Chapter 22: Magic Manipulation With this, I could browse almost all of the prohibited books.
A portion of the records could only be viewed by His Majesty the King and the Prime Minister. So I couldn"t browse through them.
The only books I wanted to read were ones about medicinal herbs, so there weren"t any problems in that department.
And then, the magic lecture.
My rewards have increased.
The Civil Official told me, "If there"s anything else you want to learn, please don"t hesitate to tell me," while we were talking, so I got carried away and asked him about various things.
Can I learn this? Can also take this? As a result of me asking about various things, the Civil Official made the smart move of giving me doc.u.ments about what lectures I could take.
It"s surprising that he accepted them all……
My reward now covered: History of Slantania Kingdom, the situations in the surrounding areas, the economy, manners and so on.
Well, I thought that it would be better to know different things, rather than be ignorant, if I did plan to leave the royal palace in the future.
I heard that the lectures I was taking could all be taken at the Royal Academy.
Hence, the threshold might be lower than I thought.
I greedily wanted to take more lectures but then I noticed a problem.
How many hours a day did I need to take all these lectures?
I had to work at the research inst.i.tute as well. It was impossible for me to attend all these lectures unless I had 36 hours a day.
There were only 24 hours in a day, even in this world.
While I was crestfallen from having to choose from the list I had written, the problem was solved.
The Director, who had been watching me choose my lectures, allowed me to focus on my cla.s.ses.
You can do it when you"re not working.
Huh? Was that fine?
My question must have shown on my face because the Director provided me with the answer.
My research had come to a halt. He told me to learn a lot of new things because those things might give me a hint on how to progress with my research.
Something like that could certainly happen.
I have my thanks to the Director.
Then my studying life at the Royal Palace started after I made all kinds of adjustments.
"Good morning."
"Good morning. Shall we continue learning about magic manipulation?"
The Head Magician of the Court Mage Division, was in charge of the magic lecture that I"d requested at my audience.
I thought that he would be busy because he was the Head Magician, so I asked him about this but it doesn"t seem to be a problem.
I still felt apologetic even though he said he wasn"t a problem.
This lecture was catered to me, who was a complete amateur at magic. The contents of the lecture would be the basics of basics. I didn"t think it was something that the Head Magician should teach me.
It was the same content taught to the first years at the academy.
If I had to compare it, this was like a university professor teaching a middle school child.
That"s why it was better for me to be taught by a normal Court Mage, who had more spare time, than the Head Magician, who was busy.
First, my magic power was different from the magic of those in this world, so he wanted to study it in detail at the Court Mage Division.
Besides demon subjugation, the Court Mage Division also conducted magic research, and the Head Magician was also involved in this.
The Head Magician found my magic to be an extremely interesting thing.
The story about my potions having a higher effect than the ones made by others had reached his ears, and he thought that my magic was the cause of this.
Therefore, he wanted to investigate whether my magic was the cause, or if it was something else.
I also wanted to know if my magic influenced my potion-making, so I didn"t mind that a specialist wanted to study it.
Since it was only research, I thought that someone other than the Head Magician could do it.
However, there was a reason why it had to be the Head Magician.
According to the Head Magician, everything concerning the abilities of the【Saint】was a national secret, and there were hardly any detailed records on the past Saints.
The reason why there was hardly any record of them was also unknown.
That meant that the control of information was very strict when it came to the Saint.
The same was also true for my magic power. The upper stratums concluded that the fewer people who knew about this investigation, the better.
Thus, the Head Magician would personally be investigating my magic.
Besides, they concluded that it was only right because in this Kingdom, the Head Magician was the person with the most magic knowledge.
There was nothing special about the investigation; he was just going to observe my magic-use during the lecture.
If it was just that much then I guess it was fine. He thanked me with a wonderful smile when I consented.
Then the lecture began.
The first few days were about the foundations of magic; he taught me what magic power was and how magic power in the body was used.
The Head Magician"s lectures were very easy to understand.
Him having more knowledge in magic than anyone in the Court Mage Division wasn"t just for show.
He understood a lot about magic, but he was probably smart to begin with.
Because he was so good at teaching.
"Do you have anything you don"t understand?"
"No, it"s fine."
He asked if I had any questions after his explanation, but I didn"t have any.
I felt like I understood the contents, but I can confirm it later.
Now, it was time for magic practice.
The first half of the lecture was theory, while the second half was practical.
Of course, the Head Magician was also in charge of my practical lectures.
The magic practices were done at the Court Mage Division"s practice grounds.
It was a bit of a distance away from the lecture room, but I talked to the Head Magician while we walked, so I didn"t mind the distance that much.
I would probably be frustrated if I was by myself, though.
The reason wasn"t just because of the distance.
At the beginning, I"d thought I was lucky to have the Head Magician teach me magic, but that feeling had since disappeared in these few days.
Contrary to being soft, the Head Magician"s teaching style was that of a Spartan"s.
"Let"s get started. The procedure is the same as last time."
"Yes."
We took a short break after arriving at the exercise grounds, and then practice started.
I was being taught magic manipulation right now.
If I mastered it, I could shorten the magic activation time.
It was necessary to concentrate magic power into one"s palms when using magic, but the concentration time could be shortened.
Incidentally, it wasn"t necessary to come to the exercise ground if I was only practicing magic manipulation.
You could practice magic manipulation just by concentrating magic into different parts of the body.
However, according to the Head Magician, it wasn"t enough for me to just master magic manipulation—he wanted me to quickly activate magic while manipulating it.
I didn"t think it was a problem for me to practice activating magic in the lecture room if I was only using holy magic, but there was another magic user here.
There was someone activating magic from another attribute next to me.
Who was it? The Head Magician, of course.
He was probably the Head Magician because his magic abilities were high.
He wasn"t just activating one magic attribute at a time, but three at once.
His magic manipulation was also very smooth, wasn"t it?
He was acc.u.mulating magic at a faster speed than me. He cast magic at twice the speed I could.
The goal was for me to be able to cast at the same speed as the Head Magician, but wasn"t that request too demanding?
To request this of me, who had just started her magic studies, really was Spartan-like of him.
If I stressed speed, then I would neglect magic manipulation and wouldn"t be able to cast magic.
To do this simultaneously……
"Can"t you cast a little faster?"
"Any more than this and…… It"s hard for me to be able to suddenly cast at the same speed as you, Head Magician."
"Even so, I"m going easy on you, you know."
The Head Magician, who was laughing when he said this, seemed excessive.
Even though I was at my limit.
If I manipulated magic as I had learnt in theory, then I could cast magic at the same speed as the Head Magician, but in practice it was harder than it had seemed.
Magic manipulation was required for doing magic, so I"d thought that I, who could make high-ranking potions, would be good at it, but I was wrong.
When using magic, magic manipulation needed to be handed delicately.
I was frustrated that I couldn"t keep up with the level demanded by the Head Magician.
If it was like this then I just have to keep practicing.
I thought as I mindlessly continued to cast magic.
Translator: Blushy