I need your opinion on it as it has a lot of flaws. I’m currently working on a [Hattrick for noobs] because these idiots haven’t figured it out after 6 years. They even lost your research paper, which was supposed to be in the taboo section.

  “That… that is fine. I know it by heart, I can rewrite it at any time. The fact that you have a copy and know it puts me at ease. 6 years eh? Have they truly not moved forward?” Azu said as she put her hand to her chest.

  Nope, here it is. And I can personally thank you for all the work you’ve done. I wouldn’t be who I’m now without you… I was afraid that I might have insulted you by using your work…

  “Aww how sweet. I secretly hoped that you would. It was false hope, as I never thought you’d be crazy enough to invade Witchaven. I’m glad I did.”

  Azu started reading the research paper. It might have been the first time ever that I was this anxious of someone reading it. I might not have realized it, but I looked up to her.

  “Oh my, this is quite complicated.” Azu sped up her reading process. “Wow, this is amazing.”

  She made a magic circle appear. “Hmm, not quite right.”

  Hmm. It should be easy after you understand it. It should even be a racial skill.

  Azu cocked her head. “Racial skill? Misha don’t have racial skills' sweetie.”

  Huh? That’s odd. Your hat…hairpin. It changes without you manipulating magic circles right?

  “Oh! Yes! Is that the feeling I need to go for?!”

  I nodded and Azu doubled her hairpins. “Ugh, this is rough on the execution, I have to divide my attention between the two.”

  I knew that you could do it! Congratulations! You’re the first Misha that can use [Hattrick].

  “This certainly takes a lot of practice to get used to. Do you mind if I can keep a copy?” Azu seemed to have difficulties moving the second hairpin around. I was in the same boat when I first used it. The best I could do was 2 hats like Azu right now.

  Of course. So here are the papers I wrote on hat security, substitute catalysts and [Hattrick for Noobs]. I also have made a [Hattrick] for myself.

  “Ooh! I could use more hat security. I have a question about [Hattrick] but maybe [Hattrick for noobs] will answer my question. I like the name, going to let the Misha sweat with another paper after they figure out [Hattrick]?”

  Well duh! It will be quite simplified. It took more effort dumbing it down than to come up with the improvements.

  Azu greedily read the research papers I had written and applied the latest hat security. “You went quite deep into my research, what did you think of it?”

  Well, I have nothing but praise. Your 3 latest books though… let’s talk about that after your question.

  “So I discovered something on my travels and I believe that you have a different piece of the puzzle. You see. I discovered that our hats and ancient magical weapons are quite similar.”

  Oh! Yes! I realized that quite recently!

  “I don’t know anything about magical weapons. Is it possible to breathe life into them?”

  Breathe life… hoo boi.

  I showed Nilah in sword form. It drew Azu in. “It… it’s alive… a life form? I can’t place it… it as 2 hearts?”

  Azu’s personality makes me forget that she might be the most powerful Misha on the continent.

  My Sword Nilah has 2 cores, yeah. Come out girl.

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  Nilah turned into foxform and Azu instantly hugged it. “Wow what a cutie! So it is truly alive! What happened to her second heart, though?”

  Huh? What?

  “She had 2 hearts or cores as a sword, she has 1 now, where did the other one go?”

  Azu looked at me, hopefully awaiting an answer.

  Uhh, Nilah? Help?

  Nilah requested cuddles.

  Sorry Azu, this is the first time I realize that. I have no clue. Thank you.

  “Can I expect a research paper of it?”

  Uhm… can you make head's or tails of this?

  I opened the magic circle of [Nilah] and showed it to Azu.

  “What… what is this?! I recognize some parts, but so many exotic mana runes… what… what is this skill?”

  Uhh long story short, I inherited it from my gramps.

  Azu looked through the epics and folds and gave a lot of confused stares. “I’m sorry Agnis… I can’t read most of this… I’ve never seen a skill this complicated… it’s even more complicated than our hats… she does look and feel like a living being…”

  Well my problem is bigger than that because this magic circle doesn’t create the fox you’re holding as that had fused with the sword I showed you and became the second core. I had unleashed several complicated magic circles on the other core. I can only open Nilah’s magic circle when she’s a hat. Nilah Hat!

  Nilah turned into a Misha hat.

  “Now it has no hearts… what is going on?” Azu came closer and inspected me. “Anything different about you? If you were a Misha, whatever disappeared from the hat, should have gone to you.”

  Uhh, I don’t feel different. I only have 1 heart.

  “Hmm, do they just disappear or do they turn into something else? Interesting. Does she have another form?”

  Uhh my newly formed [Hattrick] for myself.

  “Can I see it?”

  Yes, but I will have to thaw Deca for that. I also want her to be the first to see it.

  Giana got thawed and rubbed her temple. “I let it go to my head…”

  Don’t worry about it. Want to see my new [Hattrick]?

  “Yes!”

  [Hattrick] activated and Nilah split up in 9 floating blue swords.

  “Oh my!” Azu exclaimed.

  Giana started to leak charm mana.

  I had the swords move around independently and had each cast different skills. They had to be weak however.

  I also showed off how I could swap places with any of them at any time and how some could hide themselves with [Camouflage].

  [Camouflage was quite redundant as I could use stealth, [Fade] and illusions but the Misha version of [Hattrick] would use [Camouflage] as well.

  Thats it for the demonstration, since you’re an expert of hats, you know what this means.

  “Deca! You’re wonderfu…” Giana got frozen as her charm mana went wild and was about to dive at me.

  Just ignore her.

  “This paper you gave me, it doesn’t allow for 9 hats, correct?”

  Ehh, true but I think you should have no issues increasing the amount of hats, other Misha however are limited to the amount I have set in [Hattrick]. I don’t feel like updating it so they will have to ask you.

  “To have someone build upon my research. It's such an honor. Thank you Agnis and Giana. This was something I needed!”