67 – Honeymoon Nearby (2)
“Stop! Stop!”
As the weather is getting darker, I hear the voice of the captain of the escort knights.
At the same time, the carriage stopped and the sounds of horses and footsteps stopped in an instant.
“What’s going on?”
“Well, it’s still a long way to go.”
I heard that even if it is right next door, it may not be possible to arrive within today because of the distance.
Because I started a little late.
Smart.
While we were talking, someone knocked on the carriage door.
When I opened the window on the door to check, the commander of the knights was standing outside.
When I opened the locked door, I wonder if it was because it was near the forest.
The strong scent of phytoncide tickled my nose.
“I’m sorry, sir, my wife’s mama.”
“What happened?”
Stella stuck her face out from behind me.
Does she know that the movements she is doing are super cute?
Stella seems to be a cute person by nature, unless that’s the intended move.
“It’s not like that. It’s getting dark. I’d like to camp out.”
Well, since it’s already dark, you’d better spend the night safely here.
It’s a big deal if you go into the forest and get attacked by monsters.
Wait…
Since this is the entrance to the forest, it is almost certain to be attacked by monsters.
Then it’s not that dangerous here, isn’t it?
“I see. Then I will spread a magic circle around you.”
“Yes, sir.”
Tak.
The Knight Commander bowed his head in the utmost courtesy and closed the door.
And, did you start commanding the knights?
A loud voice began to be heard.
“Let’s go to our maids and priests.”
“Yes…But sister.”
“Yes?”
“What is a magic circle?”
I learned magic, but I never learned magic circles.
If the knowledge I have is correct, it must be something that can maintain magic just by giving it magic.
“It’s just as the West thinks. A tool that can maintain magic by supplying magic with magic stones.”
“Oh…”
As for magic stones, good or bad quality comes out when you catch monsters, so it seems like you can get any amount.
That way, if I use a spell to expel monsters and stick them around, they won’t come close.
“…If there was such a thing, when we went to the eastern town…”
“This… Not like this! Let’s go!”
“Hmm…”
I smiled bitterly as I watched Stella go outside without pretending to listen.
If you had magic like that, you could put it on the wagon and go to the northern town, right?
After coming out, Stella and I slowly walked towards the back.
As I watched each and every one of them get off the wagon, I yawned and stretched out, calling for Dave.
“Haaam…”
“Are you tired?”
“It’s hard to ride the wagon for a long time.”
Since long ago, whenever I watched historical dramas, I saw people in wagons or palanquins having a hard time taking long trips.
I wondered what was so difficult about people sitting still.
It seems to be mentally very difficult rather than physically difficult.
When the mind weakens, the body eventually weakens, so it is true that traveling in a wagon or palanquin is difficult when viewed as a whole.
“I’ll probably get a good night’s sleep and be there when I wake up.”
“I’m not going to sleep right now.”
It’s not even 18 o’clock yet, what are you sleeping?
I want to play with a campfire too.
“hehehe, go to sleep to grow taller.”
I thought she was the same age… Turns out she’s 2 years older…
I never thought I would say this to her husband, who is only two years older.
“You never know? It’s bigger though.”
“…I’m already grown up… Not even an inch in 3 years…”
“Father Mama.”
“Huh?”
She’s so sad, but she meant to lament that she couldn’t grow any more with my leaves.
Dave called me politely.
Anyway, there are a lot of people watching, so I can see it.
Then, should I treat you formally?
“Dave? What’s going on?”
“I’m preparing dinner, so please wait a moment.”
“…As expected…”
When the captain of the knights told us to stop, it seemed that they had already started preparing the meal.
It seems that not only the maids, but also the female helpers and priests are doing the same thing.
“Are the knights ready?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Then tell me to prepare a large quantity.”
“I will do that.”
Dave, as usual, bows very politely to Stella and walks away.
She laughed once, saying that she should have stayed still, and then we moved to the carriage.
“Sister? Come to think of it, didn’t you say you had to install a magic circle?”
“Ah! That’s right!”
If I forgot, I must have forgot something that would not end on the level of a big deal.
