Chapter 30

30.) Tempering A Certain Mercenary Magic Circle

I haveseena countless number of horsesrunning aroundinthis place.

But as far as I can remember, I didnthaveagoodrelationshipwith this place even back on my black piggy duke times.

The reason was because I was extremely heavy at that timeandwhen I rode a horse, it got crushedunder my weight.

Umu.

Seeing those horsesrunning around like this, I suddenly have an urge to ride one myself. Well, lets do that when more of my weightisgone.

[Buhi, Buhi]

In the middle of the grassland, there stands a lot of small housesthatare beingused asahorsesstable.(maybe as horses stables as its said in the next line that they are more than one)

As I follow the spirits lead excitedly, I was starting to walk behind these stables.

[Is it here?]

As I walked,I pushawaythroughthisgrass thatisas tall asme, I found a nicely concealed magic formation that was carved on the ground.

It was carvedinblue colour. Andatthe center of this formation is Hee, this one huh?

[Magic formation ofwater doll. And there is also another darkness magic thatwouldbe releaseanattack to the surroundingswhen this formation isactivated So with this, it has beenprovedthat there is a dangerous mercenary lurking in this academy]

This dangerous magic formation was lined up nicely beside thestables.

If this kind of magicisactivated,thiswater dollwill attack all living thingsaround here.

[Is this some kind of plot to delay her pursuer by taking down the horses? At this rate, therewouldbe the same magic formation at the dorm around here]

If this kind of magic is activated around where the students or the maids live, there will surely be panic.

Even thoughwater dollis not athreateningspell to the people that can use magic, thereareso many people that cant fight in this academy.

At a glance, whenthiswater dollmanifests, itwouldlook just like a water elemental monster, AquaSlime. And ifthiskind of monsterlook-alikeattackssome studentsinside this academy, Im sure there will be an uproar.

Now, I am extending my hand towardsthe magic formation inanattempt to tamper with it.

[Wow. When one of thewater dollgetsdamaged,itsbody will join with the nearestwater doll.As for me, Iwouldneed a lot of time toproducethis kind of magic formation]

As expectedofan undefeated mercenary.

Shecanreally prepare somethingthisnasty here.

[BUT, it istoobad! I wont even let you use this one!]

I put my hand on top of the magic formation and send my magic power to it.

After I put my magic power to the magic formation, a faint blue lightcameout from inside, andIforcefullysuppressthe explosion from the magic formation that is about togoactive. Right now, I am doing some precise modification on this magic formation. I think that if someone saw med

oing thisright now, theywouldmisunderstandme as a magic formation specialist seeing how good I am now.

WhileImtweaking the magic formation in front of me, I suddenly had goosebumps.

I detect a high magic power from within the magic formation.

Therewouldbe a big crater here if Ifailedtweaking this magic formation.

[Ugh She is good. But I have allthemagic I need to interference with it.]

I cantoverlookiteven for a moment now so I can change the owner of this magic formation from that mercenary to me.

And with that kind of intention, I release a lot of magic powerintoit.

[Become a wall to protect us,water doll.Wearthe armor of light and water, protect this academy, come forth and become thewater knight! Buhiiiiii!!!!]

From the magic formation, a burst of lightcameout.

[Dont you dare tell me I was cheating because I am an elemental master after this. You also have your magic tool of darkness, I dare you to try as much as you want to make more Buuhi, well it is a good job Isay Oh?]

I suddenlyrealizedtheirpresencewhile I wipe my sweat.

There are a lot of horsessan here thatwerewatching me while Iwastweaking the magic formation.

They lookedalternatelybetween me and the magic formation that I just altered with their big black eyes.

And then, maybe because they can feel what I did to the magic formation, they rub their headsto my back.

[Hihiin?]

[Its alright now, there will be a strong magic that will protect you guys when the time comes]

[Hihiiin!]

After that, I squat from where I stand and inspect the ground further.

When I push the grass away, I can see a hole on the ground but thereareno other things.

Besides the magic formation shemade, there is no other trace I can find.

[Well, it cant be helped seeing it needs a lot of time just to make this magic formation. Well then buhii, its time for magic practice, lets show anexcellentand magnificent performance totheseguys(remove either them or to these guys; Id remove them)]

While stretching my body, I look at the exit of the pasture.

And then, I confirmed the distance from here to there.

Yoshi, guess I will run. Should I do a dash from here?

[Buhibuhibuhibuhi. Buhii?]

A lot of horsessan is coming toward me right now.

I am not playing now! I am still running right now! This is for my diet! That is why I beg you, please dont ask me to ride you guys!

