Chapter 23
I was amazed by the delivery speed, which far surpassed the rocket delivery, but I decided to continue the lesson while I was at it.
I sat Iris at the table and started the lesson. Interestingly, my sister, who had nothing to do, wanted to sit next to me and watch me teach. I didn’t charge a tuition fee, but I allowed her to observe as a special service.
When I opened the book for the lesson, the table of contents caught my eye. It seemed to be a masterpiece.
The table of contents was filled with my curses.
Table of Contents
In ‘Chapter 1: Understanding the System of Magic’, there was a strikethrough like on Namuwiki, and next to it was a curse, ‘Werner, you bastard’.
In ‘Chapter 2: Controlling Mana and Notes for Each Attribute’, there was also a strikethrough, and next to it was another curse, ‘Damn Werner, I hope you die’.
There were all kinds of chilling curses and insults, such as pulling out intestines, calling someone an incompetent idiot in theory, and skewering them to make a kebab. Why did Werner have so much bad karma? And he left me to deal with it all and ran away.
To the one who wrote this, ‘IWantToStabWerner’sGut’, I don’t know who you are, but even if people throw stones at you, I will sympathize with you. Werner is indeed a bastard.
“Master, what’s wrong?”
“No, it’s nothing.”
But I would appreciate it if you didn’t poke my belly. I’m tired of dealing with karma for things I didn’t do. I already have enough on my plate with Iris and my fiancée. If someone wants to poke my belly, I might really die from stress. In that case, I would go to the ends of hell to find Werner and poke his belly.
“Anyway, I explained the basics of magic last time, right?”
“Yes, there are ten attributes, and you communicate with the spirits of each attribute and pay mana to use magic.”
It sounds complicated, but it’s like Pokemon, but has only has ten types. For example, the spirit of lightning is like Pikachu. If I tell Pikachu to fry that bastard, it listens to me. And mana is like a tip or food that I give to the spirits.
“So, here’s a question. Why does magic development exist when you can just ask the spirits to do something?”
“Oh, that’s… Ah, I don’t know.”
I thought she knew the answer because she suddenly showed a willingness to answer.
“That’s because the spells that magicians use today are just spells developed by previous magicians. For example, if you cast a spell like ‘Lightning, dance and make an omelet’, nothing will happen. Someone has to create a spell through cooperation with the spirits, and it has to be accepted by the Spirit King to become magic.”
It sounds complicated, but it’s not like creating a self-insert character; it means that you have to submit a magic spell through a spirit, a representative sent by the attribute, and it has to be accepted by the Spirit King to be registered as magic.
“So that’s why magicians usually lock themselves in their labs and do research.”
“Yeah, that’s why magicians have poor social skills… Hey, disciple, don’t you know any other magicians besides me?”
“I… I saw it in the newspaper!”
“Oh, is that so?”
Magicians are a bunch of people who lock themselves in their labs to develop magic. That’s why the magician community is so messed up.
“So do all magicians develop their own magic?”
“Well, if you can develop even one magic in a hundred years, you’re considered skilled, and if you’re lucky, you might create two or three. Usually, though…”
“Then how many did you develop, Master?”
“Well, since I’ve been with you, I haven’t done any research or hung out with other magicians… The number of magic spells I developed from the age of ten to seventeen…”
“Master, you’re a genius, so five? Or six? How many?”
“200?”
Iris covered her mouth in surprise.
Why is Werner called a genius magician? It’s because he was able to develop one new magic spell every week, while others took decades or even a hundred years. One of them was the ‘Guide of Darkness’, a spell that seemed to have been created by a middle schooler. Whenever Werner developed a new magic spell, the magician community would go crazy, especially if it was in their attribute.
And they would all beg Werner to develop new magic for their attribute. It’s like in online RPGs when players beg for their characters to be buffed; it’s the same kind of situation.
Title: Werner’s New Magic Has Been Released!!!
Author: BitchIsHere
Content: Yup, it’s a light attribute wide-area defense spell.
