Tensei Shite Inaka de Slowlife wo Okuritai - Chapter 572

Filled with magic

　After the Misfeed servants had smashed the magical doll into pieces, Gideon began practicing on his own.

　It seemed like he wanted to burn the image of the fireball I had activated by cancelling the chant into his mind and practice it in his own way.

　Repeated practice is important to master magical techniques, so I decided to leave Gideon alone for the time being.

　He'll try it himself and if it doesn't work he'll come and ask me something.

"What shall we play?"

"I want to be able to destroy magical dolls too!"

　Now that I no longer had to worry about Gideon, I asked Ra-chan, and she answered with a sparkle in her eyes.

　The scene earlier had not only left a vivid memory in Gideon, but it also seemed to have strongly stimulated Ra-chan's childlike heart.

　I don't know if this is a good result or not, but it's good to be able to say that you want to do something voluntarily.

"Okay then, let's increase the power of the magic so we can destroy the magical doll!"

"Yeah, you'll be able to destroy it!"

　With Ra-chan's current magical power, it's probably impossible to destroy the magical doll, so for now let's set a goal of increasing its power.

"First, can you teach me your favorite offensive magic, Ra-chan?"

"Wind Blade and Impactless Ball!"

　Hmm, the wind blade has greater offensive power, but it's too lethal and scary.

"Well then, let's use the [Impactless Ball]."

"Yes! Got it!"

　Since it's a non-impact ball, it's less lethal so there shouldn't be any problem practicing here, and if the power can be adjusted it could even be used against assailants.

　It's a magic that can be used for the benefit of Ra-chan, the daughter of a duke, so there's no harm in using it.

"Can you try it out right away?"

"Yeah!"

　Ra-chan nodded and began chanting.

　An attributeless sphere formed in his palm and sent it flying towards the newly placed magical doll.

　Ra-chan's impactless ball hit the magical doll's torso directly and bounced off with a high-pitched sound.

　Looking at the magical doll's armor, there wasn't even a scratch on it.

　I see. So with that much power, it won't cause any damage?

"……copper?"

"To increase the power, it would be better to converge the magical power."

"Converging magical powers?"

"Make a sphere by pouring from the outside to the center."

　As if to show him how, I created a non-impact ball.

　To make it easier to understand, I let the magical power converge at the center of the sphere.

"Wow, it's amazing! The ball Al made is prettier!"

"If it's formed into a nice sphere, there's no waste of magical power."

　Ra-chan's current impactless sphere was wasting magical power because the magic was being channeled chaotically, and it couldn't exert the power she wanted.

　For the time being, we should work on reducing the losses while also striving to improve the power.

"I'll try exactly as Al said!"

　While observing my magic, Ra-chan started creating an impactless sphere again.

"【Non-Impact Ball】!"

　The magic that Ra-chan shot hit the magical doll directly.

"It's more powerful than before."

"Yeah! I'll try some more!"

　The magical doll wasn't damaged, but it seemed like the magical power was more concentrated and more powerful than before. Both Ra-chan and I felt the same way.

　Ra-chan concentrated on converging magical power, creating an impactless sphere, and launching it.

　Meanwhile, I had some free time so I made a bunch of impactless balls and set them on the ground to play with.

　If I keep high quality magic there, it will be useful for Ra-chan and I can also use it for my daily magical power consumption training, so it'll kill two birds with one stone.

　While thinking this, I dropped the twentieth impactless ball to the ground.

　…If I buried this in the ground, it would probably become a set-up trap.

　When the ground in the courtyard was dug up and the ball was buried, it remained there without exploding.

"oh……"

　When we tried throwing a rock at it, a non-impact ball was released, and the rock spun out and flew off due to the impact.

"This could be useful."

　It looks like it could be used as a trap to trap Thor and Asmo.

　If we buried it underground, they would definitely not notice it. They don't have the ability to sense magical energy after all.

　It makes me laugh to imagine it spinning around and being blown away.

　Eleonora-san... seems to be able to see through it with her wild instincts.

　Well, it could be used as a trap to intercept attacks.

"Hmm, that's difficult."

　While I was thinking of new ways to use magic, Ra-chan frowned and muttered.

"It's a different technique from psychic magic, which penetrates and covers magic. It's good to be able to do it little by little."

