Chapter 38 It might be a Cheat Ability in some way (2/2)
With my body not being able to exert an ounce of strength, the gravity began to drag my body down, collapsing on the floor—– and was caught in someone’s arms, just like before.
[I’m sorry. Kaito-kun. It was quite scary, right?]
[……Kuro?]
The atmosphere around her went back to being warm and reassuring as usual, without the feeling of fear I felt earlier from Kuro, who held my crumbling body in her arms and spoke to me with her gentle and reassuring voice.
I’m not sure what happened. My head feels like it’s spinning and I can’t think straight.
[To check Kaito-kun’s power, I put a little bit of my killing intent into my magic power. I’m really sorry.]
While gently stroking my head, Kuro utters an apology.
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She just put in a little bit of killing intent, she said…… That’s outrageous enough for my mind to break. How should I say this, I guess that’s to be expected from the Underworld King huh……
[Are you okay? Does it hurt anywhere?]
[…..I’m feeling a little lightheaded.]
[I guess the pressure from the high-density of magic power must have caused you to get magic intoxication huh…… You should get better after you get some rest.]
When Kuro told me that, my body floats up and moved towards the bed. Then, Kuro also moved towards the same bed and my head was placed on her lap, laying down with her lap as my pillow.
Kuro then stroked my head to calm me down and talked to me in a gentle voice.
[I’m really sorry. But, because Kaito-kun was able to persevere, I now know what kind of power Kaito-kun have.]
[……Is that so?]
[Unnn. Kaito-kun seems to be able to read the magic power in the surroundings very keenly. It’s so sensitive that it can even detect the “faintest emotions” contained within the surrounding magic power. I’m guessing that you should be able to read it even more acutely since you are now able to use your magic power, but you were probably reading it unconsciously before, right?]
[The emotions contained within the surrounding magic power?]
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As gentle words whisper in my ear, giving me relief in my mind, my thoughts, which were gradually becoming foggy, returned to normal.
[Unnn. Magic power is very much influenced by the user’s emotions. Just as how hostile magic can intimidate others while the reverse could make someone feel safe. It seems like Kaito-kun is very sensitive to the emotions contained within magic power huh. Haven’t you ever felt it since you came to this world? Like how this person is easy to talk to, and conversely, how this person is hard to talk to… I think you were subconsciously reading the emotions someone was feeling towards Kaito-kun based on their magic power.]
It seems that I have an excellent ability to read other people’s magic powers.
Indeed, now that she mentioned it, I’ve had that feeling until now. Even among the servants in Lilia-san’s mansion, there are people like Sieg-san who are easy to talk to, but there are also people who I somehow found difficult to talk to.
It seems that this is because I have unconsciously read the emotions contained in the surrounding magic power, just like how I sense nearby presence and feel the mood around me.
I see, that should also explain why I strangely feel safe around Kuro. It’s because I’ve read the favorable feelings she’s giving me.
[So you’re saying that I have an aptitude for perception magic?]
[Hmmm. It’s just my conjectures, but I don’t think it would be just perception……]
[Unnn?]
[The fact that you were able to have a “proper conversation” with Shiro, and when I first applied pressure to your body by weighing it down with high-density of magic power, Kaito-kun, you were able to move a little bit, right? That’s already impossible for a normal human to handle.]
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[Eh?]
[It’s almost like a magical binding after all. A human normally wouldn’t have been able to move an inch under that magic power, but Kaito-kun “sensed” that my magic power wasn’t filled with hostility and tried to “adapt” to it little by little.]
Come to think of it, I think Shiro-san said something like that to. If I remember correctly, I think she said that “I could say that this adaptability of mine could even be my talent” or something like that…… Could this be what she was referring to?
As for that part where I wasn’t able to move like I was trapped inside a boulder earlier, it doesn’t seem that Kuro weakened the power she placed to weight down my body, and instead, I was able to move because I adapted to it.
[I think you were able to see the change in the weather because you read the magic power in the air…… but I wonder if it was thanks to “Shiro’s Blessing” that you were able to do that?]
[Errr, so what does that mean?]
[Hmmm, well, it’s an interesting power, is what I mean. Depending on how you use it, you can do some really interesting things. For example……]
As my head continued to rest on her lap, Kuro told me her conjectures about the power I have.
Magic that lets me sense and adapt to magic power…… If I had to call it something, I guess it would be something like Sympathy Magic huh? To be honest, the examples Kuro gave me are quite outrageous, and I’m skeptical if it’s really possible to do that, but this certainly is an unusual magic.
By the way, how long am I going to lay down on your lap?
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[Unnn? Kaito-kun can lay there as long as you like…… It’s fine if you want to take some nap, you know?]
[……………]
It’s a very tempting proposition. Or rather, to be honest, it may have something to do with the fact that I woke up early this morning, but this pleasant sensation has made me doze of.
I don’t know if it’s because of that magic intoxication that she mentioned, even though my head is no longer spinning, I’m still feeling tired, so I’m going to indulge myself here.
Dear Mom, Dad—– I was a loner, but it seems that I’m better at reading other people’s emotions in the other world. Moreover, as far as from what I heard from Kuro’s explanation—– it might even be a cheat ability in some way.