The rear section on the ship. Me, Aleusha and Illya are sitting on the wooden chairs placed there, having a graceful tea time.

　The sea breeze strokes our hair and cheeks as we tilt our teacups.

　The wind is a little rougher than the plains of Koliat village, but the irregularity of its flow is interesting.

　The incessant sound of waves and the chirping of sea birds. The sea has its own natural advantages that are different from those on the ground.

　The horizon in the distance is very beautiful, and the sea and the sky seem to blend together.

　Far above, clouds of all shapes and sizes are flowing in the sky as if they were celebrating freedom.

　No, it's us who are flowing.　And now we're on a boat, and we're moving forward.

　We are now in a boat, and we are going on a boat over the vastness of the sea, and we are under the illusion that we are the only ones in the world. That's how vast the ocean is, and it makes one feel deeply moved.

The sea is so beautiful.

　As I was looking out at the ocean, Aleusha, sitting in front of me, sipped her tea and her eyes widened.

''........This is delicious. I think this is the best tea I've ever had.''

　It wasn't a word of concern because I was a nobleman and a client, but a voice that sounded sincerely surprised.

''As I recall, these tea leaves are royal feed, right?

　Ilya says, equally surprised.

　Ilya is a countess. She must have had a penchant for tea. I was able to guess correctly.

　If this was Irvine or Roomba, I'm sure he would say a different brand with a scowl.

Yes, that's right. That's right, it's Royal Feed.

　Of course, there are many kinds of teas in this world, but among them, I like Royal Feed the best because it is fragrant and has an elegant taste without any bad taste.

　You can enjoy it with a little sugar, or you can enjoy the aroma and taste without sugar.

　I mean, Erna's mother is a big fan of Royal Feed, so she makes me drink it first.

　So eventually, we all liked Royal Feed and kept drinking it, probably because we have her blood in our veins.

　Even Elinora's sister, who had never been interested in tea before, said she didn't like anything other than royal feed.

''It's much better than the ones we've been drinking at the mansion.

'I see that Master Alfried likes tea so much that he can make it himself.

Well, yeah.

　We have a lot of people in our house who get upset that I'm not a good brewer of tea. It's a servant skill I've acquired because of that.

　Well, it's worth being taught strictly because I use spatial magic to transition and drink tea outside, though. Thanks to that, I can drink good tea whenever I want.

　I tilt the cup and sip the tea.

　The warmth of the tea is accompanied by the warmth of the tea, and the elegant, yet mild aroma of Royal Feed spreads through the air.

　You can also use your own personal computer to make sure that you have the right information.

　It's the usual taste of peace of mind. It's not quite as good as Erna's mother or Sarah's, but it's at a level where you can get a passing grade.

　As I was sipping my tea with this in mind, I felt a large wave bounce at the edge of my vision.

　The sudden loud noise startled me and I looked in that direction to catch a glimpse of a long, snake-like body. Then the long body sank into the sea and became invisible.

''........What was that?''

It's probably the Sea Serpent. It's a big snake monster in the sea.

　I ask without thinking, and Aleusha replies flatly.

　No, no, no, I've seen big snakes and moray eels in my past life, and I know they're there, right?　

　But with that shadow you just saw, it's many times larger than a man, isn't it?

　I'd be swallowed whole by a human being.

　When I have a frightened expression on my face, Ilya makes a calm voice to make sure it's okay.

''It's okay. The Sea Serpent is not a monster that is that difficult to deal with.

　Yes, that's right. And that's why we have members of the Roomba and Silver Wind.

　Besides, if it comes down to it, I can escape to the sky, and there's even a transition, so I'll be fine.

　I told myself that and sipped my tea to calm myself down.

　Then, as we were chatting to distract ourselves somewhat, Aleusha suddenly said.

''Isn't Alfried-sama's magic strange?''

What do you mean, it's funny?

''You can do ice magic, and you can chant without chanting, right?　Are you really a child?

　If you combine it with the age of my previous life, I'm thirty-four years old, but it's only been seven years since I was born in this world.

''Isn't it possible to omit ice magic and chanting if you work hard enough?

　I tilted my head and replied somehow, and Aleusha slammed the table with a bang.

'Because I can't!'

'I know how you feel, but Aleutha, calm down!

　Ilya admonished Aleusha as she leaned forward.

　I feel as if Illya is also blaming me for something.

　I'm not sure if the ice magic might have an aptitude problem, but I feel like the chanting could easily be omitted.

