R 2 - 2 Answer to becoming stronger and temporary solution to Emission magic

It has been a month, Ragnar had been reading all the books within the library in hopes to find some kind of solution to his inability to cast regular magic like a fireball as an average magician. However, none of the solutions worked for him after trying more than numerous times already!

He already deduced that it could be possible his divine gear was defective in a certain sense, he was not certain but if the divine gear really took the Tarot cards as the base then perhaps his inability to use magic is because he did not unlock the mage card, if it could be unlocked that is!

It was only after he thought of guns indirectly during a discussion he had with his mother feeling jealous that he could not use magic like mortals using guns to attack at a range. But there was no such thing as a weapon like a gun made using magic orientated technology, or not particularly known to the family.

In order to make his ideas become reality, Ragnar began to study various subjects that were related to firearm smith, magic theories, engineering as well as puppeteering. Yes, he found an ancient tome that gave him quite a lot of ideas on creating puppets, just that the problem lied in the fact it used a human body as the base material which was a taboo of sort.

"So which book you want to borrow today?" The elderly librarian asked Ragnar who was one of the few people who came regularly to the library, she always believed this boy was a genius due to his odd personality of learning things a child of his age should not be able to understand.

"I got permission from my father, I would like to borrow Norse Runic Magic symbols, fairies magic characters, and the rest on this list," Ragnar asked politely while handing over the small list he wrote last night to the elderly lady.

"EH!? You even want to borrow that Bandoll Tome!?" The elderly lady could not help but exclaim out in surprise, she glanced seriously at the boy.

"Why would you want to borrow that book which is on the verge of becoming a banned book?"

"You should know it right? My inability to use emission magic" Ragnar said with a wry smile,

This was something that forced Ragnar to move faster to deal with his lack of abilities, he was not certain how or why, however. The entire family knew he could not use regular magic and were disdained. He was even called the shame of Herman Weber, despite he could not refute any of the claims because he promised to hide his trump cards with his father.

"So you intend to create dolls that can supplement for that part huh? Guess that reason will pass since I believe you would not use it to commit atrocities" The elderly lady said as she gently waved her hand sending off a wave of magic energy.

Ragnar felt a bit jealous at how the old lady in front of him could freely send out her magic, shortly several books came back levitating back only to stack on top of each other on the table in front of her.

"Card"

Ragnar handed over his library card allowing the librarian to record on the books he borrowed on the system, tilting his head Ragnar always wondered who this old lady was.

"No need to be privy over a lady's secret, you will not be liked in the future if it becomes a habit," The elderly lady said with a sly smile before handing over the card back to Ragnar.

"Thank you" Ragnar replied curtly while taking his card and books before leaving the library, he felt exceptionally excited that he managed to get permission to read the puppet tome after a lengthy discussion with his father.

Due to his age, the chances of him getting a weapon for his personal use was non-existent due to the child protection law the family erected a few years ago. Due to that, the only idea he had was to turn his studies towards puppeteering as the main focus while he kept studying other subjects.

It was thanks to his memories of school that he did not have to regularly go to school, although he had to pitch up regularly for the sake of attendance. And if it was not for the fact he could use enchant magic to assist in developing his mind further for his studies, it would have taken much longer.

Although studying did not equivalent to understanding everything, even to this day he kept asking questions to his mother who went to get answers for him when she herself did not know. Thanks to that, his mother also began learning these strange things her son was interested in.

"I'm home!" Ragnar called out while pushing the door with his backside, with his hands full it was uncomfortable to enter the house till Emilia came to help him by holding the door open for him.

"Welcome back," Emilia said with a smile till she saw the ancient tome on top of all the other books, with a grim face she sighed.

"Are you really certain of studying this topic?" Emilia asked feeling complex of her son learning from a book that dealt with human experimentation.

"I have already promised I would not use 'humans' when I make puppets didn't I?" Ragnar said while puffing up his cheeks, he felt wronged that his mother did not believe him but he could understand how she felt.

Even he would have felt bothered to read such a book in his previous life, but in this world, he could not be privy over things and should rather focus on things that is practical.

"Sigh, very well. Anyway, your father went out, he will be back tonight" Emilia said before heading back to the living room where she was currently watching her detective series, Hawain o Five.

'Before I can create a puppet I will first need to experience a gruesome sight of death' Ragnar thought as he went up the stairs, he was not ignorant to understand what he would have to experience before using the theoretical knowledge he already gathered a portion of before.

'And father said he will buy me a set of armour for my Requip magic' Ragnar smiled warmly, he can slowly accumulate weapons and armour. 'But I still have to figure out what kind of weapon I am good at, unlike guns for range fighting I will have to consider my close combat as well huh'

Ragnar opened the book, ~Introduction & Methods of creating Bandolls~.

