Training-Addicted Mage In A Progression Fantasy-Chapter 3: Errands in The Magic City

The man who checked the Crystal Ball hurriedly took out another orb from his bosom and shouted something.

“Please send Professor Mabel to the Main Gate. It’s an urgent matter!”

“No, I’m telling you, someone with the Celestial Attribute has appeared! Would I be acting like this for no reason?”

His excited shout soon came to an end.It was after the news that someone with the Celestial Attribute had appeared was conveyed.

According to what Leon read in the Mana Introduction Book, a constitution with either the Light Attribute or the Darkness Attribute was called the Celestial Attribute.It was considered to have a talent superior to that of a constitution with all Six Elements.

Attribute Constitution not only indicated the ability to possess attributes but also showed the talent for mana itself, making it more important.

It was already a well-known fact through much research that a Dual Attribute Body was superior to a Single Attribute Body in realizing mana and advancing the realm of magic.Given that, having the Light Attribute, which was called the Celestial Attribute, could be seen as being born with almost the highest level of talent.

Soon, a mage hurriedly descended from midair.

“Who is it?! The one with the Celestial Attribute!”“This child... no, this young one.”

The bald man approached Ria, checked the Crystal Ball, and took a deep breath.

“It’s true! What a joyous occasion! Haha, someone with the Celestial Attribute has appeared in our school.”

The bald man said something to her and then quickly took her into the air and disappeared far away.

Ria’s wistful expression as she looked back from midair was the last image Leon saw of her.

Leon was dumbfounded.Too many things happened in an instant.

He was a bit worried about Ria, who disappeared as if being dragged away, but honestly, judging by everyone’s reaction, it didn’t seem like they would treat her poorly.Ria didn’t seem completely uninterested in magic either.

Suddenly, he remembered the time he had given a long speech about magic in front of her.

Maybe I was showing off in front of someone who would become a Grand Mage in the future...

The man who was left alone then checked the attributes of the remaining five, including Leon.

The man’s face, which had been filled with anticipation, quickly returned to its original state.

They were all Single Attribute Bodies.

“Don’t be too disappointed. You will have plenty of opportunities to become mages if you gather Merit Points or wait for a year.”

He took the remaining children into the city, introduced them to various places, and left them with the people in charge of those places.

Leon was left alone in the archive.

He was told that it was the Magic Archive where low-grade Magic Books were organized.

The person in charge of the archive was an old man with graying hair.

The old man with a gentle expression showed little interest in Leon.

His tone was soft, but he explained Leon’s tasks in a flat voice without much inflection.

“This is the Old Magic Archive. The latest magic books are managed elsewhere, and this place manages outdated magic that is too valuable to discard.”

He told Leon what his tasks would be.

“Your tasks are cleaning the first floor, organizing the loan list, and occasionally tidying up the archive. Those who visit here find and return the books themselves. Ah, don’t go up to the second floor. Managing the first floor is enough.”

Leon thought the tasks assigned to him were not bad. His overall impression changed as well.

Although he didn’t like being forcibly brought here, it wasn’t as bad as he had feared, like being subjected to human experiments, and it was a very good environment to be exposed to magic.In fact, he thought he could focus more on training here than when he was in the orphanage.

He was very pleased that there wasn’t much to do in his assigned tasks.

The quest he was given was to study the Introduction Book.

All he had to do was sit and read, which was suitable to be done alongside his archive tasks.

It didn’t seem like many people would come to this place that stored outdated magic.

After learning his tasks, Leon went to the dormitory he had been guided to earlier.The dormitory was better than the sleeping quarters at the orphanage, but it still involved sleeping in a group.

He met the children from the orphanage again at the dormitory.Of course, excluding Ria.The children all looked bright, probably because their tasks were manageable.More than anything, they seemed excited to be able to experience the magic they had only imagined.

The children started chattering noisily among themselves.

It might be better to work in the Archive.

Leon wondered if he could get a private room with Merit Points.

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A few days passed.

As the old man said, there wasn’t much to do if he just sat at the entrance of the archive.

Occasionally, mages who visited the place would search for something in the artifact at the entrance, quickly find and read a book, and then leave it in its place before disappearing.

And very rarely, there were people who wanted to borrow or transcribe books. For borrowing, he just had to take money and write a list, and for transcribing, he took more money and used the artifact to copy the text.

