Overzealous Diligence

Yet now it seemed that a similar system had already existed a thousand years ago. Which meant...

There would be no risk of unveiling an unprecedented magical system if he put this system's abilities to use, right?

He could not use it for now, but considering the many possibilities in the future, perhaps he could treat this system's abilities as a backup for situations where the magic of this world could not cope, using it when outsiders were present.

Hmm... He could familiarize himself with it when the time came.

With that thought, Manus continued watching the past experiences of the two founders. As for the other two, they would not appear for another two years.

When the Hogwarts Express arrived at the station, Manus was watching the two of them drinking ale in a village tavern a year later. The somewhat cloudy liquor did not look particularly appealing.

Should he perhaps study brewing techniques?

For some inexplicable reason, the latter half of this school year had been so busy that Manus had completely failed to do some of the things he had originally planned to handle in his spare time.

Hmm... Although it would be a long while before he could sell anything, he could start drinking it himself. So, when he had time, he should research it after all and recreate the distinctive alcoholic drinks from before his transmigration that did not exist in this world.

"Unfortunately, I do not know the brewing methods for many drinks. Most of what I know are superb secret brews, and even fewer of their ingredients exist in this world."

Hopefully, similar ingredients could be used as substitutes. Or... could he try manifesting them in the Mental World?

Manifesting one or two batches of raw materials would naturally be meaningless, but what