I Own A Brothel In Another World (Ch. 1-196)

Chapter 7 - Your Class Is...

The first week passes in a flash. For half of the day, we train with the martial arts instructor. For the other half, we are free to do whatever we want. Without an issue, I gain access to the royal library, after politely asking the King during one of our meetings.

The library itself is huge. Rows of shelves, like two-story-high, are neatly arranged in quite logical patterns, with each section visibly marked. Once in a while, some space is put between the racks, where some tables, chairs, sofas, desks, and similar furniture are placed. The main corridors are definitely over a hundred meters long, and there are plenty of intersections.

It will take some time to learn the patterns and ins and outs of this place, but it's not like I'm in a rush. I should be able to find a lot of valuable information about this world, its history, the whole System thing and the world's inhabitants. Perhaps I should also ask if there are any guides to the existing races' languages. I'm kind of curious to see how much easier it might be to learn them with that OP skill.

For a few days, I just wander around the whole place familiarizing myself with the layout and asking questions to the librarians near the main entrances.

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We train for half a day, I spend the other half, or even more, in the library. In one month, I'm able to learn a whole language, besides just reading about the history and facts of the world. As for the first one, being the fantasy freak as I am, I choose Elvish. I mean, that's an obvious choice, isn't it?

Learning languages really do come unnaturally easy to me now. I already was aware of my talent with them back on Earth, but right now, after just reading the words and their meaning, I memorize them instantly. All the grammar and more difficult parts take a bit more time, with speech and pronunciation being the most troublesome. Regardless, almost mastering a whole language in a single month is beyond amazing.

As for the weapons, during that month, we go through some basic ones like spears, longswords, axes and bows. One week each. And without any surprise, Paul is the first one to feel something during our training. As easy as it is to guess, it's during the shooting practice. After just a few shots, he starts overperforming everyone. I've never seen him so happy than in the moment when he was assured his Class would have something to do with ranged weapons. Good for him. You always get better results when doing something you like.

Others, seeing how he basically goes from no experience to novice archer in a few hours, are now brimming with eagerness to try out more weapons.

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Another few weeks pass uneventfully. I'm currently sitting in one of the reading areas and slowly finishing learning the Dwarvish language. While in deep thought I hear a woman's voice at my side.

"Seems like the rumours were true. Are you really reading here every single day?"

I look up and see the Court Magician Cornelia in her usual purple robes, holding onto some book.

"Lady Cornelia." I stand up and nod my head as a greeting. "Yes, it looks like the rumours you mentioned might have some truth hidden in them," I say with a smile.

"I already told you to drop that Lady. I'm not a noble and you are older than me."

"Yet your honourable position of a—"

"And you are a Hero, aren't you? Who is the one with the more honourable position here?" She quickly cuts me off.

"Well... Fair enough. Miss Cornelia then?"

"Just Cornelia is fine. Besides... I'm not really a real Court Mage..."

"Pardon?"

"Well... I'm more of a stand-in..." She sighs. "Before you arrived, the main one was sent by the King to check out one of the outbreak areas and I was called as a replacement. Now that he returned, I'm back to... just a magician and a scholar."