Wizard Volume 1, Chapter 3 Part 2

Isekai Majutsushi Volume 1 Chapter 3 Part 2

「I'm bored. Is there anything I can do to pass the time?」

　It's been two days since we left for the fortress. We have already entered the area where there might be dangerous demons and soldiers of the Demon Empire may present, but there has been no attack.

　Before we left, I didn't want any attacks to happen, but after a day of just swinging around in a carriage, I wanted at least one event to happen.

「Sigh, I thought that wizards are those who strive to improve their magic every day. This is the first time I've met someone as self-deprecating as you.」

「That's right, Yard-dono. You must not neglect your daily practice in order to improve your power. I can't accompany you in your magic training, but if you want to train your body, I'll accompany you.」

　There were two annoying people in the carriage, and one person who was praying all the time, wondering what the fun was doing that.

　Since there was no one to talk to about the magic, I naturally spent more time in a daze, doing nothing.

　As Margarete said, I have some things I want to find out about the people and magics of this world, but I don't have any materials or specimens, so there's no way to find out. I even thought about attacking some people to get them. Ahh, I don't care who it is, just let me see what's in your head.

　Just as I was about to lose consciousness again as I was being rocked by the carriage while thinking such things, I heard a noise outside.

「An enemy attack!」

　The moment I heard those words, all four of us in the carriage ran outside.

　We immediately checked the area, but it seemed that we had been caught by surprise, and one of the carriages in front of us had already been hit. I can hear the sound of gunfire mixed in with the sounds of sword fights and demon roars. It seems that Sagami is engaged in a battle.

「Heroes, the enemy is said to be a dozen soldiers from the Demon Empire and two black wolves. The black wolves are magical beasts with fur so hard that it is impervious to blades. Sagami-sama is said to be engaging them up ahead, so please hurry and head there.」

「Understood!」

　After receiving Margarete's words, Alec starts running, he's a former knight. I'm going to follow him. Fairis will get in the way in battle because she cannot fight, so she stay behind to treat the injured soldiers.

　When we come to a place where we can see the battlefield, several soldiers have already fallen, bleeding. They were moaning, so it seemed they were still alive. I felt bad about abandoning my allies, so I applied  <Major Heal> to them as I passed by. The soldiers, whose mortal wounds had been healed in an instant, were stunned, unaware of what had happened.

　In the lead, Alec and Sagami were fighting two huge wolves. The Imperial soldiers may have already been taken care of, but there were still enemy soldiers lying around. Seeing that the bullets were stopped by the wolves' fur, the attack didn't seem to have much effect.

「Yard-dono! We'll hold this demon at bay! In the meantime, prepare a spell that can defeat this demon!」

「Understood.」

　If they can keep the wolves at bay, I can slowly draw up a magic circle. I used the nearby scabbard to starts carving a magic circle on the ground. From the side, it looks like I'm just scribbling on the ground, so it must look like a very uncomfortable scene.

　They looked at me as if they wanted to say something, but I ignored them. In the first place, you need to be able to defeat an enemy of that caliber, if not instantly, without my help. Of course, this is to avoid increasing my workload.

　After a few minutes of drawing up the magic circle, the two of them still hadn't defeated any of the black wolves. It was true that swords and bullets couldn't penetrate them, but it seemed that they were weaker than I had expected.

「It's done. Get away from them.」

　Hearing my words, the two of them quickly distance themselves from the wolves. They were distracted by the wolves, and I took advantage of the opportunity to activate <Disintegration>, a Type 4 offensive magic.

　The wolves twisted to dodge the rays of light emitted from the magic circle, but they were slightly grazed. At that moment, the body of the two wolves began to rapidly disintegrate from the part that was grazed, and they disappeared into the dust. The two of them looked on in astonishment.

