Advice from the Master

A few days had passed since Eileen left, satisfied.

“Mail’s here.”

A letter had arrived from my teacher.

It must be a reply to the question I had asked before.

It had been a few weeks since I sent a letter asking for advice on the heat generation problem in the emotional calculation magic circle and the resulting durability issues.

The timing was perfect.

The postman, who handed me the mail from my teacher, held out his hand.

“Don’t tell me.”

“You’re right. It’s collect.”

Collect again?

Did she spend a lot of money doing research there?

“I understand.”

I handed over a silver coin.

“……”

But the postman tilted his head and didn’t leave.

What is it?

“Wasn’t the collect fee one silver coin? Did you raise the price?”

“Ah, it’s not that. The magician you sent collect, that magician sent it collect again.”

Wait a minute.

“You mean my teacher didn’t pay for the letter I sent collect?”

“Yes. The magician said that her disciple is trustworthy, so she should receive it from her disciple?”

My teacher sent collect on collect?

“Really?”

“Of course. Why would I lie to magicians about something like this?”

“……”

That was true.

What glory would a postman, a civil servant who receives a salary from the Imperial government, gain from lying to me?

“Hoo, I understand.”

I handed over another silver coin.

Covering up the immorality of the teacher is the virtue of the disciple.

“Thank you.”

After sending the postman away, I opened the letter.

And as before, the face of the blue-haired woman came to mind.

She was smiling brightly, the Meiko I knew.

-Disciple, I have read all the concerns you sent. The heat generation problem and the durability of the magic circle are problems that many magic circles chronically exhibit.

It wasn’t a video letter I had sent before, but a letter in the form of showing a recorded video.

I thought she changed the method of the letter because she had a lot to say.

Her eyes were slightly bloodshot, as if she hadn’t slept for days because of research, and dark circles were also deeply cast, but as if her passion for education to teach her disciple was burning, she wore a white doctor’s gown and explained the principles and methods to solve the symptoms that appeared in the magic circle.

-It could be a problem with the circuit, but usually, it’s often the case that the runic settings of the core magic circle that processes the calculations are not compatible.

-In order to operate the calculation circuit of the magic circle you sent, the runes engraved in the spell are ‘arithmetic calculation’, ‘logical calculation’, ‘processing’, ‘amplification’, ’emission’, like positive runes, right? It’s a rune that consumes a lot of mana but is efficient in processing calculations, so it’s good for strengthening the magic circle, but if the number of types to be calculated exceeds a certain level, it can easily overload. No matter how strong the structure of the magic circle is, you can’t prevent the overheating that comes from the runes.

-If you set one or two of these to negative runes that reduce mana consumption, the overload will disappear.

Put in a negative rune.

I had thought about this method.

But negative runes were not suitable for large-capacity magic circles.

It consumed less mana and was easy to learn, but the amount of calculation was extremely low, causing the magic circle to brake.

Therefore, I knew that it was only used in small-scale magic circles that hardly required calculation.

-The moment you hear this, you’re probably thinking that negative runes are not used because they have the disadvantage of slowing down the magic circle while consuming less mana, right?

How did she know?

She was like a ghost who could see right through me.

-Hehe, it’s a part you miss because you’re smart. You’ve mastered positive runes since you learned them, haven’t you? I think it’s a problem that arose because you didn’t have to use negative runes.

-Anyway, if one negative rune is inserted between the positive runes, the negative rune stabilizes the heat generated by the positive rune. Through this, the magic circle is operated efficiently.

Harmony of yin and yang.

My teacher was emphasizing this.

‘That’s right.’

The calculation speed may be somewhat slower, but the heat itself could definitely be suppressed.

‘Also, if I can lower the heat through negative runes as my teacher said, I can add a few more runes to increase the efficiency of the magic circle.’

The part that was blocked was opened at once with the advice of my teacher.

“Thank you. Teacher.”

-If you know, buy me something delicious when you go back later. It’s been a long time since I’ve had dessert, so I’m craving something sweet.

What is it?

Was this a two-way communication video?

-Hehe, I knew you’d be surprised. Don’t worry, it’s not a two-way communication video. I predicted that you would react like this.

“……”

-Anyway, I hope you stop researching that shameless magic circle that shows desire. You can do better things with your abilities, so why are you so focused on it? What if the Inquisitors come looking for you?

I’m sorry. Teacher.

I almost did something to the Saintess already.

-I’ll cut it off now. Let’s see each other when I go back soon.

I, who got advice from the letter, wrapped the letter neatly and kept it in the drawer.

“Thank you. I wouldn’t have come this far without you, Teacher.”

She was a teacher who had magical knowledge that far surpassed me, even though she was younger than me.

There’s a reason why she’s called a genius.

After storing the letter, I approached the magic circle.

It was a magic circle that had greatly compensated for the weakness of heat generation thanks to the Saintess’s divinity.

It was capable of performing more than a certain amount of calculation on its own without me controlling it separately, and the amount of mana consumption was drastically reduced.

‘It’s thanks to this golden pattern.’

But the divinity engraved on the magic circle was much fainter than when it was first used on the Saintess.

Perhaps the power is fading because the Saintess left and was not exposed to divinity.

I was a magician, not a priest.

“Now that I know that strengthening the magic circle with divinity is not permanent, I need to supplement it according to my teacher’s advice.”

