NOVEL NEXT chapter 14
14 – Heart, Ki, Body
On a weekend morning, an empty lot near Ian’s accommodation.
Ian and Danya were facing each other while the chill of the early morning still lingered.
“Three things matter in the end.”
Danya’s eyes widened at Ian’s three fingers.
“Three things? What are they?”
“Sim, Ki, Che.”
“… I don’t know what that means.”
Danya starts rolling her eyes as soon as a difficult word is mentioned.
But it was Ian who realized how to deal with this cat beast.
As he wiggled his finger, Danya’s eyes followed it.
Ian continued the lecture.
“Shim first. Shim means heart.”
“Heart?”
“Yes, mindset. It means how serious I am about growth. That mindset.”
“Hmm.”
“Look around you. Is there anyone who gets up early and trains like us? Isn’t there one? So, the mindset is passing.”
Simgiche.
The theory that Ian is now spreading to Danya is not the theory of virginity that spreads in Korea in the 21st century.
Rather than that, it would be more appropriate to call it the theory of growth of the mind and body.
A weekend without classes.
There is no day off in training, even on weekends.
As always, I woke up early in the morning to train near the lodging, and Danya came to visit me.
— That, I saw it while passing by, so I came here hehehe!
In my own words, it is.
Well, it’s training alone, one, two, one. Since the filial piety was similar, Danya also did it together.
“The next one is ki from simgi body. This means mana.”
“Mana… Mana is difficult.”
Danya’s ears and tail drooped.
It deserved it.
Because Danya, a beast-person, had difficulty filtering out only the mana of the elements that belonged to her, due to her overly developed senses.
On the contrary, Ian had no difficulty in handling mana.
It was because the Pongpong guy worked so hard at Emilia’s Merchant, that he acquired mana sensitivity quite deep in his bones.
“Hmm. Hold on.”
“…?”
Looking at Danya tilting his head, Ian continued his thoughts.
‘Among the various elements that exist in mana, wouldn’t it be possible to extract only the grass element?’
Danya is a grass attribute mage.
There is a possibility that her growth will be explosive if she only allows her to feel the mana of her grass attribute.
Anyway, Danya is Ian’s first colleague at her academy. Trustworthy enough to throw herself into that dark hole for herself who fell into a deep dungeon.
I thought it wouldn’t be a bad idea to help Danya grow.
I also thought that feeling her mana more subdivided would be helpful for her Ian and her own growth.
“……”
Ian, who lightly closed his eyes, began to expand his senses.
Since Ian was a modern man, paradoxically, it was not difficult to feel mana.
If you exclude one or two of the familiar senses, you have a different feeling that remains.
Because that’s mana.
‘Originally, I only felt the earth element.’
I was more focused this time.
An earthy scent that subtly flows from the earth element.
From there, I went a little further and imagined seeds.
And a small sprout that blooms from that seed.
The scent of grass swaying in the wind, and the banquet of light flowing through rustling leaves.
”
The moment you get a feeling for something.
Ian continued to use extraction and transformation magic.
“……”
Ian quietly opened his eyes.
Above the outstretched index finger.
There were small green drop-shaped crystals sprinkled on it.
Danya approached as if possessed.
“This… Can’t it?”
“Touch it.”
“Ooh… Whoaaa.”
It’s like a cat with a favorite toy, fiddling with crystals of the green grass element here and there.
As I gazed at that figure, Danya, who treasured the elemental crystal, looked this way and her eyes lit up.
“Ian! You’re a genius!”
It’s not true recently, but Danya sometimes attaches the mother to the mother when she is surprised. It was a habit when you were young, but are you holding back?
Anyway, at a glance, he’s a pretty excited guy.
“I’ve never heard of a wizard who can crystallize other elements!”
“Is that so?”
“Yes!”
“Isn’t that because you’re only in the Holy Land?”
“Woo! …
“It’s a joke. A joke.”
After briefly teasing Danya, who was sullen, Ian fell into thought.
‘Is this really that difficult?’
Certainly, characters dealing with multiple elements did not appear in the Panta X Ark setting.
