Chapter 329


    I Learned Even More New Magic


    I nced over to Ms. Lyra in order to ask her to bring water when Liza was thirsty.


    She must have been listening to the conversation, as she nodded.


    Now I didn’t have to worry about her. And so I started to prepare the wind magic.


    “…Wind Elemental Air.”


    “The wind feels nice.”


    “Yes, it does, Liza.”


    As I raised the palm of my hand, the wind magic activated.


    I was able to do it without any problem as well.


    Liza and Ms. ire smiled pleasantly as the breeze hit them.


    Well, the sun was now high in the sky, so it was quite warm.


    “They all activated.”


    “Yes, very good, Mr. Takumi. You were able to do it after just watching me do it once.”


    “Haha. Well, they were quite simple and easy to learn…”


    I chuckled, but was quite relieved that it wasn’t difficult magic to learn.


    But on the other hand, I did want to learn something that was a little more shy…


    After all, I had seen such things inic books and animation.


    That being said, I was still a beginner, and so it was important to get the basics down and move slowly from there.


    If I got ahead of myself and tried to learn more powerful magic, I probably wouldn’t be able to use it.


    Besides, there was likely no need or opportunity for it.


    “I suppose you wanted more of a challenge?”


    “No, not at all.”


    Ms. ire must have seen it in my expression then.


    Had I looked so unsatisfied?


    “In that case, you should try something that is a little more difficult.”


    “More difficult… I thought that this was all of the magic that you knew?”


    “Yes, I only know this magic. However, it is possible tobine them.”


    “You canbine magic?”


    Ms. ire knew four different types of magic.


    And it seemed like she was able tobine them?


    It definitely sounded more difficult, and so I would have to focus.


    “Hehe. Don’t worry. It is still part of the basics. I doubt you shall have much trouble, Mr. Takumi.”


    Ms. ire chuckled as she saw that I had grown a little tense.


    She really did read me like a book…


    “Now then… Let’s trybining water and fire.”


    “Water and fire?”


    “Yes. Bybining them, you can create mist.”


    Mist… I suppose it was done by using heat to evaporate the water?


    So it was like steam.


    “I will start. …Water, fire, Elemental Mix Mist!”


    Ms. ire looked a little more serious this time as she raised her hand above her head and chanted.


    Elemental Mix… Well, the chants were getting longer now.


    Sebastian had said something about more effective magic having longer chants.


    “Smoke ising out of your hand!”


    “No, that’s steam…or mist.”


    “Hehe. Exactly.”


    The mist came out of her hands and spread out.


    As she was not using much magic energy, it did not spread too far, and the wind soon swept it away into nothing.


    To put it simply, the water and fire magic activated simultaneously, and the water evaporated from the heat.


    Perhaps the steam that came out of the palm was immediately cooled by the air and turned into mist?


    No, since it was magic, it could be a very different phenomenon.


    It was midday and the temperature was warm, I didn’t know if it would turn to mist…


    “Phew… I managed to do it without failing.”


    “It’s difficult for you, Ms. ire?”


    “Of course, it is. Magic is not one of the things that I am good at. Still, I did not want to fail in front of you, Mr. Takumi…”


    Ms. ire sighed with relief.


    She had seemed a little embarrassed as she admitted that she was nervous.


    Still, her smile was very beautiful, and I felt my heart skip a beat. But this was during a magic lesson… No time to be thinking about such things.


    And she really didn’t need to be nervous in front of someone like me…


    “Uh, so thebining of magic. First, you must separate the magic energy in two ces before bringing them to the ce of activation.”


    “Two ces?”


    “Yes. While you would normally gather the energy into one ce, this time, you have to separate it and convert and activate the energy at the same time.”


    Yes, that seemed much harder all of a sudden.


    Two…eh?


    Hmm. So I should gather the energy into my pal…and then separate them into two?


    I tried to imagine that I was rolling a ball of energy with my hand.


    And then I cut the ball in half so that they were separated.


    I raised my hands like Ms. ire did and concentrated on making two small spheres of magic energy.


    I had gotten quite used to doing this… I thought as I concentrated. In my right hand, the fire, and the water would be in my left.


    “…Water, Fire, Elemental Mix Mist!”


    “Huh!?”


    And then I chanted the same words that Ms. ire did.


    I converted the energy and activated it


    Since my eyes were closed in concentration, I didn’t see anything. But Ms. ire sounded surprised.


    Was it because I had done it so suddenly?


    After the magic had activated, and I felt the energy leave my palms, I opened my eyes.


    Had I seeded or failed…?


    I followed Ms. ire’s surprised gaze, which was directed towards my raised hands.