Tensei Shite Inaka de Slowlife wo Okuritai - Chapter 505

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Gravity

 Winter being the season it is, is naturally cold. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

 Even when I wake up in the morning, the temperature outside my bed is entirely cold.

 However, the temperature inside the futon is at a comfortable one.

 Even if I wake up so early in the morning, my daily routine is to read a book in bed, casually play with magic, or just spend my time in my bed until the air has warmed up.

 I fully enjoy my hobbies within my reach while being wrapped in the cozy and warm futon. The temperature inside the room gradually warms up, it becomes more comfortable. I really like this time of calm.

 Then I hear the footsteps of the devil who disrupts the time that give me small happiness.

「Al! It’s time for self-practice!」

「……again」

 I sighed at the expected intruder.

 Just the other day, I went out for a self-practice with her for a trial run for my automatic swordsmanship and now she’s been inviting me to do self-practice with her every day.

 Apparently, she has become addicted to training using Automatic Swordsmanship.

「Come on, let’s go. Al」

「I’m not goingー」

 Eleonora-neesan tries to grab my hand but I firmly refuse her.

 I got into the futon and took on a defensive position.

 If Eleonora-neesan - the power idiot - caught me, then I might end up being forcefully dragged out.

「Why not?」

「Of course it’s because it’s cold outside」

「Mou, Al always say such weak things」

 Eleonora-neesan had a shocked expression on her face when I simply stated the reason why I didn’t want to.

「On the other hand, Eleonora-neesan is always so energetic every day」

 Rather, we just practiced in the cold yesterday. Why do I have to practice even on days after our practice day? As always, Eleonora-neesan’s actions are difficult to understand.

 Her daily life is the exact opposite of mine, who has limited stamina.

 When someone has excessive stamina, their bodies will start to feel restless and they want to release it. So I feel like I have to do something.

 And in this case, I should just decrease Eleonora-neesan’s excessive stamina.

 She’d be satisfied if she had exhausted her energy and felt like she had done something.

 If I do that, Eleonora-neesan will no longer invite me to practice with her and the world shall become peaceful again. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

 However, the problem is that I don’t have the stamina to realize all that.

 If I were to be foolishly honest and accompany Eleonora-neesan in her self-practice then the first one to fall would be me.

 How can I exhaust Eleonora-neesan’s stamina while also making it easier for me?

「……that’s it!」

「What is?」

 It’s a method to efficiently decrease Eleonora-neesan’s stamina.

「I’ll join you in your self-practice then」

「Eh? Really!? Then, let’s go outside right away!」

 As soon as I tell her that, Eleonora-neesan’s expression lights up.

「There’s no need for that. I will join you from here」

「Yes?」

 Eleonora-neesan looked puzzled when I told her that.

 It’s like the exchange we had the other day. Please learn a bit more. There’s no way I would confidently go out there and join her self-practice.

「I will manipulate the swords with magic from this room」

「Ehー? But isn’t that strange?」

「It’s not strange. I don’t want to go outside because it’s cold and by doing so I can spend my time cozily inside my room. And just as Eleonora-neesan requested, you can train with my automatic swordsmanship. So both of our interests aligned」

「……h, hmmー」

 She understood the reasoning but her expression said that she was not fully satisfied with it.

「I won’t do it if you have complained about this, you know?」

「F, fine. That will be fine. But, can you use the magic properly without going outside?」

「The degree of difficulty for manipulating them will increase the more distance there is between us, but that’s also part of my training」

「That’s fine then. Then, I will go to the courtyard, so do well, alright」

 Hmm, Eleonora-neesan will understand if I use the keyword ‘training’ that she likes so much.

 Let’s use it again in the future if I can as an excuse. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

 Eleonora-neesan then turned around and was about to leave the room.

 My strategy doesn’t end with just that. Although it’s part of my training by remote-controlling the swords from afar, I can’t keep up training with Eleonora-neesan’s monstrous stamina.

 In order to efficiently decrease Eleonora-neesan’s stamina, I cast a certain magic on her.

「Gravity」

 Gravity is one type of non-attribute magic.

