episode_0077

The next day, when the sun had set and it was time to go to bed, the two came to their senses. They got out of bed with bewildered expressions, as if their bodies had not been affected in any way.

“Both of you, how are you feeling?”

“..It’s a little weird. I feel so tired and like I’m in pain because I’m feeling numb here and there, but I’m not really in pain… It’s kind of hard to explain.”

Mathias seemed to agree with Ayla’s somewhat strange words. He glanced at Yugram and nodded slightly as if it was normal.

“Physical illusions and mental fatigue are natural, so you will feel better after a few days of rest.”

“That must be right, since that’s what the therapist said..”

Ayla twisted her swollen body here and there. A murderous sound rang out, and Ayla’s top, which was already barely functioning as clothing, moved here and there, revealing Ayla’s bare skin. I immediately looked at Yugram, but he had already turned around. I picked up the blanket that Ayla was covering and covered her with it.

“First, I recommend that you cover this up and go back to your room to change into proper clothes. This includes Mathias.”

“Huh?”

At that moment, Ayla let out a scream when she saw the state of the clothes she was wearing. It was quite a cute scream.

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A while later, Ayla came into Agnes’ room with a red face, wearing her Academy uniform. Those clothes are sturdy.

“Are you still embarrassed? How is it that you’re among girls?”

“..Why don’t you be quiet?”

Of course, Ayla was embarrassed because she thought Mathias might have seen it, but I didn’t bother to touch on that part for Ayla’s sake. Cosette said, handing her a sandwich with a worried look on her face.

“First, both of you eat this.. And are you feeling better? I heard you were seriously injured..”

“I’m fine now, so don’t worry.”

Ayla and Mathias took a bite of the sandwich, and only then did they feel hungry and began to eat hastily. After lying down for almost a whole day, it would be strange if they weren’t hungry. Besides, having an appetite itself means that they are somewhat healthy.

After the two of them quickly finished off the prepared sandwiches and juice and sighed in satisfaction, Agnes, who had been quiet, also seemed relieved and cleared her chest.

“How much do you two remember?”

“Come to think of it… why were we lying down? We slaughtered the demons with Mathias, and then monsters suddenly jumped out of the forest… and we met Cedric… and…”

Ayla, who had been slowly recalling her memories with her arms folded, suddenly jumped up from her seat. Agnes, who was watching, jumped up in surprise.

“Ogre! Yes, it was an ogre! Oh, what happened to the ogre? Did the princess kill him?”

“Ayla, the ogre is already dead, so calm down and take a seat. Isn’t the village so peaceful?”

“Huh? Oh, uh… Oh, that’s right. Yeah. ”

Ayla sat down slowly with a puzzled expression. If the ogre had been running wild in the village, she knew it wouldn’t be this quiet. I said, tilting my teacup.

“I literally took the ogre’s breath away, but before I got there, the ogre was already halfway to death.”

“Really!? Aside from the princess, there was someone else who was strong enough to fight the ogre? I don’t remember at all..”

“Well, I guess I should remember that. The powerful ones are Ayla and Mathias.”

“..Huh?”

Ayla looked at me with blank eyes, and then slowly looked at Mathias. Mathias’ reaction was a little different from Ayla’s. He looked quite calm, which was quite the opposite of Ayla’s expression, who seemed to be wondering what on earth he was talking about.

“Do you remember Mathias?”

“Yes. I don’t remember everything, but I remember cutting the guy’s ankle.”

“That’s right. Judging from the marks, Mathias cut his right ankle, and Ayla cut her left knee. Both of them, great accomplishments. I’m a little hesitant to offer pure congratulations, since their injuries were so severe.”

“Me and Mathias, ogres..?”

Ayla muttered quietly. It seemed like it was hard to believe. It was not just any monster, but killing an ogre had quite a big meaning, so it was understandable that she would react like that.

“Let’s talk about the details tomorrow. By the way, the villagers know that Ayla killed the ogre, so keep that in mind.”

“..Huh?”

I grabbed Ayla’s wrist, who was staring at me with a blank expression, and left the room, then forcibly pushed her into Ayla’s room. The two of them had just woken up, but it was time for us to go to bed.

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Mathias picked up a stone from the floor. It was small enough that Mathias’ fist could easily cover it, but it was still a stone, so it must have been quite strong.

