Chapter 13 – It Is the Magic You Chose (1)

After roughly sewing up the series of events surrounding the store, there was only one thing left.

“Hehe, are you here?”

Keeping my promise to Adela, who had been looking at the stall in my place for a few days while I was visiting Merak Magic Tower.
As soon as I entered the store after roughly wiping the dirty soles of my shoes, I checked the basement first.
Then Adela came in with a gasping sound. No way?

“Well, I didn’t touch anything!”

Hmm. The bag of snacks left in the cupboard is torn.
The closed door inside the basement showed no signs of being tampered with.
Other than that, it was good overall.
It didn’t seem like the second floor had gone up, and the balance was ridiculously low compared to the reduced number of breads, but this was fully expected.

“Didn’t anyone come visit me while I was gone?”
“Umm… Maybe? “I heard birds outside last night, but that was it.”
“Yes, you had a hard time.”

I gave Adela a moderate pat on the head.
I probably missed a lot of class, but I did it pretty well. Enough to leave it to me sometimes.

“Teacher, then…”
“Oh yeah. “You mean magic?”
“Lol…”

Hmm, what should I do?

I am not a professor at the Academy of Dragons.
Although she knows how to kill people and non-human things well, there is no superior learning method that can teach Adela magic.

The time remaining until the competition is not very long.
Even if we bring her Terra, it would probably be impossible to make her grow into a great mage in a short period of time.

But if the goal was simply to get Adela to do her part in the fight against her, there was one way.

“Okay. “I’ll teach you.”
“Really!?”
“It might be a little difficult. “You have to prepare your mind.”

On my body are engraved the twelve unique magic spells of Terra Ernisten, which were painstakingly placed by Nova Latte, the shaman of the new moon.
At first, I was overjoyed when I heard that magic would be given to the body of a warrior several times stronger than others.
Because it meant that not one, not three, but twelve special moves would be created.

In fact, thanks to the magic we created one by one depending on the situation and the opponent, our adventure began to speed up as if sailing on a tailwind.
No matter how strong an enemy, such as a demon general or the worst of the four, as long as they survived once and escaped, the next time they met, they could fight with the magic to counter them.

The way the tattoo was done was a bit extreme, and Eris, who was her saint, burst into tears every time she did it, but isn’t she likes what’s good?
As a warrior, it was something I had to do.

“Oh, does it hurt?”
“Not really.”

Anyway, one of them is the magic that absorbs the other person’s karma.
Strictly speaking, it is an ability that can be used in both directions, including releasing the karma contained within the body.

What is karma?
New students entering the academy are taught that it is an axis of magic that is opposite to but has the same properties as mana, but in reality, karma is magical energy. It’s also very powerful.
A typical way to accumulate karma is by committing a significant amount of killings or making contracts with demons, but annoyingly, the deeper you go into the demon world, the more karma becomes floating in the air.
As it continues to accumulate in the body, the nature of the magic changes little by little, and the effectiveness of healing spells that are close to pure white magic is halved.

I took on the karma of other colleagues to maintain their power. Even now that I think about it, it was a very reasonable choice.

The warrior’s body boasted durability that could not be destroyed by a small accumulation of karma as long as it possessed three divine devices.
All the magic I used worked through techniques optimized by Terra, so the amount of karma was not a problem.
In the first place, the body of the Earthling summoned from another dimension did not contain even an ounce of mana.

“Okay, then I’ll do it.”
“Really? “I won’t listen even if you say something else later.”
“I’m not saying anything else! Really!”
“Is it true? “Come closer.”

I motioned for Adela to come this way.
She shifted her hips from across the table, smiling at the thought of learning her magic.

“What kind of magic is this? Because in competitive matches, it can only be used up to level 3… Umm, is it like invisibility or levitation?”
“Closer.”
“More?”

As they sat next to her and looked at each other, the sad smell of Adela’s body lingered in her nose.
The dirt-stained skirt and the crooked family crest certainly don’t look that neat on the outside, but upon closer inspection, it’s clear that a noble is a noble.
Her unexpectedly perky body, revealed under her cape, aroused her desire to grab hold of her defenseless body.

“Teacher…?”
“More.”

Even though she felt somewhat puzzled, Adela came closer to me little by little. As her body leaned forward, his cold fingers touched her thighs.
Only then did she feel a little embarrassed and opened her mouth with a rare blush on her face.

“Oh, that’s right! You must have a cane. I will also bring one for you to use. Let’s see, I’m sure it’s something they sold over there… Hmm!?”

However, the speed with which I grabbed Adela’s cape was faster than Adela’s movements as she tried to strengthen her body while speaking gibberish.

“Huh, huh!?”

A sticky kiss. Adela’s entire body became stiff.
Be that as it may, I nipped her lips, entangling her even more, as if I were an herbivore biting the nape of her neck.

〈 Inherent Magic: Evil Transfer ⌜Metastasis⌟〉

For a very long time, the karma in my body transferred to Adela through her saliva.
She was flapping her legs like a waterfowl on the water, but by the time she started to drink a little bit of the saliva that was accumulating in her intestines, she was only shaking occasionally.

