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Once Again to the Fairy Village 3
Year 7444, Month 5, Day 1
The fairy village doesn"t seem to have changed at all since I came at the start of this year. Even though we"re inside of the dungeon there"s light almost like that from the sun coming from the high ceiling and it might just be my imagination but it feels like the temperature is higher than the dungeon as well. It"s a scenery like an illusion of a meadow covered in bushes. I hold back my impatience in order to not scare the fairies and slowly advance towards the center of the pond while circling around it in order to get to the large tree growing in the center.
I lower my bag and first take out the grill. Just like last time the fairies still aren"t paying any attention to me. There are ones who take a break on top of my head and shoulder as well but it"s limited to just feeling like a short break on a rock as they climb on me. I came to the rock I sat on last time.
Now then, I think it"s just before noon now? Just in case I checked the time on my clock magic tool but just as I thought it was about 11 am. I put the clock magic tool in one of my large pockets and take out the stove magic tool from my bag, then places the grill I just took out on that. And, I took out the dried meineiji and lit the fire on the stove.
Several minutes after smoking the dried fish with the fire and a bit of smoke and good smell started to float around the area, I started to notice the fairies gather around me. I wonder if Karl isn"t around?
"Karl, if you"re here respond to me."
After I said that and
"I"ve been up here for a while now."
and I heard a reply from on top of my head. So it was you~ the one crossing their legs on top of my head.
"What the, so you were up there? I brought some fish along, you"re eating it right?"
"Eh!!? Is it fine? I"m happy about that, by the way why do you know my name?"
Th..This guy..He forgot about me.
"What are you saying. I brought the dried meinieji at the start of this year right?"
"Ah, so it was Al huh? Since you"re wearing something like this I couldn"t tell."
Ah, I see. Since I had the hood covered so far down you can"t see much other than my eyes.
"Sorry about that. I"ll take it off now. Just move for a moment."
After confirming that the fairies on my shoulders and head flew off I took off the coat.
I folded my coat up and placed it on the side of the rock and then sat down again.
Karl flew on to my right shoulder.
"I"m amazed you were able to come again. Not to mention, it"s just you again right? Was the {Snake Generator} not moving?"
"Ah, another snake fountain? No, a lot of snakes came out of it. I killed them all."
"Hmn..Then you"re considerably strong. Just like George."
Karl said with admiration.
"Nn, well, I"ve gone through a reasonable number of troubles. I had to teleport from the 1st floor to the 2nd floor over 100 times."
"Eh?"
Karl raised his voice in surprise.
"Hn?"
"Al, could it be you teleported here from the 1st floor? You really put a lot of effort into it. If you don"t have quite a bit of luck then you can"t make it from there. But you know, it would have been much easier to teleport from the 3rd floor."
Hey, wait just a minute, what in the world is that!?
"From the 3rd floor? Eh? There"s a method like that!? You didn"t mention a single word about that last time.."
"I won"t say it. Ah, I see, last time was the first time for Al was it. That is~ I won"t say it either. Mila will get angry at me. Ah, Mila is my older sister. She"s the head of this place. Mila you know, even though she"s already at a good age she does nothing but sleep~ Though I"m sure in another 40-50 years I"ll be doing that as well though. And, Mila"Karl, how do you teleport from the 3rd floor?"
"Al is really impatient right. I think I said it before but if you"re like that then you won"Please teach me."
"Really, it can"t be helped. Since you"ve already come twice it"s fine to tell you but. It"s no good if we don"t ask Mila first."
"Then, try asking her! I"m begging you."
"N~ Didn"t I just say Mila is sleeping? I"ll try asking when she wakes up. Rather than, isn"t it about time to move the fish?"
Yes-yes..This is fine right.
"And, that spell you taught me about last time {Report}..I tried to erase it with {Anti-Magic Field} but it was impossible...Is there anything I can do about it?"
"Eh? An, {Anti-Magic Field} you say!? Ahahaha! Al sure is an idiot~ There"s no way you could do something about {Report} with that. I said it right, unless it"s an existence like a {Demi-G.o.d} they can"t use it. If it was a half-hearted {Anti-Magic Field} there"s no way it could stand up to it I"m sure."
