After eating at the festival with his classmates, Enrico returned to his room and sat on the bed. He noticed that the girls had become quite thoughtful after separating and returning to their respective rooms. The only one who did not seem to be thinking much about what had happened was Yumeha, who had calmly returned to her own room. Even so, she was precisely the one who seemed most furious because of Aoi.
Enrico assumed a meditation position and tried to create the Fire Heart once again, now that he had reached the Second Circle. The two circles began spinning rapidly inside his mana heart and, with each rotation, became redder. During all that time, Enrico had been trying to improve the foundation of the Fire Heart to make it even more powerful, so he was adding some changes to the structure he had created previously.
Concentrating even more, he tried to transfer all that power from the two circles into the Fire Heart. However, the moment the energy was about to come into contact with it, Enrico interrupted the process and spat out blood. He lay down on the bed, realizing that he had failed again, but he had already begun thinking of a way to make it work.
After some time, Enrico got up, cleaned the blood that had fallen on the floor, and wiped his mouth. Then, he went to the place where he kept some important things and took out the food he had prepared for that day. It was an ingredient from that world that he had learned to prepare: venison cooked with spicy broth sauce.
[I want some.]
'Sorry, but that's all I made today. I can give you half, at most.'
[Then send it over.]
Enrico divided the food into two plates, put rice on both, and divided the meat equally. Then, he added the sauce on top. As soon as he finished, the plate meant for the system disappeared.
[How can you make food this good?]
'I worked very hard.'
[Even if you give me this, the reward will remain at the same level it is now.]
"Tsk."
Enrico had divided his food to see if the reward would improve, since it should also have been increased because the system had not received the previous reward. Now, however, he was beginning to regret it and wanted his food back. He knew, though, that the system would never return anything.
At least he had tried.
After finishing his own meal, Enrico began exercising while waiting for the festival to end. The end was announced only after the lights began to go out.
[Reward ready.]
'Let's see what it is.'
Enrico wiped the sweat from his face and sat down. A few seconds later, the reward appeared before him.
It was much better than he had imagined.
In fact, it was so good that Enrico even rubbed his eyes a few times to make sure he was seeing correctly.
[You will be able to roll for a magic and receive all the knowledge about it up to the Second Circle. This new magic will be equivalent to your current circle.]
"Is this serious?"
[I told you that you wouldn't regret it.]
Enrico was genuinely surprised. The only disadvantage of that reward was that the magic would be random and, depending on the result, it could end up being dangerous for him.
"Can you show me the list of magics that can be rolled?"
[There is no list. They are all the magics that have ever existed or currently exist in this world.]
Enrico remained silent for a few seconds.
Now there was a real difficulty. Depending on the magic he rolled, the result could be excellent or simply terrible. There were some magics he could not obtain, such as those that were contrary to fire. Besides his compatibility being much greater with fire, suddenly receiving a completely opposite magic could practically be suicide.
The situation would also raise suspicions. Who would believe that a boy had hidden a second magic all this time? Even a prodigy would hardly be able to do that without being much older.
"Very well. It can't be any demonic magic, even though I want one of those. It also can't be ice or water magic, otherwise I'm screwed. Who would believe that a boy had been hiding a magic and suddenly appeared with one of those?"
There were other magics that could be bad for him, but those were the main ones he needed to avoid. Enrico needed to get at least one magic that combined well with his current type of power.
'Maybe metal magic, like the original Enrico's sister will obtain...'
Enrico began walking back and forth while thinking about the advantages and disadvantages of various magics. However, without him realizing it, the system had already begun rolling.
'Maybe sun magic. That way, I could advance my development toward the Sun Heart technique. That would be great.'
[Sorry...]
Enrico looked at the system, confused by the sudden apology. Then, upon seeing the screen, he fell silent.
[You were taking too long, so I just wanted to speed things up. But it's not my fault your luck is shit. It probably would have landed on this result even if you had done the roll.]
Enrico stared at the selected magic.
For a moment, he simply looked at the window, wanting to see that empty sky he had observed at the festival again. However, even that did not work out. As if the world itself were mocking him, all the stars had returned, and the moon shone brightly in the sky.
'Besides being one of the worst results...'
The magic he had received was not even surprising or unique. In fact, it was extremely common, but, for Enrico, it was one of the worst possibilities.
Water magic.
Yes. The same magic used by Caelan and many other mages in that world. And, besides that, it was far inferior to Kai's magic. There was not even a way to compare them.
"Water magic? Seriously? Am I really that ordinary to you guys?"
[Sorry...]
Enrico could not even use that magic in front of others. He would have to keep it hidden and find some way to train it without raising suspicions.
He really did not know what to do with that miserable luck. The only thing he could do was curse the system while putting his hands over his face.
'I hate you guys... And I want you to go to hell.'
[If it makes you feel better, the constellations are also apologizing for your luck being so terrible.]
Enrico really hated all of them.
It had been a long time since he had felt so much anger toward someone.
And the last person who had awakened that level of hatred was still someone Enrico intended to hunt down until the end of time.
With an almost desolate look, he continued staring at the screen. The only good thing was that at least he had become stronger, even if he could not use it in front of other people.
'I don't need to be angry or frustrated... I have to think about its usefulness from now on.'
Before he could continue, he felt a huge headache about to happen.