 It’s a convenient magic where you put the magic on your opponent to increase their gravitational pull, inhibit their movements, or crush them.

 I calculate that Eleonora-neesan’s degree of exhaustion will increase if I use Gravity magic to increase the gravitational pull on her.

 In this case, even Eleonora-neesan with her monstrous stamina will probably be unable to avoid accumulating fatigue.

 It’s just that, if I were to cast it on her normally then no matter how insensitive Eleonora-neesan is, there’s the probability of her finding out.

 And so, the first gravity I cast on her must be small on a scale.

「Hm?」

 Eleonora-neesan stops moving as if she feels something out of place.

 However, I don’t show any agitation at all and intentionally show a natural expression.

「What’s the matter?」

「……it’s nothing」

 Eleonora-neesan headed toward the hallways without saying anything in particular and descended the stairs without any particular concern.

 Eleonora-neesan - with her sharp intuition - noticed something, but it seemed like she didn’t realize that it was due to some kind of effect.

 How naive. She didn’t even notice that she got a debuff because skip the magic practice.1

 I gloated over her situation and the fact that it was not found out.

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 When I looked down from my room’s window, I saw Eleonora-neesan doing her warming-up exercise.

 She runs with her reddish-brown ponytail sways around and exhaling white breath. 

 There is still snow covering the courtyard’s ground as usual, but her pace is so light like she didn’t feel it. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

 On the other hand, I changed from my pajamas into casual wear, reading a book inside the room while drinking milk gelato in a room completely warmed up by Fire magic.

 Being able to do self-practice without going outside is the best. I wonder if I can also do so with our usual practice time?

「Alー! I’m ready whenever!」

 As I was thinking of such a thing, Eleonora-neesan’s spirited voice resounded from the courtyard.

 It looks like her warming-up exercise is over and her body has warmed up enough.

 Sensing that, I stood up from my chair and walked to the window.

 I use Psychic to open the door of the storehouse in the courtyard without opening the window.

 I took out 10 wooden swords stored inside the storehouse with magic and made them float as if surrounding Eleonora-neesan.

 With this, my preparation is also complete.

「Hey! At least open the window!」

「No way, it will be cold if I open it」

 Eleonora-neesan raises her protest while pointing her wooden sword in my direction.

 It’s unfortunate but I definitely won’t compromise on that. I mean, cold air will enter the room if I open it, right? Except for the ventilation of air, I don’t want the cozy and warm air here to escape from here.

 I decided to start moving the swords so Eleonora-neesan won’t complain about it anymore.

 When the swords behind her attacked her back, Eleonora-neesan turned around with a superhuman reaction and repelled them.

 The fact that this level of surprise attack won’t be able to defeat her is already within my expectations.

 I move three swords to the new blind spots created by her movement of turning around and stab them toward her.

 Eleonora-neesan repels one sword and avoids two swords while twisting her body.

 Then, she makes a dash to an empty space.

 She probably realizes that being in the same location while fighting against a large number of swords is a bad move.

 I moved the swords around as if to chase Eleonora-neesan who was dashing away.

 I always keep two swords at her blind spot to keep her in check while moving the eight swords to chase. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

 Looking down from my room in this two-story building makes me very calm.

 There’s no pressure of Eleonora-neesan chasing me around and I can stay very calm and devote my attention to just attacking. There is also no need for the two swords for interception to stand by so I can just let them attack too.

 It’s the second time I’ve used the automatic swordsmanship, but I’m sure it will definitely be stronger than last time.

 It will take more time than expected since Eleonora-neesan is the opponent but I just bide my time and attack her from her blind spot.

 ――I’m sure I got her.

 Just as I thought like that, Eleonora-neesan body turned blurry and she was able to break free from the encirclement.

 She doesn’t use Body Strengthening magic, it’s a simple tempo change.

 Sensing that, I moved the swords despite being a beat slower, and once again the encirclement was built.

 As expected from Eleonora-neesan, her physical dexterity surpasses that of an average person.

 If moving the swords around is a machine, then it would just get toyed around by her, but unfortunately, I - a person - am manipulating it. And so, this can also be considered a kind of interpersonal battle. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

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