Wearing black silk for a foreign woman

Forget it, maybe Linde can come up with a good idea. When she reached the door of Efit's tavern tent, Alyssa had some hope. Up to now, Linde had given her too many surprises, maybe he could continue to create miracles?

Lifting the door curtain, Alisa walked in.

"Alyssa, you're here." In the tent, Lind sat on a wooden barrel that served as a chair, waiting for Alyssa to arrive. "I'm so sorry to have you come so late."

"Sir Linde invited me, as a secretary, how could I refuse?" Elisa said with a strange smile, then walked over leisurely.

"Welcome, take off your coat." As the host here, Efit took the initiative to help Elisa take off her coat, and then hung it on a wooden pillar. "I'm sorry, there is only water to drink, please forgive me."

At this moment, Efit was like a hostess entertaining guests.

"What do you want to talk to me about?" After taking off her coat, Alyssa, wearing a dress, sat opposite. "You are so mysterious that you want to meet here."

"I don't have time during the day, and I'm afraid it will disturb other people's rest at night, so I can only stay here," Lind explained.

"Then won't we disturb Efit's rest?" Elisa pouted.

"It's okay, I don't mind." Efit waved his hand. "Besides, I'm the only one living in this tent, and I'm pretty scared at night. I feel more at ease with you guys as my companions."

"Sorry, it was my negligence. Let me stay here with you tonight." Upon hearing this, Lin De hurriedly apologized.

"It's okay, the people here are very kind and it's safe at night." Efit declined.

Watching the interaction between the two, Alyssa felt annoyed for no reason and took the initiative to ask, "So, Sir Linde, what exactly do you want to talk to me about?"

"I called you here because I have a small question to ask you." Lind opened his notebook and picked up a pen that was about the same size as an iron rod. "What is magic?"

Elisa was speechless for a moment, staring at Lind with dead eyes as if he were a fool.

"You call this a small problem?" Alyssa said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "Sir Linde, I know you are a knight and you don't have a deep understanding of magic. Do you think magic is something that magicians stand in place, think hard, and then throw at the enemy?"

Linde didn't answer, but through his eyes, Alisa understood "Isn't it?"

"...Magic is not such a simple thing." Alisa sighed, preparing herself mentally for communicating with a magic novice. "Magic is a very complicated thing. It is a powerful force that is created by guiding the magic power that is everywhere in nature."

"Yeah." Lind nodded and made notes in his notebook. "What is the magic power?"

"Magic power is the source of magic power." Elisa said as a matter of course. "Magic power is the energy that is free in nature and is everywhere. Magic power blows from the northernmost end of the world to the southernmost end of the world. This magical wind is also called the wind of magic."

"Magic has attributes. You should know that earth, fire, wind and water are the four most basic and most concentrated types of magic. Wind of magic has other attributes, but for a knight squire like you who is not even a beginner, there is no need to know them in detail."

"Different magicians have different sensitivities to the Winds of Magic. Although this can be trained, it is basically innate. The magician is naturally sensitive to a certain Wind of Magic, which determines the faction of the magician."

"Hmmmm." Lind listened and took notes, just like the most studious students. "So what kind of magician are you?"

"Me? Huh~" When she mentioned herself, Alisa proudly puffed out her newly developed chest. "I am a very rare magician who is proficient in the four elements of earth, fire, wind and water~"

"I inherited it from my mother. She is also a magician of the four elements of earth, fire, wind and water. That's why she can become the saint of the God of Magic, Mamiel."

"Oh right." After saying this, Alyssa reacted and asked in confusion. "If it's about magic, wouldn't it be better to ask mom? Why ask me, a magic apprentice?"

"Because learning knowledge must start from the basics, your mother is much better than you, so you are more suitable."

Chapter 82 Magic Runes

Alisa wanted to curse.

Although Lind was telling the truth, and that his magic level as a magic apprentice was indeed slightly lower than that of his mother, the former saint of the God of Magic, you can't just say it directly! This is very rude!

Alyssa endured it with good upbringing. After taking a few deep breaths, Alyssa asked curiously, "Why did you look for me, who is of lower level, instead of my mother, who is of higher level?"

"Because learning new knowledge is a step-by-step process, you can't just find a famous teacher right away," Lind explained.

Education needs to be done step by step. First, lay the foundation and then gradually increase the difficulty and depth, just like building a house by laying the foundation.

Under normal circumstances, the knowledge level of primary school teachers is far inferior to that of university professors, but asking university professors to teach primary school students basic knowledge is often a disaster. For example, in hospitals, interns are often taught by general doctors, and those who teach regular trainees and graduate students are mostly attending physicians, occasionally deputy directors, and rarely chief physicians. It is not because of laziness or busyness. For example, when explaining the regulation of the nervous system, general doctors will mention a lot of basic knowledge, which is just right for interns, but it is easy for chief physicians to ignore it because they will subconsciously think that this is common sense and does not need to be mentioned.

The reason why he did not look for Ilfa, who was more skilled, but for Elisa, who was still a magic apprentice, was to avoid a similar situation.

