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Night time.
MC’s room.

The MC is trying different magic formulas, but nothing works.
While trying again and again, morning arrives.

MC:
“Aaah… nothing works…!”

Mom:
“What are you doing, my love?”

MC:
“Just studying.”

Mom:
“Okay. Don’t work too hard—it’s not good for your health.”

MC:
“Okay, Mom…”

MC (thinking/speaking):
“But I’ll try again and again… until I succeed.”

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The MC keeps trying—
night and day, day and night…

Days pass.
3 days…
5 days…
1 month…
3 months…
1 year…
4 years…

And finally, after 5 years—

MC:
“Not this formula?
Okay, this and this are done…
Now I’ll try using it.

‘EXSASLARETION’!”

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Suddenly, the MC’s body starts glowing golden.
Then his head begins to glow white.
An air blast occurs, his head size increases for a moment—
and then everything returns to normal.

MC:
“?
It worked?
Yeah… it worked!!!”

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The MC jumps happily, then sits back down and starts collecting the papers from his book.

MC:
“This is a one-time usable magic.

A user can cast it many times, but it works only once on one person for their entire life.

With this magic, a person’s IQ—or learning speed and capacity—can be increased 1,000 times.

If Albert Einstein’s IQ was around 300, then after this magic it would become around 300,000.

So if my IQ was around 50…
Then mine is now 50,000.

And I don’t think anyone in this world has an IQ this high.
Even in my past life, no one had IQ like this…

Ahh… finally.
Now I’m an expert.
High-level magic is like a game for me now.”

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The MC throws the paper containing the formula into the dustbin.

MC:
“Fire.”

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He throws fire into the dustbin, burning all the papers.

MC:
“I don’t want any other being to see this formula, use it, or let this magic become common.

Only I know this magic and how to use it.

Everything related to this magic is now stored in my brain.”

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The MC is now 12 years old.

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The MC runs to his mom excitedly.

MC:
“Mom! Mom! Mom!”

Mom:
“What happened, my love?”

MC:
“What’s the hardest magic you know?”

Mom:
“Why?”

MC:
“Just tell me…”

Mom:
“I think it’s ‘Fire Storm.’
A storm appears in an area of 100 by 50 meters, and fire exists inside it.

It’s very difficult—
Even a small mistake can seriously damage the user.”

MC:
“I can use that.”

Mom:
“? What?!”

MC:
“Just teach me Fire Storm once.
I can use it—maybe even better than you.”

Mom:
“It’s good that you’re confident, but it’s too dangerous. No way… I can’t.”

MC:
“Please… trust me…”

Mom:
“But…”

MC:
“If something happens, you can heal me using a healing pill.”

Mom:
“…O… okay…”

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They go to a park.

The mom demonstrates the magic once.

Mom:
“Fire Storm.”

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A storm suddenly appears, affecting trees and grass.
Fire forms inside the storm, and the trees and grass start burning.

Mom:
“! Oops—Water Gun!”

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The fire disappears.

Mom:
“That was a close call.
Now it’s your turn—use it carefully.”

MC:
“Hm.” (nods)
“Fire Storm!”

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A powerful wind appears—faster and colder than his mom’s.
Trees are almost torn out of the ground.

Suddenly, fire appears inside the storm, burning the trees and grass.

Mom:
“Wow…!
Oh sh—!
Water Dragon!”

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All the fire disappears, but the trees and grass are badly burned.

Mom:
“Good—good!
When did you become this smart?”

MC:
“Hehehe…”

Mom:
“So this is my second magic—‘Nature Recover.’”

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All the trees and grass recover.

Mom:
“We’re lucky.
If someone had seen this, we would’ve been in serious trouble.”

MC:
“Wow! Mom, you’re powerful!”

Mom:
“Your mom is a good magician, you know!”

MC:
“I can use that magic too.”

Mom:
“Huh?”

MC:
“Nature Recover.”

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Flowers on the trees bloom and grow larger.
The grass grows taller.
The trees become bigger, and their color turns darker.

Mom:
“W… wow…!”

MC:
“Your child is powerful too, Mom.”

Mom:
“You’re seriously just like your mom…!”

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They hug tightly.

MC:
“I… I can’t breathe…”

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Later that night, the MC’s father comes home.
The mom tells him everything.

Dad:
“Seriously?!
Very good… our child has grown so much in such a short time…”

Mom:
“Yeah.” (nods)

MC:
“Hmph!” (confident)

Dad:
“What do you think, Emily?
Can he pass the magic academy exam at this age?”

Emily:
“I don’t know…”

Dad:
“If that happens, it would be really good.
Maybe our child can get a better life with this…”

Emily:
“So… should we register him?”

Dad:
“I think—”

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Suddenly, the MC speaks.

MC:
“No! Not now!”

Dad:
“But why?
The earlier you start, the better.”

MC:
“Yeah, but I still want to learn more.”

Emily:
“You can learn that at the academy too.”

MC:
“No… no… no…
There are some kinds of magic I want to learn that the academy can’t teach.”

Dad:
“How so?”

MC:
“I… I’ll learn them myself…”

Emily:
“But your friends have already gone to the magic academy.”

MC:
“Even so, I’ll go at age 15.”

Dad:
“Then okay.
It’s your choice.
Just don’t regret later that you should’ve gone a few years earlier.”

MC:

“Okay…”