A way to gain time affinity

The images on the window continued to play, and after waiting for a while, ' Lai ' finally saw Oinrich appear on it.

"If I could see this directly, it would mean I have an affinity for time, but unfortunately, I'm more than thirty seconds off."

In the image, Oinrich paused in front of the screen for a moment and waved to the other side, seemingly indicating to himself in the image not to come closer.

Then Oinrich took out a jelly-like green object, placed it in his hand, and casually squeezed it, causing the entire scene to disappear.

"Seeing scenes like this on the future timeline isn't something you can just happen to see. Oinrich probably spent a lot of Gold Coin setting this up."

Oinrich, standing to the side, remained completely silent, seemingly intending to let ' Lai ' use this time to think and experience what he had just seen in the time dimension.

Maybe this will work, maybe it won't, but in any case, we have to let ' Lai ' experience it.

' Lai ' didn't dwell on how Oinrich did it; she was only thinking about one thing: How can I improve my time affinity?

Judging from this test, ' Lai ' doesn't need to consider its own time affinity; it just makes decisions based on failing to meet the standard.

When it came to actually doing what to do, ' Lai ' was in a real dilemma. If it was just a matter of getting to know someone temporarily, then ' Lai ' could do it with Secret Words and Alchemy Device.

However, it's obviously not that simple. After all, if it were that simple, so many mages wouldn't have made no progress in the realm of time.

She thought for a long time, realizing that the methods she had previously used to gain friendliness were probably no longer effective.

Even if she painstakingly trains the Monster Hunter Profession level three, she probably won't naturally develop a time affinity; she'll most likely need to kill several monsters related to time.

If there really were monsters related to time, that would be simple, but unfortunately there aren't any. ' Lai ' has only heard that there seem to be a few special Dragonkin among the Dragon Clan that have Talent related to time.

However, these Dragonkin are all at least at the Fourth Order, and it has been almost a thousand years since any sighting of Dragonkin has been reported. Even if ' Lai ' wanted to, there was nothing he could do.

The methods of the Transmutation School are naturally not worth mentioning; it's estimated that the entire Transmutation School doesn't have a single transformation plan related to time.

' Lai ' thought through everything he had and finally realized that, apart from the Alchemy Device, the thing he possessed most closely connected to time was actually his knowledge of Earth from his previous life.

"But what use is knowing general relativity? I need to know how to apply it, especially since this is a Magic World." ' Lai ' felt it was useless.

As for using this principle to construct spells, that's just wishful thinking. To construct spells, the theory needs to have some real-world examples to reference. How could she possibly reference any of those examples?

The mass-energy equivalence equation of special relativity at least has applications like nuclear fission. If she studies it for a few years, she might actually be able to develop a magical version of a nuclear bomb.

However, the timeframe is too vague, and there are no concrete examples.

Ultimately, after ' Lai ' arrived at Oinrich's workshop, he still didn't get any useful solutions.

"Don't be impatient. If you can't do it when your lifespan is almost over, then no monk can."

Oinrich offered words of comfort.

Then, just as ' Lai ' saw in the window, Oinrich tore open a green, jelly-like object.

' Lai ' felt as if something had been paused, as if something had stopped.

"Alright, test complete. So... actually, I've already taught you everything you were capable of learning."

In order to ensure that his successor would carry on his legacy, Oinrich had long since compiled all the simple techniques that other mages could practice, after extensive testing.

During their last meeting, he dumped all of this information on ' Lai,' purely trying to cast a wide net.

This is a somewhat complicated point; he wants more young mages to know about these basic time -Alchemy Device.

However, due to the Alliance's strong emphasis on knowledge, they cannot directly release this knowledge, so they have to resort to this awkward method.

This means that now if he wants to teach ' Lai ' anything simple, then sorry, that's not possible.

However, since there's nothing easy to teach, let's teach something difficult instead.

Oinrich's face darkened, and he continued:

"Next, I will teach you some knowledge that is only applicable to Fourth Order- or even Fifth Order. You may not be able to understand or apply it now."

"But all you need to do is memorize this information, okay?"

This could also be considered a personal motive of Oinrich's. Although these things could be recorded in books, if they weren't passed on to someone, they might very well be locked away in the library by some mage, and perhaps one day a mage would find them in the library.

The best way for monks to preserve knowledge is to pass it on to another monk and let him keep it in his mind.

Even if the monk doesn't value this knowledge, as long as the knowledge is in his mind, he will one day suddenly encounter a situation where he needs to use this knowledge.

Then, ' Lai ' felt as if he was listening to gibberish, hearing words he couldn't understand at all.

This is no exaggeration; she felt that the words Oinrich spoke were something she didn't know, but which was actually very sophisticated.

