2-4. The Afternoon Date with Soldier-san (1/2)
2-4. The Afternoon Date with Soldier-san
Satou's here. Rather than a hero, I want to be a magician.
Chanting (aka DTM), such impossible game broke my heart.
I was healed a bit after the girl's talk with Zena-san and her friends.
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”I'm sorry for all the fuss. They're not bad girls, it's just that it was unusual that I'm with a man...”
She's coming with upturned eyes. It doesn't feel mischievous like in the beginning, this time it really looks timid.
”They look like fun people. I don't particularly dislike it.”
”I'm happy if you think that way. That remind me, you looked troubled in front of the magic shop earlier, is something the matter?”
”Yes, I hit a roadblock in my magic chanting training. I was wondering if they have books concerning chanting practices, but as you see they're closed.”
”Satou-san, you're, ummm is it fine to call you Satou-san?”
”Of course it's' fine.”
I'm already calling you Zena-san without permission.
”Is Satou-san not only a nimble peddler but also a magician in training? That remind me, today you're not wearing gaudy clothes~, I think this one match you better.”
So fixated on nimble part, this person is.
”I want to be able to use Life magic so I'm training on it, but I just can't get the chanting part right...”
”Let's see, for wind magic, people usually start with ■■■■ but if they tries to forcefully chant it, it usually come out like, lyu~lia la~lule li la~o. If it's just memorization, then most people can do it.”
Zena-san is tilting her head with ”I wonder how I should explain this”-look on her face.
”Rhythm. Yes, please try to slowly recite the chanting and remember the rhythm. Then while keeping the rhythm gradually increase the chanting speed so it become ■■■■!”
I see~, however, even if what she said isn't exactly a secret, isn't it still something that shouldn't be easily taught to other people?
”Rhythm huh... I understand, thank you very much professor. I'll practice hard in that direction.”
”Yes, I'm happy that I can help you.”
Zena-san smiles.
I should give her something as thanks.
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I've decided to go together with Zena-san halfway to the Parion temple in the west district.
”Speaking of which, how long did Zena-san practice to be able to use wind magic?”
”The real training was 3 years, but in hindsight, I've done various things during everyday life in preparation to become a magician~”
I wonder what kind of things? ...I hope it's nothing serious.
”In order to learn the history of magicians, from when I was a child, I was made to read aloud picture books for children, poem singing, practice to read lines smoothly, abdominal breathing... Toys for detecting the flow of magic. Even the children's plays were for the sake of training to become a magician.”
”It's not like I bear ill will toward my parents for raising me like that you know? Learning magic is fun anyway, and I have an objective to fly in the sky someday.”
But there is no other road to choose from the beginning...
”Satou-san. Why does Satou-san want to learn life magic? Is it because it's useful for business?”
”No, since there is no bath in the inn, I was thinking if I have magic then I wouldn't have to take a bath outside...”
Ah, she's amazed.
She looks me in the eyes directly, and bursts a laughter.
Is it that interesting?
”Ahahahaha! Th, this is the first time I've seen a person who has such reason for wanting to become a magician.”
Seemingly hitting the spot, Zena-san's laughter doesn't stop.
”Is it that strange?”
I think that it's relatively proper reason though. Don't you want to make inconvenient thing easier?
”It is strange!”
An immediate answer.
”Because if you have the drive and the fund to learn life magic, isn't it faster to just build a bath in your house? And you can just buy slaves for the job of boiling the bath.”
It's like that huh~
I will do things I could do myself! I'd like to think like that, but even over here, it's normal to hire people to work, since the labor costs seems to be cheap.
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”Mister, please buy some flowers.”