MTL - Don’t Confiscate My Citizenship

 Chapter 10 Is there something wrong with the magic card made by Lan Qi?

 Bright lights illuminate the card-making workshop, reflecting on magical instruments and utensils.

Those instruments exuded a primitive atmosphere and had witnessed the brilliance of many card makers on their rise.

At this time, Lan Qi was staring at the workbench with all his attention.

 He counted the basic materials in detail, took out a grid plate, and took some of the required materials.

 Put them one by one into the grids of the dividing plate.

Thalia looked at his material selection and frowned slightly unconsciously.

What is this guy doing with so much material?

 While Talia was confused, Lan Qi gradually completed the preparations.

Thalia, who has been industrious and frugal for a long time, has almost forgotten that she was rich before.

 Lan Qi rolled up the sleeves of his shirt, his face full of anticipation, and he was ready to start practicing making magic cards.

He seemed a little clumsy and began to mix the ink with the ground non-attributed magic crystal powder and magic core liquid, and used a measuring instrument to detect the magic power fluctuations during the mixing.

Lan Qi, who is not very good at using his own magic power to synchronize the preparation of ink, can only temporarily use magic props to assist him.

　　　…”

Actually, this is not difficult. It’s just that he can’t figure it out just by reading a book. He needs someone to teach him.

Thalia watched Lan Qi’s rookie operation without any emotion in her eyes.

However, she was not interested and had absolutely no need to give guidance to this human boy who had no magical talent.

 See here.

Thalia already knew what card Lanqi wanted to play even without reading further.

 Because Lan Qi opened the magic scroll that will be used to excerpt, intercept and engrave next.

This scroll is clearly a first-level mental spell [mental interference].

Compared to a magic scroll that will be discarded after being used once, if it is made into a magic card, the spell can be used repeatedly—

  【Mental interference】

  【Category: Spell Card】

 【Grade: blue precious】

  【Class: 1】

 【Effect: Only effective on enemies within 3 meters, making them unable to move very briefly. The mana consumption and duration of effect are determined based on the mental gap between the two parties. Cooling time 120 seconds. 】

 In most cases, the magic cards produced using this magic scroll alone as a basis will have roughly the same effect, and at most the control time will fluctuate slightly.

If the card maker is highly skilled, he may be able to produce a higher-level [Purple Rare] quality.

Then the effect will become more powerful, or have a little more additional effects.

certainly.

 Even if it is only a first-level magic, it is of [Blue Precious] quality and is very challenging for novice card makers.

It would be good if it could avoid exploding cards or make a degraded version of [White Normal] quality.

Thalia could not comment yet on the talent of this young man and what kind of card he would make.

 But generally talented humans start learning card making very late now.

 Lanqi’s family situation is obviously not bad.

 If you have talent, you should invest in the best resources and start learning early.

 It’s not like I’m just trying to figure out how to make cards on my own now because I’m interested.

“Tata, do you know how to make cards?”

Lanci stared at the scroll in his hand and asked suddenly as if he felt Thalia's gaze.

 For him, having someone to chat with in the workshop seemed pretty good.

　　　…”

Thalia ignored him and just looked away indifferently.

 She didn't want to lie about something as small as this, and she didn't want the human to know anything he didn't need to know.

Lan Qi smiled knowingly and stopped talking to Thalia.

Just like how the Card Creators Association views itself, as a businessman, it has good transaction value.

  But if you are a card maker, you don’t see any value at all.

 So far, the only people who are optimistic about him are Mr. Hans, the housekeeper, and Ms. Francine, the maid.

Lan Qi thought to himself as he continued to pour the mixed magic ink into the engraving pen.

He can no longer be distracted, because he will enter the most critical step of making magic cards—

 The rewriting and finalization of magic structures and circuits.

 First-level mental magic is almost all mental interference with a very small effect, while strong control type mental magic often requires a relatively close distance to be activated.

If you want to rewrite the effect, you not only need extremely strong magic creation ability, but also need many experiments and improvements. The difficulty is far beyond that of normal production.

