However, the next volume caused him to sigh in relief. Unlike their academies, everyone could learn magic from childhood here. But with the opportunity came the familiar competitiveness for potions, weapons, and adequate knowledge.
Even if easier to access, without formal education, most commoners never developed their own techniques as Adam did. Preferring to understand how to use ready-made ones, they perfected their uses by modifying slight components to fit their needs.
Engrossed in the discoveries, he didn't notice the darkening sky nor the annoyed glares Jack threw at him. He continued to read historical tomes, one after another.
His friends were the same, their lips twisting a little more with each book they returned to the shelves. Body cultivation along with magic? Ready-made mana techniques from the very first tier? It felt as if everything they had learned was mere fragments of a shattered fresco—rather, they were the dust left by the magus.
