The Properties of Mana
“Silvia-nim, when will we be able to learn magic?”
“I will tell you about mana later. First, a tiny amount of mana has been generated in your bodies, but the attributes of mana have not yet manifested.”
“The attributes of mana?”
“What kind of attributes are you talking about?”
“Aah, in fantasy stories there are attributes like fire, water, wind, earth, electricity, light, and darkness, right?”
“Park Dahye, are you really an Earthling?”
“It’s the Earth soil, you know. Earthlings dream of fantasy worlds through imagination.”
Thanks to all the fantasy novels Park Dahye had read over the years, she understood Silvia’s explanation almost instantly.
Park Dahye knew that in the fantasy world there were four major attributes and a few rare ones. She had always thought electricity was one of the rarest.
“Dragons have every attribute except time. I’m a silver dragon, so I specialize in light.”
“Really?”
“Of course. Different dragons have different specializations.”
“Usually silver dragons are portrayed as kind dragons in novels. They help humans a lot. So that’s why it’s light.”
“Silver dragons don’t really like fighting. Of course they think strong is the same as just. You can’t realize justice if you’re weak.”
“That’s right. In the novels I read, silver dragons were only kind dragons. Red dragons were aggressive and loved fighting.”
“Park Dahye, you really know your stuff. Red dragons are aggressive and love fighting. They just calm down in front of Liria.”
“I love fantasy a lot. So meeting Liria and Silvia-nim makes me so happy.”
Park Dahye was overjoyed because the image she had of them matched perfectly.
Once Silvia revealed she was a silver dragon, Park Dahye immediately understood she was the kind type.
Just being around Liria and Silvia proved it.
“What about Liria?”
“Liria has every attribute too. And in Selenia she’s the only one with time.”
“Wow, Liria has every attribute. That’s amazing. Plus time. Normally humans only need two or three attributes to be considered talented.”
“Park Dahye, you really know your stuff. Humans usually need only two or three attributes to become high-level mages. One of them is the specialized attribute. Dragons can use all attributes, but they only have one specialization. Red dragons specialize in fire, blue dragons in water. Liria has two specializations: time and space.”
“As expected, Liria is incredibly special, just like her cuteness.”
“That’s right. Liria is the most special.”
“Liria is special.”
“Aah, she’s so cute.”
When Silvia praised her, Liria stood up from her lap, feeling proud. Seeing Liria like that, Kim Gayoung lifted her into her own lap.
Luckily Liria didn’t refuse, and Kim Gayoung enjoyed the happy moment.
“Gayoung is so mean. I want a hug too.”
“Me too. Liria is really warm and soft and I love it.”
“What if we hug her while walking? Is Liria okay with that?”
“Liria is okay with it.”
Since Liria was used to physical contact, she felt no discomfort when they hugged her.
Even Silvia was fine with it as long as it was someone Liria had chosen.
Of course she wouldn’t allow it from any man.
Except the dragons who called her “older sister.”
“Liria is so cute she’s used to hugging. Female elves go crazy when they see her.”
“If Liria hated skinship, you wouldn’t be able to hug her like this.”
“That’s right. You have no idea how happy it is to sleep while being held.”
“I’m so jealous.”
“If I hugged Liria to sleep, I probably wouldn’t be able to sleep at all.”
“I’d just drink coffee and stay up all night.”
They imagined what it would be like to hold Liria while sleeping.
Just imagining it made them happy.
Park Dahye wondered when their attributes would manifest.
“When will our attributes manifest?”
“It needs to be ten times the current mana.”
“Ten times? So right now it’s one, it becomes ten?”
“That’s right. Even in Eleas, it takes a long time for humans who ate Mana Herb to reach ten. On Earth it would take even longer.”
“Really? Maybe we’ll never get to use magic. Earth has very little mana compared to Selenia.”
“Did you forget about the effect of Eleas Coffee?”
“Aah, does the mana recovery effect help increase the maximum mana?”
“Of course.”
“When mana recovery is repeated, the rate at which maximum mana increases also rises. That’s why people with mana need mana potions from the beginning.”
“I see.”
“However, this only applies when mana is under 1,000. It doesn’t apply to me or Liria.”
Since Silvia and Liria were born with a lot of mana, they couldn’t gain the maximum mana increase from the recovery effect.
