Chapter 12 - Housey (1/2)
”Don't lie to the Princess, Fortress defense magic required atleast four of the court magician, chanting various spell and inserting various magic equipment to works, even if you just wanted to the fortress defense magic to a small mansion like this, it's just plain impossible!” [Qis]
Geez... atleast let me explain first, you can doubt me all you want later after I explained to them but no, you have to spoil it. Well you know what, change of plan, I will just use the fortress defense magic first and then explain it to them, that will show her
Now then, first, I just need to reactivate the core of the magic core, and since this Behemoth is having an earth type magic core, I should imbued it with such, and since it was only a day after I kill the behemoth, this is an easy part as I only need a small amount of mana to do so. There's the glow! So the first process is a success
Now, come the tricky and hard part, installation of functions. Here lies the uniqueness of the fortress defense magic, it uses a ”live” magic core to be applied to a structure, making it akin to a living being, and since it's usually applied to a fortress for enhancing it defense, hence it got its name from there. To install the function, I'll have to give the live magic core a command and the appropriate amount of mana for it to start activating the said function and also the energy to do so at first.
(Let see... here are my command!) [Ash]
1. Integrate yourself into the mansion and the surrounding area (a basic commands so that the magic core knew its new ”body”)... success
2. Protect those living inside here, protect me, Rean, Elise, Kara, Mara, Zerolith, Karon, Farhah, Singa, Savel, Charlotte and also Claude by any mean possible... Success
(Whoa! The amount of mana taken, is phenomenal... if I haven't received the goddess blessings, I will be death)
3. Self recovery to destroy part... success
(That sure take a lot of my healing mana) [Ash]
4. Darkness aptitude, make it so that Claude can freely transverse your body even when the brightest light magic are thrown... Success
(and now my darkness magic, such an amount, no wonder it requires number of magician) [Ash]
Last but not least
5. Just be here with us through rain and sunshine
Well, Fortress defense magic aren't actually a living things, it's more akin to that of an AI, but nonetheless I felt so wrong if I didn't said that.
(Phew... I'm tired, the second command itself take more than half of my mana, but somehow I feel like I forgot something) [Ash]
As I'm about to just sit down on the floor to rest for a while, a chair just appeared itself,
”Well, thank you... Crap, I forgot to give it a name!” [Ash]
”Crap!” [Charlotte]
”Charlotte!” [Ash]
”Ouch, it hurt! Housey ask brother Ash to stop!” [Charlotte]
As I pinch Charlotte cheeks for imitating my rudeness, Charlotte ask Housey to stop me... just who is this Housey, well it's not long until I get the answer, literally only a second after Charlotte ask Housey to stop me, the now glowing and floating magic core bump itself lightly towards my finger until I release my pinching finger
”Thank you Housey!” [Charlotte]
”.-- . .-.. -.-. --- -- .” [Housey]
”Housey huh, well since it looks happy then why not” [Ash]
I mean, just look at it, it glowing even brighter when Charlotte begin to pat it as a thanks.
”Ash... you better explain to me what just happened!” [Diana]
”I, I will, just stop with those scary smile! And Housey no, she isn't a threat, neither are the female guard beside her as well as those 12 guard!” [Ash]
”!” [Qis]
”And explain that as well!” [Diana]
”I get it, I get it, just stop smiling like that, it's even scarier than a ghost, look, even Elise become frightened!” [Ash]
Well, it's true, the calmed Elise from a moment ago just became pale when Diana have those look that said ”I won't leave without any explanation”, and such a determined look, and yet scary at the same time
For the 12 guard, it's not that of a big deal for me, I just detect them the moment we set out to go to the merchant guild, and to further confirm it, I saw that Qis have make a unique hand movement, signalling those guard from time to time everything is alright
As for the Fortress defense magic
”First, who said that you need to chant a spell to activate Fortress defense magic” [Ash]
”But, chanting is the basic of magic!” [Qis]
”Well, you're wrong there Miss, you don't even required to chant to perform a magic, sure chanting have it benefits but in this case, where I have to install all the necessary command towards Housey, it's far better for me to just tell Housey through my mind” [Ash]
”Huh?” [Diana]
”Well, I'll leave the long explanation for the other time, but to use a magic you don't necessarily required a chant, I mean you don't chant something every time you walk or breath right” [Ash]
”Then how about the required magic equipment? How do you compensate that?” [Diana]