Chapter 14 – It Is the Magic You Chose (2)

Ro Illen, who taught magic circuit design and magic construction to her new students, called Adela into his lab after her lecture.
She was worried about Adela’s condition.
Carl and Rebecca, who were also selected as first-year representatives, had already rented a training hall and were practicing hard in preparation for the magic competition.
However, Adela has never appeared there until now.

“Adella. “Do you feel pressured to be selected?”
“No, it’s not like that.”
“She hasn’t been able to concentrate in the lectures recently, and judging by her red face, she looks like she’s not in good shape. If you’re having a hard time, it’s okay to refuse to participate.”

There are many students who want to participate in competitions. Whether or not they have outstanding skills remains to be seen, but they are at least better than Adela.
But regardless of her calculating thoughts, Ilène was genuinely worried about Adela.
Because she had heard rumors that she had been harassed by some shabby nobles since the beginning of her semester.

“It’s okay, Professor… Hiccup! “I will participate in the match.”
“Is that so… Well then, go outside on the weekend and get some fresh air. Did you know that? “There are quite a few things to see in Parenzia.”

After coming out of Roylen’s lab, Adella let out a small sigh of her own.
The hiccups haven’t stopped for a week now.

She clearly just wanted to learn magic ——
What I found out was that her first kiss tasted like the bitter scent of cigarettes.

She couldn’t concentrate at all in the basic magic class that followed.
When the Litweis test paper showed a lighter yellow color than forsythia, Lewis’ face came to mind again.
And she also heard Ansen’s voice beating her.

– Oh right. After the next lecture, please bring a Litvice as well? Let me take a look at what a magnificent mansion our Lady Rochear lives in.
— Well, that…
— What, are you complaining!?
— Oh, it hurts! Okay, Miss! Please don’t hit me!!

Yes, if you look at it, the problem was solved because Lewis stepped up in that situation.
She thought it was annoying, but she was the one who pestered him and begged him to teach her magic.

You have to debut in society and get married.
To do so, you must win the magic competition and be invited to the salon.
To do so, you must learn magic from Lewis.
In order to do that…

— Hiccup!

‘I need to stop this first…’ …’

Adela took out her handkerchief and covered her mouth, suppressing hiccups.
And after waiting until the school was quiet, she walked towards her cafeteria.

***

When I was young, on Earth, countless creatures had long ago evolved and adapted to their environment.
Among them, the most commonly seen vehicle in the city was the electric cart driven by the Yagurt lady.
Segway, equipped with a rechargeable electric motor, began to gradually become more intelligent after the release of the bipedal model, and eventually took over the association, took over half the world, and declared the Yagurt Empire.

It must be the result of constant efforts to survive in a harsh world.

It was the same for me too. There was no place in the world where a store owner could be complacent.
Continuous efforts to develop new business models and expand stores were essential.

In that sense, this match was very important to me.
The canteen was now at peace, but there was a lot of personal work to do.
A night when the sun has completely set. With the lights on on the first floor of the store brightly turned on, I was busy rummaging with my hands.

Talk. Tododog.
Golden corn kernels explode on an oiled pan.
After adding a little salt and closing the lid, I heard a familiar voice from behind me.

“… What are you doing?”

Look. I told you I was coming.
Adela, holding a cane, stood touching the corner of her mouth.
To appease her as she began to show her bird-like wariness, I opened the lid and handed her what I was frying.

“Want some?”
“What is this?”
“Popcorn.”
“Why are you making this?”

Why make it? When the competition starts, you have to sell it diligently.
These small academy events were a great way to raise a lump sum of money.
Who else, if not me, would think of selling popcorn at a Wizards game? After all, a person must be intelligent to make a living.

Adella lets her guard down little by little and munches on popcorn. After all, it’s good because it’s simple.
I don’t know anything else, but I liked her very much, as far as the fact that she didn’t have the shadyness that was characteristic of her nobles.
Like trying to use violence under the pretense of a duel, or trying to steal someone else’s store by citing laws that don’t work.
At least Adela is a good girl, even if she is a bit lacking.
There was a reason why she taught magic and gave us popcorn for no money.

“Have you decided? “Learn magic from me.”
“Haup, I just keep having hiccups…” … “I came here to stop it.”
“I’ll make that stop too.”
“How? Ha… ? “Hyang!?”

Of course, I can’t say that there isn’t some dark intent behind it, but it’s all about improving my magic skills.
I will not go to the extent of preventing Adela from marrying her in the future.
It’s only a few kisses at most, so there’s nothing to worry about.

“Eup, hmm… !”

The second kiss with chewy corn husks was quite salty.
As soon as her soft lips parted, her hiccups had completely stopped.

