chapter 16

"Magic, well that's a subject that's going to be a little harder to explain."

"Unlike skills, Magic is something we don't know a lot about, except that it derives from Magical beast's themselves, and people like us can't acquire it."

"Just like we are born with Job classes and skills, they are born with Magic."

"Than..."

Evelyn stood up from the sofa and slowly made her way towards the door that lead towards the front of the shop.

"But, that doesn't mean we can't learn it!"

Shin was left confused, both by her words and her actions. He didn't know why she left the room but decided to keep sitting and not move because she probably had a good reason for it, such as getting a prop of source, which in fact she did.

"Here, take a look at these."

It was but a few short minutes that she left and when she returned she had three strange-looking books in hand which she put on the table in front of her, for Shin to look at.

Each of the books, no, better said grimoire she put on the table was different in their own right. The first book was a crimson red color and had a strange moon-like crest on it while underneath it were strange words that not even he himself could read nor understand.

The second one was a lot darker with a brownish leather front and an animal looking symbol in the middle, and once again some strange looking letters underneath it, and the third and final one was a complete white book without any sort of symbols or letters what so ever.

Shin picked each of the books up and took a closer look at each of them. His curiosity was peaked and he couldn't help himself but wanting to look inside and see what was written on their pages, but he couldn't do so without permission.

"Can I look inside?"

"Go ahead!"

He didn't waste a single second after getting Evelyn's permission and immediately started flipping through the pages. The movements of his fingers as he turned the next page was gentle and smooth as the pages themselves were very old and could easily be destroyed if he wasn't careful.

Written on those old and yellowish pages were letters he could understand and created words that made no sense. Drawn next to those long and not understandable words were what appeared to be magical circles that varied in sizes. They were all different and had a specific look to them, and after taking a closer look at them, he noticed a small detail that one might easily miss if not paying attention.

The small detail was the same words that were written on the pages of the books were also written on the other part of the magical circle. The entire book confused him to an extent, which was understandable but after seeing it he could assume what purpose it served after remembering the words Evelyn said before leaving to get them.

"Are these books used to learn Magic?"

"Why, In fact, they are!"

"There are two methods of obtaining Magic, the easiest and safest way is through researching and learning it from books like these."

"Alright, but I'm confused. You said that Magic is something specific to Magical beasts, something they were born with, just like you were with Skills. So how is it that it can be learned from these books?"

"Or an even better question, what are these books?"

"That, in fact, is a good question, and one I don't have an answer to!"

"You see, just like I said earlier, there are still a lot of things we don't know about our world, things we started discovering after entering this age of peace, and one of those things is Magic itself."

"Before, we never gave much thought towards dungeons and the Magical beasts laying within them. Back then the only things we were concerned with were wagging war's to gain more territory and protecting our people from the other races who wanted to take it from us."

"It was only after all of us buried our axes and entered the peace treaty that the Adventurers guild was established after the people started entering the dungeons, and it was then that we realized just how little we actually knew of our own world."

"They were filled with never before seen objects, items, magical artifacts, and Magical items. These books were one of them!"

It wasn't long after the books were discovered that they became immensely wanted my the many, both the powerful and weak alike since it could turn a weakling into a powerful soldier and an already powerful soldier into even more powerful one. The more time passed the more of them were discovered but the magic inside of them was always something different which made every one of them very rare and expensive.

The approximate cost of one of those books is around five hundred gold pieces for just one of them, which meant that except for royalty and the wealthy no one was in the possession of them, well no one except the merchants that sold them.

Since the adventurers were the ones clearing the dungeons and obtaining its treasures, they were also the ones who sold them. Merchants and Magic store owners were the ones that paid the most so they were the best option they had in earning the most amount of gold as well as favors.

"Any more questions?"

Shin took a quick glance at Evelyn before turning his attention towards the book he was currently holding in hand and scrolling through. He had previously noticed something which he thought wasn't important but it was better to ask then not and then regret it later.

"The circles that represent the spells, they are all different in some way shape or form but one thing that stands out is the size of them, so it something important or?"

The magical circles that represented each spell in the book were deferent in any way from the other and not just the shape, color, design but the size as well, which was unknown to him a very important detail about which he should know about.

"In fact, it is!"

"The size of the circle represents how powerful the casted magic is! Going from the weakest or smallest all the way till the strongest and biggest, there are ten levels of magic that we know of."

"These books, although they give us an easy way of learning magic they also restrain us since the highest level of Magic written in them is that of the fourth level."

