That's what I was looking for!

'Does that mean, I won't be able to buy spells for the girls once their stats exceed mine?' Mathew froze when he realized the implications of this change.

Yet, as soon as he started to think about it, he couldn't help but shake his head.

'Am I stupid or what?' he asked himself, doubting his own intelligence for a while. 'How could the girls have higher stats than me when all their stats are added to my own?'

This means that one part of the problem never existed, to begin with. It didn't mean there was no problem at all, though.

"I guess I can't just buy overpowered spells I cannot use and then trade them with someone who can," Mathew muttered under his nose. Then and only then did he bother to move over one of the two pedestals that caught his attention as he read through all the spells displayed in the alley.

[Piercing bolt]

[Type: Military magic]

[Class: Penetration projectile]

[Mana cost: 60]

[Grade: advanced]

[Requirements:

- Mind 100

- Arcane 180

]