After two weeks of training, everyone has become more familiar with their abilities, skills, and magic, and they are getting better at handling them. Meanwhile, I am still working on the basics of magic, focusing on the circulation and manipulation of magical energy. I can do it, but for some reason, my skills are not showing up in my status.

As for magic, I don't know anything beyond the basic attributes of fire, water, earth, wind, light, darkness, and space. There are also higher attributes, and so far, I know about six of them: flame, ice, quake, thunder, storm, and holy. Both skills and magic have levels, with a maximum of 10. When you reach a certain level, you can learn higher skills and attributes, but I haven't learned anything yet.

Everyone is currently focusing on the basic attributes and studying how to use magic. By the way, I got permission from the king to read a document that contains all the known magic, so I've been studying and gaining knowledge that way.

Even though I focus on sword and dagger training, just like magic circulation and manipulation, I haven't learned any skills related to martial arts. Even Knight Commander Marcus said that I've surpassed the beginner level in sword and dagger training, but still, I haven't learned any skills. Everyone is puzzled as to why I wasn’t able to remember skills.

During these two weeks, I also learned about the other world, Spherethalia. There are five main races: humans, beastmen, dwarves, elves, and demons. In our world, demons are evil creatures that look like humans, but in this other world, they look like humans and have high magical and intellectual abilities, and are apparently peaceful.

There are two main reasons why demons are revered in this world.

First, there used to be an evil king who appeared periodically (about every 50 years) and was defeated each time. They investigated why this king kept appearing and discovered that the hatred and resentment from wars were gathering and creating demons (like the monsters in our world), which would kill all the other races and gather more hatred. When a certain amount of hatred was reached, the evil king would appear. However, evil race and the evil king don't always appear in the same place.

Second, 500 years ago, the evil king appeared again, but this time, he was much stronger than before. The reason was that he had been accumulating power for 200 years since his defeat. The evil race/tribe that were born were also stronger and had learned dark magic. All the races thought they would be destroyed, so they united and fought together, but the situation was still dire.

Then, the demons researched the dark magic of the evil creatures and developed new magic that they couldn't use. Until then, all the races had only focused on skills, so they were delighted to learn magic from the demons and became stronger. With the help of a message from the gods and a summoned hero with a holy sword, they succeeded in sealing the evil king.

When we heard this story, we all understood why demons are revered in this world. It's because they created magic. At that time, everyone, including the king, was angry. Their anger was beyond words. After hearing this history, our entire class was convinced. Then, I taught Garrott-san, who was teaching us, about the demons, demon kings, and magic in our world. As a bonus, He also taught us the 3 kanji of those words next.

"Why do we use the same characters? It looks like the demon king created the magic. If it was created by goddess, in this case the game creator, they should use different characters. Why?"

No one, including myself, could answer that question. It had been decided that way since ancient times, so no one had ever questioned it. Why did goddess, in this case the game creator, choose that name?

During class, I had a question that I wanted to ask.

"Garrott-san, I understand that the evil king is sealed with the holy sword and the power of the four great spirits, but the evil tribe still pervades this entire world, right? So what happens to the grudges of the people who were killed by the evil tribe? Are they absorbed by the evil king?"

"Akane, that's a good question. The seal of the holy sword and the four great spirits is double-layered. The inside is the seal of the evil king, and the outside is the Grudge Purify, a holy attribute system that purifies grudges. It is designed so that grudges do not get absorbed by the evil king. However, the seal is not perfect. The spell is perfect, but it weakens every 100 years because wars occur. Wars between nations and races are more likely to generate grudges. Due to the frequent occurrence of grudges, there are malfunctions in the purification system. That period is about 100 years."

"It's a shame that even if it's sealed, we end up having a war when we forget about it."

"Ah, that's right. It's a headache. However, there hasn't been a major war in the past 100 years. Peace treaties have been signed between nations thanks to the previous summoned heroes."

"Huh, then why?"

"What we're asking you to do now is to reseal it and the cause of it. Of course, we'll support you with all our might. We're investigating all over the world, but we have no idea what's going on."

So, in these two weeks, we roughly understood what we should do. However, in terms of combat, I was out of the question. I couldn't be of any use, so I thought I would support everyone with my knowledge. Most of my classmates were satisfied with that, but there were some who considered me useless and for some reason tried to kick me out. Recently, the Kaneko group has been getting involved in a bad way. As soon as I said that, they came over here, so I have no choice but to deal with them.

