Chapter 216.2
Magic was rare among commoners, but Collete’s mother, who came from the outside, was a magician, and Collete happily reported to Jean and the others that she had a talent for light magic and water magic.
[With this, I will be more useful to everyone]….
Collete had always been concerned that she was useless among her fellow aspiring adventurers, and had worked hard to become one. She thought that their relationship would not change even if Collete learned magic.
Cara teased her about learning magic, which had no offensive power, as being typical of the timid Collete, and thought lightly that the three of them should protect her like a “little sister” as they had done in the past.
However, one day after leaving the village and becoming an adventurer in this town, a Rank 3 adventurer from the royal capital recruited Collete, and for the first time, they realized that Collete was not something to be protected, but that her very existence was their lifeline.
There were few Magic masters among the commoners. There were very few commoner magicians who could handle dual-attribute magic. And if she could also handle light magic, she would be so valuable that famous adventurer parties would solicit her.
Young light magicians were often used up by adventurers competing for their talents, and sometimes a party of talented magicians would take them under their wings. At that time, Collete refused to be recruited, but the leader of the Rank 3 adventurers looked at Jean, laughed and said, “you guys are lucky”.
Not because Jean and the others were talented…but because Collete protected them in situations where ordinary adventurers would not have survived, Jean and the others were able to reach Rank 2 so quickly.
It wasn’t that the talented Jean was protecting Collete, but that Collete was protecting the mediocre Jean from the shadows.