The Hayeral house.
Shulim's room.
Shulim sat with the magic book she had spent all her savings on placed in front of her, alongside a dictionary to let her look up unfamiliar words or terms at any time.
“Feel the vitality of the fire elements, and imagine the scene of them leaping and dancing, like a grand ball hosted by flames, passionate and joyful...”
“Integrate with them, and become one of them, so that they will accept you...”
Shulim was studying the first magic recorded in the magic book, the First-Tier fire magic, “Ignition.” Without a doubt, it was a very weak spell that even a slightly stronger breeze could blow out. Just as the name suggested, its only real use was starting a fire.
But since First-Tier spells were basically all at this level, there was nothing to complain about. Rather than practical usefulness, the true significance of the First Tier lay in guiding people onto the path of magic.
Along with the mana circuits and incantations, this magic book also explained in detail how one should understand and master this magical method.
However, what was written in the book was one thing, and actually practicing it was quite another.
“【ᛓᚠᛟᚾᚲתᛖᛜᚢᚪᛖᛡᛞᚠᛟᛃᛜᚣᚲ】”
Shulim tried chanting the incantation to cast the magic exactly as the book described, but in the end, nothing happened.
Refusing to give up, she continued trying for a long time, but the expected spark at her fingertips still failed to appear.
This state of affairs continued for three days.
“I can't... use magic.”
Shulim still didn't have any clue, and she couldn't help but feel a bit discouraged. But the moment she imagined the scene of being mocked by a certain fairy, her anger flared up again.
Thus, she chose to seek help.
...
“Um, how do you use magic?”
“Hmm... Let me think. Lucia, how did you learn magic back then?”
“Me? It felt like it just went 'bam' and I suddenly learned it. What about you, Lumia?”
“Hehehe, me too~! As expected, we have a telepathic connection~!”
“Yes, telepathic connection!”
Watching her twin older sisters start snuggling with each other, Shulim chose to go look for someone else.
“Oh, magic?”
Facing Shulim's question, Reid wiped the sweat from his forehead.
“I mastered magic so long ago that I've mostly forgotten. Yamen, you answer her.”
“Don't ask me!”
On the other side, Yamen, who was so exhausted that he was lying on the grass, complained, “I don't know the first thing about magic!”
“Tsk! You useless fellow.”
Reid clicked his tongue, but looking at Shulim's eyes, he found it hard to dodge the question.
“Magic... well, how should I put it? Though I don't really remember how I learned it, let me tell you how I use magic now. Watch closely. This thing called magic—”
Reid raised his sword over his head, a faint white light glowing on his hands, and then chopped down with force toward the wooden stake in front of him.
“—is all about sheer momentum!”
Swish!
With one slash of the sword, the wooden stake was cleanly split in two.
Second-Tier Non-Elemental Spell—Reinforce.
“Oh~!”
The sound of two people clapping echoed in the yard.
“What, how to use magic?”
Asked this question, Luti couldn't help but stop in her tracks.
“Hmm...”
She looked down in thought for a moment, then smiled faintly. “As for magic, as long as you treat them as friends and call out to them with love, they will respond to you. Like this—”
Luti scanned the yard, then aimed at a large boulder not far away.
“【ᚷᚲᚠᛏᛗᛜᚢᚪᛖᛡᛞᚠᛟᛃᛜᛃᛏᚠᛞᚲᛜᚹᛚᛖᛗᛜᛖᛗᛃᛞᛋ】”
“Fireball!”
Rumble!
A blazing fireball materialized in front of Luti, then flew rapidly toward the large boulder.
Second-Tier Fire Spell—Fireball.
Boom!
After the explosion, the surface of the boulder became charred black, and a crater appeared on it.
“Ooh~!!”
Shulim's eyes sparkled as she clapped her hands.
“Ah, how to use magic?”
Facing his youngest daughter's expectant gaze, Rezerian couldn't help but break into a cold sweat. Although he could use Third-Tier magic, it was a Third-Tier Non-Elemental spell, which had always been regarded as exclusive to warriors and was not recognized by other elemental mages.
But this was indeed the case; Non-Elemental magic had always been simple and crude, characterized by brainless brute force. Trying to debate theory with a Non-Elemental magic user would be seen as intentionally making things difficult for them.
“Uh... as for that, how should I put it, what I mean is, magic, well, it's just that kind of thing... You get it, right? It's like, chants, momentum, that's magic... In short, magic is magic! Yes, that's right, magic is magic. That's just how it is. Do you understand what I'm saying?”
Shulim: “...?”
“Cough, cough!”
Rezerian's expression turned slightly awkward.
“Ah! I suddenly remembered that your mother asked me to buy soy sauce. Look at my memory, I almost forgot!”
“Oh, Shulim, you want to ask about magic? I'm sorry. Even though Daddy really wants to explain it to you, Daddy has to go buy soy sauce right now. Why don't you go ask Mommy?”
With that, Rezerian hurriedly rushed out the door.
“...”
“Mother, how can I use magic?”
Facing Shulim's question, Lilia thought for a moment, then replied with a smile, “If you want to use magic, Shulim, you first need to recognize magic.”
“Recognize magic?”
Shulim tilted her head.
Lilia smiled slightly. Instead of explaining immediately, she stretched out a finger.
“Look.”
Shulim looked at Lilia's outstretched finger.
“【ᛏᛃᚪᛖᛚᛜᛏᚠᚪᛡᛃᛋקיᛚᚺᛜᛖᚾהᛤ】”
As the chant sounded, Lilia's fingertip emitted light.
“Oh, it's glowing!”
Shulim's eyes lit up as well.
Lilia stood up.
“Shulim, follow me.”
Shulim followed as her mother instructed.
Lilia then walked into the hall and turned on the bright chandelier. Instantly, the light from the chandelier filled the entire hall.
“Shulim, look again.”
“【ᛏᛃᚪᛖᛚᛜᛏᚠᚪᛡᛃᛋקיᛚᚺᛜᛖᚾהᛤ】”
Lilia's fingertip emitted light once more.
“Oh, it lit up again!”
Shulim cried out in surprise once again.
“Do you see any difference?”
Lilia asked with a smile.
Hearing this, Shulim observed carefully, and then discovered—
“It's brighter than before!”
“Indeed.”
Lilia dispersed the light at her fingertip. “Actually, the mana I used this time was no different from before.”
“Eh? Then why...”
“That is because the environment is different.”
Lilia pointed to the chandelier above.
“Glowstone is a mineral that stores a large amount of light elements. After it's made into a chandelier and turned on, those light elements are released in large quantities. While bringing us light, they also increase the light elements in the surroundings. Therefore, even though the same amount of mana is used, because the magic elements that can be driven in the environment itself have increased, the magical effect is naturally stronger.”
Lilia turned off the chandelier.
“So, Shulim, if you want to learn magic, it will be much easier to try in a place where the magic elements are more concentrated. Of course, more importantly, you first need to understand what kind of magic you can use.”
“Observe them. Those that respond to you are the ones you can use.”
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