Don't confiscate my citizenship

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

Those instruments exuded a primitive atmosphere, as if they had witnessed the brilliance of many card makers on their rise.

At this time, Lan Qi was staring at the workbench with all his attention.

He counted the basic materials in detail, took out a grid plate, and took some of the required materials.

Put them one by one into the grid of the dividing plate.

Thalia frowned slightly as she looked at his material selection.

What is this guy doing with so much material?

While Talia was confused, Lan Qi gradually completed the preparations.

Thalia, who has been industrious and frugal for so long, has almost forgotten that she was rich before.

Lan Qi rolled up the sleeves of his shirt, his face full of anticipation, and he was ready to start making some magic cards.

He seemed a little clumsy and began to mix the ink with the ground non-attributed magic crystal powder and magic core liquid, and used a measuring instrument to detect the magic power fluctuations during the mixing.

Lan Qi, who is not very good at using his own magic power to synchronize the ink preparation, can only temporarily use magic props to assist him.

...

In fact, this is not difficult, it’s just that you can’t figure it out just by reading a book, and you need someone to teach you.

Thalia watched Lan Qi's rookie operation without any emotion in her eyes.

However, she had no interest and no need to give advice to this human boy who had no magical talent.

See here.

Thalia already knew what card Lan Qi wanted to play even without reading further.

Because Lan Qi opened the magic scroll that will be used to extract, intercept, and engrave next.

This scroll is clearly a first-level mental spell [mental interference].

Compared with magic scrolls that will be discarded after being used once, if they are made into magic cards, this spell can be used repeatedly——

【Mental interference】

[Category: Spell Card]

[Grade: blue precious]

[Level: 1]

[Effect: Only effective on enemies within 3 meters, making them unable to move very briefly. The mana consumption and duration of effect are determined based on the mental gap between the two parties. Cooling time 120 seconds. 】

In most cases, the magic cards produced using this magic scroll alone as a basis will have roughly the same effect, and at most there will be slight fluctuations in the control time.

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

Then the effect will become more powerful, or have a little more additional effects.

certainly.

Even if it is only a first-level magic, it is of [Blue Precious] quality and is very challenging for novice card makers.

It would be nice to be able to avoid exploding the card, or make a degraded version of [White Normal] quality.

Thalia could not comment yet on the talent of this young man and what kind of card he would make.

But for most talented humans, it is already too late to start learning card making.

Lan Qi's family situation is obviously not bad.

If you have talent, you should invest in the best resources and start learning early.

Don’t just explore card making on your own just now out of interest.

Tata, do you know how to make cards?

Lan Qi stared at the scroll in his hand, seemed to feel Thalia's gaze, and suddenly asked.

To him, it seemed nice to have someone to chat with in the workshop.

...

Thalia ignored him and just looked away indifferently.

She didn't want to lie about something as small as this, and she didn't want the human to know anything he didn't need to know.

Lan Qi smiled knowingly and stopped talking to Thalia.

Just like the attitude of the Card Creators Association towards itself, as a businessman, I still have good transaction value.

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

So far, the only people who think highly of him are Mr. Hans, the housekeeper, and Ms. Francine, the maid.

Lan Qi thought to himself as he continued to pour the mixed magic ink into the engraving pen.

Next, he can no longer be distracted, because he will enter the most critical step of making magic cards——

Rewriting and finalizing the magic structure and circuits.

First-level mental magic is almost all mental interference with a very small effect, while the strong control type of mental magic often requires a relatively close distance to be activated.

If you want to rewrite the effect, you not only need extremely strong magic creation ability, but also need many experiments and improvements. The difficulty is far beyond that of normal production.

Lan Qi concentrated on it, focusing all his energy in front of his eyes.

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

The magical structure of a card cannot be drawn by any magician or magician. It is a process of understanding, creation and spell casting.

Without a thorough understanding of outstanding talent, even if you can draw something similar, you will not be able to give it the power it deserves.

Lan Qi held his breath and seemed to have entered the moment of greatest challenge.

The biggest trouble in burning is to carve a circle of fine magic runes on the card. These twisted words are like ants crawling around. Without enough eyesight, you can't understand them, let alone write them down. come out.

He frowned and wrote slowly.

It's like a painter painting a beautiful work.

Every brushstroke is extremely delicate, yet full of stability.

This made Thalia on the side couldn't help but look at Lan Qi a little more seriously.

Let’s not talk about how low-level cards Lanci is making and how inexperienced he is.

At least at this moment, Lan Qi's temperament didn't resemble that of a jerky card-making apprentice, but that of a great artist with extremely high skills!

Tens of seconds passed like this.

There was an explosion.

Exploded.

Thalia: ...

In the faint smoke, she shook her head in an undetectable amount.

He is indeed a mediocre person who wastes his money.

Even if she didn't quite understand the spell recording of human magic script, she could roughly tell that Lan Qi was doing some very confusing operations——

He seemed not to be satisfied with making [Mental Interference], but tried to excerpt and engrave it while rewriting it into a more complex spell, and then directly encapsulating it to produce it.

Just like a beginner should first figure out how to walk before mastering running, Ranchi wanted to go beyond walking and running and try flying from the beginning.

Will do this kind of thing.

