While reading, Aibo discovered that in this world, magic power could not only be used to construct magic circles and cast spells, but could also be used like internal energy to enhance oneself.
He immediately thought of many ingenious uses for magic power, and felt as though inspiration had suddenly burst forth.
Then he casually glanced at his Inspiration Points and was shocked to find that they had skyrocketed by several dozen points.
So Aibo guessed that if he wanted to gain a large amount of Inspiration Points, he might need to let his imagination run wild and create new magic or something like that.
After all, they were called Inspiration Points, so they had to be related to inspiration, right!
But the magic of this world had a long history and encompassed everything.
With Aibo’s current level of magic, creating a new kind of magic was not very realistic.
However, he had no intention of actually creating a new kind of magic.
Proposing new ideas and devising new techniques should all count as “inspiration.”
As long as the ideas he proposed could truly be realized in this world, he would definitely be able to harvest a large number of Inspiration Points!
So Aibo set his sights on Gray.
After all, he did not have many options right now.
In the guild, Gray was the only person who both had the ability and was willing to help.
He was not close enough to the older children, Cana was still learning and perfecting her own magic, and the adults would pay even less attention to him.
Gray was a slightly tsundere boy—straightforward, easy to take in, and incredibly easy to deal with.
“…But Gray, Sister Elo gave me the day off today. I want to see how you train.”
“Haha! Hear that, Cana? Hand him over!”
Gray snatched Aibo from Cana’s arms and arrogantly dragged him out of the guild:
“Come on, Aibo. Your big bro will teach you a real man’s training method!”
“Hey! You two, wait for me!”
Watching the three little tykes leave the guild, the uncles knocked back their drinks and laughed heartily.
“The new blood in our guild sure is lively!”
“That kid Gray has gotten a lot more cheerful lately. He’s not as sour-faced as when he first arrived.”
“Cana too. It’s definitely all thanks to Aibo.”
“To Aibo!”
“Cheers!”
On the other side, the three of them chased and played all the way to the riverside in town, and Gray began showing Aibo his training method.
“Watch closely, Aibo. The first step of training: take off your clothes!”
Cana angrily punched Gray on the head:
“Don’t teach my little brother bad things!”
“Cough, okay, fine, you don’t have to take them off. Anyway, this is the secret of our school! Taking off your clothes can improve your perception of magic power and help you learn ice magic faster!”
Gray rubbed the big bump on his head and muttered:
“But I’ve already passed that stage. Usually, I take my clothes off just out of habit. As for my real training method—”
“Ice-Make: Ice Hammer!”
Gray held one hand open and clenched the other into a fist, then slammed them together.
A half-person-high ice hammer slammed into the open ground ahead, smashing out a fairly deep little pit.
“Ice Hammer!” “Ice Hammer!” “Ice Hammer!”
Gray made three more identical hammers in succession.
The four ice hammers formed a line, whipping up a wave of cold air.
Gray panted slightly and put his hands on his hips:
“Amazing, right? My molding speed is faster than that of many adult wizards. I can make ten hammers of this level in a row!”
Cana crossed her arms over her chest and curled her lip:
“Your training is just endlessly making ice hammers here?”
“Of course not! I first use up all my magic power, then run along the riverbank while waiting for it to recover. Once it’s fully recovered, I continue practicing my moves, then run again, and keep cycling like that.”
“Huh? What kind of idiot training method is that?”
“It’s not stupid! My master said the body is the foundation that carries magic power. The stronger the body, the more magic power it can withstand, and the more magic power it can store. You have no one teaching you, Cana, so you don’t understand a thing!”
“Hah!? If I had that kind of time, I’d rather meditate for a while! This is what Gildarts taught me!”
“Idiot! What are you going to do if you run into a close-combat enemy in the future!?”
“You’re the idiot! We’re wizards, not warriors! Figure out a way to keep others from getting close! You’re misleading people!”
“Idiot Cana!”
“Jerk Gray!”
Aibo watched helplessly as the two argued fiercely in front of him, then came to blows, and finally became one of those clouds of white mist straight out of a Showa-era brawl.
To be fair, Aibo thought Cana was right.
A mage should act like a mage.
Wizards could not just go bare-chested and brawl with other people, could they?
But what Gray said also seemed to make some sense.
After all, in this world, magic power could directly enhance the body.
And the three stats displayed on his cheat system panel were [Vigor], [Strength], and [Magic Power].
He always felt that this crappy system would not include anything without a reason.
Strength definitely had a huge impact on combat.
But none of that needed much consideration for now.
He had not come here today to watch two little brats beat each other up.
“Stop fighting, you two! Stop fighting! Don’t argue!”
Aibo tried hard to squeeze between them and finally managed to separate the two.
He first sighed and looked at Cana:
“Cana, is it really okay for a girl to be so uninhibited? What if you get scars from fighting? Don’t let the uncles in the guild lead you astray…”
Cana’s little face turned red. This chapter was copied from g.com without permission.
She tucked the hair by her ear and pretended to be demure, acting coy:
“Cough, little Aibo, don’t misunderstand. Your big sister isn’t usually like this. It’s mainly because this Gray is too infuriating!”
“Hah!?”
Aibo immediately turned around:
“Gray, I watched your magic and noticed that you mainly use Molding Magic for physical attacks? I think an ice wizard shouldn’t mainly use low temperatures to deal damage.”
Gray was a single-celled organism most of the time, and his attention was immediately diverted:
“Oh! Aibo actually noticed that? You’re right. My main attack method really is Molding Magic rather than Ice Magic.”
“That’s because lowering the temperature also consumes magic power, but my current reserves aren’t enough to let me deal both low-temperature damage and molding damage at the same time.”
Gray spread his hands indifferently:
“No way around it. I’m only ten. It’ll get better in the future!”
“I see…”
Aibo then naturally proposed his idea:
“Then, Gray, can you use ice to make mirrors?”
“Mirrors? If I adjust the arrangement of the ice elements while molding, it should be possible. Why?”
“A mirror is an ice construct too, right? I think you could use special ice mirrors to deceive the enemy visually. For example, you could set up several ice mirrors in front of the enemy and use one of them to project your image while hiding behind another mirror. Then, when the enemy attacks you…”
The more Aibo spoke, the brighter Gray’s eyes became:
“You can pull off something like that!? I think it can work! I’ll try it right now!”
Without another word, Gray made several ice mirrors and excitedly began studying the reflection and projection of light, completely forgetting Cana.
And just when Gray successfully made the ice mirrors, Aibo, who was staring fixedly at his system panel, noticed:
[Inspiration Points: 540 → 710]
It works!!
I told you it would!
My thinking was right after all!
This is inspiration!
Hahaha!
Just as Aibo was thrilled by his discovery, a subtle sensation suddenly touched his cheek.
With a little mua~ sound, he found himself in a soft embrace.
“Wow! My Aibo is a genius! He can come up with such an amazing idea! So awesome! Let your big sister kiss you again! Mua~~!”
[Inspiration Points: 710 → 1001]
!?
Aibo froze.
He looked at Cana, pressed close against him, then looked at Gray not far away, and finally blinked and looked at the panel.
[Inspiration Points: 1001 → 1111]
Aibo: ????