Episode 6.13-14-15-16
Silence ruled the room for a while once Shira was done talking about her past.
Eventually Lecan opens his mouth.
"One thing bugs ."
"Which one?"
"If you were put under the immortal ceremony years after you beca the king's mistress, your current form now looks too young."
"Ah, that huh. Actually I don't really get it myself. My body just got younger little by little."
"Since when"
"I think it started after I cast on myself."
"So the effect of didn't disappear after you got turned into an immortal."
" lifts up your body to its optimal condition. While the immortal ceremony rejects deteriorations of body. Even though their elents are completely opposite, they work similarly. Thus, clashing both in a certain way results in one denying the other. However, clashing them in another way results in them amplifying one another. In the first place, has a slight rejuvenation effect. Perhaps that effect has been permanently affixed."
"Wouldn't you keep getting younger forever then."
"Oh the rejuvenation did continue. Slowly. You might think that you just age slower if you only get a year younger in ten year ti, but when you got 10 year younger in 100 years, anyone would notice."
"Hence your current age after 300 years huh."
"That's not it. The rejuvenation stopped after a certain point. I think it's at about 18 year old. I suspect it's because that's the age where your body is at its most pri, you see."
Lecan closed his mouth after hearing everything he wanted to hear. Shira also stopped talking further. The two kept their silence for a while.
"So."
Suddenly, Shira spoke.
"What do you, plan to do about ."
"Nothing."
"Nothing eh."
"Yea."
Lecan feared Shira because she was not a human and possessed enormous mana. But after knowing her better, he felt that she was mainly leading a life of dicine making. There are better ways to get rich if that was her goal. Since the dicine she makes saves lives, what Shira is doing is beneficial to humans.
On top of that, he got to know her personal history. Lecan was relieved with what he learned.
Of course, that doesn't an that he has lost his fear of Shira. Surely, there are tis when Shira gets mad. There may even co tis where she would consider destroying this country.
However, that's no different from a natural disaster. When a volcano erupts, many people lose their lives, however people also live with the blessing from that volcano until then.
If he sees a sign of Shira erupting soon, he will simply leave this country. In that sense, observing her from up close is the best course of action.
"Then, Lecan. We're taking a break tomorrow. Don't forget to practice on
The next day, Lecan was ordered to cut off a section of the herbs growing in Shira's garden when he got to her house.
Those herbs' branches would clear away other plants' leaves if they grew too big.
Lecan was surprised to hear the nas of those plants and their general effects.
The plants he was asked to cut were all poisonous.
"Poisons are often used in making dicine as well, you see. The plants you cut today are all plants that can only be used in poison making though."
The dicine making was already done by noon of that day.
Once his work was over, Lecan started training in that day.
Yet, he couldn't comprehend the sense no matter how much she taught him.
"Uun. By so chance, maybe you don't have the aptitude for mind magic. Well, you've already learned three types, Perception, Space and Light Heat after all. Ah right, you used a curious magic when you climbed up my wall's stakes that ti, didn't you."
She's talking about . He never thought that she saw him doing it.
"Try using that."
"Wind!"
Lecan produced in front of Shira.
"Once again."
"Wind!"
"Hmm. No mistake about it. That one's Creation type."
"What? But it's just making wind blow."
"Wind is composed of materials to a degree, you see. What you did just now was not making wind that's already there move, but producing a lump of wind out of nothing. No mistaking it. It's a Creation type magic. Now I'm sure you can learn as well."
Afterward, Lecan continued to train in but it didn't seem like he would cast it at all.
Soone jumped down the wall when Lecan was about to go ho.
"I'm back!"
It's Eda.
She's probably on her way back from work, she's full of energy as well today.
"Oh my, welco back."
"Bururu, ruru."
"...."
Shira and Jericho greeted her back, but Lecan kept his silence.
"This fruit is for Jericho. And this sachet is for Shira-san ssu. And this jerky here's for Lecan."
"My my, thank you."
"Uho, uho, uho."
"...."
Even Lecan couldn't keep being unresponsive at this, he bowed his head to show his appreciations.
"Well then! Seems like I ca at the right ti. ntor Lecan, teach magic please."
"Right ti it's not. I'm about to head back."
"Eeeh? Oh co on, just for a bit please."
In the end, with Shira's arbitration, Lecan was to watch Eda casting .
Cast ti was quick, size and adjustnt were good. She could even cast it about five step away.
"You're good."
"Hehehe. You think so?"
"Where'd you train."
"Eh?"
"There's no way you could get this good without practicing. You must have done it sowhere."
"No err... I an uh..."
"Speak."
"Well, you see, I went out the town for a quest, right. So I thought, it should be fine outside. But it's alright. I practiced secretly without anyone's witnessing."
The people who were with her were probably aware of it, Lecan thought.
"Oh it's fine it's fine. All magicians can use , it's handy after all. I was planning to give the permission to use it in public once you've mastered it anyway. But, Eda-chan. There are so magic that will make your life like hell if people know you can use those magic. From here on, you absolutely must no use any magic I haven't given you permission to outside this house, okay."
"A...Al...I understand."
"Lecan. Teach Eda-chan how to cast ."
Lecan showed her a sample, and explained the knack to cast it.
"A-alright, I gotcha. I'm gonna do it. !"
Dry leaves were on fire on her first try.
"I-I did it. I did it!"
Lecan ended up having to keep Eda's company while she was training.
There were tis where the leaves did and did not burn even after she chanted the spell.
The poison making was proceeding well.
Eda's was getting better.
However, Lecan wasn't able to cast even once.
"Uun. Yep, it's hopeless. You've got no aptitude for it. It's a good idea to learn even one mind magic spell since it builds resistance against mind magic though, too bad."
Unfortunately, it seems like Lecan cannot learn mind magic. However, Lecan has a ring that resists abnormal status. Moreover, it's an item from his forr world so the people in this world can't appraise it. He can wear it on him without reserve.
Since Lecan had to look after Eda's training in evening, he had to train himself during noon break. As such, Eda has no idea that Lecan has hit a road block in his magic training.
The day after he was proclaid to have no aptitude for mind magic, Lecan was taught .
His targets were so kind of fur hung on the wall stakes.
"Fire magic's got quite a firepower, see. But it should be fine with Fla Arrows no matter how many you shoot. Just don't take the fur off the wall, you hear ."
Lecan seems to have a good compatibility with this magic, he succeeded creating a flaming arrow as big and fast as he wanted in the first try.
"Alright, good going there. Don't raise its attack power now. This magic is rely a checkpoint. Let's get to the next one."
Evening of this day, Eda started training in . Since Lecan had progressed to and already, teaching was a simple matter for him.
They were done with the poison-making by the ninth day. So of the products needed a long ti to complete though, hence they were stored in basent's shelves.
"Now then, co here again tomorrow. By the way, how many Green Potions do you have."
"Think about 14."
"Alright, that's enough. Hold back from drinking liquor tonight."
Eda wasn't able to learn this day either.
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