Chapter 21 – Water Manipulating Incubus #1

Rebecca had intended to bring me the ointment.
It was only now that I realized why she rushed off her way as soon as her party broke up.
I felt a strange feeling while holding the ointment in my hand.
I thought she was a narrow-minded woman who gets angry over trifles.
I never thought he would care about the wounds of his party members.

“Didn’t you tell me when you left? I was going to look for ointment.”
“Why are you talking about it over there? It could be that there is no medicinal effect on blisters.

I smirked as I watched Rebecca pretend nothing was wrong.

“Didn’t you go to the treatment center and directly ask about the efficacy? It seems like it’s great enough just to go there?”
“Ugh.”
“Anyway, I’ll use it well. Thanks to you, the pain will go away. It kept stinging.”
“That, yes or no.”

Rebecca waved her hand as she turned and left.
After walking for a while, she turned her head slightly and our eyes met. At that moment, she hurriedly looked in front of her again and quickly disappeared.
I couldn’t stop the warm smile on her lips the moment I saw her Rebecca in action.

‘Wow~! Good ointment for blisters, gettodase.’

I raised the stick of ointment to the sky like a trophy. The ointment that Rebecca left behind after using it. The moment I recognized that fact, the value of the ointment doubled in me. If possible, the idea was to keep the used container rather than throw it away.
I went back to my inn room and hurriedly applied the ointment to my palms.
The moment the cold cream covered the blister, the stinging pain seemed to go away.
I went to bed right after applying the ointment.
It is best to sleep after applying the medicine.

*

When I woke up in the morning, I realized that the stabbing pain in my palm had almost numbed it.
It seemed that the ointment Rebecca had given her had definitely worked on the blisters.
Yoensu’s treatment center was notorious for being a spearhead, but it still handles medicines properly.

‘I can play for a day or two. My wallet has also become full-.’

Thanks to the reward I received from Lily for completing the quest, my money bag was full. If it was 1 silver and 60 coppers, it was a lot of money that could not be easily touched by an incubus adventurer.
I have enough money, so I don’t have to work hard.
For a few days from today, I decided not to go to the Adventurer’s Guild and take a break.
It is similar to self-retirement.
I hadn’t made any arrangements with Rebecca beforehand, but if she was going on a quest, she would find me on her side. Because it was firmly nailed that fixed parties move together.

Surely you won’t abandon me and go to the guild alone?
Trusting Rebecca, I locked myself in the inn room from the morning.
I was lying on the bed and rolling around like an unemployed person, then I suddenly remembered and opened the book.
The magic book I bought from the mysterious old man.

“Well?”

As I was flipping through the book, I realized that the phenomenon I had experienced a while ago had happened again.
New content has been added to the book.
Originally, pictures and writings appeared on the blank pages. As if they had been there from the beginning, the pictures and writings were naturally engraved.
The location is right after the part where the water magic was written.

What kind of magic happened this time?
I felt a sense of déjà vu while skimming the new content from the beginning.
This is because the paintings on the paper were not unfamiliar at all.
A picture of a monk wearing the same robe as before.
But what I want to say is a huge drop of water floating on the practitioner’s palm.
I’ve definitely seen this drop of water before.
It is in the picture explaining the water magic.

‘Does the painting continue? With scenes I’ve seen before.’

I was not wrong.
In the last book, the content was cut off with the scene where the monk created a huge drop of water. However, the paintings that were created now were telling me the next story.
What is the practitioner who created the drops of water trying to do now?

I didn’t know it would go on there.
It’s not even a novel.

I started reading the newly updated book with concentration.
Strangely, this painting was not a pure white background. A monk in a robe was walking down a path with a drop of water beside him.

The monk made hand signs while walking.
It was a highly difficult motion to make hand signs while moving, but the practitioner gently moved his fingers without much difficulty.
The smell of a dead person that could not be hidden from the moving pose flowed out.

Where are you going?
No… This is not it.
You need to focus on the shape of the hand sign.
I’m not looking at picture books for fun.

The figure of the performer was reduced as the background was inserted, but there was no problem recognizing the hand shape.
It was because the description was so detailed that it was excessive.

At the end of bending the fingers in several forms.
The monk put his palms together as if to pray.

At that moment, a mysterious thing happened.
The water drops that the practitioner had prepared in advance began to wriggle. The giant water droplet, the size of a human body, trembled like a living creature in the air.

Poof!
At the same time, the monk made several gestures towards the drop of water. Each time the practitioner gestured, the water droplets changed their shape accordingly. From the shape of a long sword to the shape of a large wild dog or a bird with wings.

The shape of the water droplets became more complicated as we went further.
At the end, the practitioner even described the dragon with water droplets. Even the breath that comes out of the mouth is implemented, to the point of giving goosebumps. Even if it is described as water drop art, it is not inferior.
I stared stunned at the pictures in the book.

‘I can do this too?’

The painting ended by showing the various forms of water droplets. After reading all the written commentary, I felt an uncontrollable excitement.

Magic that manipulates the shape of water?
It seemed more useful than making a magic sphere.
It seems that water magic can be used for many purposes other than combat.
Water occupies a large part in human life.

“Liquid.”

I tried to recite the name of the magic in the book.
Liquid magic that manipulates water.
As shown in the picture, in order to use liquid magic, you first need to target water. I used water to create droplets just like the monk did.