Or an extremely conceited genius.

Or he's just an idiot who is too ambitious.

Why did it explode...

Lan Qi looked at the magic card in his hand that exploded like firecrackers in a daze.

It seemed that everything happened too suddenly, shattering his dream of making cards.

Fortunately, the light barrier in the card-making workshop protected him from harm.

The next second, Lan Qi quickly ran out of the card-making workshop as if he had thought of something.

This guy……

Thalia frowned to herself.

Even if the employer is in a bad mood after being hit and wants to leave, he should not lose his temper and abandon her like this.

The thing she hates the most is anyone leaving her casually.

Just as Talia looked a little unhappy and was about to leave the card-making room, Lan Qi ran back and rushed to the workbench and started to quickly record something with a pen.

You're not leaving?

Thalia asked.

Don't leave, this is just the beginning! I just asked Mr. Deacon to bring me something more.

Lan Qi answered matter-of-factly.

He didn't seem to be shocked at all. Instead, his eyes shone with enthusiasm and expectation, as if he was filled with an endless desire to explore this field of card making.

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

She is very patient. She gets paid 3 pounds just for sitting here every day. She doesn't hate it.

I just don’t know how long it will take for this human being to give up due to repeated failures.

Soon, the deacon sent Lan Qi several books and some materials that had not been used before.

Lan Qi took the book and started flipping through it like an obsession in front of the long table.

He spent the entire afternoon checking cards and recording failure data, checking and studying.

…

A full two weeks passed like this.

Every day, Lan Qi and Talia would come to this card-making workshop. One would fry the cards and the other would look at them. They stayed there almost all day.

But Lan Qi still hasn't made a decent [Mental Interference] yet.

Thalia was still sitting in her chair, holding the book gently with both hands, flipping through it slowly, completing her job of protecting her employer.

However, she no longer paid much attention to Lan Qi'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 like Lan Qi trains intensively regardless of losses, most of them will need to experience repeated failures if they want to produce a blue piece of precious quality.

Lanci does not seem to have much talent.

If you are talented, you may have made several usable first-level magic cards by now.

There are even geniuses who are new to card making and can directly produce blue precious quality.

Unlike Ranchi, who spent half a month producing scraps.

A faint light appeared at the edge of his vision.

Even with her attention focused on the book in her hand, Thalia knew that there would soon be a sound of magic cards exploding.

Because Lan Qi no longer knows 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.

...

Thalia couldn't help but move her eyes away from the page.

She saw Lan Qi looking very focused, like a craftsman completing the last step of a masterpiece.

And the magic card in his hand began to spread out with a halo of light.

It seemed to be a success, and Lan Qi breathed a sigh of relief.

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

Lan Qi smiled happily and stared at the card.

He seemed to be very satisfied with the quality of this card. Even as a card maker, he couldn't help but admire it for a moment longer.

I saw that the card was glowing with amethyst color.

Even Thalia couldn't help but glance sideways at Lanchi.

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

Most card makers can only hope to make rare-quality cards if they reach the fourth and fifth levels and then go back to make first- and second-level cards.

Although it is true that Lan Qi spent too much time and money, it is not that there are even more exaggerated geniuses in the demon clan.

But what surprised Thalia was that a human she met by chance had such a talent...

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

A sense of powerlessness filled her heart inexplicably.

This situation only made her feel that in this era of humans favored by the gods, the return of the demon clan seemed like a failure and was out of reach.

Tata, look at my masterpiece!

Lanqi's cheerful voice made Thalia raise her lowered eyes half a moment.

Actually for her.

A first-level purple card is not a rare thing.

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

Even if it is a purple-quality [Psychic Interference], it is ultimately just a relatively low-cost mental magic. It is not a necessity, and it is not even a universal card.

Compared to long-range professions, more melee professions will bring it.

However, when I think about it.

Thalia identified the effect of the card in Lan Qi's hand and finally frowned.

because.

She saw that the effect of this [mental interference] improved magic was——

【Basic Etiquette】

[Category: Spell Card]

[Grade: Purple Rare]

[Level: 1]

[Effect: Only effective on enemies within 3 meters, making the opponent kneel down towards you. The mana consumption is determined based on the mental gap between the two parties. Cooling time 120 seconds. 】

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

...?

She wondered, didn't this kind of card usually have the effect of immobilizing the enemy after getting close to it for half a second?

Although the one created by Lan Qi has similar effects... it may indeed take a little longer than the control time of [Mental Interference].

but……

There are some things that are difficult for her to say.

Are you selling this card?

After thinking for a while, Thalia finally asked.

This was the first time she took the initiative to talk to Lan Qi.

With the dozens of pounds she now earns from Lan Qi, it is not difficult to buy a lowest-level purple rare quality magic card.

Of course, only for ordinary cards.

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

Its value does not lie in whether it is easy to use or not.

But it must not be used by others.

So it’s better to control it yourself!

Oh no, I want to keep this one for myself. It's a good life-saving card.

Lan Qi looked at Thalia in slight surprise, seemingly surprised by her appreciation, then smiled and shook his head in refusal.

Thalia: ?

A good life-saving card?

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

Maybe you wouldn't have died in the fight.

But with this card, which has powerful anger and taunt effects, it's hard to say.

…