‘Well, what’s the point of saying that this dealt with other elements?’
In fact, I only used the most basic (for Ian) earth magic, And .
As expected, I think I still lack understanding of this world.
“Hmm.”
Ian got up from his seat and held out his last finger.
The final piece of the theory of growth of the body and mind.
“Lastly, the sieve is the body. The body.”
Danya narrowed her pupils like a trickster.
“Why do you look like that?”
“Even if a skinny kid like you said that…”
“Pokes where it hurts.”
“Heng. It should be about me.”
Poljjak.
Danya jumped onto a nearby tree trunk and raised his arm.
Small but resilient body.
Ian moved slowly down Danya’s body.
It’s definitely different because it’s a beast.
Around the time to look at the pectoralis major muscle. Danya suddenly hugged herself.
“Where to look!”
“I don’t think there’s much to see.”
“… This is it!!!”
A few hits.
It was unfair.
I swear it was about the pectoralis major.
I realize once again that I am right like this.
‘Certainly Pompong’s body lacks muscle.’
Of course.
Because there was no way that Pongpong did something called exercise.
At most, it was probably all about walking while stalking the heroines.
This meant that the body itself was virtually no different from a bone.
Of course, we pay attention to this part as well.
Push-ups, planks, lunges, and more.
I plan to start ironing in earnest after I have mastered the basic core to some extent.
“Anyway, the balance of body and mind is important. That’s what I meant.”
“I see.”
Danya nodded as if she understood now.
But. Ian was different.
Even after he said it, he still felt that he was lacking.
‘What’s lacking?’
The worry was not long.
Because there is one element that is secretly missing from the theory of growth of mind and body.
‘Knowledge.’
To be precise, I lacked the knowledge and experience of this world.
Of course, I played all night long enough to learn the details of Fanta X Arca.
However, it is a world learned and experienced beyond the screen.
Library.
I have to go to the library.
That was the reason Ian, who broke up with Danya, went to the weekend academy.
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As always, I was lost on the road.
Academies tend to be too broad.
I wish there was a mini map.
— Hick! This is Ian! Sorry i have a boyfriend now!
When I asked people for directions, there was no one with whom I could have a normal conversation.
After wandering around, I arrived at the library.
The smell of paper and books definitely warms the heart.
Anyway, it’s quite wide.
At first glance, I can’t see the end.
Fortunately, there was a librarian near the entrance.
I wasn’t paying attention to who was coming and I was just immersed in books.
I’m sorry for talking to you.
“Excuse me. I want to ask you something.”
“Name.”
“Ian Black Angus. Do I need a library card or something to read?”
The librarian shook his head.
No. Can you see that it was stirred?
With such a subtle movement, only her light blue hair rose and fell for a moment.
“Check reading qualifications. Read the book.”
“Is it possible to borrow money?”
“Your grades are low.”
“Suddenly stabbing a sore spot.”
“You can borrow one book. You can read it unlimitedly. If your grades improve, you can borrow more.”
… But something is strange?
“No wait.”
At Ian’s words, the librarian looked up nonchalantly.
“People who are not good at studying should be able to borrow more books. Why can people who are good at borrowing more?”
I didn’t ask for an answer.
But even so, the librarian’s eyes were indifferent.
“……”
Sureuk.
She bowed her head.
… You’re saying it’s not even worth answering?
Hey, people get hurt.
Then she opened her mouth small.
“The book must be read quietly, and must not be damaged. After reading, return it to its original place.”
Ian shrugged her shoulders.
‘What. Because I had no intention of borrowing it.’
Even if she goes to the dorm anyway, time flies because she is learning magic and working out. Books are only read in the library.
“Ah. Could you recommend a book if possible?”
The librarian’s head shook vertically and slightly.
It seems positive.
‘Hmm.’
Come to think of it, it was difficult to express the type of book I wanted to borrow. Fanta X Aka Worldview Newbie Introductory Guide… How should I express it?
After thinking for a while, Ian opened his mouth.
“If a traveler is new to this world, please recommend a book that will help that person understand this world.”
