Episode 6.7-8-9-10-11 (1/2)
”AAAAAAH! Found ya! Finally found ya. Hey you, stop right there! I told you to stop!”
Lecan kept walking on without paying attention to a voice echoing in the busy street as he didn't think the caller was referring to him. He'd be late to work if he dawdled on.
”I told, you, to, STOP.”
When he noticed through <Life Detection> and <3D Perception> that the suspicious person was going straight at him while pushing away other passerby, Lecan turned around.
”Who are you.”
”Didcha forgot?! I'm Eda. We worked together as Chaney's escort, remember?”
”You were nothing but a drag.”
”So you do remember! Oy, Lecan. Why'd you leave me behind.”
”Once the job is over, you're nothing but a stranger. And it was you who slept in when I left the inn.”
”Dontcha taught manner geez. I mean, we're comrades and all.”
”Comrades?”
”What are you up to now?”
”I have nothing to say to you.”
”As for me, I been taking on quests at the Adventurer's Association just so ya know.”
”Really. See you.”
”Ah, hey don't go off on your own you.”
Eda kept talking on and on while persistently following Lecan, while Lecan himself paid her no heed. But then he recalled something and stopped in his tracks. Eda knocked against him hard from behind.
”Ow ow ow. Dangit you! The heck didcha stop suddenly. That's dangerous!”
”You.”
”What now.”
”Possess mana.”
”...Eh?”
”Go study magic. You should have an aptitude.”
Then Lecan walked away just like that. Eda froze for a while before she ran after him in a great haste. After all, Eda has a much smaller stature than Lecan, and Lecan is quick on his feet.
”Y-y-y-you. W-w-what are ya sayin'? W-what about me and mana?”
”I'm telling you that you possess mana.”
”No way. I have mana, me?”
”You probably never tried to check it.”
”How'd you even check out stuff like that.”
Lecan leaped over a wall without saying anything back. And then he hopped up the walls and went along roofs toward Shira's house.
Eda was howling about something, but he completely ignored her.
The medicine making resumed.
A day after Lecan met Eda again, they finished making pills intended for different symptoms.
Pharmacies sell these by mixing them with less effective powdered medicine. Of course, guests of honor get to buy the whole pills.
Lecan learned <Appraisal> magic that same day.
He was able to learn it right away, but it was completely unusable for him.
”Don't rush it. The real battle for <Appraisal> begins after you've learned it.”
”The result of appraisal comes up in my mind, but I can't make out what it means at all.”
”Of course you wouldn't. The one doing appraising has got to make a saucer of meaning on their side.”
”What should I do.”
”For example, see this desk here. What kind of result you think will come out if you appraise this without any condition?”
”Desk of course.”
”Wrong. The right answer is <Wood>.”
”The name of its raw material?”
”More precisely, it's about standpoints. This looks like a <desk> at the convenience of men, no? To people who have no concept of desk nor understand how a desk works, getting <Desk> as the result of appraisal would be meaningless. Don't you think so?”
”Umu.”
”As such. Try to read the appraisal result while strongly wishing to understand its value to human. Eventually, you'll get the result you seek. As you get better at it, eventually even words you don't know will come up as appraisal's results.”
”Unknown words?”
”For instance, someone getting <Crossbow> word as a result of appraising a crossbow even though they have no idea what a crossbow is.”
”Isn't that just obvious.”
”Being able to appraise something you have knowledge about is actually quite amazing you know. Well either way. Just keep at it. If you have dungeon items, try to appraise those. Dungeon items have fixed meaning, so they're really easy to appraise, you see.”
”That's a nice piece of info.”
Lecan took potions out of <Storage> and appraised every one of them.
”I see it.”
”Yep, keep it up.”
That night in Lecan's room at the inn, he took the jewel Lady Rubianafale exchanged with him and put it under <Appraisal>.
<Name: Guardian Jewel of Zana>
<Item Name: Jewel>
<Grace: Boost Physical Attack, Supplement User's Mana, Null Curse>
--I got it read!
Lady Rubianafale's jewel really does boost physical attack. It even has the wonderful <Null Curse> effect. But just what is <Supplement User's Mana> supposed to be.
Looking back at his fight against the earth dragon Toron, the mana lost from using <Gust> was still gone until he recharged it using magic gems. To begin with, this jewel gives a boost to physical attacks, not magical attack. Yet why would it have <Supplement User's Mana> Grace.
Lecan hesitates to consult to Shira about this jewel.
It should become clear sooner or later anyway. He decided to look forward to that day.
Next, he took out his trusty sword.
<Name: None>
<Item Name: Sword>
<Grace: Self-Restoration>
Lecan was relieved that he could read the enchanted effect, but he felt that the information he got was slightly lacking.
Next he took out the silver ring and appraised it.
<Name: None>
<Item Name: Ring>
<Graces: Resist Abnormal Status, Resist Poison, Resist Curse>