Chapter 11, Departure ~ 5
TL: ADiN Editor: ANIMESIA
In the end, with half a bird left, Satoru got a piece of parchment from Leia, wrapped it dexterously with a leather strap, and threw it into his rucksack.
After cleaning up the remains of the fire and preparing for his journey, he lets Leia hide in the shadows and nimbly straddles Minerva. Minerva, as if she knew what she was doing, shouted a single roar into the sky and flapped her wings with a flutter.
The early morning air is refreshing, but somewhat chilly. From what he checked with Leia, the season was indeed summer, and maybe even close to autumn, but the early mornings would still be cold.
However, he soon got used to even that. He's not sure if it's because the temperature had risen a bit that he got used to it, or if it's because his magic is acting on its own as usual to regulate his body temperature, it's quite a complicated matter.
「Leia. I just thought of something.」
『Hmm, what is it?』
「Isn't it possible to turn Minerva into a human through magic?」
『There is a art.........called "Mimicry".........but』
With a little bit of thinking, she had an answer, but she's strangely inarticulate.
『 ....... I'm sorry, my Lord. I cannot use it, because It's an advanced form of physical magic.』
「”I'm not very good at physical magic", that's what you said, right?」
Leia had said before that she was good at fire, wind, holy, and principle, and not so good at earth and physical. Although Leia did say that she was one of the higher beings in this world, it seems she could not use advanced magic from her weak areas.
『That's right. With my magic, I'm limited to reduction and enlargement.」
Fumu, he thought. At the moment, he was planning to cast "shrink" on Minerva before entering the town. He thought that if she could use "mimicry" to turn her into a human, it would save him a lot of unnecessary trouble, but it doesn't seem to be going so well.
「Is there a derivative version of that, like ......, such as "disguise"?」
『Yes, there are. But disguises and illusions are easy to see through. The mere touch of another person can break them..』
「I see. ......」
Satoru sighed in disappointment. Well, considering Minerva's size, no matter how "disguised" she was, it would be impossible. Isn't there any other way? Satoru thought absentmindedly.
And then Leia's frustrated voice echoed from inside his brain.
『What's that now? You're not satisfied with just me alone, you want to take Minerva as well, if she can turn into a humanoid?』
Rather, this may be what Minerva is hoping for - Leia thinks in the corner of her mind. Of course, she doesn't say it out loud.
Satoru smiled wryly at her tsukkomi from an unexpected direction.
「That's not true. First of all, I told you that you don't have the right of veto in such matters.」
「Guru?」
Minerva turned around in response to Satoru's voice, but he said "it's nothing" and smiled gently and patted her lightly on her neck.
『That is certainly true, but ......』
Leia's tone was one of frustration.
Satoru hadn't even thought about what Leia had said at all. Their races are too different to begin with, aren't they?
「I'm the only one who can get into the town. It's not like I have any commercial draft or anything, so I thought people might get suspicious. I just thought that if I had a woman with me, I might be able to pass as a married couple.」
『I see』
She sounded convinced.
「I'm a foreigner. I have knowledge and possessions that are not found in this world. If they get suspicious, they might look into that too. I don't want any trouble.」
Leia was inwardly impressed by the fact that even though he seemed to be so crude, he was surprisingly thoughtful.
He showed her things like a measuring tape, a pet bottle, a mobile phone, and writing material and equipment, and it seems that Satoru is paying attention to avoid spreading unnecessary knowledge, regardless of whether such things can be made in this world.
「But the art of "mimicry" ...... is an advanced physical type, huh. Hey, Leia.」
『What is it?』
「Even if you can't, do you think I can use it once I get used to it?」
『That's possible, of course』
An immediate answer came back. Considering the fact that he unconsciously and unconsciously controls his body with magic power, she can guess that Satoru's greatest strength is the physical type. If he could handle it perfectly, it could become a body that could not even be given a single scratch, and he would also be able to manipulate others at ease with his magic.
「 .......I guess I'll think about it.」
Satoru groaned, rubbing his chin.
『It's the training of magic, then.』
「Yeah. I'm an amateur, after all. Please take care of me, sensei.」
Ohhh ......, said Leia's voice in the shadows, trembling. To be honest, it's a little creepy.