Yeah, I already understand that well. After all it"s unreasonable to try and oppose these {G.o.ds} or {Demi-G.o.ds}. But you know {Report}, I still don"t like it. Every time they look in a portion of my memories gets sealed away, no matter how I think about it, it"s harmful to me.
"Then, what should I do about it? Please teach me."
"There"s several methods to negate spells that are already complete and in the first place negate the spell when it"s cast on you. It"s true that {Anti-Magic Field} is one of those. It"s the basics of the {Abjuration} system after all. Other than that there"s also {Globe of Invulnerability}, {Dispel Magic}, and {Anti-Magic Sh.e.l.l} that you can resist spells with as well.
Well, the only ones that could be effective against the spell {Report} are {Anti-Magic Field} and {Dispel Magic} since they exist on the same level. It"s impossible for {Globe of Invulnerability}. The only one you could probably manage with your power is {Anti-Magic Sh.e.l.l} I"m sure. Do you know {Anti-Magic Sh.e.l.l}?"
No idea.
"Judging off that face it seems you don"t know. Then it"s impossible. It"s not like you"ll die, you"ll just become a bit more forgetful so it"s not all that harmful right? It would be best if you just give up."
Like I"ll let things end like that.
"Karl since you know that {Anti-Magic Sh.e.l.l} can you use it?"
"That"s only obvious right? Something like magic I can"t use..There"s a ton of them. But, if it"s on the level of {Anti-Magic Sh.e.l.l} then I can use it."
"Then, would you please use it on me once?"
"Ah, turn around."
Ah, yes-yes.
"And, what was it again? Getting here from the 3rd floor? Mila is sleeping right"That"s why you can ask that once she wakes up, if you want you can even go wake her up right now. Rather than about the conversation of using {Anti-Magic Sh.e.l.l} on me to crush that {Report}."
"Ah, was that right? It can"t be helped..Ah, wait just a moment. Go a little bit further over there. If I use it like this then the fish will..and I guess that area is fine? I"ll say it for once as well but you don"t have any magic tools or {Magical Weapons} right? If you have any on you those will break as well. It negates all magic after all. But, Al you sure are brave. It would be completely impossible for me. Not being able to use magic for the rest"Wait."
"Really now, what is it, won"t the fish get burnt?"
"I won"t be able to use magic again in my entire life?"
"That"s only obvious, after all {Anti-Magic Shield} negates any magic. There"s some risk but isn"t using Al"s magic skills fine as the catalyst? Since it"s just right that you have all of them."
There"s no way that"d be fine! This winged insect!
"After all let"s stop. Is there no other method?"
"Other than the ones I just said and, there"s none that are realistic. Ah, as long as you have enough mana you can crush the {Report} with {Anti-Magic Field} though. That"s impossible for the most part though~"
"Hey~ I"m begging you, isn"t there some other method to do it?"
"Hmn, since you went to the trouble of bringing fish again, I want to teach you but you know..I"m sure {Dispel Magic} is impossible..Ah, there is one method. But didn"t I tell Al about it last time?"
Did I hear about it?
"Isn"t it fine if you just have the person who cast the spell on you take it off? If it"s that then you can do it right away, and nothing inconvenient at all should happen."
I knew that. I feel like I heard about it last time as well.
"I don"t know who the other person is or where they are either."
"Come to think of it you did say something like that. And, isn"t it about ready?"
Ah, yes-yes. We walked over to the stove and I lifted the meineiji up by it"s tail. Just like last time Karl said "pirururu" to the surrounding fairies and they all swarmed it changing it into just bones. It was really in no time at all.
"Karl, this is meiseiva. It"s a bit large right? It"s delicious."
I pulled a new dried fish out of my bag and said to Karl and
"It"s big right. And there"s a lot of fat floating on the surface. It really looks delicious. Cook it quickly."
"Yeah, wait just a minute. Since it"s large it will take a while longer to cook than the meineiji."
