Lord Corinth went out to hunt today as well.
Ive beco able engage in so simple conversations with Lord Corinth lately. I quite enjoyed talking with him.
Lord Corinth is really amazing. He is quick to morize every word and phrase and only needs to hear them once. Its fun to teach him because hes such a quick learner. His proficiency in my language increases at an impressive and almost unbelievable rate.
Its been about nine days since weve co to this makeshift base. Ive beco able to walk on my own by dragging my injured foot on the ground.
Lord Corinth took my greaves out from his bag and gave them back to . Sohow, I felt really happy. Lord Corinth is always so considerate towards .
However, I was also troubled about how exactly I would be able to repay his kindness.
He asked what I wanted to do after my foot healed yesterday. He made decide if I wanted to resu our journey once my foot completely recovers or wait until my hand gets healed as well. It seed that if we resud travelling, we would not be able to have als like what weve been eating until now, so my hands recovery would take more ti.
I didnt even need to think twice. I chose to stay and wait until my hand heals and my body completely recovers. I dont want to always be beholden to Lord Corinths protection like when we were attacked by monsters so days ago. I want to be able to fight together with him, side by side.
It was hard for to have to always depend on Lord Corinths care, but Ive already made a vow to Goddess Ruminas. I swore to definitely repay this favor soday.
Thus, I have to beco even stronger. I practiced the sword forms Lord Corinth taught after I collected firewood from the rivers edge. Once my foot completely recovers, Id be able to train more effectively.
It seems Lord Corinth has co back. He brought a Big Boar with him.
Welco back, *Lord Corinth.
Im back, Cleria.
Just the act of exchanging greetings like this has made feel greatly embarrassed. Ive never welcod anyone else back apart from my family. Also, I only noticed it when we started to have proper conversations, but Lord Corinth always uses my first na whenever he addresses . Even in noble society, the only one allowed to call soone of the opposite sex by their first na apart from family was a persons fianc.
I dont think Lord Corinth ant anything more to his actions, but an embarrassing thing was an embarrassing thing. And while I was preoccupied with such thoughts
Cleria, its Alan. Not [*Lord Corinth]. Okay?
He told straight to call him by his first na as well. I heard of this once from Fal. It seed that it was currently a trend for the n of lower nobility to ask a lady they fancy to call them by their first na as a subtle way of proposing their feelings. I understand that Lord Corinth didnt really an sothing of the sort. It was probably just how things were in Lord Corinths country.
Alan I ekly called out to him.
Lord Corinth seed glad and nodded back at .
Lord Corinth proceeded to butcher the Big Boar with an air of a professional chef.
It never crossed my mind when I was in the capital, but I actually think I want to learn how to do sothing like this as well. Let try to learn then. Im looking forward to having so Big Boar at again!
When we went back to the base, we saw that the bonfire had already gone out. Not good! Lighting a fire was one of the few things I could help out with after all. I weaved my mana and used magic to reignite the bonfire. Lord Corinth seed sowhat surprised with what I did.
Cleria, what was that just now?
I wonder what he ans. I just used the Fire spell to reignite the bonfire, thats all. Oh, maybe he was surprised about how short it took for to cast my magic.
Yes, I may not really look like it, but Im actually quite an accomplished mage. Ive even been told Im already qualified to beco a court magician. But the only system I was good at was fire magic though.
I explained as such to Lord Corinth, and he seed satisfied with my answer.
Now its ti for Lord Corinths cooking. Im going to eat my fill today as well!
Lord Corinth beca quite proficient in my language before long. We began to converse with each other more and more, so I took an opportunity to ask what was on my mind for the past few days.
How exactly did my arm and leg get healed?
According to Lord Corinth, he summoned tiny spiritual beings invisible to the naked eye which were residing inside of him and made them enter my body as well. He then asked them to heal .
In all honesty, if I had heard such an absurd thing from soone other than Lord Corinth, I would most likely hold so doubts against them.
Of course, I properly believed in the existence of Goddess Ruminas spirit familiars. But sothing like housing spirits in ones body truly went against common sense.
Despite this, I still believed in Lord Corinth. A great and noble person like him could not possibly lack the favour of Goddess Ruminas.
My recovering limbs were proof enough that he really could converse with and implore the spirits to hear his wishes.
In the first place, only divine power could possibly do sothing like the restoration of severed limbs.
Lord Corinth seed to notice so apprehension on my expression. He suddenly took out his knife and cut his arm. His action was so quick that I didnt even have the chance to stop him.
However, only one or two drops of blood flowed out from the wound, and it healed at an astonishing rate, visible to the naked eye. After a few monts, there wasnt even a scratch to be seen. This was totally impossible even with the use of high order healing magic.
Yes, this couldnt possibly be anything like healing magic!
Amazing! He really was favoured by the Goddess and her spirits!