Alyssa didn't quite understand Lind's explanation, but she thought of something. In the magic schools of the Holy Empire, the students of famous teachers generally lag behind the students of ordinary teachers in the initial stage, and then there is polarization, the excellent ones quickly surpass the others, and the lagging ones gradually fall behind.

Knowledge must be learned from the basics. If you start learning advanced knowledge without a solid foundation, it will be like a tall building without a solid foundation, which may collapse at any time.

"It's a good thing to be willing to learn new knowledge." Alyssa accepted Lind's words, but was still confused about Lind's intentions. "Excuse me, you are already twelve years old, almost thirteen, and you have already missed the best age to learn magic. You have already... well, it is impossible for you to achieve much."

"The study of magic must begin at the age of six. Not only does it take time to learn magic, but the magician's body also needs to constantly adapt to magic and improve his perception of magic. All of these take time."

"Compared to learning magic, I think it's more reliable for you to learn divine arts. Aren't you already the chosen one of the Earth Mother Goddess... the Son of God?"

Elisa said as tactfully as possible. Linde, who had missed the best time to study, could not make any achievements in magic. Learning magic was a pure waste of time. Instead of learning magic, you might as well try divine arts. As the son of the Mother Earth, no matter whether it was done by your own hands, it shouldn't be a problem to cast a few divine arts, right?

Lind certainly knew that he had missed the best time to learn magic, and not only that. In his memory, when he was a child, Lind had been examined for magic aptitude, and the result was that he only had a weak affinity with the earth element. Even if he reluctantly learned magic, his future was bleak.

Most of the people who can learn magic are among the nobles, and there are very few magicians among the common people. In this regard, the nobles claim that it is because of their noble bloodline. Magical talent is indeed hereditary. For example, Ilufa is earth, fire, feng shui, and her daughter Alisa is also earth, fire, feng shui.

Noble aristocratic blood...

But this is not the point. What Lind really cares about is what use magic can be used in technological advancement.

"Can you explain briefly how magic is used?" Lind asked with concern.

"Let me explain briefly..." Alisa scratched her head in confusion. "There are two ways to use magic. One is to use your mental power to outline the corresponding magic runes in your mind and then release the magic. The other is to draw the magic runes and then release the magic."

"Magic rune?" Linde's eyes lit up.

"Yes." Alisa nodded. "Do you know magic runes?"

"The magic rune is a pattern that depicts the route of magic power. The difference is whether you conceive it in your mind or draw it." Alyssa tapped the table with her finger and made a drawing motion. "The more powerful the magic, the more complex the magic rune, the richer the details, and the more magic power is consumed. The level of a magician is determined by the complexity of the magic rune and the magic power of the magician."

"Based on the complexity, runes are divided into six levels: dot, line, triangle, square, five-star, and six-pointed star. They correspond to magicians of different levels. A magician who can complete magic with runes of the corresponding level completely by mental power is a magician of the corresponding level."

"Those before the triangle are called magic apprentices, those before the square and five are magicians, and those before the six-pointed star are called magicians. By the way, mom is a five-star magician."

"Hmm." Lind kept taking notes. "So what level of magic runes did you use to help melt iron in the blacksmith shop?"

"Well, it's just the most common point level." Alisa waved her hand. "Any apprentice of fire magic can draw it, but after drawing the magic rune, the magician needs to continue to infuse magic into it, otherwise the magic rune is just a decoration."

In order to produce as many spearheads as possible, Lind ordered the blacksmith shop to be built quickly before the Chaos Beastmen attacked. Originally, the blacksmith shop was not in the short-term construction plan, but the situation forced it.

With the efforts of the blacksmith and several apprentices, a simple earthen furnace was built. Then they faced problems such as lack of coal and insufficient temperature. In the end, the melting of iron was completed with the help of magic.

This was also the time when Linde first came up with the idea of ​​using magic to increase his technological potential.

In order to keep the furnace heated, Elisa spent the entire day in the blacksmith shop, almost draining her magic power. You know, in other places, even the most noble magician would be considered a vulgar act of lowering his status if he even stepped into the blacksmith shop, let alone heated the furnace.

"Can someone who is not a magician draw the magic runes?" Lind asked a key question.

"Eh?" Alyssa was stunned, then laughed. "That's impossible. Even the simplest point-level magic rune cannot be drawn by an ordinary person."

"Why?" Lind asked.

"Because drawing the magic rune is only the first step, you need to inject magic power into it to activate it, and magic runes are not that easy to draw." Alisa said. "Forget it, I'll show you once."

After saying that, Alyssa picked up a wooden stick and demonstrated how to draw a circle with her bare hands on the dirt ground.

As Alisa drew the magic runes with her bare hands, a word popped into Lind's mind.

Construction with ruler and compass.

Chapter 83: Activation of the Magic Rune

"It's very difficult to be a magician. Not only does it require a good fit with magic power, but it also requires a good brain and agile thinking. Not only the brain, but also steady hands, must be able to accurately draw the runes in the mind."

"The materials of runes vary. Basically, it can't be paper. It could be stone or iron plate. So you need strength."

