Ascendance of a Bookworm

There was a big hole in some of the ship and a white smoke erupted. I want to go see how it goes, but if I get close enough, things might pop up like silver needles that even pierce the horseman and armor. When Ferdinand checks the distance between the silver ship going ahead and the boundary gate, he stops the horseman once at such height and distance that the silver needles that had been reported by the knights of Dunkelferger could not be reached.

"Rosemaine, see what's going on with your vision enhancement and ask for a report."

I looked back at Ferdinand only a little and replied yes. Here's the question: "Why don't you strengthen your vision yourself?" What a pointless question. I can't do it when I need it. I guess it's my role to be on board to report exactly what's going on. I strengthened my eyesight and gazed to see beyond the smoke.

"A masculine figure in a silver costume came out of a big, empty hole"

"Is that Lanzenave? Dunkelferger?"

A man comes out looking around and goes up to the top of a tight ship. As he rides out and stares at what he does, the man strips off his silver costume and strikes out his magic with a stamp.

"Sturp! Definitely a knight of Dunkelferger"

The bright voice of Heishitze echoes at the same time as my report.

"It's a signal to complete onboard control, Master Ferdinand!

The rescue request was a rote when something happened, and if the magic just struck out, there seemed to be an arrangement for a signal to complete the operation. Apparently it was the Dunkelferger knights who were infiltrating the interior that caused the explosion.

Well done, and the Ordnants flew in as their voices rose from the knights of Dunkelferger around them.

"Onboard control complete! Initiate rescue of the hostages. The hostages are also taking away demon stones for the beast, and it's going to take a while to rescue them."

Hearing the words of the flying Ordnants, Ferdinand said "OK" and held the reins strong. The lion moves his wings big once with the bass.

"Squad six, head to rescue the hostages and recover the demon stones taken. Squad 7 and Squad 8 attack the preceding ships, Squad 9 and Squad 10 attack the following ships."

"Ha!"

Beast riders are faster than ships. If you increase your speed and chase it, you'll catch up with the ship. He runs over the sea adjusting his distance so that he can push him to the boundary gate so he won't catch up completely. The sky has become brighter and the colours of the sea have increased in brightness.

"Rosemaine, if the colour of the ship starts to change, I'd like you to put Aub's protection on the preceding ship, but is the magic okay?

"Two more times and I'll figure it out... I don't think I can do any more."

I declare honestly. It is a rarity to lie here or to sweetly estimate your magic power. Because it involves a lot in the success or failure of subsequent operations.

"During the border gate trip, then, when I dyed the foundation, I kept putting up my recovery pills. Drinking any more will probably make you feel sick and unable to work. The next time you drink is before you go to bed."

"It would be nice if I could figure out the amount of medicine myself. … but what if I do it twice?"

Ferdinand's thoughtful sound spreads some anxiety to his chest.

"Do you have any concerns?

"That ship goes from silver playing magic to black absorbing magic. I'm not sure because I just heard it from a knight on the border gate who was watching the ship return to Lanzenave at the end of the fall, but he seemed to be letting his magic flow through the whole thing and making it transferable by sucking the magic out of the border gate. In other words, it is considered to have the power to absorb the magic of black demon stones, not just black. … I thought you might need more magic than you did in the harbor earlier."

Even though I know that Ferdinand, who has never been Aub, is a magic trick that uses massive amounts of magic, I don't know how much of a burden it is on me. The power also varies depending on how much magic you can put into the Stalp, so the power consumed varies greatly from person to person.

"Besides, unless you're so stupid over there, it's impossible for two ships to change color at the same time. Until we make sure the ships ahead can get through the border gate and the border gate, the ships in the rear row should see how it goes. The moment the magic came through, you said you saw a concentrated attack, but you're not supposed to imitate a color change."

You can't go through the border gates if you can't change colors, and they attack you simultaneously as you change them. It will be a stare at a ship that can't even go back to port, Ferdinand said.

"What can I do to rescue the hostages safely without taking the time while your magic doesn't allow..."

If you don't think about rescuing the hostages, you can drop even a giant rock, as the knights of Dunkelferger said. But I can't do that, and given Aerenfest's circumstances and Ferdinand's physical condition, I can't take much time.

"Rosemaine, isn't there a way in your knowledge to do as little harm as possible to the hostages, as little magic as possible, and to destroy the ship? I want you to think not only of the book of Mestionora, but also of the knowledge of different worlds. It doesn't matter if you can put your magic through it."

Ferdinand whispers in a small voice so that no one else can hear him. I can understand the trouble very much if people ask me, but I want it to stop because my ears are very ticklish. Shouldn't anti-bugging magic equipment be used at times like this?

