Volume 2 - Chapter 4 – HELPER (1/2)

「What are you trying to do?」

Reiko casually took the rod the red haired girl held. In doing so, small sparks could be seen flying off.

「Eh?」

「This is a dangerous toy」

Reiko snapped that rod she snatched in half.

「W-W-Wh…」

At that time, the man from the neighbouring stall,

「Oi, could you take your fuss somewhere else. You’re obstructing business」

Making that complaint, the two that were quarelling lost their timing to open their mouth and Jin,

「Ah, sorry about that. Reiko, stop it. And you, come with me for a moment」

Saying that, he took the arm of the red haired girl, bringing her to the shade of trees a slight distance away from the stalls. And,

「I apologise for that incident with my companion Reiko, sorry」

He started apologising. Reiko stayed quiet behind him. The girl,

「Y-Y-You, who the hell are you guys? Taking the 『Cane of Paralysis』 with you barehand, then snapping it into 2… oh right! My『Cane of Paralysis』! What are you going to do about this! It’s expensive, this thing!」

「For now could you calm down?」

There would be another fuss if he left it alone, so Jin calmed the girl.

「Haa… haa…」

To the girl who was taking breaths,

「Anyways, let’s introduce ourselves. I’m Jin. This is Reiko. You?」

「I-I’m Beana」

「Nice to meet you, Beana」

Saying that, Jin received the cane that was still in Reiko’s hand.

「Fu-n, so there’s a small lightning attribute 《Magic Stone》 built into the handle part」

「Eh?」

「That will spread through the entire cane, and so you’ll receive an electric shock on contact」

「Eh? Eh?」

「The cane’s materials… is ash, huh? Definitely, a tree is a good conductor of magic, however it’s a tree after all so the efficiency will probably be poor」

「Eh? Eh? Eh?」

「The 《Magic Formula》 invocation… uwa, the writing is sloppy. Half or more of the magic power is going to waste」

「Eeeeeeeehhhh!?」

Beana couldn’t hide her surprise from Jin who very easily analysed the operation principles behind the 『Cane of Paralysis』.

「Y-You, Jin was what you said… who in the world are you?」

「I’m… a 《Magic Craftsman》」

Jin returned the broken cane to Beana while saying that. A 《Magic Craftsman》 wasn’t too far and sounded better.

「You too?」

「’Too’, that would mean Beana is also a 《Magic Craftsman》?」

「Right. Though it might not look like it, but I diligently trained under 『Gradia Hampton-sensei』 for 2 years!」

Beana puffed out her not really big chest out, but,

「Who’s that?」

That was the kind of response Jin gave.