Basic livestyle-occupations
Basic livestyle-occupations
He would have never imagined that these fairy tales could be true and as he grew up he realised that there was some truth hidden in every lie.
He had always admired the fairy tales about strong and magnificent heroes, saving the universe with their godly weapons. Jason was sure that some blacksmith-masters would be able to smith and manufacture mighty weapons, armors, and much more. As a child, he would always grow sad that the craftsmen who forged the god-killing weapons were deemed as extras, and their contribution was wrongfully neglected in the whole tale.
Thinking about these basic occupations, Jason´s curiosity reached a whole new level.
There were still many more occupations, but he couldn't help sticking with the formerly named occupations.
In the end, he decided to look for information online and dug deeper to know more about lifestyle occupations and their requirements.
Upon further research, Jason found out that the requirements to learn any of the 3 basic lifestyle occupations were both easy and difficult to fulfill at the same time.
The easier requirements Jason could fulfill were peak-intermediate mana mastery and a certain degree of mana sensitivity outside the body.
Jason wasn't exactly sure what peak intermediate mastery meant, but he was still confident that he had already reached that a long time ago, as even his teacher had praised his mana control.
Considering the fact that Mr.Greil was from an influential family and additionally from Canir, that praise was worth a lot, which caused Jason´s confidence in his control over mana to soar even higher.
Another easy demand was one's knowledge, which had to be profound for the specific lifestyle-occupation.
For Blacksmithing that would be knowing everything about ores, ingots, heat, smelting process, tempering, quenching, sharpening, and so on.
Jason could just read the required books and memorize them after a second or third re-read at most.
This was only possible because he had refined his brain, otherwise, he would have to read books more often to memorize them completely, which would be a hassle.
But there was one main problem…
The costs!!
Not only would purchasing the books of each of the three basic lifestyle occupations be extremely expensive but some couldn't even be purchased by commoners which were ridiculous in his opinion.
Additionally, each of these three occupations would require one to learn everything from scrap which would require experimenting with many ores, herbs, mana stones/core, and so on.
Materials were expensive and it would take a long time to even reach the 0th rank of the particular occupation, also called "Apprentice".
Furthermore, there were not many teachers instructing students, because either their fees were too expensive or they would not teach students without gaining other benefits.
This meant average or maybe even above average families wouldn't be able to hire an alchemist for individual tutorings.
It was easier for high-ranked schools to hire blacksmiths, alchemists, and runemasters because they were able to offer them more benefits due to their good connections.
And that was where the school's official thread came into play.
Jason read that occasionally a Rank 3 blacksmith, alchemist, and runemaster would be invited to a school, to deliver guest lectures.
Rank 3 lifestyle-occupations were also called Intermediate-Blacksmiths/Alchemists/Runemasters, while the ranking was as follows.
Rank 0: Apprentice, Rank 1: Beginner, Rank 2: Basic, Rank 3: Intermediate, and so on.
Intermediate-Occupations could produce Grade-2 Weapons, Reagents, and magic circles which could accumulate a vast amount of resources and credits.
Being a Rank 3 would be considered the average for the Artisan-alliance, an organization that governs the three occupations, as the average member was at the 3rd Rank.
There were many lower and higher ranked lifestyle-Artisans but most would be stuck at Rank-3 and never enter higher ranks due to their low determination, ambition, and most likely low control over mana.
A Rank 3 Blacksmith could craft mana weapons with the help of Runemasters, which was definitely nothing to scoff at and Jason wondered who would deliver the lectures.
But there was also a test one had to pass to be eligible to attend the lectures of the three individuals.
Their test would question one's knowledge, control over mana, and even the aptitude with a practical test.
Jason found blacksmithing and alchemy extremely interesting and after reading the description of inscriptions and runes, he fell in love with all three occupations. This caused him to ponder about which test he should apply.
He questioned himself for quite some time until he noticed a certain piece of information, causing his mood to heighten.
Each of the tests was conducted at a different time and wouldn't overlap each other.
As such, Jason could take all of the tests which pleased him, and maybe he would be able to pass at least one of the tests.
If that happened, he would be able to receive lessons from a Rank 3 Artisan.
(Author note: I decided to merge the three occupations into 'Artisans', so as to be able to refer to them at once.)
Jason happily registered himself for all three tests and each exam would start on Friday, while there was 4 hours time between each of them.