“Water.”

Soon, water droplets splashed out of the air.
Perhaps because of the lack of training, it was impossible to reproduce the size of the large water droplets seen in the painting. However, compared to the first time I cast it, the droplets I created had grown considerably in size.

‘Is it because of the increased mana… ?’

I think it’s because my mana has increased thanks to Rebecca.
Until now, I had neglected to train water magic while practicing the magic sphere.
It must have been that the water drops naturally grew as my magic power increased.
Because there is no way to find out the cause.
One can only be satisfied with such an inference.
I looked at the picture and started copying the hand sign.
The liquid magic hand sign was not unfamiliar at all, it was similar in shape to the water magic hand sign.
It feels like adding a few more techniques to the hand movements.

‘It’s easy to remember. In this way, I can memorize it quickly.’

After some time, I was able to sign the hand sign without looking at the book.
After repeating the hand-signing process, a response came soon after.
The drop of water that floated in front of me began to wriggle finely.

Did it happen?
At first, I was delighted with the reaction of the water droplets.
According to the text in the book, liquid magic was proof that making the water vibrate was the first step.
However, when I tried to change the shape of water in earnest, I had difficulties.

Grumble.
The sound of liquid shaking echoes.
It was the moment I focused on the water droplets.
In my mind, I tried to lengthen the water droplets.
The moment I recalled the image, the water droplets increased as I intended.
But here a problem arose.

‘What… ? Water falls to the floor?’

The moment the shape of the water drop was changed, a small amount of water flowed from the water drop.
As if excessive force was applied, the water droplets were sheared away.
As you can see in the picture, this doesn’t happen.

Should we call this water loss?
Water loss.
It’s not the muscle loss that the hell spears suffer, but the water loss came to me.
Each time the water was manipulated, the water droplets were cut off and disappeared.
Of course, the water that ran down the floor soaked the floor.

“Ah-.”

Water loss continued to occur with each change.
From the middle, all the water he created disappeared, and he had to use a new water magic.
Naturally, I couldn’t fully concentrate on manipulating the water.

Since you have to use water magic, the power is doubled.
If you train like this, it will take a while to learn magic.
I realized that it was inefficient training, but I couldn’t come up with a particularly sharp method.
After repeated shoveling throughout the morning, I felt hungry and decided to have lunch.
First of all, I thought that filling my stomach was the first priority.
Didn’t they say that Koreans live on rice?
Of course, now I am a dream demon from another world.

“Mr. Brown, give me some food.”
“Daddy, come to the restaurant quickly. I meant to clean it up in a minute.”

I went downstairs to the restaurant and asked the innkeeper for food. The innkeeper’s name was Brown.
A man who is characterized by numerous hairs on his body, full of hair everywhere, whether on his arms or chest.
I filled my stomach with the soup Brown served in a bowl.

‘I want to practice manipulating water more easily.’

This is what happened when I was slowly eating the soup without the taste buds.
Suddenly, a thought passed through my mind.

“Soup…”

Isn’t the soup I’m eating a liquid, too?
From a broader point of view, can this also be treated as water?
Sticky water mixed with cooking ingredients.
If liquid magic is magic that manipulates water, then of course it should be able to manipulate soup as well.

‘Shall we try it?’

Come to think of it, there was no explanation in the book saying that water must be prepared with water magic. I didn’t know if I could use other liquids for training without having to make them myself.
I signed my hand with a hopeful heart.

“Liquid.”

At that moment, the bowl containing the soup rocked.
The thick soup began to regurgitate into the sky at my will.
A pillar of soup rose above the bowl.
There was no one here who would slap you on the back for playing with food.
I cast liquid magic to my heart’s content toward the soup.

Water loss also occurred in the soup, but it was not a problem.
The soup that was shaved off fell into the bowl as it was. All I had to do was manipulate the fallen soup again and pull it up.
If you support it with a bowl, the problem of water loss is almost solved.

“Right.”

I realized two things by manipulating the soup.
That there is no problem with manipulating external water with liquid magic, and that the liquid that has been cut off can be controlled again.
If so, I had no choice but to come up with a good training method.

“Uncle Brown.”
“Huh? What is it?”

Stop manipulating the soup and talk to Brown.
Brown, who was dozing in his rocking chair, did not seem to see any of my magic by chance.
Of course, he has no intention of showing magic.
The scene where the thick soup gushed out was very bizarre.
Maybe it was mistaken for a liquid monster to appear and cause a fuss.
I opened my mouth with a nonchalant expression.

“Is there a basin to leave at the inn? One large enough for a child to bathe in.”
“Is it a basin? If it’s a basin, there are some left in the warehouse. But why do you ask about that?”
“I need a basin. Please lend me a few days. I’ll use it politely and return it.”
“What needs a basin…? Well, I get it. As long as you don’t break it, it doesn’t matter. Just return it after using it.”

I have been a guest staying at this inn for 2 years.
Because of their trust in each other, Brown readily lends them a basin.
After receiving a wooden basin from Brown, I went to the well near the inn and fetched water.
He filled the basin with enough water to overflow and returned to the inn room.

“The water park is opening!”

I practiced liquid magic with water in a basin.
I was no longer bound by water loss and nothing stood in my way.
And coincidentally, the very next day.
I have something to use liquid magic for.