「...... What's wrong?」
『I'm, I am, a teacher! My goodness ......!』
Satoru "puu" blew a small laugh out. The [Immortal King], who lurks in the shadows, seems to be moved by being called a teacher.
Leia is definitely an expert when it comes to magic. She probably has a lot of knowledge that she has accumulated over the years. There is no one better to be a teacher than her.
However, Leia has spent over 200 years in the labyrinth without any contact with people. Perhaps because she had no contact with people, she had no opportunity to be called "teacher" - which is probably why she was so impressed by it. When I think about it, I feel a little pity.
「...... Please don't be a Spartan, okay?」
『I won't do that. It's just that I'm glad you said that, but ......』
She's not saying it clearly.
「Hmm?」
『No matter how you look at it, I get caught at the fact that the student is the one with an unusually large amount of magic power」
「There's nothing we can do about that.」
As a teacher who teaches students who have a lot of potential, you can feel your own powerlessness very keenly. But there is nothing the student can do about it.
It's been an hour or so since they took off, while enjoying the feeling of the wind gently blowing on Minerva's back.
The forest had broken up, and Satoru could see what looked like a human-made road, so he guided Minerva to gradually lower the altitude, making sure that there was no sign of people around.
「It's time to walk.」
『Mm.』
He got off and landed softly. It's not a fully well-maintained path, but it's a solid one. There are only a few trees and short grass in the area, and no sign of people.
Leia said that there are not many, except adventurers, who come to this closer side of the mountain, as there are many dangers, including flying dragons and such. From the condition of the road, she also added that it would take about a koku to walk the rest of the way.
『Since this is a good opportunity, why don't we practice some magic while we're at it?』
「Yeah, I guess so.」
Leia crawled out of the shadows, and posed.
「Leia-sensei's magic lecture」
「............」
Satoru looked at Leia, who held the wand in her hand and puffed out her chest in a pompous manner, with an extremely cold stare. Leia's cheeks puffed out as she met Satoru's gaze.
「My Lord, you're not getting into the mood!」
「You......I'm gonna slap you down」
He's not so easily influenced as to go along with some mood.
Leia's shoulders slumped, a little pouting, and she twirled her wand around.
「Let's start with a live demonstration of "shrinking"........Hey, Minerva. There is nothing particularly dangerous about this, so just shut up and accept my art.」
Whether she understood or not, Minerva looked down at Leia with a grunt. Fuhh, Leia breathed and recited a spell in her mouth.
「"Shrink (Small)."」
Minerva's body shrinks as if she were irradiated by a secret tool from a certain national cat-type robot animation, the Sm°ll Light.
Satoru couldn't help but exclaim, "Ohhh!" It was amazing to see Minerva's body, which was more than 10 meters long with her wings spread out, shrink to scale.
Eventually, Minerva's size dropped to about 30 centimeters, and she stopped shrinking. Minerva, who may or may not be aware of her condition, is yawning.
Leia checked Minerva's size and stared at her hands.
「......She became smaller than expected. As I thought, it is the magic power?.」
She said it would be about a tenth of its original size, but it certainly seems to have gotten a little smaller than that. However, if it was too small, it would have been a problem, but this level was still within the acceptable range.
Satoru nodded, "Un", and held out his hand to the now-small Minerva.
「Come here.」
「Kurururuo!」
Minerva squealed in a high-pitched voice, different from the heavy bass sound she had been making so far, and climbed into Satoru's hand with agility. Satoru then led Minerva to his left shoulder. Her nails almost bit into his shoulder, but as usual, it doesn't hurt. When he stroked her neck with the back of his fingers, Minerva made a pleasant noise in her throat. It's cute when she's this size.
"Enlargement" and "Reduction" are often grouped together, but they are completely different, Leia emphasized.
"Enlargement" can be done by pouring magic power while imagining to make it bigger, while "Reduction" is to pour magic power while imagining to compress it. It seems that it's very difficult to imagine compressing it while pouring magic, and it's easy to accidentally pull out the magic power instead.
「Now, I'm going to ask my Lord to demonstrate your magic as well. ......」
Leia looked at Minerva on Satoru's shoulder and nodded her head in a cute way.
「Let's leave the aptitude aside for now. ...... First, is it easy to imagine water ?」
「Water? Why?」
The reason why she dared to choose it among the four elements of earth, water, fire and wind.
