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The man who checked the crystal ball urgently took out another ball from his bosom and shouted something.

“Please send Professor Marvel to the main gate. It’s urgent!”

“No, someone with the attributes of a thousand has appeared! Would I do this for nothing!”

His excited shouting soon ended.

It was after it was said that he possessed the properties of a thousand things.

According to Leon’s reading in the Mana Compendium, a constitution with light and dark attributes was called the Heavenly Attribute.

It is considered that one has talents that are superior to those with a constitution that possesses all six elements.

The attribute constitution was more important because it showed not only the ability to possess an attribute, but also the talent for mana itself.

It has already been proven through many studies that dual-attribute beings are better at realizing mana and raising the level of magic than single-attribute beings.

However, having the light attribute, which is called the attribute of heaven, can be seen as being born with almost the highest level of talent.

Soon a wizard suddenly descended from the sky.

“Who is that! The one with the properties of a thousand!”

“This kid… … no, this person.”

The bald man approached Leah, examined the crystal ball, and took a deep breath.

“Really! It’s a ramp! Hehehe, someone with the attributes of heaven has appeared in our school.”

The bald man said something to her, then took her up into the air and disappeared into the distance.

Leah’s hazy expression as she looked back in the air was the last thing Leon saw of her.

Leon was dumbfounded.

So much happened in an instant.

I was a little worried about Leah, who disappeared as if she was being dragged away, but honestly, judging by her reaction, it didn’t seem like she would be treated carelessly.

It wasn’t like Leah wasn’t interested in magic at all.

Suddenly, I remembered the long speech I gave to her about magic.

‘I might have pretended to know someone in front of someone who would later become a great wizard… … .’

The man, left alone again, checked the attributes of the remaining five people, including Leon.

The man’s expression, which had been filled with anticipation, quickly returned to normal.

They were all single-attribute entities.

“Don’t be too disappointed. You too will have plenty of opportunities to become a wizard if you collect merit points or wait a year.”

He took the remaining children into the city, introduced them to each place, and left them in the care of the person in charge of each place.

The place where Leon was left alone was the library.

I heard that it was a magic library that organized low-level magic books.

The person in charge of the library was an old man with gray hair.

The gentle-looking old man didn’t seem very interested in Leon.

He spoke gently, but without much emphasis, as he explained the work Leon would be doing.

“This is the old magic library. The newer magic books are managed elsewhere, and this is where the old magic books that were pushed out of their place are managed because they are too precious to throw away.”

He told Leon what to do.

“Your job is to clean the first floor, organize the loan list, and occasionally clean up the bookshelf. Those who come here will find the books themselves and put them back where they belong. Ah. Don’t go up to the second floor. Managing the first floor is enough.”

Leon thought that the work he was given was not bad. Not only the work, but his overall impression had changed.

I didn’t like being dragged there against my will, but in reality, it wasn’t like I was being subjected to the worst-case scenario of human experimentation, and it was a very good environment for coming into contact with magic.

Rather, it seemed like I would be able to focus on training more than when I was at the orphanage.

I really liked the fact that there wasn’t really anything to do in the assigned job.

The quest he was given was to study the introduction book.

All I had to do was sit still and read, which was perfect for doing in conjunction with my library work.

At first glance, it didn’t seem like many people would come to a place that stored this old-fashioned magic.

Leon, who had simply learned the job, came to the dormitory he had been guided to in advance.

The dormitory had a better environment than the orphanage, but the fact that they slept in groups did not change.

I met the children from the orphanage who had been kicked out of the dormitory again.

Except Leah, of course.

The kids all had bright faces, as if their work was going well.

More than anything, it seemed that my childlike innocence was stimulated by the fact that I was able to experience the magic I had only imagined right in front of me.

The children began to chatter noisily among themselves.

‘Wouldn’t it be better to work in the library?’

Leon wondered if he could be assigned a private room as a public service award.

****

A few days passed.

As the old man said, there was nothing to do if I just sat down at the entrance to the library.

Occasionally, wizards who stop by here would search for something in the artifact placed at the entrance to the library, quickly find a book, read it, then put it back and disappear.

And then there were the very rare cases where people wanted to borrow or transcribe, and borrowing was done by taking money and writing a list, while transcribing was done by taking more money and using artifacts to transcribe.

The mortal artifact didn’t even require mana.

Because it was an artifact with a built-in magic core.

