Episode 15
What haunts Celidia is the outcome of an uneasy future.
time limit.
“I hear it every day.”
“sound?”
“The screams of the spirits that day. And the confusion of the elements of the spirits mixed with me through it.”
It won’t be heard by others. Even more so to the same Elementalist.
“Imperial elementalists said I would be fine if I dealt with this, but… … .”
“I guess it didn’t go well?”
“huh… … .”
After that incident, those with knowledge of spiritism did not hesitate to give advice to help Celidia.
“Everyone calls it talent. … … It’s not even funny.”
However, what they did was only advice, and it was not a way to save Celidia, and they could not sympathize.
“Sent to the academy for full-fledged training?”
“I thought it would be better… … But I am disappointed.”
Within days of class starting, Celidia says she couldn’t contain her disappointment.
They regarded Celidia as nothing more than a talented person who might become an excellent Elementalist.
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“Everyone just says it’s a waste.”
It seems that he doesn’t like it very much.
“That’s why I was going around the slums all over the place looking for it alone.”
“I heard that there is an item that kills spirits in the slums, so I tried it.”
“Is it the black market? So what are the results?”
“It was a scam.”
Is that why you ran away?
He probably didn’t even have access to the actual black market.
‘It’s not much different from the situation in the game.’
The fate that plagued her even in the game was a terminal life due to the instability of the spirit planted in her body.
It will actually affect the body.
In particular, the sense of taste was barely felt.
“What you’re worried about is more than your life, what happens to the spirits mixed with your body after that?”
“that’s right.”
Incomplete Chimera.
What will happen to the elements of the remaining spirits when Celidia’s body as a human reaches the end?
Even now, depending on her physical condition, she was carrying the risk of running out of control when using magic or spirit magic.
Literally a bomb equivalent to 1,000 spirits.
“Obviously this kid will run amok when I die… … .”
“What are you sure about?”
“Because you hate people.”
Human greed that sacrificed a thousand spirits. And the existence of Celidia, who is still holding on to it.
‘… … Emily, how do you feel?’
(The flow of mana is messed up. It must be because the human body and the elements of the spirit are trying to take the lead.)
I guess.
It is no different from fate in the game.
‘One of Celidia’s fates is to face the end without being able to overcome it.’
The spirit that remains after the body dies expresses only anger and rampages, and the main character punishes it.
The bad ending of Celidia’s route.
‘A heroine who dies from the beginning… … . What on earth were you thinking when you put something like that into the game these days?’
I quickly rotated Celidia’s route in my head and considered it before opening my mouth.
“Certainly, as you said, in order to solve it, we must extract the mixed spirits.”
“… … That was impossible.”
“The best thing is to control that spirit.”
“… … It was more impossible.”
She has become a body that receives expectations by calculating only delusion-like possibilities, but it will not be a happy thing for her at all.
It will only lead to despair, let alone salvation.
If so, did the country become curious about its existence?
‘Are you asking me to change this guy’s fate… … .’
It wouldn’t just mean to save the poor girl.
“Then what if I could teach you how to control it?”
“… … Hard to believe.”
Of course.
I don’t want to accept it as if it’s hard to believe.
“Shall I show you a piece of evidence? … … This isn’t my specialty, so it’s a bit cumbersome.”
“… … huh?”
“Reach out your hand.”
Celidia held out her left hand, tilting her head as if she had no idea what I was going to do.
what? It’s more resistant than I thought.
‘Did I judge that there was no harm from what happened then?’
A little puzzled, I grabbed her hand.
“Stay still. I won’t do any damage.”
At the same time, he gives orders to Emily and starts interfering with some of her abilities.
Application of energy drain.
It interferes with the energy inside the body and partially changes its flow.
“Oh, would you like to open your mouth a little?”
“… … mouth?”
He hesitated as if he didn’t like it, but eventually he blushed and opened his mouth.
It’s not harmful at all. I smiled reassuringly and, without warning, put it into my slightly open mouth.
“Oops?!”
“don’t worry. A simple snack?”
Don’t get me wrong.
What I put in my mouth is a cookie.
It was prepared to eat as a snack.
“Muhhh… … . Eh?!”
Celidia, who was about to grumble as if she was a little angry, suddenly opened her eyes wide.
it is realized
“… … sweet?”
It would be natural for cookies to be sweet.
Even so, Celidia was surprised for another reason.
Celidia’s physical condition is not normal.
As a result of mixing with spirits, some functions of bodily senses do not function properly.
Specifically, the sense of taste was hit.
Even in the game, Celidia said that no matter what she ate, she only knew the feeling of chewing it.
That’s the reason Celidia usually has a troublesome personality.
“I interfered with the messed up energy and temporarily returned it to its normal flow. Then the taste will have time to come back.”
“… … No way.”
Muttering in disbelief, Celidia alternately looked at the hand she was holding and the remaining cookie in the hand opposite mine.
“I also learned how to control mana… … .”
“You already know the difference between yours and mine, right?”
It wasn’t just showing off my talent in class.
There was a reason why he pretended to be a genius.
“I told you. I can teach you how to help.”
You can’t trust me with this alone.
There must be a corner where you doubt that you may have cheated. Some black magic can interfere with the mind.
however.
‘People are usually shaken here.’
If you see potential.
If you ever think it’s real.
“… … really?”
“I will give you time to think. Celidia. If you feel like learning my ways, come see me.”
I said, gently shaking her hand as if to deliberately remind her to be conscious.
“I’ll teach you how to turn your destiny into a real talent.”
* * *
I thought it would take a few days, but Celidia came to my studio as soon as the afternoon of the next day.
How did you find out about that?