「Oh, not only my Lord, ...... but all creature will shed water from their bodies, right?」
Leia's voice was whispery and gradually became a whisper as she turned her gaze in the direction of the day after tomorrow, her cheeks turning red. However, Satoru could hear her clearly. And "pon", he clapped his hands.
「Ah, I've already poured into your virgin pussy twice, haven't I?」
「That's why I'm saying STOP THAT! Don't say things like that!」
He smiled wryly at Leia's reddening face, which was indeed due to the lack of delicacy. So he patted her head while saying--
「All right-all right. And?」
「Imagine it. Right, imagine letting the water fly from your fingertips. The reason I said water first is because it's easier to imagine the water flowing off. I'll show you an example, so watch this.」
After saying that, Leia then pointed her index finger at the wall and held her thumb to the side. In a pose that resembles a sidearm strike, she sets her target on a standing tree.
「"Water Splash."」
Instantly, water gushed from Leia's fingertips. The water that comes out like the powerful force when the outlet of a water hose is squeezed pours into the tree with a splash.
"Oohhhh" Satoru clapped his hands. Leia received the applause and her expression changed to one of pride.
「I've added power words to make it easier to understand. If you're at a level like me, this level of magic can be activated without chanting or even putting power words on it.」[[Editor Note: Kotodama refers to the Japanese belief that mystical powers dwell in words and names. English translations include "soul of language", "spirit of language", "power of language", "power word".]]
「I know what chanting is, but putting power words?」
「Ah......By saying the name of the art, you declare its activation, something like that. Whether you say it or not, my Lord should try it too.」
Hmm, Satoru twisted his head.
「...... Let's see」
「Imagine this. Imagine water gushing out from your own fingertips.」
Just as he was told, Satoru drew an image in his mind of water gushing out from his fingers. He imagined it with the amount of water Leia had shown him, pointing his index finger at a tree and holding it as if he were firing an empty gun.
「...... Bang」
Instantly, water gushed from Satoru's fingertips. Just. It wasn't the amount of water that Leia had shown earlier. It was a huge column of water, one meter in diameter. To Satoru's surprise, the water stopped flowing from his fingertips after about five seconds.
「Ohh...... Oooohhhhhhh???」
He looked at his fingertips. There's no change, it's the same old finger. Next, he looked at the standing tree he was aiming for. Already, there was no standing tree. The water pressure was so great that it seemed to have uprooted the tree and blew it away somewhere.
Leia held her head down and let out a big sigh dramatically.
「I knew it. ....... My Lord can't control it.」
She can't help but be exasperated
at the predictable outcome. She put her hands on her hips and gave a little lecture.
「All magic is determined by the power of imagination. What level of imagination did you have for the "water hammer" that you just saw?」
「About the same as yours.」
Satoru imagined the amount of water pressure at the moment of the water hose being squeezed. Nevertheless, the result was this. The amount of water was like a release from a water storage dam. There was too much of a gap between his imagination and reality.
「See? You aimed for the same level, but the result was that. It's like a broken water pipe that can't be adjusted. ...... Do you understand this example?」
Satoru nodded again and again.
「Ah, I understand. Water supply, huh ...... So there's one here, too.」
After saying this, Satoru wondered if he had made too much of a fool of the world. As shown in a certain hot spring manga that was popular for a while, water supply already existed since ancient Roman era. This world seems to be a bit more medieval than the Roman era, so it is natural for large cities to have running water.
「Anyway. If my Lord don't learn how to control your magic, it's too dangerous.」
「I'm sure I'll work it out eventually.」
「Na-i-ve. That's naive, my Lord.」
Leia raised her willow eyebrows and pressed Satoru. Satoru took a half step back at Leia's overly serious pressure.
It is said that the issue of the balance of magical power contribution in a formula is one of the basic principles in the use of magic in this world. For example, in the case of "Burning Hell Road", which combines fire and earth, 87% of the magic is fire and 13% is earth, requiring fine control.
There is a good reason why magic is established as a systematic science.
Most of the time, it is only when you add effects such as "perpetuation" or "power word-dispell" to each core technique that it becomes established as an art. For example, if you were to cast a "disguise" spell without a mixing effect, the effect would just appear and then disappear immediately.