I replaced the positive rune ‘Amplification’ with the negative rune ‘Grow’, and similarly, I replaced the positive rune ‘Process’ with the negative rune ‘Cause to Act’.

It was a much easier rune, so I wouldn’t be able to completely replace them, but if I added other runes to replace them, it would be enough to make up for the shortcomings.

‘Good.’

All that’s left is to demonstrate the changed magic circle.

I stood in the center of the magic circle to play the Nanako video.

Without using the divinity engraved on the magic circle at all, I operated the magic circle using only mana.

The entire magic circle, except for the golden pattern engraved with divinity, shone and enveloped me.

Yuris finished her morning training today and wiped away the flowing sweat.

“Captain, you’ve worked hard again today.”

“Ah, uh, yeah……”

Recently, Yuris couldn’t properly look at the faces of her subordinates.

The reason was simple.

It was because of her fantasy that she saw in Max’s theater.

The image of herself as the wife of a general from another country, acting cute in front of her subordinates and wanting his cock herself, kept coming to her mind, so she couldn’t look at their faces.

Especially.

“Ah, Captain! Are you not feeling well these days? Your concentration was slightly distracted during today’s sparring?”

It was even worse when she looked at Zeco, the vice-captain of the 1st Knights.

In the fantasy, Zeco rebelled while being a prisoner to save her and reached Max’s camp.

She shook her hips on Max’s cock in front of him and came several times like a bitch.

How lewd and erotic her appearance was as she spewed out her juices.

Yuris enjoyed and came several times when she experienced the fantasy and when she watched the video.

Every time she saw Zeco, she couldn’t concentrate properly because she remembered herself being violated by Max.

“Sorry. I’m, I’m not feeling well recently.”

“Captain, come to think of it, your tone has changed subtly to be more feminine. Do you have a boyfriend or something?”

Yuris shook her head at Zeco’s and the subordinate knights’ questions.

“N, no boyfriend! No.”

Max wasn’t her boyfriend.

He was the owner of the video theater she went to.

She had sex with him several times in the fantasy, but she hadn’t had real sex.

‘That’s right. We’re just in a relationship between owner and customer.’

Her heart fluttered strangely when she stood in front of him, but that was just because she remembered the scene at that time.

The desire to exercise with him was also just because of that.

Yuris was so engrossed in thinking about Max that she didn’t notice that the way her subordinates looked at her had changed.

“She’s really embarrassed.”

“Judging by her reaction, she really has one, doesn’t she?”

“Can we eat noodles now?”

“I can’t imagine the Captain having a boyfriend.”

The blushing face and embarrassed appearance were not much different from that of a woman in love for the first time.

Then the Imperial Guard approached the training ground.

“Sir Yuris, the Knights Commander, Her Majesty is calling for you.”

“Ah, really? I understand. I’ll go soon.”

She hurriedly escaped from the group of knights where lewd thoughts kept coming to her mind.

“Yuris, is there something good happening today?”

Yuris, who was standing below the stairs at the Empress’s call, bowed to the legitimate ruler of the Empire and said.

“Thanks to Her Majesty’s grace, every day is enjoyable.”

“I see. I’m glad to see that a loyal subject seems to be feeling better. Are you not afraid of defeat anymore?”

Yuris bowed her head at the Empress’s question.

“That is correct.”

Yuris was no longer afraid of defeat.

She couldn’t help it.

She had such a good time, how could she be afraid of defeat?

As soon as she imagined herself being defeated on the battlefield, her lower abdomen became hot and her hips wiggled.

As soon as she thought about it, Max came to mind.

The desire to go to him was welling up even in front of the Empress.

I want to go quickly and lose.

I want to be defeated.

Yuris opened her mouth, suppressing the rising desire.

“What brings you to summon me, Your Majesty?”

The Empress gestured.

Yuris slowly climbed the stairs at her gesture.

Yuris, who was standing one step below the Empress, bowed her head and waited for the Empress’s command.

“An envoy has arrived from the Elven Forest.”

“Elves……you mean?”

“Yes. Those arrogant people who disappeared into the Elven Forest after subjugating the Demon King, saying they would purify their forest.”

Until the Demon King was subjugated, the elves sent envoys to the Empire several times to ask them to protect their forest.

They were one of the races that suffered the most damage from the Demon King and the demons.

The demons invaded the Elven Forest several times, and Yuris led the Knights to dispatch troops to prevent this.

A few years ago, the 18-year-old girl knight defeated all the demons at the forefront, which was the first victory of the Goddess of Victory.

“The elves are saying they will open the Elven Forest to the Empire.”

“That’s good news.”

“Instead of sending a formal delegation, they want an important figure from our side to greet the delegation.”

The Empress reached out and gently stroked Yuriss’s chin.

“They want you to greet the delegation.”

“Me?”

“Yes. You are a hero of the Empire, but the Elves also revere you as a hero.”

“…If Your Majesty commands it, I will obey.”

It was a shame he couldn’t go to Max’s theater, but he couldn’t refuse the Empress’s order.

“Heh heh, will you do that for me?”

“Yes.”

“Then I ask you to. I hope you bring the Elves to the Imperial Palace safely. They are an arrogant race, but their power is still useful.”

The Empress, who had been stroking Yuriss’s chin, wore a haughty smile.