Chapter 400 A Hard Week And A Helpful Skill
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It has been roughly a week since the first magic classes with Emeraldine, I’ve not only reading these books over and over again, but I’ve also helped her and the other people at the Greenhouses Fields, which had already begun to sprout with life as multiple plants began to grow. They were growing incredibly fast, a single week for them to grow up to twenty centimeters wasn’t something normal at all, and I blamed Emeraldine’s Magic and her Spirits alongside my own Skills I had acquired [Farming] and the [Little Farmer] Title, both boosted plant growth and even had a chance to turn the plant magical.
…Which actually seems to be happening. A few dozen of these plants were slowly turning brighter and sparkling with light. I was actually quite shocked at first when I saw them, but they were growing abnormally faster, and their entire bodies were shining as if they were an Atelier Game material ready to pick up. However, I had to contain my desire to take them out of the ground and check their qualities, as Emeraldine wanted to see how far they could grow.
The plants that turned magical were all the most basic things, such as potatoes, carrots, some onions, and tomato fruits. Thanks to magic, plant growth is accelerated so they probably don’t need to wait for spring to blossom and summer to give out fruits. Of course, as long as it is not cold enough, potatoes, carrots, and onions, which are tubers, can easily grow and be eaten without having to wait for them to produce seeds or something.
According to Emeraldine, who was rather good at this as well due to her village doing farming for self-sustenance, veggies that grow underground usually grow in “colonies” of many small clones, as they’re connected to the roots. Usually you’ll cut down the bigger ones to eat and leave the smaller ones back to the ground so they can continue growing and at the same time produce more offshoots.
That said, I’ve also been studying diligently. I’ve been reading several books concentrated for a while, not only those of magic but I also put the time and effort to read other things, researching the world, its various continents, the people that lives here, and more. Although this information seems outdated, it gave me a general feeling of things that I lacked before. Alongside that, of course, I also studied magic circles. Thanks to Emeraldine’s recommendations, I began memorizing the magic circles with surprisingly good results. Thanks to the [Parallel Mind] Skill I had, I suddenly realized I had kind of an amazing photographic memory.
Although I cannot completely understand or comprehend complicated magic right away, if I memorize how the things look and the text that explains them, I can always recall it inside of my mind, trying to figure out this advanced math-like magical formula. But god, I was bad at math. I’ve been trying my best and even after a week, there are no results at all, but I think that soon enough, I might grasp True Magic.
Meanwhile, I’ve been trying to figure out the creation of new Skills as the System had told me, my priority was Alchemy, but Emeraldine had been busy dealing with teaching magic for the entire week, and because she’s not a tireless undead or something, after she was done she would have dinner and then go to sleep at our bed. I couldn’t really bring myself to force her to help me learn the Skill, so I decided to wait for her.
But ultimately, as I spent another night reading books and trying to grasp something…
Ding!
[You have acquired the [Bookworm: Lv1] Title Skill]
“Eh?! What’s with this stupid Title? And why did it took so long?” I wondered.
[Some Skills have better affinities than others]
“But didn’t you said I could learn Skills way easier now?”
[Indeed, this is a Skill you would had never been able to learn, your affinity with books and reading is just terrible]
“…”
That really broke my heart.
The System is really ruthless sometimes, damn bastard.
Also this is just another Title that is making fun of me, but even those got some interesting effects, so let’s see this one…
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[Bookworm: Lv1]
A Title Skill acquired by someone that has read so many books that they don’t know anything else in life than reading and simply thinking about books and staying inside a library. Aside from becoming a weirdo, it increases your Reading Comprehension of any Book you’re reading by +50% (With an additional +10% with each Title Skill Level). You might also develop the ability to write, maybe.
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“Eh?! Isn’t this just really making fun of me?! System, did you wrote the description?”
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“Silence, huh?! Bastard… You’re getting really cocky lately!”
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“Hah~ It’s hopeless to argue with him.” I sighed, looking back at the Title Skill.
Come to think of it, it is not bad at all. +50% Reading Comprehension is an insane boost. It was probably like 1% before seeing how slow I am, but now that I got an insane 51%, things might change for the better now! Let’s continue reading books! I might even write my own book about being a Ghost to the masses.
…Well, yeah, no. I better not do that.
I looked into the window and it was still dark, it might be around 4 AM right now… I better go back to reading. A benefit of being a ghost is that as long as I don’t use too much Mana, I can keep myself awake all I want without feeling tired or sleepy.
As the hours went by and I saw Emeraldine moving around my bed with Partner who usually rolled over the bed like tens of times every night, I continued reading.
For some times, I looked back at them and saw Lucifer sleeping on his own smaller bed. He had requested a personal bed for himself to be put at the side of mine, as he didn’t wanted to sleep with the other girls. I guess he just wants his own space.
When it was already 10 AM, I closed the book I was reading and suddenly felt something.
It was like… a spark!
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