Then she walked away, I turned the the books and there were a lot of them, which were probably just different spells and their usage
"I have a lot of reading to do"
Sebastian went to a nearby table and sat down, and I went to the shelf that was full of books and looked through them, after a bit of searching I found a beginning book simply titled [ Irregulars ]
"Simple enough"
Then I opened the book and started to read the first page, Herr is the compressed version
[ Irregulars are created when a magician deviates from the normal MANA manipulation that un ordinary magician can preform ]
Yea, I kind of got that already, then I continued reading further
[ Irregulars have the Innate talent too separate the elemental aspect of the MANA in their core, when the elemental aspect of MANA is removed a pure version is left behind after the process, and with pure MANA magic that isn't related to the elements can be created by the user ]
I understand the contents that was written in the book, but there was just one thing that bugged me, maybe it was just the wording and I'm overreact but this is a huge library and very famous one at that, and if it was just the wording wouldn't they have fixed it by now?
After a bit of thinking I went over to Sebastian
"Hey, Sebastian I have a question"
"And I'll try to give you a sufficient answer"
"Can a magician become an Irregular, or do you have to be born one?"
"From all my studies as a magician, the answer was always that an Irregular has to be born"
Then a wording mistake? Maybe, but let's be sure
"have any of the books in the library have been changed over time?"
"No, is it a international crime to do so"
"what? Why?"
"almost all Magic Academy's base their curriculum of the information found here"
Going back to the main topic, so the use of the word "talent" is intentional so that means . .
Even my thoughts were interrupted by my realization
"Is there something wrong young master?"
It seems that Sebastian sensed my internal shock
"Well . . I don't know if it's bad particularly, but certainly shocking"
"what is it?"
"You said that irregulars are born, yes?"
"From all my studies, that was the only method mentioned"
He answered me a bit confused
"Then why does it say otherwise in this book?"
"What do you mean?"
I hand him the book I was reading
"second page first line, it reads "Innate talent" but wouldn't it make more sense to put "Innate ability"?"
Sebastian than read the page for confirmation, and I continued
"maybe it's just a wording choice, but I think it's highly unlikely"
Sebastian put on thinking face before saying
"there is a way to test this hypothesis"
"really? what is it?"
"[Universal Stone] is a type of MANA stone that is used to test the magical affinity, but if you are an Irregular it glows bright white"
That could work, though only if I'm not an Irregular, but if was I could test it with Mio,
Then me and Sebastian turned our head toward the entrance of the library, then we heard cheering coming from outside
"is there an event going on today?"
I ask, then Sebastian poses for a second the respondes
"not that I know of"
We both get up and go outside, and from the top of the library stairs see a lot of people are gathered on the sides of the main street, then as I was looking at the people knights came down the street riding on horses
"the [Queens Gaurd], ah so why so many people a gathered, the Qeen came back"
"care to explain, because I'm really confused?"
"5 five years the Qeen opened a magic academy, and every year she goes to the school and welcomes the new students"
Ah, well I don't really care now, but the academy sounds really interesting though, should probably look into it, maybe later
After the knights came an open top carriage, which had a woman which I assume is the Qeen and two children, probably the prince and princess
Yeah I don't think open top is vary safe, especially for world leaders,
"I just realized, that I don't the name of the Qeen or King"
"it goes like this, [King: Avarel Mardias], [Qeen: Amarena Mardias], [Prince: Arkel Mardias], and [Princess: Arsea Mardias], she's your age"
"Uh . . . .ok? thanks? I guess?"
Sebastian only nodded, I watched the carriage pass infront of the library, maybe because I was looking directly at it but I think I made eye contact the the princess, and she quickly turned away from me . . . . . fuckin' rude
"Yeah I lost interest, let's go back inside"
I walke back in and Sebastian followed me, I made my way back the table that we were sitting at
"right, let's get back on topic, you said we could use this [Universal Stone] to test if I'm an Irregular, but where can get is?"
After my question Sebastian paused for several seconds, maybe it's harder to get than i realized, but then Sebastian began to speak
"Well . . . . there is this magical item store further into the city, though it's rare for it to be open"
"Oh? why is that?"
"The owner is an adventurer, more specifically he hunts for rare magical items, so he's hard to reach"
That's a problem, I really wanted to see if I was an Irregular or not, then I can a training regiment for me, and maybe Mio
"though I did hear he left some time ago, So I think hes due to return in a couple of days . . . . probably"
"I guess we just have to come back in a couple of days, for now I'll grab some spell books, and he can go home"
"as you wish"
then I left the table and grabbed a spell book from each element, then I made my way back to Sebastian, then we walked to the front desk to check out the book
When we made it to the desk I saw the lady that helped us before
"I hope you enjoyed your time, and see you have some spell books that have caught your interest"
She said with a smile, as she grabbed the books
"Yes actually, it was informative, and yes these grabbed my attention as I was done reading"
"I'm glad, but before you can check these books I'm going to ne---"
Before she could Sebastian pulled out the Arianiti family Crest and showed to the lady, and saw her eyes widen and her face turn pale a little
"e-enjoy th-the b-books"
She said with a shaky voice as she handed me the books, man I guess we really are a big deal huh?
Then me a Sebastian walked out of the Library
Right so I'm going start training in elemental aspect of the MANA that's in me, I have MANA enhancement down pretty good, so I'll focus on elemental training, and maybe I'll help Mio awakene