27 The Magic Affinities | Part I (2/2)
The boy who introduced himself as Oliver was carrying a long staff with blue crystal, by someone with an auburn hair and a green fur coat on the edges, just like Roe, Pomell and Arabella, indicating that they were also noble. Next to his right is Muriel, a black jet-haired lady wearing a white coat of lustrous grey fur on her lower edge, which suggests that she's also like her. The other is Donald, an orange-haired kid who wears a regular brown coat much like the rest of us.
”Thank you. How's your assessment going? We've seen a huge mandrake earlier. He must be a very powerful wand-bearer, isn't he? ” asks Oliver who is understandably concerned.
”That's Cedany but she's a magic knight.” Roe happily answered.
”Ah! Apologies. Who might this be?”
Prior to me, arriving everyone was able to introduce except me.
”He's called Twig and he doesn't want to reveal his weapon until his match. Right, pal?”
”Right. A pleasure to meet you.” I slightly bowed my head as a respect to his name.
”Please, please. In here, we are all equals. We just want to get to know all of you as Gloriana said your party has strong and powerful magic casters and, as we've seen before, we've been impressed by the giant mandrake.”
”You did?” asked Arabella.
”I sort of told them, yes.” she chuckled.
”My ... sister has a remarkable talent. S-she can ... ff-feel the raw mana of an... m-magical being like w-wizards. The closer she gets, the better she can discern,” she responded, stammering.
”Thea!”
”S-sorry!”
Oh! Just like the wizard who attacked the new lord. He can also feel how powerful the wizard is.
”It's fine.”
The two companions of Oliver are silent, but they listen attentively. I wonder what kind of weapons these two have. I mean, they seem to me to be ordinary. Although it's rude to look for someone's weapon, I tried to check it out and asked Sprigg to do it, but she couldn't see the weapons hidden under their coats.
”How is your assessment?”
Pomell finally asked again, but a beautiful lady came up to us and brought a cart filled with food for all of us. They were opulently expensive soup and pieces of bread with a bizarre drink that tasted like a boiled leaf.
Is this how these people eat every day? I thought.
”It's all reasonable. More than half of us have already been able to take the exam. I assume this is going to be completed soon. Anyway, let's dig in.”
So we happily enjoyed our meal and talked more about ourselves and our magical weapons. As I expected, you can really learn a lot by observing people and they happily offer the knowledge I need by conversing with them.
So, happily, we enjoyed our meal and talked more about ourselves and our magic weapons. As I hoped, you can really learn a lot from observing people, and they happily provide all the knowledge I need by having a conversation with them.
Although it was partly different from what Sprigg had told me, it seems that every magic weapon had its own magical inclinations, such as Magical Energy Manipulation, Protection Magic, Conjuration, Divination, Enchantment, Illusionary Magic, Nature Magic, Necromancy, and Transmutation Magic.
”... and any magic caster could use one or two natural elements in each form, except Nature Magic, where they can practice intermediate or specialization skills with their inborn elements. In any case, the classification of weapons depends on what the mage's inclinations are,” said Oliver, who probably enjoys the discussion with them.
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