On my way home from the cafeteria away, I saw Roomia practicing her magic in the garden.

Even though it's already sundown, I'm taking my father out and chanting a spell.

"... 'He who grasps the light'..."

".................. um"

My father is next to Loomia.

I can only see my back from my position.

"" Respond to my voice with a light "-" Light bulb "!"

In the palm of Loomia, a sphere of light was born about as much as a pebble.

My father next door is clapping his hands.

Wide back, thick hands and feet. Short-cut, golden hair.

That's my father, Georg-Grossalia.

"Isn't that amazing, Loomia! When exactly can you chant!?

"... well, I can't tell you that. I practiced."

"That's enthusiastic and pretty good. That's amazing."

"... there are more amazing people... there are others. Father..."

Loomia succeeded in her magic a few times after that. I still don't like the chanting of the curly tongue.

Finally, my father set an example and activated the magic trick.

It's the same 'light sphere' magic. It's about the size of a person's head.

Not at all different from the general witchcraft of my time. There has been no development or decline.

Make sure of that, I went back to my room.

"... really, it's been 200 years since I died..."

I was sitting in a chair in my room remembering the words of my teacher Kahle.

Kahle said it was 220 years this year since "The Sanctuary Church" discovered ancient magic and objects (items).

My previous life, Dean-Nosferatu, died twenty years after the discovery of ancient magic and appliances.

I mean, now it's gonna be 200 years after I died in my previous life.

Honestly, I don't feel it.

Two hundred years later? Neither Lyle nor Alice... are they gone anymore...

... I can't help it.

At that time, I had no choice but to reincarnate.

But... 200 years.

I thought it was a closer time because the grammar of witchcraft hasn't changed.

The social system hasn't changed much either.

"Ancient Magic" is a secret trick (higi) that can only be used by those who have yet been chosen, and those who can use it are at the top of society.

So Kahel, the teacher who can use Ancient Sorcery, is prestigious, and his brother wants to join the Sorcery Guild.

What's different than 200 years ago is that nobody talks about the 'Sanctuary Church' anymore, is it?

"... I wonder what happened during the course of 200 years"

You need to check it out.

To the main building, sure, there must have been a room with books. If you look it up there, you might find out something.

It's just... I don't have the right to enter the main building.

You need to think about the operation.

"To do so, I need to experiment with my skills"

And I want meat.

I had dinner with my maid, Martha, and there was barely any meat in it.

I can't help it. Our meals are shared with the main building.

Let's go hunting for the meat ourselves, along with experiments in witchcraft.

Midnight.

I decided to leave the mansion as planned.

Baron Grossaria's mansion is surrounded by a tall fence. Guards patrol the garden.

But I know the course of the patrol.

With skills, it's not that hard to get out.

Before you go out, let's check your current skills.

"Yuki-Grossalia"

Age: 13

Race: Human

Health: D

Arm strength: E

Agility: D

Magic: C

Dexterity: D

Skills: None

I usually disguise myself as this one's status so as not to surprise the roomies.

Here's the real status:

"Yuki-Nosferatu"

Age: 13

Race: Unknown

Health: B

Arm strength: B

Agility: A

Magic: S

Dexterity: B

Skill: Flying. Magic blood. Signs blocked. Ice magic. Creation of squire. Erosion. Purification.

This much skill is enough.

"─ Flying"

I kicked in the upstairs room window and popped out.

Fluffy, and the body floats.

As if I had no weight, my body slips through the air and flies straight out of the premises.

It's no big deal. I'm just temporarily losing weight with magic.

With this body, is floating like this the limit? It's nice to be human.

"Oops."

I landed on a branch of a tree that was off the property.

Kick the branches again and jump up.

The guards haven't noticed. "Blocking the signs" is also effective.

"... I have to be back by morning"

I'm moving faster.

Ten minutes later, I was in the back mountain near the mansion.

This is a mountain of demons, usually used by my father and Brother Zeros for hunting and magic training.

Just fine.

Let's make the mountaintop of no man's coming, my magic lab.

As I flew from tree to tree, I headed for the summit.

"I've been waiting for you -"

On a tree near the summit, my squire bat greeted me.

"Welcome and hard work. Then we'll experiment with magic. Tell me where there's a prey that's going to be a practice bench."

'Before you do that, may I? Your husband.'