It is chanting that increases its effectiveness. Depending on the combination and talent, for example, a person who has an advanced talent in fire but no talent in earth cannot use "Burning Hell Road".
Even so, it seems that if you don't even learn the basic control of imagination there's nothing to talk about.
In Satoru's case, his soul is too huge, and the amount he can release is correspondingly large. Normally, it can only be released a little bit at a time, and with practice it can expand, but it's quite the opposite for him.
「Don't think too much about it. Imagine, perceive the flow of magic, and let it out. ......」
「The flow of magic power. It's hard to be aware of it.」
He had never even imagined that he would have magical power, so it wouldn't just make sense to him if he were suddenly told to be aware of the flow.
「Abou that. I don't mean to be crude, but it can be semen, it can be urine, it can be anything. The conscious feeling of the need to come out, pass through the body, and then release.」
When he was told this, it finally hit home for Satoru.
「Ah! That's what happens when urine passes through the urethra.」
「...... That's the only explanation that makes any sense for my Lord」
Leia muttered in exasperation. You're the one who explained it that way, he replied, she said that the magic teacher that Leia studied under when she was very young explained it to her like that.
「That teacher was a man, right?」
「You guessed it correctly. He was a feeble old man.」
It's just that the length of the urethra is different between men and women, so men are more aware of it.
Satoru breathed, "Hmm". No matter what, he now knows that he can use magic too. He still has a little bit of disbelief - or rather, reluctance to believe it, but when the results are so clearly shown, He can't help but be convinced.
At any rate, the only thing left for him to do was to get used it for a while.
「...... Let's give it a try.」
Satoru straightened his posture and began to do some image training. He held his right hand as if he were firing a blank gun.
Imagine letting out a little piss and then stopping.
Leia shook her head from side to side as a gush of water shot out of the manhole pipe.
「Still too much.」
The next image is of the semen oozing out.
"Ohhh," said Leia, her voice filled with admiration.
「Oh, that's good.」
But there's still too much. It's around the amount of water of the hose that hasn't been turned down.
It's hard to lower the image any further than that - Satoru started using his imagination.
「Wait a minute. ...... Maybe, just maybe...」
He slowly throws his hand out in front of him, backhanded, as if he were throwing a Frisbee, to let a drop of water flow out from his fingertips.
A thin stream of water gushed out with great force. The amount of water was almost exactly as Leia had shown him.
「Ohhh. It's perfect.」
Although he didn't feel any particular consumption of magic power, Satoru still went limp and compared his fingertips with the traces of water.
「Th-This is really hard to control!」
「That's a luxurious problem. Most people would be too busy trying to even expand their magic power.」
Even though she said that, Satoru didn't want to have this power.
He's only trying to control it because he wants to adapt to this world to some extent, so he doesn't want to be called extravagant.
Leia has always told him that imagination is important. However, the problem is that there is a gap between their own imagination and reality, so they have to solve that problem.
「As for my Lord's task, ......, let's see... "Waterball"」
Leia used her magic to make a sphere made of water float in her palm. It's about the size of a basketball.
「Let's start by making sure my Lord can make a "water ball" this size at any time.」
She said that the "water ball" she made was just harmless water and could be thrown away without any problem.
Once you've gotten used to it, you'll have a knack for making all four spheres the same size, including the earth ball, fire ball, and wind ball. The first stage is complete, Leia explained.
The earth ball, like the water ball, is just sand and can be thrown away. However, the fireball is simply dangerous, so it was given a condition that it must be in a place where there is no sign of people and where fire is allowed. As for the wind sphere, since wind has an indeterminate color and shape, the size of the wind sphere can be determined by covering it with sand made of earth.
The rest of the physical, spiritual, holy, and principle skills would require lectures.
However, he was taught the rudiments of principle, the "dispel," separately. In simple terms, this is a magic that removes magic, and when practicing, he was told to use this art to remove magic if it becomes dangerous in size.
「Remember, it's important to imagine. If you pay attention to the difference between your imagination and reality, you can quickly get an idea of how much you can do with your imagination.」
「Hmm ......」
「Whenever you have time, imagine, practice, and fill in the gaps between your imagination and reality.」
「All right, let's give it a try.」
It's going to be a long road, though.
