Kays Translations

Chapter 153 – Two Months Passed Part 1

“Yeah. Good feeling.”

“………”

It’s been two months since we started training in earnest. I’ve gotten quite used to using magic sense. Thanks to that, I’m able to get through the spirit magic training.

“Last five minutes, I’ll add one more shadow.”

However, in the last five minutes, the number of shadows would increase. There’s a reason why this happened. It was because I was the only one blindfolded and complained that it was unfair to ban sensing skills other than magic sensing. I don’t know if Tiya was a little annoyed by that, or if she just wanted to be mean to me, but instead of putting herself in the same situation as me, she decided to increase her shadow from the last five minutes. The important thing was the desire for her to do the same thing as me, but it didn’t happen at all. The timer beeps every minute from the last five minutes. Tiya would tell me this by saying it out loud. I’m so focused on everything that I don’t hear the little beep of the timer at all.

“Last four minutes, one more shadow.”

“Last three minutes, one more shadow.”

“Last two minutes, one more shadow.”

And every minute, one more shadow. However, after the last three minutes, I realized that if she released the spirit magic once, all I had to do was concentrate on avoiding it. From then on, I thought it would be easier to do …… after the last three minutes.

“Last minute, do your best.”

However, at the last minute, the number of shadows nearly doubled. So I had to concentrate so hard that I forgot to breathe at the last minute.

“…End, cleared.”

“Yes!”

And today, two months later, I was able to complete this training for the first time.

“Congratulations.”

“Thank you very much!”

I’m so happy that I made it to the end and cleared it.

“So tomorrow we’ll double the number of shadows and we’ll start with an hour.”

“Huh…….”

Even the last minute of the game is a disaster, but an hour of that is impossible. Besides, unlike the last minute, I have to prepare spirit magic all the time.

“Fufu…. Uhhh.”

“Huh. ……”

It was only recently that I realized that Tiya is an S. At first I only thought, “Huh?” but I noticed that her expression after bullying me seemed to be ecstatic. I try not to be fooled by Tiya’s lies like this one, but she keeps her face expressionless until she reveals the truth. That’s why even with my skills it’s hard to tell the difference, so I’m fooled almost every time.

“The day after tomorrow, we’ll start practicing the spirit descent.”

“Yes.”

“You can take the afternoon off since you cleared it today.”

“Got it.”

I’ve been training every day for two months, but sometimes they give me half a day off like this. I heard that taking time off is important for training. However, if the day of the vacation is fixed, the reason for working hard to become stronger will change to “I’m going to work hard because it’s almost my vacation day”. That’s why they give me leave on short notice.

“I’ve got time off this afternoon.”

“Then come accompany me.”

And every time I get a time off, I go to Elira. Of course, it’s not the first time I’ve gotten time off. I just happened to be caught strolling through an elf village during my time off. From that point on, she told me to come back whenever I was taking time off training.

“Why can’t you attack me like this!?”

And what we’re doing is a mock battle with wooden swords. Of course, only spirit magic is allowed and no enchantments are allowed. I wonder if elves don’t like enchantments? I can’t remember the last time I used an enchantment except for movement.

It seems that Elira has no one in her generation who is stronger than her. That’s why even if someone older challenges her to a mock battle, she wins. Which is why she said I’m just right for a mock battle where it doesn’t matter if I win or lose. Of course, I was the worst. When the three of them found out that I went to Elira’s place every time I had time off, they started to have a disturbing conversation about getting rid of Elira, so I immediately stopped them.

“…You’re getting stronger every time I see you!”

“Thank you.”

For better or for worse, Elira is a straightforward person. That’s why she’ll tell you clearly when you’re not doing well and she’ll tell you when you’re doing well, even if it’s a little sarcastic like this time. It’s good for me to know what’s wrong and what’s good.

“I’ll definitely win the next one.”

“I’m going to win next time, too.”

She manages to win almost every time. Elira is very good at using spirit magic. It’s not a good match for my lightning, so in the beginning I almost always won. But when I remembered something about electricity not being able to flow through water (pure water), I let it slip. On the next time off, Elira’s spirit magic stopped conducting electricity. From that time on, we started to give each other advice without hiding anything. It was only through this advice that I learned that with spirit magic, I could create magic as I wished, according to my imagination.

By the way, Elira still hasn’t admitted that I have a contract with the Spirit King. She says she’ll accept it when I’m the Spirit King and can spirit descend. And when that happens, she said she’ll be my aide, my maid, or whatever. It may be a long way off, but now I look forward to being able to spirit descend with Yug.

Previous chapter | TOC | Next chapter