Chapter 52: The Weakest Knights
It had been a few days since Reinar joined our training in the forest. After he completed his first Healing Potion(+), he went on to learn the other recipes and managed to brew them without too many test runs. The only one he couldn’t brew was the Holy Panacea, which required a lot more MP to be poured into it.
I decided that he would join us in hunting and gathering too. That way, he could increase the amount of MP in his body and be able to brew even more potions.
Not only that, but I was hoping that when I registered as an adventurer and left town for months, Reinar could take care of himself in the forest and keep on making potions.
He was extremely nervous at first, saying that he had no experience in combat and that he had never even seen a monster that was higher than G rank.
That was more of a reason for us to teach him to fend for himself, so the princess and I began giving him magic lessons while the maids taught him how to use a weapon.
It took him a few days to gain some confidence in his skills until we finally thought that he was ready.
I told Reinar that he would be coming with me and Yoru while the rest of the group went the other way. If we had all gone as one big group, we probably wouldn’t have found anything.
He ended up killing lots of the cricket bugs and even one terror bull that we coincidentally found wandering alone. For whatever reason, Reinar seemed to control air magic better than the rest and casted tens of "air slices" as he waved his hand toward the monster.
The cuts from his spell were too shallow to finish off the terror bull with one slice, so he decided to cast it a dozen times, making the cut and bruised bull’s body finally lay dead on the ground.
While I was glad that he could take it down, I told him to keep the kills cleaner next time so that the monsters were easier to butcher.
During those days, Reinar also learned how to butcher monsters since some of them had valuable ingredients that could be used in potions. At first, he seemed dubious as to why he needed to learn something like that, but I told him that to become a Master Alchemist, he would have to look for his own ingredients at some point.