268. Forward (1)
When Oliver returned home, he slept for an hour or two, instead of reading, he pulled out a collection of newspapers and read them.
＜ABC＞ Mostly articles about investment companies.
The investment companies founded by Druid Sheamus and their lovers are ＜The Talker＞ and ＜NO Credit＞. It was covered in numerous newspapers such as ＜Liar＞ and ＜Gibberish＞, and the content was very interesting.
He drew people’s attention with a strong headline, aroused interest by dramatically writing the lives of female investors who founded it, and guaranteed credit by mentioning that they had already secured tens of billions of dollars in investment.
To the extent that I think it may have been spent with money.
But apart from that, the ＜ABC＞ investment company itself was really interesting.
It was a clear fact that tens of billions of dollars of investment were collected, and the investors who made the investment were also big people, such as the wealthy of Landa or the aristocrats who owned large land in the provinces.
Among them, the thing that caught Oliver’s interest the most was the world tree.
According to the article, Seamus built an ‘investment system’ by writing a large amount of investment information in a part of the world tree, and claimed that he could never lose money because he would invest based on this.
[Humans make mistakes. However, nature does not make mistakes. The world tree makes no mistakes.]
In one article, Sheamus argued so.
It didn’t sound like a particularly logical statement, but people’s reactions were warm.
The World Tree was a magic among magic that even wizards could not handle properly, and it was even more unknown to ordinary people.
People showed more intense interest and trust when they said that such a great technology was used for investment.
Of course, some newspapers such as ＜Inconvenient Truth＞ and ＜Cassandra＞ suspected that it was impossible and further accused Sheamus of being a fraudster, but
The fact that Sheamus is a druid who can handle the world tree professionally, financial statements and investor testimonies that said it is already making great achievements, did not attract much response.
Rather, Landa’s largest newspaper, Bugler, asserts that Sheamus’ investment firm uses a miraculous investment method that never fails, and that Landa will become a utopia where everyone gets rich.
After reading all the newspapers he had piled up for several days, Oliver felt satisfied.
It was such an interesting story that it was worth reading even without sleeping.
However, at the same time, Oliver felt a strange feeling.
It was difficult to give an opinion because I did not study the world tree professionally, but I was skeptical of whether it was really that way.
Because the World Tree was an unknown area that even wizards had not yet fully grasped its identity.
“Mr. Xenon? Mr. Xenon? Xenon-san…!”
Oliver was lost in thought. Someone shouted at Oliver, and Oliver turned around.
There, a student was breathing, desperately chasing after Oliver.
Of course, breathing was the same for Oliver, but he had a little more leeway.
“Why?”
“Time is up.”
He pointed to Oliver’s training pocket. Training watch beeps. beep. beep. was ringing
Oliver turned off his watch and declared that he could stop running.
Well, anyway, except for one, the rest had already given up.
“Well······.”
Oliver let out a sigh as he looked at the students sitting there, giving up without motivation.
They pretended to run a little, then just sat down when they ran out of breath.
It’s a matter of will rather than strength.
I had no intention of forcibly training them, but since it was a job, I thought about how to raise the motivation of those people.
‘Come to think of it, I learned how to teach in books and other classes, but I didn’t learn how to inspire motivation. Well······?’
Oliver suddenly felt the strangeness of the horse tower education and shifted his gaze to the front.
There, the student who had previously shouted was holding his breath.
Felix of the Gaia School.
When Oliver said he would help with training, he proudly complained, and then persisted in the process of persuading him.
He followed the training well as usual.
“Why are you doing this?”
Felix asked Oliver, who looked down at him.
Oliver questioned Felix to find out why he was motivated. Maybe it can be used for other students?
“Why didn’t you stop? Did I say I can stop when I hear the clock?”
“Exactly, Zenon told me to stop when he stopped.”
“ah······. Sorry for that. I thought about it for a while.”
“It’s done.”
“Anyway, thank you for your hard work. The professor will be delighted.”
The professor was none other than Kevin, who was teaching other students upstairs.
“Honestly, I don’t know if this is meaningful or not.”
Felix said, illuminating the emotions of doubt, regret and denial.
What was even more interesting was that he said it first without asking.
Even after several days of basic training together, he seldom opened his mouth other than to answer.
So he was the first to show the doctor now.
Oliver was interesting.
“What are you talking about?”
“If I do basic training like this, will I be able to take classes upstairs again?”
“If I improve my skills, won’t I be able to receive it? Because the professor said it?”
“That is the question. It means that running and strength training will improve my skills.”
complaints, complaints. However, Oliver was grateful for even that.
Whatever it was, I was honest about my thoughts. Oliver responded with sincerity in order to repay his heart.
“It will get better. The stronger the body, the higher the amount of mana that can be output at once.”
Oliver answered based on books and other lessons.
In order to handle the magic, the body that was supposed to handle the magic had to support it to some extent.
‘I don’t know well…’
Oliver, who could not feel that part, thought.
“But to some extent, isn’t it? I want to be in basic fitness.”
Felix said with annoyance and resentment. In fact, Felix and a few other students had good basic stamina.
