{Author’s Notes}
It’s going to be a long story, so I’ll split it into multiple parts.
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Sanctuary, God Realm. There, the two people who could be described as the pinnacle of this world were currently exchanging words with serious expressions on their faces.
[……No.]
[……I want to help Kaito-san too.]
[No!]
[Why not? If I amplify Kaito-san’s magic power to those “Peerage-holders”, wouldn’t that fix everything?]
It all started yesterday, when Kaito tried to start training to increase his own magic power so that he could suppress Isis’ magic power of death.
Kuromueina had placed a ward so that Shallow Vernal couldn’t see them, but Shallow Vernal had sohow heard from sowhere about what they were doing. She offered to help, but Kuromueina had firmly refused.
[That would certainly lead to the sa result. But it’s not just about the result! The course of which Kaito-kun is working hard for Isis is also very important!]
[Mhmm, as long as the end result is the sa, I don’t see any problem……]
[Shiro would be happier to receive sweets made by Kaito-kun rather than sweets he bought from a store, right? This is the sa as that.]
[……I see, I finally understand now.]
[Unnn, in that case……]
[Well then, I will create a “magic tool that increases your magic power just by touching it”……]
[……No, that doesn’t change anything……]
Shallow Vernal’s motivation was a cute one: She wanted to do sothing to help Kaito. However, if she, who could be said to be almost omnipotent, lent her power without restraint, that would end everything in an instant without any effort on Kaito’s part.
For Kuromueina, who valued the process, this was sothing that couldn’t be overlooked, which was why she refused Shallow Vernal’s help.
[……However, I would like to do sothing to help Kaito-san.]
[H- Hmmm…… Then, how about you create a magic tool for Kaito-kun’s training? Errr, how about———- or sothing like that. If you can create a magic tool like that, that would make Kaito-kun’s training better……]
(T/N: The description of said magic tool really was cut off.)
[I understand…… It’s done.]
[Unnn, thank you. Later then. I’m going to Kaito-kun’s ho now.]
After receiving the magic tool that Shallow Vernal had created, Kuromueina waved her hand and left. Left alone in the Sanctuary, Shallow Vernal was still sowhat dissatisfied.
Thinking for a mont, Shallow Vernal seed to have suddenly thought of sothing, she drew a circle in the air with her finger.
Thereupon, the image of Kaito in her appeared, and Shallow Vernal lightly waved her finger at him.
[……Making it so that “it’s easier for Kaito-san to grow” should be alright.]
With a faint smile appearing on her lips, she muttered those words that no one else could hear.
The day after I made up my mind to challenge Isis-san’s magic power of death, I began regretting my decision a bit.
[Well then, let’s start your training today.]
[U- Unnn. But before that, can I ask you sothing?]
[Unnn?]
[W- Why did you bring that huge pile of “Fruits of the World Tree” with you?]
Yes, there were hundreds of Fruits of the World Tree piled up behind Kuro, which was kind of making feel uneasy.
When I asked her about it, with a smile…… a devilish smile on her lips, Kuro spoke.
[……This will be used to recover Kaito-kun’s fatigue. For the ti being, I’ll have you use “about 500” of these “for today”.]
[Those are just for today!?]
I don’t think sothing that would require to eat 500 Fruits of the World Tree couldn’t be called training. I heard about how so Demons are able to increase their magic power by eating foods that contain magic power. I an, that was also the case for our Lynn…… However, I’ve heard that Humans can’t increase their magic power through food.
In other words, her purpose of making eat the Fruit of the World Tree wasn’t to increase my magic power, but to heal all kinds of wounds and fatigue.
To sum it up, I’m about to go through “hellish training that can only be overco by having eat 500 Fruits of the World Tree”…… I feel like this will be tougher than I imagined.
[Let first explain to you the basic thod of increasing your magic power. The more magic power you use, the greater the increase in maximum magic power you can receive, especially if you recover from using up all of your magic power.]
[……Can I ask you a question?]
[You can~~]
[Wouldn’t using up all of my magic power make faint?]
[Unnn. Not only that, but if you consu magic power too quickly, you’ll get headaches and feel dizzy, and most of all, you’ll feel extrely languid. That’s why we would usually increase it little by little over ti…… but sothing like that wouldn’t be enough for this matter! I’m going to have you use your magic power “until you faint over and over again”, Kaito-kun!]
W- Well, I’ve resolved myself to do such a thing too…… Passing out a few tis should be within my limits.
[If you faint, you won’t wake up until you recover so of your magic power. However, you don’t have to worry about that. If Kaito-kun faints, I’ll replenish so of your magic power to help you wake up…… I’ll use “Resuscitation Magic” to “forcibly wake you up”.]
[U- Unnn?]
[And then, when you wake up, I’ll have you eat a Fruit of the World Tree. The Fruit of the World Tree also restores magic power…… so you can train again.]
[Ah, yes.]
I- In short, is it that? She’s making go through a “torture that won’t kill ”?
[So, the essential part of your training is how to make you consu your magic power…… but with Shiro’s help, we have a magic tool prepared for that.]
[…… A pocket watch?]
What Kuro took out was a pocket watch that looked like it could be found anywhere. However, if Shiro-san was the one who created that, it must an that it wasn’t sothing superficial.
What kind of outrageous effect does it have……
[This watch is a special magic tool for Kaito-kun, and when he holds it in his hand, “it has the effect of consuming 10% of his magic power every 10 seconds”. In other words, it will empty out your magic power in 100 seconds.]
[……What the heck is with that cursed equipnt……]
[This way, even if the amount of magic power you have increases, you can consu it all in a short ti…… For the ti being, shall I have you “take it easy first” and have you faint 500 tis?]
[……Yes.]
I see…… So that’s how it is…… This is sothing easy huh. I wonder what will happen to tomorrow?
Feeling a chill run down my spine, I received the pocket watch.
Holding it in hand, I waited for 10 seconds…… and felt slightly sluggish, as if I had jogged for a bit.
[Mhmm……]
[It seems like so of your magic power had been consud. It gets tougher in the latter half of that hundred seconds, so hang in there.]
[U- Unnn…… Guhh…… Uaahhh……]
Just as Kuro said, after about 50 seconds, a dull headache struck . I wonder if this is what hangover feels like?
And after another 10 seconds, I started to feel nauseous. I- I see, so this is what it feels like to lose magic power rapidly…… This is harder than I thought.
I felt headache and nausea, but I gritted my teeth and held on for 30 seconds…… I guess I finally ran out of magic power, as my vision was enveloped in darkness and lost consciousness……
[……Hahh!?]
[Here, now eat the Fruit of the World Tree~~]
……is what I thought, but I woke up in an instant. And then, I ate the Fruit of the World Tree that Kuro held out to . Ueeehhhh, I feel like I’m going to throw up.
[……My head hurts…… The Fruit of the World Tree doesn’t make my headache go away?]
[It takes so ti for the Fruit of the World Tree to heal your physical condition caused by the rapid consumption of magic power. What should we do? Should we take a break until your headache subsides?]
[……No, I’ll continue. How much magic power did I gain from that?]
[Hmmm. I guess your 0.001 rose to around 0.0015?]
[……It seems like this will take quite a while.]
Should I think of this as an increase of a re 0.0005, or a rapid growth that made my magic power increase by 1.5 tis than it was just monts ago…… Either way, it seems like the realm of magic power 100,000 tis greater than mine is still far away.
L- Let’s do our best…… Gueehhh!? I- Is this making my headache hurt even more!? And I would have to repeat this 498 tis more…… I see, this must be hell.
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