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Chapter 116 Teaching Magic Is Not Hard
Chapter 116 Teaching Magic Is Not Hard
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"…And done."
I looked into the Star Dew in my hands, it was not really a fruit but a tuber, but people called them like this because they said they were as sweet as dew. And to be honest, it is an over exaggeration. Having tasted truly sweet things in my previous life, I can ensure you that this tuber is not as sweet as just another sweet potato.
These are often eaten after being boiled, and are considered a delicacy that is very rare, their flavor has a fruity fragrance to them, and I think they can even be used to make sweet pie, name Star Dew pie. These had been my side money project, and I've already grown two entire batches of around 50 each, which I sold for fifty silver coins each batch, which is a lot of money for just some tubers. A silver coin can buy a single one of these, but a silver coin can also feed a whole family by buying cheaper products.
These tubers are mostly consumed by the rich aristocrats back in the duchy, as most of the merchants that come here come to buy all the fruits and vegetables to bring to the duchy where they resell them for even more expensive prices. If we could move ourselves to the duchy and sell our products there, we would be able to make even more money… but the journey to the duchy is very long and takes roughly two to three days, it is sadly not something we can do easily and leisurely.
I've been practicing my Alchemy Abilities inside of Erika's home, although I have not visited the place as much, today after having enhanced the plants was my day of going to make some alchemy to her house. I walked towards her house rapidly, as I disliked to waste time, all while I conjured the spell Gust constantly, but not to enhance my speed but just to practice magic. I was constantly practicing any spell at almost all time except when I slept, this way, my Mana would be constantly trained and would slowly increase over time.
It could be said that this exercise also applies to all other Skills and also my own muscles, magic is like muscles after all, if you stop exercising and slack off, it will slowly weaken. Although in this world I got a Spirit Orb that aids in the stabilization of Mana, I prefer to not slack off, I've never been a man that likes to laze around if possible. Even though I see my new life way more relaxing than my previous one, I am still overworking myself. My family and friends have noticed this and had told me to take it easy, but I really can't.
And about magic by itself, although people find it strange that I can use magic of many elements, nobody possess enough knowledge to really know if that's too rare or strange enough to deserve more attention, so aside from the initial surprise, they often don't mind it. I don't know how others with more magical knowledge would react, such as in the capital of the Duchy of Goldsand, for example.
People seems to be able to learn magic with knowledge and time, and a lot of practice, spirits, and talents aid at this if they got a good enough pair, such as the kids that are my friends, all of them got good pairs of spirts and talents, which combine with one another and complement each other for the best results and aid in their practice of magic. However much like in any other world I have visited in my previous life, simply shaping an element, and then throwing it around is not really magic in my eyes, and people has to learn about the element's principles, specific runes, and even magic circle formation, but such knowledge is very limited in this village, and there is nowhere where you can learn this.
Therefore, people often just uses the "raw" magic power they have, instead of trying to make up complicated spells, which only consumes even more Mana and make them quickly weaken after their initial MP pool is gone. I discovered from my grandmother's words that there are magical academies that teach all about magic and also spirits and talents, and often only let talented students attend there, these academies are often just locked for rich kids, children of aristocrats, or incredibly talented prodigies.
Of course, I need no teacher for magic, in fact, I am the teacher here, and I've been teaching my whole family and friends a few simple spells that align to their main elements, Chris has already learned five Tier 1 Fire Attribute Spells, such as Fireball, Fire Whip, Blazing Enhancement, Heat Body, and Fire Wall, Eric has learned six Tier 1 Nature Attribute Spells, such as Plant Growth, Life Enhancement, Plant Vine Control, Wooden Shield, and Verdant Light, Erika has learned four Tier 1 Illusion/Emotion Attribute Spells, such as Illusory Mist, Camouflage, Charming Appearance, and Mirage Creation, and so on…
My father, mother, and grandmother have a harder time memorizing magic formulas, even more runes and magic circle creation, which was completely foreign and complicated to them, so they have only learned two spells at most. Children are able to learn things progressively faster than adults as they're developing, the same reason why children are able to learn new languages easily while they're still kids, but when they're already grownups, it becomes very hard.
My father's affinity is Earth, while my grandmother and mother's affinities are Life, these two elements are strong by themselves, and the spells they have learned are just very small things that I just "came out with", it is already a fact I am a magic genius and that I received "enlightenment" from the Holy Spirits, so aside from a few questions, they didn't seem to be too shocked when I taught them spells myself…
And here I was, in front of Erika's home, I quickly knocked the door, as Erika opened the door hurriedly.
"Blake! Welcome!"
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