The Master of Language - T.M.L Chapter 17 (Part 1):

It had been three days since the mysterious reconciliation between Master Abana and Speria.

Master Abana said she would call an artificer to make the basic tools for me as a mage.

I believe her name was Dorma.

Dorma was said to be a highly skilled artificer who could make both a staff and a magic book simultaneously.

For this purpose, over the past three days, I had kept my body clean, eaten nothing at all, not even slept, and spent the time just meditating.

It was a very annoying task, but I gritted my teeth and endured it, as I was told that the higher the quantity and quality of meditation, the better tools could be made.

Dorma was a female elf wearing an antler hat, a black bear skin robe, and short pants.

She looked at me with a curious expression, which was rather ironic because she was the unusual one.

“Is this the child? The one you mentioned three days ago? You said he was born with innate magic?”

Master Abana nodded.

“Yes, Dorma. If this goes on, we don’t know where his magic might erupt. We need to hurry and create it.”

The artificer called Dorma kept her eyes fixed on me.

“What type is it?”

“From what we’ve seen, we think it might be the nullification type. But we’re not sure.”

At the mention of nullification type, Dorma’s eyes grew even wider.

“If you’re not certain, we can’t set a specific type for crafting.”

“That’s why I called you. If it were an easy task, I wouldn’t have sought you out. By the way, I was surprised you were available right away.”

“Well, you said he has innate magic. This is a good opportunity for an artificer like me to raise my level too.”

“Ah. So you’re saying you won’t ask for payment?”

Dorma didn’t answer.

She just nodded towards Speria, who was standing next to Master Abana, and said:

“A fire mage. It’s surprising enough to see a fire mage on the Ameri continent, but to see one accompanying Abana is even more unbelievable.”

Speria answered with a bland expression.

“There were circumstances. Anyway, you. Can you draw out the innate magic to make a magic book? Even for me, that’s something I’ve never heard of or seen before.”

At those words, Dorma revealed her yellowed teeth.

“It certainly won’t be an easy task. But it’s not impossible either. I’ve been eagerly waiting to meet someone with innate magic and have collected treasures for just such an occasion. If all goes well, my level will greatly increase today. Hehehe.”

Seeing her laugh so sinisterly makes me feel uneasy.

But the thought that I would now be able to have a staff or a magic book made my heart swell with excitement. It felt like all the hunger and sleepiness from the past three days had flown away.

“Alright. So what do I need to do?”

Dorma shook her head and put her hand inside her robe.

“There’s not much for you to do. Looking at your body’s condition, you’re very clean! You really didn’t drink even a drop of water and didn’t sleep for even a moment. There are hardly any people who can be this perfectly clean.”

I’ve always been good at enduring things.

Especially when it’s for my own benefit.

Dorma pulled her hand out of her robe and handed me a dark, murky sphere.

I received it and asked.

“What is this…?”

Bang!

The sphere exploded right there with a loud noise.

Startled me.

Master Abana and Speria asked simultaneously.

“Wh-what’s going on?”

“Are you alright?”

Fortunately, there’s no pain, so it doesn’t seem dangerous.

Dorma narrowed her eyes.

“Hmm. Impressive. Then how about this?”

She once again put her hand into her robe and took out a black sphere. There wasn’t much difference from before, just that the black color was a bit deeper.

As soon as I held it in my hand, it suddenly started trembling on its own. As everyone watched, it eventually exploded with a bang just like the previous one.

Is something going wrong?

I said in a low voice.

“This one doesn’t seem to work either.”

Dorma tilted her head, then sighed.

“Hmm. This one exploded too?”

Master Abana cautiously asked.

“How many gigas was it?”

Dorma crossed her arms and said.

“100 gigas.”

“Wh-what did you say?”

Not only Master Abana’s but also Speria’s eyes widened.

Dorma slightly lowered her head and muttered incomprehensible words.

“Maybe I need to give 1 tera? Hmm. No way. It’s just one magic, how could it be that much? Maybe just about 300 gigas… No, what if it explodes again? What a waste that would be. Phew. No. Rather than blowing up one after another, it might be better to give something definite. When will I ever get another chance to meet someone with innate magic?”

After contemplating several times, she finally put her hand into her robe. And gave me another black sphere.

It was an extremely black sphere.

No, it was beyond just black.

It was a darkness that seemed to consume even its surroundings, as if a round void had taken its place.

Her face was full of hesitation.

“Here, hold this in your hand.”

Her expression was as if she were giving away her heart.

Is this extremely precious?

I glanced slightly at Master Abana and Speria. They both swallowed dry saliva while looking at Dorma’s black sphere.

It shouldn’t be dangerous, right?

“Alright.”

I grabbed it. And at that moment, the black sphere started trembling rapidly. And it kept trembling more and more as if it was about to burst.

“Please. Please. Please.”

Desperation dripped from Dorma’s voice. I wanted to join in her desperation, but how could I when I didn’t know what was going on?

But the black sphere started trembling even more violently. Dorma’s eyes shook greatly as her voice grew louder.

“Oh, no, no, no, no. N-no way! Bigger than 1 tera! H-how can this be.”

She spoke as if this was the last one.

If this doesn’t work, does it mean she can’t make it?

I looked down at the thing that was shaking so violently that I could no longer call it a sphere, and muttered.

“Come on, please work this time. Okay?”

At that moment, the trembling of the black sphere slowly began to subside.

Dorma clapped her hands together and rejoiced like a child.

“Oh! It worked! It’s stabilizing! Whew. What a relief.”

As time passed, the trembling of the black sphere completely stopped.

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