Did I also receive divine favour through Lord Corinth? I didnt doubt him in the slightest at this point, but I sohow wanted to try it for myself.
I took the knife and cut myself in the sa way. Lord Corinth didnt move to stop . I felt so pain for an instant, but it went away just as fast as it ca. My wound also imdiately closed up. How truly amazing!
Ooh! I have also received the grace of the spirits! I trembled in excitent.
Lord Corinth then asked what I wanted to do with the spirits once my limbs healed. He could either request them to leave or make them continue to reside in .
I chose to have them stay inside .
This power was necessary for in the future. There would probably be quite a lot of people who would even sell away their souls to gain such a power.
Lord Corinth just nodded in agreent, as if it was just a simple matter. I once again owe another great favor to Lord Corinth.
Finally, after a few more days, my foot beca completely restored. It was great to be able to walk on two whole feet again.
According to Lord Corinth, I need to go on frequent walks in order to get used to my newly re-grown foot. It certainly did feel quite stiff. It would pose a problem when we resu travelling.
I took a walk along the riverside with Lord Corinth. After we spent a while walking along, Lord Corinth asked sothing.
Hey Cleria, can you do other stuff apart from the thing you used to light up the bonfire last ti?
The way he said it was a little strange, but I understood what he ant. He seems to be asking if I could use spells other than Fire.
I guess he wanted to confirm what magic spells I could use. Of course Id gladly oblige. I didnt want Lord Corinth to think I couldnt cast other spells apart from Fire after all.
Let cast a Fireball then. I successfully cast it after fifteen seconds or so. It was a relatively fast casting ti. Lord Corinth seed surprised.
I want to show him even more magic spells, so I cast Fla Arrow next. I took thirty seconds to cast it, which was my best ti thus far. I hope I managed to impress Lord Corinth with it.
I casted Firewall as well, but I couldnt maintain it for long. Lord Corinth also seed surprised by the Firewall spell. I told him these were all the fire system spells I knew. He then asked if I could cast any other types of magic.
I showed him water magic. Lord Corinth seed the most surprised and impressed when I cast a Water spell. How embarrassing. A lot of people could cast a basic Water spell after all, and I think casting it didnt warrant such a reaction.
After that, Lord Corinth asked if the water I produced was drinkable. How strange. Even little children knew of the fact that water produced by spells was drinkable. I answered yes to him of course.
Maybe Lord Corinth wasnt really all that familiar with magic?
Um, can you also use magic Alan?
Im still not used to calling him by his first na. It really made feel utterly embarrassed.
He answered with actions instead of words. He held his hand up towards the river.
So fast! He didnt even take ten seconds to cast a Fireball. And he didnt even utter a spell word.
Ive once heard that extrely talented individuals can actually cast magic spells without using words and with their eyes open.
He paused in thought for a while, and when he brought his hand up again, he cast three simultaneous fireballs!
What did he just do!? Considering the process of magic activation, sothing like simultaneous casting was supposed to be impossible!
While I was stunned to silence, Lord Corinth held his hand up again. He soon released another Fireball. How fast!
The fireball exploded when it hit the river water! After a loud bang, the water gushed up and splashed down towards Lord Corinth and , utterly soaking us.
Lord Corinth displayed a guilty expression and wryly grinned.
Was that perhaps the legendary Explosion spell!? Ive only ever heard of it being ntioned and have not witnessed the real thing until now.
This was the ability of one favoured by God! Such power!
I beca frozen stiff from shock for a few monts.
Looks like Lord Corinths magic display was over, and he turned to go back to the base. I ran after Lord Corinth in a fluster, wanting to ask him about that last fire spell. However, Lord Corinth simply dodged my inquiries with half-hearted replies.
***
After we got back near the vicinity of the base, I asked Cleria to explain the concept of magic in more detail. There were a total of five magic systems fire magic, water magic, wind magic, earth magic and light magic. But apparently, Cleria couldnt use any wind, earth or light magic spells.
I wonder why? Does it depend on talent or sothing? Earlier, I just ford an image and managed to successfully execute so spells. Should I be considered as soone who has so talent for this stuff then? Looks like I had plenty to look into in the future.
We promptly plopped down outside the base. Theres still so more ti before dinner. Cleria seed to want to practice magic, but I asked her to continue with her foot rehab exercises near so I can observe her progress instead. She seed to hesitate for a bit, but eventually relented and started walking back and forth about five ters in front of . Oh well. Guess that works too.
(Have you managed to discover any new info?)
[A lot, actually. First, about the mystery energy signature. It holds so similarities with the energy readings recorded on planet Salza 2 of the Elider System, but it isnt exactly the sa.]
Well, discovering exactly similar energy forms on two different planets countless light-years away from each other seed more farfetched actually.
