
"Magic is the power to realize what is in the mind with Mana as its fuel. Or at least, that's what I've believed all along." Reply Leo briefly.
Selene who was standing behind him looked at the figure of her Master with a feeling of admiration.
Meanwhile....
"Really, an interesting answer. All right, I'll answer your question." Reply to the Officer.
Leo began to focus all his senses to capture what the woman before him would say.
"Just like a living creature that needs air to breathe, magic needs Mana to work. And just as the body always keeps food reserves, the bodies of all living things also store Mana reserves according to their abilities."
Leo waited for the continuation of that answer. But the woman just smiled and fell silent.
"Wait, what does that mean?" Ask Leo.
"Let's know, maybe you can find it after studying 6 books about Mana in the library. The book rental fee is only...."
'Srruuugg!'
Leo pulled out his bag of platinum coins and pointed it at the officer.
"I'll read it next time, give me the answer this time and you can have 10 of these platinum coins."
'Swuutts!'
With a flash, the woman pulls Leo's coin bag and immediately keeps it inside her robe.
"It's nice to do business with you. Let's go back from the beginning, my name is Roselia, a top-tier magician in this academy. I have been studying magic since 14 years ago, so I am very confident in my knowledge. Ehem!!!"
With the code, the knight escorting Leo and Selene finally handed the burden of supervision over to Roselia and returned to the main gate.
The woman who was originally considered as the officer, turned out to be one of the students in the magic school.
He explained that he was doing side work by helping to overcome various questions that arrived at this school. Just like Leo.
Afterwards, he asks Leo to follow him into a small room. The size may be only 3 x 4 square meters and inside there are 4 chairs and a small table of students, as well as a table and a teacher chair. Not to forget a black board.
Seeing the view of this room is quite simple, Leo again remembered his past on earth. While he was still in school, he noticed the teacher explaining the lesson.
"Please sit down, my lightning disciple. Let's start the lesson." Said Roselia who immediately cleaned the chalkboard.
Without holding onto a single book, Roselia quickly described something on the board. Complete with a pretty detailed explanation.
"So, your statement is not wrong that Mana is the fuel of magic. However, that thought will constrict your mind and assume that Mana can only be drawn from within you.
In reality, Mana is just like air. They are all around us waiting to be used, or to enter the body. Only, its use directly from the air required a very high understanding and control of magic. In other words, it's very difficult. But it's not impossible to do."
Roselia went on to explain the concept of Mana itself in detail to Leo and Selene who were sitting next to her. It also discusses the limits of Mana in a person's body.
Leo did not ignore this golden opportunity and recorded everything on the paper neatly.
"Then about which limits a person. The only way to increase it was to continue to exhaust the Mana itself. But what if it's not enough? What if you need to use magic whose use of Mana goes beyond your limits?" Ask Roselia.
He then grabbed something inside his robe. An object with a rhombus-like shape with the size of one-third of his palm.
"Mana Rock. You can keep your Mana in it, and use it simultaneously once everything is ready. Say, I want to use a magic whose Mana usage is 5 times my capacity.
Then I only need to fill the Mana stone a total of five times my Mana limit. And then you can pull it at the same time when you want to use it. Then for how to pull it yourself...."
Roselia continuously explained non-stop while drawing on the board.
The explanation is so complicated, neat and detailed. It was not wrong for him to call himself a top-tier disciple in this magic academy.
'Is that right?! Why am I not thinking about it at all? All this time I've only used it as a bomb. So which stone can also be used like that?' Ask Leo to himself.
"Every time you use magic, a magic circle may appear depending on the magic itself. People may think that the magic circle is proof that its magic has been activated and will work soon.
But in reality, the magic circle is just a tool made by the magician unconsciously. The function of the actual magic circle is to draw out the Mana that is inside the body and make it happen.
Just like that, you need a good magic circle to draw Mana from within this stone. Of course, this is not necessary if the stone you want to absorb is right in your hand. But if the stone you need is 100, you can't do it, right?
That is why it takes the help of magic circles. But a stone has no mind and no life. They won't be able to bring up the magic circle. Therefore, you need to make it yourself."
Leo continued to listen to Roselia's entire explanation and recorded it well.
After that, Roselia began to explain the types of magic circles and how they were made.
"To create a magic circle, you can use almost anything. Chalk, blood, water, sand, whatever it is. As long as you can keep the shape, the magic circle will work.
However, every natural material contributes to the quality of its withdrawal. That's why for high-level magic, we witches usually use mercury or mercury.
Then for the type of magic circle itself is distinguished based on the pattern of the image and also the aspect of the image itself. For example...."
Without feeling, Roselia has been teaching for 2 hours more. And the lesson ended after He explained everything Leo needed.
"So, are there any more questions?" Roselia asked at the end of the lesson while cleaning the blackboard.
"For now not yet. But if there is, I'll come back here again." Reply Leo while cleaning up all his belongings that Selene helped with.
Even just two hours, Leo managed to write as many as 24 sheets of paper back and forth. That's as much as the lessons given by Roselia during these 2 hours.
"I'll look forward to that day!" Reply Roselia with a very wide smile after knowing the payment.
Roselia takes Leo and Selene to the main gate. Re-submitting the two of them to the officers and reporting that there was no problem whatsoever.
During the trip, Roselia told me about various things that happened in this magic academy. Indirectly trying to incite Leo to apply to the academy.
"See you later, Leo! I look forward to our next lesson!" Said the woman.
Leo only replied with a light wave of his hand.
While Selene who had just been silent?
"Master.... Roselia seems to be an amazing teacher huh? Even I who don't really understand magic, can now master it well." Said Selene while making a small fire on her index day.
"You're interested in magic?" Ask Leo.
"Maybe. Knowing that we can make what is in the mind come true with magic...." Reply Selene with a faint smile.
"I glanced at the cost a little bit earlier. Approximately 80 platinum coins per semester. If you want to, I can register you. But after I found another guard besides you." Reply Leo.
"No-no Sir! I didn't mean to ask for something like...."
"But you're interested, aren't you? It doesn't matter to me. You can teach me later."
With that last reply, Selene also looks a little lethargic to Leo. Or rather, to all the good He gave to others.
In the end, Selene could only nod lightly with a slightly flushed face.
"Then, we'll stop by the slave market. I also want to find extra energy there."
Selene can only follow Leo's footsteps from behind. The longer the farther, before he finally accelerated his pace to catch up with his Master. And once in a while, he steals glances to see Leo's expressionless figure.
What was in Selene's mind was only one.
'Why can Mr Leo, who rarely even shows his expression when outside, cry like that? What the hell has happened?'