Chapter 4

At the church, there was an aptitude test, and a few days later, only the children were gathered at the church.

It seems that the old priest would teach us the basics of magic.

There is a royal academy in the capital, but there is no school in this remote village.

Therefore, it is legally mandated that the church teaches reading, writing, and basic life magic.

In other words, it's something like compulsory education.

Even so, children from poor families often prioritize farm work and helping at home, so they attend irregularly.

In my case, both of my parents were very interested in which of my two attributes I would have, so they sent me off happily.

Incidentally, the royal academy in the capital is mainly attended by children of the nobility.

This is because, compared to commoners, many nobles have a lot of magical power, and the difference is quite significant.

Moreover, the eldest children of noble families often take jobs in the knight corps or the magic corps.

Therefore, they have specialized studies in knight and magic courses.

Commoner children, even if they live in the capital, often attend general or commercial courses.

At the church, we first learned reading and writing.

However, I had already mastered the language of this world.

Since I was reincarnated at the age of three, I could read the letters for some reason.

After that, I secretly practiced writing on my own.

Since only I and the son of the village chief could read and write, we were told we could freely read the books in the church.

In addition to books like the Bible, there were books on crops useful for agriculture and books on hunting, so I skimmed through them.

I thought it might be a good idea to copy down the types of crops when I had time.

There seemed to be herbs and medicinal plants similar to those from my previous life, so I wanted to study them.

Finally, we started the training for basic magic, but it wasn't as easy as I thought.

What was difficult was the control!

The other children were trying hard to produce fire or wind, but I was different.

Just by saying "Water," water would gush out from my palm in liters.

When I tried earth magic to promote crop growth, the weeds around the church grew to my height in an instant, and the priest apprentices had to quickly cut them down.

Because it was dangerous, I was told I couldn't use it until I could control it.

The old priest seemed to be at a loss, but I was certain.

The voice of the god of reincarnation had kept its promise.

The world's best storage comes with the world's best magical power.

Maybe... no, it's definitely a cheat. Hooray.

If I train, I might be able to become a top-notch magician.

With such magical power, I can use water and earth magic as much as I want.

An unexpected bonus of the world's best storage.

After the other children left, I was told to stay behind.

"Alice, you seem to have an incredible amount of magical power. I had predicted this when I found out you had the storage skill."

The old priest showed me an old and thick "Book of Skills."

Summarizing the page on the storage skill, it is a skill that can open a portal to a subspace, and it apparently requires a considerable amount of magical power just to open the portal.

Therefore, children usually can't use it, and it's a skill that adult magicians can finally use.

Actually, before coming to the church, I had tried a few spells, but I couldn't figure out how to use the storage skill.

No matter how many times I said "Storage," nothing would be stored, but now I understood why.

I couldn't imagine the portal to the subspace. Probably.

"I haven't seen it much, but imagine an invisible door in front of you, and things are sucked in and disappear as if they were dropped into it."

I can kind of... imagine it?

In short, I need to imagine a transparent portal and throw things into it.

Just to try, I imagined dropping an apple from the offering into a hole in the air.

Then, the apple disappeared right in front of me.

Did it work?

"Wow! You managed to use it? My explanation got through to you, did it?"

The old priest smiled like a child.

Feeling encouraged, I stored a few more apples with a flick of my wrist.

To retrieve them, I imagined the apples coming out of the hole.

"This skill, if used incorrectly, can easily lead to crime. If you plan to use this skill for work in the future, you must register with the commercial guild or the adventurer guild. Understand?"

Since I knew I could use it, he taught me a few precautions.

First, you can't store living things.

I was told absolutely not to store them.

Of course, if you tried to store a human, it would be a serious crime.

The word "storage" sounds casual, but it might be a rather difficult skill to handle.

However, animals hunted can be stored as food or materials once they are dead.

Moreover, as the level of the storage skill increases, you can apparently stop time in the subspace.

In other words, the state of the items when they are stored is maintained.

Once you can use it to this extent, you will be in high demand among merchants.

You can transport fresh fish and crops in their original state.

You can even store freshly made dishes.

However, I don't plan to become a merchant, so it might not be very useful for work.

Maybe I'll just help my father transport crops.

If I ever go on a trip, it would be nice to have less luggage... I was imagining such a small dream at the time.

After all, I was only five years old!