He wants to teach me magic. Winter's Night, are you cut out for it?
Aptitude?
''Magic is largely dependent on one's natural aptitude.... If a person has no aptitude, they can't use magic in any way...

　I see. So it's not an ability that everyone can use? Well, that's true. If everyone could use it, it wouldn't be surprising to see a more developed magical civilization.

'Aptitude... yeah, but I think it's okay. Someone has already given me the drumming that you'll be able to use magic in no time.
Who is that guy?
A very important man.

　I am God. or something like that, my sanity will be questioned. I'll shut up.

"Isn't there any way to know if you're a good candidate or not?

　In response to my question, Linse pulled a few clear stones from her waist pouch. Red, blue and yellow, colorless, shining like glass. The size of the stones is around an inch or so. That's right, something similar was attached to the silver wand that Linse had. But that one was much larger.

What's this?
"...This is a magical stone. It can amplify, store, and release magic power. We can use it to test your aptitude. Roughly, though.

　'Water' would be easier to understand...' he murmured, and Linse picked up a clear, bluish stone. Then she brought it over to her finished cup of tea.

'Water, come.'

　As Linze spun those words, a small amount of water flowed out of the magic stone with a twang and fell into the cup of tea.

''Oh.''
"...This is the state in which the magic was activated. So the magic stone reacted to my magic power and created water.
By the way,

　Else next to her receives the magic stone from her sister and chants the same spell.

'Come, water!'

　However, the magic stone didn't show any reaction and not a drop of water came out.

''That's what happens when you don't have an aptitude for water. That's why I can't use water magic.''
We're twins and we can't use Else.
Don't blurt out what you care about... Well, I don't mind.

　Shit. I just slipped up. However, I was a little relieved to see that Else wasn't really angry either, she was a little sulky.

''Big sister, instead of being able to use water magic, you can use body enhancement magic through magic power.... On the contrary, I can't do physical enhancement. Physical enhancement also requires that aptitude, so...''

　I see. Is that the source of that ridiculous destructive power? I wondered where he could have that kind of power despite his thin body, but the mystery was solved.

''Everyone has magical power, but without an aptitude, you can't use that skill.

　It all depends on your aptitude, right? I guess that's just because I'm not talented, but the world is unfair.

'So, I'll know if I've got the aptitude if I do that too?
'Yes. ...hold the stone in your hand, focus on it, and chant, "Water, come... If you have the aptitude, water will be born, sir.

　He receives the blue magic stone from Else and brings the hand that pinches the magic stone onto the plate to avoid wetting the table when it is activated.
　He focuses his attention on the magic stone and chants the words he's been taught.

'Water, come.'

　In the next moment, water poured out of the magic stone like a broken faucet.

''Whoa!''

　Startled, I took my hand away from the magic stone and the water immediately stopped. But the table was flooded, and the tablecloth was soggy and wet.

''........What do you mean?''

　I asked the two people in front of me for an explanation for the obviously unusual situation. But the twin sisters were stunned, their eyes wide open. Their expressions were so similar that one could not help but laugh.

''........I think Fuyao-san's amount of magic power was inordinately large, I think.... With such a small magic stone and spell fragments, no way.......this is the first time, though. Also, the quality of the magic power is impossibly clear. I can't believe it...
You might as well be a wizard, I'm telling you. I've never seen anything like it.

　I knew I had the aptitude for it. Well, it's a seal of approval from God. You're going to be able to have a lot of fun with it. It's better than less, though. It's a good thing that you can use magic.
　After apologizing for making the table so wet, we hurriedly left the coffee shop.
　It's already evening when we arrived at the inn, so we'll talk about the spell later tomorrow.
　When we finished dinner, we went straight to the dining room and asked Linse to teach us how to read and write. I asked Micah's permission to do so.
　First, I asked Linse to write some simple words, and then I wrote the meaning in Japanese next to them.

''...I've never seen that character before. Where is this from?
Hmm, it's a character that's only found in my hometown. It's a character that no one but me would use around here.

　I don't think anyone in this world would use it, let alone around here. It's like a secret ciphertext.
　Lindsay looked at me curiously, but she seemed to understand for the time being.
　After that, she taught me the words steadily, and then I converted them into Japanese one by one. Maybe Linze's teaching style is good, but more and more words are going into my head. Hmmm?　I've never seen myself with such a good memory. Is this a God effect?
　But in that case, it would have been easier if they had made it possible for me to read and write from the beginning, but I guess God has all kinds of reasons for doing so. I shouldn't be so extravagant.
　After finishing my studies at the sharp end, I left Linse and went back to my room.
　I jot down the day's events on my phone and peek at the information on the other side of the world. Hmm, a National Medal of Honor for that guy. Oh, I wanted to see this movie.
　Oh yes, I checked Yisheng on the map to see if it was in Yisheng, which I had been wondering about. Then I found out that Yisheng is an island country, a long way east of here, beyond the edge of the continent. So much like Japan. I'd like to go there someday if I have the opportunity.
　Maybe I was tired from defeating magical beasts today, but I soon became sleepy. I didn't waste any time resisting and quickly crawled into bed. Good night. Ugh.