Can you just drop me off?


　As I was admiring the power of the magic Noelia had unleashed, she told me that she wanted me to put her down in a princess hug.


'Oh, I'm sorry,'


　She put Noelia down in a hurry.

　Her clothes had been reduced to something she couldn't look at due to the man-eater's dissolving fluid.


'Use this. It's a pain in the ass for me if you're dressed like that.'


　I hand her the cloak I was wearing.

　That's when she seems to notice the situation with her clothes.


'Ta, thank you. I'm afraid your father would be upset if his lordship were to see my skin.'


　Noelia, who received my cloak as a snatch, seemed to be pretending to be cool as much as she could.

　The cloak that was made to fit me was long and long enough for her petite frame to hide every inch of her body.

　Then she retrieved her own wand, which was lying on the ground.


'Are you hurt?'

"O watery air in the air. Cleanse the dirt from my body. Cleanse (clear). Yes, there is no injury problem. The solution is also clean.


　Steam was rising from Noelia, who had activated her magic in front of him.

　Apparently, the magic had cleaned the body wet with the dissolving liquid.


''Then it's good. I'm glad you weren't injured, but by the looks of it, should I give you a ride back to town?

No, I'm perfectly happy to oblige you to continue your work.


　Finally, Noelia was able to talk to him face to face normally without turning away or running away.

　He's a person who acts in an unfamiliar way, but he doesn't seem to be a bad person at heart.


　But still, I didn't think that Noelia, who is a platinum grade competitor, would make the mistake of getting entangled in a man-eater's vine: .......

　It's not like she was so busy watching me that she was neglecting to reconnoiter the surroundings or something.


　I was curious as to why she, being an advanced adventurer, made a mediocre mistake, so I asked her.


It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for when you're in the marketplace.

...... I apologize for any inconvenience I may have caused you in that regard. I apologize and will pay you a gratuity at a later date.

'No, I don't want any of that or anything like that, just tell me why it happened?　That way we can take care of ourselves.


　Noelia seemed very ashamed of the fact that she had been entangled in a man-eater's vine, which could be avoided if one was vigilant.


'I've been watching ......,'


　She opened her mouth and her voice was inaudible, too small to be heard.


'What?　What?

So I've been watching to see what Master Fricke is up to.


　Just like when I first met her, she spoke as nonchalantly as she did in her intonation-free voice.

　However, her gaze swam from time to time, as if she was so embarrassed that she had made a blunder like a fledgling adventurer would do.


''Why were you doing that?''

I don't know, sir. But I know for a fact that in concentrating on Mr. Fricke's activities, I have let my guard down and have made the same mistake I just made.

'I don't know, ...... that's what you're doing, right?'

'Yes. But when asked why, it's impossible to get the right answer. ...... asks the opposite. Why doesn't Master Flick use magic with his excess magic?　With a magical amount of power like you, I think it would be faster to reap the enemy with powerful magic than to fight them with swords.


　In Noelia's ice blue eyes, there was a question and confusion about my actions.

　It seemed unbelievable that I had a weapon that could fight more advantageously than a sword and yet I didn't use it.


'You can't use something you don't know how to use. I only know how to use a sword.''


　A look of confusion spreads across Noelia's face.

　Apparently, she can't believe I can't use magic.


''With that much amount of magical power, there's no reason why magic can't be expressed ....... I thought that Flick-sama's incomprehensible comments on the spot were just a nonsense to hide his abilities. ...... That expression on your face, could it really be that magic is ......

'Yeah, I've said it a million times, but I've never used magic before, and Noelia was the first person I ever combined my magic with.

"No way, you're saying that you have that kind of magical power without doing any research at all. ...... It's impossible. ...... It's impossible.


　He could feel a mixture of fear and surprise in the sound of Noelia's voice, which had never felt any rise and fall of emotion before.


　Is it really that surprising?

　I always thought magic was useful when I saw it.


'Then let me ask you the other way around, how does magic activate?

'Is that how you use magic?　It is activated by the chanting of a spell. The principle of magic is that as long as you can imagine the attributes to be invoked and the effect of the magic, you can affect your surroundings according to the magical power stored in your body. And the spell is an aid to make it easier to imagine the effect of the magic to be invoked.

'Ha, ha, ...... spell to imagine it.'

