Bright lights illuminated the card-making workshop, reflecting on magical instruments and utensils.

Those utensils exude a quaint atmosphere, as if witnessing the glory of the rise of many card makers.

By this time, Ranch was looking intently at the workbench.

He counted the base materials, took out a grid, and took some of the materials he needed.

Place them one by one into the compartments of the grid.

Talia frowned slightly as she watched his material selection.

What is this guy doing with so much material?

In the midst of Talya's doubts, Ranchi gradually finished her preparations.

Talia, who has been thrifty for a long time, almost forgets that she was rich before.

Ranchi rolled up the sleeves of his shirt with anticipation on his face, ready to get started on making magic cards.

Slightly clumsy, he began to mix the ink with the non-attribute magic crystal powder and the magic core liquid that had been ground, and used the measuring instrument to detect the fluctuations in the magic power when blending.

For the time being, Ranch, who is not very good at using his own magic to synchronize with the ink mixture, can only be assisted by magic props for the time being.

“……”

In fact, this is not difficult, but he can't read it just by reading a book, and someone needs to teach him.

Talia watched Lanchi's rookie operation with no waves.

But she had no interest, and there was no need for her to instruct this untalented human teenager.

See here.

Even if Talia didn't have to look any further, she already knew what cards Ranch wanted to make.

Because Ranch opened the magic scroll that he was going to use to extract, capture, and engrave.

This scroll is a first-order spell of the spirit system [Mental Interference].

Compared to a magic scroll that will be scrapped once used, if it is made into a magic card, it can be used repeatedly-

【Mental Interference】

[Category: Spell Cards]

[Grade: Blue Precious]

[Tier: 1]

[Effect: Only effective against enemies within 3 meters, immobilizing them for a very short time.] According to the mental difference between the two sides, the mana consumption and the duration of the impact are determined. Cooldown: 120 seconds. 】

In most cases, a magic card made using this one magic scroll as a base will have the same effect, with a slight fluctuation in control time at most.

If the card maker is highly skilled, he may be able to produce a more advanced [Purple Rare] quality.

The effect will become more powerful, or a little more extra.

Of course.

Even if it's only a first-order magic, the [Blue Precious] quality makes it very challenging for a new card maker.

It's nice to be able to not blow up the card, or make a deteriorated version of the [White Normal] quality.

Talia couldn't comment on the boy's talent or what kind of cards he would make.

But the average gifted human being is only starting to learn how to make cards now, and it's too late.

Ranchi's family background is obviously not bad.

If you are talented, you should invest the best resources to start learning early.

Don't just be interested in finding out how to make cards on your own.

"Tata, do you know how to make cards?"

Ranchi asked suddenly as he stared at the scroll in his hand, as if sensing Taria's gaze.

To him, it didn't seem bad to have someone in the workshop to talk to.

“……”

Talia ignored him, just looked away.

She didn't want to lie about such a trivial matter, and she didn't want this human to know what he didn't need to know.

Ranch smiled wryly and stopped talking to Talia.

Just like the attitude of the Card Makers Association, if you are a businessman, you still have good trading value.

But if you are a card maker, you don't see any value at all.

In this way, the only people who are optimistic about themselves so far are Mr. Hans, the housekeeper, and Miss Francin, the maid.

Ranchi thought to himself as he continued to pour the blended magic ink into the marker.

He couldn't be distracted anymore because he was going to get into the most critical step of making magic cards-

Rewriting and finalizing magic structures and circuits.

First-order spiritual magic is almost always mental interference with a small effect, while strong control type spiritual magic often requires a close distance to be activated.

If you want to rewrite the effect, you need not only a strong ability to create magic, but also many experiments and improvements, and the difficulty is far from being comparable to normal production.

Ranch was engrossed, concentrating all his mind on what was in front of him.

As the pen in his hand moved slightly, he slowly fused his mana into each magic circuit.

The magical structure of a card is not something that any mage or magician can draw if he wants to, it is a process of understanding, creating, and casting spells.

If you don't have a thorough understanding of your gift, you won't be able to draw a similar picture, but you won't be able to give it the power it deserves.

Lanch held his breath as he seemed to enter his biggest moment of challenge.

The biggest trouble with burning is the dense rune text engraved on the card, which is twisted like ants crawling around, and you don't have enough eyesight to recognize it, let alone write it.

He slowly burned with a frown.

It's like a painter painting a beautiful work.

Each brushstroke is delicate, yet full of stability.

This made Talia on the side can't help but take her gaze on Ranchi a little seriously.

Let's not talk about how low-level the cards Ranchi is and how inexperienced he is.

At least at this moment, the temperament on Lan Qi is not like a jerky card-making apprentice, but a great artist with extremely high skills!

Dozens of seconds passed like this.

There was a loud explosion.

Exploded.

Talia: "......"

In the faint smoke she shook her head with an indiscernible magnitude.

Sure enough, he is a mediocre talent who wastes money in vain.

Even if she didn't know much about the spell burning of human magic texts, she could roughly tell that Lan Qi was doing some very confusing operations-

He didn't seem to be satisfied with making [Psychic Interference], but tried to extract and engrave it while rewriting it into a more complex spell, and then directly encapsulating it.

Just as a beginner should find a way to learn to walk before mastering running, Ranch wanted to leapfrog walking and running to try to fly from the beginning.

It's going to do that.

Either an extremely egotistical genius.

Either that's a stupid guy who wants to be too ambitious.

"Why did it blow up......"

Ranch looked at the magic cards that exploded like firecrackers in his hand, a little confused.

It seemed that everything came too suddenly, shattering his card-making dreams.

