Chapter 88 (1/2)

Chapter 88 - Underwater Flight

Afternoon in the next day.

Without going to the Grimoire Library, I was reading Grimoire in the mansion.

And the reason behind that was, Balthazar would stick to me and wouldn’t go away.

It would be troublesome if it was blown off altogether with the Grimoires and repairing it back, so today, I didn’t go and remained at the mansion.

And right now, Balthazar is lying her head on my thigh.

Rather than letting me, she is the one doing it.

She placed her head on my thigh while I’m sitting on an air sofa, and relaxed leisurely.

“Shouldn’t be the other ways?” I thought, but.

「Ufufu〜」

She was making a content and happy face, so I let her do what she want.

「Lucio-chan. What’s that〜?」

「This? It’s a Grimoire with the『Ball Pool』magic. The story is quite interesting, but the magic spell might be most useful as a party trick」

Balthazar had a question mark in her head.

While lying down with her head on my lap, she dexterously tilted her head.

「What do you not understand?」

「Magic? Grimoire?」

「Un? I explained yesterday that you can learn magic by reading Grimoires right」

「Bal, she doesn’t remember you know?」

「You don’t remember huh. Well! That’s about it pretty much. ThisーーI mean, reading Grimoires like this, you can learn a magic spell for each book」

「Lucio-chan already learned it?」

「I just finished reading now」

「Show me the magic」

「Yeah, it’s alright」

It’s a magic that doesn’t have the minimum versatility, but it might be good as a party trick.

I put down the Grimoire, and casted the magic.

「『Ball Pool』」

「Hekuchi!」

The instant I casted the magic, Balthazar sneezed again.

She sneezed with her head lying on my lap, without letting the gate do anything, the Demon King’s magic powers. .h.i.t my face directly.

I expected it, and I also have countermeasures.

And ignoring that, the magic malfunctioned.

It was originally a magic spell that creates a ball of water with 3 meters in diameter

It’s a magic that would just create water and the power of the magic would make it a sphere, and you can play inside that.

And that, with a malfunction, it covered the whole mansion.

Balthazar seems to be suffering.

The water covered us together with the mansion.

「『Adaptation』」

「Hekuchi」

I casted magic that would make one adapt to water.

Her magic powers. .h.i.t my face, and a part of the water was blown off.

The sphere lost its shape for an instant, but immediately returned back.

It’s magic that has that effect.

「It hurts〜, it hurts〜, Lucio-cha〜n」

On the other hand, after sneezing, Balthazar panicked on top of my lap.

Her appearance of panicking although she can speak normally was very cute.

「Calm down, it should be okay already」

「Fue? Ah! It’s true〜」

Balthazar calmed down. She raised her body, and looked at her hands.

「Water?」

「Yeah, it’s water……un?」

I noticed the strange thing.

I reached out my hand, and I moved it in the airーーor rather in the water.

I felt the water resistant. It was like in the waterーーI feel the resistance just like when moving my hand in a bath.

I got a little surprised, it shouldn’t be like this.

The『Adaptation』magic that I casted just down should be a magic that makes one move like they’re in land.

Being able to breathe of course, one should also be able to move normally, ignoring the water resistance.

「I can breath, but I feel the water resistance」

I looked at my hand, and looked at Balthazar.

This malfunction was probably because of her sneeze earlier.

There’s no problem breathing, but it’s hard to move like this.

「My bad, I’ll recast the magic right nowーー」

「Look, look」

Balthazar moved her arms and legs.

Not in land, but in water.

She flapped her limbs lifting her body upーーand floated up.

「Bal, she’s good at swimming you know?」

「Was that so」

「Lucio-chan wants to swim too?」

「Let me think」

It’s an irregular, but since it already happened, I think it could also be enjoyed like this.

I followed Balthazar, and flapped my limbs.

And doing that, I floated.

I imitated the movement of b.r.e.a.s.t.stroke.

「Uwa!」

I became too fast, and flew up to the ceiling.

My head hits the ceiling.

「Ouch……」

「Lucio-chan, you okay?」

「Yeah, I’m fine. We’re inside the water, so we float a lot huh」

I tried moving a lot.

We can breathe and talk, but other than that, it feels like we’re within waters.