50 Episode 49: What Seeks Magic (Part II) (1/2)

”Oh hon! Er... the air went crazy because of Gakun...”

”My fault!?”

”Gakun shut up for a while. I don't mind teaching magic. Of course, you shouldn't talk too much out of it. Because the way I think is still heretical. That's in mind.”

”Yes!”

Miss Halfis replies well. That's a good reply. Marion, who's nodding next door, also has a good look on his face. Gakun... I don't know.

”It's just that magic isn't like an answer to figuring out how to make magic work. Instead, perhaps we should call it magic.”

The truth is that magic science uses the knowledge of “science” of previous life. It's abbreviated magic. But I'm sure I'm going to learn magic, so I also think it's right to say magic.

”They say that magic is a fairly worn opinion compared to magic classes, spirituality and theology, which are mainstream in the Kingdom of Palettia. Theology attaches importance to prayer and faith in the Spirit, but in magic I want those perspectives off if I can.”

”Off point of view, is it?

”It's magic to figure out what's actually happening. So don't stop thinking because I prayed strongly for the process until magic was activated, or because it was a miracle given to me by God or the Spirit. That's the first entrance to magic.”

Question things. And unravel the laws of the world to be your own. Simply put, that's the thing. Demonic props are also demonstrations and by-products of that knowledge.

So I don't want you to stop thinking. I want you to keep questioning me. That becomes the first entrance to magic. The questioning begins all the questioning.

”Then what can we do to dispel the doubt? We have to gather information. But what kind of information do we need? In order to gain knowledge, we have to gain the perception that is a prerequisite.”

”Is information important?”

”Yeah. Shall we talk about something like that? Suppose I have three apples. I took this one at a time. I mean, there are three people who gave them apples. How many apples did you give me if the information about the number of people you gave me and the number of people you gave me was missing from this story? I wonder how many apples you got from who? You're not gonna know, are you? There could be one person who gave him the apple, maybe two. But there will never be more than three. Pick up the possibilities, squeeze the options out of them and look for answers. It's been a rough explanation, but I want you to think this is the basics of doing it in magic.”

The more I look at you listening to me, the more I nod and think. Gakun had his arms together and his neck tilted.

”No, but there were three people who gave the apples to Master Anisphere, so you gave them one at a time, didn't you?

”... that's what I know because I gave you proper premise information, and it starts by looking for that“ information ”to figure out my doubts.”

”Hard!”

He says he's trying to explain it as plainly as he can, but if he's gagged. Ugh.

”I mean, it's a hole filling problem.”

”Hole filling?”

”I just know the answer. Then how do we make a ceremony to get that answer? I received three apples as a result. If I add the information on the person who gave them to me and the number of pieces they gave me, that would mean I received three apples, right?

”... oh! If there were two of those holes, would one of them have only one apple!

”That's right. Maybe the“ process ”leading up to it is different, even if it looks like the same answer. That's how it's important to verify over and over again.”

Well, if it's as easy as the story goes, I'm not having a hard time either. That's the infinite number of possibilities if you line them up. Crushing that possibility and deriving only the right answers is an uninterrupted effort.

Still, with the gathering of knowledge and experience, we will also be able to derive answers by intuition. But sometimes I can't find it even though the experience is a simple thing to pull my leg on, so good and bad depends on the time and the circumstances.

”That's why I looked into it. The process leading up to the consequences of my inability to use magic. Is the question“ magic ”? Then what's“ magic ”made of? Who's generating magic? Spirit, right? Then the Spirit must also be examined. Look, there's so much to look into. So don't stop questioning me. You can't drown in doubt, though.”

”That leads to Her Royal Highness Princess Anisphere's spiritual theory...”

”Miss Halfis, you have a hard attitude. Ennis is fine. I'll call it off, too.”

”Huh? Ah, if that's what Her Royal Highness Princess Anisphere says...”

Even though it's a relationship that I have to teach you a lot from now on, it's hard for me to do it even if you respect me weirdly. Gakun's attitude is rather easy-going in that sense, but he still looks like smoke coming out of his head, so it offsets it and is a negative rating.

”What do you mean Halfis can't use magic well?

”… I'm less apt, and I'm a little above the evaluation criteria.”

”Mmm. I wonder if it's the body of magic that the Spirit doesn't like... maybe it's close to me”

”Do you have the magic that the Spirit prefers?

”For convenience, I'm just saying that. They say you can communicate all this. You won't know until the Great Spirit gives you testimony. In the hypothesis at the moment, magical aptitude fluctuates depending on whether the Spirit is doing the magic of his choice. Some magic is not liked at all by spirits, like me, and others are of such a physical nature that any spirits, like Yufi, will like them.”

”Physique...... can't I change that anymore?

Halfis asks me with his glaring eyes, but I shake my neck left and right to deny it.

”I guess you can't. Magic, or what is the source of magic, fills the soul. I define this as like solid blood. Magic power is zero blood out of your soul, so it's already unique to that person. I can't replace this first. I don't have the means to degenerate it.”

”Has Master Anisphere tried that perversion?

”Hmm... I guess I would have done it if I wanted to quit humans”

In other words, a familiar example of perversion is Raini, a vampire. If it changes so much from the nature of existence, I might be able to use magic, too. I'm just not sure I can stay who I am with that. Similar bridges were crossed.

”... you can't increase your magical aptitude if you're not ready for that.”

”It's not like you can have more in the first place. Because spirits can eat too much magic and get sick. Sometimes when the balance between soul and magic breaks down, it can make your mind and spirit sick.”

