Novel Full Chapter 875: Looking For Records Of Unconventional Magic
I returned to school again and I was reminded that I had a birthday party a few days prior when one of my schoolmates came up to me with a big smile on her face.
“Hey Aster! Thank you for the invitation to your birthday the other day! We really enjoyed ourselves!”
I had to use [Screened] on her to remember who she was.
“Oh, I’m glad you enjoyed it Julia. Was anything to your dissatisfaction?” I asked.
Julia Teloi, daughter of the Teloi family who invited me to a tea party last year. I didn’t even realise she had attended my party that day…
It seems like the memory erasure enchantment was working at least, since she obviously doesn’t know that I was from the Nilm Family.
She beamed at me, “Not at all, Aster! I had a really great time at the party! That’s why I was wondering if you would like to attend another tea party of mine this week?”
Before I could even answer her, a stampede of students suddenly showed up out of nowhere and surrounded me.
“Not fair! Big Sister Aster! I also have a tea party this weekend! Please come to mine as well!”
“Miss Aster!! I have a tea party too! How about coming to mine as well?”
“Sister Aster! I’m arranging a hunting party in the next few days! How about joining us?”
“Aster! I have a birthday party too! It would be a great honour for us to host you!!”
“Mistress Aster!! Step on meeeeee~”
Awawawa… What’s with all the sudden invitations?!
What’s more, I think I heard some weird requests mixed in there as well?
As I was becoming a little flustered on how to deal with the crowd, a sudden roar came from the side which made everyone flinch back in surprise and instantly silenced all of them.
All of us turned to the side to see Odeta standing there imposingly with her arms at her hips, looking quite upset.
The crowd instantly scattered while mumbling quick apologies but that also gave me a chance to answer a few of them to accept their invitations.
Hey, parties mean sweets! Like lots and lots of sweets! Especially tea parties! I wasn’t going to say no to that! I want all the sweets!!
Odeta came over to me and huffed, “Hmmph! They’re so rude, Sister Aster! Don’t worry! With me around, you can go to your class in peace now!”
“Mmm~ Thank you Odeta~ You’re the best!”
She thumped her chest proudly, “Wahahaha! It’s normal for me to protect you, Sister Aster!”
I parted with her after that but well… I was going to engage in some self study since the first class I was supposed to have today was Pyromancy and I’m already far ahead of the curriculum.
That’s why I was taking the opportunity to do some more practicing of my Eromancy.
I wasn’t sure how else I could practice it so I thought perhaps I could just imagine all the lewd stuff that I usually see in erotic books and try them out.
That would also tell me what the limit of Eromancy at tier one might be anyway.
Additionally, I was also unsure of how people would react to this new magic so I was trying to find out if there were records of such magic in the library first.
If there were already records of it, then I would know how much I should use it in public.
I went over to the librarian and cleared my throat to get her attention, “Ahem… Miss Brielle?”
She shut the book she had been reading and gave me a smile, “Hello there, Miss Aster. Is there any book in particular you are after today?”
“Yes… I was wondering if there were any books on… Well… Unusual magic?”
She tilted her head at me, her glasses tilting with her, “What kind of unusual magic?”
“Mmm… Like magic schools that are outside of the conventional ones. Magic that isn’t being taught in this school at least.”
“Oh my, you’re already looking to learn even more magic, Miss Aster? I know you are certainly talented, perhaps even the most talented mage that we might ever see, but perhaps you might want to consider working on the magic schools you are already capable of using instead of learning new ones? Being able to use eight different magic types is already a very big achievement.”
I had to do my best not to tell her that I already expanded that number by another four.
I shook my head, “It’s actually to look for information regarding one of the magic schools I learned. I want to see if there are records of it so that I can practice it and increase my proficiency with it better.”
“Oh my. I see, I see. Forgive me for the earlier assumption then. In that case, could I ask what magic it is? That might help narrow down your search.”
“Ah… That’s the problem… I don’t know what it’s called,” I lied.
No need for others to know about this magic yet in case I was the first ever mage to learn it… I don’t need people to start questioning me about where I learned it from and then finding out I actually had received Hiandoca’s favour.
It’s like the thing with my Infernalmancy where I don’t know for sure if people would treat me as a monster if they see me using it.
Call me paranoid but hey, I like what I have so far and I would rather not do anything to jeopardise it.
Just saying, I’m not delusional enough to think that this truth will not be exposed sooner or later, especially since there’s a church full of Infrids who are already aware of my connection with the goddess… But I just want to try and keep it under wraps for as long as I can.
Best case scenario would be having this be hidden until I graduate of course.
The Librarian raised an eyebrow, “You do not know what this magic is called? Hmm… In that case, what spells are you able to cast with it? Could you demonstrate a little?”
I was prepared for that question of course.
I gave her the most bashful look I could while poking my fingers together, “Umm… It’s a little embarrassing to show it… But I can temporarily expand my body using this magic…”
“Oh, is that not Somatomancy?”
“No… It’s another form of magic because I already know Somatomancy… Is there another type that also allows one to do something like that? Any records at all?”
She fell silent and thought about it for a moment, “Hmm… That’s quite difficult… Perhaps… No… I do not know of any magic that might do that… But there might be mentions of it somewhere…”
Miss Brielle then reached under her table to pull out what looked like a ledger which she flipped open to start reading through its records.
“Aha. It’s not exactly what you’re looking for but perhaps you could try looking through this one. Follow me.”
She stood up from her seat and started walking towards the bookshelves, her steps completely silent as though she was walking on air.
I followed behind her until she reached a particular shelf to pull down one of the books to hand over to me.
“Here you go~ If there’s nothing about your magic inside it, then I’m afraid we do not have any other records about it,” She explained.
I looked at the cover to read the title.
‘Braccus’s Records Of Unconventional Magic Around Erednay’
As though reading my mind, she gestured towards it, “This was written by another mage who had travelled across the world to improve his magic but he ends up running into unique types of magic which he recorded down in this book. Perhaps the magic you have is also one of them?”
“Thank you, Miss Braille! I’ll have a look at this!”
“Fufuf~ Anytime, Miss Aster. It’s always nice to see such serious students.”
She left me to read the book on my own as I brought it over to one of the desks.
I flipped to the first page of the book and started reading it.
‘I am Braccus, a mage that had dedicated my life to learning and improving my magic through trav–‘
“Sister Aster?”
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My reading was interrupted by a voice coming from behind me.
I turned away from the book to see a male student I didn’t recognise standing behind me.
I also noticed out of the corner of my eye that there were a few other guys peeking from around the corner of a bookshelf.
“Yes?” I asked.
“Umm… I was wondering if Sister Aster might be interested in attending a party at my family’s manor next week?”
Really?
Fuck it…
“Perhaps you might want to send an official invitation to me and I will give you an answer?”
“Ah! Of course! Please forgive my rudeness!”
He bowed and quickly retreated away to where his friends were hiding.
Right, where was I?
‘… through travelling the world and meeting different mages. But in my travels, I have met–‘
“Sister Aster?”
I turned around and this time it was a group of girls standing there.
The one at the front handed me a sealed envelope, “My… My family invites you to a tea party, Sister Aster! Please… Please consider it!”
…
I took the envelope from her, “Understood. I shall give a response to you after reading it.”
The entire group let out a muffled squeal before running away.
Anyway…
‘… I have met various different mages who have practiced–‘
“Sister Aster?”
Where the hell are you all coming from?! Don’t you guys have classes to attend?!!