Next to them, Aaliyah stood idly by with a broom in her arms, wearing a spotless cleaning apron, complete with hood and gloves. Watching them made her a bit envious, and she muttered to herself, "If only I could learn some Magic Tricks."
"Even if you did, you still wouldn't be able to use them half as well as the captain," Serdur mercilessly shattered her fantasy.
The same magic, in the hands of different Casters, could have vastly different results.
In his opinion, Gauss was an absolute magic prodigy—no matter the type of magic, from simple Tricks to mighty Spells, he could master them all with ease, and nearly every magic he cast came out better than most people's.
This was a talent that was exceedingly rare. In all his own adventures on the road, he'd never met anyone close to Gauss's level.
And Aaliyah? She might have a bit of skill in certain specialized Casting, but compared to Gauss, a jack-of-all-magic-disciplines genius, she was quite a far cry away.
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