I Favor the Villainess

"Excuse me. You're a little late."

The next day.

Lady Claire and I were taking May to revisit the Imperial Institute.

Philine and I were also rendezvous and waiting for Hilda to get inside, but she came a little late.

"I thought it would take longer to figure out how to open it, so I was putting in another errand. Sorry, sir."

With that said, Hilda apologized.

"I'm fine."

"Thank you. So, what about your kid?

Hilda's pitiful eyes were pointed at May.

May grabbed Lady Claire's clothing hem looking a little frightened.

"My name is May and I am one of our adopted daughters. I need her help to open the contraindication box."

"Hmm?"

"Say hello, May"

When Lady Claire said so, she gently pressed May's back.

May still looked a little frightened, but seemed encouraged and ready.

"Nice to meet you. I'm May. It's a rock. Best regards,"

Bowing deeply, Master Claire did well, he praised.

Then Hilda also broke her knee to match the height of her eyes,

"Nice to meet you, May. I'm Hildegart. Please call me Hilda. May is smart."

When I said that and gave an example con man a stingy grin, I gently stroked May's head.

Mae was still a little harder on her expression, but seems to have relieved her of some vigilance.

"I mean, you need her help, but what exactly?

"I'll explain the walk. Let's move."

"Okay. Go ahead."

The line went inside the lab without Hilda.

As always, the premises are being experimented with by people like alchemists, who from time to time send a surprising gaze to May.

Speaking of May at the time, it was only at first that she looked scared, but she looked around to see if she was more interested in winning.

"So how do I open the contraindication box? Did you hear it from Trid?

Hilda asked as she walked down the hallway.

"I'm sorry to hear from Dr. Tridd. I just know how to open it."

"Huh...? How... without hearing it out of Trid?

Filine looked surprised.

"I can't explain it there. Sorry, Asoba."

"... well, fine. So?"

Hilda looked unflinching for a moment, but seemed to prioritize listening to the rest of the story.

"That box opens up three kinds of magic emanating from a single human being as keys. So I brought May, the quadcaster."

"Is this kid a quadcaster?

"Yeah, she's a proud daughter."

When Hilda revealed her surprise, Master Claire looked good.

Apparently, May is happy to be praised.

Of course, I have a high nose, too.

"But... you shouldn't be able to open it with a whisker. I didn't know it was such a condition."

"Dear Philine, do you have any Tricasters or Quadcasters in the Empire?

"Not to my knowledge, are you? Dual casters should have been confirmed quite a few......"

Even the empire of the magically developed world hasn't yet succeeded in artificially increasing its magical aptitude, apparently.

Given that, I feel like I can see why Suras' non-cursory research has been transferred to execution, even in secret.

"Then you were right to bring May."

"Yeah, that would help."

"Good luck, May"

"Yes!

and so on, in a room with a box of contraindications.

"Well, let's get started."

"Yes. May, come"

Hilda prompted me, so I brought May right to the side of the box.

"You know there are three magic stones here?

"Yeah."

"Try flowing the magic of earth attributes on black stones, water attributes on blue stones and fire attributes on red stones respectively"

"Okay. I'll give it a shot."

Mae closed her eyes and concentrated out as she let her hands touch the box.

"Can you handle three more attributes at that age at the same time?

I could hear Philine whispering and asking Master Claire.

"May can handle four more attributes. She's a genius about magic."

"That's amazing."

Dear Claire who answers is proud.

Philine's face also saw an honest colour of praise.

"Grandma Ray"

"Yeah? What's up, May?

"Is this supposed to frighten me?

"Huh?"

"Probably this one, I don't know how to give a shit anymore, but then I might get frightened."

Do you even know that?

I asked Hilda with my gaze.

"If the contents are even safe, you can break the box itself. Open it, please."

"Because."

"Yes, try not to frighten me."

An easygoing reply came back from May.

Then,

"Well, hey, hon."

The moment May said so, signs of strong magic filled the room.

"Ko, this is..."

"May, right?"

The magic emanating from May was so intense that I didn't think it was a six-year-old.

I haven't knitted the configuration, so I'm not sure about the specific magic, but I can see the magnitude of pure magic.

May's is comparable to Claire's when she uses magic rays when she does poorly.

