The Mage Will Master Magic Efficiently In His Second Life Chapter 59

Pitter patter, the sound of water droplets falling on to my cheeks.

TsuCrap, my head is still spinning. When I tried to forcefully open up my eyelids, the thing I saw in front of was a skeleton which had already begun to rot. It seems like the years had already taken its toll on the skeleton as so of its parts had already begun to crumble.

..Milly?

I was supposed to be carrying Milly firmly within my arms, but right now she was nowhere to be seen. There was no one who answered my murmurs, and the vicinity remains very quiet. I suddenly rembered the figure of the black shadow that appeared before just before I lost consciousness. Although I cant be certain just from seeing its shadow, but that was most likely a Mist Race.

Dont tell she went and fought it by herself..? My blood went cold imagining the worst possible scenario and I got off my feet at once and began searching for Milly.

Milly! Where are you?! Milly!

I crushed the skeleton under my foot, and called out Millys na, but all I got back in return was the echo of my voice. I cant stop worrying about her

Whenever I walked I would step on another skeleton and break it. However, there is no room for to think about that. More importantly, there is a random building thats blocking my view. Everywhere I looked it was dark, and the field of vision is not good either. The building was also worn-out there was also plenty of small shacks, it would seem that this area was previously the slums of the city.

Mi..

As I tried to raise my voice again, I noticed a presence was coming to approach at the front. *knack, clack* the footsteps of a person was coming closer. The other party seems to have noticed my presence and they stopped walking as well.

Is this the important thing you are looking for?

What stood in front of was actually Seruberie holding on to Milly. Milly seems to be unconscious as her arms and feet were dangling and there isnt any sign of movents.

Seruberie!

This girl is considerably tired. Although I have already given her so light treatnt, it would be better if she could rest firmly

Seruberie passes Milly along to , and I hug her closely with all my might. Millys face was a little blue, she was sweating bullets, and even her breathing was uneven. Did she get a fever because she overworked herself? Her temperature also seems to be rising quite a bit.

You shouldnt bring girls along to play in such a dangerous place, you know?

Seruberie was giving an earnest look and I could do nothing to rebut such a statent. Although she always had such an energetic face, should I have treated Milly..like a small kid that I needed to worry about?

You should be thankful to this girl you know? Whilst you were unconscious, she was fighting all the evil spirits in order to protect you, for a long period of ti

Milly.

Before I passed out, I saw the shadow of a Mist Race, it seems that Milly was the one who protected from it. When I looked closely, I could see that Millys clothes were in tatters, there are a lot of places torn, I can perceive that she has been in an intense fight.

A magician usually fights sothing after taking their distance, so if they had to protect sothing whilst fighting, they would be really disadvantaged.

Well then, allow to take my leave. From the fact that you are here, I wont treat you like so kind of kid, but do take care of yourself

Please wait! Seruberie!

She turned around to look behind her as I called out to her.

That is.Im really thankful. If Seruberie didnt co here, then perhaps both Milly and I would have already died. I really want to convey my gratitude

..This is one of the lairs that I hunt in. If you were to die here, it would be troubling for . So I only did it for myself, you dont have to worry about it

..Even so, thank you

I bowed my head and took Seruberies hand to convey my appreciation, but when I did so, perhaps it was unexpected but, she seems to have a really surprised expression on her face. And then, she placed her hand on top of my head as she looked at with really gentle eyes and said.

Zeph, dont ever let go of the things that are important to you. By the ti that youve lost them, no matter what you try to do, it will be too late by then, alright?

*Scrub scrub*, Seruberie was patting my head a little violently. Oh yeah, if I think back, there was this one ti that when I was really down in the past and she would try to comfort like this. Having rembered such a nostalgic scene, my eyes started to beco really hot.

.I know

I repressed the overflowing tears that were seemingly about to flow out as I answered Seruberie, after that she gave a smile and flew over to teleport into the distance.

Nn

Milly who I was holding, let out a small groan. I feel like her face is becoming even paler than it was before.

This fever is really bad

When I think about it, Milly who was still a child, followed my hard lifestyle every single day. Even if she were to show signs of fatigue, it wasnt weird in the slightest.. But it seems like she was putting up a strong front to everyone.

(It will be too late after you lost the thing most important to you)

Recalling Seruberies words, I made an effort to embrace Milly a little more.

For now, I need to warm up her body..

I broke the door of one of the buildings to collect wood, started a fire using my magic, and after taking off my coat and laying in on the ground, I tried to put Milly down, however it was useless. Millys face was still really pale, besides her clothes were also full of sweat. I took off all our clothes and placed them on top of her, I also increased the size of the fire, and checked to make sure no unwanted presence was approaching.

Milly! Get a hold of yourself! Milly!

.uuZeph..

When I held Milly hands, she responded by calling out my na whilst trembling. *clatter clatter* There was no color of blood in her complexion and her breathing was as thin as a bug. If it continues on like this thenDamn it! Although its a little embarrassing but, if this will save Millys life then I will do it! Steeling myself, I cling very closely to Milly who was lying on the floor, as I embraced her sharing as much bodily warmth as I could.

Her body was ghastly cold almost like it was a corpse, and when I grabbed on to her hand, she could only weakly return the grasp.

.Dont die, Milly..!

And all night long I continued to cast healing as I held her in my arms.

Before I knew it, I was running out of my magic reserves and as dawn approached I started to doze off.

The next morning

Nn..Uoh!?

When I opened my eyes, Milly peaceful sleeping face was right in front of so I got shocked and raised my voice. Even though she look emancipated yesterday, right now her condition has stabilized and her face had a slight tinge of red to it, she had a tranquil sleeping face.

..Thank god

I cald myself down but when I rembered the fact that I was holding on to Millys soft hands, my heart throbbed.

Although I had the urge to wash my face and clean up, Milly would not let go of my hand, so I couldnt really move. When I thought about it carefully, if Milly woke up and saw this situation, wouldnt this be really bad for ? I wanted to shake off Milly hand, but if I tried to go all out and shake it with a lot of force, I was afraid that she would wake up, so I couldnt really do that either.

Crap..I should at least put so clothes back on.

Just when I was about to take my clothes which were on top of her, her eyelids started to flutter as they began to lightly open. She looked straight at for a couple of seconds then she closed her eyes, and then after a while she opened them and looked at again. Watching the series of events happen, my mind just completely froze and my body also tensed up. Switching her glances between my naked body and also at her own barely covered up body, her face began to redden and.she shouted

KyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was trying to justify what was happening, and Milly started to hit my chest with her small hands, as she cried out saying gibberish words.

Calm down! Im telling you I didnt do anything suspicious to you! Milly! OOi! Dont start casting magic! Stop!

In the end she settled down after about 30 minutes. And although she settled down, she could not look in the eyes as she turned her gaze away every ti our eyes t.

Umm, Milly. Ive said this many tis, but.

..I know. Im not really..angry anymore. besides its just that I dont know how to face you right now

To be honest, I was also at a loss as to how I should act in front of Milly. Scratching my head we were both speechless, and an awkward silence filled the room.

Zeph

..What is it?

That is.Can we keep this a secret from the others?

AhOf course we arent going to tell them you baka!

..Then, I will forgive you

Whilst saying such a thing, Milly turned her face only half way towards as she laughed with a red face.