CH 33

[The Performance of the Magic Sword May be Surprisingly Amazing]

“It really fired magic…”

“Ahh, it really did.”

Noelia and I turned our eyes to the magic sword in my hand.

“I fired as specified by Master.”

The magic sword is blinking its purple magic stone and talking.

“How is it! Amazing right! When this magic sword is mass-produced, all mages would no longer need to chant!”

“Before that, I’m sure Gawain-shishou will be captured by the Kingdom’s garrison. Regardless of the sword itself has intelligence and can fire magic, do you really think the Kingdom will recognize such a noisy thing?”

Exposed to the cold gaze from Noelia, Gawain fell down to his knees and collapsed.

“Aguu! Why! It’s my masterpiece y’know! Why can’t it be accepted!”

I think it’s because it’s so ground-breaking that it’s hard to judge whether this is a safe thing, though…

In fact, if I grow this sword and have it learnt magic, it can shoulder the chanting and I can use different kinds of magic at the same time, or I can concentrate on wielding the sword, so it’s not an exaggeration to call it a great weapon.

The power of its magic is lower than mine, but I wonder if the power can also grow?

“Gawain-sama, you said that this sword can grow, right? Other than learning magic, will the power of its magic also raise?”

When I asked him that, Gawain, who was poking his knee, hugged my knees.

I was completely off guard and forgot to put up a Wind Barrier.

“UoOO! As expected of Frick! You’re very different from some disciple who throws me a cold gaze. That guy is a cute guy who increases his intelligence, learns magic, and increases its power by absorbing monster’s factors. Isn’t it terrible to treat him as a dangerous thing?”

If it follows instructions, I think it will be a very useful weapon rather than a dangerous one.

It’s just, there is a hidden danger in a situation where it will become smarter and not follow my instruction.

“What if this sword grows up and don’t accept my instruction?”

“There’s no way such a thing could happen! That guy was made to turn dormant if the owner doesn’t supply it with magic power. If it won’t accept your instruction, you just have to seal it tightly in some unpopular place.”

“!?”

Hearing Gawain’s words, the magic sword made a soundless voice.

Isn’t that a bit terrible?

I think it’s too selfish of the person who made it himself to say that it should just be sealed when it becomes dangerous.

I felt sorry for the magic sword that seemed to be depressed and was faintly blinking its magic stone.

It’s okay, I won’t seal you, so please help me too.

“Master! Yes, I’ll do my best. I’ll do anything, so please don’t seal me!”

“That’s why, don’t read my mind.”

“Oh, excuse me. I’ll cut the link except during combat.”

Relieved by my words, the magic sword seemed to have regained its spirit, and its magic stone was blinking brightly.

“Well, if it’s Frick, he can suppress it even if it grows up and goes out of control, so there’s no problem, right?”

Although it was made with such an intention, I don’t want to seal it for my own convenience.

“There are many problems, you know.”

“Eh~, Why~. It’s a good sword, right.”

Gawain was pouting his lips and protesting like a child.

“Certainly, it’s a good sword, so it is a pity to seal it. Noelia, can I keep this sword at my own risk?”

“Huu…if Frick-sama says so. Since it’s a sword that is banned under the laws of the Kingdom, let’s ask my father for advice first. The making of this sword was started by father after all. I’ll write a letter summarizing the details immediately.”

Noelia also seemed unwilling to seal the intelligent sword, she sighed loudly, and she returned to pick up a paper and pen to write down the details of the sword.

“Yaaaay! I did it!?? My sword will come out to the worldー!”

“It hasn’t been decided yet. The Frontier Count-sama may not give the permission after all. And please tell us all the details of this guy. First of all, what do you mean by the factor of monster that it needs to feeds on to grow?”

I decided to as for the details of the magic sword to Gawain who was sitting on his soles on the ground.

“Monster’s factor is a core that was formed in the body of animals when they absorb mana and turns into monsters. When you kill them with normal weapon or magic, it will shatter upon their death, but since the blade is coated with factor absorbent made from Blood-Sucking Mushrooms, it can absorb that factor and use it as a nourishment for its growth.”

“That means that if I kill a monster with this sword, it will absorb it on its own and grow?”

“Ahh, you can’t kill them with magic. You have to use the red blade part to make use of the absorbent, okay. When you have killed various monsters and have store some factors, that magic sword should let you know about its growth.”

“Y-yes. I can report it myself properly.”

A sword that grows by killing monster, huh…

I’m looking forward to seeing how much the sword will grow…I have to get permission to wield the sword from Lloyd one way or another…

After that, I heard the details of the completed magic sword from Gawain and wrote a letter of report to Lloyd together with Noelia.

Summary――

・ A magic sword that has intelligence, understands human language, and can talk.

・ It can use magic by receiving supply of magic power from its owner.

・ Chanting magic with the magic sword is fast, faster than a normal mage.

・ It’s food to grow is factor that is sealed in the core of monster. When you cut a monster with this sword, it absorbs it and grows.

・ As it grows, the types of magic that it can use will increase, and the power will also increase.

・ It can activate different magic along with its owner’s magic.

I heard that from Gawain and the magic sword itself.