As Alisa demonstrated the process of drawing runes to Linde, she kept talking. Talking while doing is also a habit of many teachers when teaching.

At the beginning, Alisa felt like showing off. She had always been controlled by Linde, the knight's attendant, and she couldn't understand a bunch of dazzling operations. Now she finally had a chance to show off.

In the Holy Empire and even in the entire human world, the status of magicians is higher than that of knights. Now there is finally a chance for Elisa to be above Lind.

Lind ignored Alisa's desire to show off, and watched Alisa drawing runes on the ground with full concentration. Efit, who was in the background throughout the whole process, watched the interaction between the two with a business-like smile on his face, but his pupils were a little dilated, as if he was out of focus.

"Just this step, drawing a circle with bare hands, took me a long time to practice." Alisa said, performing the same exercise again on the ground next to her. "Almost all magic runes are circular, so the first lesson of magic is drawing a circle. If you can't draw a circle with bare hands well, you can't move on to the next step."

Looking at the perfect circle drawn by Elisa, Lind raised his eyebrows. Do I need to learn sketching before learning magic?

Is there no compass in this world?

In order not to interrupt Elisa, Linde swallowed his doubts and waited until the girl in front of him finished her performance.

Soon, about two or three minutes later, a simplest fire-type point-level basic rune was drawn on the ground.

"Yes, this is the basic version of the rune I drew on the furnace in the blacksmith shop." After drawing the rune, Alyssa clapped her hands proudly. "It's just the most basic point level, an entry-level magic rune."

"Look, let alone commoners, even you, a knight's squire, can't draw this rune, right?" Elisa said proudly.

Linde observed the rune in front of him. The rune was a standard circle with a pattern in the middle. Linde couldn't understand the meaning of the pattern, but it had a special beauty.

And this was completely drawn by Alisa freehand.

"Great, great." Linde nodded sincerely, and then tried to draw a circle on the ground next to him. As expected, it was crooked.

Alisa subconsciously straightened her breasts which were just beginning to develop.

I reached out and touched it carefully, and then...

"Hot?" Linde frowned, realizing something was wrong.

"The rune is activated!?" Linde looked at Elisa in surprise.

Isn't it said that runes must be infused with magic power by a magician before they can be activated! ?

"No, no, I didn't inject any magic into it." Alisa waved her hands and denied it. "I just drew this rune."

"Then why does this rune get hot?!" Linde stared at Elisa with burning eyes.

"Because the rune was successful!" Alisa said loudly. "If the rune is successful, it will be activated for a moment at the moment of completion. The specific function depends on the function of the rune. For example, this is the most basic warming rune, so you will feel hot when you touch it."

"If you want to activate it, you have to do it like this." Alisa stretched out a finger, pointed it a few millimeters away from the rune, and input a little magic power. "This is how it is activated."

After doing all this, Lind touched it tentatively with his hand and found that the temperature was indeed higher.

The magic power flows from north to south, and the magic rune will be activated briefly at the moment it is completed.

Linde suddenly thought of a physical phenomenon.

"What is magic?" Linde muttered to himself excitedly.

"Didn't I tell you that magic is a free force in nature? You forgot it the moment you turned your head!"

Lind did not ask any more questions, because he knew that such a deep and essential question was not something that the little magic apprentice in front of him could answer.

I'll ask Aunt Ilfa tomorrow morning. Her rank seems to be five-star. According to Alisa, she is close to the magic ceiling of this world.

"Can you also drive the magic runes drawn by other magicians?" Lind asked.

"Sure, but it depends on the level of the rune." Alisa nodded. "I am now a triangle-level magic apprentice, and I can at most activate a square-level magic rune, but it won't last long. I will be drained in half an hour at most."

"One of the criteria for judging a magician's level is the ability to drive magic runes of the corresponding level stably and for a long period of time."

"Yeah." Lind nodded repeatedly. "Then since the magic runes drawn by other magicians can also work, why can't the magic runes drawn by ordinary people work?"

"Didn't I tell you? Ordinary people can't draw this!" Alisa said anxiously. "Let's not talk about the complicated ones! Just this! Draw it for me!"

"...Do you know a compass and a ruler?" Linde thought for a moment and asked directly.

"Ah?" Alisa was stunned. "Ruler? Of course I know that, but compass? I seem to have heard of it somewhere..."

While Elisa was recalling, Lind stared at the rune on the ground. The rune in front of him was not complicated, and he could reproduce it with a set of rulers and compasses.

So can ordinary people who are not magicians draw runes?

At this moment, Lind wished he had a set of drawing tools at hand, even the kind used in kindergarten games.

"Can I give it a try?" At this moment, Efit, who had been quietly playing as a beautiful background girl, spoke up.

"You!?" Elisa looked at Efit in surprise.

"I learned a little sketching when I was in church, and I thought I could give this pattern a try," Efit explained.

Linde and Alyssa looked at each other, exchanged opinions with their eyes, and then nodded in unison, asking Efit to give it a try.

It’s free, so just give it a try.