Chapter 6 – 6. Magic

“…… Have you awakened your magical powers?”
“Yes? Is this magical power?”

After going to the bathroom, I explained to Evangeline the blue haze that spewed from my hand. After hearing that, Evangeline put on a serious expression and raised her hand.

Fire-! A pink haze rose from her hand, similar to the one that had just come out of mine.

“This is magic. But you’re not even a witch, so how…….”
“…… Me, Eva-sama?”
“Uh, why?”
“Could there be something in the fish I ate?”
“Fish in the river? Those there are just plain fish. People from the lower village catch and eat them.”

If the fish in the river had such an effect, the villagers would have awakened their magical powers right away—— Evangeline dismissed my opinion.

My opinion was ignored, so I stayed silent without thinking. In the meantime, I opened my mouth to a thought passing through my head.

“If you have awakened to magical power—— will I be able to use magic too?”

At my words, Evangeline bit her mouth tightly. But this was more important than anything else. It’s magic, it’s magic!

Isn’t that a man’s dream? Abracadabra, Wing Gadium Leviosa. Freely using magic that only appears in cartoon movies.

And—there was one more reason why I wanted to learn magic.

‘Being a wizard…… Wouldn’t it be possible to break the curse?’

Evangeline, I wanted to see her face.
And as a justification for that, magic was a very good material.
But Evangeline shook her head.

“…… Honestly, I don’t know.”
“Yes? Why?”
“It’s unprecedented for a man to use magic.”
“…… Yes?”

No, what does this mean? It was like a thunderbolt from the blue sky. Men can’t use magic? Sorcery Does this bastard even become a feminist?

When I was swearing at the PCs spread across this world inwardly, she nodded her head as if she had made up her mind on something and called me.

“John.”
“Yes, Miss Eva.”
“Let’s learn.”
“… What?”
“Magic. You say you want to learn?”

In the meantime, as if she had forgotten that, Evangeline tilted her head and asked again. Recalling what she had just said to her, I mumbled over her words.

“Didn’t you just say no…… ?”
“Just because I didn’t see it doesn’t mean it’s impossible. Didn’t you actually awaken your magic?”
“Aha.”

I feel like an idiot for just giving up. I clenched my fists and rejoiced that I could learn magic.

Evangeline had a smile on her face as if she thought it would be beneficial in her own way. She’s a haggard, she’s only named an assistant, but she’s more like a slave. If she can learn magic herself, she’ll truly be a witch’s assistant.

The moment everything was decided, she acted quickly, unlike a witch who doesn’t deserve a lifespan.

“Now then…… Shall we go to my room?”
“Is it Eva’s room?”
“Okay. Oh-and, since it’s hard to call her Eva-sama when she’s formally learning magic, call her Master.”
“Yes, I understand. Master.”

I followed her up the stairs to the second floor.
Toward the witch’s workshop, which I had never entered since I came here.

* * *

Evangeline, who brought John into her room, felt her heart pounding for some reason. A witch’s sensibility is quite different from that of a human being, so witches are more ashamed of showing their labs than revealing their naked bodies.

So did she. It was not so important at this time that John was ignorant of magic.

“Wow… How amazing.”
“That, is it? Don’t just look around…….”

Yohan burst into exclamations as he looked at all the magic books, magic crystal balls, and unknown reagents in the room. It was a witch’s workshop that looked like a painting.

Now I’m starting to realize that she’s a witch. I’ve seen him use magic a few times, but appearances are more important than you think.

While looking around the room, Yohan saw Evangeline handing him a book, and quickly took the book.

“This……?”
“Introduction to magic. It’s a book that contains the basics of magic. Do you know how to read? I saw you read the letter before.”
“Maybe….”

I couldn’t be sure. Isn’t this the yard where you learned that this is a different world? He must have used a different language system, but he had no idea how he read the letter.

Fortunately, I was able to read the text written in the book. Is it a privilege from another world? – John read the book lightly relieved. However, being able to read a book did not mean being able to understand a book.

“…… I, Master.”
“What’s the matter?”
“Do I have to remember all of this?”
“That’s natural. Why? Difficult? It’s very easy…….”

Evangeline looked at Yohan with a worried expression, as if it would be difficult to learn magic if she couldn’t memorize these basic things.

After reading that expression, John carefully read the book.

[Magic is a witch’s conscious activity that stimulates the unconscious to deceive the world…… ]

‘No, what kind of bullshit is this…….’

As if I had read an esoteric major book, I couldn’t understand most of what was written in the book. No matter how and how I could memorize it, I couldn’t interpret why it continued like that.

Just as one cannot freely draw out and use formulas even after memorizing them, John read the Introduction to Magic and roughly memorized the contents, but he was unable to use magic right away.

Most people would have given up their dreams of magic while being blocked by a wall like this, but now Evangeline was in front of him. A great witch who claims to be John’s teacher.

