CH 7

Three months have passed since I possessed Norwin, and I have become very familiar with this world.

I think I have learned the characters of the Kingdom of Arcadia, the setting of Arcue, and acquired general common sense and an aristocratic education.

Well, I don't have a chance to make the most of it since my life in house confinement is still the same.

I still don't know why Norwin is being treated unfairly, and it is likely that this life under house arrest will last for a certain amount of time .

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I had a hard look on my face in front of the magic book.

"What is the matter?"

Misha, sitting next to me, anxiously glances into my face.

Oh, it''s so close. Well, there was no way that Misha, who was sixteen years old, would be wary of me in a romantic sense.

She probably feels as if she is looking at a younger brother who is younger than she is.

'No, I've memorized everything in this book."

"Isn't that great! "

I have mixed feelings when Misha patted me on the head and hugged me from the side, smiling.

I guess she thinks of me as a replacement for her family. ------

I'm afraid you're going to get more excited than maternal, so please don't do that.

"You don't have any more complicated books to read, do you?"

"There are, to be precise, but magic books above the third level need special permission to be borrowed."

It is the same as in the game, isn't it?

In magic, rungs are like ranks.

One is the lowest and ten is the Highest.

The higher up the ladder, the more difficult it is to use, and the more powerful the spell.

In Arcue, the main characters become strong in steps, and sometimes the first hurdle is this third rung.

By completing special quests, one gets permission to learn.

There is no way I can get permission now.

Why would I, with my knowledge of the game, seek the 3rd rung of the ladder, an instructional book on magic that is still at a low level in the whole picture?

It is because the magic system in this world is more well established than in the game.

If it is low-level magic, it can be activated simply by chanting and appropriately manipulating magic power.

The first rung of the ladder is just that.

The main attributes: fire, water, wind, earth, and light.

The magic of the first level is simple and easy to activate: fire, water, wind, a little manipulation of earth, and light.

However, in the second level, there are more things to set, such as the temperature and size of the flames to be created.

This increases the difficulty of activating the effect and the magical power consumed.

Up to the second level, the fire could be activated only by chanting and manipulating magic power, but the effects of the third level, which became more complicated, were extremely difficult.

I could activate it once every few times, but by the time I succeeded in activating it, my limited magical power was depleted.

In other words, I could hardly train in magic after that.

I was hoping that there would be some advice on how to activate it in the third rung of the magic book...

"What should I do with ------?"

'I did some research and found that very few children can master the second ladder of the major attributes at the age of five. I think Nor is doing well enough, don't you?"

Misha, who has recently taken to calling me Nor, is desperately trying to comfort me.

How easy it would be to take advantage of this kindness and lean on her to my heart's content.

But I can't do that.

In the not-so-distant future, to protect Cresencia, my guess, I still don't have enough power.

Damn it, if I wasn't under house arrest, I could get around the place quickly and get ahead of the events.

Would I leave this house at all?

But I can' t, can I?

The events and battles necessary to outperform the protagonist are suitably dangerous.

If I challenged him with my current abilities, I would probably die instantly.

For the time being, I have to accumulate strength, and there is no better place to learn than in the environment of an noble family.

There was no choice. I'll stop moving forward and try different things with magic up to the second level until my magic power has grown enough.

So, I decided to think about how I could use the second level of magic.

However, I, who only uses my knowledge of games to cheat, do not have the power to come up with such idea.

After a few minutes of pondering, Misha, who couldn't bear to watch me ruminate, suggested to me

"If you could activate magic that is completely different from the chant you speak, it would be very strong, don't you think?"

"Exactly!"

There was no one in the game who could handle that kind of skill.

In other words, if I could do that, I would be the only one in the world with that kind of power.

It would be the best power in saving Crescencia.

I decided to give it a try right away.

Let's use Fire spell "First Rank Fire" for chanting and Water spell "Create Water" for actually activating it.

"Spirit of Fire---"

The magic power in my body starts to move on its own.

This is the same feeling as usual.

The chanting has a supporting effect and automates the activation of the magic to some extent.

"---Obey my command---."

Magic power gathers at the tips of the fingers, and the reddish color increases from clear and colorless.

At this rate, I would normally launch "Fire" and that would be the end of it.

I tried to force myself to recreate it, remembering the movement and changes of magic power when chanting "Create Water".

Then, my head suddenly got spinning, and the magical energy in my fingertips burst out with a bang.

'Are you all right!"

"Ooooh!"

Misha, who was watching beside me, hurriedly grabbed my hand and checked to see if I was hurt.

"Oh, you're injured!"

"I'm fine!

"No, it is not fine! What should I do? I'm going to the infirmary..."

'What are you going to tell them when you present this wound?"

"Ah!"

Misha, who had been upset, suddenly froze.

Yes, that's right. As I said, I have no excuse for this injury.

I don't want to leave any trace that I am learning magic, and I can't show this to anyone but her.

It's a waste of magic power, but I guess I can use recovery spells. While I was thinking this way, Misha suddenly took my finger in her mouth.

"What?"

'No, there is a saying that licking heals everything, right?"

Are you going to do that now?

"Doesn't it hurt?"

