Volume 1 - CH 8

Chapter 8 – A Talent For Support Magic

Although Eto and Lana were already fifteen years old when the pastor came to their home village and announced the birth of the hero, they originally had no plans to go to a church in a town to receive a profession assessment. This is because they intended to get a job that they could do in the village without having to undergo a profession assessment, just like any other villager.

However, due to the uproar of the birth of the hero, which involved the kingdom and the church, Eto and Lana now had the opportunity to receive a profession assessment. And the two happened to be chosen as the Sword Saint and the Sage.

Since then, their days have become hectic. They were kept in a separate room in the church, and then the church gave the detailed explanation to their families who were contacted and came to the town.

After that, Eto and Lana left their parents and headed for the royal capital.

During the long journey to the royal capital, Eto and Lana couldn’t hide their bewilderment at the special treatment they received. They got the best room at the inn, and when it comes to meals, they saw numerous dishes that they have never seen before in their remote village.

At the beginning, Lana indeed became lonely because she had to be separated from her parents, but because her childhood friend, Eto, was also with her, she managed to regain her cheerfulness on the way to the royal capital.

At that time, they felt like they were characters that appeared in the story, making them excited for what kind of adventures awaits them.

After the two arrived at the church headquarters in the royal capital, they were introduced to Hero Ronaldo and Master Magician Mirei, who arrived a few days later. But when they found that Ronaldo and Mirei were nobles, Eto and Lana ended up prostrating on the floor, as they didn’t know how to act in front of them.

“Eto-san, Lana-san, please stand up. We are comrades chosen by Goddess-sama. Furthermore, we are special beings. That’s why, just because you two are commoners, you don’t have to humble yourself in front of me. We are all equal in front of Goddess-sama after all.”

Ronaldo said with a dazzling smile.

“Just as Ronaldo-sama said, please come here, you two. Let’s have tea,”

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Mirei also laughs at Eto and Lana in an amicable manner.

Hearing how the two were talking to them in a gentle tone, Eto was overwhelmed, thinking ‘So this is the difference between nobles and us commoners, huh’

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For the first six months, they received training at the royal castle, and then for the next six months, they received a lot of practical training by actually defeating monsters outside the town. Thanks to that, the Hero Ronaldo was able to freely wield the holy sword, which is said to be given by the Goddess-sama herself, and he was also able to use powerful sword skills and magic.

Boasting a bottomless amount of magical power, the Master magician, Mirei, has been educated as a genius in magic from an early age. At the age of fifteen, she had already mastered numerous intermediate magic. And for fire magic, which was her specialty, she was even capable of casting the advanced magic of the said element.

Lana, who was chosen as the Sword Saint, seemed to have a hard time living in an unfamiliar environment at first. However, she later gained more abilities as the Sword Saint at a tremendous speed as she trained with the Knights. Her growth was so abnormal to the point that after six months of training, there wasn’t a person who could beat her unless they’re as strong as the leader of the Knights.

Meanwhile under such circumstances, they found out that Eto’s specialty as a sage is support magic.

Support magic can be broadly divided into three types. Buffs that could strengthen the battle prowess of his allies, debuffs that could weaken the enemies and cause abnormal conditions, and an enchantment that imbues magic to weapons and armor.1

Eto was able to master all of these support magics. Six months after he started his magic training, Eto’s buff and debuff magic has risen to intermediate rank, while his weapon enchantment has succeeded in imbuing lower-rank magic.

And Puke2, the leader of the magic corps who was teaching magic to Eto, valued Eto more than the master magician Mirei. He even told the people around that as long as Eto’s level goes up, his support magic will definitely become the crucial factor in grabbing a victory in a tough battle.

However, unfortunately, Eto’s ability as the Sage was only supporting magic, while his sword and attack magic were mediocre at most. Thus, in the second year the Hero’s party was made, and the journey to subjugate the monsters began, people started to question Eto’s abilities.

At that time, Ronaldo, who possesses the power of the holy sword and can use powerful sword skills and magic, was already able to slaughter intermediate to lower level monsters with a single swing of his sword. Ronaldo’s individual fighting prowess has become so high to the point that there was no big difference even if Eto didn’t really use his buff or debuff magic. In addition to that, the holy sword, which originally possessed great power, also couldn’t be imbued with magic.