The Magus of Genesis

"Isn't it faster to throw even a spear?

That was Yuka's feeling when she saw the crossbow.

I think you're asking the wrong person.

The biggest advantage of Crossbow is its short training period.

The way it is handled is closer to a gun than a bow. With little training, anyone will be able to handle it.

The idea was the opposite of Kensei, who spent more than two hundred years training swords in the first place.

"What does Innis think?

"Hey. As the teacher said, if hundreds of people put this up and shot me, it would be a pain in the ass."

In front of Innis, who fell asleep on the couch, 'Transparent Butler' flaunts the kachakacha and the crossbow.

"Eh, you can't hit that."

"Want to try it?

And he shall make a sound, and an arrow shall be fired upon Yuka, who shall make a gesture, saying, Come.

Yuka grabbed the arrow and stopped it in the air.

"Only Yuka can do that."

I think Nina can manipulate plants to do something similar, though.

"But either way, it doesn't seem very effective against spirits..."

Innis looked at the crossbow and said unfortunately.

Even if witchcraft became popular and a licensing system could be put in place, the Spirit Rampage case did not disappear. Rather, it is increasing year after year with the spread. However, it had not yet been possible to establish an effective way of dealing with the Spirit.

"It's not worth it."

"Nothing. You didn't say you were looking into it for Ala."

Innis turns his back on Yuka as he nibbles.

"I didn't say anything for you, Ala."

Innis groaned at the half-elf girl, who grinned wildly.

Effective ways of dealing with the Spirit have not yet been established… but the ways of dealing with them, relying on individual talent, have become much more ripe.

Mel deals with it by summoning more powerful spirits, and Innis encapsulates it with countless demonic motives. Yuka can defeat the Spirit with a sword in the first place. Among other things, Ala alone does not have an effective means to counter the Spirit.

Even so, his superior physical abilities have been very helpful in rescuing the victim, so I don't think he'll care.

"What, did you even tell Yuka about you and Ala"

"Your teacher told you to listen."

Like obstinate, Innis.

"It didn't do me any good just to be told the love story of someone I don't know."

"'Cause I only know my father and mother after marriage, too."

Well, then, yes. Yuka was born as a result of their love, so there's no way they know about Utah and the water color before they went out with each other.

... hmm? Are you sure about that?

"If you're talking about making even the Fae happy, you're already hungry, so tell me exactly how you can be compassionate with the person you like. in the easiest way possible."

"Then you'd better ask your brother than me, wouldn't you?

The slight discomfort dissolved as soon as the story was turned.

"There's a lot going on. Eye, talk about your sister, talk about Yuki…………"

"If you knew such an old story, you'd know it was about your own parents."

Yes, the sword club is an autobiography, and I know the details when I talk about the past.

"I don't know. I don't know. Neither of us talked back then."

Is that what it is? It's also weird that you know the story nearly 900 years ago, but you don't know the story 300 years ago.

"But you're talking about me………"

When I put my arms together and thought about it, Innis turned his anticipation eyes to me.

Before we got married, we talked about being compassionate...

"I didn't do anything because you liked me from the other side."

The moment I said it, there was a noise and an arrow was released. It tries to plunder my cheeks and as I pass by, I get hit by a wall and I make a tall noise with Kang and he plays, and he falls to the ground.

"So, you said in the easiest way possible."

"If that were the situation, I wouldn't talk to you in the first place!

There is something scary about an arrow flying right next to a boulder, even though I know I don't want to hit it.

In retrospect, Innis exclaimed in dissatisfaction. Most likely.

"…… this………… why, arrow, fly?"

Unexpectedly, Innis looked at the crossbow and said that.

"It's not even that complicated of a mechanism, is it?

When you pull the trigger, the clasp that is pulling the bow string is removed and the string is pulled in momentum by the bow tension. The arrow flies pushed by it. With the exception of the mechanism for pulling strings or securing the arrows from falling, the structure is simple enough for me to understand.

"It's a spiritual principle, Doctor. Things don't move on their own. What's in this world?"

"Only by will, move"

In the words of Innis, I said.

So whether you dip a water wheel in a flowing river or build a windmill in a wind-blown valley, it won't turn all by itself.

The common sense of the planet as I know it and the very roots of reason separating this common sense of the world……

I named it the Spirit Principle.

