In Azka Village, almost no one uses umbrellas.
I heard that some people use umbrellas in Ibro City, but in the village, almost no one except the village chief uses them.
Umbrellas are still expensive items.
On rainy days, villagers wear stiff raincoats waterproofed with tree sap, or wear woven straw hats to move around.
The head and body may be protected by these, but the ground is difficult to walk on.
The streets in Ibro City are paved with earth-based magic, but most of the roads in Azka Village are not paved, so they will become muddy when there is more rain.
We cat people basically don’t wear shoes.
Although there are clogs, leather shoes and sandals for sale, bare feet perform better.
What would happen if you licked my balls and paws?
I don’t want to go out on rainy days because I don’t wear shoes.
As a normal cat, I also want to avoid getting wet with fur as much as possible.
So, I don’t work on rainy days.
I saved a little money from collecting herbs and catching voles, which was not much but enough to stay at home, but my parents asked me to go to school.
They never said this kind of thing when they were working. Adults are really the same in any world.
"Umbrella and pedals."
If you don’t have an umbrella, make one yourself. If the road is difficult, don’t step on it.
I used void magic to create a dome-shaped roof, and then used pedals to create feet that would prevent me from stepping into the mud.
Unlike an actual umbrella, this one doesn't require a handle and the view is much better than a plastic umbrella.
I also made improvements to the pedals. The surface is no longer smooth, but has some bumps to make it less likely to slip.
It's inevitable that moisture will make the hair slimy, but rain and mud are no longer scary to me.
It's just that once my magic power is exhausted, it's useless, but it's quite suitable for training.
"Hey, oh, bitch, what's going on?"
"Wow, Ines. No, don't fight."
"sorry"
On the way to school, I met Ines, a sheepman of the same age. She rushed over, but unfortunately her umbrella was broken.
Things made with empty attributes are highly resistant to magic attacks, but are still relatively fragile to physical impacts.
Thanks to her help, I still got wet despite being a black cat.
"umbrella?"
"Is this the chant of this magic?"
"That's about it"
This time I made a slightly larger dome that could fit two people.
The position of the pedals is also higher, so you can walk side by side with Ines.
"I'm still practicing, so don't hit me."
"I know. But it's really nice so you don't have to get wet in the rain, right?"
The current "umbrella" magic is more like a glass umbrella than a plastic umbrella.
I have been thinking that increased strength = increased hardness, but the situation may require considering better stretchability.
Before, I relied on personal exploration to improve the air attribute magic, but basically, a clear image is important.
For example, when Miguel uses fire-attribute magic, it activates a fireball with a diameter of about 50 centimeters, which is activated intuitively.
Although the intuitive method is easy to activate, the 50cm diameter fireball is too large to be used as tinder.
Stable use requires concentrating the magic power on the right size, which requires practice, otherwise the flames are too fierce and a sudden strong wind blows, and the surrounding area will be flooded. This situation may happen.
In contrast, magic items only need to inject magic power to achieve stable output.
Even if you try to inject too much magic power, the amount of magic power that can be injected is limited due to the structure, so the output will basically not be too large and cause trouble.
From the perspective of ease of use, magic items are more convenient, and most importantly, in addition to the attributes you originally possess, you can also use magic with other attributes, which is very convenient.
The school in Azka Village is right next to the village chief's house.
There are only six students in a grade at most, and sometimes there is only one student. There are only 21 students in the whole school, but the number of students who go to school every day can only be counted.
This school is more like a private school in the village. There are no classrooms divided by grade. The attendance days vary greatly, resulting in a huge gap in academic ability.
There are three teachers in the school, and the students are divided into three groups: top students, ordinary students and problem students. Naturally, I belong to the problem student group.
Of the children born in Azka Village, most eldest sons and girls will grow up in the village and spend their entire lives in the village.
Few people can leave the village, and once-in-a-lifetime "awakening ceremonies" are not uncommon.
These people don't seem to feel the need to learn.
On the contrary, there is also a group of people who are very passionate about learning.
The second or third son of a farm family must leave home to lighten the family's burden.
Although job opportunities in the village after leaving home are limited, finding a job in the city requires academic skills.
I am also the third son of a farmer, so I have to leave home sooner or later, but to be honest, classes are really boring.
Literacy and reading were learned from Carissa, the old woman in the drugstore, and calculations were learned from memories of previous lives.
I am very interested in social conditions, but instead of listening to lectures, I think it is more refreshing to ask for information from merchants. I am not interested at all in the history of the Wang family.
I would rather practice my magic skills and become an adventurer as soon as possible.
If there were courses on magic, I would be happy to listen, but knowledge about magic circles seems to be taught only in high-end schools or the magician academy in the royal capital.
In other words, as soon as I got to school I wanted to go home.
No way, I pretended to listen to the lecture, but actually practiced magic on the side.
The task now is about flexibility.
I tried fixing the board like a ruler with a length of about 15cm of air.
The previous method was to compress with all your strength to increase the strength, and then hold both ends to apply force. As a result, the board snapped and fell apart.
This time I imagined rubber sheets, using the same shape to hold the air in place.
Holding both ends and applying force, the board bends but does not break, but the elasticity is not enough and remains bent.
This looks more like a wide rubber rope.
Try holding both ends and pulling, it will stretch without breaking.
It was much more fun than going to class and I was immersed in the study of flexibility and resilience.
As a result, I can make various materials such as hard resin sheets, soft resin sheets, hard rubber sheets, soft rubber sheets, plastic sheets, and rubber ropes.
With these materials, I feel like I can make tough knives, armor with strong defense, etc.
From now on, I plan to revisit the material when working with magic.
School classes end in the morning.
I originally planned to go home while practicing magic, but I saw Miguel and Darez discussing something in a low voice at the door.
I watched their attempt, which resulted in one student tripping over Dares and falling hard into the mud.
The student with a muddy face is the black and white spotted cat clan, my middle brother Fox.
Just as he was about to stand up with his hands on the ground, Miguel stepped on his back, and he buried his face in the mud again.
"Huh, climbing to such a low place is really in the way!"
