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18. Snowflake

That's how I followed Yua into a room I'd never been in. Then in the room there was a staircase leading up. Yua had an attic when she followed her as she went up there. Yua opened the window in the room and she slowly went outside when she held the wooden stick that had been placed nearby, so I followed it up and went outside.

And when I put my foot down to the roof, the snow was piling up to about my knees. Were you accumulating about ten centimeters when you tried to enter the orphanage? That's all the snow I've ever had because it felt like it.

"That's quite a load..."

"I generally try to keep the snow down when it's about this high."

"It is."

I checked the snow on the roof as I said so. The roof doesn't feel that steep, so if you walk careful, you're probably unlikely to fall. With that in mind, Youre started to use the stick of wood to shed a little snow.

I thought it might be quicker to end up using magic thinking about how I could help because I don't have the tools to drop snow. If we do this so we don't damage the roof, maybe there's no problem? When I thought so and used the wind magic carefully, the snow that had accumulated on the roof collapsed all at once towards the bottom. Apparently, it went well. Yua called out in horror when she was feeling a little relieved about it.

"Lena..."

I wonder what's wrong? Looking back at Yua, I thought, the look on Yua's face seemed slightly convulsive. Could it have surprised you because you suddenly used magic?

"Can Lena also use wind magic?

"? Yeah, but what's wrong with that?

I came to talk to Yua as she was surprised that she was tilting her neck because she didn't know what she was trying to say.

"Lena, you can use the magic of fire, water and recovery, but you can also use more wind!?

"Oh, yeah, but what's wrong with that?

"What's wrong? No, I'm not! I'm also surprised you can use so much magic, but I can't believe there's such a wide range of magic available..."

"? I don't think that's so surprising, though?

I think I can do this much with any kind of magic if I want to do nothing else...

"... Could Lena be magical enough to kill a demon or something?

"I can do that, though?

"Oh yeah..."

When I said that, Yua seemed depressed for some reason, but I thought I should finish the work quickly and the rest of the snow just dropped it using magic. Youre seemed slightly dissapointed, but I said "thank you" and went back to the building, so I followed Youre back inside, too. But I'm a little concerned that not only did Youre seem dissatisfied earlier, but he also looked anxious...