The Great Sage Who Did not Remain in Legend - 14.3

“However, light and dark attributes won’t activate without aptitude. No amount of effort will change that.”

“What’s light magic?”

“Healing and defense magic.”

“Can you use it?”

“Sort of. But I can’t cure illnesses. To heal an illness, you need to know what kind it is and how to treat it. That’s why I couldn’t save Tabasa…”

“Is that so…”

“Yeah. To heal illnesses, you need to study medicine. But since medical science isn’t very advanced, there’s nothing I can do. I can only heal injuries, provide pain relief, or reduce fever. I don’t even reduce fever in cases where it’s not good to do so.”

“I see. What about dark magic?”

“Debuffs and spatial manipulation. The buff I mentioned earlier only enhances physical abilities, but debuffs can lower physical abilities or cause status ailments like paralysis or forced sleep, putting opponents at a disadvantage. By the way, storage magic falls under dark attributes, and the most advanced form of that is teleportation magic.”

“Teleportation magic? So, is the magic from fairy tales really real?”

“It is. It requires immense magical power depending on the distance of teleportation, and you need to know the destination to specify it.”

“You can’t use that too, right?”

“I can use it, but I don’t. I get motion sickness from teleportation.”

“Teleportation sickness?”

“A worse version of motion sickness. After teleporting, I can’t move for a while. If there were enemies at the destination, I’d be in big trouble.”

“That’s no good.”

“But you know, some people are fine with it. Everyone else in the party was fine.”

“As expected of a hero party.”

“Yeah. Everyone was amazing in their own way.”

“So, you were amazing too.”

“Well, I’m a genius, you know.”

“Hmph, even so-called geniuses can be ignorant.”

“Ignorant? What do you mean?”

“You called that pouch a magic bag.”

“Was there something wrong with that?”

“A magic bag can only hold two to three times what the original bag can. That pouch of yours can hold three times that easily, right?”

“Oh, really? But this pouch can fit all the tables and everything in the shop. It could probably hold a whole warehouse worth, though I don’t use it as a magic bag since I’d have to rummage around to find things.”

“Huh?”

“Where did you even get something like this?”

“Where else… I made it myself.”

“Huh?”

“Oh? Didn’t I mention it? I do things like developing magical tools. With my friends, I’ve developed all sorts of convenient magical tools. It was more like a hobby than work, though.”

“You can do something like that… Does anyone else know about this?”

“I wonder? If the boss doesn’t know, maybe I didn’t say. If you want a useful magical tool, though, it’s a hassle to secure magic crystals.”

“Magic stones won’t work?”

“For simple tools like mixers, they’re fine, but for something like a dishwasher that mixes multiple attributes, you need to replace them frequently if they’re not magic crystals. It’s troublesome. And a magic bag won’t be useful unless it’s made with high-purity magic crystals. The magic crystals from creatures in this era have low purity and are small, so the capacity of a magic bag is limited.”

“Are monsters nowadays really that different?”

“Nowadays, can’t you eat monster meat after you’ve bled it out?”

“Of course.”