Vermillion

"… apprentice, is it"

Montan opened his mouth.

The next day, the Kays are visiting the Montans, as usual.

Lily Montan Kiska's three reactions to Eileen's offer to make Lily his apprentice were straightforward.

Lily shines her eyes.

Montane contrived.

Kiska frowns anxiously somewhere.

Things like yes, neutrality, no, Kay thought.

"I want to! Hey, you're gonna be a cool witch like you!

Lily is the one who is most welcome to raise her hands. "Cool," Eileen said, happily and slightly shyly narrowing her eyes.

"A disciple, is really a 'sorcery' disciple?

It's Montane who's been checking carefully somewhere. It's so sudden, I don't know how to react, things like that. If I were to express that sentiment in a nutshell - "Are you serious?"

"Of course, he's a magic apprentice."

Eileen nodded to Eagle Deep Fried.

"Oh my... but is that okay?

"Okay, what?

"Yes, no, normally, I was wondering if the secrets of such sorcery could only be conveyed from parent to child... after the birth of your two children..."

To Montan's words, Kay and Irene looked at each other.

"Yes, no..."

"Kids are a little early……………"

As soon as possible, they blush their cheeks.

"Well, well, someday. Kay and I... we'll have a baby, right? If I was born, I would surely do magic tricks..."

"But now I still have a lot of things to do and things to do, you know? Around the corner, chasing………"

"Really?" Montang nodded with an ambiguous grin at the two suddenly creating such an embarrassing atmosphere. Lily said,? "He leaned his neck.

"Besides, it wouldn't be so uncommon for a disciple other than my real son. There's even a magic school in the capital, right?

"Really? I don't know much about these circumstances… I rarely get to hear the stories of magicians."

Now the montane hangs his neck. He's just a woodworker, even though he has a relationship with some of the biggest merchants. I guess we're talking about a distant world such as apprenticeship to magicians.

"…… well, I don't know the details either."

Irene, too, just asked.

"Um...... I would greatly appreciate the story, but isn't it dangerous?

With my mother's face, who seemed sincerely sorry, but "this is all I can't give in," Kiska asks.

"I've heard that training magic can be dangerous."

"Mom, but I..."

"You shut up."

I can tell Lily to pinch her mouth, Kiska. Kiska, who is usually soft and active, was also a boulder temper when it came to my beloved child.

"You may be worried. Not just training, but magic can be life-threatening if you mistreat it one step"

Irene answers honestly, without delusion. To say something too grand, Kiska couldn't carry on two sentences. A moment of silence.

"... I, too, have been dying several times, using magic. It's the same with magic and weapons that you need to pay close attention to."

And when Kay commented most likely, the Montans said, "Hmm?" and looked surprised.

"Mr. Kay?

"Sorcery......?

Why are you coming out there, in a tone that now Kay's like, "Hmm?" He twisted his neck.

"... Didn't I tell you? I'm a magician too."

"Huh?

The montans raised their voices of surprise, but in one way or another the colour of suspicion is strong.

"You're not kidding, are you?

"Pfft, can't you believe it?

"No, that's... just a little unexpected"

The real deal would be "a little" rather "pretty" unexpected. A hunter who beats down a big bear with a single blow does magic...? and Montan's face said: Indeed, brain muscle warriors and magicians are imaginatively located in opposite stations.

"Really?"

"Here, Lily."

Lily narrows her eyes suspiciously without hesitation. Kiska seemed troubled, but Kay burst out laughably and unexpectedly with honest Lily.

"Kuhaha. Well, I have no choice. I have a sense of not being a magician."

And he smiles niggardly and invincible.

"As Lily can believe, let's do some magic here."

Previously.

Even if they said, "Well, let me try something" on such occasions, they would say, "No, because the catalyst (emerald) is expensive..." "Because the price is big..." and so on, and I could only say no. And Lily's suspicions couldn't have been dispelled.

but.

Kay is different now.

Yesterday's workout gave me a good idea. Compared to the average person, Kay's magic is dramatically forged. Smaller spells can no longer be exercised without a catalyst...!

"Let's go, watch.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Kay is aware of the magic that swirls deep inside her body.

The air gives birth to different signs.