Going from the first all the way till the tenth level, Magic is something that magical beasts were gifted with and such Humans and other races aren't supposed to be able to use it since they can't use skills themselves. The fact that the highest level of Magic they can learn is the Fourth is not such a bad thing, since magic wasn't something they were supposed to know either way.

"So, does that answer all your questions?"

In the past half, an hour shin spent listening to Evelyn's he had learned everything he originally wanted to know and more, now the only thing he had left to ask is a question which was to guide him towards his path forward.

"Yes, but there is still something I would like to know!"

"And that would be?"

"You talked about them before, and explained what they are, but how does one become an adventurer?"

Hearing his question, Evelyn could already tell what he was getting at and she didn't like it one bit.

"I know what you're getting at, but let me stop you right there! Becoming an adventurer is one of the dumbest ideas you can get."

"It would be for the best if you headed out of the forest and into the human territory now that you learned everything you wanted. There is a city only a few hours away from the plains and there you will be safe and out of danger."

Evelyn's words confused and slightly angered him, he didn't understand why she was against him becoming an adventurer, but it didn't seem like she had any bad intentions in mind.

"Even if it is safer, I can't go to the city, and going anywhere else is dangerous, so becoming an adventurer is the best beat!"

"And why that?"

If he was to listen to her and make his way towards the city, there is no doubt in his mind that it would only be a matter of hours before he encountered one of his classmates. The city Evelyn was referring to was the closest one to the plains on which they woke up on, so it was safe to say it would be the city in which his classmates were also at.

"I have my reasons, one's that you don't need to know about!"

"Alright, but what makes you think that becoming an adventurer is such an easy task?"

"Just a few minutes ago you barely knew about our world, and now you want to go out and fight monsters."

"You don't even know how to use your skills or hold a weapon for that matter, if you go out and become an adventurer there is no doubt in my mind that you would end up dead in a matter of minutes."

Evelyn was right, Shin still barely knew anything about the world and everyday life. Even if he learned about Skills and Magic it's not like he knows how to use them or take care of himself in a fight, especially against monsters unlike he never saw before.

"Just because you have a rare Job class and knowledge from a different world doesn't mean you can survive in this one. From the way you look and act I can assume you don't have any fighting experience what so ever, to the point in which even a goblin could take you out!"

"..."

"It would be for the best if you headed to the human territory and started slowly from there!"

"As I said, I can't do that!"

"I am grateful for everything you did for me, I really am, but taking your advice is something I simply can't do!"

"..."

Seeing the deep darkness inside his eyes that showed the fear and anxiety which he held gave Evelyn a better Idea of why he didn't want to take her advice and go to the city. There was something or someone that he didn't want to encounter again no matter what, but she couldn't just let him go off on his own to die somewhere, so she came up with an idea that might satisfy him.

"Alright then, How about this!"

Evelyn stood up from the sofa on which she was sitting on and slowly made her way towards her desk. She spoke of an idea she just came up with that might just be the best option if he was so set on becoming an adventurer, all the while taking one of the books that lied on the table a scrolling throughout its pages.

"If you're so set on becoming an adventurer then you should learn how to handle yourself in a situation as well as how to use your skills, and who better to teach you then profound adventurers."

"A few days ago a new dungeon appeared on the west side of the forest and a group of adventurers I know very well has reserved the rights on clearing it, they are supposed to come and pick up some equipment in a few hours before heading in, so If you want I can ask them to take you with them and teach you everything they know."

Hearing her suggestion made him in fact quite happy, not needing to go to the city or off by himself but going on a dungeon expedition and clearing with a skilled group of adventurers who are going to teach him how to fights and use his powers, but no matter how nice that sounded there was still one big problem in front of him, and that was his race.

"W-wait, but will they agree to it since I'm a human and all?"

"Well, despite you being from another world I would way they wouldn't, and that's why we'll use this!"

Evelyn finished scrolling throughout the pages of the Magical book she had opened up on the table and started an incantation. Her words were not understandable and as she spoke then a magical circle the size of her palm appeared above her hand.

"Et quis est qui dedit figura et tolle eam, et faciens ex eo quod remore huius apire huius!"

The circle was a small and green one with the same words she just spoke written on the edges of it, and as soon as it appeared Evelyn shoved it onto Shin's chest, making physical constant that engulfed him in bright greenish light.

"That should do the trick, for a few hours that is!"

"W-what did you do to me?"

His previously normal human appearance and look had now completely changed and in their sted left a new, better-looking elf that if one looked close enough could tell that it was Shin but in elven form.