Lanchi concentrated on it, focusing all his energy on what was in front of him.

As the engraving pen in his hand moved slightly, he slowly integrated his mana into each magic circuit.

 The magical structure of the card is not something that any magician or magic craftsman can draw. It is a process of understanding, creation and spell casting.

Without outstanding talent and thorough understanding, even if you can draw something similar, you will not be able to give it the power it deserves.

 Lanqi held his breath and seemed to have entered the moment of greatest challenge.

The biggest trouble in burning is to carve a circle of fine magic runes on the card. These twisted words are like ants crawling around. Without enough eyesight, you can't understand them, let alone write them down. come out.

 He wrote slowly with a frown.

 Like a painter painting a beautiful work.

 Every brush stroke is extremely delicate, but full of stability.

This made Thalia on the side couldn't help but look at Lanqi a little more seriously.

Let’s not talk about how low-level cards Lanci is making and how inexperienced he is.

 At least at this moment, Lan Qi's aura didn't resemble that of an inexperienced card-making apprentice, but that of a great artist with extremely high skills!

Ten dozen seconds passed like this.

There was a loud explosion.

　　Exploded.

Thalia: “…”

 In the faint and diffuse smoke, she shook her head in an undetectable amount.

 As expected, he is a mediocre person who wastes money in vain.

Even though she didn’t understand much about spell recording in human magic script, she could roughly tell that Lan Qi was doing some very confusing operations—

He seems not to be satisfied with making [Mental Interference], but is trying to engrave its excerpts and rewrite it into a more complex spell, and then directly encapsulate and produce it.

Just like a beginner should first learn how to walk and then master running, Lan Qi wanted to go beyond walking and running and try flying from the beginning.

　　　 Will do such a thing.

 Either he is an extremely conceited genius.

 Either he is a fool who is too ambitious.

 “Why did it explode...”

 Lan Qi looked at the magic card in his hand that exploded like firecrackers in confusion.

 It seemed that everything happened too suddenly, shattering his dream of making cards.

 Fortunately, the light barrier in the card making workshop protected him from harm.

The next second, Lan Qi quickly ran out of the card-making workshop as if something had occurred to him.

"This guy…"

Thalia frowned and muttered to herself.

Even if the employer is in a bad mood and wants to leave, he should not lose his temper and abandon her like this.

The thing she hates the most is anyone leaving her carelessly. Just when Talia looked a little unhappy and was about to leave the card-making room, Lan Qi ran back again, rushed to the workbench and started to quickly record something with a pen.

 “You won’t leave?”

Thalia asked.

"Don't leave, this is just the beginning! I just asked the deacon to bring me something more."

Lanchi answered naturally.

 He didn't seem to be shocked at all. Instead, his eyes shone with enthusiasm and expectation, as if he was filled with an endless desire to explore this field of card making.

Thalia said nothing more and sat back down.

  She is very patient, and she gets paid 3 pounds just for sitting here every day, and she doesn’t hate it.

I just don’t know how long it will take for this human being to give up due to repeated failures.

Soon, the deacon sent Lan Qi several books and some materials that had not been used before.

Lanci took the book and started reading it quickly like an obsession in front of the long table.

 All afternoon, he spent the whole afternoon checking and studying.

 …

 A whole two weeks passed like this.

Every day, Lan Qi and Talia would come to this card-making workshop. One would fry cards and the other would look at them. They stayed there almost all day.

 But Lan Qi still hasn’t made a decent [Mental Disturbance].

Thalia was still sitting in her chair, holding the book gently with both hands, flipping through it slowly, completing her job of protecting her employer.

However, she no longer pays much attention to Lanqi's card-making process, and only passes the time by flipping through human books.

 In her opinion, Lan Qi’s failure was normal.

Even if a beginner like Lanqi trains intensively regardless of losses, most of them will need to experience repeated failures if they want to produce a blue and precious quality.