Luckily, the light enchantment in the card-making workshop protected him from harm.

In the next second, Ranch ran out of the card-making workshop as if he had thought of something.

"This guy ......"

Talia frowned and muttered to herself.

Even if the employer is in a bad mood and wants to leave, he should not abandon her like this with a tantrum.

The thing she hates the most is for anyone to leave her behind.

Just as Talia looked a little displeased and was about to leave the card room, Ranch ran back and rushed to the workbench to quickly take a pen and write down something.

"You're not leaving?"

Talia asked.

"No, this is just the beginning! I just went and asked Mr. Deacon to bring me something more. ”

Ranch replied as a matter of course.

He didn't seem to be hit at all, but his eyes flashed with enthusiasm and expectation, as if he was full of endless desire to explore this card-making field.

Talia didn't say anything more and sat back down.

She's very patient, and she doesn't hate it when she gets paid £3 a day just for sitting here.

It's just that I don't know how long this human will give up because of repeated failures.

Soon, the deacon brought Ranch a few books and a few materials that he hadn't used before.

Ranchi took the book and flipped through it quickly and obsessively at the long table.

All afternoon, he spent the time constantly blowing up cards and recording failure data, consulting and studying.

……

And so it went on for two whole weeks.

Every day, Ranchi and Talia would come to this card-making workshop, one to blow up the cards, the other to watch, and stay almost all day.

But Ranch still hasn't made a decent [Mental Interference].

Talia still sat in her chair, her hands gently holding the book, flipping through it unhurriedly, completing her job of protecting her employer.

However, she no longer paid much attention to Ranchi's card-making process, and only passed the time by flipping through human books.

In her opinion, Ranchi's failure was normal.

Even if a beginner trains at high intensity regardless of wear and tear like Lanch, most of them need to go through repeated failures to make a blue precious quality.

Ranch doesn't seem to have much talent.

If you have a good talent, you may have made a few first-order magic cards that can be used by now.

There are even geniuses who can directly make blue precious qualities when they first touch card making.

It's not like Ranchi, who produces scrap for half a month.

A faint light swelled at the edge of the line of sight.

Even with her eyes on the book in her hand, Talia knew that soon there would be a popping sound of a magic card.

Because Ranch doesn't know how many times he has failed at this step.

However.

As the light intensified until it went out, this time there was no sound as usual.

“……”

Talia couldn't help but take her eyes off the pages of the book a few bits.

She saw that Lan Qi was very focused, like a craftsman completing the final step of a masterpiece.

And the magic card in his hand began to spread outward with a misty halo.

It seemed to have succeeded, and Ranchi breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally, a magic card that can be called a finished product is successfully born with the aerosol!

Ranch smiled reassuringly, staring at the card.

He seemed so pleased with the quality of the card that he couldn't resist admiring it for a moment as a card maker.

I saw that the card was glowing with amethyst.

Even Talia couldn't help but stare sideways at Lanchi.

In the case of self-taught, the first card is a purple rare quality?

Most card makers tend to only have a chance of making rare qualities if they get to the fourth or fifth tier and then go back and make first- and second-tier cards.

Although Lan Qi did use too much time and cost, there were no more exaggerated geniuses in the demon race.

But to Talia's surprise, a random human she met had such a talent......

Sure enough, even fate is on the side of humanity.

A sense of powerlessness inexplicably permeated her heart.

This situation only made her feel that in this human generation favored by the gods, the restoration of the demon race was like a bubble, out of reach.

"Tata, look at my masterpiece!"

Lanchi's cheerful voice lifted Taria's lowered eyes for half a minute.

Actually, for her.

The first-order purple card is not a rare thing.

And compared to the materials that Ranch wasted, the value of this card is not even worth a fraction of the loss.

Even if it is a purple-quality [Spiritual Interference], it is only a relatively low-cost spiritual magic after all, not a necessity, and it is not even a general-purpose card.

More melee classes will carry it than ranged classes.

However, when I think about it like this.

Talia recognized the effect of the card in Ranchi's hand and finally frowned.

Because.

She saw that the effect of this [Mental Interference] improved magic was-

【Basic Etiquette】

[Category: Spell Cards]

[Grade: Purple Rare]

[Tier: 1]

[Effect: Only effective against enemies within 3 meters, causing the opponent to kneel to themselves.] The mana consumption is determined according to the mental difference between the two sides. Cooldown: 120 seconds. 】

[Note: Sir, please don't look at people through the crack in the door, and don't get carried away.] 】

“……？”

She wondered if this kind of card usually had the effect of immobilizing the enemy after close quarters for half a second.

Although the one made by Ranchi has a similar effect...... It may indeed be a little longer than the [Mental Interference] control time.

But......

There are some things she can't say.

"Do you sell this card?"

After thinking about it, Talia finally asked.

This was the first time she had taken the initiative to speak to Lanchi.

With the dozens of pounds she's earning from Ranch right now, it's not hard to buy a lowest-tier purple rare quality magic card.

Of course, it's just for the usual cards.

Ranchi's original spell card does not exist on the market, and the price cannot be inferred.

Its value is not at all whether it is good or not.

Rather, it must not be used by others.

So it's better to take control of it yourself!

"Oh no, I'm going to keep this one for myself, it's a good life-saving card."

Ranch looked at Talia in a slightly surprised look, as if surprised by her appreciation, and shook her head in decline.

Taria: "? ”

A good life-saving card?

…… Are you sure this card can be used to save your life?

Maybe you wouldn't have died in a fight.

But with this card with its own powerful irritation and taunt effects, it's hard to say.

……