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Translator: Kazumi
Editor: Kabur & Silavin
A world of white sand stretched out before their eyes, covering their entire field of vision.
The sun’s rays made the ambient temperature seem even higher.
In an environment where activity would normally be slowed by high temperatures, Kousuke, together with Mitsuki and Collete, were testing the power of fairies.
“Blast Flame!”
After hearing Mitsuki’s voice, a mass of flame was released from her palm.
Just before the mass hit the box on the sand, Kousuke moved.
“Noll, protect the box.”
Following his instructions, Noll appeared, and the next moment, an explosion echoed around the area.
This was the effect of the magic Mitsuki had released.
With the sound of the explosion, the sand around the area hit by the magic scattered around.
The magic Mitsuki used this time was not that strong.
However, about one meter around the explosion point had been gouged.
The center of the explosion was still in the same shape as it was before the explosion, as if nothing had happened.
In the center, the box in which it had been placed remained intact.
This was evidence that the barriers that Noll had put up worked properly.
Incidentally, the box in the center of the explosion was just a dummy and did not contain anything.
“That’s good enough for an effect.”
Mitsuki, who was standing next to Kousuke, said as she checked the remaining boxes.
In front of Kousuke was Noll, who was happy to have finished the job successfully.
While giving Noll the Divine Power as a reward, Kousuke looked firmly at the box.
“It looks like there’s no problem at all with the range and power. Good.”
“Is that all you instructed me to do, just the image?”
“Yes, that’s right. I think I got it right.”
“Normally, I would give you general instructions in words.”
Collete’s expression turned slightly puzzled.
When using the power of a fairy or a spirit, a proper image must be given at the beginning.
The image had to be conveyed in a more concrete manner, either in the form of a spell or a verbal instruction.
This was no different from normal magic or holy law.
In magic and holy law, there were techniques for shortening spells and casting without chanting.
In the case of spirit art involving spirits and fairies, spells were an essential element to convey one’s own image properly.
As Kousuke mentioned earlier, it was not possible to convey an image simply with a single word.
“How about that?”
Even Kousuke could not give a concrete answer as to how he was doing it.
He just conveyed the image he has in his mind to the fairies when he gives Divine Power to them.
It was almost a reflexive process, so it is difficult to explain in words.
“And yet, I don’t understand why you can’t use fairy language.”
“Ugh…!”
Yes. Kousuke, who is familiar with fairies in general, still cannot use the fairy language.
Although “fairy language” could be used, it was only possible to give detailed instruction with a spirit using spirit language, while when dealing with fairies, it was possible to have a normal conversation even if not using their language.
In fact, the gnome in front of him could speak normally.
It was unclear why it was called fairy language instead of spirit language, but it was probably because normal people didn’t really have that much of a difference when dealing with both fairies and spirits.
In terms of usable power, fairies were more powerful than spirits, but because there were few people who could work with fairies in general, their recognition was low.
Furthermore, those who could use fairies mostly did not have access to powerful fairies.
As a result, there was a misunderstanding among the public that there was not much difference between fairies and spirits.
“I’ll do it next, Mitsuki, please.”
“Understood.”
After confirming the results, it was Collete’s turn.
Just as before, Mitsuki used magic, and Collete prevented it by using spirit magic.
Again, the box was well protected.
However, there was a big difference between Collete’s techniques and Kousuke’s instructions to Noll.
“Do you have to chant that long?”
Kousuke’s instructions were like one-word commands, while Collete’s usage were more like firm spells.
“Hmmm… I don’t think I can convey the image properly if I don’t say the incantation.”
“I don’t see the point if the spell doesn’t come out in time, right?”
When exchanging lives, there was no room for lengthy spells, so they were kept as short as possible.
Still, there was no doubt that there was a big gap when casting spells.
In addition, if the spell were not cast in time, the whole chant would be ruined.
“Yes, but…. It’s part of the skill to choose the spells in time, isn’t it?”
“Oh, that’s what you mean.”
And by the way, it was considered better to be able to use higher level spells with short chanting than to train for no chanting in both magic and holy law.
This way, one could select spells of greater effectiveness faster.
Of course, there were those who chose speed and acquired access to less effective spells, but they were rare.
They could just shoot out spells in silence, as Kouhi and Mitsuki do.
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After confirming the differences with Collete, they trained in full-scale combat with Mitsuki.
Of course, at first, they went easy on each other.
Mainly Mitsuki, though.
Gradually, she raised the level of magic she was using and launched magic while checking Kousuke’s reaction speed.
Collete, who was watching the situation, gradually changed her expression to one of dismay.
At first, she was looking at it as if it were also possible for her to challenge, but then it became more and more ridiculous.
The magic that Mitsuki was unleashing was already of an unusual power and not an unknown magic at the very least.
If one would look for it among high-ranking wizards and holy law users, there may be some who could use the magic she was currently using.
However, the caveat was that the only way to be able to use such spells, one would need to take enough time to chant.
Or, if several people work together and release the magic in turn, the result would mostly be the same.
If a normal magician were to look at this scene and realize that it was launched by only one-person, they would not believe their own eyes.
However, what was even more unbelievable was the presence of Kousuke, who was blocking the attack itself.
Kousuke was using his fairy power to prevent it, but he did not leave his reinforced barrier in place.
Whenever Mitsuki cast a spell on him, he reapplied his barrier.
Collete wondered why he had to go through such trouble, but she soon understood.
The magic that Mitsuki was shooting at him was not matching Kousuke’s barriers.
If he did not change the barrier properly, Mitsuki’s spells would easily penetrate the barrier.
For this reason, Kousuke had to give new instructions to the fairies to re-establish the barrier.
It would have been possible to put up a barrier to block all attacks from the beginning, but there was no way that Mitsuki would have given him such a chance.
As a result of this continued exchange, different magics were being cast one after another, and at the same time a different barrier was cast to prevent them.
“This should be just about right?”
Even though it looked like both sides still had some energy to spare, suddenly, Mitsuki stopped shooting magic.
“Yes, I guess so.”
Kousuke nodded in agreement.
“It seems like you two still have room to spare, though, right?”
Collete tilted her head as they moved towards her.
“Well, of course there’s room, but this is just training. There’s no need for us to push it to the limit.”
“With this, we’ve mostly confirmed what we’re going to do next, so that’s enough for today.”
To Collete they only seemed to be shooting and blocking aimlessly, but both Kousuke and Mitsuki seemed to have found challenges they wished to do next.
She couldn’t help but let out a sigh, wondering how much stronger they were going to get in their next training.
“But then again, is Kousuke only going for a defensive stance?”
In the current training, Mitsuki was the only one attacking while Kousuke hardly fought back.
“There’s no way Mitsuki would give me an opening that I will be able to slip in an attack.”
“That’s right, when an attack is really needed, it will either be me or Kouhi who will be responsible for the attack. He doesn’t have to go to the trouble of training and mastering that side.”
Kousuke, with Kouhi and Mitsuki by his side, would mostly need to simply protect himself if they did get into battle, even if he could technically attack using the magic of his fairies.
There was no need for him to go out of his way to increase his offensive power.
After trying various methods and finding their own problems, the three will work hard to further strengthen their skills based on today’s results.
