LIGHTNOVELSTORY Chapter 34 “A New Profession”
Chapter 34
“A New Profession”
[Congratulations! The user is now an apprentice enchanter.]
[Enchantments. Level 1. Allows enchanting objects to add basic stats or ?????. The chance that the enchanted object will be destroyed during the casting of the enchantment is 70%. The success rate is 30%. At least 3 skills of this profession must be raised to the next level for the profession to level up.]
[The user has learned the following skill: Health enchantment: level 1.]
Kalysto clicked on the name of the new skill to get more information about it.
[Health enchantment: allows the user to enchant objects that will increase the HP of the object’s wearer by 1 point. The chance that the enchanted object will be destroyed during the casting of the enchantment is 70%. The success rate is 30%. Spends 10 MP per use. (You must raise this skill to level 5 in order to unlock the next skill.) (Enchanted items needed to raise to the next level: 50.)]
That means I need 167 stones to reach level two and 1670 MP... Now I understand why they brought so many stones and potions... How long will it take me to level it up?
Having made her choice, she closed all the windows and looked closely at the river stone in her hand.
“Getting the materials available to teach a class is within the teacher’s duties, not the student’s, so I am not the one who should pay for this” And Kalysto knew that her teacher knew that, that’s why she hadn’t mentioned anything about the stones at all.
“... I’m giving you an order!” Artemis growled, and Kalysto wanted to mock her arrogance.
While she appreciated what her boss had done for her and the information Artemis had let slip, she decided that she wouldn’t do anything that wasn’t necessary for her contract or beneficial to her. If they were going to treat her as just another worker, she would treat them the same way.
It was my fault for getting used to the good treatment I always received from my previous boss and expecting to receive the same here. How naïve I was! Kalysto turned and with an arched eyebrow looked at Artemis.
“Are you the one I signed the contract with?” Her teacher kept silent, and after a few minutes when Kalysto saw her open her mouth with the intention of answering, she interrupted her ”And please don’t lie to me, I already know you are not, because before coming to talk to you I talked to my new boss who told me about you, and if you lie to me, I will never trust you again, which means I will refuse to work with you.”
Does she think I don’t remember that I asked her something similar as soon as I arrived?
Then Kalysto purified the stone in her hand. She then whispered “health enchantment” and unlike her class abilities, the profession’s enchantments emitted no glow.
How curious. She thought and put the stone away in her inventory. And she did the same with the next one, the soft golden glow came out of her palms when she used dispel and purification, but not when she cast health enchantment, she rolled the stone in her hands, noticing that a crack had been made in the middle and then put it away in her inventory.
“What are you doing?” Artemis asked her.
“Practicing my skills, of course, using the class material.”
“I can see that for myself. What I want to know is why are you doing it?”
“It seems we can’t come to an agreement, so I’ll take the class materials and practice later on my own.”
Her words seemed to annoy Artemis, but she remained seated in her chair nonetheless, unwilling to get up.
“How dare you steal from the lady and talk to her like that?” Galatea shouted.
“Stealing? Are you sure that’s what I’m doing?” Kalysto answered calmly. “You were probably one of the people who went to the river to pick up these stones for me to practice, am I wrong?” Again that annoying silence reigned.
How hard is it for these people to answer a simple question?
“Besides, I think you are the ones who have not understood,” she said and pointed to the teacher, “she is just an instructor who has been chosen for my boss, not someone who has the authority to give me missions and I am free to refuse to work with her and ask for a new instructor.”
That seemed to take them by surprise.
“What did you say?” Artemis asked, unable to believe the kind of nonsense she was hearing, when normally it would be considered a great honor for anyone to be her student.
But Kalysto ignored her and instead approached Galatea.
“After I finish putting away the class materials, I would appreciate it if you would take me to where they have confined the people who have the black plague, preferably the place where they have those who have recently been infected.”
“What?” This time it was Galatea who asked.
“As you heard. Do you think you could do that, or should I wait and talk to the boss about this?” She said, as if she had a way to contact him.
That made the other two women tense up, and Artemis and Galatea looked at each other sideways with some fear.
Definitely the new boss is someone powerful. I must be careful with that, then.
“No... There’s no need to go that far.” Galatea assured her and looked at Artemis. Giving away how nervous they were at the unexpected turn of events.
The instructor gave her a hateful look.
“Is there anything else the teacher wants to teach me before I finish storing the stones and leave here?” She commented as she continued to purify and enchant the stones before putting them away. The next three crumbled in her hands as if they had been made of sand.
So I shouldn’t charm them first... what a waste of resources. Kalysto concluded.
Then, she continued to use inspection with each of them in such a low whisper that she hoped they couldn’t hear her as she made sure to keep leveling up the skill. That definitely paid off. She thought, as she became curious as to how many objects of the same type could be grouped in the same pigeonhole of her inventory.
A few minutes later, two very familiar windows appeared before her.
[Warning: the user has only 10 MP left. Please wait a few minutes before attempting to use any skills again or your health will be severely affected.]
Kalysto let out a long sigh.
And taking advantage of the fact that neither of the other two women seemed interested in interrupting her, she took out a mana potion from her inventory and drank it. As soon as she finished, she put the empty bottle back in her inventory.
“I assure you that the potion made by the elves is far superior to the one you just drank,” said Artemis.
“Probably,” answered Kalysto, putting the rest of the rocks in another locker, this time without enchanting them. But that doesn’t mean I should take them, only for you to force me later to accept a mission that wasn’t given to me by my boss -and she could notice the way Artemis clenched her fists and viciously tightened the fabric of her dress.
Still, the woman did not move from her chair.
And after a tense silence, Artemis let out a long sigh and tried to compose her expression when she saw that Kalysto had finished collecting the fifteen hundred rocks she had asked the guards to gather for the class.
“... You’re right about that. It was me who made the deal with them and not you,” she said, but it was obvious from the tone of her voice that she was not happy to admit that she had tried to take advantage of her. “There are two professions you are obliged to choose. One is enchantments and the other is glyphs, but if you raise it properly, it will also allow you to learn runes and other ancient languages that are necessary to reinforce and enhance magical barriers and spells.”
That caught Kalysto’s attention. Maybe if I level it up, it could help me learn a way to open magic portals or summoning seals. And secure my return home. She got excited. Surely I’m not the only one who awakened a system, and while there were most likely many casualties, I doubt Earth was destroyed. Besides, if I return, I’ll be able to heal Amanda and Alice’s grandparents. I might even be able to make money by healing others.
“I already chose the enchantment profession. However, I didn’t find the other one you mentioned in the list the system showed me.”
“That’s obvious, since it will only be shown to you once you’ve raised enchantments to level 40. And don’t even think about trying to learn trade, in the meantime. I’ve heard stories about how greedy humans are and I don’t want you to get the idea that you can learn a profession and then unlearn it and learn another one instead. You can’t choose another profession until you’ve chosen inscription of glyphs and runes or the system won’t show it as your second choice.”
“What if I want to be a merchant?”
“I have no idea how that profession plays out, so I couldn’t help you with that. We fairies don’t usually trade, we make soul binding contracts, with seals like the one on your wrist” Kalysto found it a bit far-fetched to make a deal like that just to sell or trade something, and again she hoped that the pretty tattoo would disappear as soon as the contract was over. “We tend to provide everything we need for each other and if we want something we don’t have, we tend to take it as an excuse to travel and explore. Two elements innate to our nature as fairies.”