After school, Mark came to take me home.
[scene :Mark and Colt both standing in the house]
Colt [faking passion and a hint of impatience] : "Dad, school is done… can you please teach me magic? You said you would."
Come on, Mark, what kind of example will you be setting here if you don't keep your word?
Mark [with a smile] :"Yes son, we'll begin magic lessons."
Mark :"To use magic you need the right incantation and that's it."
…..
Well I didn't expect a gate guard to know the magical theories of this world… but…
Still, let's try to get some more intel.
Colt : [faking curiosity] :"How many spells do you know dad?"
Mark :"Only fire flower."
Colt :"And mom? "
Mark :"Only water ball."
Ah ,I see. Guess attack magic isn't worth learning in their case.
Colt [faking curiosity]"Do I have to know the incantation?"
Mark [patiently] : "Well , son, most people have to… But, there are a few talented people or those who practiced for a very long time that can use magic without the incantation."
Confirmed, I'm a badass.
Better yet, I won't be looked at as a freak but rather as a talented individual.
But let's not get cocky ,there is silent casting and easy silent casting.
If the transition from silent to easy silent is done by practicing spells a specific number of times.
I learned that every grade has a number since basic elemental spells upgraded to easy mode after 500 casts.
Then, is there a magic number that makes incantations upgrade to silent?
Another thing ,do they know about easy silent casting? Or do they think that just being a silent caster is going above and beyond?
The main difference between these 3 grades is activation time.
[Flash back to Mark casting fire flower]
Incantations require the time it takes to say them.
[Flash back to Colt making water for the first time]
Normal silent casting requires the time it takes to ,for example, imagining the water molecules , forming water and then setting the parameters.
Not to mention if you're going to mess with default constants like surface tension or viscosity you need to set those too.
And I highly doubt the people of this world even know that these constants exist.
[Flash back to Colt casting water prison]
Easy silent casting activates the spell just by imagining it, or just the name
[Colt casting a waterball then manipulates the size]
for example, if I want a big water ball I just imagine a bigger version of the regular size.
Which makes it almost instantaneous.
No need to set the radius anymore.
Also, by casting it at a variation of radiuses, I made the spell itself more flexible.
Which made easy silent casting that much easier.
Same with fireball and bullet ,etc…
[Back to the original scene]
Mark : [interrupting Colt's thoughts] : "Most of them are nobles."
Wait, what?
Nobles?
Of course !!
The classic nobles and commoners division.
Should've figured from hearing about the domain lord, I just didn't want to believe it.
Ok, let's see what else he has to say.
Colt :"Why?"
Mark : "Well, because they have a higher capacity… but that isn't all.. they're free to train for longer."
Colt : "Capacity?"
Mark : "It means how many spells you can cast a day."
So that's a thing around here..
Mark :"When they become adults they enter the magic academy and train to become mages or magical knights."
I know about mages and knights ,but, magical knights?
Colt :"What are magical knights?"
Mark : "They're similar to mages but instead of devoting all their time to their magic they also train with the sword."
Colt [not buying it] : "Then, why are there mages?"
Mark :"Because magical knights don't have the time to perfect their magic."
Now for the big question..
Put all you innocence and ignorance into this..
Colt [innocently] : "Can we become nobles?"
Mark [hesitantly] : "Well , son, for that to happen you need to first enter the magic academy and then become a mage or a magical knight. After that you need to make an achievement."
Colt :"Achievement? Like what?"
Mark : "I don't know for sure, but killing a number of monsters or a high grade monster should do it."
Colt :"Monsters?"
Mark :"Yes… they roam the wildernesses or forest or desert or anywhere that isn't a town …there are goblins, hobgoblins, ogres, giant snakes , dragons."
So we have commoners, nobles, magic academy, and monsters.
[Internal evil grin]
This…is gonna be fun