It was close to nightfall, as planned, when Gawain returned from Lloyd's place in Yuguhanotes.

　I was a little concerned about the several arrows stuck in the wings of the pterodactyl he was using, but he said 'no problem', so I didn't pursue it in depth.


　And, for the record, he also got permission from Lloyd to stay in Noelia.

　It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for when you go out, because it's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for.


　It's a good idea to be able to have a good idea of what you're going to do with it.

　Next to her, Noelia, who was not very good at body enhancement, was also undergoing the training with her in the name of retraining.


'The foundation of body strengthening magic, muscle strengthening (strength), is a magic that allows you to improve your own muscle strength by imagining the muscle fibers in your body and using magic power to make those muscle fibers thicker one by one.


　Gawain, a regular user of body-enhancing magic, was explaining the effects of his magic by pointing to his panting pectoral muscles.


　I can understand what he's saying, but is it necessary to jerk the muscle with his upper body naked like that?

　I'm so worried about those muscles that I can't even get into half of what he's talking about.


　Even Noelia, who had already mastered it, looked at Gawain and let out a half-hearted sigh of resignation.


'Flick, Noelia. Now try it. Imagine growing one muscle at a time with your magic.

Yes, I'll try.

That's a good answer. But be careful, because if you suddenly gain a lot of muscle mass because you're wasting your magic like Flick, you won't get enough oxygen and you'll get knocked down.


　So you're saying that the magic causes a large amount of oxygen to flow into the muscles that have been thickened by the magic, causing them to run out of oxygen.

　If that's the case, is there a magic that can increase the amount of breathing as well for body enhancement magic?

　I have a feeling that body strengthening magic is going to be a dangerous magic unless you are well versed in the body's mechanics before using it.


　When I close my eyes, I first think of the muscles in my arms.

　Then I chanted the muscle strengthening (strength) spell.


Then I chanted the Strength spell. Be new flesh to my body. Strengthen your muscles.


　I'm used to being aware of the movement of every muscle in every corner of my body in swordsmanship, so just like Gawain said, I carefully poured in magic power one by one to make many muscles thicker all at once so that I wouldn't run out of oxygen.

　The magic power I poured in made the muscles in my arms rise more and more.

　The breathing also didn't feel as if it was suffocating.


''I see, you can activate the body-strengthening magic I've created with a single shot ....... I'm sure you have a good understanding of magic as I've heard. That's exactly the kind of man I've allowed myself to touch.


　When I opened my eyes, I saw Gawain looking at my arm in front of me with a look of satisfaction on his face.


'Is that activated?'

Yeah, you do. I'm surprised you were able to activate it, even if it was just your arm, in just one sitting. Flick seems to have great potential for body-enhancing magic.


　Next to me, Noelia had also succeeded in activating it, but because her original body is small and her lungs are small, she seemed to lack oxygen and had a pale face.


''This is why I'm not good at body-strengthening magic, ...... and apart from magic power, you will also need to train your body and mind to some extent, ...... hmm, hmm.''

　Noelia, who had activated the magic, was still breathing wildly.

''There's a magic to increase your breathing rate, but that's a particularly dangerous part of body strengthening, so it's best not to use it yet. Noelia, don't take it too far.


　It was also understandable why many sorcerers treated this body-enhancing magic as heresy.

　Almost none of the mages would choose flesh-and-blood combat even though they could use magic that could attack from a long distance, and if it would require them to train their body and mind to some extent besides magic power, it could erase the characteristics of their own mages.

　But if you were a mage like me, a mage who had trained his body in swordsmanship and had the talent to use magic as well, this magic that could strengthen his body was a coveted magic.


''Can I try swinging my sword?''


　He asked Gawain for permission to swing his sword to strengthen his arm muscles and see how well it worked.


'Oh, good. Swing it.


　I asked permission and pulled out my own nakara sword.

　With arms that had doubled in size due to strengthened muscles, the sword felt like it weighed less than half its original weight.


''It's light ...... I never thought this sword would be this light ......


　He held the drawn sword at the ready and swung the sword out again and again.

　The speed at which he swung out was unbelievably fast, even surpassing Alfine's slashes.


''Although fast ...... Flick-sama was quite an expert swordsman from the time we met. I didn't know that physical strengthening could have such an effect .......


　Noelia, who had been sitting and resting on the verge of acidification, was marveling at the movement of my sword.


　This effect with just your arm? .......

　I'm sure it's a good thing that Gawain has that much muscular strength, as he's invoked this all over his body on a regular basis.


　I'm sure that if you strengthen your entire body, even this sword will be able to cut down on hard demons.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find out what's going on in the world, and I'm sure you'll be able to find out what's going on in the world.


　I had found a way to further improve my sword skills, which I had been feeling limited by my body strengthening magic.


'Don't be sorry if Lloyd sees Flick's sword skills. He had no magical talent at all, so he couldn't learn my body-enhancing magic.

Compared to the Count of the Frontier, my swordsmanship is not as good as yours.

''It's true that you haven't mastered all of the body-enhancing magic yet. But if you can master it, you'll undoubtedly become a top-notch swordsman.


　Gawain crossed his arms and turned to me and nodded to himself.


　I had a feeling that if I could use magic to assist me with the muscle strength and instantaneous force I lacked, I could become another level above the swordsman as Gawain had told me.

　As a mage swordsman, I'm trying to master both sword and magic, but I was happy to know that the swordsmanship I've been training for years could still be developed.


'I don't know if I can become one, but I think I've found a glimmer of light with Gawain-sama's body-enhancing magic.

I'm thankful that I have someone else to take over my magic besides Noelia. Well, I suppose I'd better keep Flick's sword specially made, given the circumstances.


　Gawain, who was nodding, pulled his own notebook out of his pants pocket and wrote something down.

　Looking at the current pretense, he might have been writing down the concept of the sword he was about to make.


''Well, next--''


　Without a break, the next practice of body-enhancing magic had begun.

　Gawain's instruction might be quite strict, but his body had been trained in swordsmanship and he was reasonably confident in it.


''Wow, I'll be observing from the next magic.


　A pale faced Noelia was sitting on the ground, offering a tour.


'Noelia, are you okay?'

Yes, I'm just having a little trouble breathing, don't worry.


　The symptoms of acid deprivation appear to be severe.

　In Noelia's case, the disadvantage of being unable to move due to oxygen deprivation seemed to be greater than the advantage of strengthening her body.


Noelia, don't take it easy. I've collapsed many times before, so I won't force myself on you either.


　Gawain is also looking at Noelia with concern.


''This body enhancement magic is instantly life-threatening. Be very careful with your flicks too.

Yes, sir.

　I replied and resumed my training in body-enhancing magic once again.