5-Chapter 1-3 Start Studying

I was going to be taught magic from today. Mom looked a little complicated, but Dad was upbeat.

'I'm going to teach you many things from today, but just like the fire magic of yesterday, one mistake can be dangerous. So make sure you follow what your father and mother tell you to do.

'Magic is all about the basics, and for the time being, I'm going to focus on teaching you the basics from books. If you get bored in the middle of the course or fail to follow my instructions, your magical studies will end there, understand?

'Yes! Okay, Mom!

Good.

Mom nodded at my reply, smiling. I wondered what the first look on her face was when I saw it, but I interrupted my thoughts as Dad started talking.

'Dad is going to teach you how to use a bow and arrow, and how to use a knife, but it's too dangerous and too early for Temma to use a real-world bow. So I think I'll use a child's bow, an arrow without an arrowhead for practice, and a carved wooden knife to teach him.

Dad, go on.

"But I just can't teach you while you're on a hunting trip. So, when you're not there, you can ask your mother to teach you how to study, or you can walk around the village.

I guess the point is that you should walk to build up your strength.

"Yes, Dad!

We were briefed in the morning and we were going to start studying magic in the afternoon, and Dad went out to make some preserves with the rest of yesterday's boar.

It's a good thing that you're not the only one. I'm not going to be able to tell you what to do, but I'll tell you what to do. So far, so good?

Yeah!

Yes, now the types of attributes. Basically, magic has eight attributes: 'Fire,' 'Water,' 'Earth,' 'Wind,' 'Thunder,' 'Light,' 'Darkness,' and 'Nothingness.'

So, when you say basic, is there anything that isn't basic?

Mom laughed at my question, like she was on to something good.

"That's right, the 'Time and Space Magic' and 'Alchemy' I mentioned earlier, but the light attribute is called the 'Holy' or 'White' attribute, the dark attribute is called the 'Dark' or 'Black' attribute, strong fire magic is called the 'Flame' attribute, and among the water attributes, ice magic is sometimes called the 'Ice and Snow' attribute.

There's a lot going on here.

I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work for you. There is also a theory that it is divided into these attributes.

Whoever thought of that must have been very smart or unusual.

What makes you think that?

'Because not many people think that deeply and difficult about what they normally use or see. That's why they're either very smart or very cynical.

Shelia was taken aback by Tenma's answer. Not just because of Tenma's uncharacteristic three-year-old language, but also because she had guessed at the public's assessment of the person who had espoused this theory. However, I decided that this was not the idea of a three-year-old boy, but rather someone from the village...even a priest or so, had told me about it while I was walking around the village. Of course, I didn't listen to him so as not to dissuade him from pursuing Tenma.

'Well, Temma's right. So, about the attributes, and I say basic because we don't get to see much of anything other than those eight attributes, or to put it another way, you could call them the typical eight attributes.

It's not just a matter of time and space, it's also a matter of 'flight', 'levitation' and 'gravity'. It's a very good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for, but it's not very useful and difficult to learn. It's only used to separate water from laundry at best. It's also easier to dry with wind magic~

Unlike what I've read in the comics of my previous life, it seems to be less popular in this world now. But as for me, I've longed to be able to create various things in an instant just by putting my hands together, so I made up my mind to train for it in the future.

After that, I continued to study magic until the evening while listening to my mother talk about the basics and her experiences as an adventurer from time to time.