?　I mean, what's going on with White?

"...White is the darkness...
What's wrong with the darkness?
Hm. Originally, the attribute is learned by bloodsucking species (vampiric) and headless species (Dullahan). The black cat race has an aptitude for darkness. The black cat tribe has improved its own version of the dark-attribute magic. White seems to have an aptitude for darkness by accident but I don't think the Lord of the human race has it.
Oh, yeah. Well, I bought it. I'll give it a try.
Hmm....

Apparently, he's subtly teasing me, thinking that I can't join him in this magical instructor candidate battle.
I'll take good care of it later.

And now that I've finished examining everything........

''My lord.........''
'....it can't be........
"Right.......... I don't understand.........
Ugh..........................
"The pleasure of being wet...

Yes.......... I'm sorry.........
I had the aptitude for it.........
All of them except for the light, though.
There were 5 kinds of aptitudes, you know?
So, we had a blast.

"Way to go, my lord!　Five attributes!'
I've never seen 5 in my life.
'Maybe we can teach this to everyone!
Hm!　Maybe White can teach the Lord a lesson too!'
Quite a feat!　Master!

And they had a great time.
I've been on a roll, and I've been thinking that maybe I should just go on with my magic....
I'm glad I didn't say it out loud.
I'm sorry, but you're going to have to do it.

The magic aptitude!　Not one!　There was none!

The disappointment on everyone's faces is just too much....
I was shown a level 1 magic, and I was eager to try it out, but I couldn't get it.
Nothing at all!

I'll never forget that feeling of the heated air being gradually cooled down!
They're cheering!　One by one, one by one, they're getting smaller and smaller!
Specifically, the kid who found out he couldn't use it was visibly depressed!

It's something, no one forced me to do it, but before I knew it, I was sitting upright.
I have five attribute aptitudes, and yet I have no magical aptitude!
I'm in another world and I can't use magic!

No, wait!　There was one, to be exact!
I can do spatial magic!
Spatial magic is unattributed, but it's also magic because it's called magic, so it's magic!
The research hasn't been done, so the attributes are treated as unknown and unattributed.......

''Something........sorry.''

I couldn't help myself and apologized.
Then everyone looked up with a gasp.

It's okay!　We don't usually use magic either!
'Yes!　Body!　As long as you train your body, you'll be fine!
'Uh-huh!　And there's a chance you'll be able to use it in the future without giving up!
Hm!　I don't want the Lord to get stronger. Shiloh will have less opportunity to be praised.
'I'm the master of my master!


But why can't I use it........
There's enough MP, and it doesn't seem strange to be able to use at least one of them.
Furthermore, it was said that the divine energy is also quite good, but there is no aptitude for light.
Is it because the divine spirit was given to me by the goddess and had a unique skill?

By the way, I was able to acquire skills normally.
There are two ways to learn them, the first one is to simply allocate the level up points to skills.
You can learn these skills without any problem, since the available skills are displayed on the guild card.

However, even if you can learn it, it's not clear how far your level will go.
Depending on your talents, there are of course cases where you can get the skill itself, but it will stop at level 1.
To prevent this from happening, each guild master must have the ability to recognize it.

The other is to just practice.
If he did this one, he wouldn't have to use any points, but he didn't know how much time he would spend on it.
Plus, he said, with practice, sometimes you'll be able to see them later on your guild card.
I heard that not all the details of skill acquisition are known, but it seems that stats also affect it.

I'll try to get a skill as soon as possible.
On the way back from Utopora, I raised my level by two on Aina's advice, and I have a surplus of points.

Normally I would swing it to MID, but this time I decided to get the 'sewing' skill.
I'm afraid I won't be able to learn it, and since I couldn't use magic, I'm reluctant to think about it, but I was able to get it successfully.

Wendy said, 'Ugh, I'm going to lose another thing that I'm relied upon to do...', but when she said, 'You'll teach me a lot of things, won't you?', she regained her energy.