“……”
It seemed that the girl’s eyes had changed after buying it for a while.
It seems that the corners of her mouth are slightly raised?
Did you think the question was unusual?
The librarian scribbled something on her white slip of paper and she handed it over.
“Thank you.”
A very unusual librarian.
Ian bowed her head.
I was about to turn around when I heard her voice again.
“And.”
Sureuk.
She fixed her glasses with her thin index finger and looked up.
Her voice came out like a whisper from her small gaping mouth.
“Dating, confession, etc. Prohibited.”
Pongpong, you bastard.
Did she go around confessing here too?
“… I see.”
Ian moved her steps, touching her dizzy forehead.
By the way, this library…
Too wide.
It seems that the area of one floor of the building is the size of a soccer field.
At first sight, admiration comes out, and when you walk, you get lost.
How to find a book in a place like this?
In vain, Ian checked the note the librarian had written.
“The text looks like it was printed on a computer.”
[ History of Liechten ]
[Walking around the continent]
……
How the heck do you find this in this wide place?
Out of desperation, the sleeping ‘modern man Kim Ian’ pops out.
These uncivilized fantasy bastards.
Isn’t it too inefficient to line up books with medium heating without a book search machine?
‘Should I pass on the modern
Decimal classification?’
Oops.
If you are possessed, you need to have another episode like this to live up to the taste.
The moment when Ian’s heart was filled with groundless confidence.
— Shiny!
The note the librarian handed over shone.
Then he indicated the direction to the book he was looking for.
He was very intuitive and friendly.
“Oh.”
Ian was convinced.
As expected, it’s more magic than science.
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Ian grasped the core of the books written on the list one by one.
[ History of Liechten ]
A book about the history of the Liechten Academy and the city-state of Liechten to which the Academy belongs.
[Walking around the continent]
Holy Constantine in the south, the Kingdom of Gaul in the west, and the Prussian Empire in the north.
This book describes the continent’s important countries and key geography.
And.
[ God of Elements ]
I couldn’t leave out the information about the property of the land.
Of course, I couldn’t find any secrets related to mana or magic in the books that were open to the public, but I was able to learn more about the stories related to each element.
‘…Is this more specific than I thought?’
Above all, there is a detailed description of Gaia, the goddess of the earth.
Things that will be of great help when searching for her blessings in the future.
First of all, I crammed it into my memory as much as possible.
As I focused so much and looked only at the key points, I was at the end of the list before I knew it.
———
……
[ Life of Dave the Hero ]
[The silent and vicious young lady likes her butler who treats her roughly. ]
———
Dave’s biography was probably like a fairy tale.
No wait.
“…?”
What is that last book?
“Am I wrong?”
Ian remembered the librarian’s face.
A face that looks infinitely rational and calm.
Will she read a book like that?
“I don’t think so.”
Even though I was sleepy, my eyes were half-closed.
I must have misunderstood something.
Let’s pretend we didn’t see it.
‘Then, assuming there is no last book.’
The biography of the brave Dave.
Following the guidance of the note, I naturally walked to the bookshelf full of children’s books.
‘Why did you recommend children’s books?’
Ian fell into thought as he leafed through the titles of children’s books on the bookshelf.
Perhaps the librarian wanted to talk about ‘consensus’.
Even if it’s only a book, wouldn’t it be like saying that if people in this world can share their childhood, they can create a consensus?
‘It’s romantic.’
I was browsing the titles on the back of the book like that.
…
[ Dragon Hunter James ]
[ Life of Dave the Hero ]
“I found it.”
I reached out for the book.
— Took
And at the same time, I bumped into someone’s hand, which was reaching for the book.
“Sorry.”
Ian quickly lowered his head.
“…This. This.”
But the opponent’s reaction was strange.
Why do you stutter like that?
Ian raised his head and finally understood the reason.
“You… Ian…?
Sloppy black bangs that cover his eyes.
A chest big enough to contain the divine power it possesses.
As unstable as his gloomy personality.
And the saintess candidate.
“Aria?”
Aria Lumines Bell.
Standing there was another heroine, Pongpong’s childhood friend.