15 – Artifact (1)
Swoosh. Swoosh.
“….”
While rolling cereal in mint chocolate milk for breakfast, a sudden thought occurred to me.
My only weapon, this spoon, can fly through the sky using telekinesis.
But.
Why haven’t I used this spoon as a means of transportation until now?
When going to class, I just walked like a pedestrian. When going out, I only took taxis and city buses.
Why?
I have a spoon, right?
Can’t I just fly around with this?
Moreover, I’ve already passed a safety inspection targeting Arna.
Isn’t this enough to be an excellent mode of transportation?
Of course, if I overuse it, I could suffer severe body aches like last time.
But that was because of magic power. If there’s enough magic power, theoretically, I should be able to fly anytime.
“….”
Magic power. I need magic power. There’s a need to enhance the total amount of magic power imbued in my body.
A famous baseball coach once said something like this.
The shoulders become stronger the more you use them.
Likewise, if I consistently use magic power, someday the total amount of magic power might increase.
It’s like muscles.
Now is not the time to be eating cereal. Let’s start the magic power enhancement training right away.
“Hoo….”
After placing the spoon on the table, I enlarged it with magic.
Then, sitting in the chair, I pressed my buttocks against the headrest.
If I use the telekinesis skill like this…
Thud─!
“Kek…!”
But contrary to my expectations, the spoon didn’t even rise a few centimeters and just slumped down.
“Why not!”
Last time, Arna easily lifted it!
Even that breast-sucking monster was lifted at once!
But why can’t I do it!
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It seems the reason for the failure is in the magic power.
I think it’s because I used up all the magic power I had. That’s why I couldn’t exert strength like last time.
Let’s see. When was the last time I used telekinesis skill?
I used it once last week when moving boulders by the seashore.
After that, I used it while showering, lifting things like shampoo bottles and cleansers.
I also had the spoon fetch my clothes because I was too lazy to get them myself.
Lastly, even for finding my phone in the room, I relied on the spoon.
“….”
Damn it. It was strange that there was still magic power left.
I used it recklessly anytime.
No, isn’t this a bit too much?
Is it reasonable for an enchantment to happen just because I used it a few times in daily life?
How small is the magic power reservoir anyway?
I understand that Shin Yoon-seong’s maximum magic power amount is smaller than others. The recovery speed isn’t that great either.
If that’s the case, it means I have to strengthen this low-quality magic through training.
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Rather than training alone without any direction, it would be wise to seek the advice of a specialist.
It’s like needing a personal trainer for fitness.
Let’s go find one quickly.
“Uh… Yoon Sung-ah…?”
“Yes, Professor.”
The first place I visited was the Administration Division office, more precisely, the counseling room for psychological therapy.
There, I met Professor Han Se-young.
“Do you know that I am a professor in the Administration Division?”
“Yes, I do.”
“Then you must also know that I am a non-awakened, right?”
“Yes, of course.”
“If you know that, why are you asking me about magic…?”
I didn’t give any response. I was just eating the macarons laid out on the table.
“By any chance, did you come here on purpose to eat macarons…?”
“….”
Busted!
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Next, I went to find Sergeant Kim Gye-jun from the Combat Division.
This time, I really came to the right place.
Although he’s a bit eccentric, Kim Gye-jun is indeed an awakened individual.
“Oh? How to enhance magic?”
“Yes, that’s correct.”
Today, too, Kim Gye-jun was wearing a sky-blue Giants uniform. Orange tassels dangled from his head.
Every time I see Kim Gye-jun, I get so angry at myself.
Anyway, Kim Gye-jun was one of the characters I planned.
I don’t know why I created such a character. Now I’m starting to understand why the art director scolded me so much.
Sorry, Kang Pro.
“In my case, I prefer to use this!”
Geumgye-joon took a rubber fragment out of his pocket. At first, I thought it was a rubber band for exercise.
“Puff!”
But it wasn’t. Geumgye-joon started blowing air into the tube attached to the rubber fragment.
Soon, a cheering balloon was completed.
There were alphabets engraved in the middle.
Victory Giants….
“I cheer for baseball games! That’s how I enhance my magic power! Won’t the energy automatically rise if I do this?”
Then, Geumgye-joon started tapping the balloon.
Pop! Pop!
“Oh oh! Oh oh! Oh oh oh! Shout for victory! The mighty Busan Giants! We always shout! Oh oh!”
“….”
As expected, I came to the wrong person.
It was my mistake.
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Next, I went to see Munshin-chung, who is also an awakened individual.
By the way, it’s not because I don’t have any friends that I came to see this guy.
Anyway, nope.
“What? How to enhance magic power?”
“That’s right. Do you know anything?”
