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Chapter 327
Chapter 327
Chapter 327
I Learned of a New Way to Use Magic
“Now, I will give you a simple explanation of magic.”
“Yes.”
“Could I use magic too?”
“Well… That is not something that I can determine. It would be irresponsible of me to say that you could…”
“I thought magic was something that anyone can use?”
Liza had looked happy at the possibility that she could use magic, but Ms. Claire answered her with a serious expression.
Previously, when it had been explained to me, I was told that everyone had magic energy, and so could use magic.
In that case, shouldn’t Liza be able to use magic?”
“Yes, every human can. But beastkin… They have less magic energy than humans, and so I’ve heard that most do not like to use it.”
“They don’t…like to.”
“Yes. It’s true that there are beastkin who use magic, but whether or not all of them can… I do not know. Though, I’m quite sure they all have some magic energy.”
So it was a difference between beastkin and humans, huh?
While Liza had some magic energy, there was no guarantee that she could use it.
I wonder if it was because beastkin found it more difficult to activate?
“Perhaps we should have her checked by Ms. Isabelle, next time we go to Ractos?”
“Indeed. She will be able to find out how much magic energy Liza has. In any case, I will explain things to her first.”
“Yes, thank you.”
“Now, listen to me, Liza. Magic is when you use the magic energy in your body to…”
And so Ms. Claire stood in front of us and explained to us about magic.
In that case, it might have been better to have her learn with Tilura… But when I turned to look, I saw that they had taken out their swords.
Apparently, the curious and active Tilura, and Mr. Ekenhart, who always tried to do new things, were not the types to study magic seriously and quietly.
Well, Sebastian was with them, so they probably wouldn’t stray too far from the subject.
As this was Liza’s first time learning, there was a lot she didn’t know. But she tried hard to memorize and do what she was told.
That was how interested she was in magic.
“It’s hard…”
Apparently, it was difficult for Liza to detect her magic energy.
Indeed, Sebastian had said that it was quite difficult when you do it for the first time.
And so he had been surprised when I did it so quickly.
Liza was scowling as she concentrated. But it was not going well.
“Now… Mr. Takumi, are you ready?”
“Yes, any time.”
Ms. Claire now turned to face me with a serious expression.
As she had finished explaining things to Liza, it was now time to teach me.
After all, this was the main goal here.
Liza could start her lessons in earnest after we visited Ms. Isabelle.
“First, I want you to use the light magic that Sebastian taught you.”
“Very well. …Light Elemental Shine.”
I had not used magic ever since I returned from Range village, but I remembered the feeling. And so I concentrated the energy to my hand and changed in order to activate it.
And just like that, the familiar sphere of light appeared on top of my palm.
“Papa, your magic is amazing!”
“Hahaha. Well, it’s very simple magic.”
Liza was very pleased when she saw the floating ball of light.
As the explanation on magic had ended, she could have gone to play with Leo… But apparently, she wanted to watch, as she stood next to Ms. Claire.
As for Leo, she was watching Tilura with a puzzled expression, and Sherry was sitting on her head.
…What was Tilura and Mr. Ekenhart doing?
“So you have no trouble activating it. Now, try and cast magic onto this.”
“Onto that…”
Ms. Claire handed me a small knife.
“Mr. Takumi, I’m sure you remember how Sebastian used magic to make your sword glow in the forest.”
“Yes.”
If I remember correctly, it had been very dark, so he made our swords light up so that we could navigate our way through the darkness.
Sebastian had done it as if it was easy, so I should probably be able to do it as well.
Thinking this, I started to concentrate like I did before.
“…Light Elemental Shine… Huh?”
“It doesn’t glow?”
While I had activated the magic in the same way, the knife did not glow at all.
Liza also looked at it with a tilt of her head.
Why didn’t it work…? As I wondered this and inspected the knife in my hand, I noticed that light was leaking from between my fingers.
So the magic had activated.
But why wasn’t the knife glowing?
“Hehe. You are confused. I made the same mistake the first time as well.”
“But why…?”
“Mr. Takumi, you gathered the magic energy and activated it in the same way, didn’t you?”
“Yes.”
You activated magic by gathering the energy and chanting.
It was the basics of using magic.
“Just doing that will not imbue the knife with magic. While you understand that magic energy is in your body, that knife is not part of you. You need to transfer the magic energy over to the knife, or it will not shine.”
“Transfer…”
“Yes. You have to transfer the energy to a place that is not your body. Of course, as you have to do it by force, it requires extra energy. Concentrate on forcing the energy out and into the knife.”
“I see…”
If it was an object like a knife, then you had to send the magic energy to it.
I suppose that made sense.
Now that I understood this, I gathered more energy to my hand and then imagined that I was forcing it towards the knife.
I think it worked? And so I began to chant…