Cui Ciyou's mind began racing.
She wants to learn swordsmanship? Why...
Is it because... the sight of me saving her with a sword left such a deep impression on her?
A clear thought surfaced in Cui Ciyou's mind.
I see...
In the original story, Rudeus used magic to get Sylphy out of trouble, so she developed a strong interest in and admiration for magic from an early age.
And eventually, she became a magician.
But in this timeline, altered by the beating wings of a butterfly like me, I used swordsmanship.
So the thing she longs for has become the sword instead...
Did this count as... a subtle deviation from the plot?
Cui Ciyou instinctively compared the Sylphy before him with Alice, who was being put through her paces by Ghislaine back home.
He could not help finding it a little amusing.
That makes her a striking contrast to Alice.
Alice is a born Sword God Style prodigy, with frightening talent for swordsmanship, but her talent for magic is mediocre.
She's the sort who probably couldn't cross the threshold to become an Advanced Magician in her entire lifetime.
In terms familiar from Cui Ciyou's previous life, it would be like this.
Alice was probably the sort of elite athlete who could compete in the Olympics at fourteen or fifteen and have a shot at a medal;
but if she tried to get into a humanities-focused teacher-training program, she might spend her whole life taking exams without ever knowing whether she could obtain a teaching certificate.
The Sylphy before him, however, was the exact opposite.
She carries a potent Laplace Factor, and her talent for magic ranks among the very best in this world.
Her green hair is the outward manifestation of that potent factor.
*Rudeus also has a potent factor.