Chapter 3
I want to, but I really don’t know how to do it.
“Well, I already received it afterall. First should be [a.n.a.lysis] magic… yea”
In the mean time, I’m gonna extend my hand, and pose as if I’m casting.
I’d blush if someone saw me.
I’m alone so I don’t have to worry about it, but it’s still a bit shameful.
Even if it’s embarra.s.sing, it can’t be helped right? I inhaled deeply and focused my attention, getting fired up.
Magic, come forth!
I somehow thought along those lines, then my body glowed a faint blue.
I was caught off guard by what I can do.
Ooh! So I can use magic by just thinking about it?!
It’s great that it’s unexpectedly easy.
Instead of something disappearing inside me, bizarre patterns of strange characters circled in the air.
This seems to be magic after all.
It remained stationary while continuing to glimmer.
Before this fantastic display of magic, I stood gaping and slightly frightened.
It’s not the right time to s.p.a.ce out.
“G-good! Go! [a.n.a.lyse]!”
Once I spoke my part, the magic enlarged and flared, it activated and disappeared.
Did it fail?
I was momentarily concerned but that wasn’t the case.
It properly appeared, after a slight delay, a three dimensional image pops in front of me.
My chest suddenly feels like it’s pounding.
Full disclosure, I feel quite touched with this first casting.
The table reflects a game-like parameter……. it really looks like it.
My secretly smiling face is projected on the screen, there I got some peace of mind.
“Too easy! …..let’s see, let’s see HP 10? How low! Just how low is my physical strength…… oh well, I really can’t compare to know if it’s low or high. My MP is……. the thing that’s called Mana right?”
Let’s check out my MP.
It’s just that the numbers on the screen don’t make sense.
“Wha-? 8,001,000?”
I’ll rub my eyes and check again.
…..just hold on a moment.
The normal is ‘1’ right?
Also, this 1000 was something that I received….. so originally, it’s still astronomically high?
Surely the digits aren’t right.
Before I knew it, I broke out in cold sweat.
Perhaps…… I’m some sort of magical monster, that kind of level?
Additionally, the magic earlier.
“Ah uu w-wa-wait, old man…. this is different from what we talked about, right?”
I blankly remember the face of the absent old man.
That terrible smiling face, and the uselessly white teeth.
“Dou~ ourya!”
I punched the screen hard and the [a.n.a.lysis] magic was cut off.
Didn’t really need to do it, it just felt good.
I used the back of my hand to wipe the sweat off my brow.
Fu~u. Now, what do I do next?
“Argh…. whatever! Even if I get mad, it’s not like it’s gonna change anything!
There’s no use thinking too much about it either.
As they say ‘better too big than too small’, I’ve decided that I won’t be bothered by it.
“Alright! Let’s try something else!”
Let’s see, which magic could be safe? Since I know how to use it, it’s time to practice.
Anyway it’s always good to try what I can do first.
Even though what I really reeaaally want to do right now is to complain to that old dude…. ah well.
In the mean time, how about trying out that supposedly incredible magic.
“[Magic Creation]! c.h.i.n.karahoi!” (T/N: Think “Abracadabra”)
I know nothing about spells, so I said something that might be suitable.
Is it really appropriate though, Magic?
That said, there aren’t any special effects this time around.
If someone could observe, they probably won’t see anything different.
But magic is still magic. It can’t be compared to what I did earlier – complex magic is within me and it has been activated, I feel fear.
Nothing is strange on the outside, it’s happening inside.
This is only my perception but, I feel something engraved deep inside of me and it’s connected somewhere.
A few moments later, I feel strongly connected to something larger than life.
I can’t say what it is.
It’s just incredibly huge, yet I don’t know what it represents, it seems to be somewhere I know, a thought-s.p.a.ce that I can’t fully grasp.
I wonder if it’s something of this world?
It’s the paradox of understanding yet not knowing how you understand. I feel it desperately.
However, what I said first isn’t an expression of surprise or anything.
“…….why is it like this”
I’ve turned into a caricature.
No well, this isn’t the antic.i.p.ated exhilaration.
Even I wanted to say “Such a thing…..!” or “Is it alright for humans to use this power……!”
But it’s really underwhelming.
In front of me is the all too-familiar sight from my computer screen, the great Search Engine.
I don’t know what it’s playing at, but I’m really not joking around.
What is this? Google?!
This somehow ruins the feeling of immersion.
Even from a while ago, it was like the parameters of a game, now it’s a PC screen – this doesn’t look like magic at all.
Closing my eyes, I can see a flashing bar in the middle of the screen.
Apparently, I can input search keywords here.
“…..this can really be aptly called an imaginative process.”
Or maybe it’s language centered.
When I think of an appropriate word, it just spontaneously taken and searched.
When the search is completed, different types of magic is displayed.
If you enter a word, it seems that some sort of grand mechanism would display related items on a list.
This is really the internet isn’t it; sincerely, thank you so much.
Depending on the searched words, the immensity of what I can do is different.
If it’s like this, I should’ve studied ‘Language’ more seriously.
“Now what should I do….. my motivation somehow evaporated already”
Motivation is lowered, and my previous conceptions disappeared.
In that state, I suddenly thought of something stupid.
It should be impossible.
Or so I thought, I only jokingly thought about it in a very half-a.s.sed way, it’s not like I’ll lose anything………eh? Somehow it’s possible?
Of course it’s something I shouldn’t do…….. yet I did it anyway. Right.
Ramblings: sorry to the donor earlier, I didn’t immediately see the note about wanting to be anonymous, anyway, here’s a little chap
……..anyway, there are a lot of reasons for updating again today but this may not always be the case. I’m personally not a fan of cliffhangers, hahaha.