With Leia once again in the shadows, Satoru begins to walk, while making a number of "water balls" and scattering them around the area. After many attempts to get a sense of the size Leia indicated, he finally calmed down after finding the image of receiving a drop in his palm.
「...... It's honestly impossible for me to do any better than this.」
When he told Leia exactly what he had pictured in his head, a dismayed voice came back from the shadows.
『It's not even close to impossible. What is with that disparity?』
「Even if you say that, I'm troubled too here.」
Satoru shrugged his shoulders.
In the case of ordinary people, it is said that the size of the ball imagined in their mind and the size of the real ball become the same only when they have the qualities of intermediate level and can actually use intermediate level. When a person with an intermediate level of ability is at the beginner level, the size of the ball they imagine in their mind will be two to three times larger than the size of the real ball.
『In my case, I imagined the size of that 'water ball', large enough to hold in the palm of my hand. I imagined it to be a little smaller than what I had been imagining till now, and it turned out to be just as big as I had calculated.』
「...... Oh, yeah, you said you were gaining magic power.」
『Indeed. To be honest, it's a pleasant miscalculation. If I use the same arts I've been using in the past with the same imagination, they will be more powerful than before. It is necessary for me also to get used to controlling it.』
So it's not all good, huh?
By the way, Leia said that not only did she easily grasp the image of the size of the water ball, but she was also able to create a thousand of them. She said that it was more frightening to make 1,000 water balls and not see any change. For Satoru, there was no sense of fatigue.
In the case of the general public, even those who have intermediate abilities and can actually use intermediate will only be able to make 100.
「 ...... Even though I've been trying not to think about too much it but.」
『What?』
「If I were to ......,For example, let's say. The mountain you see behind you - Galmul, right? I wondered what would have happened if I had imagined a water ball of that size.」
『That's .......』
Leia was also at a loss for words in the shadows.
At this point, Satoru's full power is completely unfathomable. Thinking of Satoru's magical power, it would be possible for him to actually create water with a volume as large as the mountain of Galmul. No, on the contrary, he might be able to create a water sphere that could fill up this divine earth. If that happens....
「I'm not going to do anything dangerous like that.」
Satoru's voice was filled with a sense of self-concealment.
(...... I mean)
Satoru thinks in his heart.
(......I guess I shouldn't think about a situation where I'd have to use all this magic power.)
He's not going to tell Leia.
In response to Leia's dismay and surprise, he is slowly coming to understand that he is the strongest cheat in the world. Depending on how he uses it, he may have the ability to destroy this earth, or even the entire planet. In Satoru's mind, this awareness is turning into conviction.
Even though he is aware that he has suddenly become stronger, the reason he's not getting ahead of himself is not because he is in control of himself. It's because he doesn't even want to from the start, and of course, he doesn't have the slightest intention of doing so.
However, if others knew that Satoru had that much power.
Those who have too much power are the object of fear.
――Even if he doesn't have any harmful intentions, if the opposite party feels that he is a potential threat, they will try to eliminate him, as Leia said in her speech about herself and the labyrinth.
Even Leia is like that. That's why he can't tell her.
Surely she knows that.
『Come to think of it, what kind of world is my Lord's world?』
Leia's voice blatantly changes the topic.
(......, As expected, you perceived it, didn't you?)
Even though he felt that way, he dared to join the conversation.
He absentmindedly thought about how he should explain it.
「Since there was no magic, science was developed, and there were various machines that used electricity ...... artificially created lightning. It was a world where you could live conveniently without magic.」
Magic has always been close to Leia, ever since she was born. So she thought it was a natural power that exists in every world, but there is a world where magic doesn't exist - honestly, it was hard to imagine.
「Science has probably created a lot of things you can't imagine. Yes, in the most common form, a lump of iron can run on the ground or fly in the sky.」
『Huh? Running is still somewhat understandable, but flying? What's the difference between that and magic?』
Indeed, if you don't know the principle, science is just like magic. "Ah," Satoru replied, thinking of an explanation.
「There are many kinds of medicines. I guess you could say that they're trying to figure out how to combine them into energy.」
『Energy?』 (TLN: Energy = エネルギー)
「......Uh, that's hard to change into Japanese (kanji). Vitality ...... Hmm, that's different. Power, I guess」
Isn't there something better? Satoru thought about what he had on hand, and pondered. What he took out was a measuring tape.
