Tensei Shite Inaka de Slowlife wo Okuritai - Chapter 573

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Chant Omission Training

 The spectacularly-fallen Shelka slowly raised her body and patted the dirt that got stuck on her uniform with her hands panpan. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

 After that, for some reason, she turns a sharp look toward me.

「Alfried!」

「No wait, it was Gideon-sama who buried that magic!」

 The other 23 Impactless Balls were made by me, but the one Shelka stepped on was definitely not mine. So I am innocent in this incident and lay the blame on Gideon - who had promised to take responsibility - without hesitation.

「I just fixed the magic Ranna made」

 However, Gideon calmly passed it over to Ra-chan.

 Hmーm, he leaves out the inconvenient fact that he was the one who set it up and only tells something that ensures he won’t be blamed. What a bad brother.

「Ra-chan!?」

 Perhaps she couldn’t believe that it was made by her beloved little sister as Shelka raised a pleading voice to Ra-chan.

「Un, I made it!」

 Shelka collapsed to the ground after hearing Ra-chan’s answer along with her innocent smile.

「……wh, why did you do that?」

「Cause Al was doing it and it looked fun」

「I knew it, it’s your fault after all!」

 Ehhー? In the end, she reached that conclusion.

 I was just playing around and buried the Impacless Ball though.

「How weird. Wasn’t Gideon-sama supposed to take responsibility for this?」

「I only said I would take care of it somehow and I did not say I would take responsibility」

 It certainly seemed like he said some reassuring lines at the time, but I feel like he didn’t actually say anything like that. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

 So this is the ability of the next head of the Duke’s house.....how sly.

「……then, I will tell her the truth」

「Oi! I’m the next head of a Duke’s house you know!」

 Please don’t use your special privilege at times like this.

「Unfortunately, I already have enough friends from Duke’s house」

 There are really not many decent people in the Duke’s house.

 In order for Shelka to not get unreasonably angry at me, I told her the truth.

「……is that true?」

「Un, Al stopped me, but Gideon-ani wanted to know what it would be like」

 Shelka was doubting my words, but then she quickly recognized its truth after Ra-chan told her the same thing.

 The fact that didn’t accept it without Ra-chan’s testimony shows how she have very little trust in me.

「Gideon-niisan! You’re horribleー!」

「Sorry. I wanted to see how the magic I set up as a trap worked 」

「Would you normally try it on your sister then? Why don’t you try it out on some random monsters?!」

 It’s a valid argument, even Gideon can’t argue against it.

 Thanks to honestly telling the truth, for now, I was able to avoid the situation where Shelka got angry at me.

●

 After giving Gideon a thorough scolding, Shelka seemed to feel somewhat relieved and she took Ra-chan along with her back to the mansion.

 Shelka had just come back from the Magic Academy and in addition to that, she was covered in dirt after stepping on the landmine and fell. Also, Ra-chan’s dress got dirty from the dirt since she was burying the magic in the ground and her mana was also depleted so it was a good time to take some rest.

「Shall we also wrap it up here?」

「Don’t be stupid. I still have a lot of mana left in me and besides I still haven’t mastered chant omission yet」

「……could it be, I can only receive the magic tool only after Gideon-sama has mastered the technique?」

「I would not go that far, but I need to get some clues to the technique at least」

 This is not good. I have to quickly find a way to let Gideon get a clue to the chant omission technique.

 I’m sorry to say this but I don’t want to keep accompanying him every day for his magic training.

「Gideon-sama, shall we train seriously now?」

「Wait. Do you mean that we were cutting corners until now with that comment?」

「Rather than cutting corners, it’s more of going easy on you. However, since Gideon-sama’s enthusiasm to master the chant omission has surpassed my imagination, I think I am going to move on to a stricter method of learning the technique」

「I, is that so」

 If I were to say that it was a test of his enthusiasm, Gideon would also be unable to carelessly deny it. Really, he didn’t look dissatisfied at all. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

 Due to my sidestepping the issue, I managed to escape from Gideon’s questioning.

 It’s definitely not a trick that would work against Elna-kaasan, but the next head of the Duke’s house is still so naive.

「So what is this stricter method of learning the technique?」

「That is to gain practical combat experience」

 I created a large quantity of Impactless Balls around me.

「I will throw these Impactless Balls toward Gideon-sama. So Gideon-sama, please defend yourself with the magic you cast with chant omission」

「Ha?」

 This is the technique I learned while practicing with Eleonora-neesan.

 With that sort of swordsman that defies common sense as your opponent, you can’t possibly keep up with her unless you cast your magic with chant omission or chantless magic.

 You will have a painful experience if you don’t do so.

 It’s a plan to make him engrave it into his body so he can learn the chant omission technique and become a conditioned reflex. 

「Now then, I will start」

「Wa, wait a minute!」

 I sent the Balls flying toward Gideon before he could say anything. He hurriedly jumps back from the spot to dodge them.

 Instead of countering with magic first, the fact that he choose the option of dodging means he’s still far from learning the technique.