"Yeah that"s fine, since it looks thick I"m sure it"s worth eating as well. Meiseiva was it?"
Karl said while sitting on my lap and observing the dried fish on the stove.
"Yeah, it"s meiseiva. And, returning to the conversation from just now but"
"N~ It"s possible to investigate it using {Detect Magic User} but you know."
"Is that a spell?"
"That"s right. For example if we were to say you have some kind of magic used on you. It"s a magic that let"s you detect who, where, and what they"re doing right now. Though it requires a catalyst of something like a spherical gem that"s as transparent as possible of this size (20 cm or so). Something like a crystal is best. The more transparent it is the better. Also, the bigger it is the better."
Ho~
"And, if you use {Detect Magic User} to specify the user then they will show up in the crystal you use as the catalyst. The other side won"t be able to see you from their side. In that case it"s fine if you just use {Telepathy} to talk to them. Though it might come to negotiating from there.
But the thing you need to be careful about is the size of the gem you use as catalyst. I just said that about this size is fine but with this size they"ll only show up for about 100 seconds or so. I think you might already know but {Telepathy} can only be used if you can currently see the target, so you would need to finish up the conversation during that time."
..I didn"t know. But, it seems like that will become a big clue.
"I see now, then, Karl, I don"t have the gem right now but I"m sure I can prepare one. If I bring it here can you use {Detect Magic User} and {Telepathy} at that time? Since I don"t know either of those spells."
I shifted the meiseiva while saying that.
"Eh? Why? I mean can"t Al use all magic..Waha~ I bet the levels of your magic skills are low right. Then in that case it can"t be helped. It can"t be used unless all of your skills levels are at least at level 7 after all. Or was it 6 for {Telepathy}? Well I guess it"s no good in either case. Since you brought along fish, it"s fine."
Eh? What was that, does that mean even I can use it?
"No, all of mine are level 9? Ah, only fire was still level 8 I guess? {Status Open}..All of them other than fire magic at at the highest level."
Karl was considerably surprised after hearing that and said.
"He~!! That"s amazing. You"re still..16 years old aren"t you! Al sure has some talent with magic. I only reached that cla.s.s with magic when I was past 200 years old. But in that case, you should do it yourself."
"No, that"s why I said, I don"t know how to use {Detect Magic User} or {Telepathy}."
"Ah, I see. Come to think of it Al was still a beginner at magic. I guess it"s not unreasonable that you wouldn"t know.."
I..was just a young fresh beginner of magic huh...Well I guess looking from this guy who"s of the fairy race then it might look that way so it doesn"t p.i.s.s me off at all, but somehow, you know, I don"t feel satisfied.
"Then Karl, I"ll request again once more. Would you please teach me magic? I said it before but I"ll do whatever I can in thanks. I"m begging you, just like this."
I lower my head to the fairy that"s on my lap.
"Hmn, I don"t particularly mind though. But if I think about it like that then I guess George was superior huh..Though when he came here it was when he was around 30 years old so I guess it"s strange to compare him to Al? But there"s not much difference between 16 years old and 30 years old so after all I guess Al is the one who"s no good? Though George did have an amazing number of Unique Abilities~"
I feel like there"s a pretty big difference between 16 and 30 years old but I guess to someone that"s over 600 years old it"s the same...
"That"s right, I"ve started to remember them. You know George, he called himself Kurojo, or something like that~ Well that"s fine but his Unique Abilities were pretty amazing. Like 【G.o.d"s Bloodline】, 【Heart of Vengeance】, 【Gift of Heavenly Talent】, 【Greater Identify】, 【Immobile Will】, 【Martial King】, ah, that"s right there was also something like 【Power to Understand】. He said it was something like a power that let him forcibly understand things he didn"t really get. I wonder if that"s why he was able to use magic on such a high level as well~ Come to think of it George said he was going to make a country or something but I wonder what happened? Do you know?"
I know.
"Yeah, I think he was the founding King of Rombert Kingdom. It seems to be a story from over 500 years ago though. Since I think it matches that period as well, it"s probably that George or Kurojo that Karl was mentioning that used Rombert as his family name right? In that case there"s no mistake it was the founder his majesty George Rombert the First."