“Does Xian live in a place like this?”
“Even though it looks like this, it’s a workshop dedicated to the black magic class. Pretty much anything.”
There is nature, there is also succubus.
Are you rustic? When I asked, Celidia shook her head.
“I think it’s a good place. … … The flow of mana is also organized, so I can concentrate.”
“As expected, the ability to see mana is sharper than other people.”
The ability to detect and read mana is more developed than normal people.
Putting aside whether that was a good thing or a bad thing, I took Celdia inside right away.
“First, I’ll give you tea and snacks.”
“I don’t need that… … .”
Celidia, who was about to say that she didn’t need it as usual as if she wasn’t interested in appetite, stopped talking and looked at my hand.
It must have reminded you of yesterday.
You know you can taste it with my help.
But to mention it again, even she seems a bit hesitant.
“Of course, I will help you with that. I don’t think I’m going to serve tea and snacks to be grumpy.”
With the feeling of a crane serving a meal to a fox.
oh, that was sh*t
“huh… … . At least… … Until you learn the tricks.”
She tries to speak politely, but if you look closely, her ears are prickling a little.
Did you say that beastmen and their mixed blood show emotions like that?
‘Would he get angry if I pointed it out?’
… … Let’s pretend we didn’t see it for now.
* * *
“Speaking of the solution, Celidia, if you control the fused spirit, bring it out, and sign a contract with that spirit, it will be over.”
How easy is it?
Originally, I told the answer that I found out while progressing the story and came to know through trial and error.
“… … I can not understand.”
Of course, you won’t be able to accept it easily.
“Why did you mention the contract?”
“huh.”
No matter what the process was, the spirit merged with Cellidia can now be said to be her body itself.
“There is no way a contract can be established with oneself.”
“Hoo? whose theory is that? In the first place, your case does not match the theory of ordinary spirit magic.”
I need a little explanation.
“Elemental arts and demon sorcery have similar tricks. Both summon the corresponding being and make a contract to borrow its power.”
Of course, most elementalists wouldn’t approve of the analogy.
Spirits are sacred to them.
“The spiritists describe the spirit as a pure, spotless, and generously generous being.”
“… … That’s the beginning of Chapter 1 of the Spiritual Art Manual.”
“I read it because I was bored.”
Whenever I have a chance, I head to the library and read through the things that I can peruse at random.
Although I didn’t learn spirit magic because it didn’t match well, I read the minimum textbook.
For revalidation of games and knowledge.
“I tell you, that is bullsh*t.”
I made an X shape with my arms and said, “Ding~ Wrong,” playfully.
“It’s just lending power by contract.”
cold relationship.
“That’s why contracts are the minimum condition for enchanting spirits, and also a safety device.”
“safety device?”
“I will borrow this much power from this spirit. What will I give you in return… … . and.”
The decisive reason why a contract is necessary.
“I won’t do anything dangerous other than that.”
That’s why it is said that the people who developed it were called this way before spiritism was properly spread in the distant past.
“taboo.”
it’s a leash
Do not do more than expected. Thorough judgment should be left only to the Elemental Consul.
And let the elemental therapist who contracted take all the responsibility.
“Anyway, Celidia’s goal is to command the elements of the spirits fused into you and re-summon them properly in one form.”
“Are you going to put a leash on it?”
appropriate analogy.
The problem with Celidia is that there is no clear form of spirit to make a contract with.
Although it possesses a large amount of elemental elements, each one of them is like fragmented, so it is not enough.
In short, defragmentation is necessary.
“It is impossible to go berserk if you properly establish it as a single spirit and then attach the minimum leash.”
I have never heard of a case where a contracted spirit harmed a contracted party.
After all, this is one of the solutions that Celidia finds in the original game.
About half a year later, the answer she comes to realize after the main character’s encouragement.
‘Who’s going to say that I’ll give you the answer sheet first.’
I am not a teacher but a classmate.
Originally, don’t you poke a little bit of cunning paper between close friends?
It’s not like that.
What you should be dating is such a bad friend.
‘Even if I tell you the conclusion there, I can’t solve it unless her motivation and talent support it.’
Only the essentials should be given.
“You have to control your spirits through training and bring them out. What you need to do for that is a proper understanding and practice of the concept of mana response.”
“The right concept?”
“To be honest, where did the difference between you and my mana sensitivity come from?”
Talent? amount of practice?
hahahaha, can it be
“They are inefficient because they misunderstand the principles.”
In the textbook of the Imperial Academy, the mana response and manipulation principle were explained in this way.
“Mana is drawn by blood, and if you consciously match your heartbeat, you can understand the sense of mana.”
“out of it?”
“It’s just one way.”
Even with that theory, the training of sensitivity and the perception of mana are possible.
Mana is easily mixed with blood, and blood vessels are the root that circulates mana.
And the heart is the relay point and the accelerating pump.
“The reason why I engrave the mana circle in my heart is also because this is the relay point that mana must pass through.”
“… … I know that.”
This is a theory that is also found in textbooks.
“The only thing wrong with that textbook is that mana is not drawn to blood.”
Those who believe in lineage claim that the nobler the blood, the more sensitive they are and the more talented they are.
“Not funny. If mana is drawn to and swayed by blood, are vampires the ones with the greatest mana sensitivity?”
That contradiction is also the setting of the game.
Likewise, a device for the main character to realize and grow through it.
“The trick to dealing with mana is not here.”
I pointed at the heart area, then shook my head and pointed elsewhere.
head.
Point your index finger near your temples.
“Here.”
Some say mana is handled with the heart.
Right words, but the mind does not come from the heart.
It’s right on top of it.