After thinking for a moment, he concluded that this was a deliberate attempt to make everyone give each lifestyle occupation a try.
Once he had registered himself, he was notified of the syllabus for the theoretical test and a bunch of recommended books for each of the occupations, with a link to download the files for free thanks to the Artisan-towers generosity.
Jason laughed while thinking that his school was really evil.
There were more than ten books for every occupation.
Previously, Jason had believed that his school wanted to give each student a chance to try applying to every occupation. But, as he glanced through the books, he realised that applying for every lecture was suicidal, considering that each book had more than 600 pages.
Each test would consist of more than 6000 pages, filled with knowledge, while all three tests had concluded more than 18,000 pages, which was a ridiculous number.
But, Jason was only smiling with greed in his eyes.
`Thank you for the free books!!` He thought in his mind as a sly smile appeared on his face.
Jason was aware why it was so hard for average students to learn one of the basic lifestyle occupations without a teacher, even if one had a high mana control and enough credits to purchase the herbs.
Wisdom, experience handed down by dozens of generations, and knowledge could only be acquired by the rich.
Right now, there were over 30 books Jason wouldn't be able to normally access through his quantum bracelet storage.
Not being able to digest all the information provided? Don´t f**k with bookworm Jason!!
There were still slightly more than 6 days left for him and if needed, he would just skip school.
Before Jason decided to do something like that, he would message his teacher, which he did immediately after considering his chances.
Mr.Greil was different from the regular teacher and Jason was aware of the same.
After explaining his situation to the teacher, the only thing he got as an answer was,
"Attend the morning lessons, because I´ll be able to solve some unanswered questions. I'll permit you to not attend the afternoon lessons."
This astonished Jason a little bit because even if Mr.Greil was not a real teacher, wasn't he too unruffled by his decision to appear for all three tests?
Shouldn't he try to make Jason change his decision because it was dumb?
But Till Greil wouldn't do something like that as he knew that Jason was extremely mature for his age.
As a teacher, he wanted Jason to figure out the limits of his ambition on his own.
If he could pass all tests, that would only mean he was good enough to learn all occupations from their theories and not that he was talented in all of them.
Knowing the basics of all occupations was a must for all offsprings from big families and Seron already knew most information, which however would not hinder him from acquiring new knowledge.
Seron would also appear for the three tests and he would have to pass them with flying colors, like his master, Till would be disappointed if Seron would fail.
But to be honest, this possibility was marginal.
It was 3 pm when Jason opened the first book. In seconds, he entered a trance as he started to devour the content, and was completely oblivious to his surroundings.
Time seemed to pass in a blur and it was 7 pm when he was shaken out of his zone-like state.
Suddenly, he felt that someone picked him up as he was thrown over a muscle-packed shoulder and Jason immediately knew that it was Greg.
"Jason, we called you a few times and you want to tell me that you couldn't hear us because you were reading a book?!?! Don´t fool me!!" He said while Jason was still laying over his shoulder.
When Greg entered the living room carrying him like a potato sack, Jason was immediately embarrassed about the situation, as everyone could see him like that.
"Sorry!!! But let me down !!!!" Jason almost shouted and Greg put him down.
Just as he was about to sit down, everyone began to laugh out loud as the sight was just too funny to look at.
`Arghhh… so embarrassing!!` Jason looked straight at his table without looking at anyone as he wouldn't be able to look into someone's eyes right now.
It took everyone quite a while to calm down and dinner began with a few chuckles that could be heard every now and then.
Jason had not looked up a single time and when dinner was over, he excused himself as soon as possible to run up into his room.
Gabriella and Malia found this reaction cute, while Mark looked somewhat disappointed.
Jason calmed down and was happy to notice that he had already read three books.
He remembered almost all parts and rereading it another time would probably be enough to completely memorize them, which shocked him.
Jason was amazed by his own reading speed and memory as he silently thanked his teacher for granting him the opportunity to refine his brain, even if it had been extremely painful.
Furthermore, his eyes had played an important role in helping him achieve this feat, as his reading speed was solely thanks to his eyesight. Jason also silently thanked his late mother for gifting him a unique trait.
His mother's memories always made him anxious and it took a while before he calmed down. Then, he practiced the Heaven's Hell five-strand helix before he continued reading the large batch of books in his quantum bracelet.
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