"He~ I see. In any case he had something different than normal people after all. Though Al feels like a normal person."
Shut up~ I already know something like that. It"s none of your business.
"Umm, well something like teaching you magic is fine. It"s nothing in particular after all."
I shifted the mseiseiva again so I don"t forget it and had the flame touch the tail.
"Yeah, I"m in your care. Let"s start right away."
"Nn, I guess so, then..Let"s start with how to knead your mana."
Starting from there? As expected I already know that much.
"That"s already fine. I know it."
"He~ I see. I guess that"s true. Then in reverse let"s start from magic. Do you know {Light}?"
"Yeah, of course."
"How do you use it?"
"I use the mana of my void magic on the objective of.."
.............
After that since we had plenty of time Karl"s lecture jumped from here and there as he started teaching me from the start about the systems of magic, and I had him teach me several spells as well. I"ll just write the important points but,
1. For starters forget about the method of splitting them up by water, fire, wind, earth, and void.
2. Void magic is the foundation of everything in spells.
3. The magic system changes based on the image and method you use void magic with.
4. It"s necessary to think about and get an image of the void magic you plan to use and the elemental magic needed to be added to that.
5. If you can"t do 4 then you can"t skillfully use spells.
6. The best way to do it is to watch someone who can already use it and confirm the effects usage of it.
Is what it came out to. Just, there was a hidden technique as well. That"s incantations. The incantation makes use of the spell Fortune-Telling {Divination}, and when you"re using that it"s necessary imagine the spell you want to use in your head as you construct it. Since the duration of {Divination} itself is limited it seems it"s difficult to use for things that are too advanced but even then I was told that it"s important to start from learning to use {Divination}.
For example a spell I already know that creates light, it"s {Light} but after using the spell {Divination} during the duration it lasts I try to imagine the effects and method to use {Light} in my head during that period and the incantation for kneading the mana on each process of it will float up in my head.
{Light} only uses void magic. The normal process for using the spell is to set the target in your sights and imagine a clump of mana there. During that occasion, if you point your finger or the palm of your hand towards it, it"s even easier. It"s thanks to that process that your hand or fingertip shines with blue light. If you master it you can do it without pointing your finger or hand but since it"s the basics you start imagining while facing your hand. Here the incantation "tozu" appeared in my head.
Next up it enters the stage where it comes to how much mana you"re concentrating into the clump. Normally you adjust the amount of brightness or the duration the light lasts here. If you don"t think anything then you can skip past it. However, if you want to know the incantation you can"t skip past it. Well, I"ll think about it based on the standard. And then the incantations "borusu" and "n.o.bun" appeared in my head.
And, we come to the image of light. In my case I use the image of a florescent light. It"s because the first time I had mother teach me magic I imagined something like a round florescent light. You need to convert mana to light. Here the incantations "keirechi" and "shiraku floated into my head. Combining them all together and it comes out to the incantation, "tozu.borusu.n.o.bun.keirechi.shiraku". In this case, you can create a white florescent-like light of about 40W for roughly 5 minutes and consume 1 MP with void magic.
This is an incantation that belongs only to me. They differ based on the person. I remembered back to the healer at Bakuddo village older woman Shaymi at this point and realized that what she was using was most likely not a real incantation but a pose to increase the feeling of virtue to it. Furthermore, if you reverse the spell for {Light}, (to "rizu.burumando.behezu.romirugorun.dyumaku") then you can use the reverse magic {Darkness}. Since both {Light} and {Darkness} were spells I could previously use it was easy for the incantations to float into my head.
If it was a spell I couldn"t use (didn"t know), then it wouldn"t be as simple as this.
For example I didn"t know about the spell Invisible Familiar {Safe Servant}. It"s a lost spell that is part of the {Conjuration} and {Summoning} systems. This is a spell that lets you summon an invisible servant that can carry things that aren"t very big of up to about 10kg.