"Useless, are you making any progress? Are you still doing magic circulation and magic operation? Give up, it's impossible to learn anything with your skill of incompetence."

The four people around Kaneko also laughed. They were blatantly calling me useless. These five people have such bad personalities. I don't even remember the names of the other four besides Kaneko, and I don't want to remember them.

"Well, compared to everyone else, I'm not doing well, but I'm making progress little by little. I was able to escape from being a beginner with swords and daggers."

They heard that and laughed even more.

"Don't make me laugh, my stomach hurts. Then why don't you have any skills? You're just convinced that you don't have any. Give up already and leave the castle. You're getting in the way of Sakuragi-kun and the others. They're going to their first dungeon today."

I wish they wouldn't use the "person appraisal" skill every time. There are two types of appraisal skills, "person appraisal" and "item appraisal," and Kaneko has the "person appraisal" skill.

There are 24 of us, except for me, so we split into three groups and are going to the dungeon from today. Sakuragi-kun and Mika are in the first group today.

"I'll be in the castle for a while. I have permission from the king and the princess. And if I leave now, everyone who is going to the dungeon will be more worried about me."

Oh, these guys just clicked their tongues as if to show off. They really hate me that much.

"To be honest, you're really a burden. Do you know that? Even if we fight the evil tribe from now on, if a battle breaks out here, you'll get in the way of Sakuragi-kun. If you're taken hostage, Sakuragi-kun is kind to everyone, so he might loosen his grip and be killed. In short, it's dangerous for you to be here."

She's clearly telling me what people are worried about.

"To prevent that, we're training now."

"Huh, training! Then I'll watch. I want to see how much you've improved."

I knew it would come to this. I'm sure it's about time for them to attack me. I'm sure I'll lose,but I've got some things I want to try, so I'll take advantage of it.

"I understand. Let's see how much stronger I can become in two weeks. But I won't lose and leave here."

"What are you talking about? You're the one who's leaving, aren't you?"

"Listen, think about it calmly. I haven't received any corrections from the goddess like you guys have. I'm no different from an ordinary person in this world. There's no way I can beat you in just two weeks."

"Well, whatever. Let's go to the training ground."

That's why I hate talking to these five people.

---- And now I'm facing Kaneko-san. Many soldiers, including the king, princess, Garrott-san, and Marcus-san, have come to watch after hearing about it. I'll try not to mind.

Now, how should I fight?

Kaneko-san's class is a hunter, a warrior who can use light magic. She's also quick, so there's no chance of winning in a fair fight. Let's try it out right away. I'll sharpen my magical power to the limit and concentrate some of it on my eyes. I'll concentrate until I can sense the opponent's magical wave, posture, and muscle movement. Alright! Next, I'll cover my whole body with magical power and sharpen it so that it spreads throughout my body. Both my hands and feet move. I'll also put magical power into the wooden sword to increase its attack power.

The referee for the match is Marcus-san, the captain of the knights.

"Match, begin!"

"I'll finish it in an instant since you don't have any decent speed. Here I come!"

She's fast, charging at me with an obvious attack. Then, I'll pretend to be frightened, avoid the sword just before it hits me, and thrust the wooden sword with all my magical power concentrated on Kaneko-san's stomach.

"What, no way. Where did that power come from? You don't have that skill. Why?"

As expected, Kaneko-san is an idiot. She doesn't understand why she was attacked. Even without the skill, I can still attack. Can I follow up?

"You can't hit me with such a slow attack!"

It's impossible after all. I wish it had ended with that one blow. My magical power has increased somewhat in these two weeks, but it's just a makeshift solution. It's far from reaching Kaneko-san, who has received corrections. But as I thought, by concentrating magical power on my hands and eyes, I can temporarily raise all my abilities, but I still can't faint. The limit is near, and it hasn't even been a minute since it started.

Oh, She's going to use magic. This wave is the Storm Palette of earth magic. She's really merciless. I can't use magic.

"No, stop that magic right now, Nozomi!"

Marcus-san is trying to cast magic, but his initial movement is slow. Perhaps he didn't expect Kaneko-san to use magic against me.

"You useless person, don't get carried away. Die from this, Storm Palette!"

She fired stone bullets mercilessly at me, hitting me directly.