Most of a person's life is dull.
Back in Austen, who returned to the Navia estate, life returned to his usual routine, waking up early in the morning to learn Sinis, doing chores after breakfast, and then learning some other knowledge on his own, such as jewelry making that he had been interested in recently, Lillian taught him the whole process as he wished, and found several books on this subject for him to learn more about.
The manor's laboratory had a full set of tools for making jewelry, and after several failed attempts with the approval of Master Zecil, Austin finally made a ruby necklace for Irina, setting the gem in a teardrop-shaped silver base, which he had designed himself.
Of course, his craftsmanship is still a little rough, and many details are flawed, it is estimated that on the market, his ruby necklace will sell for a hundred gold coins at most, and his cost is almost these, not counting the raw materials he wasted due to failure, fortunately, Master Jersey is willing to buy the gems he failed to cut, which finally did not make him lose too much.
As for enchanting the necklace, it required mastering another extremely complex and difficult skill, and Austin could only dismiss this idea for the time being, he would have to work hard in this area for at least another year or two before he could initially master this skill that a mage could basically master. At present, most of his energy is focused on analyzing the spell model, which is to use his existing spells that can be cast as a reference to analyze their structure and composition, and only after thorough research can he further try in the sea of spiritual power.
It took a month and a half before Austin finally figured out the structure of the 'Acid Missile', after all, it was the first time to analyze the spell, and it took a long time.
He is a brave man, and after analyzing the first spell, he can't wait to start trying to build a spell model, as long as he can succeed, he can be regarded as a mage!
After entering the sea of his spiritual power through visualization, under the silver light of the magic net, he condensed his spiritual power and turned it into a brushstroke, just as he had done before, and began to sketch and depict in the sea of spiritual power.
However, the first attempt did not go well, and Austin discovered a big problem, he had difficulty drawing arcs, standard circles, and sometimes even straight lines, which made the spell models he had constructed crooked and nondescript.
Spells require precision and accuracy, and there can be no mistakes! Of course, his first attempt failed! The magic net did not even react at all, and did not approve of this crooked model at all.
Austin realized that he had recently patronized the parsing spell model but had not practiced some of the most basic building techniques, which was the main reason for his failure.
After finding the problem, he hurried to remedy it, and devoted a lot of time every day to practicing drawing straight lines, arcs, circles, triangles, polygons, etc. in the sea of spiritual power, and on the other hand, drawing these on paper with a real pen in reality. A qualified mage can draw any shape without the help of a ruler.
The hard work paid off, and after another week, Austin's lack in this area was finally remedied. The construction of the spell model of the 'Acid Missile' again was much better than the last time, although there were still flaws, and it was not recognized by the magic net in the end, but at the moment of formation, the magic net was affected. That's a huge step forward!
Motivated by this, Austin continued to try again and again. With the strength of his spiritual power, he was able to build it more than a dozen times in a row before he was exhausted and withdrew from the sea of spiritual power. Thanks to this, his spiritual power will become more refined and stronger every day.
One night, Austin's hard work paid off: he succeeded!
So he ran out of bed barefoot, and despite the fact that Irene had already slept, he rushed into her bedroom and shared the joy with her. He was finally able to cast spells as a mage, which meant that the number of level zero spells he could cast was exponentially multiplied. As long as he wants, he can memorize all four of the mage class's existing level zero spell slots as 'Acid Missile'.
But to cast spells in the way of a mage, you also need to cooperate with spells, gestures, and spell casting materials, which is much more complicated than his special mage casting, and if you want to use it in actual combat, I am afraid you need to practice hard. Just like Lilian, when she is nervous, she can't even release a 'magic missile', almost all novice mages who are just getting started have encountered this kind of problem, that is, they are in a hurry, they are in a hurry, they can't pronounce spells well, and they can't cast spells even if they have mastered them.
Through the comparison, the advantages of special mages are immediately reflected, and their casting spells is as simple as eating and drinking. However, in the later stage, the weakness of the scarcity of spells of special mages will be exposed, and they will not be able to choose and match spells as flexibly as mages to adapt to various environments.
"Brother, you're so good, I knew you could do it! It's a pity that Irena is so stupid that she can't even understand the simplest formula, and I don't know how long it will take to cast a spell. "
After cheering for Austin, Irina's expression immediately darkened at the thought of her situation. She hadn't been allowed to go since she fell asleep in Jersey's class for the first time, but Jersey didn't cancel her apprenticeship, but instead let Lillian teach it.
And Lilian, a level 2 mage, has learned a lot of knowledge by herself, and she can only use a lot of things, but she doesn't understand the principles and how they are deduced, so she can't explain it clearly with Irina, which causes the little girl's progress to be very slow, and it is estimated that if she continues in this state, it will not work without laying a foundation for two or three years.
Austin rubbed the little girl's head lovingly, and comforted: "Brother will always protect you, when you rely on, Irena doesn't have to be pressured, just learn slowly." I also know that she is not really teaching with her heart, and when I master the principles and knowledge of those spells, I will teach you later. "
Austin also had some complaints about Lilian's incompetent teacher, and even applied to Zeciel, hoping to restore Irina's qualification to come over to listen to the class, but Master Zeciel's reply was: "She still doesn't understand the preciousness of knowledge, let's observe it for a while." "
Austin really can't argue with this, Irena became a mage apprentice directly because of his relationship, and she really doesn't understand how valuable this hard-won learning opportunity is, and how much ordinary people need to pay for it. Like Lillian, she was given the opportunity to become an apprentice and a mage at the cost of her freedom, at the cost of becoming Jersey's personal maid. And himself, no better, has to provide blood as his research material.
"Really, my brother will be my teacher in the future?" asked Irene weakly. For Austen's proposal, she was a hundred and ten thousand agreed. Austin nodded and replied, "Really, my brother will teach you personally after he understands it!" But Erina also has to be careful, if I find out that I am lazy, hmph, I will also punish you harshly, such as spanking!"
His threat was of course well-intentioned, just to make Erena work harder.
"Wow, you're going to spank too..."Irene subconsciously put her hands behind her back to protect her little buttocks, looking scared, her sister Kelly used this way to teach her a deep lesson when she was naughty and disobedient.
"Well, if you don't study hard, of course you have to punish like this!" Austin knew that he must not let go at this time, he was also thinking about Irina's future, if she could really become a female mage and have the ability to protect herself, she would be more relieved when she needed to be separated from her for a while in the future.
"Woo, brother, you said a few days ago that you wouldn't punish Irina..."Irene continued to pretend to be pitiful, her shadow of spanking is indeed very deep, and at her age, she has begun to understand the difference between the opposite sex, and she vaguely feels that this will be a very shameful thing, even though the other party is the brother she relies on and likes.
"It's one thing at a time, brother, this is for your own good, think about how precious the opportunity to learn knowledge is? If it weren't for that time when you fell asleep in Mr. Zecier's class, you must have learned a lot by now. Therefore, my brother will be more strict with you in this regard in the future. "
"Uh... That... All right... But brother, you have to promise me, don't be too heavy, Irena is afraid of pain..."The little girl lowered her head shyly, and she agreed.
Austin has a black line on her face, can she remember it for a long time if it doesn't hurt?