[Bubububu]

I was running together with the horses-san(it was always horses san previously)while theyweremaking excited voices.

[Hihihihiiiin! Hihihiiiiin!] (sound of horse)

One giant white horse came out from among the brown and black horses thatwerecurrently running towards me.

It closely ran rightbesideme, so close that I can even feel its heat perfectly.

It has a very nice hair with a big body, and when it was running towardsme, the other horsesopened up and give it a way. The proud white horse keepslooking at me while running as if askingme to ride on top of it.

[Are you these guys leader!? I am so sorry to tell you this, but I dont have any intention to ride on you! I am on diet now!]

[Hihihihiiin!] (the white horse)

[What the, you want to compete with me now!? I wont lose!]

[Hihihiiin! Hihihihiiiin!] (the white horse)

[The heck, you have a weird sound! If you say Hihihiiin like that you wont be popular with the girls!]

Now move your asseshorses san!

A fat magic user who just fixeda dangerous magiciscomingthrough!

[Hihihihiiinn] (the white horse)

[Buhii, buhiiiiiiiin!!!!]

Just now, Rokomoko sensei has just told us what is todays subject.

He told us to make a group of two and fight with our best magic.

Todays assignment is not doing some simple magic likeusual. We can use whatever magic we want without reserve today.

When it was told they can do it without reserve, the students who have gathered in this training ground became very excited.

From there on, we can see hot fireballs floating everywhere, spearsof water thatareas cold as ice, golemsthatareproduced fromearthor even balls of wind thatarerolling here and there.

[A group of two huh, buhii]

After hearing those fearsome words, it will be a cinch for me, the white piggy duke! The old me whowould have been onpanic when hearing those things, no longer exists! Nothing of my old selfisleft!

[Slow-sama. Whyare youtaking distance from me? I think the distance is too far for our magic duel.]

Its nothing; I just have so many things to reminisce on this place.

Isnt that right? After all, in this whole wide world,isnt it only me who drank monster caller perfume? Hmm?

[Therewasalso a case where your magicwasrunning wild here,isnt thatright,Vision. This is just a precaution precaution]

[Controlling magic powerisreally hard, you know? Everyonehasat leastfailedonce or twice. The strange one is actually you, Slow-sama]

Once again, Isurveythis training ground.

Fireball,water spear, all kinds of spellsarebeingused by the students,but everyone is having a hard time controlling their magic power.

When it seems to be dangerous, Rokomoko sensei will cut in and protect them.

[Excuse me, Slow-sama. Can I usethesword this time?]

[Sword?]

[Lately, Rokomoko sensei has beentakingme outside the academy to train. I was fighting against the beastsinside the forest, but theywerejust small fries. I want to fight seriously at least for once. If its Slow-sama, I believe there will be no problem using all my strength]

Ahh, so thats it.

Vision, you. So Rokomoko sensei has been training youthoroughly.

No, you have totally taken over Shuyas position as the main protagonist,haventyou?

It is true thoughthat there is no strong monsters outside the academy.

Once a year, the military will dispatch a search party to exterminate monstersthat seems to be strong and also to check whether there is a new dungeon or not.

But if you go deepintothe forest, there are actually strong monsters there. But of course, because those monstersareactually smart, they wont come close to this academy.

I think there are at least orcsor goblinsinside the forest now. Well, its no wonder for Vision whowasalready quite good at magicto callthem small fries.

[I have no problem with it. Well, I actually have some interestinthe Royal knightsswordplay]

[Okay then, I will ask sensei now! If he saysitsOK, lets do it then!]

I was seeing Vision going to Rokomoko senseis place while Iamstanding in a place thatisquite far from where he was standing before incasehis magic goesina rampageagain.

Because I was suddenly left standing here alone, I decided to watch how the other students train themselves.

Especially the commoner students who train on the corner of the field.

They haveagroup up there andthey are swingingtheir wandslike crazy, they try various things, but none ofthemseemstowork because they cant produce any magic.

That is why I thought it cant be helpedifthey are like this.

Those who dont have the kind of blood that the spirits like will be having difficultiesto learn magic no matter how hard they try.

[Ara, Dening-san. Are you alone?]

[Eh?]

I can hearthecalm and composed voice of a girl.

When I turnaroundtolook,what I see is a girl standing there wearing a black robe.

A girl whohasacomposedbearing with a waist-long brown hair and wearing a pair of glasses was flying and now stood before me.

[Why are you here, sensei?]

She is one of the magic researchersemployed in this academy.

She is also someone who is responsible to teach about magic inasimple way in this academy. She is called Aruru sensei. And that sensei right now is looking at me with a sweet smile plastered on her face.