You who are reading this book must be peculiar to read it unless you are like me, without restraint and carefree without a care of rules and laws set by others than your own principles. Know that using this technique might label you as a heretic, or perhaps an evil necromancer. However, I simply believe that resources in the world should not be wasted including our dead bodies. Anything and everything has its use and should not be wasted, that was why I created this book in order to make use of human bodies but it is different from Necromancers.

Unlike those skeleton freaks who raise the dead like zombies or skeletons, I prefer to be called a puppeteer for we use Bandolls or banned dolls. Similar to a Golem or a Zombie, Bandolls can be seen as a servant that obeys your commands and fights to protect you. But unlike Golems, and regular dolls used by puppeteers that rely on the commands of the controller. Bandolls are no different from humans when it comes to intelligence, they act, speak and live just like us.

That includes eating.

When I created this book I was marvellous at the idea of creating a doll that could express their desires like us, in doing so it would feel like having companions around you instead of dead servants that had no liveliness around them.

"This guy... Did he perhaps have a social problem?" Ragnar commented,

Well anyway, bandolls are frowned upon. WHY? it is because these are puppets that use real dead human or animal parts such as skin, organs, blood, etc. But those hypocrites forgot the clothes they wear are also made from animal skins and the blood for their medicines, it is simply hilarious how their thinking process is.

Ah, I got off the track due to my excitement writing my book. I will just say this if you find a hypocrite like them then blow them up for me! Now then, Bandolls are physically stronger depending on what materials you use to supplement it for what it lacks. I would recommend using the humanoid form if you require a partner at your side unless you seek something intimidating or a tank. In the world of Bandolls, the possibilities are infinite!

Thus you who read this book up till here should be qualified to become one of my many successors, live your life carefree and display our puppeteering to the world!

Yours truly,

Dave!

'No matter how many times I read this introduction, I still can't wipe away the thought that this guy was a loner... Not that I can blame him since I am one kind of too' Ragnar thought as he began to study the book in-depth this time.

The other reason Ragnar chose puppets was that Requip magic allowed him to store equipment in a different subspace, when he thought of this he began to question if "equipment" had to be things that he uses personally like a sword or could he store Golems or other independent moving "types of equipment" and it turned out to be a success, thus he thought of slowly building a platoon of puppets which will act as his hidden guards in cases things became too difficult.

After a few hours, noon arrived.

"Ragnar, You did not go to school again?" Herman asked with a helpless smile, he knew his son already had general education knowledge but the school taught them about monsters and other unique races in the supernatural world as well through stories.

"It's boring, instead of listening to stories I would rather use it to read books" Ragnar answered while placing the book on the table,

"You really went to get the book" Herman sighed,

"Hehe, it's just that this book is almost perfectly used for my magic" Ragnar responded, he was not certain how he could comfort his parents knowing their son was reading something akin to a human experimentation book. However, the world was not kind.

There was a night that Ragnar woke up only to find his father came back home riddled with wounds, it only served him to seek ways to become stronger.

"Requip huh?" Herman said with a wry smile, he still found that unique magic of his son ridiculous since it could act as a storage for equipment. Especially the fact that Ragnar wanted to use guns made from magic technology which means as long as there is ammunition in the storage dimension then he would be able to keep firing without a break.

"Speaking of Requip, I ordered a set of black panther armour set for you. It has a presence obstruction function installed in it, it's defensive power is decent for a beginner" Herman said before leaving the room, although he wanted to take away that book he chose to believe in his son. Because what Ragnar said was true, if he could store puppets especially strong ones in his dimension storage then he would be much safer.

"Hmmm... these codes" Ragnar muttered, it consists of several numbers which were quite similar to binary code of the computer language. After checking the next page, Ragnar went to his bookcase to take out his laptop in order to compare it with programming. Perhaps it might make his studies easier.

"You think he will be fine reading such a book?" Emilia asked,

"I understand you feel conflicted, especially when our son's mind works similar to how an adult does. There is nothing we can do since we can't prevent reincarnations, however, I trust him that he will not go in the wrong direction" Herman answered,

"I guess, I would prefer if he could take his musical talent as a real career instead of a hobby," Emilia said feeling disappointed how her son was not taking his talent for music seriously, it was by luck she learnt of this when she caught Ragnar playing with the electric piano she got as a gift from her friend.

"Perhaps we can persuade him to pursue a career in the music industry in the human world? Because I agree with him focusing on becoming stronger while he is young before living carefree, the tension surrounding natives and foreign superpowers trying to place their paws on the hand is growing" Herman suggested while thinking that his son's current approach was the best for the situation, he was truly shocked but also proud at his son who could sense the urgency of the situation with little information.

"Yes, we could!" Emilia said with an excited face, thinking she suddenly remembered. "We can have him register in the Idols competition when he is older, that way we can lay down his foundations for the music career"

"Whoa! Hold on, we still have to confirm if that is what he wants. You are already behaving like his manager hahaha" Herman began laughing heartily at his wife's attitude, but he felt grateful as well seeing that she found something she wanted to do for a change.