Next Day ~
It was a Saturday morning, and I had just finished my usual morning training.
And now I was sitting on the sofa, eating my breakfast while Irethiel was watching ani, and across the sofa from was Rose, her brow furrowed.
"Don't stare at like that; if you want sothing to eat, you can make it for yourself," I said, pointing her in the direction of the kitchen.
"…."
"… Please don't tell that the reason you called to your Dorm room and said there was an ergency was for this?" Rose inquired, her voice irritated.
"Yes, it is an ergency because I want to embed a magical circle on myself before the tournant begins," I replied as I finished eating breakfast, got up from the couch, and headed for the kitchen.
"… Huh?, S-So you want to engrave the magical circle on yourself? And you want my assistance in doing so?" Rose inquired, giving a skeptical look.
"That's correct; do you have any way of assisting ?" I asked.
"... Argg, I assud sothing had happened to master because she wasn't responding to . So I dashed here as quickly as I could.
But as I get here, I notice that she's engrossed in watching ani, while you, on the other hand, appear to have a death wish," Rose comnted as she looked at Irethiel, who ignored her and continued to watch ani.
Irethiel retorted, "If I didn't respond to you, that ans I'm busy, and I don't want to be bothered, you idiot fox."
"...."
"Hey Rose, I called you to consult about magic circles, not to listen to your tantrums," I said, staring at her blankly.
"This little bastard," Rose muttered inwardly.
"... Engraving a magic circle on oneself is not the simple task you believe it to be; that technique was lost centuries ago.
And the humans who tried to do so after that all ended up dead," Rose remarked.
"I understand what you're saying, but don't compare to those idiots who had no idea what they were getting themselves into," I replied.
According to one of the ancient books I read, the key to engraving magic circles is to be adept at deciphering the runic language.
'Of course, no one is better than at interpreting the language of the runes, because my universal language ability is a total cheat,' I thought to myself.
"... He is self-assured because he is skilled at comprehending. Don't ask any questions, and just let him do whatever he wanted to do," Irethiel said frustratedly, as she couldn't concentrate on watching ani while Rose was yapping.
"…."
"B-But, master, there's a chance he'll fail. And if he is unable to engrave a comprehensive magic circle in one go, he will die, which ans you die with him as well," Rose said in a concerned voice.
"... You fool! Do you seriously think that this Devil is a suicidal maniac? He is the type who would trade the lives of everyone on the planet to save his own. And I assu he understands what he is attempting," Irethiel comnted.
!?
"...I can't say if what you said is true,...but I can say for certain that I will soday exchange your life to save mine," I said with a smile as I gazed at Irethiel.
Irethiel was rendered speechless when she realized I didn't seem to be joking.
"…."
"A-Alright, you can do whatever you want, I have so rune books about the magic circle in my mansion from when I was examining magic circles, but I found it suicidal and dropped them at the ti.
But I believe it will be of so help to you now," Rose said quickly as she noticed Irethiel's expression.
"What are we waiting for then let's go," I said, and walked toward the television where Irethiel was watching ani.
"... You two go by yourselves, I am busy," Irethiel said, returning her attention to the ani.
"…."
Tick!—
I imdiately turned off the television and turned toward Irethiel.
!?
"W-What the hell!" Irethiel exclaid as soon as I switched off the television.
"Let's go, demon; don't make say it twice, or it won't be pleasant for you," I grinned as I looked at Irethiel.
"…."
"Tsk, it was about to get to an interesting part," Irethiel grumbled as she clicked her tongue.
But she quickly stood up and transford into a crow, following us out of my dorm room.
As Rose and I exited the dorm building together, many students were perplexedly staring at us.
"...Don't ever call to your dorm building again because I don't think it's appropriate to see a teacher leaving one of her students' rooms," Rose said grumpily as she felt the eyes of the onlookers' students on her.
But I couldn't help but laugh as I heard her.
"... Sure," I said, and we began walking toward her mansion.
***
We soon arrived at Rose's residence and took our seats in the study room, while Rose herself brought the vast stack of magic circles books she had previously ntioned.
"... When was the last ti you used these books?" I inquired after noticing that the books were dusty.
"I'm not sure, maybe a few decades ago or sothing," Rose shrugged.
I quickly grabbed one of the dusty books and motioned it toward Irethiel before speaking.
"Hey, Irethiel, clean this up for ," I said as I kept my face neutral.
"…."
anwhile, Irethiel remained silent as she heard and simply stared at , her mouth partially open, as if she couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"...Did I hear you correctly?" Irethiel asked in a perplexed voice.
"Yes, you just seem to have too much free ti since all you do is watch ani and comnt on everyone every day.
So why not do so work now and then?" I nagged.
"...."
!?
"Y-You, Seriously? Give that book to ," Rose extended her hand toward and asked as she noticed nagging Irethiel like a mother.
As I handed the book to Rose, I remarked with a chuckle,
"Okay here, I don't care if either one of you cleans that dust anyway."
"...."
Rose quickly summoned her maid and ordered her maid to clean the dust from all of the books.
"... You should have done that sooner," Irethiel said as she looked at Rose.
"T-There are so important research books in here as well, so I didn't want anyone else to touch them, which is why I didn't let the maid clean it before," Rose tried to explain herself.
"…."
I ignored them and began flipping through one of the books; I'm not sure what language it was written in, but it took longer to comprehend it than the other books.
"...So you can understand books written in any language, huh?" Roselia remarked and she began searching through the stack of books for sothing.
I decided not to respond to her and kept reading the books quickly because I couldn't find anything useful in the earlier volus.
All of the books discuss information about various magical circles, but I couldn't find anything about how to implent it into oneself.
"Here— perhaps this is what you're looking for, as there appears to be a magic circle drawn in this scroll," Rose said, handing a scroll.
"Hmm?"
And after taking the scroll from Rose, I just stood there and looked at it for a while.
A sizable magic circle can be seen on the scroll, but nothing was said about its purpose, so I wasn't sure what it was for.
"…."
"Is that actually it?" Irethiel and Rose both cast a questioning look as they both focused on .
"...Yes, this appears to be what I was looking for, but I'm unsure of the magic circle's function or its elent," I said.
"It's like playing a gacha, huh?" Comnted Rose.
"...What exactly is a gacha?" Irethiel enquired.
"It's like a mystery box; You won't know unless you open them," Rose elaborated.
"Oh, I get it now. So until you imprint that magic circle on yourself correctly, you won't understand what it does, right?" Irethiel asked.
"...Yes, that is correct. But it's a huge gamble because I can't undo it if the elent in the scroll turns out to be useless," I said.
"… So? Ares, are you going to take that risk?" Rose asked with intrigue.
"Ares, think carefully about this because you will have to use that magic circle for the rest of your life.
Which option do you like to prefer? you can exit safely if you decide not to engrave that magic circle. Alternatively, you can take a chance and engrave that magic circle in the hopes that, with any luck, you might gain access to a great power," Irethiel said in a dramatic voice as if imitating so show host.
"…."
As soon as I heard her, I had a thought, "I ought to stop letting her watch so much ani."
"... Screw it! I really have nothing to lose. So I'm going to go for it," I declared with positivity.
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