CH450

“So, what were you looking to chat about?” He asked, acting as if the last few minutes had never happened. “I’m a fairly open book.”

“So you’ve shown. I had been planning to inquire about your skills a bit anyway, just not in a situation like that,” She sighed, looking apologetic as she did. “So you really are a holder of the knowledge skill, and at a high level too. Not that that should be shocking given the speed I’ve seen you’re able to process information. If you don’t mind me asking, how did you go about applying your knowledge to actually awaken it?”

“Materialization,” He told her, creating a piece of paper from his raw mana. “I did it in a particularly difficult way and it pushed the skill over the edge. Surprised the hell out of me too given how hard I’ve tried to awaken other skills, only to constantly fail at it.”

He started absentmindedly folding the piece he made while she watched as he reminisced about just how unreasonably hard it had been to push connect over the edge. Compared to that, awakening knowledge was nothing.

“I suppose that explains how you had notes and diagrams to answer each of my questions with too, but still, very impressive. I’ve never heard of anyone doing it to such a level before.”

“It’s not hard as long as you have a deep knowledge of materials. If you had a magic that aligned with it then you probably could too.”

At least for most things. Seed creation definitely takes a little more.

A thin smile stretched across her lips as she considered the prospect herself. “Perhaps, but there’s not much point in considering something that won’t happen. Anyway, I won’t go sticking my nose into anything I have no business knowing, seeing as you’ve already revealed plenty of your personal information, but one thing I was hoping to ask you about was your goals. You wanted to get full access to the library, now that you have it, what are you working towards? I personally wouldn’t mind helping point you in the right direction if I can.”

He felt his eyes light up at the offer. In the end, there were a bunch of different goals he had, but only one felt achievable at the moment and would act as a path for others if he managed it.

“I’m trying to break into making legendary items so I need to know more about magic as a whole, or at least that’s the approach I’m taking for it. I can keep refining my technical skill for the things I make, but beyond that I need to construct powerful enchantments to push things even further.”

He knew he had to be close, he now had a pile of skill rings made from awakened skills specifically, along with the technical ability to pull it off, but in his attempts before leaving for the magic towers, all he’d gotten was failure. He just needed whatever was missing to make it click.

And once I’m properly on that track I’ll be in an even better place to build Inux his body, plus everything I’m learning here might have a decent path for everything I’m learning for the summoning spell. God, I feel like I’m on the edge of so much, just waiting for the day I pass over it.

She could see the hope and confidence in his eyes as he looked at her, thinking about the dreams he wanted to achieve, but they were expectations she needed to dash, much as it pained her to do so.

“I see. Sadly, crafting isn’t my forte so I don’t actually think I could provide a reasonable level of guidance that might help you,” She told him, sounding more annoyed with herself than anything. “I might be able to suggest ideas for where you could aim with your enchantments, but I suspect it would be more worth your time to keep doing what you’re already doing. It’s not like it will take you too long to read everything we have on these floors as well so I’m sure it will be worth your time.”

“Ah, that tracks. I guess being the embodiment of knowledge doesn’t mean you just know everything,” He sighed, not noticing the strange look he was getting.

“I suppose I can’t be annoyed that you know the name of my skill given what we just put you through, but I really would rather like to know how you learned that.”

“Uh, is it not widely known that you’re a third-tier skill holder?”

“Yes, and for the knowledge skill, but not the specifics of its name.”

Oops. Looks like I’ve shown my hand a bit.

“My skills divine enchanting and deep connection pair to let me see the skills of others if I’m close enough,” He admitted. “I knew you had one at the third tier but I didn’t know in what so I took a peek. Sorry.”

“It’s fine. Like I said, how can I complain when my student insists on doing the same thing?”

“Cool, ‘cause in that case, I have a different question for you. How did you get to the third tier? I’ve gotta know.”

If he was going to keep raising his knowledge skill then his chances of it were high, at least compared to his other options, and he wanted an idea of what it took to break through, but again he got a complicated look.

“It’s not exactly a simple matter. Along with studying magics as a whole, I’m well versed in a number of other fields so I’ll often go to act as a consultant or investigator depending on the demands. Raising the knowledge skill is largely through learning, but in the same way as gaining it in the first place, you also need to constantly be applying your knowledge. While some break through the barrier through great acts, mine was just an uncountable number of smaller ones, all of which slowly chipped away at the wall until I could pass through.”

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So similar to what Falk’s been trying to do then, only it looks like she succeeded at it. Interesting, I wonder how many years of dedicated work that took? I suppose as long as I’m alive I can work on getting there myself one day, but it’s still really not a priority.

“Oh well, I’m still a ways away from really needing to think about that,” He sighed. “I can just put my brain to it if I ever get there.”