This world is turned by the will of the Spirit. That seems similar on the surface to physics on Earth... but its contents are as if they were different.

Having the same environment, the same conditions, and the same experiments do not necessarily return the same results.

It's not about the precision of making things right - it's because the very reason that makes the world different.

"I'm only willing to pull this trigger."

Innis says as he rings the trigger with Kachakacha. The bow is not squeezed, so naturally the arrows are not fired either.

"But arrows that I haven't even touched fly...... why?

"Oh, of course, right?

Yuka draws her lower back sword and tries to cut the void.

"When I slash something with my sword, I don't touch the object I cut myself. But the will conveys the sword and propagates it to the object of cutting. The same thing."

Yes. In itself, neither the Earth's laws of physics nor this world are involved in superficial events.

"…… Yuka, pull this off."

But Innis handed Yuka a crossbow with a look like he noticed something. Yuka pulled it gently, with a surprising look on her face.... You normally pulled it just by the force of your arm, even though it's supposed to be something you pull and fix with your whole body while stepping on the tip and securing it...

"This bow, now..."

Innis shrugs as she squeezes the strings and finally strokes the heavily contradictory part of the bow.

"Mr. Yuka's will is on board. Stay on it, they're keeping it."

There she laid down her arrows and pointed them at the wall.

"By my pulling the trigger its will is opened… the arrow flies"

Ba-shin, makes a noise and an arrow flies, stabbing him in the wall. Earlier it was bounced, on a brick wall. Obviously, it was more powerful than earlier.

If you think in the physics of the Earth, this is a strange thing. The power of the bow is determined by its material and how much it pulled. It doesn't matter who pulled it off.

But not in this world. Even if you pull the same bow just the same, the bow pulled by Yuka is much stronger than the bow pulled by the powerless Innis.

In other words, the arrow now means that even though it was Innis who pulled the trigger, its power was due to Yuka's will.

"The will…… can be saved. I can give it to someone else."

Looking at the arrow that stood up, Innis told him to whine.

What that word means, I don't know.

But I see that she grabbed something.

Or something that could change the world.

"... are you sure you're going?

"Yes."

Nokia nodded at my question.

"If I stay in Hiiro Village any longer, I'm not going to be able to leave my teacher's side."

She said in a tone that made her quite fluent compared to when she first came to the village.

Nearly a year has passed since Nokia came to the village of Hiiro.

"I don't want anything else. We'd all be happy if you lived in this village."

The gentle and honest traveler, who tells several rare stories of the exotic, had quickly become a popular part of the village of Hiiro. I hope you quit your journey and stay in this country. Let it out, but there will be nothing against it.

"Everyone......?

Nokia stares into my eyes and asks.

"Yeah. Cruse misses you a lot, and Innis, Ala, and Mel miss you. Even Nina and Yuka and Lynn are. Everyone else..."

I arranged all the names I could know, but Nokia just stares at me without saying anything. It's like saying there's a name you can't name.

"Give up. This is who he is."

Nina sighs deeply and tells Nokia. Nokia answered it with a bitter laugh. I don't know, I feel so frightened...

"Oh, yeah, yeah, I forgot to give this back"

"…… What is this?

To what I offered, Nokia tilted her neck.

"It's a crossbow I kept."

I don't know, I can't force it.

… because it had been demonically modified by Innis' hand.

"I can use it the same way I used it once before, but I have ten arrows in the pedestal area and the next arrow loads automatically when I shoot it. Arrows are generally available for the same thickness, so refill the arrows from the bottom when you shoot them. It's a lot more powerful, and if you're within a hundred meters, you can shoot the iron armor directly in the front."

"How can that happen!?

I'd rather hear that, to be honest. I mean, I heard, but I didn't understand.

"Let me give you one goodbye, too."

Say, I'll take a distance so I don't crush Nokia. And when he turned into a dragon figure, he peeled a piece of scales around his shoulder and offered it to her.

"It's my scale. Keep it in your clothes and the winter will be warm, as well as protective equipment. Maybe if you sell it, it'll be money.... Nokia?

Surprised she doesn't respond, I go back to being a person.

"You."

Nina says in a shuddered voice.

"Maybe I've never seen Nokia like that before."

Nokia said - the woman who had raised her surprise every day since she came to Hiiro Village had peeled off her white eyes and passed out while standing, without even giving her a shout.

Her traveling day ended up about a month late from then.