Together, they saw Kay's maiden with a feather coat behind her.

[Maiden vento, Siv.

And then call it in.

- Faru la venton milde blovi!

Zuo, and Kai's magic power is sucked away.

"Kuh...!

Kay sweats on his forehead and distorts his expression in bitterness. But endure. This is the first time I've consciously activated Sieve's technique without a catalyst.

Magic is given, and the Spirit (Sieve) rewrites the reason of the world.

"Whoa, whoa... Whoa!

Finish the art!

Oh...

And a faint wind blew in through the window.

The wooden windchime decoration on the ceiling of the Montanese house made a small noise as it teased………………………………………….

"... Phew. That went well."

Wipe the cold sweat, Kay with a doya face. The montans were even bewildered by Eileen's admiration.

"What... now, is it magic?

Ask Lily with a shocked face. Now Kiska couldn't stop either.

"Yeah. I have a deal with the Spirit of the Wind. I let the breeze blow."

"Heh..."

Very seriously, I assumed that Lily wasn't kidding either, to Kay, who makes you feel like you've only accomplished it.

"... I think it would be better if it were on our side."

Seeing the windchimes on the ceiling that still rocked softly, Lily shrugged.

…………

"And anyway, when I say I'll take Lily as my apprentice, I won't let her run into danger"

Quietly damaging Kay in the ass, Irene opens her mouth again trying to switch the air.

"Learn first the basic concepts of seating, spiritual language and witchcraft. Next, train your magic with meditation. No one dies in meditation, this is a safe way to go."

I meditated at Lily's age, and the magic really only stretches a little, but that little makes a big difference.

"In the first place, the training of magic is said to be dangerous, because some people lose their lives with excessive training that is not at their height. Using magic props, or forcing them to exercise their magic, they run out of magic to die. But I won't let Lily imitate me like that. It will be done slowly, surely and safely on a ten-year basis."

It's no big deal, and Irene shrugs her shoulders. And the words were convincing, for better or worse, thanks to Kay's display of witchcraft.

As a matter of fact, Kay's technique can be called the 'beginner' grade, and if Lily tries to do the same thing, she dies lightly a few times. It's (...) dangerous (...) stuff. It's a big misunderstanding to look at Kay and interpret him as "no big deal," but I can't beat the impression of looking at him all the time.

"Is that so…… I have offered you something. Please welcome my daughter, Lily."

Was it a little reassuring, Kiska sighed ho and thanked him.

"Mommy! Are you sure then!?

"Hang in there, good luck"

"Yay!!

Lily, who is happy to make sure she jumps out of the chair, Montane goes on to lower her head, "Thank you," she said.

"Take care of me from what... really, what a thank you"

"No, no, that's what I want to do………………"

"Hey, thanks! Good luck to me!

Lily hugging Irene. I'm laughing with joy. It was as if her old girlfriend had returned.

"Yeah, I'll do my best to be the master Lily deserves. But you can stop whenever it gets hard or you don't like it."

"I won't!

"All right, all right."

Eileen smiled bitterly and stroked her head at Lily, who swelled her cheeks a lot, thinking that she had been left wandering her resolve.

"Well, when your work at the Chamber of Commerce comes to a paragraph, let's not start studying the Spirit Language"

"Yeah!"

That's when Lily looked at Kay, for some reason, chilling.

"…… Good luck so you can be a fine witch!

Why did you look at me? Kay was quietly damaged again.

†††

Afterwards, after enjoying the chat for a while, the Kays resigned from the Montanese house.

Lily can read and write the alphabet, so I taught her a few simple Spirit words. It's really a few words, but we'll be adding a little more vocabulary from now on.

"Apprentice, you were right."

Walking through the city with a cross nose, Eileen.

"Right."

Kay agrees. With a new goal, Lily was regaining her natural brightness. I don't know when, again, it will be laughable without giving in as before. But I was sure that day would come, and that was the best day of my life.

Relax and walk from the craftsmanship district to the commercial district.

What Kay and the others are aiming for is a certain inn. "GoldenEgg" pavilion - I was told by Holland at the Cornwell Chamber of Commerce that the bard Joaquin was staying.

Eileen, who is prototyping the Projector alongside the Magic Training Prop, is going to ask Joaquin directly for a drawing to be registered as a shadow.