　When I was thinking about this, Aleusha, who has settled down, asks me.

''How can you use ice magic?''

　If you say something like sense or aptitude or talent here, Aleusha's heart will be torn to shreds.

　Generally speaking, I'm the one who was given the aptitude for all the attributes by God, so I don't know if I could explain the process of using it or not.......

　It's a good thing that you're not the only one who has a lot of experience in this field.

　The only advice I can give you is what God said to me, right?　And the rest is a personal thing, and I don't know if it will work.



Magic control?

　Their voices overlap with my twisted words.

　I create a water ball with water magic as an example.



　Aleusha's temples are tugged, but I don't care. It would be troublesome if I had to chant and so on every time I invoked magic, wouldn't it?

　Then I try to make the water ball floating in front of me look like an iron ball, or imitate a dragon, or turn it into twenty or more separate pieces.

　When I think about it, I think it was only after I was able to do this much trickery that I became able to use ice magic.

　Looking at the water ball that changes shape one after another and moves around in all directions, Aleusha and Illya's eyes widen.

''You have great control. I'm limited to five at best.''

One, two, three ... ten, eleven water balls. Don't move it a bit!　I'm counting now!

'You're missing the honorific, Aleusha,'

　I find it interesting that Aleusha is counting frantically, so I move the water ball.

　Aleusha gets angry when I blatantly move it and interfere with her, so I stop moving it and secretly split the water ball.

''........Twenty!

What?　By all accounts, there are more than a few more than that, right?

'Huh?　It's increasing!

　Aleusha finally finishes counting, but when Ilya points it out to her, she screams bareheadedly.

　It's interesting to see the always calm Aleusha get flustered.

　Well, if it's just a simple move, I can split it up and move it to about sixty.

　Just like the psychic I used in the snowball fight.

　Sometimes I think I'm not very good at manipulating them, as I couldn't prepare that many and defeat Elinora's sister.

　I'm very aware that she's a monster, but I'm a bit depressed. It's only since then that I've started to focus more and more on training in magic control and magic manipulation.

''.................30. In other words, if you can't control and manipulate magic at this level, you can't use ice magic.......

　Aleusha mutters with a faraway look in her eyes.

　I thought I tried to give her advice out of concern, but I feel like I broke her heart as a result.

　Well, I think I can acquire this much control if I only think about magic all day long and live a life of eating and magic and sleeping and magic again.

　Then you can empty your magic power in a desperate attempt to increase the amount of magic. The more magic power you have, the more practice you'll be able to do. It's hard to keep using more magic power while your body is getting lazy, though.

''The method I told you about isn't always absolute, right?

''No, the Third Princess Leila-sama, who is famous for being able to use ice magic, is also skilled in controlling magic, so that must be important.

Really?

　I've never seen the third princess or anything like that since she didn't even come to the party. Lightly loli I only heard from Viscount Yulina and the others that she was a limp princess who could use ice magic.

　When I'm making a strange face, Illya opens her mouth.

''Whenever there are events in the royal capital, Leila-sama will make a large ice statue for the citizens to enjoy. The ice statues are also shaped in such a way that you may wonder if they were really made by magic. It's famous as one of the pleasures of the people of King's Landing.

　Heh, I'd love to see if you have such a beautiful ice statue.

　I'm sure I could make one myself if I did it, but I'm sure it would look different from what I made and what someone else made. I'm also interested in the works that people in this world have imagined and created.

　You can go to the capital anytime you want by transferring to the city, so next time you have an event, I'll show my face.

　When I was thinking about this, Ilya asked me at the same time.

"Alfried-sama, do you have any tricks for breaking chanting?

　I think the only answer to that is this.

"Thinking the chanting is a pain in the ass.

Yes?

..........

　Ilya blinks her crinkled eyes and Aleusha falls silent.

'Because chanting is like a textbook thing that you won't need once you get used to it, right?　It's much better to devote your consciousness to controlling your magic and imagining it than to frantically memorizing and chanting such things.

　I said that when Mother Erna asked me to explain it to her before, too.

　And Mother Erna said, "I see, it's definitely a pain in the ass. It's exactly as Al thinks," she nodded, and a few months later, she used some magic without chanting or discarding chanting.

　This is obvious.

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

　You can just follow your own lazy feelings and lose it because it's too much trouble.

　Yes, just like me and mother Erna.

　When Illya heard my explanation, she rolled her eyes and Aleusha's shoulders shook.

''Don't be silly...!''

　Aleusha's cries echoed across the wide sea and sky.