“Hmm.”
Munshin-chung stroked his chin and fell into deep thought for a moment. Then, he said to me,
“I mainly train my thumbs.”
“Ah… Is this another failure…?”
“No, wait. I haven’t finished explaining yet.”
Suddenly, Munshin-chung started taking off his shoes.
And then he extended his thumb towards me.
It was an incredibly large thumb.
“You know, there’s a saying like that. If a specific body part is oversized, it means magic is concentrated there. In other words, you can consider this thumb as the source of my magic.”
“Oh.”
Everyone probably has at least one special body part.
For example, thick lips, a high nose, a large head, a broad stomach, and various others.
The reason is that magic gathers in certain parts of the body in this world.
It’s a quite convincing theory.
“So, Spoon, do you have a special part?”
“Well…”
Hmm. I’m not tall like a basketball player. Also, I don’t have a bulging belly like a sumo wrestler. There’s nothing special about my arms and legs either.
If I have to pick an exceptional part of my body…
“I have a dick.”
“Oh, a dick? Confident, huh?”
“That’s right. A dragon lives in my pants. It can even tie its own knots.”
“Knots…? Is that for real…?”
Are you really that stupid?
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Finally, I went to find Arna.
Compared to the people I met before, she could be considered the most normal.
I asked Arna, “Arna, how do you train your breasts normally?”
“As soon as you see someone, you say something about breasts, what is this nonsense for real…!”
Arna hugged her chest and turned her body swiftly. She was also showering me with curses.
I ignored it and pointed at Arna’s chest.
“Isn’t your magic coming from your breasts?”
“No…! No, it’s not…! Where did you hear such nonsense…!”
Of course, it wasn’t true. Well, there’s no way what the tattoo freak says is true.
I was a fool to believe it for a moment.
“So…! Then why magic…!”
“I wanted to know how to train magic.”
“Magic… training…?”
Arna blinked her eyes several times.
Then, she let out a deep sigh, lowering her arms that had been wrapped around her chest.
“Ugh… then, why didn’t you say that from the beginning…”
“Do you know anything?”
“There’s no special method. You just have to steadily increase it through repetition, like exercise.”
“I’ve been doing that regularly. However, there has been no growth. In fact, it seems to have weakened even more.”
“Weakened more…?”
Arna raised her hand to her cheek and tilted her head, surprised.
“Perhaps, did you start with something too heavy, pretending it was training? If so, instead of growing, you might have ended up with an overload. It’s like straining your muscles with too much weight in regular exercise.”
For your information, my spoon is a magical wand that even a person can easily lift.
But to claim an overload from just lifting clothes or socks is absurd.
“What kind of training have you been doing regularly?”
“It’s not really training. All I’ve done is move light objects like a mobile phone or a cup.”
“Huh…? You only did that, and your strength weakened…?”
Arna, too, looked incredulous.
Arna knew better than anyone else the power of my spoon.
“Hmm….”
Arna squinted her eyes and began to ponder.
After a moment, Arna opened her mouth with a hint of hesitation.
“By any chance… have you ever lifted someone else with that spoon, besides me…?”
“Someone? No one other than you, Arna. By the way, today is the first time I’ve tried lifting anything on the spoon.”
“Then, have you ever lifted anything heavier than the Bushiri you caught last time?”
“The heaviest thing I can think of is probably clothes.”
“Clothes….”
After hearing my answer, Arna started nodding to herself.
Does she have any inkling of what might be going on?
Soon, Arna reached out to me with an apologetic expression.
“Sorry, but could you take out the spoon for a moment?”
According to Arna’s words, he pulled out the spoon he had tucked away in his pocket.
The enlargement function was activated as well.
“Try getting on this once.”
“Me? I’ve tried it before.”
Thud!
It was just like this morning. The spoon seemed to lift a bit, then immediately sank back down.
Raising myself was indeed impossible.
“Now let me give it a try.”
This time, instead of me, Arna stepped onto the spoon. Would anything change?
I decided to exert my strength into the spoon as well.
Whoosh!
“Oh, it’s up.”
“…”
The spoon, which hadn’t budged an inch, responded as if possessed the moment Arna stepped on it.
What’s this? Is it discriminating against people? Is it something about not liking guys but being fine with a little girl monster?
This guy’s a bit presumptuous, huh? It doesn’t like me but fancies that little milk-drinker. Should I just snap it?
“Now I understand a bit.”
Thud.
Arna got off the spoon. It was apparent that she noticed the imbalance in power.
“It’s probably because of this.”
Arna tilted her head slightly and pointed to her earlobe.
There, a small earring was sparkling.
The MC has no filter, who the hell starts a convo like that!?