Chapter 119: Front, Bam
By the ti I woke up from my nap, Otou-sama had co to pick us up, and it was ti to go ho.
“I onwy goth tho pway a withthwe bith!” (I only got to play a little bit!) I got angry, and Nico looked at pitifully.
“Lei, quickly grow up. We could have played if you didn’t nap. Climbing trees is fun.”
What?! I looked at Nico, Nii-sama and Gill as if I couldn’t believe them. Nii-sama and Gill averted their eyes awkwardly.
“Cwimbing threesh! Onwy Nico!”
“You can’t climb trees anyways.”
“I can! I can!”
Hasn’t it been decided that I can climb? I can climb on the heads of Rug Dragons.
“Argh, I’m going ho!”
Starting tomorrow is the weekend, so I’ll climb trees with Nii-sama at ho. Nico spoke to while I was still angry, “Lei.”
Argh. Don’t call such a lonely voice.
“See you thomorrow, I an, nexth weew.”
“Yeah! See you next week.”
I found myself in Otou-sama’s arms and waved at the smiling Nico. We can’t end the day with a quarrel. Isn’t it sad to recall an angry or sad face after separating?
“Tree cwimbing. Tree cwimbing,” I sang, and Otou-sama, Nii-sama and Natalie watched in amusent. Gill went ho in his own carriage, and he looked bored.
“Gill and I won’t co for a week even if you’re looking forward to it.”
“Nii-syama, thomorrow!”
I never thought about climbing trees until now, and I didn’t see any trees with branches at ho, but it’s vast, so there should be a tree I could climb.
“But, isn’t that dangerous for you, Lei?”
“Luke.”
Otou-sama shook his head at Nii-sama.
“It’s better that she climbs trees where we can see her instead of climbing on the heads of the Rug Dragons when we’re not looking.”
“Huh? Did Lei do that?”
“Uh-.”
I looked out the carriage. Nii-sama sighed in amazent and warned , “Make sure soone can see you when you practice climbing trees.” This ans okay.
“Ai!”
That’s a good answer for . But, it’s a secret that Hans couldn’t prevent from climbing the Rug Dragons even when he was watching .
Then, we happily went ho, had a fun dinner, and later gathered in Otou-sama’s room.
“We managed to suppress His Highness’s recklessness.”
“Yes. I carelessly said that I could do it.”
Otou-sama and Nii-sama reflected.
“But, I was shocked when he asked why the Hollows resonated with us.”
“Did he say sothing like that?”
Otou-sama, you’re ntioning him in a disrespectful way.
“I think it’s good that we can connect the resonation of Hollows with projecting our magic out of our bodies. It’s not just us, the hunters in Frontier also understand this with their bodies, and Lei learnt it when she was in Frontier.”
“But, they didn’t think their magic would resonate with other people. Why would they need to do sothing like that in the first place?”
“You’re right. But, Otou-sama...”
“What?”
Nii-sama stared at Otou-sama.
“Lei and I noticed it straight away. Our magic has resonated with each other’s before, hasn’t it?”
“... At the barrier?”
“Yes.”
I also nodded.
“Then, does this an that Hollows are expanding barriers out of their bodies?”
“But then, why would they need to?”
“Hmm.”
It’s a difficult question.
“Howwowsh beco magic shthonesh.”
“That’s right.”
“We beco magic shthonesh?”
“We won’t. That’s impossible.”
Nii-sama answered my question, then muttered, “People with magic don’t change into magic stones, but Hollows change into magic stones no matter how weak the person they absorb is. Why is that?”
“They don’t have a body, but perhaps their magic is incredible.”
“That’s why they naturally dispel that magic out of their bodies, and it resonates with our bodies...”
“Then why don’th you thry expewwing a woth of magic?” (Then why don’t you try expelling a lot of magic?)
Otou-sama and Nii-sama looked at .
“Magic thhath ishn’th changed intho a barrier.”
“Are you saying we should try expelling pure magic out of our bodies?”
“Ai.”
If you do that, then you may be able to interfere with other people’s magic a little.
We fell silent. We were each thinking about different things. But, when we looked at each other again, the words that ca out of Otou-sama’s mouth were, “Shall we try it?” If Linus were here, he might have stopped us by saying, “That’s why the Albans are...” But, each of us was an Albans.
“We won’t know until we try it.”
“Ai.
It was decided that we would try.
“Lei can mawe a barrier. Lei wiww thry.”
“Hmm. I thought you or Luke would be the one who projects your magic out. Then, Otou-sama will receive the magic.”
“Otou-sama...”
“The receiver is probably the one in the most danger. Adults should do it.”
Nii-sama looked like he wanted to do it, but Otou-sama stopped him.
I faced Otou-sama on the bed, and sat as close to him as I could.
“No change intho barrier. Tawe outh jushth ash ith ish.”
Instead of expanding it into a circle around , I sent it straight at Otou-sama.
“Here goesh.”
“Hmm.”
Magic ford in front of , then bam.
“Gah, bah.”
Otou-sama slowly fell back.
“Otou-sama!”
“Otou-syama!”
We clung to Otou-sama.
“I, I’m fine,” Otou-sama managed to reply weakly, then gently hugged the two of us.
“Otou-syama... Sowwy...”
I’m glad. I’m really glad. I was on the verge of tears.
“Lei and Luke, this is bad. We’ve realised sothing unthinkable.”
“What the hell happened?! I could see the magic, but what happened!? Why did you fall all of a sudden?!”
Nii-sama yelled at Otou-sama.
“Wait a minute. Calm down a bit, oh, don’t cry you two. Otou-sama’s fine.”
I ended up crying because Nii-sama was yelling, and Nii-sama also ended up crying from shock. By the ti we were tired from crying and quietened down, Otou-sama had managed to recover.
“Then, the conclusion is...” Otou-sama started talking after he sat back up. Nii-sama and I continued to cling to Otou-sama.
“Well, before that, I want to ask what happened to the magic from the outside.”
“I saw it,” Nii-sama whispered. What did you see?
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