Chapter 15 (2/2)

When I shook Milly to wake her up, she made a grumpy face while she rubbed her eyes.

Just like this morning, she’s probably really bad at waking up.

In order to understand the market better,we walked around for a bit, and compared to the prices of the future overall everything was pretty much cheaper.

Just like the previous negotiation, there were a lot of people like Lydia who were willing to trade. Even though I suffered a little loss I didn’t feel bad, in fact the people who I made deals with felt bad instead.

They showed me the locations of their stores, maybe with a little intent of advertising though.

It’s probably a good time to leave the mall now.

After I fulfilled all my goals for the day, it was already evening.

I need to be home before it gets dark.

“Let’s go home Milly.”

When I looked back and said so, her eyes were glued to a shop window displaying some dolls.

Really, she’s still a kid…

Sighing, I pulled Milly’s hand, and we walked outside the city.

This time we’ll go at our own paces, since Milly can cast teleport on her own now that she’s awake…

-On our way back, only a little bit away from Nanami.

A Bluzel was reflected in my field of view.

Hmm, I want to try something…

When I stopped teleporting Milly also stopped.

“What’s wrong Zeph?”

“I want to experiment with something, you can head back first.”

“I’m going to feel anxious if you say something like that, I want to see too!”

“Have it your way.”

When I said experiment, I meant I want to experiment how much magic power would be needed with the King of Death as the opponent.

For instance, if you remember my time travel spell ‘Time Leap’, I made many experiments testing how much magic power it would need from me.

No, it’s more like time regression rather than travel.

Time Leap itself, even when it wasn’t complete it took all the magic power of a fully trained me to use, consuming an enormous amount.

My suspicion is whether the me of now can use it or not, if I can it’ll dramatically increase our success rate in boss-hunting.

I meditated until my magic made a full recovery, and then targeted the Bluezel.

Time Square!

And…

“” Red Blaster!'”

I penetrated the Bluezel with a light extending from my hand, but it didn’t end there…

The lines multiplied, all of them aiming towards the Bluezel, penetrating it, extinguis.h.i.+ng it.

The s.h.i.+ne from the lines died off as the Bluezel disappeared, leaving a chill in front of my hand, the air became cold too.

All that was remaining was a thread of smoke.

“That… That was amazing! Zeph! What is that?! How did you do that?!”

“…”

“To think you were hiding this kind of spell, why haven’t you ever used it before?!”

“…”

“…Zeph?”

Flump.

My magic had been used to its limits, and I grandly fell.

“Zeph!?”

Milly came running to the fallen me.

…my consciousness gradually became distant.

Time Square was a spell that I devised as an old man to use.

Even then I could quite feel the magic consumption of it.

Unexpectedly, I seem to have grown a bit, being able to use it now.

Milly carried me the rest of the way home from there.

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