I think this word means earth, and that word means root... If I read it this way again, the sentence is: to learn the emperor's magic you have to be the earth and let the magic's roots grow inside you.
I didn't quite understand what it was, but I think that must be the right way. Let me ask the witch if I am right.
"Master, as I understand it, what it says here is that to learn the emperor's magic, you must become the earth and let the magic's roots grow inside you."
"Oh, so that word means earth. Good for you. As expected of my student."
"Now that I've translated this page too, will you teach me how to use magic?"
"First, translate the whole book and then I'll teach you a magic that you want."
"Old witch, you said the same thing when I translated the previous book, didn't you? I've been your apprentice for five months already and you haven't teach me anything."
"If you want to learn magic, be good and finish the translation of this book first. However, I must admit that you are even more skilled in ancient languages than I expected, maybe you will become a magic king in the future."
"Magic king. What's that?"
"A level of sorcery that only a two-digit magician can reach in the current time period."
"Why don't they teach others these math formulas and make more king-level magicians? Isn't sorcery about math?"
"Oh that, that's just a rumor."
"But..."
"As I said, it is not real knowledge. It's just a lie passed down by the nobles generations ago to make the peasants give up the dream of sorcery."
Fake information, huh? I think I can understand, in a medieval world like this, power is everything. For the nobles to maintain their position, they have to make sure they are more powerful than the common people.
"And tell me how my ability to translate is related to sorcery?"
"The biggest benefit of being able to translate is, that you will be able to read any ancient magic books you find or buy. There is no one in this country who knows the ancient elven language except you and me."
"E...E...Elf!?!"
"Have you ever heard the word elf before?"
Ahhh, fuck, I got too excited. Remember Yuto, you're just a peasant boy. There's no way you've heard of things like elves.
"No, I've never heard of it. It sounds like a cool magic name."
"Hahaha. It's normal that you haven't heard. Elves became extinct 500 years ago."
-heart attack-
what? The elves are extinct? But what about my side quest? The reward of living for hundreds of years. And also, aren't you an elf? Or are you some kind of fake elf?
"That's not the point now, of course. As for how I know you're a good magician. Look at the flower on the table where you are studying the ancient book."
The subject is, of course, elves. What could be more important than virgin forest protectors with huge boobs, each one more beautiful than the next? And what does the flower on the table have to do with it?
When I turned my head and looked at the flower on the wooden table where I always sit and translate, I saw that the rose-like flower with red and blue leaves looked more vibrant than usual today.
"It is indeed a beautiful flower, but I don't understand how this is a test of ability."
"You realize that this is a test of skill, and that's something. That flower didn't look so beautiful when you first came here. First of all, you should know that mana is the most important part of nature. The higher a person's affinity with mana, the greater nature's love for them."
"Get to the point"
"If your intimacy with mana is very high, a withered flower can regain its former vigor after spending a lot of time with you. There is even a legend about Alphenzo, the Magic Emperor. The legend says that if they put a dead tree branch next to the room where he practiced magic, in five days it would become a magnificent world tree."
Bullshit!
"That's cool. I'm not a big fan of flowers, but I'd like to have this talent."
"Anyway, you're done for today. Go home so your mom won't worry."
What about the elves? We were going to talk about them...
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Slphia quietly muttered a magic and waved her hand slightly as Yuto put on his thick coat made of sheepskin to protect himself from the winter chill. As soon as the spell was completed, the thousands of different colored flowers around the apothecary's hut, which had burst through the snowdrifts, withered and turned to ash.
"This child's affinity with mana is growing day by day. I thought people's mana affinity was finalized at birth... Maybe..."
"Did you say something, master?"
"Ahah, I asked what you want to eat tomorrow."
"Anything to do with wheat is fine, master. See you on Monday, master."
"See you, Yuto."
------- (ten days later)
"Master! I've completed the translation. Now teach me how to use magic."
"Hoo, are you done? Let me see."
Slphia looked at her little student in amazement as she read the magic book in the language of the ancient elves. It was extraordinary that a child his age could understand the ancient elven language at this level. Yuto's peers were still developing their speaking skills.
"I have something important to tell you."
"Tell me, master."
"Even if I teach you how to do magic, you must be five years old and have been blessed in the church before you can do magic. The mana veins in the body of a person who has not received a blessing are very confused. You must first receive a blessing and wait for a while for the mana vessels to be properly organized. After receiving the blessing, your mana veins will be in order as your body continues to develop. usually people become able to use magic when they are about 12-13 years old "
"What?"
Wait, wait, wait, the system can't have given me an impossible mission, right? Wait a minute, let me check the mission one more time.
After Yuto double-checked his mission a few times from top to bottom, he easily realized what the problem was. Although Yuto didn't realize it, the more he did the repetitive mission that increased his magical ability, the faster his mind worked, and so learning the ancient language was less difficult than it should have been.
What Yuto realized was that the mission the system had given him had told him to learn magic. Realizing that he could do the mission without using magic, Yuto told his master again that he wanted to learn magic.