"Uh, yes."

I'm not saying it's naff, but it's rather painful for the child .

I mean, hey?

A very beautiful sixteen-year-old girl is licking my finger in desperation.

The feel of her bottom crawling on my finger is great.

I think I'm going to hurt myself every day from now on. ------

Yeah, well, any more than that and I'll feel odd

"Goddess of Fertility, grant healing."

When I activated the first level of recovery magic, Misha's face lighted up as she sucked on the diseased part of her hand.

The first level of recovery magic was activated and Misha's face, which seemed to recall that I could use recovery magic, was a very embarrassing sight.

"I'm sorry I made you see something so embarrassing:.

I don;t mind at all. Thank you very much."

"Yes?"

Oh , it's nothing. Let's continue the training.

First, let's look back at what just happened.

The moment I tried to activate "Create Water" while chanting "Fire," my mind suddenly became confused and I exploded, unable to control my magical power

Perhaps, though, that was due to the fact that it handled two magics at once, albeit instantaneously.

The "Fire" had already been nearly finished, and the magic was manipulated against the flow of the chanting.

At that time, I fell into a position in which I was, to use an analogy, reading two books at the same time and trying to understand their contents.

Was it wrong that I was aware of "Create Water" from the middle of the chanting?

If it was right after the chant, would I be able to manipulate pure magic power that has not yet turned into 《Fire》?

Okay, let's give it a try.

This time, I' ll try to be conscious of manipulating the magic power of "Create Water" from the moment I start to chant.

I thought so, but when I actually tested it, the magic power burst out again.

It seems that from the instant the chant is started, the magical power begins to move with the purpose of becoming "Fire".

If I try to activate "Create Water" against that flow, my brain will not be able to keep up with the processing of two magic spells at the same time, and also by going against the flow of the chanting.

I see. Is this the reason why almost no one in the game could handle more than one magic at the same time?

Even just for that split second when I shift from "Fire" to "Create Water," my brain makes an error and I get confused.

If this is the case, then there is no one who could handle more than one spell at the same time,

---Except for the protagonist group.

Damn it! If that's the case, I need to master this skills even more and get my brain used to the overload!

"Ha!"

"Okay, I'll give it a try."

It's hard, but it's not like I didn't feel a reaction.

If I could master this skill, I would be a force to be reckoned with in the field of magic.

I might be able to catch up with and even beat the main characters.

From that day on, I began to concentrate on training for successful invocation of magic, which is different from chanting.

In addition, during my afternoon study time, I read two books at the same time with my left and right eyes.

Naturally, I cannot understand the contents of the books at all, but I am hoping that my body will get used to it after a couple of months of practice.

If I succeed, I will gain two pieces of knowledge at the same time, and at the same time, my brain will be trained to endure a stronger workload.

Two birds with one stone, and I had no choice but to try.

Also, from that day on, Misha started training in healing magic.

She saw me injured and felt frustrated that she couldn't do anything about it.

And so, I was spending a full days...

One morning, I woke up and noticed that the house was strangely noisy.

It's a rare thing, isn't it? Since only a minimum number of people are assigned to this place, where my confinement is the primary focus, even the sounds of others are rarely heard.

After a while, a servant I had never seen before came into my room, which was also rare.

"Hey, isn't Miss Misha coming?"

The servant ignored my question with a hard look on his face.

Is something wrong? Did they find out that she was cooperating with me?

I thought so, but the servant, who was taking care of me so quickly and efficiently, did not seem to be blaming me.

If so, did he simply get sick?

I was taking it easy like that, but Misha did not show up the next morning, and I felt something was wrong.

Had she found out that she was one of my companions after all?

Or was it for another reason?

In order to gather information, I decided to sneak out of the room and overhear the conversation of the servants.

Then...

I was surprised to hear the following comment: "Misha, been kidnappING "

"Seriously? When?"

The morning before yesterday. search party is looking for her.

"Oh, my God. That's why I haven't seen him recently. Is it a ransom demand?"

"unlikely. The baron would not risk it for a servan".

"Wow, then, is it that thing?"

" I wonder if she's getting wheeled around by guys right now?"

Hearing such exchange , my mind went blank.

? She is kidnapped?

I couldn't think straight.

Why, who, when, and why?

There was no way I could final the answer , who, when, and why, even if I tried to think about it.

Is she still alive?

Or is she already dead?

---No, no, wait.

The word "kidnapping" has been stuck in my head for some tine now .

Right!

Was that around the middle of the plot?

There was an event at the inn where the party members were taking a rest of their wings, where a kidnapping occurred.

The culprit is a vampire who relentlessly targets only young females, and in the end, the main character ends up getting killed.

This is revealed after the event is completed, but the individual had been wanted for raiding the city of Romeria about ten years earlier.

He learned the danger of staying in one city, and since then he has been traveling around the world, preying on any woman who catches his eye.

Romeria is the name of this city.

And ten years ago, from the point of view of the ongoing story, is precisely now.

I don't think this coincidence is a mere coincidence.

If things continue as is, Misha will die.

--- With the mansion getting more and more hectic, it would be easy to get out of it.

I ran out of the house without hesitation.