And when I got to the "GoldenEgg" pavilion, asking the passers-by the way, I saw Joaquin just about to leave the inn.

"This is, both of you."

Joaquin, who admits Kay and Irene look, smiles and takes off his hat and greets them.

"Hey, Joaquin."

"Hey, husband, it's been a few days. How are you doing?"

"That's so good! I'm going to work today, thank you for your request………………"

If you ask, you will now go to the nobility hall to sing poetry. Much of Joaquin's income is a twist from the audience, but occasionally, he receives requests from nobles and big merchants.

"Uh, that was a bad time. No, was it too good?

Eileen roars. It might as well have just met and talked to Joaquin than ended up empty-handed in his absence.

"It's not time to hurry yet, or shall we talk while we take it easy"

"Right. Actually, what about the projector?

The three of us will talk about the prototype as we walk towards the aristocratic city.

"- Well, I guess that's what the pattern to register looks like."

"Yeah, please. Looking forward to receiving it!

"I can do it tomorrow, so I'll be at the inn again around noon."

"No, I'm going out this way. It was the BlueBird pavilion, wasn't it?

"Yeah, yeah, that"

"Then around noon tomorrow. At the" BlueBird "pavilion, I haven't played in a while either. Then you might be able to 'open'"

I'm going to sing to the noble hall today, but I'm keen on my job.

"Speaking of which, Joaquin. Did you come back to Satina and hear any funny stories?

Now that the song is on the subject, Kay trifles to ask.

"Interesting story, is it? Well, it looks like the stories of the wandering magician and the cursed princess have been popular in Satina lately.

"Oh, that. We listened, too."

He's like that cartoon, and Irene laughs as she looks at Kay.

"Anime......?

"Well, I don't know, it's me. Hero Tan or something like that."

Joaquin expressed an earful interest, but Eileen flushed it.

"Is that so? And yes, I'm talking about this, but what a true story, and it seems to be a recent event for the sake of it. Besides, I hear the vagrant magician is staying in Satina right now!

"Ugh."

Kay raises his voice like he was impressed. As Eileen described it as "animation," she assumed that the story was entirely fiction.

Dual Mage - a vagrant magician who said he signed with two spirits at the same time. If he's really real, I'm also curious how 'foot-colored' the story is.

"Are you sure?

"Yeah, it's information from peers. After a long bend, he is now sheltered by the lord or something... because the use of ice magic is rare."

"Ho."

When the Lords come out, they may be certain that they exist.

And as we talked, Kay and the others were reaching the aristocratic district.

When you get to this neighborhood, the atmosphere of the city changes. Unlike the commercial and artisanal districts, which are small and lined with buildings, the space was used in a relaxed and luxurious manner. Each of the mansions is home to nobles and celebrities, built with spare time and elegance. Inside there was even a garden full of grass.

There is also considerable room for cobblestone road widths, and the carriages carrying the troubled people are occasionally crossed. The number of guards around is also out of step with the city. Kay and Irene had nothing to stop them from stepping into the aristocratic city, especially since their faces were so well known to the guards of Satina that they all just turned an interesting eye.

"Well, it's time for a destination."

"Good luck with your work, then. I'm working on a prototype, too."

"It was fun. If you have anything interesting to tell me again, let me know."

Soothingly, Kay and the others tried to break up, and then...

"- Awwwwwwwww!

Suddenly, from behind, screaming.

Looking back at something, a brunette was riding herself out of a carriage window passing next to the Kays earlier.

A little shallow black skin, quite beautiful. He wears a broad hat and a classy dress that is not too decorative. The outfit has exactly the same vibe as a lady in a deep window.

"Kay! You're Kay!!

Wouldn't the woman be, pointing a bish at Kay and shouting.

"What?"

Who is that woman, and it's Kay tilting his neck.

Who is it? Eileen sees that woman...... and Kay.

There was a disturbing air on the spot, but to the woman's words that followed, their doubts are blown to the end of the universe.

"" Reaper Japanese "Jap the Reaper" Kay!!

The woman desperately appealed to Kay and Irene, who were stunned and opened their eyes.

"It's me! It's" Iris "!