「Please don’t dodge them. It will not be a training if you do」

「Don’t you think it’s too dangerous to throw magic at me!?」

 Is that really a line a brother who let his sister step on a landmine would say?

「Rest assured. I have fairly adjusted the power of the magic so it will only lightly blow you away」

「Gubeehh!」

 To make Gideon understand that it’s safe, I made one Impactless Ball hit his stomach directly.

 Although there was a minimum impact on his body, it was not enough to leave a bruise or send him flying. The proof of that is the fact that Gideon only looked shocked after getting hit.

「So, shall we continue?」

「Bring it on!」

 I would rather do this kind of crude training if possible, but it can’t be helped since I want to get my hands on the magic tool quickly. And besides, Gideon has the resolve to beg me for help.

 I send the Impactless Ball straight at him.

「【Fireball】! Obghhh!」

 Gideon raised the wand in his right hand up and shouted his spell, but the magic was not activated with the chant omission and instead, the Impactless Ball directly hit his stomach.

「You can’t intercept the attack if you don’t cast the Fireball properly, you know? 」

「Dang it! 【Fireball】! Gubahh!?」

 I tried to continue shooting the Impactless Balls at him, but still failed in his chant omissions and got hit by the ball on his forehead. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

 I have adjusted the speed of the Impactless Balls shot at him so that it will he will be able to intercept the balls in time if he were able to use chant omission.

 If he can use the chant omission perfectly, he will be able to defend against the balls but couldn’t succeed in the chant omission.

 With *bon bon* sound, the Impactless Balls continue to hit Gideon’s body one after the other.

 Watching the balls hit him one-sidedly like this makes you feel sorry for him――or maybe not?

 I wonder if it’s because I’ve been getting dragged around by his outrageous and arrogant attitude. I didn’t feel any guilt at all, surprisingly. On the contrary, I feel refreshed each time the Impactless Ball hit him.

「Oi! Hasn’t the speed of your magic increasing!?」

「I thought that you would not have any sense of danger if the speed remained the same」

 I hurriedly added a reason since it seemed like my evil thoughts were affecting the magic.

 Just as before, Gideon is being bombarded by the Impactless Balls.

 There wasn’t even a sign of a chantless spell being activated.

 In my case, I was fighting with Eleonora-neesan as my opponent seriously swinging her wooden sword at me so compared to that, I have to say that this situation is rather mild.

 As expected, I wonder if there is a fundamental lack of sense of danger.　

 Should I increase the Impactless Ball’s power to increase Gideon’s sense of danger?

 Nah, even if he’s like that he’s still the next head of a Duke’s house, I can’t give him such a harsh training. But there must be another way to do it.

「You still have the magic formula in your mind even in such a situation?」

「Guhh! It would be a lie――haggh! If that didn’t cross my mind!」

 Unlike me or Ra-chan, Gideon has learned and remembered the magic formula from the Magic Academy.

 It would probably be impossible to use chant omission as long as he still uses that magic formula.

「Please empty your mind a little more!」

「Even if you told me to empty my mind it’s impossibl―guhh!? Right!?」

 If so, I should just make that overthinking brain unable to think anything at all.

 I increased the number of Impactless Balls and moved it as if they were urging Gideon as much as possible.

「Oi, aren’t the number increasing!?」

「It’s just your imagination」

 Gideon raised his voice in protest, but I ignored that and continued to relentlessly chip away at his stamina.

 Despite giving him some grap to cast chant omission magic, I still hit his body with the Impactless Balls in a way that would chip away at his stamina.

 When I changed my course of action and continued to keep the balls moving aggressively, it didn’t even take 10 minutes for Gideon to start gasping for breath. For just 10 minutes of physical exercise to make him out of breath like this, could it be that he doesn’t practice with the sword? With this level of stamina, he won’t even be able to escape from Eleonora-neesan’s attack for a minute.

 But, this suits my intention.

 With his shoulder heaving and barely able to catch his breath, he probably can’t even think of using even the general-purpose magic formula.

「Haa, haa.....Al.....ed, wait...a minute」

 Barely able to breathe, Gideon murmurs something as if pleading.

 But, since he can’t breathe properly he also can’t speak properly. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

 I know he wants to suspend our training but pretend not to hear him again.

「Come on, Impactless Balls are comingー! Please defend against them with chant omission!」

 Speaking in a loud enough voice so his current exhausted self can hear, I slowly shot an Impactless Ball.

 The Impactless Ball slowly approached Gideon’s forehead.

 A tired mind can’t think of a magic formula. Just think that it’s troublesome and wish for the magic to manifest without thinking about unnecessary things. 

「【Fireball】」

 And perhaps my plan worked since a Fireball was created without Gideon reciting the spell.

 The Fireball he fired with the chant omission easily scattered my Impactless Ball.

「――ooohhh! You did it! Gideon-sama!」

 When I rushed over to him while raising a joyful cry, Gideon relaxed his expression and collapsed.

 He succeeded in casting the magic with chant omission, but it seems that I have pushed him too far.

 I hurriedly called over the mansion’s servants and had them carry Gideon to the infirmary. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

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