Chapter 142 How Is She? 1 (1/2)
Raghnall was going to squeak out a complain when he saw little traces of magical particles near Ulima's eye. He squinted, trying to figure out why they were there.
Then, within a second of noticing the movement patterns of the magical particles, he immediately recognized the spell.
Illusion spell.
That's probably what he's using. Although he's not entirely sure if it is that, or maybe a spell that is a bit similar…
He needs to confirm it first…
But then again, why is he using such a spell?
Raghnall squinted as he stared intensely at Ulima's eye.
Is he… concealing his original face?
Or is he someone pretending to be Professor Ulima?
Meanwhile, Ulima felt so flustered with Raghnall's intense stare that he couldn't help but shy away from it.
But then, he felt a gentle caress on the side of his face that made him flinch greatly. He staggered back as he trembled in shock. With a hand pointing at Raghnall, and the other covering the spot that was caressed, he screamed with widened eyes.
”Y-you! W-why did you?! L-listen! I-i have n-no interest towards a m-man's c-caress!”
Raghnall's eyes squinted as he looked at Ulima in confusion. Then suddenly, as Ulima's words began to register in his head, he turned deep red in embarrassment.
”N-no! I d-didn't... I...Oh gosh… Uhm, I d-don't like… uhmm… I l-like women!”
Ulima's disbelieving glare made Raghnall realize that his actions must have lead to a deeper misunderstanding! So, with his mind in full panic mode, he tried to ease up the misunderstanding. But he got too flustered that his mouth and mind couldn't seem to cooperate with each other.
”Uhm, it's true. Seriously. I… uhhh… I just... Illusion… spell…”
The last two words that Raghnall mumbled made Ulima raise an eyebrow in shock, momentarily forgetting his earlier shock.
”Wait, what do you mean by 'illusion spell'?”
Raghnall breathed deeply as he tried to calm himself down in hopes he can speak a straight phrase.
”I was just.… wondering why… uhm… there were magical particles on your face… So uhhh… I…had to touch it to confirm for sure…”
Ulima looked at Raghnall in wonder as he grew more curious.
Hmmmmm….
He's able to see even these small magical particles?
Although it's one of the most basic skills of a magic user, most can only see the large particles that appears once the spell has been cast or when the spell isn't concealed or is unstable.
But the thing is, Ulima knew he concealed his spell very well. In fact, to make sure, he had to cast two spells. One is for the compression of the particles while the other is a spell that creates a magic limiting area near where his illusion spell was located so that he can minimize both the size and number of these magical particles.
Hence, no one in the faculty was even able to notice...
So, with great confidence, he can say that only those who trained intensely or someone who is at a finger's distance away from him would be able to see those small traces of those magical particles.
And, to be able to do that, he had to read tons of books and train himself for three years to even detect a single small magical particle.
And not only that, in order to guess a spell, one would need to look into the movements and patterns of a small number of particles. And that would require more training and immense memorizations of these movements or an expert's guidance. The things he didn't have the chance to have, hence his ability was limited.
But he really wanted such an ability!
It would be very helpful in battle and in running away!
Just imagine.… immediately recognizing the first spell of your opponent is a great advantage already!
Ughhhhh, he wants that ability so muchhhh!
But, he knew that to do such a feat, one would need a special eye. And from his knowledge, only those who trained under the Sage was able to successfully have this special eye through immense training. And those people are so few that they can be counted with a hand!
Just…. who is this boy?
Ulima was about to ask the question that's been bothering him when Raghnall spoke first.