บท 22: Grimoire
I have been developing my foundation since the beginning since I plan to start creating more complex spells after I collect my grimoire.
As I worked on understanding the law of my magic, its power and control increased. The more I focused, the darker the flames became.
One day, I condensed too much and lost control. A small orb of dark flames dropped, causing a violent reaction and burning all the plants around it, consuming their mana. Although I often got hurt by my own spell, that moment was different—even the skin on my hands melted to the bone. It took almost two weeks of constant healing to return to normal.
After that, I decreased my practice of higher flames to a certain extent but never stopped entirely, as I found a way to increase my power.
While practicing, I figured out that I could solidify flames to a certain extent if I compressed them long enough.
Currently, I can only make small shapes and blades of flame. Sister was surprised, as not all magic can be solidified like her flames. I decided to make wings and armor in the future with this ability.
Overall, I was satisfied with my development. Now, I had to think about which squad to join. I had many considerations while choosing, such as freedom of movement and stable growth opportunities.
I had some ideas for my future development. I had to be present during the cannon events, as I couldn't trust my previous knowledge entirely.
But before that, I needed to get a grimoire.
As a reincarnated person, there was a high probability that I could get a different grimoire from others, there was also a chance that I might receive a five-leaf grimoire.
I had to receive it when no one was looking to remain low-key for now, as I didn't want people from the underworld on my tail—not until I joined a squad.
The next day, I went to the grimoire tower in the common realm and got a reservation for the night.
They took 5000 yuls from me for the reservation. That night, I informed Sister and went to the tower to get my grimoire.
Grimoire towers are long cylindrical buildings made by ancient mages to provide grimoires to everyone who can use magic.
These structures are unbreakable and made with an unknown material.
Most people receive a grimoire at the age of 15; some receive it later. These books are fueled by the mana of the user and disappear when the user dies. Some people even say that grimoires are artifacts that represent the soul.
Grimoires give access to strong and vast spells and unlock the true potential of a mage. Only the person who received a particular grimoire can use it. People can use the spells in the grimoire by chanting their names or can use them later without the grimoire if they gain enough mastery over the spell.
Inside the tower, multiple shelves were filled with prototype books that would turn into grimoires when touched by the user. I waited for some time, but nothing happened. I released my mana all over the tower, covering every book. This made a lot of books shake, and finally, a thick book came floating towards me. The moment my finger touched the book, my vision was filled with darkness, and I was struck with a terrible headache.
After my vision cleared a bit, I found myself in an unfamiliar place. A scene was playing in front of me, but behind me was complete darkness. I realized that I had lost all control over my body. With no other option, I focused on the scene that was playing.
In the scene, I saw some people dressed in robes with different ornaments standing in a circle, but all their faces were blurred. Every person had a symbol on their robes, from which I only recognized the three-leaf clover. The circle had different symbols I didn't recognize.
All of the mages standing there released their mana into the circle, with a scroll in its center. The circle shined as they kept feeding mana to it, and after a while, the circle stopped shining, and the scroll dissolved into the circle.
After the process ended, everything stopped as if paused, but the only person who moved was the one with the clover symbol on his back.
He moved his head and looked at me in the eyes, a smile forming on his face. He started speaking something that I could neither hear nor understand by lip movement. He came forward and was about to touch my shoulder when his body, along with everything else, started getting blurred, and after a while, I was standing in complete darkness.
Soon, I was hit with a similar headache and found myself back in the tower. What in the hell was that? Who was that? What did I get myself into?
The only thing I could infer was that it was a vision for me and some sort of ritual. I kept that for later, but most importantly, I realized that not even a second had passed in the real world as clovers hadn't appeared on the grimoire yet. As soon as I touched the book, the entire tower was enveloped in a golden light.
One by one, clovers started appearing—one, two, three...and finally stopped at four, releasing a red light that illuminated the tower. The grimoire was red in color with four clovers at its center and different black patterns around it.
My excitement knew no bounds as I yelped in happiness. Why not? It was the legendary four-leaf grimoire, given only to special individuals! Getting the grimoire filled all sorts of information in my mind.
Although I tried to remain composed most of the time since there was no one here to watch, I could let out my emotions without restraint.
All my spells had received a boost of fifty percent! To unlock more spells, I had to have an idea of the spell and develop it accordingly. The grimoire would help in speeding up the process. Spells could also be unlocked by deep emotions. And most importantly, I could store weapons inside my grimoire like Asta. How cool was that?
I felt like a restriction was removed from my body, along with an increased understanding of my flames. I concentrated on my mana core and noticed that instead of the usual yellow-orange mana, it had turned red. I summoned a fireball in my hands and focused on it. Its color changed from normal flames to red flames in a few seconds, whereas it would normally take a few minutes.
This change was not permanent and would lose its form when I lost focus, but it was a significant step in my development. Now, if I think about it, Yami acquires the power to cut dimensions, and Patry's light magic becomes black light when he becomes a dark elf. This must be related to the law and evolution of their magic.
I took my dagger and held it near the grimoire. It was absorbed into the book with words filling the entire page. I saw that every spell that appeared in my status panel was now written in the grimoire along with its description and the sequence of mana used to cast the spell.
Putting the grimoire into the pouch I received from Sister, I set out towards the church.
There were a lot of things that I wished to know like why I dreamed of the dark phoenix, why I had a mana core, and what was the vision just now but I don't think about it for a reason.
I had no clue where to start and how to proceed so I just postponed it for later.
On the way back, I received a notification:
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- You have received the legendary four-leaf clover grimoire.
- All spells' effectiveness increased by 50% + spell comprehension speed increased.
- You have comprehended the basic law of flames.
Body points: 85
Mana points: 220
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