Volume 1 (2/2)

This baby was very strange Could there be that there was so similar, like a curse

Having thought this through, she started to feel extremely anxious

She went to the item shop, and spent the pitiful as

When the Greyrats went to sleep, she did her home's ritual to chase evil away

Of course, this was kept from Paul and his family

The second day, after carrying Rudeus again, Lilia understood

It was useless

And he was still as disgusting as usual It was eerie that a baby would show such an expression

Zenith said, ”When feeding this baby milk, he will lick”

This had becoeous

Paul had no restraint when it ca to this extent

This was too strange to be dismissed as hereditary

Lilia reain

She had heard of a story in the palace

In the past, an Asuran prince was possessed by a demon To revive that deht

And when an unsuspecting ed him, the prince stabbed her with a knife hidden behind hi her

It was too scary

Is Rudeus so like that?

There was no doubt He was that kind of devil

He's still obedient for now, but one day he'll awaken, and when everyone is asleep, one by one he'll

AhhIt's too early, too early to decide this I shouldn't have taken this job

”I'll get attacked sooner or later

Lilia was a person who seriously believed in such superstition

During the first year of her work, she was still afraid of him

But she didn't notice when Rudeus' unpredictable e

He didn't disappear as and when he wanted, and usually stayed in Paul's study on the second floor

Speaking of the study, it was just a room with a few books

Rudeus stayed there without leaving Lilia secretly observed hi a book

It was a less mumble

Or was supposed to be, at least, for it wasn't a coe in the Central continents

It was still too early for hiht alphabets

He was just an infant looking at a book andrandom sounds

Or else it would be just too strange

Lilia always had the feeling that those sounds carriedand structure

Rudeus seemed to understand the contents of the book

It was too frighteningLilia always thought that, when she observed Rudeus froap in the door jamb

However, she never felt disgusted with him for some inexplicable reason

Coradually disappeared from the moment he confined himself to that room

Though he occasionally showed his disgusting smile while she carried him, it didn't feel unpleasant

He wouldn't bury his face into her chest, and he wouldn't suddenly pant

Why had she always found him scary?

Recently, she began to feel that he was sincere and hardworking, and didn't want to disrupt him

Zenith seemed to share her sentiments

After that, Lilia felt that not to care for him was better

It was an idea that went against common sense

In fact, it was abnors not to care for a child that was born not long ago

But recently there were signs of knowledge in Rudeus' eyes

He showed only ”chikan”[7] eyes a fewwill and dazzling knowledge in them

What should she do? Even though she had knowledge of taking care of children, the inexperienced Lilia found it hard to discern

She couldn't reuards-maid senpai or her mother back in her hometoho said this, that there was no one correct way to bring up a child

At the very least, she no longer felt disgusted, uncohtened

So she decided it was best not to disturb hiinally

--Let's just leave him as he is

Lilia finally concluded

About 2 years has passed since I was reincarnated

My legs and waist were starting to becoh for me to walk on my feet

And I was beginning to learn this world's language

Having decided to live on seriously, I started to consider what I could do

What did I need in my life?

Studying, sports, and skill sets

As a baby, there was little I could do The most I could do was to bury my face into someone's chest

And when I did that to the maid, she made an unhappy expression

That maid definitely hated kids

Realizing that I can do sports a little later in life, I started searching for books in the house to learn words

It's important to be literate

There's a near 100 literacy rate alish skills, so they balked at the idea of going overseas, and even treated foreign languages as athis world's words was nment

There were five books in this house

Could it be that books in this world are expensive, or that Paul and Zenith don't read books?

It was probably both these reasons It was unbelievable to me, ned thousands of books

Though they're all light novels

There were only five books, but they were sufficient for nize words

This world's language was similar to japanese, so it was easy for me to pick up

Even though the letters were co how to speak went very smoothly

I'll be fine as long as I h vocabulary It's beneficial to first understand how to speak

Father readthe vocabulary went smoothly

Perhaps it had so to do with this body's ability to memorize well

After being able to read the language, I found this book's content very interesting

InThinking back about it, it was exactly the sa infor?

Nevertheless, did my father really think an infant would be able to understand the contents of that book?

