Chapter 13 (1/2)
Ossan, meets the lord DISCLAIMER: I DON'T REALLY KNOW japANESE, THESE ARE MACHINE TRANSLATIONS THAT I TRY TO PUT INTO PROPER ENGLISH READ AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION
Zweit von Solisthea, 17 years old He was the eldest son of the Archduke of Solisthea and was said to be the next Duke
He was talented ina hard worker who devoted hi the heir to the title of Archduke
His personality was rough around the edges, but he took good care of the people he liked, and gave the opposite treatood amount of allies and an equal ast them, was someone very close to him His brother Kreuz, born at the same time as him, and one of his rivals in the inheritance dispute
Always composed and with a cal way, specially the moment he opens histo belittle him
Another of those people was, her sister, Celestina, who is currently zealously working on ic deconstruction She was the child of a concubine, born when their father, DelSasis, 'accidentally found hi in the Duke's state at that time
When the duchesses, the mothers of Zweit and the Duke's other children, found out about it, they were quick to kick out Celestina's mother from the mansion
That was to prevent the appearance of further rivals in the inheritance dispute, and at the same time, to keep the eyes of DelSasis, their husband, away from her as much as possible
And as a result, she was taken under the care of Creston, DelSasis' father, delighted of having been blessed with a cute granddaughter and being able to dote on her to his heart's content
However, soon after that, Celestina's e, leaving her daughter to be raised by one of Creston's servants
Nonetheless, her existence was still an eyesore to the duchesses, and they acted as she didn't exist in the first place They negatively influenced their own children froe, and an insidious harassment towards her ensued As a result of it, she soon started beco withdrawn and insecure
It also didn't help the fact that she was unable to use ic, and thus, branded useless
From Zweit's point of view, he couldn't accept the fact that such an incompetent person was her own sister, and above all, he was influenced by his mother's antipathy towards her, so he treated her coldly without questioning it
However, Celestina wasn't a useless person when it caic for to what he had heard, she indeed had troubleto activate a spell, but she excell when it caician, she definitely was incoood at everything else besides that, so it was clear as day that she wasn't useless
And now, all her probleic activation were solved by a certain Great Sage, who happened to be the person in front of Zweit, his tutor…
”…So if you decipher this e, you will need between 10 and 50 MP' That indicates the range of the mana required to successfully activate a spell and the upper liic formula requires a predetermined amount of mana, but the power of the spell does not necessarily rise theit into the formula Rather, the mana will flow back and leak out from the formula That is a phenomenon known as overflow…”
In all honesty, he didn't like this Great Sage at all Furtherician that, Creston, his grandfather and strongestto use hio…
”In other words, even if you increase or decrease the required ae?”
”To put it bluntly, doing that is not as easy as it sounds In reality, if you increase too much the aic formula and its capacity to efficiently store and convert the mana into the desired phenoht change it, if it'schapters, or if you guys interpret it in a different way: ぶっちゃけて言ってしまえばそうですが、それほど簡単ではありませんよ？ 魔力量が大きくなるという事は、同時にそれを貯え現象へと変換する魔法式の耐久力に影響を与えます。)
It doesn't ic forh to withstand it, thethat What'sthe e to the surroundings”
”Hmm, how complicated Is there a way to increase the power output of a spell in proportion to the amount of mana employed…?”
”There's the ic through two different formulas, one is the spell you want to activate which is divided into multiple different parts, and the other is, 【Spell Line】, the ether
For exaic circle, it would have to take quite the large area to be activated”
He exceeded all of Zweit's expectations
For the first time in his life, he has met a person who he can truly respect from the bottom of his heart, due to the incredible amount of ability Zeros possess
After all, Zeros doesn't suck up to the powerful On the contrary, he respects his way of life to the extent of being able to relentlessly challenge anyone and everyone ill stand in his way and tarnish his pride as a erated)
(TN: the text between parentheses is the narrator co between lines, in case you confuse them with h that, the grandfather he respects so ainst the idea ofripples in every faction
It was taken as a betrayal, specially by the Weissler faction he belonged to But, aside fro him, there was too icians and Creston, for an assassination to be done successfully Moreover, he was a blood relative of the royal faonize his to power like ivy, is not a ician is one who cultivates himself as his true purpose'”
The person in front of Zweit now is the true embodiment of those ideals(only in his mind)
He is a wiseboth theory and practice, without wasting a single moment of his life He is a savvy wisdom seeker, who even kno to survive in a real battlefield, due to possessing a wealth of experience in actual conificant other icians, in the present time, look compared to Zeros
”Well then, Do you have any other questions?”
How can anyone even say that a ic characters, is not excellent?
In his eyes, this randfather, appears to be in the clouds, above hi the lessons in these past few days, has learned that he's only a chick in co that he's superior to the teachers at the Istor Magic Acade part of a faction He seeician than them(from his point of view)
He's someone completely used to the battlefield, and continues to do his own research while fighting many battles For Zweit, someone like that clearly had to have some screws loose
Most people with his talent would prefer to join a noble icians' faction or a national institution, but he was the exception
”I knew that you could decipher the ic an individual can learn varies froic that suits you the best?
According to your theory, there's no barrier between all types of ardless of the attribute, but in reality, the ic a person can use depends on their individual qualities and aptitudes, right? And, in fact, at theto what attribute their icians specialize in”
(TN: not sure about the last part;アンタの理屈では全属性魔法の得手不得手の垣根は存在せず、誰もが全ての魔法を覚えられる事になるが、実際は個人によって使う魔法は資質によって分かれ、現時点では属性派閥なんて連中も出てるんだぜ？」)
”It's a ic of all attributes, but I usually just use wind and lighting ic… In short, it's not like you have to study all kinds of ician, it's enough with just putting constant effort”
”So you can reic? But, Isn't there a liic formulas directly into the brain?”
