The dining continued. With Marilyn’s friendly personality and Zich’s unusually warm response to her, Marilyn quickly adapted to the group. Light chit-chat and soft laughter passed over the dining table a couple of times.

“Then, are you traveling alone, Ms. Marilyn?” Hans began to call Marilyn by her name.

“Yes. If I travel around and increase my knowledge about the world, I believe that I can also raise my skill level.”

“You said you were a mage, right?” Elena asked.

“Yes, but I am far from the fancy-type of mage people usually think of. I specialize in curses.”

“Ah!”

Curses or in other words, dark magic, was a special type of magic. Although it was still in the same category of magic, it was fundamentally different from traditional types of magic and was the opposite of holy magic that priests used. Like how a traditional mage couldn’t use holy magic, it was also impossible for them to use dark magic; this rule applied to even Lyla although her knowledge pretty much surpassed all mages in the world. Due to this unique characteristic, it was a type of magic...