"……Yeah"

　The way magical energy is handled is fundamentally different from psychics who have reached the point of canceling incantations, but this is also a basic technique, so if you master it, you can apply it to other magic such as fireballs, fire spears, and fire arrows, so there is no harm in learning it.

"By the way, what's Al doing?"

"I'm making a trap by burying a non-shock ball in the ground."

"Sounds fun! I'll bury myself in the ground too!"

　Children's moods are constantly changing.

　If something else looks interesting, I'll jump on it right away.

"Unfortunately, this usage cannot be achieved unless you master the magic convergence technique."

"Huh!"

"If you don't concentrate the flow of magical power in one point, it will explode the moment it touches the ground."

　An unfocused impactless sphere is like a ball of undirected energy.

　The impactless sphere that Ra-chan made is dangerous, so I'll put it on the side.

"That's right"

"So if you want to bury mine, that's fine."

"Okay. I'll fill Al's."

　Ra-chan obediently listened to what I said and buried my safe impactless sphere in the ground.

"...What on earth are you guys doing?"

　As I was busily filling the impactless spheres with Ra-chan, Gideon came over with an exasperated look on his face.

"I'm burying magic in the ground."

"...I don't understand how someone could think of burying magic in the ground."

"Gideon-sama, this kind of flexible thinking will give you a shortcut to mastering chant cancellation."

"I see. That's how it is..."

　When I said something that sounded plausible, Gideon nodded as if I had a point and began helping me bury it.

　Until I can learn how to cancel chant, I can make excuses like these to get around it.

"I buried it all, but what should I do now?"

"They will explode all at once."

　There were twenty-three impactless balls buried in the ground.

　Since it's a spell formed using my own magical power, I can tell exactly where it is.

　I clapped my hands and released the concentrated magical power.

　The buried impactless spheres exploded with a loud pop.

"Ohhhhhhhh!"

　The power of the impactless balls was reduced to an absolute minimum, but it was exhilarating to see the traps all go off at once.

"I have no idea what's good about it, but there's one thing that's not running."

"Eh? That can't be..."

"There it is."

　I looked in the direction Gideon was pointing and saw the only remaining, unactivated impactless sphere.

"That's not the one I made."

　There is no wizard who cannot perceive what he creates with his own magic.

　In other words, that wasn't a shockless sphere created with my magical powers.

"Oh, now that I think about it, Ra-chan's impactless ball that I had placed on the edge earlier has disappeared."

"There was a problem with the convergence, so I fixed it and filled it in."

"Ah, as expected."

　I thought they'd really planted a non-directional bomb, but it seemed Gideon had managed to converge it and replant it.

　Even if it was family magic, it would take some average skill to tweak the completed spell.

　He may seem unnecessarily arrogant, but he certainly has the skills as a wizard.

"Hey, Alfried! I don't know what you've been doing, but Lana's clothes are stained with dirt!"

　While I was admiring such things, Shelka came from the front wearing the magic academy uniform.

　Apparently he had just come back from school.

　Seeing Ra-chan's dirty clothes, Shelka comes running over here.

　That route happens to be right where the last impactless sphere that Gideon had reburied was.

"Sherka-sama, could you stop for a moment?!"

"No excuses!"

　He tries to somehow stop Shelka, but as she is a severe siscon, her thoughts are all on Ra-chan.

"Lord Gideon, let's make it explode first!"

　Since it's already pretty close, there's a chance it might surprise someone or get some dirt on them, but it's better than a direct hit.

　Gideon shook his head at my suggestion.

"Well, I set it up anyway. I want to see what the results will be if someone steps on it."

"fart?"

"Don't worry. The power is kept under control, and if anything happens, I'll deal with it."

　Is that really okay, considering that his own sister ended up stepping on a magical landmine?

　I looked over at Gideon and he had a very innocent smile on his face.

　...Come to think of it, this person liked researching magic.

　For him, it seems he is more interested in finding out what would happen if he stepped on a magical landmine than in worrying about his sister tripping over it.

　Well, I wasn't the one who planted the impactless sphere, so Gideon will take responsibility for it, so it's fine.

　When I gave up on everything and turned around, I saw Shelka neatly stepping on the impactless sphere from above.

"Kyaa?!"

　A short shriek comes from Shelka.

　The magic caused her to lift up on her feet, then she spun backwards twice before collapsing onto the ground on her back.

"Oh, pink."

　Seeing Shelka's skirt being flipped up ostentatiously, Ra-chan muttered that comment.