After a moment of silence——

“Uh… “How was it?”

After thinking deeply, I responded to her biting her lip without even thinking about picking up her dropped cane.

“I think I added too much salt. “It’s so salty.”
“Oh, not that!!!”

***

I sat Adela down and explained to her in detail how my karma was transferred to her and amplified her magical power.
If she were a human being too, she wouldn’t be happy about karma accumulating in her body.
Therefore, she carefully pointed out the precautions, like a doctor receiving consent before surgery.
In addition, he took out a Litweis test and measured her karma, reassuring her that there would be no problems compared to before.

“Okay, now you understand roughly, right?”
“Yes!”

Adela listened to my explanation and nodded repeatedly.

“You mean Mr. Lewis wants to kiss me?”
“…”

I didn’t understand at all.
Okay. What can I expect from you?
It was fortunate that I didn’t have any physiological reluctance.

“Okay, let’s practice one by one first.”

I first used the 1st tier lightning magic 〈 and lightning strike 〉 used by Adela as an example.

“From today onwards, you must only use magic related to the great void.”
“Why?”
“Because it has the most stable structure.”

The output that was forcibly increased by injecting karma had to be used as safely as possible.
One of the three original manuscripts, the Archduke.
As she used before, magic that uses empty space in the sky as the source of magical phenomena generally has a circular magic circle.
Its characteristics are stability and ease of casting.
The magic that can be used at Adella’s level would be 〈 Lightning 〉, 〈 Fire 〉, and 〈 Wind Blade 〉.

“Don’t you have any magic equipment?”

I looked at the cane Adela was using and asked.
From the beginning, she had been using the standard cane sold at her store.
Of course, I put a lot of effort into selecting the wood, but if you are a horse master of the Roshoir family, you are sure to be incomparably stronger than metallurgical wood.

“Yes. “This is it.”
“I heard that ice and snow workers use spears…”
“I can’t use that.”
“Okay, I understand.”

We got out.
When the outdoor tables behind the store were removed, a small empty space was created.

“Try to cast the lightning strike you used last time.”
“Yes!”

The dark night sky was overlaid with a bright yellow magic circle created by Adela’s fingertips.
The composition of the technique itself did not change at all.
A single star shining from inside the Prium Mobile, Luminary.
And the messy formulas that give properties of speed, light, and heat.
The only thing different is the output.

Crackling, crackling——!

‘Hmm…’

I was lost in thought as I watched the magic being completed.
Why can’t she use magic properly?
Based on my experience on the battlefield, there was only one out of three cases where a wizard would fail with a spell.

The magic you want to cast is too difficult to properly understand the structure of the spell.
You may be exhausted from the battle and run out of mana and karma.
Otherwise, the magic may be canceled due to external interference.

‘At least in my opinion, it doesn’t seem like all three.’

Contrary to appearances, if Adela was really so stupid that she couldn’t even use her hands, she would have failed to even draw her magic circle.
At best, if you can’t come up with a level 1 magic trick, it would be better to marry the count and just work at the canteen with me and sell popcorn at every event.

Also, what is your origin? Even if Adella Sylvester’s blood rots, it still remains Rochear. A famous family in the North Sea.
It wouldn’t have any innate sensitivity to mana, and even considering the amount of karma I put in, it was producing pretty decent output.

Lastly, except for special cases, the 〈 End of Magic 〉, which is always in effect, was effective only when a part of my body directly touched the location where the magic was cast or the caster himself.
Since there is no one else here, this means that it is impossible for Adela’s magic to be canceled by a third party.

“Oh, it’s okay, it’s done!!”

Blah blah blah!!
Rumbling——!

The flow of mana, which would have been unstable originally, was forced with the assistance of karma, and the magic was successfully manifested.
Soon, an enormous amount of electric current flew into the sky, centered around the stick stretched upward.
Looking at the output that brightly colors the lower part of the clouds in the distance, no one would think that it was a first-class magic.

“Teacher! “I did it!”

Seeing Adela so happy, I also smiled to myself.
Yes, whatever the reason for not being able to use magic, it’s fine.
Even if she were just a normal magician, she would never be able to beat her second year when it came to the number of magic types she could use or the detailed manipulation of them.

There was only one winning formula that I could think of.
While the other two guys are taking their time, Adela blows all three away at the same time with a single blow full of karma.

Considering the power of the 〈 lightning strike 〉 that I just used, even the slightest mistake would have gotten me involved, but as I warned, as long as I don’t use other types of magic, there will be no problem.
I will control that thin line myself.

“Can I eat the leftover popcorn?”
“Okay. Do as you will.”

While Adela competes, I watch and sell popcorn.
I kept the house and made money.
It was truly an incredible strategy.