There is a rudimentary spell called the Fire Arrow, in which you chant the spell 'Be a hot, burning arrow that pierces my enemy' to fix an idea in your mind and then use your magic to give it physical form and fire it at your designated opponent.


　Noelia, who had chanted the spell, was shooting an activated fire arrow (Fire Arrow) at a nearby tree.


'Since the content of the spell is the key to fixing what kind of magical effect it generates, it's a common way of learning magic to combine memorization of the spell with seeing and remembering the magical effects generated by the spell.

'So you're saying that if I say the spell and imagine the magic I just saw, it will be activated too?

''Probably, there's more than enough magic energy left over. If you can fix it, I think it will be easy to activate it. Please try it.

Hmm, it's totally fine if you want to try it. Let's see, 'Become a hot, burning arrow and pierce my enemy'?


　Noelia prompted me to chant, so I was chanting the Fire Arrow spell (Fire Arrow).


　You imagine the magic you saw earlier in this state.

　A huge flame should have pointed out and gone flying like an arrow.

　Let's make the target the tree you see over there.


　As she told me, I let the spell chanting solidify my imagination in my brain and pointed my fingertips at the tree I had set as my target.


　Shugosh!


　An object dozens of times bigger than the Fire Arrow Noelia fired earlier was created from my fingertips and flew out of my fingertips, slicing through the air at tremendous speed.


''Wait!　Mr. Fricke!　What do you activate--


　Noelia's voice has become a strange undertone that is different from her usual voice.


It's the same shape and size as the fire arrow you showed me earlier in the day, ...... I think it's a bit bigger, but the shape is the same.

It's not. 'It's definitely not!　Because that's definitely not a fire arrow or anything like that.


　Noelia's face had turned pale as she said that.

　Soon, my fire arrow (Fire Arrow), which hit the tree, was unleashing a tremendous blast of fire around it, as if it was going to be blown away.


''Oh!''　It's windy!　Noelia, hold on to me.

Yes, sir.


　I held Noelia, who was about to be blown away by the blast due to her small stature, and I thrust my sword into the ground to prevent her from being blown away.

　As the stormy wind passed, the trees around the spot where the target tree had been located were charred and burned up, with smoke billowing from the red-hot ground.


''Absolutely, the magic right now is not a fire arrow (Fire Arrow). The power and range of effect are too different. That's definitely a fire-attribute advanced magic, the power of the Light of the Apocalypse [Megiddo Explosion] class.

'No, I imagined that one activated in reference to the spell Noelia told me about and the magic she showed me, but isn't that ...... different?'

No!


　Noelia, who hadn't shown much emotion, looked angry.

　I think the power was a little misadjusted, but I think the shape and other things were pretty similar.


''Why does a beginner's magic chant activate advanced magic ...... I've never seen such an outrageous magic embodiment before.

I don't know. I just did what you told me to do.

How did what become so powerful: ......


　Noelia couldn't seem to accept the magic I had invoked, and she was pondering with her head in her hands.


　I'd like to know what's going on, too.

　I just did what I was told to do.


'Let's just try one more time. Now imagine it smaller this time.


　Noelia, who had been thinking about it, suggested that she try her magic again.

　This time, she wants me to imagine it smaller.


　But even if you can imagine the flames and shapes, it's kind of hard to imagine the size.

　Well, since you told me to make it small, I'll try to make it small.


　Small, small.

　A long, thin fire arrow.

　The target is that tree over there.


Okay. Let's go! Let's go! Let's turn into a hot, burning arrow that will pierce my enemy! Fire Arrow!


　He casts a spell and points his fingertips to another tree.


　Bohum!


　A bit of pitch-black black smoke erupted from his fingertips.


'......!　Failed to activate!　Nah, you're making them too small!

Is that right?　It's hard to imagine fixing the size: ......


　This time, apparently I imagined it too small and the magic didn't materialize.

　It seems surprisingly difficult to do so: .......


'Nah, why not? You just have to imagine it as big as you see it.


　That's the hard part for me: .......


　Afterwards, Noelia and I were practicing magic together, and it turns out that I'm incredibly bad at adjusting the power of magic, apparently.

　It seemed that I could only choose between too much power or not to activate it, and I couldn't imagine a moderate size in the middle at all.