T0 Gaming Guild Saves the World.

Chapter 561, Question 560: The Importance of Mastering a Foreign Language

With a solid theoretical foundation in magic, Jiang Heyi spent another day getting used to the application of magic and successfully recreated the spell.

【Swift as the Wind】 is a highly versatile magic that purely enhances movement speed.

It's a very versatile spell in the game, but not as good as a specialized blessing spell.

In reality, it's just a trick that beginners like to try, but then discard once they've passed the initial learning stage.

It's not as good as the best, nor as bad as the worst... Most of the time, it has no inferior position, because it is inherently inferior.

Who would bother to study an old technique that hasn't been innovated in nearly a century and is practically useless?
Having gained experience from his previous life's games, Jiang Heyi didn't hesitate much. He pulled out all the magic power stored in his body, which was being immersed for the first time, and enjoyed the thrill of being constantly accompanied by a whirlwind.

He uses it, others don't.

Since this is a return to the world of Proof of the Stars before its official launch, we need to maximize the emotional impact first.

Jiang Heyi looked at the five Lion King silver coins remaining in his hand and fell into deep thought.

They temporarily settled in Hersal City to slowly digest the potion that was still in effect after awakening.

Should we use this money to set off immediately, follow the caravan, and head towards Fengjia along the main road?
After a brief hesitation, he decided to stay.

There are too many uncertainties in the wild. Even if he were to follow the main road, if something were to happen suddenly, with his newly awakened level, escaping would be a pipe dream.

"At least Tier 2, it's more appropriate to leave the safe zone only after you have enough mana."

Having made the choice, the next step is to make money.

Considering the possibility of running into people he had met before in Hersal City, he had to use some skills that were appropriate for his status and that most people did not possess to make a profit.

Upon returning to the Minotaur's potion shop, the man seemed somewhat taken aback.

"Is there a mistake in the potion-making process?"

It's easy to make money off students, but if the aftermath isn't handled properly, given their potential to attend an imperial academy, they'll likely face a lot of trouble in the future.

Just thinking about this made the minotaur speak very carefully.

"name?"

"what?"

"I'd like to ask your name."

"Oh, Teku."

"what?"

Jiang Heyi blinked and sized up the burly man who looked nine-tenths like a martial artist.

That's really cool.

"Potato, that's what my classmates call me."

After exchanging names, Jiang Heyi immediately explained his purpose.

"I want to earn some pocket money, and I hope to work with you."

Teku swallowed hard, hesitated for a moment, and then reached into his pants pocket and pulled out...

Two Lion King silver coins.

"Mr. Potato, consider it as me helping you concoct medicine for free."

"?"

"It was my fault for being so ignorant as to ask you for payment. You can take this small amount of money back."

Jiang Heyi sighed, "What do you mean? Am I a scumbag who doesn't pay for things?"

Teku did not answer.

No answer is also an answer.

"When you introduced your business last time, you mentioned that you also buy back materials and help with appraisal, right?" Jiang Heyi said to himself, "You can appraise items related to mental magic?"

Teku frowned slightly.

Identifying extremely rare and unique natural spiritual materials requires someone with some knowledge of spiritual magic.

Mental magicians are as rare as spatial magicians, and most of them are active only in large city-states.

Therefore, spiritual materials are often the easiest loot for adventurers to find.

Unaware shopkeepers refused to accept the goods without understanding their value, and adventurers, deeming them worthless, simply tossed them aside in the wild.

"Considering what was just said," Teku hesitated.

"Lord Potato, are you a mental magician?"

"Understood."

Jiang Heyi's plan is to temporarily register the shop under the name of Teku.

If the shop conducts appraisals during this period, he will help take a look and remind customers if there are any items that meet the criteria.

As for the money that can be made from it, it's 70/30.

Teku carefully considered the matter...

Not bad.

He wouldn't have earned this money in the first place, so having Jiang Heyi stationed at the store would increase the chances of finding a bargain. Why not?

Moreover, Jiang Heyi doesn't charge for his on-site service; he only charges after confirming the value of the props.

Every time you can capitalize on information asymmetry, you make a huge profit.

but……

"Mr. Potato, don't you have any money at home?"