“What’s not going well?”

“…… Yes what You don’t know what to say, get rid of everything else right away and use your magic power?”

“John, since you have already awakened your magic, it won’t be too difficult. Wait a moment.”

Evangeline said that and approached John from behind. Evangeline, approaching from behind, hugged John and grabbed both of his arms from behind.

I can feel the two breasts felt on the back and the tip attached to them being crushed and rubbed at random. John was greeted with heavenly tenderness and hardened.

“Here- let’s radiate mana like you did before.”
“Yes, yes, yes…….”

As if to cover his distended lower abdomen, he carefully reached out his hand. A blue haze rose from his hand.

While Evangeline, who admired his speed, exclaimed, Evangeline grabbed John’s arm and squeezed it.

“In the inside of this arm, you should feel something like a thin aura.”
“Go, thin energy…….”
“Okay, focus. You can do it John.”

Gulp- As Yohan swallowed saliva at the voice whispering in his ear and concentrated on the thin energy she had spoken, the softly flowing hair tickled the nape of her neck.

It wasn’t a situation where he could concentrate, so Yohan just spent his time in silence. If it was a normal person, it wouldn’t be strange if he got annoyed right away, but Evangeline didn’t get irritated and waited for him to do it.

I wonder if the long wait wasn’t in vain, and Johan finally succeeded in feeling his magical power. I also realized that by digging into the senses once captured, they spread from the heart to the whole body.

“…… I felt it.”

“Really!? Awesome. Actually, I never thought I could do it this fast.”

“Yes?”

“Originally, even a witch would take years to complete. Is it because you first realized magic power after you became an adult?”

Hearing Evangeline’s words, John carefully looked down at his hand. Then I thought as I looked at the blue haze that was burning brightly.

‘Am I actually a genius? Do you have SSS-class magician talent or something like that?’

After falling into a different world and receiving cheats in the name of talent, his heart began to pound at the thought that all he had left was a cheat harem life with a bunch of women.

But even for a moment, Yohan felt the gaze on him and lifted his head.

“Uh… Master?”
“—You were thinking strange things right now, right?”
“Yes, yes? No. Nothing…….”
“Huh- huh? I don’t think it was…….”

John lifted his head and remembered the reason he wanted to learn magic. Yeah, there was no need for a harem. Wasn’t he learning magic to see her face?

John, who had succeeded in feeling magic, looked at Evangeline with anticipation for the fact that he could now learn proper magic.

“Then you’re learning magic now!”
“Yes. Now—John, use your magic.”
“…… How do you write?”
“Yes?”

Hearing Yohan’s question, Evangeline tilted her head and opened her mouth as if asking something so obvious.

“Magic power shusung-kwaang! Hwaaak- Pishuung-! Use it as you feel.”
“…… Yes?”
“Picoong the mana! Grasp! Would you like to try writing it like this?”

After hearing her explanation, John realized a problem.
Witches are beings who use magic, but this is innate.
Just as a bird cannot teach a person how to fly, a witch cannot teach a person how to use magic.

Realizing this fact, John despaired greatly.

* * *

After all, I couldn’t learn magic.

“…… I’m sorry, I’m disqualified as a teacher.”
“No, it’s not Master’s fault. I don’t have any talent…….”
“No. I’ve never done anything like this before……”

Even for witches who deal with magic, not everything is possible. Magic is omnipotent, but not omnipotent.

But as I was listening to her, I noticed a strange thing and looked at her.

“Master.”
“Yes? Why?”
“Then how do witches learn magic?”
“Ah- it’s that simple. You can do it at any moment.”
“…… Can you do it at any moment?”

How does that mean magic? Since ancient times, isn’t it standard to learn magic by sitting together in an ivory tower like a magic tower or a magic academy, put your heads together, and scribble a magic circle on parchment?

Her words shocked me as much as I believed that standardized magic existed like a wizard in an RPG game.

“… Then, what kind of magic does Master know how to use?”
“This is a secret… In fact, witches can only use one type of magic.”
“… One magic?”

I tilted my head. For one thing, hadn’t she already used several spells?

The fluffy blanket was also magic, the seasoning that made food tasted like magic, and the magic that blew cool and ventilated the air inside the cabin.

But is there really only one magic you know how to use?

“What kind of magic does Master know how to use?”
“Shall I show you?”

Evangeline said as she raised her finger. Then, objects around her began to float around her.

Pointing at the furniture floating in the air, she smiled lightly and opened her mouth.

“My magic is the ‘magic that manipulates love’.”
“… Love, huh?”
“Okay. Gravity has made me hate furniture now.”

She said and snapped her fingers. Gravity returns and the objects fall back to the ground.

However, I let out only saliva as I chewed on what she had just said.

‘I’m floating in the sky because gravity made me hate it…….’

What kind of Newton kicks out of the coffin, what the hell.