"Dorn!

At the same time as May's words, the magical light of three colors blinked.

The inside of the room is wrapped in glare for a moment.

While everyone covers their eyes,

- Gachari.

A heavy mechanical sound sounded.

"Atsuyoshi"

When the light subsided, there was a box of contraindications that only the lid opened without breaking and a look of May laughing innocently beside it.

"Opened..."

"Well done, May."

"Good day, May"

Shivering Hilda, Lady Claire and I who labor May.

There are no words to go to Philine with her mouth open.

"Please check the contents."

"Uh..., yeah"

Hilda changed the contents as she approached the box.

"Is this... rings and materials...?

Hilda first took the material and began to look through the contents.

"This... is a report of a study on magic amplification..."

Apparently, the contents of the dossier are the same as those of Revolyri I know.

I'm concerned about the details, but I won't let the boulders read it.

I still think I'll have to ask Dr. Trid later.

"Then... this is that contraindication ring..."

Hilda tried to pick it up from the box with her trembling hands.

"Wait, Master Hilda. You shouldn't touch that."

"Why not?"

"If you read the research materials in detail, you can see that the ring is incomplete. When worn by the unsuitable, they are taken over."

……

To stop me, Hilda stopped.

"How do you know such detail?

"As with the method of disarming, we cannot talk about the source. But that's for sure."

"So what is aptitude?

"The conditions under which we could use the ring remained unclear that even Dr. Tridd was familiar with it"

"So you think there's no aptitude?

"No, there's only one person who's found out. My name is Philine."

"What, it's me?

Suddenly he was given a name, and Filine gave a surprise voice.

At the same time, Hilda looked up.

"... again"

"Hilda?"

"Why is that always the case? The powerful, the golden, the stately go up and down. Without looking at the guy who's starting to spit out blood."

"Hilda......"

Hilda lifted the ring and tried to put it on.

I grabbed my arm and stopped the movement.

"Doesn't that seem like a self-immolation abandonment?

"Let go, Ray-Taylor"

"I won't let you go. You have no fitness for this ring. One hundred percent."

"Then you can kill him after that. You'd be easy."

Hilda's face laughing in a vegan tone with that said is somewhere sad.

"There's no way you can do that."

"Why?

"You can't kill your friends. To me, you're already a comrade. We fought the Demons together."

The Battle of Lattes was almost Dorothea's single-pitch, but even Hilda was there.

And we fought together, risking our lives.

……

"Dear Hilda - No, Hilda. That power, you don't need it. Your talent is, that's not the place to fight. The opponent fighting is not Master Filine either. You know that."

I said without distracting myself from Hilda.

With all the sincerity you can.

Hilda is a smart man.

She is too smart to let herself be left to a temporary passion.

"... fu... Mate, is that it? For once, just me with you on the battlefield?

"There will still be more."

"Does that mean get on with your plans?"

"That? That's a promise, isn't it? If I open this box, they'll help me."

"... well, a promise is a promise..."

As Hilda pulled the force out of her hand, she pinned the ring up with her thumb.

The ring, which rose high, fell into Filine's hands drawing parabolas.

"Huh...?

"From you, give it to the director."

"So, but what about Hilda?

"I'm going to hit the wind a little. Excuse me."

With that said, Hilda left the room.

"Hilda!"

"Dear Philine, let me leave you alone now. She'll be fine."

Master Claire stopped Filine from trying to chase after him.

"Hilda......"

"She needs time to sort out her feelings."

"... Yes"

They also managed to convince Filine.

Speaking of which, I was secretly holding my chest down big.

Actually, this scene, if it's Revolili, Hilda wears a ring and runs wild.

When the protagonist's fondness is high, Filine has the power of love (?) So I can stop Hilda, but no matter what you think, Hilda's liking for Filine isn't that high right now.

In the first place, I couldn't risk people's lives on such an obscure thing.

Worst case scenario, let her pass out. But I was going to stop her, but I'm glad she broke it.

Anyway, there's Mae here too.

"You've done well, Master Claire"

"I'm a jerk. I'm going to punish you when I get home."

"It's a reward in our industry."

Either way, now we have prospects for the uptake of magic tech forces.

Imperial cage, it is a step forward.