Me, a priest? How could that be!

Chapter 10: There are limits to being a beginner; I'm not going to be a beginner anymore!

"You mean, you could have easily become a High Priest, but instead chose to become a Novice because you wanted to become a Grand Magus?"

"……Um."

"Are you an idiot!?"

Chris then understood why the hero with the reincarnation bonus was in such a miserable state; it was all his own fault!

Charlotte's cheeks also felt hot.

Having finally gotten another chance to connect, he naturally wouldn't let the opportunity to curry favor with someone powerful, and quickly told them his desire to learn the skills.

However, before that, Chris pretended to be curious and asked for the reason, and then told her everything that happened when she registered as an adventurer.

"Chris, do you think I still have a chance?"

"What opportunity?"

"Transform into a Grand Magister."

"Well... uh... um, you still have a lot of room for improvement."

Got it, no chance.

This sentence is like a teacher's comment to some students at the end of each school year—you are very smart but you are not serious. If you listened more attentively in class, you could be at the top of your class like everyone else—a standard, comforting statement.

It's one thing to fool others, but never take it seriously yourself.

"How could this be...?"

Charlotte slumped onto the table, completely drained of energy, as if all her efforts had been in vain.

"Speaking of which, if you want to become a Grand Magister, shouldn't you become a High Priest?" Chris asked curiously, "Why choose the lowest-ranking Novice class?"

"Because you can learn basic magic, and you can gain skill points by leveling up," Charlotte mumbled, lying on the table.

Chris asked even more curiously, "What about the class attribute bonuses when you level up? Don't you want to become a Grand Magister? At this rate, your attribute values ​​will never reach the required level."

"……ah!?"

"You didn't know, did you...?"

The world of Konosuba features class-based attribute bonuses, similar to those in the game. Leveling up increases different stats. For example, thieves gain bonuses to dexterity and speed, knights to stamina and strength, and mages to intelligence and magic power.

Furthermore, the difference in the numerical increase varies greatly depending on the job level; otherwise, wouldn't the higher-level job have no advantage at all?

Is that really true?!

Chris added, "When the High Priest levels up, he gains a bonus to his Spirit and Magic, as well as a small bonus to his Intelligence. To put it numerically... it's around 10."

"And what about the beginners?" Charlotte asked.

"1 or 2."

"So little!?"

"After all, it's the lowest-level job that anyone can do."

Indeed, Kazuma Sato once complained about this. He couldn't beat Megumin, who was a Grand Magister, in an arm wrestling match. Besides being weak to begin with, it was probably also largely due to the bonuses from her class.

However, level isn't that important in this world. If you can quickly level up and gain skill points, becoming a professional freelancer isn't out of the question.

The skill combinations between different professions, if used well, can produce different effects.

"No chance, no chance."

As if sensing Charlotte's thoughts, Chris waved her hand, indicating it was impossible. She pushed the adventurer card back, pointing to the level column and saying:

"Look here, don't you think there's something strange about it?"

"A strange place?"

"Level, level. The adventurer card shows that you've defeated 10 giant toads, so you should have leveled up by now, but you're still level 1."

"……Um?"

Charlotte then realized something was wrong.

Let's take Kazuma Sato as an example again. After single-handedly defeating four giant toads, his level jumped to level 4 in one go, averaging one level per toad. However, Charlotte hasn't leveled up yet, which is clearly abnormal.

"Isn't it said that people of lower ranks level up faster?"

"Those are beginners."

"I'm a beginner."

"You misspoke. It refers to those who can only advance to the Beginner class. The faster they level up, the lower their potential will be, far less than that of other classes."

This seems to be related to the upgrade method.

Chris states that all things in this world possess a soul. Any being, by consuming or defeating a creature—that is, by ceasing a certain life activity—can absorb a portion of that being's soul's memories.

In other words, experience points are the essence of the soul, and leveling up is the transformation of the soul.

Different people require different numbers of souls. Those with advanced professional qualities need more souls, even if they are promoted to a beginner.

Otherwise, if it were all this easy, why wouldn't others choose the easier and simpler beginner profession?

hiss----

My head is so itchy, I need to grow a brain!

"So... I need more experience than others to level up and gain skill points?"

"That's right."

"The stats I get from each level up are the lowest of all classes, and at this rate, I'll never be able to advance to Archmage?"

"That's right."

"Not only do they require more skill points to learn skills than others, but their power is also significantly lower. Are they inherently inferior?"

"That's right."

Chris nodded repeatedly.

boom!

Charlotte slammed her hand on the table, startling the silver-haired thief girl opposite her. Fortunately, the Adventurers' Guild was always noisy, so it didn't bother anyone else.

Upon learning the truth, the reincarnated hero gritted his teeth and exclaimed, "Damn Aqua, you ruined my dream of becoming a mage!"

"This has nothing to do with Aqua-senpai, right?"

Chris couldn't help but complain.

Of course it's related!

If Aqua hadn't randomly given powerful cheat codes to everyone else, how come she would only have ordinary cheat codes left when it was her turn?

...Although he said that, Charlotte knew that he was just taking his anger out on others, after all, his low intelligence had nothing to do with others.

There was a long silence.

A dejected Charlotte picked up the adventurer's card from the table and slowly got up, walking towards the Adventurers' Guild counter. Chris seemed to guess what he was going to do, so she quickly followed.

It was evening, and many adventurers were rushing back to submit their quests, so there were quite a few people.

When it was Charlotte's turn, he was greeted by the same kind-hearted older sister at the counter, who looked at the novice adventurer in front of her with a slightly strange expression, as if he might have some hidden story (or so she thought).

"Mr. Charlotte? What's wrong? Are you still worried about the beginner assassin? I've already asked some powerful adventurers to handle that matter..."

No, that's not it.

At this moment, Charlotte looked heartbroken and remorseful, which made the saleswoman at the counter blink. Then, the novice adventurer in front of her suddenly began to say inexplicable things, looking lost.

"Big sister, there are limits to the abilities of beginners. I learned something from my short adventure: the more missions you do, the more you will find that there are limits to the abilities of beginners, unless you surpass them."

"What do you mean? What are you trying to say?"

"I'm not staying a beginner anymore, big sister! I'm going to become a high priest!"

"I'm sorry, I can't... What!? Of course you can, I'd be happy to!!"

When Xia Luo acted foolishly, the saleswoman at the counter instinctively wanted to refuse, but when she heard that Xia Luo wanted to change his job to become a high priest, she immediately agreed with a smile.

She deftly accepted the adventurer card and changed her class without even asking for the processing fee required for a second class change. She was even happier and more excited than Charlotte.