It was fine for me, but any nor

These were the five books at home

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This is a guidebook that contains the name and unique characteristics of various countries in this world

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A book that described the ion, and ways to handle them

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A guidebook that explained how to use ic attacks, from the elementary rank to the advanced rank

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A fairy tale about a su with his co the world, punishi+ng evil, and rewarding the good

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It's the adventure of three talented swordsmen of different sword styles who encountered each other, and entered the labyrinth

Leaving aside the two battle novels, the other three let me learn a lot

Especially the guidebook about ic

To s recorded here got me really interested,

Reading through it, I understood a few basics

1 First of all, ories

[[Attack Magic]] --- Attacks a target

[[Healing Magic]] --- Heals a target

[[Su

Three types Easy to understand

There are various functions, but according to the guidebook, inally developed for war It still isn't really used

2 To use ic, you must have mana

Conversely, as long as you have ic

There are tays of using mana

[[Use the mana within your body]]

[[Draw outthat contains mana]]

It must be one of these two

I can't think of a good exaenerator for the former, and a battery for the latter

A long tienerations passed, ic was researched into, the difficulty spiked, and the mana required increased exponentially as a result

This was fine for the people who had a lot of ic

Thus, the ht of ways to draw out ic's requirements

3 There are tays to activate ic

[[Incantation]]

[[Magic Array]]

There's really no need to explain here, right? To activate a spell, either to utter a chant through the ic array

Magic arrays were the noro, but at incantation is currently the mainstream

In the distant past, the simplest incantation required about one, two minutes

It wasn't very long, but this method was very difficult to use in battle

In contrast, once a ic array was drawn, it could be used repeatedly

There was a certain ician who successfully reduced the incantation time Thus, incantation became the norm

The siic attacks could be used with incantation

But unless the situation was urgent, coic arrays

4 A person's mana is set when they are born

A normal RPG increased your MP as you level up

But this doesn't look the case in this world

Basically, everyone's a Warrior by profession Just saying that tere

What about me? Hmm

Apparently, the amount of mana one possessed was hereditary

The fact that ic meant I could probably hope for certain amount of innate mana

It's a little worrying Even if enetic makeup is capable of that

In any case, I began to try out the siic

The guidebook contained ic formation, but since incantation's the noric arrays, I started with incantation

It seeer the incantation time would be In fact, extremely coic arrays; that's not a proble , however

It seeic without incantation

Voiceless incantation, or reducing the chants; So like that

But as it that a skilled person didn't need incantation?

The ae, and even if you level up, your MP won't increase either

Or was it the more skilled you are, the less mana you'd use?

No, even if that does decrease one's e, there's no reason to skip steps

'Whatever, I'll just try it out first

I hold the guidebook in ht, and read out the words

”Bestow the protection of water on the place thee demandest, let thine crystal clear flow here, WATER BALL”

I felt the sensation of blood gathering in ht hand

My blood feels as if it's being squeezed out, and a water bullet the size of a fist appeared in front of ht hand

”Whoa!!”

The moment I showed a it

The book said the water bullet should be shot out, but it had fallen instead

Perhapsthe spell to fail

Concentrate, concentrate

The sensation of blood gathering inMmmm

I once again raise ine it in my mind

I don't kno much mana I have, but it's best not to think that I can do this many times

Concentrate, and let every attempt be successful

First, I had to iine it, then repeat it over and over in my mind, then cast it in reality

If it ended in failure, I'll iain in my mind Until I can do it perfectly in my head

This was how I practiced every ames in the past

Because of that, I didn't really fail when I tried to execute a combo

I should have no proble this method I hope

”Breathe”

A deep breath

I send the blood flowing fro that feeling to gather power

And then, have the feeling of firing it out from my palm

Carefully, carefully With every heartbeat, gathering it bit by bit

Water, Water, Water, Water Bullet, Water's Ball, Water Ball, Water Ball Panties

Evil thoughts were mixed in to it One more time

Concentrate, squeezing out waterrrrrrr

”HAH!”

I unconsciously shouted like a monk, and the water bullet came out

”Eh, huh?”

Plop

Plob

The moment I showed surprise, the water bullet fell way too quickly

” Ah”

HuhI didn't chant just now, right?

Why did?

What I did was to recall the feeling of using that spell and i it in my mind

But can it be that just redoing the flow of the ic made incantation unnecessary?

Was voiceless incantation that simple?

Wasn't it supposed to be an upper class technique?

”If it's that easy to succeed, what's the use of incantation?”

Even a novice likevoiceless incantation

Concentrating thethe shape in my mind

That was bascially it

In that case, incantation was completely unnecessary Everyone can just do this instead

( Hm)

Can it be that incantation's the activation of ic?

