Roxy was going to leave the Greyrat family.
Everyone in the Greyrat family looked sad after hearing this news, but no one tried to stop her.
After all, everyone knew that if Roxy had made this decision, she must have her own reasons, and others should not force her to change her mind just because they didn't want her to go.
Shirou and Rudeus, after hearing about the graduation exam, got together for the first time in a while to discuss it.
"What will the graduation exam be like?" Rudeus asked curiously. "It won't be like we have to fight monsters, right? That would be too scary!"
Rudeus didn't seem to want to fight and was afraid of it.
Shirou just smiled and shook his head. "Roxy wouldn't do something like that. The exam will probably just test our magic skills."
When he said this, Shirou looked a little strange.
He didn't have any special talent for magic. He had practiced earth magic for so long, but he had only barely reached the upper level and was actually still only at the middle level.
In comparison, Rudeus's water magic had reached the upper level a long time ago, and it wouldn't be surprising if he reached the saint level soon.
Shirou sometimes couldn't help but wonder if Roxy was avoiding him because he lacked magical talent.
Was Roxy keeping her distance from him and even planning to leave the Greyrat family because she didn't want to teach a student with no talent like him?
Although Shirou knew Roxy wasn't like that, he still couldn't help but think that way.
He felt more and more helpless, feeling like he had disappointed Roxy and wasn't a good magic student.
"Shirou..."
Rudeus had been watching Shirou's face. Although he couldn't guess what Shirou was thinking, he could guess pretty close.
He saw Shirou's discouraged look and couldn't help but say, "Shirou, you're thinking too much. Magic isn't usually that complicated. It's very simple. It's like some people are good at writing books and some people are good at running. The difference between people is very obvious when it comes to magic. We don't have to learn magic that we're not good at. We just have to make the magic we're good at the best it can be!"
"Rudy..."
Shirou was surprised to be comforted by Rudeus and then thought that what he said made sense.
He had always felt that he lacked talent in magic and wanted to make up for his weaknesses to get Roxy to accept him.
But he was going in the wrong direction.
Magic is different from swordsmanship. It isn't something that can be learned by effort and will alone.
Even Servant Emiya, after a lifetime of effort, only mastered the simplest projection magic, but he used the power of projection to the limit, even creating the Unlimited Blade Works, a unique space, and taking the single projection magic to its peak.
Now, Shirou's magic talent is pretty average. He has only made progress in earth magic. So, he shouldn't try to make up for his weaknesses, but instead, he should take the only earth magic he can master to the extreme and make this one skill perfect!
"Thank you, Rudy. I know what I need to do!"
Shirou made up his mind, picked up the magic notes Roxy had given him, and returned to his room.
He looked through Roxy's notes, recalling everything he had learned about earth magic so far, and gradually had some ideas about the magic he wanted to use.
At the same time, Shirou also found that Roxy's magic notes were very helpful.
She not only gave detailed explanations and descriptions of some basic magic knowledge, but also specifically mentioned a concept called mixed magic.
Mixed magic is when you use different magic at the same time to create completely different results.
For example, if you use Water Blast, Ground Heat, and Ice Field in order, you can create mist. This kind of phenomenon, caused by using several systems in order, is mixed magic.
Shirou recalled that the earth magic he used was basically just controlling the element of earth, so it was too difficult to control and hard to quickly create effective magical power.
If he could combine the powers of water magic, earth magic, fire magic, and other magic, he might be able to recreate his best projection magic.
Shirou gradually understood.
He also found that Roxy's notes mentioned some basic common sense about magic, such as the average ratio of magicians in combat groups being one in twenty, and the average ratio of upper-level magicians within magicians being one in one hundred, already making them talents that various countries were eager to invite.
At the same time, there were also schools that specialized in teaching magic in the magic world, and each country had its own magic academy.
The largest one was called the Ranoa Magic University, and Roxy was from Ranoa Magic University.
Roxy believed that if Shirou wanted to study magic further in the future, he should go to Ranoa Magic University, because just being a Swordsman didn't mean giving up magic. There were many magic Swordsmen in the world who could use both swordsmanship and magic.
Shirou was undoubtedly very touched by Roxy's hard work. Her words seemed to contain warm feelings, and he realized how much Roxy cared for him.
No matter what, he had to repay Roxy's kindness.
Shirou made up his mind to show his best strength in the graduation exam as much as possible, to repay Roxy for her kindness to him.
"Okay, let's start."
Shirou took a deep breath, took out the clay he had prepared, and began to practice earth magic again. He no longer stuck to the form of earth magic, but decided to use a more special way to achieve his magic.
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Time passed quickly for a few days.
The day of the graduation exam arrived.
Shirou had been staying up late these past few days, practicing his newly researched magic, so much so that he didn't even notice when it was dawn, until the dark circles under his eyes became very dark, and he yawned.
Although his body had become very tired from over-practicing, his spirits had unknowingly become incredibly excited.
Because Shirou believed that the magic he showed in the graduation exam would definitely give Roxy, who was the examiner, a big surprise!
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