Souen no historia

A man covered in grey robes came into a tavern in the town of Sanichia in the Knockles region.

The creepy look of the man, whose face was covered with a hood, naturally gathered the gaze of the guests in the tavern.

The man sat in the counter seat,

"Oyaji, I want information."

A loud voice echoes through the room. Perhaps the owner of the shop, Oyaji keeps wiping the dishes with a white cloth, but he answers with a low voice.

"I don't know who it is, but I've come to the store, so let me ask you something first, huh?"

Behind the words of the shopkeeper, customers approached the man. Everyone was a man and everybody was a bad guy.

"Oi, don't be so hard on us when we're resting."

"Oh, look, this isn't the place where some weird bastard comes in."

"Hey, show me your face!

When one of the guests grabbed the hood of the man sitting and rushed away, there was a man with fishy eyes on his blue skin.

"Oh, my God, was it an aquatic tribe?"

"Heh, I thought you were a fish for a reason."

"It's disgusting..."

Fuck!

"How dare you... eh?

There was something thin piercing through one of the customers' chests. It looks like something is suddenly stretching out of the back of the man, and other customers are wondering what's going on. But for a moment,

Gush, gush, gush, gush!

He broke through the robe from the back of the man and several thorns appeared, stabbing the customers behind him.

"Gah... ah... ghh...!?

The guests threw blood out of their mouths and dripped their heads. The owner said, "Hey!?" as he dropped his dishes. As the thorns returned from the man's back, the bodies of the supported guests fell to the floor.

The other guests who were in the tavern also screamed and ran outside.

The man pointed his bloody eyes at the shopkeeper as he smiled.

"Say it again. I want to buy information."

"N-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n

The store owner also showed the attitude of returning the palm of his hand. You think death awaits you if you lose a little mood. The man covered his face again with a hood.

"Then I'll ask. Hey, do you have any information on the Aquatic, no, Hoshikaido kids?

"Hee? Ho, Hoshi Kaizuki...?

The store owner asks while sweating a lot from the forehead.

"Oh, it looks like a five-year-old kid. Rumor has it I saw it here."

"Wait a minute, please. I'll look into it now!

I opened the shelf behind me at an incredible speed and started looking into it. And show a piece of paper in front of a man.

"Well, I don't know if this is true, but a strange incident happened a few days ago in the woods near here."

"Strange?"

"Yes, yes. I found a stone statue of two men who were all badly tagged."

The man's eyebrows twitched when the word "stone statue" was used. But he kept silent without pinching his words.

"I checked and found out that the statue was genuinely petrified by someone. Well, there were a lot of people who were happy because they were bad guys with tags."

"Hey, how does that connect to the Stars and Moons?

"Well, actually, there was someone watching the two of them get tangled up in a child."

"Huh?"

"It seems that the child was an aquatic child."

"I see. Do you know where that kid went?

"I don't know the details, but if the child is heading for another city, the closest one is [Moriat]."

The corner of the man's mouth distorted to the shape of the crescent after listening to the owner's words. And when she stood up quietly from the chair,

"It's pretty good information. Should I thank you for this?

"Ah, eh! Oh, I don't need any money!

So I blushed my face like I was asking you to leave.

"Kuku, is it free? I'm glad to hear that."

While laughing inside the tavern in a good mood, I stumbled on the blood that was flowing out of the bodies of the fallen guests and walked out of the tavern.

A few days after Yoyo told me about the magic, Yu and Soji were practicing magic in the backyard.

Yes, that's it.

Now you are concentrating with your eyes closed. Aware of the existence of the "Magic Nucleus" in Yu's chest, Soji taught him how to extract magic from it, and Yu was seriously engaged in training.

It was Yu's talent that surprised Soji. It took Soji a long time to feel the magic from "Magic Nucleus".

However, Yu could feel the heat from the Magic Nucleus in about an hour. No matter how much Yoyo taught me and how man-to-man Soji taught me, it was an amazing rate of growth.

Indeed, Yu could naturally feel the heat from Magic Nucleus sooner than Soji, because magic was activated unconsciously, but Soji felt a little jealous of her talents.

But I thought I could use magic right away, which was a delightful miscalculation for Sage. And now, Yu was dedicated to extracting magic from the "Magic Nucleus" and enchanting it.

Yu's hands are grasped with nuts just enough to fit into her little hand. They're using magic to petrify it.

The magic is seeping out of the concentrated body of Yu, and there is a stinging discharge phenomenon in a good feeling.

(This discharge is Yu's magic)

"Electric attack petrochemical" named by Yoyo. It is a powerful magic that petrifies what touches its discharge. However, although it has been possible to cause a discharge phenomenon very well, it has not yet been possible to petrify the object.

Muuu ~

Yu also seems to be pressing hard with his eyes closed, but even though the discharge phenomenon happens occasionally, it is just for a moment, and it seems to be difficult to control freely. However, I realized that magic existed, and that what I had been able to show in just a few days was something worthy of surprise from Soji.

After a while, Yu sat on the ground like he was pumping hot air from his head. I can't help but endure unfamiliar magic quite mentally.

"Ahahah, how much should I leave for today?"

"Uh-oh, I'm sorry, Oni-chan, I can't do it right."

"What are you saying? You are very good. At least he's talented enough to envy me."

"Really?

Her face, which looked cutely up, seemed to be burning up and her cheeks were upset.

"Yeah, so you don't have to hurry. Soon you will be able to deal with magic."

"... yeah, hang in there."

Her growth is certainly faster than I thought. However, it may not be in time for the week imposed on the Hoshikaido clan.

If she could control the magic, petrify something, and cure it with Sauji and Yoyo, she could bring it to the negotiation, but not in time...

(Even if I'm not welcome, I might be headed for the ocean)

Soji's presence will be passed down to other aquatic tribes from the Vortex men we met earlier. It may be more difficult for Saudi to approach peacefully than if he were a Rover of the Stars and Moons.

Even though there is no certainty that the petrochemical can be cured, even if you say that you have such a power, you are likely to be afraid that you will not believe it or that you may be planning something.

Even if you manage to enter into negotiations, if you don't really heal it, it will be troublesome later, so Yoyo also says that it is better to use this method as a last resort if you can't learn the magic of Yu in time.

Looking at the discharge that Yu can produce now, I tried to hit the branch of the tree and so on, but it didn't petrify. Aren't you awake yet, or are you missing something...? I don't know, but I still have to trust you to wait.

(Judging from Yu's story, when I felt danger or confused, I petrified the things around me.....)

I have suggested it to Yoyo. If you're stuck, I'm sorry about Yu, but I was wondering if I could let you go through something that might make you feel a little more dangerous.

If that works, you might get something petrified. But, Yoyo said, that means you must not do it because the risk is great.

Magic is most dangerous when it runs wild. It also affects the surroundings, but it can also lead to mental breakdown of the person in the worst way. Especially to Yu's small body, which is waking up, runaway is poison. You should never prefer to choose.

When I thought about the risk, Soji was convinced that no matter how I thought about it, I couldn't let Yu do anything dangerous.

(There are still four days left. The final decision is left to the daughter.)