There's no need to replicate the feeling of gathering blood; I can just complete it if I let out my voice

Itlike that

It's just like an autoe it to manual and it'll still work

”Incantation will autoic”

There'll be several advantages to using incantations

Firstly, it's easy

Instead of explaining it as gathering the blood from the blood vessels in my body, everyone can simply recite it and succeed instead? Both teacher and student will have an easier time

And after teaching this over and over again, it'll beco quintessential]]

Secondly, It's convenient to use

Needless to say, attack ic's meant to be used in combat

Instead of closing your eyes and going ”, it's faster to recite it quickly

It's a question of which is easier, to run with all of one's strength while drawing a clear picture, or to run with all of one's strength while chanting

”It must be different for various people Maybe there are those ould find it easier with the former”

I quickly flipped through theon voiceless incantations

That's weird Based on my experience, it wasn't that hard

Maybe it's a special talent I have, but others can't use it at all

Maybe I can think of it this way

A inner and ends up as a veteran, and everyone uses the incantation method to cast

After thousands of times, their bodies would be used to incantation

And when it came to voiceless incantations, they didn't knohat to do

Therefore, as it's not disseuidebook

”Whoaa, that explains it!”

Then that means I'm not an ordinary person

That's aht?

It's like I' a tip sheet

”They used a Cri an Oratorio!?”

”But all I did was use this catalyst like norate”[8]

That kind of feeling?

Woohoo, I' excited!

Ah, no no Calm down, cool down

The past

Because I'ot that feeling that I was soreedy and eventually ended up a failure

I have to be hu is to not treat myself like someone superior to others

I'm a novice A novice

A novice with beginner's luck andpins with a strike

I just have beginner's luck I don't think I' hard on this

Good I needed to first rely on the chant to use a spell, then based on the feeling I experienced when casting I could practice the voiceless incantation repeatedly

I would just use that format to learn

”Then let's do it again”

But when I stretch out ish

It's as if there's so heavy on my shoulders

The feeling of fatigue

Is it because I' too hard?

No, I was at least considered a pro at internet ga for six full days without sleeping if I needed to

My concentration wouldn't vanish from just two attempts

”That is to say, my MP depleted?”

Goodnessif they say the h to fire tater bullets?

That's just too little, right? Or is it because I' mana properly is really low?

No, how can that be?

To be safe, I tried firing off the spell one more time, but in the end I fainted

”Oh really, Rudeus, If you're sleepy just go to the toilet and then sleep on the bed”

When I woke up, I was treated as if I'd fallen asleep when reading the book, and wet the floor

da the floor even when I'm so old

da the bed is still forgivable

But seriously, isn't my mana's too little?

Hah This made me feel really powerless Well, even if it's 2 water bullets, the next thing is how to use it

In any case, I should practice to the point where I can fire it right away

Hah

The next day, I was fine even after firing four water bullets

I only felt tired after the fifth shot

”Huuuh?”

Based on my experience yesterday, I know I'll faint if I fired another shot, and I decide to stop

So I began to think

My current maximum's six shots That's two times more than yesterday's

I looked at the barrel's-worth of five water bullets, and wonder,

The reason why the number of shots increased by 2 times from yesterday till today

Was it because I was already tired yesterday, or was it because I consumed more MP yesterday?

I'h voiceless incantation, but there shouldn't be any difference between the two methods

I don't get it

Maybe the number will continue to increase tomorrow

It's the next day

The number of water bullets I could create had increased

Eleven times

It feels like I can increase the number of shots I can fire with the number of shots actually fired

If my theory's true, by tomorrow, I should be be able to use the spell 21 times

Another day passed

To confiruess, I casted the spell five times, and stopped

Another day passed,

And my limit became 26 times

My limit really is the same as the number of times I had cast the spell

(You actually bluffed me!)

What do you mean a persons total mana is decided at birth?

You're deter you can't even see with your own eyes

A child's potential isn't what an adult can determine!!

”Well, this alsofrom a book”

This book's probably saying so like, ”Hu

Or was it referring to the results of training?

Did it , there's a mana cap?