It can"t move over even a slight bit of difference in surface level and if it takes any damage at all it disappears but if you create it using earth magic, wind magic, and void magic, it lasts for about an hour. It seems it can even keep up with me if I start running in a sprint. Depending on how you use it, it seems it can clean tables, chairs, and things that aren"t all that dirty on a simple level, so it somehow seems like a spell that could be useful in a plain sort of way as well.
Thanks to Karl"s coaching I was somehow able to use it and simultaneously learn the incantations through {Divination}. Next up you chant the incantation and learn the mana efficient method of using it but it comes out to this super long incantation, "zu ritto.rebi.ka tagu nia. heru kon do. hei roki ki fu.shizu miffa do~n.baru.goru.kiru mu.kuri neru.besu ku.ji jami.heru to nin shu.kejumanmaru.churifu.devin.warisuto". It"s necessary to recite that at a certain speed and furthermore within a fixed time. In the first place it"s difficult to even remember. Next time I should bring along a note pad.
However, while making mistakes, and getting caught up countless times during reciting the incantation and I was able to properly understand how to use the mana for it. Once you can understand that much it"s a lot easier. It"s the same as riding a bicycle that I mentioned in the past. An a.s.sistant for supporting with it is necessary at the start but once you somehow are able to ride it after that it"s fast. Rather the a.s.sistant or supporter start to get in the way. Learning spells is something like each one of them is trying to learn to ride a new bicycle. It"s considerably difficult until you"re able to learn it but once you learn it you can improve all on your own.
After using several spells as I learned the incantations and I was able to understand well why the systems of magic were split up. Even though they"re different magics there"s several common words between them that I noticed. According to Karl, realizing that seems to be the most basic of the basics.
"In other words dividing it up into 13 systems based on the usage of mana is for this reason?"
When I said that,
"There"s no way it"s that simple right. However that way of thinking itself isn"t mistaken."
And said a bit sarcastically.
After that, I was able to get him to teach me one of my objectives that was the spells {Detect Magic User} and {Telepathy}. Since I don"t have any catalyst for it, it"s suspicious whether I was really succeeding with it but that can"t be helped. I was able to confirm that I was properly learning {Telepathy} that didn"t need a catalyst though.
It seems that you need a transparent gem in the shape of an orb with a diameter of at least 10 cm or so in order to use {Detect Magic User}. It"s necessary to somehow get my hands on one of those. I thought about breaking the teleport crystal rod and using that but it"s impossible because it"s not at least 10 cm. Even when it comes to buying one, I"m sure they"re not simply selling something that large. There"s no other choice than to explore the dungeon and find one. If I can find a raw ore then rather than selling it I"ll have a skilled artisan polish it for me and use that as a catalyst, there"s no choice other than that. According to Karl he said that it"s possible to find crystals in the dungeon of Baldukk after all.
It was already long since night at this point but the light shining down in the fairy village was the same afternoon as usual. Since I thought it was strange I tried asking Karl about it and,
"What"s night? I don"t know anything about that. After all I"ve been here since I was born."
and held his chest high while saying that. I went through quite a bit of trouble getting him to stay with me without going to sleep up to here. I brought along a total of 20 dried fish but there"s no way they could eat that much. I ended up having to give him the portable stove magic tool, leftover dried fish, and threw in some magic stones, and the failed hard candy like thing I brought along just in case and I was finally able to get him to stick with me this far.
Furthermore, I tried asking him if there was any sort of spell to escape from abnormal mental conditions that increase fear like the Roar the Horned Bear uses that have been a worry of mine for many years. And then he told me there was a spell called {Afraid} and the reverse spell of that {Remove Afraid}, which are close to that but I can already use the spells {Afraid} and {Remove Afraid}.
Those are spells that trigger something like hysteria and recover from that so it"s completely different from opposing terror. After all I guess the only method to deal with Roar is to be higher level than the opponent or have a reasonable amount of MP. I can"t take it easy.
Incidentally, Karl"s older sister Mila didn"t wake up. I got him to promise to get her permission before I come next time in September and I was chased out of the fairy village as I left. I checked my clock magic tool after leaving and the date had changed.