"What?"

"May I ask your name?

"It's Yuki. What about you?"

'There is no name. If you could give me your husband's favorite name.'

"How about Dick?

'Thank you. It's a good name.'

"It's the name of the father I used to know. He asked me about Lyle before he died."

"Your husband, you're young, aren't you?

"One by one. Forget it. What better place to prey than that?

'I'll show you. Before your husband was here, I kept my eyeballs on.'

"Please."

I fly from branch to branch, guided by Dick the Bat.

Moving on for a while, I saw a rabbit at the root of the tree.

It has golden body hair and horns on its head. "Large Rabbit."

Just fine. Let's hunt that one.

Sometimes I want to feed my maid Martha some meat.

Large Rabbit is a vigilant beast.

"I know. It's a pretty powerful kick in the corners and back legs."

"That's your husband. It's Erudite - '

"Common sense. Besides, I don't fight melee. I told you we'd be experimenting with sorcery."

"Flames are light, winds are noticed by sound, right?

My specialty is ice magic.

In the previous life, discreetly and quietly, was the motto.

If you use fancy magic, you'll be on guard.

In the end, the "Church of the Sanctuary" still caught my eye.

"No sound, no light, no air tremors"

I put my hand on the trunk of a tree.

"" Sickness, frozen "-" Frozen Row "

From my fingertips, an ice thread emerged.

That conveys the trunk and stretches it to the root of the tree.

─ ─

The ice thread was instant and tangled up Large Rabbit's leg.

"Cu... Huh!?

Large rabbit noticing an anomaly runs out.

But right in front of it is an ice net.

My magic was creating ice lines at the roots of the trees around me.

'Huh!! -Y!!

"Large Rabbit" rumbles out. He can't move from the roots of the trees anymore.

The ice thread is completely intertwining his body.

No matter how much force you put into it, it doesn't work.

"Sorry."

I went down to the ground and stabbed a stop at Large Rabbit.

Let's hang it for a while and keep the blood drained.

'Shh, it's amazing. Your husband! Such sorcery, we cannot escape -!

"It's plain magic."

'No. No sound, no light! Even the prey won't notice! It is the most powerful sorcery to survive in the mountains -!!

"Still no match for Ancient Sorcery."

Normal sorcery is activated by chanting spells and using in-body magic.

So laborious. Once activated, I can't use it for a while.

I simplify my ice magic as much as possible, but I still can't use it continuously.

But "ancient magic" is different. That consumes less magic, and the streak works.

I've seen the priests of "Sanctuary Church" sweep the bandits in "Ancient Sorcery" in my previous life.

The priest kept firing flames until the bandits were wiped out. Even if the enemy surrendered, it did not stop.

One of the reasons I thought I was no match for The Sanctuary Church is that.

Their "ancient magic" specializes in combat with bees.

"If more powerful magic could have been used against me... it wouldn't have been me now."

"Your husband. My bat buddy found another" Large Rabbit "

"You have company?

"When we talked about your husband, we all said we wanted to be friends."

The moment Dick said that, there was a black shadow in the sky.

Looking up, there were tons of bats dancing.

I don't know how many. Forty or fifty. That's about it. Awesome.

"I wanted everyone to know how amazing your husband is -"

Dick the bat spread his wings as he boasted.

"Already, my fellow bats know everything about this mountain. Think of this mountain as your husband's territory. '

"Helpful. You're a brilliant squire. Dick."

"It's an honor to compliment you."

Dick's head on my shoulder, I was at my fingertips.

If the bat led by Dick will be on your side, you'll get all the information on the mountain.

Because of this. Let me use this mountain as my stronghold.

"Dick needs to pick a few contacts with me. As you tell them when demons appear beyond your control or when hostile intruders arrive. As a price to pay for your service, I will sift the power."

"Thank you for your concern."

As Dick lowered his head, the bats dancing in the sky rang in unison.

"Now show me where the next 'Large Rabbit' is"

'I understand -. This way -'

I'm with Dick the bat, kicking the branches and heading to the next prey.

Confirmation of skills is over.

Flying. Magic blood. Signs blocked. Ice magic. squire creation. Heterogeneous conversation. I can use everything.

Use this to continue pretending to be human, with all your might in this life.

"If we hunt some more, let's go back to the mansion. With a plan."