”If you reduce the nuic circle in itself will be ser nu is, hoell you understand and use a ician's skill”
(TN: this part in specific about the li formulas into the brain is ala, so I don't know if they're following the LN version or is aon translating the ht end up conflicting with the ic forh to fit in colosseum, so it's certainly useless for practical use”
”Well, if you had an even surface you could e to activate it It would require an enorh…”
”Don't say it as if you've done it before…”
”If you are a erous situation”
At that point, it became clear to Zweit that all the teachers in the Academy were inferior to Zeros
The latest research on ic is, as Zweit previous said, that forht; and it is a sort of esoteric puzzle forether
Zeros' ht be at least 500 years ht
”As a truic?”
”Let's see, I don't want to compare my own research with others' I' it with other people either”
”So, you are saying that they have to get there by their own efforts, right?”
”Naturally, ould we have to freely share the results of the researches we've spilled our very own blood and tears to get? I don't knohat it could be used for, it's too dangerous”
”But, aren't you teaching us the fundations of your ic? Don't you think we could reach that point eventually?”
”Is that so? nobody could usethe research So, there's no point in giving it”
A thrilling sensation runs through Zweit's spine Not due to fear, but so is, in short, create your own spells instead of just using the ones everyone can use As long as no one can use your original spells, their existence would be icians
This Great Sage was already at such heights, and Zweit felt an indescribable feeling of joy, due to the fact that said person was teaching hi, so you have the tiic by your own hands, don't you think? Re new is no longer synonynation”
”Can you really create your own ic? That's not what the teachers in the Academy say”
”It's easy once you know the basics, don't you think so? After that, is the aainst yourself Theory and practice… icians are such lonely creatures”
In the past few days, Zeros has learned about the level of theto understand hoerful is the existence of a Great Sage
Thee of internal and externalabout those topics
Moreover, considering their approach to actual battle, or lack thereof, and their ability in close co difference in skill
”Easy you say… Does that mean that I could do it too?”
”If you can do it? Hmm, that would depend on your own efforts and hoell you reat… This is the first ti The teachers at the Acadeht have a bad teic He wants to know the unknown, to see what lies beyond what he currently knows
For that reason, he takes the lessons seriously, revises the to put them into practice on his own after each session
In front of hiician that has reached the peak of his profession but he's far fro satisfied, and continues to research and train In Zweit's eyes, he's the eician
”Let's see, it looks like it's time to wrap this up Let's continue with the lesson tomorrow”
”Eh!? Already!? I didn't even notice…”
”It's been already three hours, if you don't rest, you won't be able to learn much, even if you cram a lot of infor forward to tomorrow's lesson then”
”In the near future, I'll have you two practice the , so please don't be anxious about not being able to do it”
That was the end of today's lecture Even after Zeros had left the rooet to prepare for the next session
Zweit, on the other hand, can't hide his surprise at the sight of that younger sister, which he never tried to get close to before…
”Hey, Celestina…”
”What is it, nii-saed a lot, you used to run away froht But now I can use ood as sensei, but currently, I can at least roughly decipher the ic forician… I'e to be like that in the future too”
In his reat honor, for a person who aiuidance of such a high-ranking ician Moreover, today's lesson was about the basics on the construction of amethod which clearly differs from the Academy's, but that has already yielded more results
”I'reatest honor for a ician to be able to say that they're the disciples of such a wise man”
”…Isn't nii-sama a disciple as well?”
”Nah, I'm already in a faction… ah… ahhh, damn it! Why did I have to join that shi+t faction!?·
The current Weissler faction is ic research a secondary thing
He wasextravagant praises froant, and the consequence of that was an awful broken heart
(TN: Luceris)
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he was brainwashed, in a sense
”They're rotten This is my advice, be careful when you return to the Academy They'll try to recruit you into one of those factions”
”…How strange It's the first tienuine advice, nii-saed too, I at least know that factions will start pestering you”
”They sound troublesoht Receiving lessons froe, they're a bunch of amateurs in comparison”
The last few days of the two of the
Their ability to learn has grown exponentially, as if the thing that has been stopping the so had disappeared, and their true skill had flowed out all at once
The ic beco the basics, new discoveries are derived from their lessons every ti able to see new possibilities every ti about had been explained
”I don't wanna go back to the Academy…! I'll be able to learn ht, a o back…”
The contract with Zeros was for the duration of two o back to the Acade lectures, which seemed like a massive waste of time to the both of the to return as well?”
”Kreuz? He's a candidate for a faction, he's going to be busy studying on his ohat a waste”
”Indeed, precious ti back hoards to father That would be all, e he sent me, can you believe that!?”
”He's the same as always… focused on research”
The second son, Kreuz Hated by his brother Rather, he thought it was a waste of tiet involved with hiician to prioritize efficiency above all, devoting his time to research
However, his words and actions annoy Zweit greatly
”The same as always! That damned troublesome bastard… but he's run out of luck this time kukuku…”
”Ahh, he certainly has a terrible luck Missing lessons fro forward to seeing the face he makes when he finds out”
They are polar opposites if you compare the two Because of their opposite personalities, they've always thought they were incompatible with each other
”But his attitude as aht? Well, that's not quite right… he clearly lacks the knowledge”
”That's unfortunate But well, as far as I'ood to me Yeah, I don't like him because he's similar to that Kreuz bastard…”
”Do you hate Kreuz-niisama that much?”
”I do! I swear I'll beat him up one day”
He doesn't know that the cause of the inheritance dispute in the Duke's fah, he's also happens to be a ossiping about
Thinking about her troubleso that it won't turn into a sort of civil ithin the fauests roorandfather, Creston, who dotes on his granddaughter a bit too much