"Anything?

"... It was certainly a world without magic, but science was developing instead. I don't know if there's anything I can do without prepping."

"Think about it. Speak up when you need Aub's protection."

... What is a silver ship made of? That silver doesn't look like a cloth, no matter what. Sounds metallic, doesn't it? So silver is paint?

All I can think of is whether to peel off the paint or make the metal brittle and easy to pass through the impact.

...... Wouldn't the paint melt softly if I added heat? But how do I add heat? Plus, there's a chance that the hostages inside will get steamed, right? Hmmm......

While I contemplate, Ferdinand flies Ordnants to the Knights of the Boundary Gate.

"When Aub's guardian is in place, attack the ship with all your might. You can't escape to Lanzenave. Never put your hands on it. The rescue of the hostages is after we destroy the ship."

"Rosemaine, ask for Aub's protection. Squad 7, Squad 8, Boundary Gate are ready to attack!

The colour of the ship moving near the boundary gate began to change. It feels like patties and tiles flip over, and one color after another changes from silver to black. They can apply Aub's protection without consuming the most magic to aim at this changing moment. I will instantly put out a stamp and pour out my magic.

"Volkovezen!"

And I waved a bun and a stamp, and struck out the guardian of Aub toward the ship. Unlike earlier, the range is narrow. Instead of a big yellow bird flying around the area, it jumps straight into the ship.

"Go!"

The knights of Arlensbach jump out of the roof of the gatepost at the boundary gate on a horseback to coincide with the decree of Ferdinand. In their hands, as well as in the hands of the knights of Dunkelferger, who began to penetrate towards the ship, there is a sword of Starp that emits light in intricate shades. It emits a dazzling light with magic poured in for the purpose of crushing Lanzenave.

Ferdinand waved Starp and struck out his magic against the ship. It's a little light like a rot. With that signaled, the knights simultaneously raise their loud voices, wave out their swords, and unleash their magic. As everyone's magic twisted together, it became a rainbow light and burst into a ship that was turning black.

The moment the dazzling magical light reached the ship than the sun, the ship exploded with a paralyzing roar of ears. The sea sways heavily, swallowing the ship completely once, and the white water column rises. A number of ship fragments jumped out of the water column and splashed.

"Make sure the hostages are safe! It will take rescue work!

"Rescue Aub while he has protection. Hurry!"

The lights of Aub's guardianship are scattered over the sea. The knights of Dunkelferger began single-fishin 'the hostage girls with faces that did not know what had happened over the boundary gate in the strip of light at Sturp. The knight of Arlensbach pulls up at once what is floating at sea with the shtarp in a reticle of light. It is all about the lady who is blinding her eyes, the magic equipment that floats in the sea, and so on.

"Ahhh!

There was a scream coming out of the net. I see a maid disturbed by a net saved up with a fish that suddenly floats to the magnitude of the shock added to the sea. It's a little pathetic, but I need you to be patient because I have to rescue you in a hurry.

Though caught in the explosion, the Lanzenave soldiers, who did not eat the magic attack because they were dressed in silver, seem to have a relatively large number of survivors. There is a lot of flutter and even on the sea level. He also saw a Lanzenave soldier left pompous at sea with his arms raised to reach the net of Starp.

"Dear Ferdinand, what do the soldiers of Lanzenave do? Capture and testify..."

"If you need testimony, we already have two soldiers for you. I don't need anybody around here."

Saying so, Ferdinand turns the beast to the ship he was following.

After watching what happened to the preceding ship, the ship in the row seemed to be about to be swallowed up by the impact of the explosion and the huge wave it was able to make with it. I could still see him flirting with the sea, which was still heavily waved. However, as Ferdinand expected, its color remains silver and the magic attack does not work.

"Hmm?"

A part of the silver upper deck that was as rugged as a submarine opened and something lifted from the bottom. I still have silver. There seemed to be a lot of small holes in the square box.

"What is that?

"It's a weapon with an example silver needle coming out!

It was Heishitze who answered Ferdinand's question. Attacking that part with magic from afar still doesn't seem to work. They said that no amount of magic equipment they had prepared had any effect on the ship. I was working out measures for the cloth, but I regret to be honest though I may have no choice because I didn't think there was a silver ship.

"He's shooting at me!?

"Get some more distance!

The knights, who were watching, raise their voices of vigilance on the silver ship that began its attack towards this one over the sky. It's an attack that pierces both the horseman and the armor. I don't come close to the detour.

"Maybe it's because I saw the attack on the previous ship."

