14 Chapter 15: Travels (2/2)
”I'm good. I thought it'd be a good time to teach you magic strengthening.”
With an excited expression she nodded
I explained the process to Ariel, how she had to imagine her magic power strenghthening her body and she got a hang of it quite easily. It's probably because she can use magic perception and cast a spell. Compared to that, magic Strengthening is basic.
”So how does it feel?”
”My body feels light and I feel faster.”
”Interesting.. Why don't we test it?”
As i finished saying that, in an instant, i stretched out my arm to see how she would react and she grabbed it
”Looks like your senses and reaction speed increased as well”
”D-Don't just startle me like that! But.. I unconsciously reacted. I never imagined that i would be able to move that fast..”
”It's magic.. Anything is possible. That aside, get some rest for now. I'll be keeping watch with magic perception to make sure no monsters attack us.”
”Alright, wake me up when it's my turn. I can use magic perception too.”
”Yes, yes. Will do.”
Shortly after that, Ariel laid down on the carriage and began to sleep. I checked on david and made sure that he was also asleep. The horses were fine too.
”Well then.. I guess it's time to try out this spell. deprehendere”
A pack of wolves in the forest within a 50 meter radius huh.. Just to make sure
”deprehendere”
No other humans within a 100 meter radius. It should be safe, if i go hunt some food for us.
”Meat easily spoils without being frozen. But with my ice magic, that doesn't matter”
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”Ariel, Good morning.”
”Good morning.. Wait.. Didn't you say that you were going to wake me up when it's my turn!”
”Well, things happened and there wasn't really any need. Besides i can get some rest in the day while we travel, and you can just wake me up when anything happens.”
”So you don't trust me to be able to protect us from the monsters at night..” She said with a saddened expression
”N-No! That's not it! Sorry, it's just because your cute face looked so comfortable when it was sleeping that i didn't want to wake it up..”
”C-cute..? F-Fine, but next time please rely on me a bit more.. If you don't it makes me feel useless as your partner.” She said with a pouting face
”Understood.”
I went over to David and woke him up.
”Good morning.”
”Good morning, kid. Looks like we got fortunate. No wolves attacked us.”
”No they did.” I said as i pointed towards the frozen bodies of the wolves outside of the carriage
”W-What?! You dealt with them all on your own!?”
”Yep, and i froze them, so we'll be able to eat some meat” I replied with a smile
Ariel who hadn't realised either, looked surprised.
”Well done. Looks like i made the right choice hiring you. Not like i had any to begin with.”
”Thank you, that being said. I don't know how to butcher animals, so do you mind teaching me?”
”... I don't even know what to think, at this point.” David said with a dumbfounded expression
I unfroze one of the wolfs and with his help we butchered it. Now all that we needed was to cook it and eat.
”Hey kid, lend me a hand. i'm trying to set this wood on fire. Try to look for some flint”
”there's no need. Ignis” I replied
In an instant, after i muttered the word. The wood lit up in a blue flame.
”O-oi.. What's this?” He asked
”Fire? I replied”
He ignored what i said and began to cook the meat. To his surprise it managed to cook way faster than expected. That's because of the blue flame.
Last night, i practiced a few new spells. One of them was 'Ignis' a fire spell. At first i tried creating fire, but it didn't work. I thought i didn't have aptitude with it, until i realised that fire is the process of the rapid oxidisation of material.
It's possible for Magic to create a material out of nothing, It can create Chemical compounds and elements of the periodic table, as long as you understand the formula and you can imagine it.
But creating a material like wood is a waste of energy, and i was never really interested in wood so i don't understand it's composition. Creating wood to use fire magic seems stupid, so i thought, why don't i just create the flame itself? And to my surprise, it worked.
A Flame is the visible, gaseous part of the fire. If i remember correctly, flames consist primarily of carbon dioxide, water vapour, oxygen and nitrogen.
Most of those, can be found in our atmosphere, so all i needed to do was gather them up with magic, After that with a spark. It ignites. The Area in which i concentrated The Carbon, nitrogen and oxygen is where the blue flame is formed. And after it's formed i can manipulate it in any way i want.
After we finished eating i asked David ”What are we going to do with the remaining bodies?”
”Can you unfreeze them for me? I'd like to butcher them, i think you could keep the pelt and sell them for quite a few gold coins. and we could leave freeze the remaining meat and use them for food during the trip”
”That's a good idea!”
Just as he suggested, i unfroze the remaining bodies and he butchered them. Shortly after he finished, i created some water for the horses and after they were finished eating. We continued the trip.
*Yawn*
I let out a yawn and had a tired expression on my face as i sat on the carriage beside Ariel. David was the one controlling the carriage and remained focus throughout the whole time. He was also working hard in his own way.
Ariel who noticed that i was tired, grabbed my head and placed it on her lap.
”Um.. Ariel?” I asked
”Sleep, if you don't get enough rest, you'll slow us down.” She said
”Alright..” I replied before closing my eyes
I'm excited to see the kingdom of atlas and experience new things from now on.. I don't know what the future has in store for me.. But i hope it's filled with exciting adventures.
Slowly but surely i'm becoming stronger. Stronger so that i won't ever lose to anyone. I've decided that once i reach Atlas i'll undergo heavy training.
And just like that, I fell asleep.
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