The old man didn’t speak to Leon or ask him to do anything.

He always went somewhere alone with a book in his hand and never came out.

It was so good.

It felt like the old man’s life was exactly what Leon had dreamed of.

Anyway, Leon’s pure study time increased by leaps and bounds.

The library’s business hours were from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., with a lunch break in between.

Excluding the morning cleaning and organizing time, lunch time, and the afternoon organizing time, I had five hours to devote solely to studying the introductory text.

And after work, I would return to the dormitory and have another two hours of study time alone, and by that time, other children who had finished their work would return to the dormitory.

Then Leon washed up, came back, spread out the blanket, and went to sleep alone.

Sleep is the time when children are most active.

I wake up at 9, have a late dinner of a simple piece of bread, and when the kids go to bed around 10, I read the introductory book again until 1 in the morning, then go to sleep.

That’s how I filled 10 hours of pure study time.

This way, you could hand out rewards every day.

‘Could we call it the Leon sleeping method rather than the Napoleon sleeping method?’

So, excluding the initial adaptation period, I finished 3 quests in 5 days.

During that time, the quest content did not change… … .

The rewards that come out haven’t changed from single-attribute ones.

Like any other gacha game, it seems that the probability of obtaining high-attribute items is low.

Of course, what was important to Leon was the knowledge of magic he learned while reading the introductory book.

To be exact, the part after the middle that you are reading now is mainly about the origin of mana and basic knowledge about magic.

The most basic talents for learning magic, the concept of magical quality and attributes. Knowledge of the realm of magic. Academic explanations of mana. And methods for realizing mana.

After reading it carefully for five days, I was able to remember some of the content.

The remaining latter part was a basic explanation of elemental magic.

and.

-General Quests

▶ Mana Cognition Training (0/10)

The quest content has changed.

‘I’m screwed.’

Leon, who checked the quest details, scratched his head in confusion.

The reason why I postponed my training in Mana Cognition.

This is because the quest content was fixed to learning the introduction, but also because a place rich in mana was needed to train mana awareness.

The areas where he currently operates are limited to the dormitory and the magic library.

Dormitory? There couldn’t have been an abundance of mana.

The same goes for the magic library.

If mana was abundant, it would have been a training ground for magicians rather than a place for ordinary people doing odd jobs.

Leon then headed to the public exchange for the first time.

As he entered the building, which was about the size of the magic library where he worked, several people were already taking up seats.

They were all ordinary people like Leon.

Leon looked at the exchange list that took up the entire wall behind the receptionist.

What he was looking for was a place where he could practice mana.

He soon found what he wanted.

[Mana Concentration Room (24h) – Public Value 50]

“Ah… .”

Leon couldn’t stop the sigh of regret that came out on its own.

The public service value he can earn by working for a month is 10.

You have to work for five months to be able to use the Mana Concentration Room.

After a few days of adjusting to the new environment, Leon was already realizing how difficult it was for a normal person with a single attribute to become a wizard.

If not, there wouldn’t be so many people who haven’t entered the city center yet and are doing odd jobs in the buildings around the entrance.

I gave you a chance.

But the door to opportunity was as narrow as the eye of a needle.

I think that I have already discovered the limits of my talent.

This was not strange.

This has already been revealed in numerous studies.

For a wizard, talent is everything.

A discouraged Leon returned to the dormitory.

I couldn’t proceed with the quest any further because my roommates were coming soon.

He took out the black jewel he had been hiding.

The number floating on the surface of the jewel is 40.

It increases every time you complete a quest, but I can’t think of a way to use it.

I once thought it required mana because it looked like an artifact.

However, after confirming that the library’s artifacts work without mana, I had already tried several other methods.

I’ve tried every outrageous method.

I even thought about swallowing this large jewel.

Leon was troubled as he stood before the jewel.

‘If it doesn’t really work by injecting mana… … .’

Suddenly, an idea flashed through Leon’s mind.

‘Why haven’t I tried this?’

Leon bit his thumb with his teeth.

Behind the stinging pain, a drop of blood began to form on my thumb.

He dropped the drops of blood onto the jewel.

Then the jewel began to buzz.

Leon quickly grabbed the orb as something seemed to be about to happen.

Stare at it intently for a few minutes.

The vibrations transmitted through his palms stopped, and soon Leon’s consciousness became dizzy as if it was being sucked away somewhere.