Tensei Shite Inaka de Slowlife wo Okuritai - Chapter 571

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Difference In The Way Of Thinking About Magic

 Gideon tumbled after hearing Ra-chan’s direct question. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Quiet! Just wait and see! I will acquire more chant omission techniques for more magic than you and sooner or later, I will be able to use chantless magic!」

 Ra-chan’s eyes opened wide in shock at the line Gideon said to her.

 It seems like she simply didn’t think that her older brother - who is older than her - couldn’t do it.

 ……un, this might hit him harder than being made fun of in a weird way.

 She didn’t make fun of him, but I feel like something more had happened compared to what Gideon was worried about.

「Chant omission is difficult, you know?」

「It might be so for the ordinary person like Ranna, but it will be simple for a genius like me」

 Ra-chan managed to successfully use chant omission on Psychic after keeping up with my harsh training. Considering she has learned such a magic technique at around four years old I would say she’s a genius already, but I wonder if that’s not the case when it comes to the Misfid house?

「Come, Alfried. Teach me about the chant omission」

「Before that, could Gideon-sama explain to me the theory behind casting magic? It is about what you mentioned last night」

 I think he said it last night, about how you refine your mana, put together the incantation and so on.

「What are you saying now?」

「It’s fine, please explain it to me」

 Even if he asked me to teach him, honestly, I don’t enroll in the Magic Academy and I think Gideon has far more knowledge regarding magic compared to me. The reason he can’t use chant omission might probably be differences in our understanding of chant omission and chantless technique, isn’t it?

「Magic is a power that takes shape after you refine your mana, and put together the magic incantation into magic language to cast. It is impossible to skip over the command-type incantation to cause the phenomenon from magic」

 Gideon had a puzzled look on his face, but when I applied more pressure, he still carefully explained the magic theory he mentioned briefly last night, albeit reluctantly.

 After hearing that, I unintentionally tilted my head in confusion. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Mmー, somehow it has a different definition of magic to what I know」

「……what do you mean with that?」

「Magic is a product of desire, the chant varies depending on each person’s image, and the phenomenon that materializes also differs, right?」

「What’s with that vague definition of magic? Isn’t it like saying that magic will materialize through a person’s imagination?」

「Yes, that’s exactly how it is though?」

 At least I can cast my magic like that.

「I think that chanting in the magic language is, in the end, a means to make up for each person’s imagination, and that command-type incantation purpose is to stabilize the magic though......【Fireball】」

 When I tried to imagine a fireball and channeled some mana as an experiment, a fireball was made in the palm of my hand.

「Ri, ridiculous….!?」

 As the magic was manifested without the chant, Gideon stepped back in deep shock.

 Moreover, Gideon’s eyes widened in shock as the fireball enlarged, elongated, or took on the shape of a small dragon.

「With this, do you understand how you can manifest magic through imagination?」

「So that means, what I have been studying until now, was just standard magic for an ordinary person?」

 Gideon squeezed out those words while his body trembled uncontrollably. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

 I understand what he’s trying to say, but the way he said it was a little harsh.

「No, there are a lot of unstable parts when you manifest magic with your imagination so I think it is important to always be able to cast magic with stable speed and output. Imagination is surprisingly tricky and even a slight deviation in your imagination will result in a difference in the phenomenon or you can expend an unexpected amount of mana」

 Actually, when it comes to a fight, such discrepancies could be fatal so I think a magic that can be cast stably at any time is an excellent thing.

 Oh well, I’m used to casting magic chantlessly, and on the contrary, chanting makes my magic unstable so I almost never use a chant.

「Can Ra-chan do it using such a vague theory as Alfried said?」

「I can, you know. 【Psychic】」

 Ra-chan removed her own hair tie and made it float using chant omission Psychic.

「Wh, what the......!?」

 Gideon looked as if he witnessed an unnatural phenomenon in front of his eyes.

 Seeing her older brother looking like that, Ra-chan continues to tie her hair with the hair tie with a greatly satisfied expression.

 However, it seems like she can’t tie her hair properly on her own as it ends up becoming an unbalanced twintails. 

 The positions are misaligned vertically and the size of the tuft of hair on the left and right are different. Ra-chan probably understands it herself. She touches her hair looking dissatisfied.

「Al, tie it for me」

「Sure」

 I took the hair tie from Ra-chan and carefully tied up her platinum-colored hair.

「Yosh, now you’re cute」

「Thank you!」

 Ra-chan happily smiles, perhaps she’s happy because her hair is now even on both sides.

「……why would you, a man, be able to tie a hair?」

「I also tie my sister’s hair regularly you know」

「No I mean, that’s a servant’s job」

 Is that really the case? In the Slowlett house at least, it’s the little brother’s job. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

 Due to Eleonora-neesan’s ‘education’, Sylvio-niisan can now also do a simple hair arrangement.

