Vol 1 Chapter 15 (1/2)

In the evening, two days after we set off from

the capital of Marado, if we keep going at this pace, we’ll reach the destination town of Acken tomorrow, so for tonight we’re staying at a port town along the road.

It is a port town worthy of being called one, with a big port where imported goods from other countries pa.s.s through in order to get to the town of Acken.

Just like a port town should be, there were many inns where we could stay, but considering the security, we chose the most luxurious one among them.

“Fu, it was a good bath.”

At night, Lize returns to the women’s room, one of two rooms rented, after having taken a bath.

“I’m used to sleeping outside, but sleeping on a bed is better, isn’t it.”

“You’re right….”

Urza replies, with her head in the clouds.

Urza was sitting on the couch, beside the window with a relaxed figure, while looking at the full moon in the sky.

For spirit mages, especially for Elves, the moon is something deeply connected to them, it is the time when they can receive the strongest blessings from the moon G.o.ddess Luna, who is also the guardian spirit of the Elves.

It’s a little fun for Elves, to bathe in the light of the full moon like this.

Lize knew that it’d be wasted effort, to try to talk to her, so she was lying on the bed.

“Then I’m going to sleep. Urza should also drink moderately.”

Because we have to get up early the next morning, Lize says, then she shuts her eyes.  Lize falls asleep immediately, afterwards, regular sleeping sounds could be heard.

Urza kept looking at the full moon, while smiling a little wryly at her pace.

“……. At times like these, I want to drink wine, that I normally don’t drink…..”

When she drank a little wine, from the goblet she had put aside, her cheeks became slightly red.

After a while, drowsiness began to hit Urza, but thinking it wasn’t that cold, she thought it would be alright if she fell asleep like this, so she slowly closes her eyes.

Fu………. Spirit G.o.d Luna…… Your blessings for this journey……..

“c.r.a.p–! I totally forgot!”

“Urza, shut up.”

Lize, who’s half asleep began to speak.

“Ah, I apologize…… Or rather, I can’t stay like this!”

Urza jumps out of the room, and rushes to the room next door.

“Kail!”

She entered the room without even knocking first, but both of the beds were empty.

“Tch…… Seran’s probably enjoying the night life…….. But where did Kail go to?”

Seeing that the sword Sildonia wasn’t there, she thought he was out training again, having a lead, she went outside.

At that time, Kail was in a scarcely known field, a little away from the mail town, lying down sprawled on the ground.

His breathing was rough, and he was sweating large amounts, you can see he was just training intensely for a long time.

Sildonia, who was watching from the side, said she was impressed.

“Hmm, you called it illusion projection didn’t you? It seems pretty interesting. It’s a technique that didn’t exist in the time of myself, but it seems like even though many things were lost, many new things have also been gained……. As expected, humans are dependable.”

“It’s a fake, in the end, I wouldn’t last a second in a real fight…… But the chance isn’t zero……. There is a worth in continuing….”

Kail answers while breathing roughly.

Even if it was an illusion, until just a while ago, he was fighting against over a hundred demons.

“My physical strength has been raised a little….. But, I still have a long way to go.”

My movements keep getting sharper, and I’m able to move how I want to, but I have understood that I still lack in basic strength.

A month hasn’t even pa.s.sed since he started giving his all by seriously training, so it can be said it’s only logical.

He thought he had found a new way to fight together with his magic, but right now, that’s something for the future.

“I’m tired…… Let’s return quickly and go to sleep.”

I forcefully move my body. Since it seems like I’d end up sleeping here, if I stayed like this.

“Yeah, since the strain would be too much if we continued like this. Rest is also important.”

“However I also thought about this last time, but this really is a good sword.”

Kail admires the sword in his hand, that fits perfectly, while looking at it.

“Of course. This sword which is Myself, is the crystallization of Zars’ magic techniques, you couldn’t find a better sword made by human hands than this. Well, it’s also housing Myself, so isn’t it only obvious?”