She could hardly understand it, not because she couldn't understand the words, but as if the words were deliberately designed to be incomprehensible to her.

After Oinrich finished speaking, he saw ' Lai's ' behavior and felt somewhat strange.

Aren't you a Second Order Mage?

"I am of the second tier," ' Lai ' replied slowly, suppressing his headache.

"That's not right. Why are you experiencing the same issues that only Third Order Mage have?"

"If your Mental Power is only at the second level, then you might not have any particular reaction to this knowledge, but why..."

' Lai ' knew she had given herself away, but she still answered anyway, forcing herself to stay calm.

"Perhaps it's because my Mental Power is relatively strong. Back in the Northern Lands Society, I was promoted to Formal Mage simply by meeting the Mental Power..."

As he spoke, ' Lai ' also took a jab at Iris, saying that at that time, the Northern Lands Society had just begun to provide mage education, and commoners like her had no way of accessing the knowledge of those School. A kind mage had taught her this extra method, and so on...

' Lai ' didn't know whether Oinrich had actually sent the letter or not, but Oinrich probably didn't want to pursue the matter any further.

Having strong Mental Power is a good thing, after all, this is my 'disciple'.

"Let's take a break, we'll continue later. You might not be able to remember all this advanced knowledge in one go."

' Lai ' nodded. Forget about remembering, her head was really throbbing, and she couldn't even recall anything. Fortunately, this pain wouldn't spread to her other body.

Immediately afterwards, ' Lai ' subconsciously opened the Panel. This was a good habit she had developed. If she encountered something she didn't understand, she would directly open the Panel. If her physical and mental attributes changed, then something serious had happened.

This time, ' Lai ' even forgot about the pain in her head, because when she saw those new words suddenly appear in the Arts bar, she was so shocked that her mouth was wide open and she couldn't close it.

[Arts:???? (Beginner) (Proficiency: 0/10)]

(Beginner) (Proficiency: 0/10)

Time-Ascending Stance (beginner) (proficiency: 0/10):???

[????(Beginner) (Proficiency: 0/10)]

Four new Arts have appeared in ' Lai's' Arts list, but he can only see the specific name of one of them.

Clearly, this was the advanced knowledge that ' Lai ' had just heard, which formed the four Arts.

Moreover, another body in White Dragon Port also opened its Panel, but this time the two bodies' Panel were different.

Fran discovered that she had only gained the Arts [Time-Ascending Stance], while the other three Arts had not appeared at all.

There are rules governing the transmission of these advanced knowledge points... Fran thought to herself.

She discovered that in White Dragon Port, her body could only recall fragments of what she had heard. Even though ' Lai ' could recall the rest while in pain, it still couldn't reach Fran's mind.

Fran now understood why Harbos had been hesitant when she asked about more advanced spells.

This was a sudden idea she had after learning the Energy-Forging Method last time. Although she estimated that releasing these high-level spells would exhaust all her Mental Power, having a powerful spell or not was a different matter.

She has Panel, so even if she doesn't understand it at all, she can still reach the beginner level by pestering Harbos for dozens of days.

But Harbos refused, telling her not to be overly ambitious.

Now she understood somewhat: even if Second Order Mage didn't get a headache when hearing this knowledge, they might not be able to remember much of it, and there was a greater chance of encountering some unknown risks.

Oinrich wanted to memorize this knowledge so that he wouldn't have to write it all down in a book.

"In that case, does that mean the time affinity is settled?" ' Lai ' blinked. After many Arts reach the proficiency level on the Panel, if there is a similar affinity, then the Panel is very likely to give her one as a bonus.

That's how she practiced Breathing Technique back then, so wouldn't achieving proficiency in a high-level spell be the same thing?

Thinking of this, ' Lai ' disregarded his headache and directly applied to Oinrich.

"I'm rested. Can you tell me more about that spell [Time-Ascending Stance]?" This is the only spell ' Lai ' knows the name of, and it's also the one that 'Lai' is most likely to master.

Oinrich glanced at her in surprise, somewhat astonished that she had managed to deduce the name from it, though he could also attribute it to good luck; it was not uncommon for someone to be able to piece together a complete name from such knowledge.

"There's no need to be in such a hurry. For now, you just need to memorize this knowledge. I'll explain it ten times, and you'll have remembered most of it. There's no need for me to specifically explain any particular part."

' Lai ' quickly changed his mind, suppressing a laugh, and pretended to be somewhat worried as he spoke.

What if I can't remember it?

"I will provide you with relevant book notes, but of course you may not understand them, so you can come to me and I will explain them again."

' Lai ' chuckled and then replied:

"Thank you, Master... for guiding me to explore the mysteries of magic."