Chapter 131 (2/2)
「Even though we knew, we didn’t want this to happen.」
They both sighed and looked down.
If you think about how the country was formed it was obvious, because the weight of magic there was huge.
Also, thinking about my own magical ability was nonsense.
My magical operation style meant I couldn’t use any strong magic myself.
Because of the spirit blade I didn’t have one problem, but since I couldn’t use any easy magic there was nothing I could use well.
Of course, a normal adventurer could do well with the absolute minimum, but on the other hand that’s all they have.
「…even so, I can’t use magic, so I can’t be taught it. I’m going to mess up anyway since with my style I don’t even know the basics. Since Minnalis hasn’t been given 『magic path』of『magical techniques』, and Shuria is basically done being a 『magical puppet.』 Just go and study magic!」
Yeah, because that was the problem.
Even if I were to come up with a new magical idea using the knowledge I had from my original world, in order to make it a reality I still couldn’t put it together.
There was no way I could understand magic as I couldn’t change to someone who could use magical power in the first place.
That’s why Minnalis, who didn’t understand the organization of magic well, could still generate magical force with a high ability.
Shuria as well was good with outside magic, so even though it was impossible for her to learn the holy magic hidden in the church she still could learn cursing magic.
「So, when we arrive in this town, you girls can’t use any of your natural abilities.」
「「Whaaaa?」」
「Don’t say『Whaaa?』to me. You use your magic so often you get drunk on it. You just start using it too easily. You have to learn the basics of magic and be more effective at changing magic styles.」
I continued chiding them after they gave me reluctant looks.
「You know you get drunk on your own magic, right?」
Getting drunk on magic limits your reasoning skills but strengthens your ability.
The condition is just like being drunk on liquor, but the way of getting drunk is different.
With me it’s just like that rush you get when you stay up really late, but then you suddenly get sluggish and can’t take it.
Those two are kind of the same, they show off things people shouldn’t see.
Even though I dodge I’d still like them to see it from my position.
「Well…」
「I guess…」
They both looked away.
「But, won’t you go too, master? 『What about this?』『How about this?』you always say when you kill something, while you use up all your magic. You still haven’t even tried…」
「Uh…well…」
This time I was avoiding their gaze.
It seems they both remembered a bit too much.
「And now we have worse enemies! The people you want revenge on are close to war and the magical beasts are on the prowl. If you just fight using your skill it will be too much so we all have to get stronger. Okay, it’s decided!」
And just then there was a sound like WHOOOOOSH.
It was the sound of the ricol juice overflowing and getting all over the fire.
「You think it’s burned?」
「Hm, we spent too much time on this conversation, so it may be so. If we cook it any more, it will lose its flavor.」
「Well, then I’ll have the largest one!」
Shuria went woosh and grabbed the largest ricol fruit.
「Come on Shuria! Be careful! You’re going to get burned.」
「I’m fin…OW! Hothothothot! Waaaah…」
「I knew this would happen, that’s why I told you…」
Minnalis sighed and used her ice magic to pass Shuria some cold water.
「Owwwth, that’s much cooler….ah, a little more….」
Shuria put her hands over her cheeks as to quickly cool mix in her mouth.
Just like always, when there’s no one to revenge, Shuria always does dumb things.
Looking at her appearance, she seemed like a maiden that some lover would worry over, but she made herself look like that on purpose.
Well, each person has their own disposition, and since I’m kind of the reason she’s like this, I’ll stop thinking about it. Yeah.
「We need to feed the KuuCoo-egg too, you know.」
And upon saying that I took a moving box from my bag out and then a large case from that.
Inside the case, surrounded with glass walls much like a square aquarium, was some dried grass and Koo, who had turned back into an egg.
I put the case on the ground and the egg began to rattle back and forth.
Of course, the KuuCoo-egg was an egg, but still KuuCoo-chan.
Even since KuuCoo-chan attained that shape, it still had an appetite. Well, instead of food, it wanted magic.
Since it didn’t have a mouth it couldn’t eat, but if you held it in your hand, it would suck all the magic emanating from you that it could out of you. Because of that, if you fed it a lot of magic it would get full, the egg would shake, and it would stop absorbing magic.
This is what consisted of its “diet,” so we tried to give it three daily meals of magic just like the meals we had.
Anyway, KuuCoo-egg was the name that Minnalis came up for it.
「Hm, okay, it’s my turn! Hot! Hot!」
Fwip, Shuria jumped up excitedly with some hot ricol fruit still in her mouth, and stood before the case.
It was just as always. Shuria was the first one and the one given the duty of feeding KuuCoo.
「Okay! I got some tasty magic for you!」
She took off the lid of the case, and prepared to channel the magic tenderly just as a mother might nurse a baby.
Well, except….
「…it doesn’t look very interested.」
「Your magic’s just getting all over the place.」
「Wah!」
…And just like usual, it didn’t absorb Shuria’s magic at all.
「Uuughh….what’s wrong? Why don’t you like my magic?!」
「Well, you did your best, Shuria.」
Minnalis tried to comfort Shuria, whose eyes were welling up in tears.
「『Rattle Rattle』」
「Okay, no need to fuss.」
I took the egg from Shuria and it began to rattle happily. I began to feed it my magic until it had all it needed. Until something happened suddenly.
Crack!
「「「WHAT THE?!」」」
In my hand, the egg began to crack.
Crick, crack!!
「Oh! Wait! Now…now what?! What should we do?!」
The sounds continued loudly as the egg cracked, and I looked around to the other two.
「C…calm down, master! Put it back in the case.」
「Slowly! You don’t want to hurt it.」
「S, sure.」
Minnalis and Shuria advised me, as I calmed down a bit, and put the egg back in the case.
And at that moment.
CRAAAAAAAAAACK!
「「「Wah?!!!」」」
The cracking sounds of an egg cracking that had broken its limit rang out along with the sight of the egg splitting in two.
Editor’s note: Ku-chan is now Kuu-chan in case if it got confusing. And kuu seems better when it stands alone versus ku..