Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha

Episode 178: Lower Vampires and Wands Trial

Let's actually use magic with a cane, so I was wondering if we were going to do it exactly on the spot, and Lorraine said,

"It's dangerous to do it at home, so we'll do it outside"

I said, so I moved the place.

Even so, I just came to an empty space on the outskirts of the city.

"Nobody complains about exploding here."

And, Lorraine says, wouldn't the owner of this land be angry if it exploded into boulders?

It's quite a lot of land, and I can see a house built in the distance, about that size, and maybe I can't even try to explode, but...

I'll just ask you once.

"If it explodes, the boulder will run out of owners, won't it?

"I can't cut anything. It's my land."

"Huh."

And the more I want to say about it, the more unexpected answers I get.

But I could understand the meaning of Lorraine's attitude from earlier that she didn't need to worry about anything.

If you're saying it's her land, there's certainly nothing wrong with what happens.

Well, open the door to the demonic realm, the demons appear in large numbers and attack the city, and if anything happens, it'll be a big problem with the boulders, but I don't plan on doing that.

I don't know how to do it in the first place.

So much so that the legend tells me there's a magician or something who did that.

"... because some experiments don't motivate me much at home either. I bought it a lot of time ago for that. This neighborhood is far from the center town, and it's inconvenient, so it wasn't as big as it sounded."

Lorraine makes such an explanation, but this is the only land that is so vast.

It wouldn't have been cheap either.

This guy, he's rich... well, I know.

Because I've had mysterious financial resources for a long time.

I was buying a house too, and it's not that surprising.

Anyway, he doesn't need to worry about anything if that's the case.

But is it so dangerous that you have to do it here?

Trying the first wand I ever made.

I ask.

"Hey, is the first wand I ever made dangerous?

Lorraine then said,

"Normally, it's just not dangerous. You won't have a problem doing it at home. However, in your case, I have a little anxiety... and I think there is probably no problem with the magic manipulation. Alize has a lot of magic, and it may be difficult to add or subtract. I thought it would be a good idea to do it here to get you to use magic without worries."

and explained it to me.

A lot of magic is difficult to add or subtract, which may mean that the feeling of using a wand to use witchcraft is quite different from the feeling of using without.

To say wand in the first place is to stabilize and amplify magic.

Anyway, if you're stable, amplification, maybe that's the neck.

Wrong addition or subtraction, it was thought that I was worried about the area.

"Well, whatever it is, shall we both try? I still teach only preliminary witchcraft, so you should try that for now. It would be easiest to understand what the power of the wand is."

I said, so me and Alize snort.

"For now...... why don't you start with Alize? Do you remember the chant?

"Yes, I'm fine!

"Good reply. Then me and Lent get a little distance. If you say yes, use it."

"Yes!"

And when Lorraine and I got a little distance, Lorraine said, "That's good!," he shouts to Alize.

Alize nodded, holding a cane,

"Fire, feed my magic and manifest it here..." Ignite the Armagette!

I chanted.

Then the magic that was full of Alize's body converged and flowed towards the wand.

It grew big as it swelled, and from the tip of the wand, boom, the fire went up.

... No, that's more like a flame than a fire.

It's big enough to make me want to ask if it's really preliminary witchcraft.

Previously that was only fire to the point of lighting on my fingertips, but now it's a flame about the size of a pine light.

"Here, here, here..."

And, because Alize was slightly frightened by the size of the flame, Lorraine approached him, saying something, and put out the flame.

Then Alize looks relieved

I got close, too, to Alize,

"Isn't that amazing? Preliminary magic can make such a big flame..."

That said, Alize said,

"I'm surprised..."

and still seemed a little nervous.

Lorraine listened to us like that.

"You seem to be mistaken, but it doesn't usually get that big. As I said before, Alize originally had a lot of magic. That's why it's all grown up. If you don't have a cane, you won't be able to use most of it in a beginner, even if you have a lot of magic, but if you do have a cane, it's different. Control will stabilize, and magic will be available quite efficiently. Well, it's not always a good thing..."

I said.

You wondered what that meant, Alize,

"Is there something wrong?

Ask.

Lorraine then said,

"Ah. If you rely on a cane, sooner or later you won't be able to control the magic without a cane. Plus, you can't move much without magic or a cane."

"Isn't that... a big problem?

"Exactly. You can say it's deadly. Anyway, you can't fight as a magician without always touching the wand. But the younger ones these days still choose to use magic with cane reliance. Because it's easier. I started practicing magic with a cane from the start, and I became a subtle adventurer just like that. Damn, that's lamentable."

I'm not sure I'm ever too young, but I'm not.

And I wanted to get into it, but I stopped because it seemed like we were talking serious.

Well, the marriageable age is past, so if you say you're not young, maybe you're not.

I wouldn't be much different if I said that, though, either, at my age. I'm better at it. Though they tend to look downstairs.

"But the Maltese magicians often see magic being used all over the city without a cane, right?

That's what Alize says.

Lorraine nodded at this too.

"Oh, you can occasionally see me floating around shopping and all that stuff I bought and taking home. I was surprised when I first saw that sight, too. I haven't seen a sight like that in the Empire for a long time..."

Empire, would mean the Realmud Empire, the home of Lorraine.

It's supposed to be quite a cultural power, and it's supposed to be advanced about witchcraft, but is it subtle about candleless witchcraft?

"Why is that happening in the Empire?

I ask, Lorraine,

"Earlier, I said the disadvantages of the wand, but naturally there are also the advantages. Fine work is much easier to do with a cane. Something massive. The Empire is full of magic weapons and magic props, and magicians can't let go of their wands at all times. I want to rely on it when I use it all the time. Plus, more people think that if you don't let go all the time in the future, it would be efficient if you were only proficient in the use of canes from the start. That's how it turned out. Of course, some people can handle wandless sorcery... but you can't be a mainstream imperial sorcerer. I have that mouth, too."

Perhaps it is fate that has become too convenient.

But I didn't know you couldn't be a mainstream...... maybe that means Lorraine left the empire with all sorts of things in that place too

Oh, I thought so.

Then, Lorraine changed her voice color,

"It would be nice to know about the area. It's your wand now. I've said a lot of bad things, but I'm pretty sure it's basically convenient. Come on, Lent, it's your turn next. By way of example, me and Alize will stay back."

That's what I said, so I nod.