Sildonia just kept thumping her chest with pride.

“It’s sharpness also seems great. I have used other mithril swords before, but none of them were this sharp. “

“No, this sword which is Myself, isn’t made of mithril to be precise, you know?”

“Huh? Then….”

‘Just what?’, just when I was about to ask, an intruder appeared.

“I’ve found you! So you were here!”

With a ghastly face, Urza came closer to Kail while breathing roughly.

“Wha-What happened?”

“Have you forgotten! It’s the [Partial Contact]! It can only be done on a night with a full moon, you know.”

“……Ah, now that I think about it.”

Kail, who was looking at the full moon in the sky, had completely forgotten.

“It’s something you brought up!”

“……Can’t we do it next month? I’m tired and I want to sleep.”

Kail says really sleepily, that he wants to quickly go to sleep.

“It’s something that concerns my true name you know! Don’t say it as if it’s a ha.s.sle!”

“But, you forgot about it too….”

“Sh-Shut up! Anyway, I’m going to make preparations, so wait here!”

Sildonia left the two, and went to the inn, after saying “This kind of seems like a ha.s.sle”.

(Be that as it may, to think I’d be doing this ritual with a human partner……)

“Why did it become like this?” Urza was writing the magic circle in spirit language, while thinking of the reason she was doing this in the first place.

With this [Partial Contract] you’ll be able to make your partner uphold an absolute promise, but at the same time it’s something that usually doesn’t happen since they usually don’t know the True Name.

However with the exception when your partner does know it, or if you let your partner know it, then this ritual also gets used as a ceremony.

There you present your True Name, where you and your partner swear everlasting love to each other – in other words a wedding ceremony – this [Partial Contract] holds almost the exact same meaning as a wedding ceremony.

For that reason teenage Elf girls talked romantically about this [Partial Contract].

Also Urza would usually imagine her partner in the far off future, with whom she would be holding the ceremony, she would blush, whenever she heard the story about the ritual.

(Even so….. Even if I don’t have another choice, to perform the ceremony with a man, whom I met only half a month ago……)

Certainly, this was something she never thought would happen half a month ago.

However, because of the situation, she had to accompany Kail and his party, but in reality she wasn’t that dissatisfied.

Originally, it was a journey in order to gain experience without a clear destination, she also didn’t have any complaints about her travelling companions.

Lize is a good girl.

They don’t share the same age, race, or personality, but she became a good friend.

Lately, I’ve been feeling a friends.h.i.+p beyond all of what I’ve felt these past years.

Humans….. I don’t know if it’s exactly right, but talking with Sildonia was fun too.

Urza, who was originally intelligent and curious, tried asking many things from time to time, but after a little while, she became so knowledgeable, that even the elders couldn’t compare to her.

While she was like that, her normal appearance, combined with her innocence, she saw a lot of wry smiles and bright smiles on her face.

Seran is…… Well, taking away all the times we took our eyes off him, he was kind of interesting.

Then Kail……. He was in a certain sense, the biggest problem.

From time to time, he interacts with me, as if he has known me for many years.

However, without thinking of it as being overly friendly, it’s kind of weird, saying it myself, but it’s as if he’s used to handling me, I was conscious of him controlling my actions then letting it go.

But what worries me the most, is that look in his eyes.

Usually, we are normally interacting with each other, but from time to time he stares at me and when our eyes meet, he looks away as if nothing happened.

I’m already aware about my own appearance, also since I started this journey there were many times I was looked at by men with eyes full of l.u.s.t.

Of course, it wasn’t a nice feeling. At first, I thought he was the same, so I ignored it, but Kail was fundamentally different.

It isn’t like that of family or friends, how do I say this, it’s as if he’s protecting me from afar, when I’m looked upon with those eyes, it feels like he can see through my heart, I can’t calm down, however, I don’t feel bad because of it.

Anyway, it’s my first time experiencing being disturbed like this.

(…… Let’s stop this, I have to concentrate on the [Partial Contract] now.)