Inside the Mage Tower, in the Department Office.
With a swish, Roland fanned out a hand of magic cards like a peacock spreading its tail.
Even Princess Rosa could not help casting a curious glance his way.
"Rosa, these are level 0 spell cards made from special cardstock, the 'Six Jia Secret Blessing.' Hand them out as rewards for outstanding students. Consider them a benefit for Elite Apprentices.
As rank-zero mages, their daily spell allotments are limited, and they can cast very few spells.
They still lack the ability to cast using their own mana, too."
Princess Rosa nodded, privately marveling at how a high-magic civilization truly held an advantage over a low-magic civilization in every respect.
Alchemy products could serve perfectly well as scythes for harvesting a Low-Magic World.
Atrelin mages like Roland and those Elite Apprentices might use the same things, but the costs they paid were surely different.
"We even get benefits?"
Bona and the others soon received the news and were greatly encouraged.
Roland gave each of them a batch of consumable spell cards that could be used as spell scrolls.
They were also powerful tools for research and study.
Perhaps by copying and imitating them, they could attempt to cast the spells themselves, or even produce the cards.
A few days later, Roland visited Skord and Thibault's research institute again.
"We're replicating Bi Sheng No. 1. Soon we'll be able to assemble and calibrate the machines, then put them into outside workshops for production.
But that means officially entering the commercial sphere, and none of us is particularly good at distribution."
"That's fine. Just leave specialized work to specialists."
Someone immediately came to Roland's mind, and he spoke to them with a smile.
"That works, too. You arrived before us and have more connections. Sorry