Until I, A Fallen Nobleman, Was Called the Great Sage With My Hazure Skill “Super Jack-of-All-Trades

“Okay, stay focused.”

“Ugh ……”

“Hmph -“

“Nn-.”

Today, we are training in magic at Verna-sensei’s place. It’s been a while since Nord had been here, so the three of us trained together. 

We were all able to basically “release” the magic, but the next thing the teacher instructed us to do was to “stop” it.

…… What does that mean? The purpose of this is literally to stop the magic from being cast on the end of the stick, rather than hitting the object with it.

“It’s like this.”

Verna-sensei said, lighting a fire on the end of the stick. It looks easy enough, but when I try it, it doesn’t work ……

I had no problem imagining that I was throwing a ball, but when I “release” it, like I did the last time I flew to BRAO, it felt like I was exhaling. 

“A-Ahhh …… it’s flying away!”

“The fire fell …….”

While my brother and Nord were failing to control the fire, I managed to keep the fire at the end of the stick.

“Hmm! Li-Like this ……!”

“Oh, Lars-kun, you’re awesome!”

“D, damn it, even I can ……!”

I managed to hold it in place by imagining a lighter or a match, but…

Guohhh!!

“Uwa-hot!?”

“Oh, this is bad! .”

“Cold!?”

” “Stare- ……” “

I guess I put too much force into it, because a huge pillar of fire came out of my stick. My brother and Nord were open-mouthed and surprised, but brother’s motivation was literally ignited, and he put magic power into the stick and continued training. 

And when the two of them are not around…

“Yes, please fill this tub with ……”

“What!? I can fill a cup or so ……”

“Let’s fill it up.”

“Oh, yes.”

And at another time ……

“Use to collect the fallen leaves and to burn them. Oh, and of course, use to put out the fire.”

“It’s all intermediate-level magic, though ……”

“Ahhhhhh, I can’t hear you-.”

Verna-sensei was like a spartan educator who is humming while demanding me to do something reckless. Well, it’s hard for me to do that because she’s making demands based on what she thinks I’ll be able to do, when I’m just one step away from being able to do it. However, thanks to my efforts, my magic has improved considerably.

My brother and Nord have also become better at using magic than most people their age. Teacher told us not to flaunt it or use it carelessly, and we obeyed. Of course, we didn’t want Verna-sensei to hate us, after all.

And so the months went by —

“!”

Guoooohhh ……

“Oh, amazing. You’ve already learned to keep your intermediate magic in place.”

“Heh, I think it’s because you’re good at teaching! I wonder what you’ll teach me next?”

“Let’s see. Do you want to try your hand at ancient magic?”

“Finally!?”

–It’s been three years since I swore an oath to take revenge on Brao. I was now eight years old.

At the time, I was at the orphanage because I was the oldest and had to take care of the younger children, so I didn’t get to see Nord much, and my brother was busy preparing to enter the academy, and I was here mostly by myself.

I come here with my mom once in a while to buy herbs, but right now I have my hands full with my brother …… I feel lonely because I’m always with my brother, but he doesn’t despise me, so I don’t have a problem with my mental well-being …… I shouldn’t have. 

I think it will be interesting for my brother to enter the academy. To be honest, with the [Super Jack-of-all-Trades], the more I worked out, the more my physical abilities increased, but I didn’t want to look uncool as a big brother, so I worked hard, and as a result, my energy, physical strength, and luck …… In fact, my swordsmanship, physical strength, and magical power have risen to a level where the same ten-years-old would never be able to beat me. 

One thing I’ve learned from this is the “Super Jack-of-all-Trades”‘s trait. The ability increases even if I train and repeat routines that become easier, but it seems to be more effective if I train like Verna-sensei, where I feel like it’s a bit tough. So, assuming that my brother increased his strength by 2% in one training session, I would have increased mine by 3%. But if I put more stress on it, I’ll get to 4%.

Now that I’m eight years old, I finally got the OK from Verna-sensei to learn [Ancient Magic]. This ancient magic is actually quite crazy, from what I’ve read in the books, with basic magic like disappearing and flying.

If you can master it completely, you can even turn yourself into a dragon. But how to do it depends on how flexible the user’s thinking is, and it also requires a mind that doesn’t doubt that it can be done.

In my previous life, I would have laughed it off with a snort because disappearing and flying are ridiculous.

“Lars-kun, your magic power is getting higher and higher, but ancient magic is difficult to do with magic power alone, you know? So, let’s disappear for a while -“

At that moment, Verna-sensei’s figure suddenly disappeared. Just as I made a silly “ah” sound, Verna-sensei appeared standing behind me, rubbing my shoulders.

“Fuh …… It’s exhausting even at this distance. The ancient magic consumes a lot of magic power, so even if you disappears, it will probably only be for a minute or so? Okay, why don’t you try it? The magic is muttered as “Invisible.”

If there was such a thing as invisible magic, criminals would be able to do whatever they wanted, so I can see why there would be a time limit. But it’s easier said than done.

“You monster teacher who does magic without saying a word ……”

“What is it-?”

“Ihyaaaah!? Don’t pull my cheeks!? …… I’ll give it a try, okay? .”

I could feel my body cooling down, and I knew in my gut that I had succeeded. Verna-sensei must have sensed this, because she held out a hand mirror in front of me.

“I, I did it! I did it in one try!”

“You must have thought so? Fufu, look closely?”

When I turned the mirror down, my lower half was completely exposed. It’s pretty disgusting ……

“Ughh …… uh, I feel so sluggish ……”

Then, my upper body appeared from my lower body behind the mirror, and I fell on my butt. Verna-sensei said she was tired, but this is eating a lot of magic. 

“Well, that’s how it is at first. After taking a break then we’re done for the day. See you next time.”

“Yes!”

I replied cheerfully, but when I saw Verna-sensei’s back humming as she walked into the house, I suddenly became curious.

“(I wonder who in the world is this person ……)”

I wondered why I was afraid to ask that question.

Then the day came when my brother entered the academy.

I’m finally old enough and became eight-years-old! Two more years. Will Lars’ intentions succeed?

Thank you for reading!

[Afterword Theater]

“Isn’t the pace too fast!?”

Uh, uhhhh …… I, I have to write ……

“Wait, Is there a doctor among our readers-?”