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Chapter 261 - The Meeting with Magam 2. The Meeting

"More importantly, Yuri-kun, there are mountains of things I want to ask you."

Seeing Magam eagerly lean in, as if to say matters of formality and etiquette were trivial, Yuri felt a certain sense of déjà vu. Ah, there were people like this in my past life in Japan, too. Of course, he didn't realize that he himself was one of them.

To state the conclusion first, these two kindred spirits, oblivious to the lukewarm gazes from those around them, became greatly engrossed in their common topic of magic.



"Eh? You don't use Water Magic for bloodletting?"

The first thing Magam asked about was the matter of using Water Magic to bleed monsters. And with that, Yuri, in turn, realized just how unconventional a thing he had been doing.

"Normally, we don't... or rather, we can't. The magic consumption is too great."

...Come to think of it, he did feel a little tired the first time he tried it...

"No, it's not on the level of just feeling tired... An average magician would be liable to faint."

"Is that so?!"

It was Yuri's mistake. It was good that he had checked his own status shortly after reincarnating, but he had forgotten to check how that status compared to that of an average person. After all, a letter from the Goddess Anatea had firmly convinced Yuri that 'his own strength was at the very bottom of the Salt-Sour Mountain hierarchy'. Living alone on the monster-infested mountain, he had carelessly lacked the perspective of 'other people'. Reflecting on this, Yuri thought,

(...This is bad... so that's why Adon-san and Kudol-san sometimes had strange looks on their faces. But... in that case... it's a fact that the monsters on the Salt-Sour Mountain are much stronger than me... so I have to be careful not to get arrogant or careless. I've only been able to hunt monsters so far because I've been catching them by surprise with Stealth.)

...Though it had changed form slightly, Yuri's conviction, or misunderstanding, that 'his own strength was at the very bottom of the Salt-Sour Mountain hierarchy' remained as strong as ever.

Now, as for Magam... he was thinking,

(...Does this child not know his own magic capacity? ...No... come to think of it, he has Lady Anatea's blessing...)

Magam held the position of Chief Professor of the Magic Department at the Royal Academy, but he was originally from Laurenzen and had his mansion in this town. Due to these circumstances, Professor Magam and Priest Naudo were not just acquaintances, they were kindred spirits. Therefore, he had been told about Yuri's personal information regarding his blessing. Naudo thought it would be best for Magam to know if he was going to meet Yuri, after making him swear to absolute secrecy. Of course, Magam gave no hint of this.

In any case, if Yuri had the Goddess Anatea's blessing, it was not surprising that he underestimated his own magic capacity. The appraisal results he had been secretly shown were quite something, an average magician's magic power was around 50, while Yuri's was 83, but his actual magic power had to be even higher than that. It was understandable that he could casually perform such a bold feat as bloodletting with Water Magic...

...And so, he too came to his own conclusion.

And because these two, without further pursuing the delicate topic, which was essentially personal information, of Yuri's magic capacity, smoothly moved on to another subject, Yuri's misunderstanding remained firmly in place.