After being shown how his fellow ship will be crushed in front of him, it is clear that he cannot go around the border gates and return to Lanzenave without changing colours. It is visible to be captured upon return to the harbour. It's not strange that the soldiers are in a state of panic, Ferdinand said.

I'm worried about the hostages inside. I want to help you as soon as possible. I have to strip that silver for that. Something like a tile was flipping around, so there must be some way to stick something like a knife at the border and force it to flip colors, or to spill the paint off.

"I wish I could at least block that offensive mouth..."

"Sounds like a magic attack won't work, but is there any way?

"If wearing a silver costume doesn't mean going through a white building or pushing through the floor, I wondered if I could just put a lid on that part at Entvikkern, but what do you think?

Wouldn't a white stone make it when you thought about what you could do as an Aub? I came up with it, but Ferdinand shook his neck sideways, saying in a frightened voice, "You have a truly unexpected idea..."

"Huh? No?

"I can't, I can't. You say briefly that you want to put a lid on it, but who measures the size of that part? How are you gonna draw the blueprints? Without demon paper or ink to do Entovickern, there is no gold powder. Doesn't that mean you have extra magic, too?

... I do normally do.

"I think as long as we can measure the size, we can figure it out. The Devil's Paper has a lot of Clarissa made for me, and the ink can be managed with Stilo, right? Fortunately, there's a little bit of gold powder too!

I take out the royal crest, whose chains are slightly goldened, and show it. If we take the gold powder from here, won't we figure it out? Because it's not a big building that you want to build, it's a lid to prevent attacks.

"Is this gold powder enough, Master Ferdinand?

"No matter how small the objects you create, that's just not enough. I don't think gold powder from here to here in the chain will suffice, but it is too disrespectful to gold powder what is given by royalty. I'll give you another magic stone if you turn it into gold powder, so put it there."

Although disrespect will be disrespectful, it will not be gold powder in Ferdinand's possession of demonic stones. He only has demonic stones with a large magic capacity. I'm going to need a lot of magic if I'm going to turn it into gold powder.

"This chain is mostly saturated with magic, so you don't need much magic to turn it into gold powder. Would you forgive me by compensating for something when I give it back? Nor would the royal family say that chains about to become gold powder are more important than human life..."

"You are a nobleman of a territory that has rebelled against the royalty. I don't know if the royal family will prioritize human life as much as you. We should not create any extra gaps than we do not know what answers will be returned by the royalty. Besides, I disagree that you go over that sky alone and do Entovickern from the standpoint of protecting you. None of the escort knights will agree."

Be aware of the precariousness of your position, and I will be told to shut up. If Entovickern can't, we have to think of other means.

"... what about freezing it? Wouldn't a needle even pop up if you blocked it with ice?

"I think it's a good idea, but what are you going to do?

"Ugh...... I wish I could use Avery Be's sword, but it's useless to not be able to use it unless it's winter."

It's spring. Here in Arlensbach, the climate is like the early summer of Aerenfest, and it's not winter, no matter what you think. Since we have not completed the prayer ceremony, it must be said that the protection of the Fruitraine is still thin, but it will not apply to the conditions for the use of the sword of Avelibe.

"... I'm not sure what's bothering you, but why not just turn this place into winter?

"Yes?"

"If we rewrite the magic formations that call for spring that were in Haldenzel, would we also be able to call for winter?

"Huh? Don't say it with your natural face! I can't. Because normally I can't."

Few people can do the art of rewriting such a large magic formation as they conveniently do, and I don't think they can rewrite it. At least because they say I have no taste in improving the magic formations, I never thought of rewriting them to the magic formations that call for winter.

"It just takes a lot of magic to limit the range to the part of the ship. If you don't have magic, you'll need a demon stone with magic caged in it, but do you have it?

"If it's a demonic stone with magic pulled out of it, I have it."

"Why do you have it?

I also say I forgot to leave it heavy, but if I didn't tell you, I wouldn't know.

"You said there was some demon paper, too?

"Yes. It's perfect."

I take out from the leather bag a few pieces of demon paper that are folded and smaller. "I'm afraid of your insanity," Ferdinand muttered in some very tired voice.

"So, as if I could make this place winter, is there anyone besides you and me who can use the sword of Avery Be?

Seems better not to use the magic of me and Ferdinand, given the closing of the border gates and border gates. I looked around at the escort knights around me. I am not entering or leaving the temple at Dada.

"My escort knights are ready to use, partly because they were competing over who would be able to make the god's equipment the soonest. Darmuel can make shapes, too."

Amazing, isn't it? And when he put his chest up, Ferdinand looked around at the escort knights and sighed.

"There's too much insanity around you"

... Isn't Master Ferdinand the head of insanity who can call for winter?