「...... I was surprised. Your magic was beyond my imagination, Yard-dono.」

「Yeah, I've never imagined that you could use magic to this extent.」

　They were surprised by the power of the magic and praised me, but in my original world, it would have been natural to use a magic like that. This magic was originally designed for the removal of waste materials. The fact that you are surprised at this level is proof that you do not yet have enough knowledge and training in magic.

　Well, I'm not their master. I'm not going to tell them that every time.

「Everyone, are you okay?」

　As I was making sure that the two black wolves had completely disappeared, Fairis came running towards us. She must have come because the sound of the battle had died down. After confirming that we were safe, she started to heal the other wounded soldiers.

　It would be fine to leave the treatment of the wounded to Fairis, so I decided to fulfill my own purpose.

　I select a few of the dead enemy soldiers who are in good condition and carry them away. I would have preferred a young magician without a head wound, but I couldn't find anyone who was dressed like a magicians at first glance. I had no choice but to pick up someone who was not wearing armor.

　What caught my eye was the corpse of a brown-skinned woman with a hood over her head. She might be a sorceress. Short in stature and wearing light clothing that exposed a lot of skin, she was clearly not a soldier.

「Yard-sama, what are you doing?」

　As I was selecting a corpse, Margarete approached me. Well, the sight of me scavenging for corpses without participating in the cleanup process would make me look suspicious no matter how you look at it.

「Yeah, I'm trying to study the magic as you said, and I'm securing human bodies for specimen and preservation.」

「Do you use any kind of necromantic magic?」

「No, these two have a faint pulse, so I'm just going to open their heads and check their brain structure while they're still alive. And while I'm at it, I'll get some information out of them if I can afford it.」

　I pick up another man who is wearing the same hooded robe as the woman I picked up earlier. It's unusual for a northern country to have brown skin. I wonder if he's an immigrant.

「I-is that so. ......」

　Margarete's face paled slightly at my story. These two are completely dead, but it would be troublesome for people to know that I can reanimate the dead, so I lied to her and told her that they were still alive.

「Excuse me, that's not something you want to hear as a woman. Forget what I just said.」

「.......I'll pretend I never heard anything about the brain. Will you be able to share with us the information you got from the enemy soldiers?」

「Yes, of course, then.」

　Avoiding the soldiers who were transferring the baggage of the attacked wagon to other wagons, I carried the two dead bodies into the nearby forest. I can't show it to anyone from here on....

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　I moved to a secluded spot and set them down. They were brown-skinned, with long ears that I couldn't see because they were hidden by their hair. I thought they were brown-skinned humans, but I wondered if they were of another race. Well, even if it was another race, I needed a sample, so I tied the corpse tightly so that it would not move and started drawing the magic circle.

　As soon as the magic circle is completed, I apply the Sixth Type of Special Recovery Magic, <Resurrection>. If the brain is intact and the body has been dead for less than twenty-four hours, no matter how bad the condition, it can be revived.

　When they regained consciousness, they were looking around, but when the man realized that he was tied up, he started to riot. Of course, he didn't seem to come undone. Incidentally, there was one man and one woman.

「You're awake. How does it feel to be alive again?」

「Kingdom's Soldier! Damn it, kill him!」

「Are you a magician?」

「Then what are you? I'm telling you, I'm not going to tell you anything, even if you torture me!」

　That's good, If I brought the wrong one, I would have had to go back to get another corpse.

　The man seemed to have the energy to shout at me. The woman is trembling, probably having a flashback to the moment of her death.

　As I approach the man, I cast <Immortality>, a Second Type of Physical Interference Magic. Now the man would not die no matter what I did to him. Even if his whole body is cut to pieces, he can still live.

　The man doesn't know what has been done to him, but he knows that something has been done to him, so he looks at me with a mixture of anxiety and anger.

「Now, I will first perform a craniotomy. Don't worry, it won't kill you.」

「Y-you're still going to torture me! No matter what you do to me, I will never say anything to my enemies!」

　The man is trying to be strong, but I had no reason to fear an opponent who can't move. I activates my light-blade ray-sword and slowly cuts into the man's head, trying not to let the blood splash.

