Chapter 24
We Arrived in the town of Ractos
“Mr. Takumi, why do you look so serious?”
“No…I was just thinking about what these Gifts are.”
“What they are…”
“Mr. Takumi, while it is said that Gifts are something that give various abilities, there are not many people who have them. And so people who do are treated as very special in their city or even country. However, it is not yet known why a person has the Gift.”
“Have they not studied people with Gifts?”
“I am sure that they have… But according to the books on the subject, no one has ever understood why and to whom they are given to.”
“So I suppose studying is not enough to find out.”
“Indeed. Besides, there are all kinds of people. Some were recognized as having the Gift as soon as they were born, while others were suddenly able to use an ability after living for decades. I don’t know if there are special conditions that have to be met, but studying just a few people is not likely to give you an answer.”
“I see. And people with them are very rare?”
“Yes. It is said that there is one in every few million.”
In that case, there were probably a lot of people who had it but weren’t known…