「Now then, why don’t we start casting magic with your imagination, Gideon-sama」

「Ye, yeah. That’s right. The two of you, ordinary people, have shown it. There’s no way I can’t do it!」

 After speaking confidently, Gideon drew out a short wand from his waist.

「【Fireball】!」

 Gideon pointed and only shouted the name of the magic, but there was no sign of the magic activating, much less the magic circle appearing from the tip of his wand.

「「…………」」

「【Fireball】 【Fireball】」

 Gideon repeatedly shouted the magic spell's name, but there was no sign of a fireball appearing at the tip of his wand.

 Ra-chan and I watched him with a blank look on our faces.

 I don’t know what to say or respond to after he made such a confident claim.

「There must be some kind of mistake here. There’s no way I can’t do it if Ranna can……oi! Bring the Magic Doll here!」

 When Gideon ordered so, the servants standing by in the surroundings brought a black object with a great deal of effort. The object the servants placed on the ground was a kind of human-shaped target wearing black full-body armor.

「That does not look like just a target, does it?」

「It is made by the royal court blacksmith with processed Adamantite that is strong and has high mana resistance.  It will not break with just a little bit of magic」

 Adamantite is quite a high-quality item, isn’t it? Instead of using it to make weapons or armor, they just used it to make a target.

「Rather than that, why did you take the trouble of taking a target out?」

「It won’t be fun if we don’t use offensive magic, right?」

 I think just casting Waterball or Fireball and shooting it out without hitting the target will be enough, but it seems like Gideon is not happy with that.

 Well, if it will be the most comfortable method for the person himself then there’s nothing to complain about.

「How about this now! 【Fireball】!」

 Gideon aimed his wand at the Magic Doll, but a Fireball never shot out. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Looks like it is still not good」

「Kuh, has my brain become contaminated with the standard magic method of normal people without me realizing it.....」

 That was a harsh way of putting it, but it seemed like he has accepted the fact he can’t use chant omission quickly.

 That’s natural. It would be difficult to do it even if someone told him to manifest magic with his imagination.

「First you need to slowly and carefully develop the awareness that you can cast magic with your imagination」

「……so that’s how. Yosh, Alfried, you shoot magic at the Magic Doll so I can have that awareness」

 Although he recognizes his own inadequacy, his condescending tone hasn’t changed.

 But on the contrary, it’s refreshing to see his consistent behavior.

「Sure」

 If Gideon himself were to see the same kind of action being performed repeatedly with chant omission , he would likely be able to develop a strong awareness that he could cast magic with his imagination.

「Before that, that Magic Doll will not break easily, right?」

「I told you it was created using Adamantite, which has high magic resistance. There is no need for you to worry about that」

 When you said it like that, it made me curious about its defensive strength.

 I don’t have much experience in hitting objects made of Adamantite with magic before so let’s try to increase the power a little.

 I raise my right hand.

 A magic circle then appears and expands, and a small flame then starts to form in the palm of my right hand.

 The completed Fireball is small, but due to the mana compressed inside it, its density and power are high.

 Although the power is like mere child’s play compared to the magic I used against Baghdad, the Magic Doll should be able to withstand this much power, right?

「【Fireball】」

 Behind me, Gideon let out a somewhat startled voice, but I still shot the Fireball with chant omission without minding him. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

 With a hyuun sound, the Fireball flew straight toward the Magic Doll and made a direct hit.

 Then, that Magic Doll or whatever exploded.

「Eh?」

 When I hurriedly approached it, that whatever-Magic Doll had been blown to smithereens.

 It has gotten to the point where there’s no room to give an excuse anymore.

「Gideon-sama, the Magic Doll is broken though……」

「Of course! No matter how much an Adamantite the Magic Doll would have, it’s bound to break if you shot a spell with such a mana density!」

 Ehhhー? But I thought I had held back the power just in case since there was that matter with Baghdad before.

 It’s difficult for me to adjust the power of the magic, maybe it’s because I don’t have that much experience in using offensive magic.

「Amaaーzing! Someone other than papa destroying the Magic Doll, this is the first time I saw it!」

 Seeing the broken Magic Doll, Ra-chan’s eyes sparkled. 

 Apparently, Schugel can also cast magic that can destroy the Magic Doll.

 As expected from the head of the Misfid house and the headmaster of the Magic Academy.

「……umm, about the cost of repairing this is」

 It was a custom-made item made using Adamantite and created by the royal court’s blacksmith. It definitely won’t be cheap.

「Hmph, I’m not so petty I would demand for the cost of a single broken Magic Doll. At least I need to maintain proper conduct as someone who is trying to learn a new magic technique」

「Thank you very much」

 The servants then line up an additional Magic Doll as if to demonstrate the Misfid house’s financial power.

 It seems like they really have a lot of money in some places. How enviable.

 Me too, if I were richer, I would gather good materials, make high-quality toys, and live a graceful slow life. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

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