Danmachi: Is It Wrong to Be the Main Character in Orario?-Chapter 812: I’m Just an Ordinary Person
"Graduation... does that mean you recognize my growth?"
Ais reacted quite strongly to the word "graduation."
"I’ve always recognized your growth, regardless of when it happens. You may be impulsive with your emotions at times, but your potential as an adventurer is undeniable. You’ve always had what it takes to become a first-rate adventurer."
From beginning to end, Bell had never underestimated Ais’s talent.
Especially during the period he taught her—Ais’s rate of growth had been astonishingly fast. Even with his cheating-like assistance, her rapid improvement still depended on her own talent and ability.
Most adventurers without much innate talent peak around Level 4. Unless they’re extremely lucky, reaching Level 5 is nearly impossible.
From Level 5 onward, and especially Level 6, advancement is supported purely by talent. Without enough natural aptitude, even a Level 6 adventurer’s skill growth limit wouldn’t be enough to sustain another level up.
Yes—Bell was referring to the "High Novice" Raul.
Raul had his own strength, and the help of Rune Stones, and he’d been lucky enough to participate in several major events Bell had orchestrated, giving him the basic conditions needed to surpass his level.
Unfortunately, once he reached Lv.5, his innate talent set his limits. Even though he possessed the Excelia necessary to transcend again, his talent ceiling trapped him at Lv.5 forever.
Ais, however, was completely different.
As the descendant of a Spirit, her growth in magic power was extraordinarily gifted. Combined with her innate skill "Ariel," her agility and mobility possessed exceptional growth rates. These formed the fundamental base of talent and ability—a foundation that allowed further advancement.
With these conditions, Ais undeniably had the qualities to become a top-tier adventurer. Bell had never once denied her talent or potential.
Then Bell grew curious.
"Ais, has someone ever told you that I think you’re stupid or something?"
Ais shook her head quickly.
"No one has said that. I just... feel like you must think so."
"...?"
I must think that? Why would I think that?
Bell really couldn’t follow Ais’s train of thought. He had no idea why she believed he held such an opinion.
"Teacher, you’ve only been active in Orario for less than a year, but I’ve lived here for sixteen years. I should be the more experienced adventurer, but in so many areas, you’re more experienced than I am."
"Not just experience—your strength as an adventurer, too."
Ais slowly voiced the thoughts in her heart.
Standing before her teacher—someone who reached Lv.7 in under a year—while she, through normal growth, spent more than ten years reaching Lv.6... the gap was too large to ignore.
She wouldn’t think this way around others. But in front of her teacher alone, Ais always felt painfully ordinary, nothing more than a completely average person.
And because of that, she constantly believed she didn’t deserve her teacher’s recognition.
Your imagination is really something else, Bell thought helplessly.
He reached out and lightly tapped her forehead.
"Listen carefully, Ais. Your excellence will never go unrecognized—not even by me."
"And don’t treat me like some special outlier. My rapid growth isn’t due to talent. I’m not some prodigy."
Ais rubbed her lightly reddened forehead.
Watching her like this, Bell felt unexpectedly at ease. It didn’t feel like talking to a student—more like confiding in someone he could genuinely speak to.
"People like you—gifted and capable—were always the kind I admired most. Back then, I was just an ordinary person."
"Teacher?"
Ais joined in after rubbing her forehead. She tried to imagine her teacher as an ordinary person, but after thinking seriously about it, she could only shake her head.
"I can’t picture you being ordinary."
"Can’t imagine it? Well~ I have a hard time imagining such a drastic change too."
Bell sighed softly.
He sat down on his ice bed, quietly staring at the snow-brick ceiling as if he were looking at the sky of his past life.
"Who could imagine I’d end up living such a bizarre life?"
An ordinary person, and in the blink of an eye, he arrived in a world this dangerous—reborn as its intended protagonist.
Honestly, the moment he regained consciousness and remembered his past life, Bell thought everything around him was a dream.
But as the "dream" became too vivid, too real, he had no choice but to accept that this world truly existed.
After reflecting on his past, Bell looked back at Ais.
"As for the adventurer experience you mentioned, just consider it knowledge from my previous life that I haven’t forgotten after reincarnation."
"Previous life experience... Teacher, you still have memories like that?"
Ais stared at Bell in shock.
"In that regard, I can admit I’m special. But Ais, I’ve never told anyone else this secret."
"I understand, Teacher."
Ais immediately understood the implication—this was her teacher’s secret. Naturally, she would never speak of it to anyone.
"On the other hand, don’t think I consider your abilities poor. If that Mama knew I thought that way, she might genuinely blast me with Magic."
But if that Mama found out her child was developing such inferiority issues... my situation might be even worse. Just imagining it made Bell’s scalp tingle.
Elves were grudge-holding by nature. And with their long lifespans, their grudges lasted even longer.
Fortunately, the matter ended here with Ais. Otherwise, it could have become very troublesome.
"Riveria wouldn’t do that."
Ais immediately defended Riveria the moment she heard it.
"Well... that’s not entirely certain."
Seeing Ais preparing to continue, Bell cut her off.
"Let’s end this topic."
"What we need to talk about now is the other matter—how I need to obtain the Excelia for advancing to Lv.8."
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