37 Episode 37: Cant You Create Flight Magic? (1/2)

When I came up with the idea of a last ditch effort, ”Let's escape by flying! It was Kazui who raised an objection, or rather, shouted an objection.

What?　Don't be ridiculous. Flying?

That's right. Get out the nearest window and climb down. Use magic.

That's right, since we can't escape through the passageway, that's the only way we can escape now.

I didn't expect to have to use my best magic here, but I'm glad I've been studying it seriously.

Everyone dreams of flying magic.

The fact that it wasn't flying on a broom left me a little unsettled, though.

But for some reason, both Noah and Kazui didn't react well.

Kazuie looks ashen, and Noah's expression is harder than usual.

I'm not sure what's going on here.

(......?　(What?)

While I was wondering about their reactions, I thought of something.

In all my years of studying magic, I've never heard of flying magic.

Not really.

To fly freely is one of the universal dreams of human beings.

Everyone in the world yearns to see birds flying freely in the sky, and even in the world of men, various people have been making tools for flying for a long time to express their longing for the sky.

But when I think back, I have never heard of anyone doing anything to fly in this world.

This is despite the fact that we live in a world where magic is an uncommon power.

One would normally think that people would want to use magic to fly.

When I was wondering, Kazi let out a breath of air as if he was dumbfounded.

The magic of flight is something that mages have been studying for a long time and have never been able to do.

”Is that so?

”Master Arx. It is said that magical flight is impossible at this time. I've heard that several have been built, but they all ended in crashes.

”What?　No, that's because the spell is poorly constructed, isn't it?

There is no structure. There's no such thing as a badly constructed spell.

Even in the imagination, there are many references to the movements of actual flying creatures. It is said that the reason why man cannot fly is because the spirits do not allow him to do so.

Noah then added, ”With the sole exception of the emperor of the empire, ......,” but that's not relevant here, so that part was left out.

...... is a strange story.

It's not strange, it's common knowledge.

I'm not sure if you've heard of it or not.　I'm not sure what you mean by that.

”No, no, that's just a simplified version of holding and moving things, isn't it?

What?　No?　Is that what everyone thinks?　Even Noah?

Yes.

Yeah. ......

It was an unexpected revelation.

I had imagined telekinesis in the man's world.

I had imagined telekinesis in the man's world, but other people had imagined telekinesis with their hands.

By the way, I remembered that I could move it quickly and freely, but when other people used it, there were some restrictions on their movements.

Was there a difference between the limitation when it was carried by human power and when it was not?

But first of all.

If you think that there is a difference in imagery, it is not the quality of the spell or the imagination, but the quality of the way you imagine.

The difference is not in the quality of the spell or imagination, but in the quality of the way you imagine it.

...... My view of falling objects is based on the physical laws of man's world.

Universal gravitation.

Gravity.

The law of inertia.

I create my spells and images with them in mind.

If the starting line was in a different place, or--

”...... First of all, you two. What do you see as the reason why things fall down?

That's the focus of this conversation.

My knowledge of the man's world was so obvious that I never asked it again.

How do people in this world perceive the phenomenon of falling?

Then, Noah opened his mouth.

”First of all, Master Arx. Falling and rising is something you learn in your fifth year at the Academy of Magic.

Falling and rising.

”......?　Falling and rising?

Yes. Falling and rising.

Noah's story, as I had heard it, contained words that were not appropriate for this conversation.

Then, as if to add an explanation, Kazui said.

The reason why things go up and down on their own is because of the effect of their attributes.

Huh?　What?　Attribute action?

The man is right. The reason why objects fall or float on the ground is because they are trying to get closer to the mother of attributes, which has the same attributes.

The reason why objects fall or float on the ground is because they are trying to get closer to the mother of all attributes. That's why we fall towards the ground, right?

So the spell goes like this.

”Release the wedge and chain to escape from the Mother Earth. The blessings of the earth are gone for now. Aeolian bird, blessed by the sky. Lose your moorings. No need for peace. The nine heavens are blue. The narrowing birthplace is black. Let the sun be your guide and bring the freedom of the swallow to my back.

As Noah chanted the spell, spun magical glyphs popped at his feet.

Unleash the wedge and chain - or in other words, break the chains that bind him to the ground.

Eventually, Noah's body emerges slightly, but only for a moment.

Soon he lands on the floor.

The distance and time between the jumps are as short as a jump.

It seems that Noah can't keep the time to float.

In the first place.

”Longer ......

The longer the spell, the more extensive it is.

”I don't know how you can pull off such a long spell in one shot. It usually bites.

Cazi pretends to bite his tongue.

”Noah graduated first in his class at the Academy of Magic.

Oh, he's your junior. That makes sense.

Oh, you're a senior. Speaking of which, your name sounds familiar. ......?

...... Anyway, the spell failed.

But it cancels out the attributes attributed to it and makes them appear.

Didn't I once see a sentence (or story) similar to this?

Not in this life, of course, but in a man's life.

It was, I think--

”Oh, ......!

”What?

”Aristotle. ......

Yes?

Yes, it's the idea spoken of in the four elements proposed by Aristotle, the ancient master of man's world.

Based on this idea, not only does an object fall, but it also rises.

Matter wants to return to the center of the source to which it belongs, the ground in the case of stone, or the sky in the case of fire, and this causes the phenomena of falling and rising.

And the closer it gets to home, the more joyful it becomes, and the faster it goes, and so on, referring to acceleration.

To people in the age of man, when the ideas of gravity and universal gravitation are already common, this is a strange story.

But it is precisely because such ideas have taken root that this failure has occurred.

If only the laws of physics in this world were exactly the same as those in the world of men.

That idea is probably wrong. People fall because of a different kind of force called gai'a.

”Gai'a?

Yeah. The earth we are standing on is the force that pulls us. It's not that our bodies want to go back to where they belong, it's that we're falling into the distortions of space created by the planet.

As I began to explain, I noticed that Noah and Kazi's faces were contorted as if they couldn't understand.

No, I don't blame them either. There were too many concepts that they needed to know beforehand, and some of the words were probably incomprehensible to them.

However, if they don't understand this theory even a little, there is a risk that they won't have a solid image of magic. I can't make use of the [Ancient Arts Language (Gai'a)], which corresponds to the [Gravity] of the man's world.

Then, what to do?

Suddenly, I saw the cloth that Kazui was holding.

Kazui, please unfold that cloth.

”Oh?　Is that it?

Yes. Noah took the end of it and pulled it taut.

Then, looking around the room.

”When an object is present, it distorts the ...... space somewhat. This cloth is to visualize the distortion of the space. And.

And then I put a handy object on top of it.