114. Aura
114. Auror
A small table was created in the vacant lot where I was training with Ansync. Today, Saint Eldenia, a member of the store, came to study while sitting at the table set up under the tree.
Sotia was practicing swordsmanship in preparation for the Melgard Tournament, and I was sitting on the floor practicing my aura. I only came to practice, but somehow everyone followed me.
Well, not everyone is playing, so I decided to think it was a good phenomenon. Additionally, in Sora’s case, it was the birthday of the nine-tailed fox, the manager of Arisha’s mansion, so she went there to play.
“Senior. Do you see something wrong?”
“Yes, I am learning a special aura, but it is not easy.”
It was Eldenia’s words. Then Nishia, who was watching my work from behind, shows me the Absorption Stone, she says.
“You know the way the senior handles her magic. It’s similar to my method. I also can’t use a lot of magic power at once, so I charge the absorption stone and use it like this.”
“Come to think of it. Nishia, you might have the same magic wave as me. According to Master, one out of thirty is born.”
“It is only natural that I and my seniors are similar. Isn’t that right, saintess?”
“Yes, yes.”
Nishia smiles with a smile. It was when he thought that maybe he could get a hint through Nishia. The owl of Denas, Sharon, suddenly landed on top of my head. This meant that Denas-senpai had risen from his seat.
“It is to weave mana into the form of an aura. First time seeing something like that. In a way, it’s similar to magic modeling.”
“Magic modeling?”
“Yes. It’s like weaving small threads together to create a magical power stem like a big thread. Take a good look.”
Denas radiates magical energy from the palm of his hand. The magical energy gathered in her palms transformed into a stiffened skein of thread.
“That… Woros It’s different from the aura you’re trying to do, but I’ve been copying it in my own way. Although the method of discharging magical power is completely different, the mechanism of creating a specific frame and releasing magical power seems to be the same.”
“Can you tell me how you did it?”
“Yes, of course. First of all, Woros, would you like to rewind the aura like before?”
I nodded and lifted the dangling skein. Come to think of it, Denas Yeseul is so good at shaping magic that she can instantaneously make a magic dagger and shoot it. This is the reason why she is the head of Shaiza’s 3rd year even though she skips lectures like eating.
Denas Yeseul is a genius. And her magical shaping is the magic that Denas-senpai mainly uses, and although the method is different, the mechanism for releasing magic while making a fixed frame is similar to the aura I’m trying to achieve.
She will be able to get help from her. Thinking so, she blew her magic power into her thread as usual. Magical power that is being charged along the grain of the thread. When the magic power reaches the tip of the thread, the thread wriggles once and then sags. The mana was charged and then immediately scattered.
“… It’s done.”
“Ugh, yes… Woros, what kind of image did you infuse magic into while drawing?”
“Image? Hmm… I just blew it while imagining the shape of the knitting thread. In the future, without this knitting thread, we will have to make magic in the same shape and wind it around the weapon.”
“Yes, that’s a good approach. Woros, can I tell you what I felt while watching your magical power?”
“Please.”
Denas sits in front of me and says while holding the end of the thread I am holding.
“What kind of feeling did you get, you are the commander and the magical power is the soldier. As a commander, you know the way very well because you read the map and memorized the route. That’s what you ordered the soldiers to do.”
“Yes.”
“You are telling me to keep advancing on the path I have shown you. But the road you see on the map and the site are inevitably different. Especially if it’s your first time going. So the soldiers wandered and wandered and scattered.”
Denas Yeseul grinned as he let go of the end of the thread he was holding.
“I got that feeling. Do you feel that what you are trying to do and your mana are separate?”
“I see. Then what should I do?”
“Yes, first of all, I think practicing magic power control is important. The ability to perfectly release the intensity of magic you want to release to where you want it. We sculptors call it handling.”
“Handling… “
“Yes, you carve by winding magic around the carving knife at the right time. This is also a type of auror. But Auras are for combat, and we wind them up for sculpting. Fine control is so important.”
While saying that, Denas Yeseul added that even if he threw away the carving knife, he had been infusing delicate magic into the carving knife. She says this is the reason her blade broke so quickly until she got the blade of the axe rabbit.