Chueup.
When her lips fell in a solid line, I checked her condition to see if I had injected too much karma.
Her wide-open eyes were filled with sparkling tears.

“Are you okay?”

In response to my question, she slowly raised her hand and touched her own lips. And then——

“Hi… !”

I got up and ran outside, leaving only a big hiccup.

***

As the spring rain passed, flowers were in full bloom in the campus and flower garden. Some freshmen who had been snowed in since the beginning of the semester made plans to rent a carriage and go on a picnic outside the country during their upcoming holiday.
Lina also had an appointment that was recommended to her by a group of friends, but she could not easily agree to it.
The reason was Adela, who had been in a bad mood for a few days.

She’s been a little strange during every class lately. No, because she was always strange, she would have felt relieved if she had gone on an eccentric trip.
Adela no longer dozed off during her classes. Rather, she just stared blankly ahead with her pen pressed gently to the corner of her mouth.

Friday 3rd period. Professor Marco’s general education class.
At the Parenzia Academy, which aimed to teach civility and martial arts, education on aristocratic behavior was essential.
Lina is also a low-class noble, but she learned things that she did not learn at her home, such as how to classify panniers for different purposes and how to perfume according to the color of the fabric.
While everyone was keeping quiet and concentrating on class, a small clicking sound was heard from behind.

— Hibb.

Although he was a strict Professor Marco, he was not someone who would find fault to that extent.
It was rare for students who were in an urgent need to quietly open the door and leave the classroom.

— Hiccup.

However, even as the class progressed, the students’ attention began to gradually focus on the sound that did not stop.
Lina, who was sitting next to her, figured out the cause of the noise and swallowed her dry saliva.

— Whoop, whoop.

“Adella, where does it hurt?”
“…”

Despite Lina’s concerns, she didn’t respond in any way. I just shook my head thoughtfully with rosy cheeks.
What was rather embarrassing when this happened were the students in the same classroom and Professor Marco.
For the first time this year, they saw Adela Sylvester, who had always been disruptive to her class by chattering like a puppy needing a walk, sitting there with her mouth shut.

“Hmm, Adela Sylvester. Would you like to come out and demonstrate Bahran’s tea ceremony?”

After hearing the professor’s words, she quietly came forward, placed water and tea in the teapot, and skillfully preheated the cups and teapots.

“… Hi.”

Sometimes, when I shake, flames come out of the crater! Although it made a sound and grew closer to an explosion, its posture, gaze, and hand movements were close to perfect.

“Good job! It’s flawless. I don’t know why I made such a fuss when I was doing so well. “Go back to your seat, and at least go see the priest after the lecture.”
“… Yes. Thank you professor.”

I never thought the day would come when I would hear the word ‘professor’ instead of ‘teacher’ from this troublemaker student’s mouth.
Needless to say, not only Professor Marco, who was thrilled by her, but also her male students who were present were able to see her again.

After her class ended, Lina, worried about Adela remaining in her seat, ran her hand over her eyes.
What would it look like if she learned Roshoar’s unique magic? The current Adela was giving off an atmosphere that was difficult to touch.

“Adella, Adella… !”
“Yes? “What’s going on, Lina?”
“Class is over. “I’m going to clean the classroom, so I have to get up.”
“Okay.”

Even the simple act of nodding is pitiful. What on earth happened to her?
Did you get sick after picking up bread from a snack bar on a random day?

“What do you want for lunch?”
“I don’t really think about it. “Sobbing.”
“Okay? He always sang a song about going to the snack bar at this time… “If you want to eat bread, can I buy it for you when I’m on my way?”
“Store?”
“Okay. The store run by that guy… Adela?”
“Hiccup! Hiccup… !”

Lina was startled by the sight of Adela constantly hiccuping with her head down, so she helped her up.
Lina, who was worried that Sarai might have heard her and tried to check her expression, was momentarily lost for words when she saw her newly red cheeks hidden behind her blue bangs.

“Hiccup! Oh no… I’m okay… The concession stand… That is…”
“What is that?”
“I don’t know!”

***

‘Magic power coercion’ is a kind of law that increases stability by increasing output when the two substances, mana and karma, which are the sources of magic, have the same direction of conduction to the magic.

Of course, I didn’t discover it, but Terra, who always boasted about her knowledge when she was bored, told me about her knowledge of this world.

In order for first-year students to win the magic competition, Adela has no choice but to stop holding back her teammates.
No, that’s it. Even if she doesn’t like kissing me, as long as she accepts it, I will instantly make her the protagonist of her victory.

Increases magical capacity by forcibly injecting karma.
Even though it is an injection, it is not a problem as the Litweis test paper will only be handed over until it turns scarlet, so it will return to its original state in a few months after the match is over.

‘What’s important is whether he comes back on his own feet…’

A long time had passed since Adela, who had been knocking on the store door for a long day, was not seen.
Was it an inconsiderate action to suddenly hit my lips?
But obviously I warned you and I got your consent.

You probably need some time to sort out your mind. The answer will come before the match.

It’s the magic you chose. Hold on to your evil spirit.
These were the famous words of Hwang Geun-chul, a magician from the Kingdom’s Royal Guard, that he would definitely say to Adella if she came to visit again.