[We used the sensor settings that were employed during the Salza 2 survey mission earlier. As a result, we were able to obtain a detailed comparison. According to the data, the energy density in our current environnt is 1000 tis higher than the readings recorded on Salza 2.]
Whats with that scale!? 1000 tis was quite an impressive number.
[We shall project a simulated image for your convenience.]
After a few monts, my surroundings suddenly changed in appearance. I saw a vast, dark space with countless tiny motes of light floating around.
Whoah! How beautiful. My body outline also had a large number of sparkling lights within it. They sohow resembled a field of stars out in space. The area around my chest was shining brightly, akin to a nebula, and was very dazzling.
So these motes of light represent that mysterious energy form huh? How amazing.
(Just how could humans make use of this type of energy?)
[These energy nodes seem to attract each other and have a tendency to move towards a point of higher density. They seem to gather easily on the central part of a humans chest area in particular.]
Well, now that I got a better look at them, the light particles near seem to be gradually gathering towards at a gradual rate. They were heading towards the dense mass of energy in the center of my chest. So the energy outside gradually accumulates inside ones body automatically huh. So this energy is the source of magic?
(By the way, it feels quite la to keep calling it energy. Lets rena it to sothing cooler-sounding.)
[What do you think of Magicles then? Short for magic particles.]
I see. Seems simple enough. Lets go with that then. So it seems even if I consu a certain amount of magicles, my reserves would be automatically replenished.
(What happens when we manage to fully use up the magicle reserves inside the body?)
I didnt plan to use up a lot in one go, but the replenishnt rate seed really slow so running out may be a possibility.
[Unknown.]
Looks like I have to ask an expert in the field. I turned towards Cleria and saw her chest also shining like a bright nebula.
(Terminate simulated image.)
Cleria seed happy that I called out to her and cheerfully approached .
Cleria, how many tis can you cast Fireball continuously? I imdiately inquired.
Her answer was about more than twenty but less than thirty. The number was unexpectedly little.
What happens when you try to cast more than thirty?
Shed faint, apparently. In other words, shell lose consciousness. Its great that theres no danger of death though.
How long would it take for you to recover?
Shed recover and would regain her ability to cast spells after about a days worth of rest, apparently.
Cleria then went back to shuffling back and forth. But this ti, she stayed two ters behind . It was a bit distracting, to be honest. But I might have so questions for her again, so this works out fine.
(Whats the exact relationship between the magicles and the human body?)
Why would one lose consciousness from magicle depletion?
[Unknown.]
Yep, guess you also have no idea huh.
To summarize what Ive managed to learn so far; the human body has the capability to attract magicles in the atmosphere for so reason, and utilizing these magicles allows people to cast magic spells. Once depleted, a days rest would allow one to replenish the lost magicles in order to keep casting spells.
I didnt know the exact reason why, but it seems Ive beco capable of utilizing these magicles to cast magic as well.
(What exactly are these magicles? How can they transform from pure energy to elents like fire and water?)
This change didnt make any sense, scientifically speaking. Basing on the laws of physics, sothing like energy turning into water was nothing short of impossible.
[Reason unknown. Insufficient data.]
Guess thats an expected answer. Im looking forward to researching this stuff even more now
Next Ill have to get used to using magic as one of my ans of combat. One cant fully make use of an unfamiliar weapon after all.
(Please load up so magicle charges.)
[READY x3] popped up on the corner of a virtual window.
I released a fireball towards the shore on the other side of the river.
The fireball flew parallel to the water surface for about thirty ters, but then suddenly stalled and dropped straight down. All in all, it reached to about forty ters. The fla plopped into the water and fizzled out soon after.
So this spells effective range is about thirty ters.
Next, lets test its overall power. I looked around and found a piece of driftwood nearby. I approached it until I was about twenty ters away and launched a fireball at it.
The fireball flew out and hit the driftwood. The magic induced fla clung onto the driftwood like regular fire. Itll eventually go out after so ti if you left it alone, but you would most likely suffer so burns if you ate one of these things head-on.
Right then. Lets try practicing so water magic for a change. I imagined water being released from the palm of my hand.
Water!
Water strongly gushed out from my palm. The fire clinging onto the driftwood was extinguished after less than ten seconds. This magics really convenient. It looked a bit different from what Cleria showed earlier, but it should be fine.
Oh yeah, I forgot to confirm an important point.
(Just how many fireballs am I able to cast?)
[Approximately 38 shots more.]
Cleria said she could fire off more than twenty but less than thirty. I had nearly double that amount. Was sothing different between Cleria and ?
I then decided to see what happens if I nearly deplete my magicle reserves. Oh, and one other thing
(Is it possible to re-convert a stored magicle charge into its base form?)
The [READY] indicator displayed on the virtual window disappeared.
[Its possible. However, weve recorded a 5% energy loss after re-converting.]