"Going out to complete summer homework, part of a trip, do you think they'll let me spend lavishly?"

Teku knew nothing about the nobles living near Anadu; everything was based on his imagination.

But he felt there was nothing wrong with what he said.

Those who enter the Imperial Academy at this age are destined to become the elite of Anna.

Having grown accustomed to a life of luxury, the sudden financial strain will inevitably lead people to try every means to ensure their standard of living doesn't decline.

Upon hearing that Jiang Heyi was staying at the most prestigious tavern in Heyan City, a place that catered exclusively to top adventurers and local dignitaries, Teku couldn't help but marvel at how true the young master was.

They talk about going out to gain experience and doing summer homework, but wherever they go, they still can't resist the most luxurious enjoyment.

The cooperation was reached, but the two did not sign an agreement, and Jiang Heyi believed that Teku would not dare to lie to him.

His experience over two days of hands-on practice told him that the identity of a student at one of the five major universities in the Empire was extremely useful.

In Anna, where illiteracy is widespread, most people find it difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood.

As for going to the capital to confirm the details...

If they have that ability, why would they be adventurers?
Opening a shop in a city-state on the edge of an empire?

The awe shown by everyone towards his fabricated identity, who might be a future member of the Mage Tower, was genuine.

For two days in a row, Teku did not contact Jiang Heyi.

He was prepared for this and did not place all his hopes on making a quick buck and achieving instant success.

It wasn't difficult to find Narian and his group resting in the city.

Jiang Heyi got straight to the point, explaining that he was short of money due to family restrictions.

Upon hearing this, the four members of the Narian group all reached into their pockets.

“I don’t want your money. As you know, I’m here for summer training, so I need to earn my own money.”

Narian suddenly realized: "You want to hunt with us?"

Jiang Heyi felt a chill run down her spine.

Hunting?
Who hunts whom?

Monsters are hunting him?
That probably won't taste very good. The flesh of a puppet body... wait, does a puppet body even have any texture?
Nuna, who was also a magician, understood what Jiang Heyi meant.

"You want to make money with knowledge, right?" "I happen to know a merchant from Xiangfeng City who has collected a batch of books from another continent and is looking for a suitable translator."

With connections, there are opportunities.

Led by Nuna, he saw a traveling merchant with dozens of monsters acting as pack animals on the edge of the planned trading district in Hersal City.

The four men, Narian, were quite well-known locally and could be considered to have the "fruit of face."

Upon hearing Nuna's description, the merchant captain, a shrewd and capable man with a buzz cut, appeared before Jiang Heyi.

He scrutinized her from head to toe with his deep blue eyes.

"Nuna said you speak Arguna?"

"They also speak the languages ​​of the continents of Devilan and Korhalu."

A ripple appeared on the calm face of the merchant captain.

"So, you're fluent in three languages?"

Jiang Heyi retorted, "You don't believe me?"

The merchant captain hesitated, then turned and went to the pack animal, taking out a box.

As he opened it, he said, "It's not that I don't believe it, Mr. Potato, you should know how young you are, shouldn't you?"

"For an average young person to be able to understand a language from another continent at this age is already quite remarkable."

"Even many old scholars who have devoted their lives to studying the classics may not be able to fully understand the languages ​​of the three continents and translate them smoothly and without errors."

“But you claim to be ‘proficient’.”

The merchant captain leisurely waved the yellowed book in his hand, as well as the two unsealed scrolls.

"Go and call Bonnie over."

A short while later, a female forest spirit with light green hair and bright gold eyes arrived at the scene.

Perhaps due to her long-term interaction with books, she appeared elegant and dignified as she held the scroll.

The merchant captain explained, "Bonnie fled from the Devland region 100 years ago and eventually arrived in Anna after many twists and turns."

"She is fluent in all the local ethnic dialects of Devland and is familiar with slang and jargon."

"Since Mr. Potato wants to make this money and claims to be 'proficient' in it, would you mind if I verified it?"

As he spoke, the merchant captain looked at Nuna.

"It's not that I don't trust Miss Nuna, but rather out of respect for the written word. I hope you can understand."

"If Mr. Potato has indeed demonstrated the ability to match, I will certainly offer him a sufficient reward."