The transcription artifact didn’t even require mana.It was an artifact with a built-in Mana Core.

The old man didn’t talk to Leon or give him any tasks.He always went somewhere with a book and didn’t come out.

It was great.It felt like the old man’s lifestyle was the situation Leon had dreamed of.

Anyway, Leon’s pure study time increased dramatically.

The archive’s working hours were from 7 AM to 3 PM. There was also a lunch break in between.

Excluding the morning cleaning time, organizing time, lunch break, and afternoon organizing time, he had 5 hours to devote solely to studying the Introduction Book.

After work, he would return to the dormitory and study alone for 2 more hours until the other children returned from their tasks.

Then Leon would wash up, spread his blanket, and sleep alone.He slept during the time when the children were most active.

He would wake up at 9 PM, have a late dinner with some simple bread, and then read the Introduction Book again from 10 PM to 1 AM before going to sleep.

In this way, he secured 10 hours of pure study time.This allowed him to complete a quest every day.

Should I call it the Leon Sleep Method instead of the Napoleon Sleep Method?

Excluding the initial adaptation period, he completed three quests in five days.

During that time, the quest content didn’t change...

The rewards also didn’t change from the Single Attribute Body.

It seemed that, like in some gacha games, the probability of getting a higher attribute body was low.

Of course, what was important to Leon was the knowledge about magic he gained from reading the Introduction Book.

To be precise, the middle part he was reading now mainly consisted of the origin of mana and basic knowledge about magic.

The most basic talent for learning magic, the concept of Magic Power quality and Attribute Body. Knowledge about the realm of magic. Academic explanations about mana. And methods to realize mana were the contents.

After reading carefully for five days, some of the content remained in his mind.

The remaining part was a basic explanation of elemental magic.

And then.

[Progression Assistant]• General Quest▶ Mana Awareness Training (0/10)The quest content changed.

I’m doomed.

Leon scratched his head in frustration as he checked the quest content.

He had been postponing Mana Awareness Training on purpose.It was partly because he didn’t have much of a choice anyways, but also because Mana Awareness Training required a place rich in mana.

The places he currently operated in were the dormitory and the Magic Archive.

Dormitory? It was unlikely to be rich in mana.The Magic Archive was the same.

If it were rich in mana, it would already be a place used by mages for training, not a place for ordinary people doing chores.

For the first time, Leon headed to the Merit Point Exchange Center.

When he entered the building, which was as large as the Magic Archive where he worked, a few people were already occupying seats.They were all ordinary people like Leon.

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

He was looking for a place where he could do mana training.

He soon found what he was looking for.

Mana Concentration Room (24h) - 50 Merit Points

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“Ah...”

Leon couldn’t help but let out a sigh of regret.

The Merit Points he could earn in a month were 10.

He would have to work for five months to use the Mana Concentration Room.

As he adapted to this place over the past few days, Leon had already realized how difficult it was for an ordinary person with a Single Attribute Body to become a mage.

Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many people doing chores in the buildings around the entrance of this city without entering the central area.

They gave opportunities.But the door of opportunity was as narrow as a needle’s eye.

They thought they had already determined the limits based on talent.

This wasn’t strange.It had already been revealed through numerous studies.That talent was everything for a mage.

Disheartened, Leon returned to the dormitory.

Since his roommates would be coming soon, he couldn’t proceed with the quest any further.

He took out the Black Orb he had hidden.

The number on the surface of the orb was 40.

It increased every time he completed a quest, but he couldn’t think of a way to use it.

He had once thought it required mana, like an artifact.

However, after confirming that the artifacts in the Library worked without mana, he had already tried various other methods.

He had tried all sorts of outlandish methods.He had even considered swallowing the large orb.

Leon sat in front of the orb, deep in thought.

If it really doesn’t work by infusing mana...

Suddenly, an idea crossed Leon’s mind.

Why didn’t I try this?

Leon bit his thumb with his teeth.

After a sharp pain, a drop of blood began to form on his thumb.

He let the drop of blood fall onto the orb.

Then the orb started to hum.

Seeing something happening, Leon quickly picked up the orb.

After staring at it for a few minutes.

The vibration transmitted through his palm stopped, and soon Leon’s consciousness seemed to be sucked into somewhere.