The day after our meeting, I was working on my magic and completely oblivious to the legends my other party members had become. There weren’t any new spells I could learn right now, so I was mostly enhancing and reworking the ones I already knew.
“Though I’d be making faster progress learning new spells...”
I had already maximally improved the efficacy of all the spells in my arsenal, so there wasn’t much I could do right now. If only there was some new magic I could master.
“Should I try some offensive spells? Well...”
Even I could use fire magic, at least. I couldn’t cast anything too impressive, but with enough practice, I could probably pull off a mid-level spell. But that’d be it. There was a huge gap between just knowing a spell and being able to put it to good use. Plus, we had an amazing offensive mage like Silica in our party already. With her around, did they really need me to be casting offensive spells too?
The answer was no. My class wasn’t one suited for fighting alone, which meant no matter how hard I worked, I’d hit a wall soon enough. Though I guess that didn’t mean studying offensive magic was completely useless.
In the end, I decided that if I was willing to put in all that effort, it’d be better to spend it improving my skills as a supporter. “Still, there’s not really much more I can do on my own...” I racked my brain for a solution. “Support magic, huh? Maybe thought sharing? No, that’d only make things more confusing. I guess I could relax some more to prepare for the long fights ahead, but...”
I considered countless possibilities, but I couldn’t think of a single good idea. Was this my limit? I didn’t want to admit it, but it was true I didn’t have much room left to grow. If only I could chat with someone who knew a lot about magic. That was my small ray of hope, but I couldn’t help but think that’d be pretty unlikely.
If only Master Merlin were here, I eventually started to think. Despite everything else, she really did know a ton about magic. “Maybe there’s a magical researcher like Master Merlin around?”
In a flash, it had already been three days. While I momentarily returned to town to sleep, eat, and replenish my gear, the time passed surprisingly quickly. “And in the end, I didn’t really make any progress.”
If possible, I wanted to spend just a little more time refining my spells to alleviate some of my anxiety, but I had to keep to the time we had agreed upon. We were in the middle of a quest, which meant we couldn’t stay in town any longer. Thus, I hurried back to the inn to get ready to leave.
“Huh? Is that you, Lloyd? Long time no see! When’d you get back?” asked Yui.
By the time I reached our designated meeting spot, everyone was there but me. It looked like they were already good to leave.
“Sorry, I just got back,” I answered curtly.
“Huh? Are you gonna be okay like that?”
“Yup. I’m used to this. It’s no problem at all.”
“R-Really? Well, if you say so...”
Long days of nothing but magic was just daily life with Master Merlin. It no longer bothered me.
“Daggers, Silica. Are you guys good to go too?” I asked.
“Yup.”
“I’m ready as well.”
Cross was apparently guarding Claira alongside Yui, so there wasn’t much point in asking them. The only thing left was...
“I’m ready to leave whenever, as long as everyone else is.” Claira was good to go too, which meant that once we finished our preparations...
“All right, let’s get going.”