Magic that can determine from a distance whether an object is alive is probably capable of tracking the mutant's life status after its detection.
"Well then, let's split up," said Tasu at the city exit.
"Wait."
"What is it?"
"How are you planning to get there without the ability to fly or teleport?"
"Right... What should we do?"
"Let me think." I thought for a moment and called up a map to find a path to the library. We headed there.
The library building was quite large.
"Well, since we're here, let's go inside," I suggested.
Inside, we were greeted by a spacious room with four large semicircular floors, with wide stairs leading up to each.
"Excuse me, where can I find books on magic?" I asked the librarian.
"All books on basic and everyday magic are on the third floor."
"Do you only have books on basic magic?" Tasu asked.
"Yes," she replied.
"Thanks."
It seemed there wouldn't be any teleportation spells here. I hoped to at least find something about flight magic.
We climbed to the third floor.
"Let's split up. Look for books related to flight magic," I suggested.
We began searching, and after several minutes, I found a book that described flight magic.
"Tasu, I found it!" I whispered.
The book detailed the origins of flight magic, but as usual, there was very little information on how to actually use it.
"Akusa, are there any time limits for the task?" Tasu asked.
"It says here that we need to finish within three days."
"Maybe we should dedicate one day to learning flight magic?"
"I think that's a good idea."
"Excuse me, can we borrow this book for a couple of days?" I asked the librarian.
"Of course, just give me your name and the title of the book."
"Akusa Takaru. The book on flight magic."
"All right, I've recorded it."
"Tasu, let's go train outside the city."
"Yeah!"
We walked several kilometers away from the city. The book had illustrations of magic circles. As far as I remember, one can master flight magic to the point where circles aren't needed.
Tasu started practicing first. There were many failed attempts, and soon we both had headaches. It seemed that our memories of flight magic were slowly returning.
After five hours of training, Tasu finally managed to use flight magic properly. At that point, I decided to try enhancing it as described in the book, and I succeeded—I was able to fly much faster. But when I landed, I suddenly got a headache. Part of my memory and mana returned.
I created a large fireball and shot it into the sky, reducing the amount of mana in my body. It looked beautiful.
"Akusa, what's wrong with you?"
"Nothing, I'm fine now."
"What was that?"
"I think it's because I remembered how to enhance my flight speed. Some of my memories and mana returned."
"Does that mean that could happen to me too?"
"I think so. We need to protect ourselves."
"What do you mean?"
"We need to put a seal on ourselves to suppress any sudden bursts of power."
"Does such a seal exist?"
"Probably, yes."
"I see! We need to go back to the library to find it."
"Yes, exactly."
"And why didn't I have that issue when I learned to fly?"
"I think your mana increased only slightly."
"Hm... Well, let's go look for a place to sleep."
We returned to the city. Since we had no money, we headed to a cheap hotel.
"Excuse me, can we stay for free? We don't have money right now..."
"Free... Hmm... Yes, there's one room available."
They led us to a small room with two beds, a shower, and a small table. We immediately lay down to sleep.
After a thousand years, a lot had changed. Back in the old days, people and mages weren't this kind… Although, maybe we were just lucky so far.
We rested and left in the morning to complete our tasks.
"Alright, the healing herbs should be somewhere around here," I remembered the girl at the guild saying they were white and grew near the entrance to the forest.
Something rustled behind us. I quickly flew to the top of a tree—it turned out to be a wolf, luckily not a mutant. I landed and stopped its attack by holding its jaws with my fingers and threw it back several meters. Four more wolves leapt out of the bushes, and I soared back into the air. I didn't want to get my hands dirty...
When the wolves left, I continued my search, floating above the forest. After gathering a few dozen flowers, I headed back to the guild.
"Field of Mutants"
"Alright, the mutant wolf should be around here somewhere," said Tasu, quietly walking through the center of the green meadow.
Suddenly, a mutant wolf appeared before him. It was completely black, with red eyes and about five meters tall.
"Wow, that's a big wolf!" Tasu exclaimed.
Using wind magic, Tasu threw the wolf hundreds of meters into the air, and it died upon impact.
"Oh... Even with this much mana, I can do that… Well, that was a pretty easy task."
Tasu flew back to the guild.
"Oh, Akusa, you're back too!" Tasu exclaimed.
"Yeah, just now."
"Let's go collect our reward!"
We entered the guild, and I handed over the healing herbs.
"Here's your pirus, Akusa-sama," the girl handed me a pouch with money. There were a hundred gold pirus inside.
Tasu also received a pouch with the same amount.
"So, they pay the same for all tasks here?"
"I don't think so. Our tasks were just simple."
"Now we can go to the bathhouse."
"Hooray, bathhouse!"