I’ve compiled these questions from the comments, may have missed some, and if there are any more that you guys ask in the future, you can just ask straight in the chapter and I’ll just take the time to answer it and copy it onto this thread. I also inputted some of my own answers to random questions to explain some concepts that some readers may not understand or know about the story.
I made this just so readers with the same questions can get an answer without me receiving multiple posts of the same ones, and just to place them all in one place so anyone can find them easily. There ARE going to be spoilers for people who are behind and reading this, so be careful.
Questions about the story itself and some of the world concepts:
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Q: What’s the setting?
A: If you can’t tell right from chapter 1, it’s basically a modern setting. Guns, cars, electricity, all those kinds of things exist.
Q: What’s to be expected of the story itself, genre wise?
A: Well, the really early chapters had a kind of slice-of-life feel to it. It’s currently taking a turn into the action-adventure I was planning this out to be, but most of it’s just straight up story so far. As for comedy, I’m terrible at that crap. I’ll probably try insert some funny scenes, but don’t expect anything hysterical.
Q: How long do you plan on making the story?
A: Pretty. Damn. Long. I’ll say that. I mean, I’ve already spent the first 16 chapters in her years before she even hits puberty, and it’s quite the adventure. We’ll see what happens in the next few years.
Q: Is there going to be any romance in this story?
A: I was considering Yuri, but now I'm just thinking if it would be better for Aria to become more 'feminine' and fall in love with a male.
Q: How do the guns in this world differ to the modern guns in ours?
A: Instead of gunpowder, magic is used to fire these weapons, because they’re more efficient and powerful that way. That doesn’t mean they’re a dominant weapon that’s easy to use, because the more powerful the gun, the more mana it takes. Along with that, because these weapons are very unstable and can malfunction at any time.
Q: What kind of changes were made to the guns in this story?
A: Well, the normal guns you’d see in the real world. They’re mostly the same, somewhat, just replacing the gunpowder with magic. Though, I did separate them into two primary categories; [Physical Guns] and [Ethereal Guns].
Physical Guns condenses and transforms the mana used into a bullet made of magic, and they are able to fire it like a normal gun in the real world.
Ethereal Guns fire raw magic energy, which is used more often against spiritual and magical monsters, along with destroying magic barriers and such. It’s not as effective against physical objects though, so using a [Physical Gun] is more common. Think of the [Ethereal Gun] as an ‘anti-magic laser gun.’
Questions about the characters:
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Q: What’s the MC’s personality?
A: Prior to chapter 11, she is a shy/scared girl. Afterwards, she adapts the [Ice-Queen] persona. She speaks no more than 4 words at once, and mostly answers with actions. She’s also heartless, willing to killing people without hesitation, although she hasn’t done it in the story yet.
That’s her outer personality though. On the inside, she’s a bit of an airhead, who thinks a bit too much. She has an amazing ability to memorize things, though, and her thought processing abilities is higher than anyone else’s. It’s the reason why she’s able to learn magic so fast and utilize it effectively, but unfortunately, it doesn’t help her personality of being an airhead. I think that’s what makes her kinda cute though~
Though her inner personality does change in battle, where she completely focuses on survival, and the death of the enemy, no matter the price. If it means her survival, and/or the death of the enemies, she’ll even break herself for it without any hesitation.
Q: How much of her body do the bandages cover? (Question prior to Chapter 17)
A: Like, everything. Like, the head, body, arms, legs and stuff. Excluding the slits for her eyes and mouth, she’s pretty much completely wrapped in gauze bandages. Think of her like a child mummy.
Q: What is Aria’s appearance as of chapter 17?
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A: She has the appearance of a 13 year old girl, standing at 1.4 meters tall. 4 feet 7 inches if you go by that. Her hair is a unique gradient color, light blue at the roots and turns silver as it becomes longer. Her eyes are a steel gradient color, something you can google if you don’t know it. Her preferred clothing are boyish clothes, or whatever’s comfortable.
Q: When will the MC show her OP powers?
A: If by OP you mean defeat someone else that’s supposedly a powerful existence with near no effort, then maybe hundreds of chapter in the future.
Questions about the storyline/plotline:
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Q: Why is Aria trying so hard to hide her powers?
A: Right now, in the early years of her life, she wants to secure a future where she is able to travel freely as an adventurer without restriction. Also, she wants to challenge herself and see how much power she can hold back by the end of her lifetime, hoping to never be forced to fully uncurse herself.
Q: Can’t Aria uncurse herself any time? (Question Prior to Chapter 11)
A: Yes, if she didn’t have that ribbon. It takes a lot of mana to cast the magic needed to uncurse herself, and with the ribbon on, she doesn’t have the mana needed to do so.
Q: When Aria steals the gun in chapter 14, will anyone notice it?
A: Yes. They will make a gun count, and notice that one is missing. Though they won’t know who took it because Aria used quite a few extremely high tier magic to get it out.
Q: What’s with Thoth’s crappy stats, and how is she able to handle fighting against high level monsters?
A: Her stats are crappy because of a little ‘talent’ I gave her that will be revealed in the future. She is able to fight against high level monsters due to her magic. What? Just magic allows her to do that?
Of course it can. Magic is a power that makes the weak strong, and it’s an overpowered skill in general. Thoth knows all [Demon Magic], and can use most of her magic with the stats she has now. This allows her to fight on par with even a [Hidden Boss] from the Kazaric Ravines, which is shown in Side Story 2.
Q: Why doesn’t Aria just curse herself via equipment like rings, bracelets and other accessories?
A: Because equipment can easily be broke and/or removed, thus undoing the seal on her. If done by accident, she will accidentally leak mana on the spot due to the unexpected surge, and if done in the middle of combat, her strength and speed will skyrocket on the spot, revealing her true power.
Q: When confronted with these situations at school, why doesn’t she inform anyone of them?
A: Because this school is her only chance to secure a future as an adventurer with her parent’s support. If problems arise during her early years, her parents are guaranteed to want to take back their decision due to their personality.
Q: As of Chapter 11, didn’t Aria say that she wouldn’t care about the attention given to her by others? Then why is she still trying to avoid it at chapter 18-20?
A: Attention is not what she fears. Exposure is. She doesn’t want her powers being exposed during the time she spends in [Adventurer’s School], and she believes that attracting attention will make things harder for her.
Q: In chapter 24, why does Aria have a harder time fighting Thoth than during the Final Battle?
A: Her main assets in the final battle were [Phantasm], [Arcane Strike] and [Echo Strike]. With only 1% of her power, her HP is [16,675] and her mana is [16,025]. Her teleport took approximately 30% of both her HP and MP, bringing them to about [11,500] HP and [11,200] MP. These are random estimates, so they’re not exact. Now, during her bloodbath, she used a lot of mana to fire the [BLC-90], and considering that most of her 100+ kills were with the gun, she didn’t have a huge mana pool at the end.
Because of this, she couldn’t use [Arcane Strike] nor [Echo Strike] very efficiently, and she could only summon one [Phantasm] or else she’ll just commit suicide trying to create more. Her main godlike magic wasn’t available for her to use, so it was more difficult for her to win when sealed.
TL;DR: She can’t use [Phantasm], [Echo Strike] or [Arcane Strike].
So yeah, if you guys have any other questions, just ask in this thread or just post it after reading a chapter in the replies area. No need to do all the work of going all the way to this thread to post a question. I’ll copy paste it here myself. Thanks for reading!