ㄴ SourceOfWater: Trying to save water attribute…
ㄴ LightningMeeting: Defense-only loser attribute, welcome~
ㄴ BitchProtection: Hasn’t it been a year since we got a new spell… sigh…
ㄴ FireIsTheFlowerOfCivilization: Yup, the next new spell is definitely going to be fire attribute~
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Title: Werner’s New Magic is Lightning! Lightning Mages of Victory, Roll Call!
Author: BlueLightning
Content: It’s a lightning attribute single-target spell~ Now lightning doesn’t hurt nearby areas anymore~~~
ㄴ ShockKing: Oh, what’s the spell?
ㄴㄴ BlueLightning: Lightning, slither like a snake.
ㄴ SourceOfWater: Trying to save water attribute magic…
ㄴㄴ TheOceanIsMother: It’s the attribute you chose. Endure it with grit.
ㄴㄴ ChestIsJustFat: Even Werner gave up on that loser attribute…
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Title: Werner’s New Water Attribute Magic is Here!!!
Author: SourceOfWater
Content: A spell that turns water into melon juice…
ㄴ BlueLightning: Congrats! Wow!
ㄴ ChestIsJustFat: That guy was obsessed with melon juice before, and now he finally made that kind of spell.
ㄴ TheOceanIsMother: I think I’ll just switch to ice attribute magic.
Anyway, Werner was an incredible magician. So many magicians wanted him as their son-in-law. When he was thirteen, he was almost forced into marriage after being sealed in a magic circle, but Camellia rescued him. And all the magicians involved in Werner’s kidnapping were killed by Sieg and Melchior.
Anyway, regardless of how amazing Werner was, I had to teach Iris magic.
“So, what was your attribute again, Iris?”
“Fire, Earth, Ice, Wind, and Wood.”
Wow, her attributes are like Kaiser Greymon.
“Then follow me outside.”
Iris obediently followed me, and Camellia, who had been observing my teaching, joined us.
We went to the small garden I used as a training ground. I cast spells at the wooden dolls set up for training.
“Flame, become a sphere and fly.”
“Earth, gather and strike.”
“Ice, become an arrow and fly.”
“Wind, blow them away.”
“Wood, bind them.”
A fireball flew and burned a wooden doll.
A mud hand smashed a wooden doll.
An ice arrow flew with a whoosh and pierced a wooden doll.
A strong wind blew, blowing away a wooden doll.
A tree root emerged and bound a wooden doll, shattering it.
“Did you see that? Those were the basic beginner spells for each attribute.”
“Wow, Master, you’re amazing!”
“If you succeed in casting even one of these spells, I’ll grant you one wish.”
“Really, Master? No take-backs?”
Iris smiled adorably and spread her hands towards the wooden dolls. But she would definitely fail. In the original story, Iris’s first attempt at magic was a complete failure.
“Earth, gather and strike.”
A mud hand appeared and struck a wooden doll, shattering it.
What? Why did it work? Did I teach her too well? Do I have a talent for teaching?
“I automatically learned this magic because I’ve been hit by it so many times by Master.”
I did use this magic a lot when disciplining Iris. I guess she learned it automatically because of all the punishments. She’s like Kim Jeong-yeol, who learned the Phoenix Divine Fist by getting beaten up. (Korean comic, the ambitious work Passion Man)
Corporal punishment should be abolished.
“So, you will grant my wish, right?”
I was sure she would wish to break my head. Revenge only breeds more revenge, Iris. But then again, people only give birth to more people, so it’s the same thing.
Iris brushed her long brown hair behind her ear, thinking about what wish to make. If she just kept her mouth shut, she would be a real beauty. But when she opened her mouth, she was just an annoying girl.
“How about this, Master? I’ve always wanted a pet, but you never allowed it. So, how about you be my pet for a day?”
I should have allowed it earlier, damn it.
At that moment, Camellia, who had been observing the situation, stepped forward and spread her hands.
“Wind, blow them away.”
A strong wind blew, blowing away the wooden dolls. Camellia also had some talent for magic. It’s just that she was more effective with a sword.
“Werner, since I used this magic, do I also get a wish?”
You are not eligible, ma’am.
Camellia, seeing me feeling dejected, came up to me and patted my head.
“My wish is to invalidate that girl’s wish… Is that okay?”
The master-disciple relationship is short-lived,
But the older sister relationship is eternal,
Sister…
My sister is the best.