　He was screaming and flailing in pain, but I held him firmly in place as I didn't want him to lose control.

　As soon as I finished making the incision, I lifted the skull and opened it up. This was the quickest way to get a live brain.

　The man continues to flail about, unaware of what's happening to him, while the woman turns pale and shakes when she sees him.

　When I used <Crystallization> to crystallize his brain alive, the man jumped once and stopped moving. It's a little creepy because even in this state, he won't physically die until the magic wears off.

　When I deactivated the magic, the man jumped once again and this time stopped moving. Since he had lost his brain, he could no longer be able revived by <Resurrection>.

「Well, now she's the next one.」

　When I turned to the woman, she was in tears and shaking her head reluctantly. She seems to think that she will be subjected to the same thing. On closer inspection, her face is very well formed. Her brown skin goes well with her silver hair.

　She gives the impression of being very active, but right now she is frightened and shrinking. I'd certainly like to get some gender samples, but I've come up with something a little more interesting, and I'm not going to kill her like I would a man.

「Please forgive me! I'll do anything!」

　With this woman wearing overly revealing clothes, I can't help but hear the obscene meaning of what she just said. Except for her breasts, she still looks like a little girl, so she will be popular among perverts with a taste for little girls.

　For now, I decide to ignore her pleas and open her head to start the next experiment.

　I hold her down as she cries out and open her head the same way. She is aware of what is happening to her head, so she does not move from the moment her head is opened, but endures the pain with a despairing expression on her face.

「I ask you a few questions. First of all, are you an elf?」

「Y-yes! I'm a dark elf.」

「Can you use any magic in that condition?」

「No, I can't move my hands. ......」

「I see, Okay, then I'll release the restraints, but you know what's going on with your head, right? If you don't want to die, don't try to escape.」

　She nodded her head and I released her from her restraints.

「You can use any simple magic.」

「Y-yes! 'The source of life, the flowing thing, the grace of God given from heaven, appear'!」

　As she chanted the incantation while making some kind of shape with her hands, a sphere of water appeared in front of her. I recorded the movements of her brain at that time and took out the experimental needle I had prepared for just such an occasion.

「Don't move. If you lose control, you'll be in big trouble.」

「Eh? Uhm, what are you doing ......! Gah, Ah, Ah, Ah, Aaaaahhh!」

　I grabs her head as she looks at me anxiously and sticks the needle in several places. I grabs her by the head and stabs her in several places, which would kill her with ordinary needles. The main purpose is to modify her brain. She turned white with pain and discomfort as her brain was directly tampered with, and made strange noises.

　I heard the sound of water trickling, and when I looked down, I saw that she was leaking. She seemed to be on the verge of going insane.

　I couldn't let her go on like this, so I took some time to calm her down. After a while, her eyes came back into focus and her breathing calmed down.

「Okay, try using the magic you just used one more time.」

「Eh, ah, yes...」

　The water ball appeared in the same way as before, but there was no change in power or accuracy. It's no good, it looks like a failure. It's been a while, so I can't get a good feel for it. I use the <Major Heal> to restore the brain and start to play with the brain by sticking the needle again.

「Aaahhhh, stooooop! Aaahhhh!」

　She's trembling from the impossible sensation of having her brain played with directly by each needle prick. I had to hold her head down to keep her still because her hands were going crazy and wait for her to wake up. This was repeated several times.

　After several times of treatment, she activated the same magic as before, and the water ball became much larger than before. Her eyes widened in surprise at this result.

　Hmm, it seems that the modification of her brain to make it more efficient was successful. Now that I know how her brain reacts to the use of the magic, I'll be able to apply it more efficiently next time.

　Now that I had done what I needed to do, I decided to extract the information she had. I put her into a coma with a <Fear> and put her head back on. After also applying an <Major Heal> to prevent scarring, I used the <Memory Extraction> to extract all the information about the Demon Empire and what happened there.

