She Becomes The Hero In Another World 43 She Learns About Her Magic Aptitudes

How long would it take before Christian absconded with a magic carpet? Five minutes is all it took.

"Rooooobiiiiin!" The familiar cry caused Robin to jump in her seat upon the magic carpet. She urged it to fly lower, so that she could use the castle as an obstacle to keep Christian at a distance.

It was during this time, when she wasn't keeping an eye out that Jasmine arrived, cradling the gla.s.s bottle carefully in her arms, as she hurried to find Robin and Christian. But, since they were whizzing about the castle, it was hard to pinpoint where they were, Jasmine asked Gerard, Pons.h.i.+eu, and several trustworthy servants to spread out about the castle and locate them.

It was Gerard who found them first, he rushed off to tell Pons.h.i.+eu and Jasmine. But, by the time he reported the news, the two flying carpets had raced to a different part of the castle.

In the end, it was Robin herself who ended the chase, as she drop-kicked Christian into a nearby tree. He rebounded off the branches, on his way down, falling into a dead faint when he struck the ground. Somehow, he was still perfectly fine even after smacking his face into the tree branches.

Robin herself easily swung down the branches to decrease her momentum before landing safe and sound on the ground. She clapped the dust from her hands before checking the pulse in his neck to make sure that Christian wasn't hurt.

This was the scene that greeted Jasmine's eyes when she arrived. Robin turned to glance at her, before opening Christian's mouth.

"Antidote." She said, holding out her hand towards Jasmine, who naturally gave it to her. Then, Robin poured over half the bottle down his throat.

"Would that be enough?" Robin asked Jasmine.

"That amount was enough to detox fifty people." Jasmine replied, inwardly wailing with grief at the loss of her special water. She took a long breath before she was able to calm down. "But, there is something that I don't quite understand about all of this. How can you-"

"Robin!" Jasmine was interrupted by Gerard, as he ran over to the Hero.

"So is Christian finally free of that spell!? Why is he sleeping under the tree? And why are there twigs in his hair?" Gerard barrages Robin with questions.

Robin could only quietly hand the quarter-filled bottle back to Jasmine.

"Ask me later." She told Jasmine as she got to settling down the Gerard Question Gatling Gun.

Servants came to bring the Prince back to lie on a nearby couch that they moved outdoors. It seemed strangely like they were used to things like this happening.

Upon seeing Robin's questioning gaze, Jasmine explained. "They used to do this often when his fighting teacher came to give him lessons. He's very resilient to damage now, due to that. But, enough about him- I'm sure you're still eager to hear about what your attributes are, right? Perhaps we can go somewhere private to talk?"

"Ah." Robin nodded, then turned to Gerard. "Can you keep an eye on the Prince and tell me when he wakes up?"

"Right! I surely will tell you the moment he wakes up!" Gerard a.s.sured her. Nodding in agreement.

"Thanks. I'll be talking with Jasmine in the court magician's office, in case anybody asks." Robin told Gerard, before following Jasmine up to Albus Magnum's office.

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Albus was busy rearranging the many records in the archives, and was completely focused on his work, but Jasmine closed the door anyways, and evoked a soundproof barrier, just in case.

"Before I begin, I'd like to ask you something that's been bothering me this past hour…" Jasmine said, testing Robin's reaction.

"Go ahead? Ask away." Robin said, without a single qualm.

"Are you a woman?" Jasmine got straight to the point.

"Yes. What else would I be? Why is that even a question?" Robin was confused.

"Good!" Jasmine sighed with relief. Now she knew the real reason why Christian was chasing Robin. It was also such a relief knowing that she didn't lose out to a man.

After careful consideration on the symptoms and the reactions, this was the only thing that Jasmine could think of. But Jasmine didn't know if Robin Was simply ignorant of her image, or purposefully hiding her gender.

"I'm not sure that you realize this, but you don't actually seem like one. In fact, I'm pretty sure that Christian has no idea about the fact that you're a girl." Jasmine pointed out.

"Huh!? No way!! Then, the whole time he was chasing me today, he thought I was a...a.." Robin was shocked to the point where she was tongue tied.

"Yes. But, Robin, I want you to continue to hide your real gender." Jasmine said.

"Why?"

"Do you want what happened earlier today to happen everyday?" Jasmine asked. "You'll be attending the ball tomorrow night. If the n.o.blemen knew that you were a woman just think of how many would be chasing after you. It would be like hundreds of Christians were surrounding you." Jasmine spoke seriously.

Robin shuddered. She could barely handle one Christian, much less hundreds. Moreover she wasn't interested in marrying anyone, as all she wanted to do was return home. After considering things, she nodded.

"I agree. But, I'm not sure how long I''ll be able to keep this secret." Robin sighed.

"Don't worry! I'll help you the whole way!" Jasmine encouraged. "I'm your magic teacher, after all!" And thus, what would have probably led to a ma.s.s ma.s.sacre of the kingdom's bachelor n.o.blemen was averted.

"That reminds me, you said something about telling me my attributes, earlier?" Robin asked.

"That's right." Jasmine nodded. "Even I was very much surprised at the numbers that came out. You have 50% apt.i.tudes with all magic except for light. In light, you have 100% apt.i.tude, something that has not been seen in many millenniums."

Robin heard, but instantly asked. "Can you give me some concrete examples? I'm not entirely sure just how impressive my apt.i.tudes are just from hearing the numbers."

Jasmine nodded. She had considered this point once she heard that Robin knew nothing about magic.

"First off, your apt.i.tudes are not as set in stone as you'd think. With effort and practice, someone can actually raise their apt.i.tudes by constant use of the magic which they wish to gain apt.i.tude in. So, just think of the numbers as a rough outline. Most people have up to three types of magic that they have apt.i.tudes for.

But, you have All Attributes, which means that you have talent in all the different kinds of magic. The regular all attributes would only make the crystal ball s.h.i.+ne with a rainbow color. But when you placed your hand on the ball, the rainbow colors were far outpaced by the white light s.h.i.+ning from within. This means that your talent in light magic is truly at the genius level.

To be honest, if the Hero's sword had not acknowledged you, you would have been a prime candidate for a sage, or a saint." Jasmine explained.

"Thus, while normal citizens usually only have apt.i.tudes ranging from 5 to 10 percent, your apt.i.tudes are at 50 percent from the start. Moreover, your light magic is at a hundred percent, which means that you have the highest possible apt.i.tude you can get."

Robin then asked a question. "So, does that mean I can use magic now?"

"Not quite." Jasmine shook her head. "in order to use magic, you need to interact with your mana core."

"My mana core? What's that?" Robin asked.