Marion sitting next to Halfis peeks into Halfis's face worryingly. Halfis has a pretty thoughtful look on his face, so that complex looks pretty deep-rooted.

I wonder if I should be relieved that you relied on me before you stepped off the road. Gakun uttered a voice of doubt when he thought so.

”Is that it? But Dear Anisphere, you can use physical enhancement. How is that?

”It's ready to be used with products like demonic props. I'm just not going to spread the word because it's risky. It's inhumane as being forgiven for doing it to yourself.”

”... did you even put your hands on that thing?”

”I can't use magic unless I get my hands on it. You don't have a choice. That's why I'm not going to let people imitate me. Then I'll tell them to go down the road to develop their magic tools.”

The engraving was donned to Yuffi. And Ilia, your father and your mother are furious with you. Whatever you are, I don't think you should treat someone else. Really.

So I'll smile gently at Marion, who's looking a little pale. Don't worry, I won't let Halfis do that.

”... I don't dislike it, but I don't know what it feels like to have“ aptitude ”in the first place. What does that feel like?

Uffi raises his hand and speaks. The gaze of everyone who was here gathers in Ufi. That was a pretty delicate statement, but I sure as hell never cared about the difference between what I felt when I used Yuffi's magic.

”What is it? Not responding?

”Not responding, is it?

”Even if you chant in prayer or wish, that's just a word, isn't it? Even if they put prayer and thoughts on it, it feels like. 'Cause how do you tell me to grab something I'm not responding to?

”Is that what Anis feels like? What about the others...?

”... not that I'm not responding.”

It was Raini who spoke on behalf of Ufi. Raise your hands with a snack and Raini speaks his opinion too.

”In my case, does it feel like there's a difference in weight? If it's an aptitude attribute, I can help if I push it, but if it's another attribute, I don't think so...”

”Is it that different?

”Yes. Somehow the magic street is bad. So they take the magic to activate it, and it's best to shape it.”

”I understand! I'm a similar perception!

Halfis snorts heavily at Raini's opinion. If I was next door, I could have taken those two hands and probably waved.

”In that regard, you were surprised because the magic props are so magical and easy to use,”

”Maybe that's because it's magic that's been done since the beginning. It's been in shape since the beginning, so I don't think there's any” extra information ”to make it in the form of magic.”

”... complete from the beginning? No extra information? Dear Anis, may I ask you a little more about that story!?”

”Huh? Ugh, yeah”

Halfis has gained a lot of momentum and now he's eating at me. With a little confusion, I decided to mouth the hypothesis that had just surfaced.

”I am consciously making magic props in the form of tools and so that they do not become versatile so that mass production is easy. For example, you have magic that makes blades out of magic, right? All that magic needs is a blade, but you're gonna have to figure out what's gonna happen to that blade handle part or something, right? But with the magic props, I even prepared a” sword pattern ”, and all I had to do was put out a blade. I could afford to use magic to change the quality of the blade.”

By analogy, ”magic” is a full scratch that can pack as many features as the skill of the surgeon allows.

“Demon Props” has been shaped from the beginning and all you have to do is assemble a template.

Although magic can change its shape as you wish, it requires the ability of the person.

Demonic props have been shaped from the beginning, but there are few parts that depend on the user's abilities.

”I wonder if many who do not have the aptitude should extremes one magic.”

”... oh, you have a real example of that”

”... who?

”I'm the queen. Master Sylphine has only the aptitude of the wind, but that is the only person who has risen to the top.”

Oh, speaking of which, yes. If it was in that field, you would have had a mother to call Superman. So much so that they say that if you let the wind magic handle you, no one will go out to the right. I hear other attributes are a tease.

Speaking of which, the story deviated from the magic prop, but what's the magical feeling that Uffi, with his numerous spiritual aptitudes, uses?

”How does Uffi feel about using magic?

”... is it a puzzle”

”Puzzle?”

”Yep. I'm not sure the pieces are set, but should I start by making the magic pieces that I want to complete, and then say it feels like collecting them and shaping them?”

”The feeling of assembling a puzzle even though you haven't decided on a piece? Not painting or something?

”Drawing, is not the same again. It has shape, but do you say it doesn't? Shape and activate magic…”

I'm sorry, I just don't know. Unexpectedly, I'll look at all the faces besides Uffi, but they're all shaking their necks left and right. I mean, nobody seemed to sympathize with Yufi's senses.

”In the first place, I don't know what that puzzle feels like”

Don't look at him with your eyes at strange things, Raini.

”Oh, but I know it has shape, but it doesn't. … I don't know the puzzle”

You're failing to try to follow me, Halphis.

”I can empathize with gathering.... I don't know why that would be a puzzle though. Am I a good place, a building block?”

Don't make similar mistakes between fiancées, Marion.

”Master Uphilia, something's wrong with you?

Hey, Gakun! Yufi's hurt and she's dented! Apologize! It's surprisingly delicate that you don't seem to move, Yufi!

”Uh, maybe it's a difference in the amount of information”

”Amount of information?

”For example, if you add 1 and 1, it's 2, right?

”Well, yeah”

”I think that's how magic adds information and makes it. Wouldn't Yufi be good at sensing that information? Though I don't know if everyone with a lot of aptitudes does, or if it's Yuffi's unique feeling.”

It was an interesting story because I had never looked at the difference in the senses of people who use magic. Let's keep a note in our minds.

Then Halfis, who had his hand on his chin to somehow contemplate, looked up with a serious look. That gaze is directed straight at Uffi.