　I took off her urine-soaked bottom and put on a spare magicians's robe that I found in my luggage. I slapped her cheek to wake her up, and she groaned for a while before waking up.

「Huh, this place is ......?」

「Are you all right?」

「Eh? Ah, yes.」

「I just happened to notice you lying here, what's wrong?」

「Is that so. ...... Huh? Why am I here, like I had some kind of mission? Anyway, I have to go home. Huh? Where's my house again?」

　Oh, I must have made her forget her memories of her hometown by extracting all the information about the Demon Empire. She seems to be confused by the discrepancy in her memory. This was a miscalculation. I didn't mean to do it.

　Unfortunately, her memories of her family and hometown will never return and she will remain forgotten for the rest of her life.

　I thought it would be better for her to be killed than to live like this with no place to go back to, so I tried to kill her painlessly out of compassion, but looking at her face, I thought of a use for her.

　Since she was an enemy soldier, I didn't have to worry too much about the people of the kingdom showing her any strange sympathy. In other words, I could experiment on her as much as I wanted. Okay, from now on, I'll call her my apprentice.

「What's your name?」

「Name it is? Elmaire, Elmaire ...... I'm sorry, I can't remember my family name.」

「No, that's fine. Well, then, Elmaire, why don't you come with me until your memory returns? At the very least, I think I can guarantee you life and a place to sleep.」

「...... I suppose so. I have nowhere else to go, so if it's not too much trouble, please take me with you.」

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「Good grief, what the hell are you thinking?」

　I had brought back the enemy soldiers with impunity and told Margarete about the movements of the Demon Empire based on Elmaire's memories, as promised, and once again she had to lecture me. Her reaction was predictable, so I decided to take it in stride this time.

「I'm sorry. But I need a lot of samples to examine the magic technology in this world.」

「Then you should have done as the other guy did! How could you come to such a conclusion as to bring back an enemy soldier as your apprentice!」

「If it had been a man, I would have killed him, but my motto is that we should be somewhat gentle with women.」

「You impudent gentleman! Spare yourself such useless thoughts!」

「Well, well, well. No matter how much of an enemy she was, it's too heartless to take away a life he've already saved. In addition, it is said that she has lost her memory, so it is safe to assume that she is no longer the same person as the enemy soldiers who attacked us, isn't it?」

「Fairis-sama, but ......」

「If anything happens, Yard-sama and I will take responsibility, so let's just leave it at that, shall we? She's frightened too.」

　Fairis stepped in between us, as if she couldn't stand to see us talking like idiots. I'm not sure if Margarete can't take a strong stand against her, but she looks at me with a resentful expression.

　Elmaire, who was the center of the conversation, grabbed my clothes in fear, as if she sensed from the atmosphere that the princess was trying to kill her.

「I'll be a little more careful in the future.」

「Yes, I would very much like that. If this kind of thing happens to us all the time, our nerves will be frayed.」

　When she finally said something sarcastic to me, she seemed to be done with the conversation and didn't want to continue it any further.

「Anyway, do all the magicians in the Empire look like this?」

　It was just the right time to change the subject, so I asked her about Elmaire.

「No, there are a good number of dark elves, but not all of them. Dark elves are good at using Demons and magic, so most of them are wizards. Is there something bothering you?」

　It seems that she is definitely a dark elf after all. I wanted to get a sample of a race other than human, but I still want to get a human sample first. I hadn't expected her to be a Dark Elf.

「Are there no others with a similar appearance in other countries?」

「There are only Dark Elves in the Empire, but there are Elves in other countries as well, and there is an Elven nation in the north of our country. There are also a small number of elves living in our country.」

　I see. If there are other intelligent life forms besides humans, I would love to get some samples. There are still some procedures I want to try in Elmaire, and I think I can kill time for a while.

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