But for humans, even 1,000 mana was an enormous amount and would definitely help.
Park Dahye realized that Eleas Coffee was incredibly cheap for its performance.
She wondered if Liria was selling it too cheaply.
Even in Selenia, mana potions were expensive, so they could sell more if they wanted.
“In Selenia we drastically reduce the amount individuals can buy. If you want more, you have to pay a huge additional fee.”
“Honestly, 30,000 won for one cup is too cheap.”
“There was an incident where the price of mana potions dropped because of Eleas Coffee.”
“That’s why we reduced the amount we sell to individuals.”
“Otherwise many mana potion sellers would suffer huge losses.”
“What effect does mana recovery have on humans who have no mana?”
“It has the effect of clearing the mind.”
“It’s not completely useless.”
“That’s already an enormous effect.”
Kim Gayoung realized that as she learned more about Eleas Coffee, it was an incredibly effective coffee.
It was so precious that she felt overwhelmed that they were doing business together with her.
She felt like she had finally received the reward for living kindly all this time.
“In Selenia it takes thirty days to reach mana ten even if you drink coffee or mana potions every day. You can quickly reach the maximum of ten with just coffee or mana potions.”
“We still have a long way to go before we can use magic.”
“If there was no coffee, it might take decades on Earth’s mana.”
“The difference is that huge?”
“Earth’s mana is very scarce, so there’s nothing we can do. Even in Selenia it takes over three hundred days without coffee or mana potions.”
“I see. Without coffee we might not have been able to use magic before we died.”
“But we’re allowed to drink such expensive coffee every day?”
Liria nodded silently.
She had planned to give them Eleas Coffee as a welfare from the beginning.
Silvia divided the mana potions from her subspace bag and gave them to them.
Mana potions with mana recovery effects were very practical for dragons, so she always carried them with coffee in her subspace bag.
“I recommend drinking mana potions together with coffee rather than just coffee. The mana recovery effects of mana potions and coffee stack, so it’s very useful.”
“Thank you so much.”
“Thank you so much.”
“Thank you, Silvia-nim.”
They sincerely thanked Silvia for the mana potions they received.
With this, the time until they reached mana ten would be shortened even more.
“First, the translation ring and subspace bag can be used now because they only require a tiny amount of mana.”
“Can they be used with just mana one?”
“Both have a minimum mana consumption of one. You can choose to use just one for now.”
“Then since there’s no need to use the translation ring right now, we should use the subspace bag first.”
“Then try injecting your mana into the subspace bag.”
“Huh?”
“How?”
“We have no idea how to use mana.”
They couldn’t follow Silvia’s instructions because they had no knowledge of mana usage.
It was as easy as breathing for Silvia, but not for them.
Silvia thought of a way to teach them how to use mana.
“Imagine an image. This is the usual way to use the four major attribute magics.”
“Ooh, got it.”
“Dahye, how did you do it?”
“Dahye, teach us too.”
“That’s what I mean.”
Park Dahye successfully injected mana into the subspace bag.
Park Dahye taught them how to use mana in Silvia’s place.
A genius who can’t understand the average is exactly what it looked like when she taught them.
In the end, thanks to Park Dahye’s help, everyone learned how to use mana.
“Park Dahye has talent.”
“Hehe, thank you. I didn’t think it would turn out like this.”
“Gayoung and Nami also learned it quickly, so you have talent.”
“Thank you. You were just lying to cheer us up, right?”
“As expected, Liria is so kind.”
“No, it’s true.”
“I see. If Liria is like that, then it makes sense.”
“First, the method of using magic tools is like that. The translation ring is the same. Once you inject mana, you can use it for a certain time.”
“If the mana in the subspace bag disappears, it doesn’t feel like the weight is the same, right?”
“The weight of the subspace bag is only felt when a living being other than the owner touches it. If it feels like the weight of the bag itself, the house would collapse, right? A subspace bag that isn’t registered can’t feel the weight no matter who touches it.”
“That makes sense. If it felt like the weight of the bag itself, the house could collapse.”
“A maximum of 100 tons of weight is too much for a house to bear.”
“What happens if all the mana injected into the subspace bag disappears?”
“There’s no problem carrying it as long as the registered person is holding it. However, if it’s not the registered person, they will feel the weight as is.”
“Aah, I understand.”