「You saw this, right?」
『Hmm. In the world of my Lord, it is a device to measure the length of things.」
When he checked the weights and measures, she said that the length of the wand was one foot, so he actually measured it.
Satoru gave a small laugh.
「Unfortunately, this thing is not a machine. But it does take a machine to make it, though. For example, is there such a thin steel in the world?」
He pulls out the measuring tape and shakes it up and down. It's a cheap, flimsy measuring tape, but you can still see that it's made of steel.
『No......seeing it once again, it's very thin.』
「Right? And there's a trick to this thing, you can stop it when it's stretched out a certain amount.」
He clipped the tape measure to the end of the 50cm stretch and let go of the end of the tape measure. "Ohhh," Leia's voice went up. When the clip is removed, the tape measure rewinds and snaps back to its original state.
「For example, this power to return to the original state is energy. Combine various medicines, produce a large amount of energy, and make use of it. ......In my world, people have landed on the moon.」
『On the moon!? When you say "moon," you mean that. It's the moon that's floating in the sky!』
「Yeah.」
Leia's hysteric voice echoed in his brain, and Satoru frowned.
He recalled the scene from last night, thinking that there were two moons in this world.
「Of course, there are weapons that distort the use of energy, blowing up entire cities, and poisons that kill thousands and thousands of people at once. There is a gap between the rich and the poor, and the development of science and technology has made a difference here and there. There were also wars for trivial reasons.」
Leia, who was in the shadows, could not see the expression on Satoru's face as he spoke haltingly. This is a weakness of hiding in the shadows. She can imagine that his face must be calm, but secretly filled with emotion.
However, the tone of Satoru's voice brightened.
「The country I was in was peaceful. There were no outspoken wars, no killing of people. Of course, I've never killed anyone, either.」
『Hou』
The tone of his voice was cheerful, but at the same time Leia was slightly concerned.
The journey to find Leia's mentor, Yarth, may be easy to say, but the journey will be difficult. Satoru's naivete, having never killed anyone before, might make the journey even more difficult.
However, somehow, Leia thinks that Satoru is already aware of this possibility. She can tell from time to time that he is kind, but also has a harshness that separates him from the rest of the world.
And Leia's imagination is not wrong. Satoru's heart is in the right place.
Perhaps her fears are unfounded. Leia puts her fears aside and changes the subject.
『My Lord is a hired security guard, right? I have heard that you have a sister and no other relatives.」
「That's right.」
Satoru took out his cell phone from his pants pocket and opened the screen. On the standby screen was a picture of Satoru and a cute little girl about seven years old.
『Wow, what a cute little girl.』
「Right?」
It's a stupid big brother.
Leia can see the standby screen on his cell phone because they share the same senses and see the same things.
「My sister――she's called Alice. She's smart and good-natured.」
He is a full-blown stupid big brother.
「Nowadays, there are orphanages ...... where the government and the town take care of children who do not have parents, and she is there.」
He stopped speaking for a moment. After a pause, she hears Satoru's sad voice.
「And maybe she's crying.」
Leia chokes on her breath. No doubt, it's definitely Leia who's making the girl cry.
「Alice lost her parents, well, my parents, too, right after she was born. She grew up in an orphanage, and I'm the only family she's got. I only get to see her once in a while, but she still loves me very much. It's a shame to think that I'm making her cry. ......」
As if to spit out, the tone of his voice filled with sadness and regret, Leia also felt as if she were about to be torn apart.
『I'm sorry』
That's all she could squeeze out at last.
Satoru giggled softly
「I'm not angry anymore. Well, I guess I don't have a choice. It's just bad luck.」
Leia is unable to reply to Satoru's resigned voice.
「I'm going home. ......」
When Satoru's voice was filled with determination, Leia realized that she was truly sorry for what she had done to him, and her resolve was renewed.
My role is to protect and guide my Lord.
「Oh. The town is coming into view. I think we can get some food in the town for today.」
Leia's vision tuned in with Satoru's voice, which changed the atmosphere, and they both saw a small town.
There waited for Leia, the first time in two hundred years and for Satoru, the first time ever, in a human society.
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