Whether or not there is compensation, let's put that aside for now.

Ever since hearing that Bonnie came from Devland, Jiang Heyi's gaze has been completely fixed on this forest spirit.

100 years ago was the time when the Eternal Night Cult grew stronger and began its magical clash with the Clarity Cult.

Jiang Heyi asked curiously in Devland, "Which do you support, the Temple of the Clarities or the Cult of Eternal Night?"

Bonnie's body trembled as if she had been electrocuted.

After so many years, hearing authentic "native accents" on a foreign continent is simply unbelievable.

It wasn't until Jiang Heyi repeated it a second time that Bonnie answered excitedly, her voice trembling.

"The clear-minded will always be the clear-minded!"

The merchant captain was ready to put Bonnie to the test; he had brought out books and scrolls.

Suddenly, Bonnie's eyes welled up with tears, and she looked like a fellow countrywoman meeting another, unable to resist stepping forward and grasping the hand of the person she was testing.

The two of them continued talking in a language that no one present could understand, getting more and more excited as they spoke...

The person being tested is fine, but why is Bonnie crying even louder?

Once she had calmed down a bit, the merchant captain swallowed hard and asked in a low voice.

“Bonnie, he…”

"It was very, very authentic Devilan, with an impeccable accent, and he could even speak several Devilan slang terms."

"But he's so young."

"I can't believe it either, but it's absolutely true."

The merchant captain subconsciously rubbed the corners of his eyebrows.

He then summoned an elderly man who was somewhat fluent in Kohlharu.

After only a short conversation, the old man blushed with shame.

"His pronunciation and grammar are very proficient, even better than mine."

The merchant captain was already numb.

Are there really people in this world who are fluent in three languages ​​from different continents by the age of seventeen or eighteen?

No, how could that be?

From the day he was born, he was immersed in the books of another continent and was educated by scholars from that continent in turn.
Even with exceptional language skills, one cannot gain admission to the Empire's five prestigious universities.

In other words, the person in front of you is not only outstanding in the linguistic school, but also has made achievements in other magical schools.

"Please forgive my offense, but your talent is truly... terrifying. I have never seen anyone who is fluent in three languages ​​before."

"Perhaps it exists in the Mage Tower, but given Mr. Potato's age... please forgive my abruptness, I am willing to pay double the reward as an apology."

The merchant captain, who was usually shrewd in business, was at a loss for words at this moment.

Seeing that Jiang Heyi did not respond, he immediately changed his tune.

"Triple the reward!"

Jiang Heyi laughed and said, "You only mentioned the multiplier, but I don't know what the base reward is. Three times 0 is still 0."

The merchant captain quickly explained, "Our translation is determined by the content being translated and the language family."

"The most expensive ones are the language families you translate the least, right? Which one?"

"Korhalu".

"Then I'll choose this one."

"Given that Your Excellency Potato's abilities far exceed my expectations, I am willing to grant you a basic translation fee of one Lion King Silver Coin per day."

The merchant captain had completely come to his senses.

In an ordinary family environment, there is simply no way to access books and documents from three different continents.

Only through immersion from childhood can one cultivate the extraordinary talent we see today.

What kind of family background must they have to stuff so much knowledge into each other's heads to produce such fruitful results?
Although onboarding tests are a reasonable part of the process, the temperament of a privileged young man from a magical family is hard to predict.

It would be perfectly reasonable for him to adopt the same attitude he used with hiring staff, but if the young master in front of him felt that he was speaking ill of him...

Nuna was also stunned; her eyes were filled with awe as she looked at Jiang Heyi.

It turns out that the young student who had dinner with them last night and traveled with them was not only a language genius, but also had the support of an entire magical family.

No wonder he's fearless.

Jiang Heyi was very satisfied with the result.

Before time travel, everyone frantically crammed knowledge into their minds according to their own needs.

Languages ​​were not his strong suit, but thinking about the various unexpected situations he might encounter after landing, he adopted a "fuck it all" attitude and memorized everything by rote.

The effect is remarkable.

Learning a foreign language is really useful.

Thinking of this, Jiang Heyi couldn't help but feel a little smug.

"I don't know how others managed in the early stages, but my foreign language approach was very successful."

(End of this chapter)