Danmachi IF - What if Alfia survived

Chapter 11- Discovering magic, and a lap pillow from the princess?!

Bell just returned from the Hostess of Fertility. Alfia told him to rest for few days since she and Artemis gonna reward him with a new sword for his deeds.

He secretly hopes that it would be a weapon made by Hephaestus Familia. Still, he also knows that's impossible since the price was over the sky.

A fact that killed his excitement instantly. He spends his time a bit at Hostess of Fertility while chatting with the waitress there.

There he noticed a few strange things, such as a black-haired cat woman named Chloe who constantly stared at his back, though he convinced himself that he might only be imagining it.

And Syr's friend, Ryuu that was staring at him with weird eyes, but once Bell talked with her, she is a kind person, thought Bell.

Bell returned with a book that Syr lent him.

"If you're have nothing to do for today, why not read a book?"

The title of the book is "A guide for magic that even goblin can understand." Since the book title was interesting, he thought he give it a shot and lend the book.

Pulling out a chair, He nervously opened the first page of the book.

Now he was home alone, he decided to open the book and read the first page.

There he found the table of contents. From there, he saw all the passages were related to magic.

"Ooooo!" Bell's eyes were shining, and he started to get excited at the prospect of being able to use magic.

<Magic is divided into inborn and acquired categories. Inborn type means that it is obviously related to the roots of the target's qualities and race. The ancient magic race would carry potential talent. Through practice and rituals, they would be able to learn magic early on. Although there is also the chance of the attributes being biased, most of them are powerful and have a wide range of effects.>

Because it was compiled using a common language, Bell was barely able to understand it.

However, Bell noticed there are these small texts that are wandering between the lines.

(What is this? Ancient text? No, it seems like, formulas as it, this?"

He turned the page.

<Acquired type uses the <God's grace> known as Falna as the medium. Using that, It is possible for the buds to grow. There are unlimited branches of the path there. It is greatly affected by <Experience Points>.>

It was different than <Sacred Text>, but it also does not seems to be various demihuman language.

There was no unified form. It was a group of complex and strange signs.

He was swallowed by this style, text.

He turned the page again.

<Magic is equal to interest. That is the primary fact that is needed for an acquired type. What things they care about, agree about, hate about, dream about, long about, lament about, revere about, swear about, wish about. What they believe in always exists in their body. The <God's Grace> only displayed the most pristine part inside your hearts.>

An image appeared.

There was a face. Eyes. Nose. Mouth. Ears. It was a human's face.

It was created from the compilation of dark handwriting. It was a human's face that had his eyes closed. The face of the article