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Nevertheless, the reason Kevin gave Felix and other students strength training was because that was not enough.‘Talent. Talents like Yareli and Derek.’
Using magic itself was already a chosen talent, but when talents are gathered, there is a way to have a talent that stands out more.
That was the case with Yareli and Derek, and not Felix.
Because each of them lacked the amount of natural mana or ability to control mana, Kevin tried to increase the stamina of Felix and other students.
If you lack natural talent, you have to make up for it elsewhere.
Looking back, I think I was really lucky. what a talented person
“I think it will get better as you do it.”
“Someday it will be. But, isn’t it a question whether we will be able to return to our original classes by the end of this semester?”
“Is there any special reason for you to return to your class sooner?”
Felix panicked at Oliver’s question. There seemed to be some reason.
“Aren’t you embarrassed to just be like this? At the very least, you should get direct guidance from the professor.”
“Well······. okay. Okay. So, please try a little bit more. I will do my best to help you as much as I can so that you can return to Professor Kevin’s class as soon as possible.”
Felix looked at Oliver without saying a word, illuminating the question of ‘what and how’.
Oliver did not respond to the gaze, and looked around the other students.
“Then, let’s move on to the next training.”
***
“Here is the report.”
After the ＜Basic Battle of Magic＞ class, Oliver submitted a brief report to Kevin, which contained the amount of training the students digested and his personal opinions.
Kevin, as usual, handed over the paperwork quickly.
It seems like a quick glance, but it was a preparation process to take a glance before looking at it in detail.
“It seems that the students are not following the class well.”
“sorry.”
Kevin shook his head.
“Why are you apologizing? It’s the teacher’s fault if they can’t teach, but it’s their fault that they don’t have the will.”
Kevin said with contempt. He was sure of his skills and responsibility, but he was just as strict as a person.
“Still, Felix is working hard.”
Kevin re-opened the page on Felix and read it carefully.
“I see you have the will.”
“Yes.”
“But he lacks the ability to control mana. Not fatal, but average or below. The amount of horsepower is considerable, but it’s a pity.”
too bad. There was no contempt, but it was a poor evaluation. Oliver asked.
“Is that enough?”
“It’s sad, but it’s true. The lack of magical control ability means that there is a limit to the level of magic that can be dealt with, and the casting speed is slow before that. As with all battles, in particular, magic is a matter of quickness. No matter how strong your firepower, if you get hit first, it’s over.”
Oliver agreed with Kevin.
At first glance, it is easy to think of magic as simply tapping and pressing with firepower, but that is only the biggest feature and advantage, not all of magic.
Firepower was only able to show its full potential only when various abilities such as agility, natural connection, and application ability were supported.
In particular, the more elemental magic, the more pronounced this tendency.
“Wouldn’t it be better if you practice your magic control ability as well? . . . like Mr. Derek.”
Oliver added, remembering the daring Derek at the party last night.
His skills have improved remarkably.
Beyond simply attacking with magic, combined with other magic, it exerted its maximum power with the least amount of magic, and took advantage of the characteristics of fire magic to dominate the space itself.
A level better than any wizard Oliver had ever seen,
But Kevin’s reaction was skeptical.
“It’s not wrong, but it’s hard to generalize.”
“Yes?”
“It is true that the ability to control magic power gets better with effort, but it is impossible to achieve the same results for everyone… To be more honest, no.”
Kevin confirmed.
“There are people who take ten steps when others take one step by virtue of their innate talent. The less talent you have, the sooner you meet the wall.”
“A wall?”
Oliver asked, recalling the diaries and research journals of the Blitz Wizard and Adri that he had captured in the past.
Because of the wall, they had to get out of the tower and look for new opportunities on the street.
Thinking about it now, it was a little sad.
“Yes, the wall. limits of ability. Every human being has.”
“Is that so?”
Oliver replied dissatisfied.
“Yeah, you said that Derek’s skills improved a lot earlier, but that’s true. Of course, we will soon hit the limit.”
“is that so?”
“Yeah, his talents end there.”
“Something is a little unfair.”
“Originally, the world is unfair.”
Kevin said firmly. It contains strong emotions that can be called beliefs.
Oliver agreed with this to some extent, but even so, he couldn’t help but feel a bit uncomfortable.
Oliver thought for a moment before opening his mouth.
“professor. Is it okay if I teach my students my own way? It’s not overdone, but within a reasonable range.”
“··································································································· It doesn’t matter what you do, since you’ve already given me discretion, but seeing what you’re talking about, what’s special about it? What is your way?”
“No, it’s not that great, I think the students want to get back to the professor’s class quickly.”
“If my skills improve, I will be able to come back sooner.”
“Yes, it is. Can I help you?”
“So how?”
“Can I directly help you get a feel for your magical powers? First of all, I think the order is to ask for permission.”
Kevin thought about it for a while.
“······what?”
“To get a sense of the ability to control magic—”
“-no no. I heard the story right. what I’m saying is······. Is that possible?”
“Perhaps? . . . I’ve never done it with wizards, but the warlocks taught me that way.”
Oliver said sternly.