I searched for something in the small rabbit-shaped bag I was wearing around my waist, then took out a piece of paper cut into rectangles.
It looks like an amulet.
“Hmm… Clearly, the magic to defeat monsters…”
Then, I started drawing a magic circle by moving the brush pen I was holding in my other hand.
At first it looked like a graffiti, but as I moved around, the shape was becoming more complete.
“Here… This magic stone…”
“Uh, what is it?”
I took out a rough rock-like magic stone and pushed it into the prepared magic circle, and the magic stone went inside the magic circle and threw it away.
A phenomenon that can never be explained by science has occurred.
“As I said before, magic is needed to activate the magic circle.”
“No, I know that…”
“You have to listen to the end! Magic stones have good compatibility with paper, so if you hold them for a while, they will be sucked in.”
“Aha…”
“And what if I drew a magic circle with this ink made by grinding magic stones?”
I attached the completed magic circle to the tree.
So, there were dozens of amulets that had been made, and they were scattered all over the place.
“Even if you make just one copy this way, hundreds of copies will spread around you.”
“Wow… Magic…”
“The magic circle has the advantage that even people without magic knowledge can use it as long as they know the spells.”
“Are there any downsides?”
“The downside is that it doesn’t turn off until the mana is fully depleted, and it takes a lot of time to use, so it’s not suitable for battle.”
Stella put her finger to her chin and began to ponder.
I don’t think there are any more disadvantages that I can think of.
“No! I just remembered! The fact that it’s disposable, so you can’t use it again, is a downside.”
“Then I have to make it every time I use it?’
“I make and use it, but I usually buy it from the magic guild in town and use it.”
The price does not seem to be as expensive as expected.
Now that I’ve heard of it, there are more magic circles that are more fun than I thought.
There are things like 24-hour air conditioners and heaters, and there are also magic circles with automatic washing, washing, and cleaning functions.
A magic circle like this isn’t very expensive, but in order to use it for a long time, you have to use expensive magic stones.
In the end, it seems that there is also a downside to having to use it expensively.
Still, it’s much cheaper than buying magic tools, so it sells well in summer.
“But there seems to be no communication magic.”
“There is also communication magic. It is illegal to use it instead, and it is also illegal to create it as a magic tool.”
It’s not even the three unforgivable curses…
Why is it illegal to use it?
“Why? If long-distance communication is developed to the extent that it can be used, the development of magic science will be…”
It will develop tremendously.
In the future, there may even be an Internet.
“That’s… Actually, you can’t make communication magic with magic tools.”
“Hmm?”
“Shall I tell you how the creators who tried to make it before died?”
“What…What…”
“The telecommunications magic tool suddenly exploded and the whole country was annihilated.”
I was at a loss for words.
It’s because I couldn’t understand that the country was destroyed in its entirety while making magic tools.
“I couldn’t find out the details even after investigating. The whole country disappeared…”
“I see… Anyway, it’s dangerous, so I didn’t let you make magic tools…”
“Instead, there are things excavated as ancient artifacts, which are used by world leaders.”
“What about Stella?”
“Because I’m nominal…”
Stella, the leader of the Hellenes, seems to have yielded to the Pope.
This must be why the Pope thinks so terribly of Stella.
“Then, shall we beg you to show us next time?”
“Have you ever touched the West before?”
“Me?”
“You showed interest in the flat stones in my father’s room before.”
Surely…
I once wondered why there were such flat stones in the Pope’s room.
It was comfortable to hold in my hand because it was soft, and it felt similar to when I was holding a smartphone.
I was interested in it for no reason.
……No way.
“That’s a telecommunication magic tool.”
“Really?”
“Yes, heads of state often refer to the stones as endroids.”
“Android…?”
Ikea, Ireland as well…
There seems to be a lot of overlap.
Couldn’t it be that everything is a lie and you’re not participating in the Truman Show or something?
“Why is that?”
“Sister, do you know what the Truman Show is?”
“No? What is that?”
“It’s okay if you don’t know. Come on in.”
I grabbed Stella’s hand and slowly walked forward as if leading.
Is an illusion just an illusion?