Lanchi does not seem to have much talent.

 If you have good talent, you may have made a few usable first-level magic cards by now.

There are even geniuses who are new to card making and can directly produce blue precious quality.

 Unlike Ranchi, which produces waste for half a month.

 A faint light appeared at the edge of his vision.

Even though her attention was focused on the book in her hand, Thalia knew that there would soon be a sound of magic cards exploding.

 Because Lan Qi has failed at this step countless times.

However.

 As the light intensified until it went out, there was no sound as usual this time.

　　　…”

Thalia couldn't help but move her eyes away from the page.

 She saw Lan Qi looking very focused, like a craftsman completing the last step of a masterpiece.

 The magic card in his hand began to spread out with a halo of halo.

It seemed to be successful, and Lan Qi breathed a sigh of relief.

 Finally, a magic card that can be called a finished product was successfully born along with the aerosol!

Lan Qi smiled happily and stared at the card.

He seemed to be very satisfied with the quality of this card. Even as a card maker, he couldn't help but admire it for a moment longer.

 The card was glowing with amethyst color.

Even Thalia couldn't help but glance sideways at Lanqi.

 In the case of self-taught without a teacher, the first card is purple rare quality?

Most card makers can only hope to make rare-quality cards if they reach the fourth and fifth levels and then go back to make first- and second-level cards.

Although Lan Qi did spend too much time and money, it’s not like there aren’t even more exaggerated geniuses in the demon clan.

But what surprised Thalia was that a human she met by chance had such a talent...

 Sure enough, even fate is on the side of mankind.

A sense of powerlessness filled her heart inexplicably.

Such a situation only made her feel that in this human era favored by the gods, the return of the demons seemed like a failure and was out of reach.

 “Tata, look at my masterpiece!”

Lanchi’s cheerful voice made Thalia raise her lowered eyes half a moment.

 In fact, for her.

 First-level purple cards are not a rare thing.

And compared to the materials Lan Qi wasted, the value of this card is not even a fraction of the loss.

Even if it is a purple-quality [Psychic Interference], it is ultimately just a relatively low-cost mental magic. It is not a necessity, and it is not even a universal card.

 Compared to long-range professions, more melee professions will bring it.

 However, when I think about it like this.

Thalia finally frowned after identifying the effect of the card in Lanqi's hand.

because.

 She saw that the effect of this [Mental Interference] improved magic was—

  【Basic Etiquette】

  【Category: Spell Card】

 【Grade: Purple Rare】

  【Class: 1】

  【Effect: Only effective on enemies within 3 meters, making the opponent kneel down towards you. The mana consumption is determined based on the mental gap between the two parties. Cooling time 120 seconds. 】

　　【Note: Sir, please don't look at people through the crack in the door, let alone get carried away. 】

　　　…?”

She wondered if this kind of card usually had the effect of immobilizing the enemy after getting close to it for half a second.

Although the one created by Lan Qi has similar effects... it may indeed take a little longer than the control time of [Mental Interference].

but…

 There are some things that are difficult for her to say.

 “Are you selling this card?”

　　After thinking for a while, Thalia finally asked.

This was the first time she took the initiative to talk to Lan Qi.

With the dozens of pounds she now earns from Lan Qi, it is not difficult to buy a lowest-level purple rare quality magic card.

Of course, only for ordinary cards.

 Lanchi’s original spell card does not exist on the market, and the price cannot be inferred.

 Its value does not depend at all on whether it is easy to use or not.

 But it must not be used by others.

 So it’s better to control it yourself!

“Oh no, I want to keep this one for myself. It’s a good life-saving card.”

Lanchi looked at Thalia in slight surprise, as if he was surprised by her appreciation, then smiled and shook his head in refusal.

Thalia: "?"

 A good life-saving card?

 … Are you sure this card can be used to save your life?

 Perhaps you wouldn’t have died in the fight.

  But with this card, which has powerful irritation and taunting effects, it’s hard to say.

 …

 (End of this chapter)