16 Episode 16 "Bat Extermination and the Secret of the Mansion".txt (2/2)

The abandoned air must be hard on Rita, who was sensitive to smells.

'When we get back to Metekal, let's all go to the communal bathhouse.

'Nagi-sama,'

Suddenly, clutching the hem of my clothes, Cecil said.

''I can feel ...... faintly magical ......''

Something ...... caught Cecil's 'magic detection' skill?

'Yes. It feels tingly. Like I'm being clawed out of my reach.

I see.

Me and Rita both gasped for breath to get out of Cecil's way.

Cecil opens his arms as if to welcome something and slowly lets out a breath.

''Magic detection.''

Once again, I activate my skills.

Her thin arm is giving me goosebumps.

It's like she's trying to grab a piece of magic with her skin sensation.

It's like a magician's magic is moving.

Cecil opened his eyes and looked at me as if he noticed something.

'Where?'

This way.

Cecil grabbed my hand.

My smooth palm trembles faintly.

This ruin has been searched out long ago.

That's why it's the target of a quest for beginners like us.

If Cecil can sense the magic of ...... then someone else has gotten in.

Or maybe something old has started to operate .......

'Maybe it's here. Nagi-sama.

A staircase in the entrance of the first floor.

Cecil stopped in front of the stone wall at the bottom of it.

Even my 'architectural battering' can't break the stone wall.

But Cecil can feel the magic from behind it .......

''In a game or something, if you push it, it moves.

It doesn't budge.

If it works by pushing it, someone must have found a hidden room or something long ago.

For example, if you set up a hidden room, what do you usually do?

Do you want it to respond to items?

In this case, the key is 'no one has found it before'.

''Is 'magic detection' a skill that can only be used by Cecil?'''

No. Most wizarding types can use it.

...... still means no one has ever found it before, right?

What is it that we have that other people don't?

The ”visitor” - that is, he responded to me.

...... Isn't this one?

And I don't understand the reaction of magic power to begin with.

If Cecil wasn't there, I wouldn't have noticed it .......

The magic power ...... lived here was a wizard that no one had ever seen the face of ...... and that only Cecil could have ...... seen.

'Cecil. Can I ask you something?

I have nothing to hide from you, Nagi.

''It's not such a big deal, and I don't mean to get all red-faced and defensive, but is the 'ancient language' that Cecil uses, can it be spoken by human wizards?''

...... is impossible, I guess. It's the demon race's own magic language.

A scholar of ancient languages.

Even the demons stopped using 'ancient language' a long time ago. My 'ancient language chanting' was probably pulled out of my memory of the lore. I don't think it's possible for an ordinary human to do it.

'One more thing. Cecil can only chant magic in ancient languages?　Or can you converse in 'ancient languages'?

...... eh?

Cecil nodded his head a little then, as if searching his own head.

'Conversation seems to be a bit, well, impossible. I can manage simple sentences and words.

Okay, say something you know.

'I love Nagi-sama's hands because they're so warm and big and nice.'

...... I don't know what it means, but I don't know why my eyes are feverish.

As soon as Cecil's voice echoed in the ruins - there was a reaction.

The wall at the bottom of the stairs glowed pale and white for a moment.

It's drawing some kind of figure. Is this a magic circle?

You responded to ...... ancient language.

What do you mean, Nagi?

Rita tapped on the glowing wall, knocking on it.

'This mansion was sealed in such a way that no human could find it.

In a game, it's a door that can only be opened by having a certain character join you.

If you don't have an item or a key word that the character has, you can't enter the place. Well, it's usually sprinkled with hints, but in this case, no hints.

Or rather, it's too good to be a coincidence.

The residual thoughts of the demon race──If Ashtarteh was there, I might have figured it out, but.

He knew that I could draw out Cecil's potential, and he brought them together.

...... No, no way.

If you can read that far ahead, it's a god or some such realm of existence.

''There was a seal in this mansion that responded to the ancient language.

At my words, Cecil's eyes widened.

The seal reacted to Cecil's 'Ancient Language Light'.

The seal woke up in response to the old magic of its own kind.

''Cecil, why don't you tell me a few things in the Ancient Language and see if this wall can be opened?''

The quest is over.

The rest is extra. A treasure hunt for Cecil.

The ancient language is a magical language used by the demon tribe.

If they responded to it, the wizard who lived in this mansion could be a 'demon' - a member of Cecil's clan.