However, when Mathias clenched his fist, the stone lost its original shape and appeared completely crushed. Although the particles were not even, it was clearly something that Mathias’ original evil power could not do.

“Really? You can really use magic power?”

“Eilat can do it too. She cut the ogre’s knee so cleanly.”

“I don’t get it at all..”

Ayla clenched and unclenched her fists in an attempt to crush the stone, but it seemed to be completely unsuccessful. Based on my judgment from seeing the ogre’s corpse, Ayla had definitely cut her knee, but it seemed as if she had lost all sense of using her magic.

Then… I thought for a moment, then motioned for Ayla to come over. Ayla threw the stone with a blank expression and came over to me. I grabbed Ayla’s hand, and in an instant, Ayla jumped up from her spot.

“What, what is it? What is it!? What did you do?”

Ayla looked at me, shaking her hands. It was just as I thought.

“Okay, now try again. Now you can feel the sensation of using magic again, right?”

Ayla picked up the stone again with a face that asked what he was talking about, then clenched her fist with an expression of realization. Crushed stone dust flew out from Ayla’s open fist again.

What I tried on Ayla was a magic power lift. The principle of this technique is to move the other person’s magic power with my magic power, and induce the instinctive body’s reaction as I intended. In other words, if the opponent can resist the movement by my magic power, it won’t work. I could have used it as if I was pressing down with force, but there was no reason to do that right now.

As a result, when Ayla realized that I was trying to manipulate her magic at will and resisted it, it was as if she had remembered how to use her magic again.

When he grabbed Cosette’s hand, who was staring blankly at Ayla, and tried to do the same, she did a spectacular somersault and fell to the floor with a thud. She didn’t even seem to notice what was happening.

“Anyway, it looks like Cosette is in last place.. Well, since it was a special situation in many ways, I’ll pretend there was no penalty.. But if we don’t work hard quickly, the gap will continue to widen.”

“Wow!”

Cosette, who was lying on the floor, flailed her arms and legs and made a sound as if she was being wronged, but… I couldn’t say anything other than that it was Cosette’s fault for being a middle- to upper-class noble who realized her magical powers later than commoners. I won’t say it out loud because Cosette would be hurt if I said it out loud, but…

Ayla, who had been staring blankly at her hands for a while, jumped up and down in place, or even suddenly pulled out her sword. No matter where you looked, it seemed like she was testing her magic power.

“Just stop there. Even though their wounds have healed, Ayla and Mathias are still patients, so they need to rest.”

“Is that so? Well… I guess I just need to know what I can use.”

Ayla put her sword away and sat back down on the mat. Mathias, who had been sitting quietly, suddenly spoke to Ayla.

“Aila.. I don’t remember very well, but didn’t you say anything to me?”

“What are you talking about? I don’t know what it is, but if you don’t remember, then I don’t know either?”

“I don’t know. It’s like something important but not really important… I think I heard something…”

“I don’t remember at all. If it doesn’t seem important, then I guess that’s true.”

Is that so..? Mathias crossed his arms and thought hard, but he didn’t seem to remember anything. I left the two alone and grabbed Cosette’s hand to help her up. The moment Cosette got up and tried to shake the dirt off her clothes, I used the magic uplift again.

With a bang, Cosette fell back onto the ground with a splendid movement. The grass was well-laid, so it was soft and wouldn’t hurt that much, but it wasn’t like it didn’t hurt at all, so Cosette let out a deflated “Keuk.”

“Oh..Princess, what on earth are you doing?”

“What is it? I am currently giving Cosette personal special lessons so she can use her magic powers.”

Up until now, I couldn’t use this method because I wanted to make it so that all three could feel the magic at once, but if I had to say it was efficient, this was the fastest and most effective method. Except that it was extremely difficult for the person being targeted.

Judging from the fact that I felt a slight discomfort from the magic I was using on Cosette just now, it was clear that Cosette was also secretly resisting. If I continue like this for a while, I will be able to use my magic. I woke up Cosette again, who was looking at me with a resentful look.

“Okay, Cosette. Let’s go one more time. Cosette, you need to be able to use your magic power quickly.”

Cosette looked at me with eyes filled with despair.