It reminds me of Ann Sync wrapping delicate magical energy around the blade, protecting the weapon with a chain of magical energy woven into the back of his sword like a chain mail. She said that if she didn’t do that, her weapon would quickly deteriorate. Maybe the reason why senior Denas’ carving knife broke so quickly was because he didn’t wear an aura to protect the weapon like Master Ansync.
“I wonder if you could add this to your routine. That… If you go to a general store, they sell magic boards, right? I’m going to use it to infuse her magic and draw a picture on it. The handling increases very quickly.”
“Painting… Thank you. Senior really helped me a lot.”
I held Denas Yeseul’s hand and expressed my gratitude. I held her hand without realizing it because I was truly grateful to her. Denas Yeseul broke out in a cold sweat and quickly withdrew her hand and lowered her head.
“That… Was it helpful… I’m really glad.”
Denas gets up from her seat, and she runs to the table as if running away. Then Nishia looked at me.
“I was helpful too, right?”
“… Okay.”
“I’m glad.”
She said that and smiled as she approached the table. Eldenia looked at the two of them with a meaningful expression. Such Eldenia looks at me and smiles bitterly.
“You look really good. Nishia and Denas seniors. And even Woros senior and Sora-nim.”
“What are you talking about? Eldenia-nim and Sotia are also included in it, right? Would other people see it as the same?”
“Is that so? If so… I think I’ll be really happy. No Come to think of it, you are right.”
Eldenia gets up from her seat and smiles.
“Thank you.”
“Yes?”
“Nothing.”
She says so and she runs to her seat with her gun. Ansync came just in time.
“Okay, let’s start training Woros…” How come the woman has grown.”
“Ah, let me introduce you. The person sitting over there is Denas Yeseul. My senior and the one in front is Eldenia. She is the saint of the church—”
“Whoa, Woros this way.”
I was led by Ansync to a seat in the corner. He bangs his head and whispers quietly.
“I didn’t hear that wrong, did I? A saint? Wasn’t she the one who came last time?”
“Yes, that’s right. The other day I came with Sotia. That’s right, Lady.”
“Yeah, that’s right. Are you close with the saintess too? It amazes me day by day. At this rate, would you say that you are friends with the very princess too?”
“Don’t worry. She is not friends with him.”
Ansync nodded. He approached the table under the tree, greeted Denas and Eldenia, and agreed to attend my training.
“Senior. We go with full force.”
“Yes.”
It started with a sparring with Sotia.
*
After finishing the training, we gathered at the store. Sotia and Eldenia immediately went back to District 6, and I, Denas, and Nishia decided to stay at the store. Upon entering the store, I scattered the magic board I bought in bulk on the table.
“Was it necessary to live this far?”
“Because I have to practice.”
“Please give me one too.”
A white magic board. In a way, this object that looks like drawing paper is an item used to practice drawing circuits by pouring mana into it. In my case, it was something I bought to practice the ‘handling’ that Denas said.
It’s called handling grandiosely, but it’s actually mana control exercise. Anyway, Denas Yeseul told me that drawing here is helpful for mana control, so I’m thinking of testing it. So, we went to our seats with one magic board in hand.
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Draws a picture by pouring mana into it. The color also changes according to the strength of the magical power. After all, the magic board is a tool for practice, so the results are displayed in easy-to-understand colors.
It is said that the stronger the magic power, the redder it becomes, and the weaker it is, the more it turns yellow-green. That’s how we drew one picture on the magic board.
Through this work, I was able to see how low my magic control ability was. Crooked. The paintings I drew could not even be called paintings. On the other hand, Denas, like an artist, beautifully expressed the view of the gray forest. Mana control is also control, but the level of the drawing is jaw-dropping.
And Nishia…
“What is this?”
“This is our store. How is it? Did you draw well?”
“… Well drawn.”
“mmm, sure. What do you think, Denas-senpai?”
Nishia shows her drawing to Denas Yeseul. After seeing the picture, Denas smiles heartily.
“I really like it. I like this.”
“Really? Then… Shall we put it in a frame and decorate it?”
“Yes. I love it.”
“Then I’ll buy you a picture frame right away!”
Nishia says so and she quickly leaves her shop. He seemed to really like the picture he drew. That’s how Nishia’s painting was framed and decorated in my place. It was like a kindergartener drawing with crayons, but it was such a picture that warmed her heart.
I don’t hate this kind of painting either.