Chapter 1809: Erikas CAD (1/2)
After their conversation, Erika stayed in the van of the engineering team since she had nothing to do and she also asked both Haru and Kei about the CAD. Her baton CAD was bought from Kei's family and the metal bat CAD was given by Haru, her talent with magic was limited so what she needed to do was to train harder on swordsmanship and to get a better weapon. Frankly, she loved Haru's thick and long weapon so much, but she was wondering whether there was something even better, especially with the shape of katana, if possible.
”Well, it should be possible, but the process is more complicated since I need to create the katana from zero, and you know... it is very expensive,” Haru said. Without a doubt, he could create that katana-shaped CAD, but he had said before, it was very expensive since he needed special metal if Erika wanted to be the best weapon. ”Money is one thing, what is important is the material since you need special metal to create this CAD. Even though the magic might be able to create a sword without a sword, but with a sword, there is various magic that can be applied on it.”
”Such as?” Kei asked curiously. He didn't mind Erika staying in the van, since he and Erika's family had a long-term business partner so the relationship between them was quite amicable.
”Hmm...” Haru rubbed his chin and said, ”Maybe, the blade that can scatter like sakura leaves, then those leaves might according to the user's thought and attack the enemy with sakura leaves shaped blade without mercy. Of course, the blade is so sharp that just one touch from it is enough to create a lethal wound on the target. Or you can use a combination of your family's magic, so use half of the blade to create a blade with a half blade with magic, and the other half of the blade, you can scatter them into a sakura-shaped blade use them for an attack. It is like a combination of both close and long-range magic together, what do you think?”
”.........” Erika was dumbfounded and could imagine how dangerous that weapon would be, but the more she thought about it, the more excited and satisfied she was with that weapon.
”That magic, why does it seem to be quite familiar?” Kei asked since he felt that the magic that was said by Haru seemed to be quite familiar.
”You're not wrong, it is magic from the Shippou Family,” Haru said.
”Shippou family?” 2x
Kei and Erika were surprised since the Shippou Family was one of the 18 Assistant Houses. This family was like Haru's Rokkaku family.
”They have magic, which is known as Herd Control. Here, the term herd does not refer to a group of biological organisms but instead refers to a group that was connected together without any rules. Multiple independent objects, or even phenomena, were manipulated together as if they were one body. Like Juumonji-senpai's magic exclusive which is known as ”Phalanx”, the Shippou family also has their own exclusive magic,” Haru said.
”What kind of magic is that?” Erika asked.
”Million Edge.” Haru looked at Kei and said, ”Probably, Kei-senpai knows this magic.”
”Kei-senpai?” Erika looked at Kei, waiting for him to explain.
”Well, as Haru has said before, ”The Million Edge” is the exclusive magic of the Shippou Family's signature magic and doesn't involve the use of CADs. It focuses on manipulating multiple objects (Herd Control); magic that is easier to use for them compared to other magical families. This magic doesn't require CAD, but it uses the paper of a Grimoire. Our family is the one who inscribes the paper, so we know about this magic.”
”Paper? What's the effect? Is the magic powerful?” Erika asked in doubt since she had never seen ”The Million Edge”.
”Hmm... I'm not that sure since I'm not the one who has inscribed that paper. But, Haru, do you know?” Kei asked.
Haru nodded and said, ”I have seen it before, and it is very amazing magic. How amazing is it? Let me explain it to you, Shippou's Grimoire is an approximately B5-sized book with 720 pages or 360 sheets. A page is 182mm wide and 256mm long. Upon activation (Shippou flipping through every single page), the book is disassembled and each B5 page gets split into 4mm by 4mm squares. One leaf = 2880 4x4 paper blades, x 360 leaves = 1,036,800 blades.”
”1,036,800 blades?!” 2x
Kei and Erika were dumbfounded.