No, it's still too early to draw a conclusion This is still just a hypothesis

Sorow, or so

When castinginfancy, thelike that

Ah, I can't ignore the possibility that maybe it's due to my special body

No, it's not good to treat myself as special

In inal world, it's said that the athletic abilities does increase exponentially during puberty

But the problem was that after puberty, no ress

Even in this world, for soic, a human's body structure shouldn't be any different

It's basically the same

Then, there's only one thing to do

Train as hard as possible before puberty ends

From the next day onwards, I depleted my mana to the fullest every day

At the same time, the number of spells I could use increased

As long as I can re, it's easy to use voiceless incantation

Anyway, ic

Eleic is just as the teric

Water and flast the elementary spells

There are seven difficulty ranks to ic

[[Ele, Emperor, God]]

I read that an ordinary educated ic up to the advanced rank, while the typical uneducated is able to cast elementary to intermediate ranked spells

If we're going by the rank beyond Advanced, based on this system, those called a Fire-Saint or Water-Saint can be considered to be one of a kind

The Saint rank

I' that a little

But that uidebook only has fire, water, wind, and earth systems, up to the Advanced rank

'Where can I learn spells ranked Saint and and above?

No, it's better not to think too far ahead

It's the sa the strongestdejected

One should start from the slime

Though I didn't even finish the slih I started from it[9]

Now, the book contained the following elementary water spells

Water bullet: A water bullet that can be shot Water Ball

Water shi+eld: Water that rises froround to form a wall Water shi+eld

Water arrow: A 20cm dart that's fired Water Arrow

Ice strike: Creates a column of ice to smite an enemy Ice Smash

Ice weapon: Forms a sword of ice Ice blade

I tried out everything

Even though each spell was elementary, the amount of mana it took to cast them varied

Using the water bullet as le cast expends two to twenty water bullets worth of mana based on the spell

Basically, I practiced only water ic

It would have been a probleic and caused a fire disaster

Speaking of fire, it seems the aher the rank, the colder the ice got

While the book said certain spells should fly out of my hand, whether it water bullet or water arrow I could never get them to work properly

But I', whether it's the water bullet or the water arrow even though the book tells me so

Why's that so? Where have I gone wrong

Het it

The book had said so about a spell's size and speed

Can it be that after creating the bullet, I still need to control it using ic?

Let's try it out then

”Oh?”

The water bullet becaer

”Ohhhh!!”

Plop

”Oh”

But it still fell onto the floor

After that, I tried various e the bullet's size

I created two different bullets at the same time

I changed the size of the bullets at the same time

But even though it's a new discovery, none of the bullets look like flying forward

Fire and wind aren't affected by gravity, and can float in the air In the end though, they'll still disappear after a certain amount of time

I tried using wind to shoot a floating fireball, but it felt wrong somewhere

Hmmm

2 months later

At the end of all thea water bullet fly

By now, I've gotten a basic understanding of the concept behind incantation

There are certain steps to incantations

Creation >> Setting of size >> Setting of firing speed >> Activation

Within this, the ic spell is done once the user determines the size and speed

Which means after the chant,

1) The spell automatically takes shape

2) After this, within a fixed time frame, increase the mana input to adjust the size

3) After the size adjust a fixed time frame with extra

4) Once the preparation period's over, the ic spell leaves the caster's hand, and autoet

This is the sequence of the entire thing

This is most probably correctI think

The trick is that after chanting, I need to add more mana twice

If there's no adjust speed adjustment won't occur

It's no wonder that when I tried to fire the bullet, the only thing that happened was the size changing, nothing else

And to add on, when I' voiceless incantation, I'll have to process all of these by myself

Even though it's a hassle, it can reduce the ti speed

It's possible to be several times faster than an incantation

Also,the creation phase of a voiceless incantation

For example, what the book didn't record was how to freeze a water bullet to create an ice bullet

If I practice this, I ht be able to use the Kaiser Phoenix attack[10] (My face's full of pride)

With different ideas, I can create a variety of effects

This is beco!!

But the basics are definitely important

I'll have to wait until

[[Increase my mana capacity]]

[[Use voiceless incantation until it's as easy as breathing]]

These are nments

It's easy to have setbacks if I suddenly have a large goal

It's best to start of with so small

Alright, time to work hard

And so, I kept practicing eleic until I nearly fainted

3 years old

Recently, I finally got to know my parents' names

My father's name is Paul Greyrat

And my mother's name is Zenith Greyrat

My name is Rudeus Greyrat

The eldest son of the Greyrats

Even though I'm named Rudeus, my parents always shortened each other's names whenever they called each other, and shortened ot to knowtime

”Oh, Rudi really likes books”

As I'h

They never lectured me or tried to take the book away

I always have a book tucked under ic textbook in front of my family

It's not to hide ic is viewed exactly in this world

Inthe Middle Ages

It hen any spellcasters were treated as heretics and burned

There are practical books like this in this world, so the use of ic probably won't be deemed as heresy, but it may not necessarily be viewed in a posit

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