Hm. Another point to research on. But I guess 5% is within the acceptable range.
(Load thirty five charges for now.)
The number next to the [READY] icon increased to thirty-five.
Hm. That feels a bit weird. I cant describe it well, but its sort of like having a slight fever, but restricted to the chest area.
Lets try launching five in succession first. I pointed my open palm towards the river. I imagined the fireballs rapid firing out one after the other.
Five continuous fireball shots! They flew into the river consecutively.
They seed much faster compared to the three shots I made earlier today. Well, I cant really imagine a situation where Id be required to fire off fireballs at this speed consecutively, so this experint seed a bit pointless.
Hm. Now that I think about it, was it really necessary to hold out ones hand during the casting process. I ended up doing so because its the way Cleria did it, but I dont really think such an action was really necessary, depending on the type of image in your mind.
I have these things called the aiming and multi-lock system which are deployed on a virtual Nanom-projected window, and I think using these would be more efficient.
Lets try it then. There were so huge stones near the river shallows in the distance. I had aid at one using the virtual HUD display.
I imagined a fireball appearing twenty ters away from my body while I kept my hands down.
Fireball, launch!
Oh! Looks like it went well! I was more familiar with this thod after all. Ive drilled on this type of maneuver thousands of tis in the past. Ill go with this style from now on.
I locked on to all four of the large stones on the river shallows. Fireball, four shots! Each fireball hit its intended target. Great!
When I was casting stuff while holding out my arm, I always used the direction I was pointing towards as the basis for aiming. But if I use the aiming system instead, the fireballs would hit the intended targets without trying to direct their aim myself. It was pretty convenient.
Oh yeah. Lets try it with the Fla Arrow spell Cleria showed earlier.
In order to determine their maximum range I moved to about fifty ters away from the huge rocks and cast the spell from there. Three arrows of fla materialized and shot out with speeds comparable to those of real arrows.
Fla Arrows, launch!
Three flaming arrows appeared about one ter away from my body and shot towards the targets. They seed to dip downward a little before hitting the targets.
Okay, so their range is a bit shorter than fifty ters then. But they were better compared to fireballs. They were faster and had longer range.
I looked at the virtual HUD and saw [READY x20] on the corner. So one arrow costs five fireballs huh? Well, considering their improved effectiveness, I guess thats reasonable.
When I thought about how I should use the remaining twenty charges, I suddenly caught a black shadow approaching from downstream. It was flying.
I zood in on the figure. Thats a Blackbird! It was sothing I sought out for the past few days to no avail. Because Cleria didnt know its na, I just decided to call it Blackbird. Its quite delicious, but also quite rare. Ive only ever hunted two of these buggers. How the heck does it even fly with that sort of rolly-poly figure?
It was still about 400 ters away and was flying towards this direction. But if it notices , I bet itd run away at once. Can I shoot it down with magic?
My maximum range was a bit short of fifty ters. Ill bring it down with four consecutive Fla Arrow spells; with a total of twelve arrows.
I looked towards Cleria and saw her spacing out again. This girl does that from ti to ti. Is she okay?
She then squatted down and pointed her hand towards the Blackbird in the distance.
I told Cleria Id attack it with Fla Arrow spells. She closed her eyes and started visualizing after she heard my intention.
Hm? So she intends to help out? I intended to bring it down myself, but the helps welco nonetheless.
Its already close to 200 ters from us. When would it notice our presence? Hundred and fifty One hundred Seventy-five Fifty It finally noticed us!
The Blackbird reversed its course back to the forest in a fluster. I imdiately launched a barrage of two Fla Arrow spells.
I fired off a volley to cut off its path of retreat. The Blackbird frantically flapped its wings to evade and changed its course once again.
The timing was perfect, but Cleria was still visualizing her spell. I fired off another barrage to block it.
Finally, Cleria opened her eyes and fired off her own Fla Arrow spell.
The aim was spot-on. The Blackbirds escape routes were sealed by my continuous Fla Arrow barrage and Clerias spell sealed the deal. One arrow struck the pudgy fowl dead-on.
The Blackbird got severely injured and fell down.
Cleria was delighted. She kept jumping up and down in elation and spoke excitedly. I only managed to understand half of what she was saying, but it seems it was the first ti she brought sothing like that down with magic.
When I attempted to stand up, I suddenly felt a bout of dizziness overco . I see. So this is the effect of magicle exhaustion. I didnt want to faint, so Im not going to use any more magic today.
I walked towards the spot where the Blackbird fell, and found it writhing weakly. I quickly cut its neck and drained its blood.
Cleria kept dithering excitedly as she watched work. It seems she just cant contain her happiness. Just as well. I only managed to hunt one rabbit today anyway. Considering Clerias huge appetite, it was quite lacking.
Its already near evening, so lets go ahead and have so dinner.
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