41ăActing ApprenticeăOne Teacher
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As a resultăit took Hinata several minutes to regain her sanityăMira in the meantime was talking about the situation of summoning magic acquisition to Creosăa.s.sessing the the material cost for the creation of sealed exploding magic stones was advisedăCreos expressed excitementăand promised to give his best effortă
After the talk finishedăAmaratti repeated her questions about the magic robe setăto which Mira dutifully answered in detailăAs soon as Amaratti heard about the effects generated from magic stonesăher eyes s.h.i.+ned as she bit at her clothesăEventuallyăAmaratti settled down when they agreed to ask Lily to make a setă
In the midst of the conversation of the three peopleăHinata finally rebootedăinterrupting by asking about the story details of Dunbalfâs apprenticeăas the others remained silentă
(Dunbalfâs apprenticeďźďźăIâve never heard of oneăBut that kind of techniqueăCreos had also mentioned itâŚâŚăAhďźăThen I wonderădid Dunbalf-sama retire? If that is the case maybe he put effort into the upbringing of his apprenticeă
Iâve somewhat decided on what to use expenses onăWellăitâs particularly thanks to Mira-chanăâŚâŚI wonder if it would be unpleasant to Mira-chanăBut I could ask for Creosâs inputăUunăitâs because itâs Creos-samaăThen what about Mira-samaďźăI wonder whatâŚâŚIt would be surprisingăIs it because of a kind of speech? Itâs awfully impressiveă
Amaratti likes clothesămore specifically magical girl fas.h.i.+onďźăIs that soăThe clothes are really cuteăMira-chanâŚâŚAlthough the atmosphere is slightly differentăMira-sama is the sameăMe tooâŚâŚWellăit doesnât suit themă
Rather than thatăWhat am I doing over hereďźďź)
(TLN: Hinata is following along with their conversation and talking to herself inside her mind)
Hinata had come to a conclusion after going around in circles in anguishăIn front of her was a famous personăhe had mentioned he was only acting as a stand-in SageăBut the fact was that he was still one of the highest ranked magicians in the continentăin an event at the Country of the Three G.o.ds a decade agoăa demon that attacked Alkite Kingdomăand being known as the strongest fighting power that fought alongside Luminaria remained unchangedăAndăthe girl sitting next to that person was said to be above themăOn one endăthat power was firmly burned into her eyesăAt the momentăHinata was present in the gathering of three people with the war potential equal to a countryăIt was impossible to be calmă
ăFuumuăas I thoughtăfor better efficiency it seems physical reinforcement products are neededă
ăThatâs right isnât ităI canât allow the students to encounter dangerăUsing Mira-chanâs equipment is much saferăbut because of the large amount of applicants it takes a lot of timeăIâve collected various equipment some time agoăbut itâs not good enough since there isnât anything powerfulă
Conversation with Mira started up againăit was discussion on the upbringing of new summonersăAs expectedăthe contentâs degree of difficulty of contracting and efficiency is a problemă
ăHouăis the equipment made for body strengtheningďźă
ăMostly one for vitality and one for physical strengthăBut because the effect increase is smallăwe canât guarantee absolute safety so I donât go ă
ăI seeăThen I may try and manage something ă
Mira pondered a littleăand concluded that some refining could be doneăEven if the equipment had a small effectăit was possible to extract and increase it with refinementă
ăReallyďźďźă
ăUmuăleave it to meă
Creos asked in earnedăwhile Mira replied with confidenceăThe exchange Hinata heard seemed similar to personal affairsă
Mira who made up part of the group of four was directed to the Summoners Warehouse Departmentăand was currently moving through the special study department inside the schoolăWith the lighting and furniture arrangementsăit was reminiscent of a n.o.bleâs mansion rather than a schoolă
Mira who asked Creos and Amaratti about the schoolâs historyăwas interested in a variety of different things in ităBehind those threeăHinata nervously followedă
Students who saw their appearanceăimmediately moved out of the way lining up against the wall with an expression of etiquetteăOn the other handăCreos with a bitter smile addresses themăPlease excuse us for the disturbanceăăWith this polite demeanorăfrom people who werenât under the umbrella of aristocracyănot just strangersăbut students had also fallen in love with CreosăAnd It wasnât just CreosăAll of the stand-in Sagesăwere humbleăand did not abuse their positionăThereforeăsome of the n.o.bles hadnât noticed ităThe stand-in Sagesăwere each compared with each other without any words spokenăButăat itâs core there were many n.o.bles who expressed their thanksă
After they had pa.s.sedăthe students began making noiseă
ăI understand if its Hinata-senseiăbut who was the girlďźă
ăAahhăthat child was really cuteă
ăI like Amaratti-samaăbut that girl is also goodă
ăSoăwho was thatďźă
Of course it wasnât someone they knewăand many speculations were madeăCreosâs illegitimate childăone of the threeâs younger sisterănew studentătower researcherăAmarattiâs magical girl fas.h.i.+on companionăEverything had been delusions with no connectionsăbut the students happily engaged in conversationă
Specialized Study Bas.e.m.e.ntăCreos stood in front of a dimly lit room inside the warehouse with every other magic department lined upăHinata opened the door with a key she borrowed from the staff roomă
In its own wayăparts of the warehouse was in good conditionăit was slightly dusty without airflowăand a light smell of paper and metal slightly driftedăThis was because Hinata had cleaned and organized it it on a regular basisăas she made effective use of her spare time being a part of the Summoning Magic Departmentă
ăHinata-senseiăCould you bring out all of the accessories?ă
ăYesăplease wait a momentďźă
With her spine and cat ears standing uprightăHinata tackled a corner of the warehouseăIn the meantimeăCreos spead out a stand in the center that had been propped up out of useăA myriad of symbols and shapes lined the surfaceăcreating a magic formationăIt was a refinement standă
ăSorry to have kept you waitingă
Hinata held a box within her handsăand placed it on top of the tableăCountless rings and necklaces were insideăThe materials were commonănone of which contained any mysterious poweră
ăAfterâŚâŚThisă
Creos while saying soătook a pouch from inside the warehouse and placed it on top of the table after arranging thingsăThere were turquoise and moonstonesăand countless amounts of crystal-like jewelryăIt was the materials required for refiningă
ăFumuăthen Iâll finish it quicklyăI wonder if all the accessories will be refinedďźă
ăThat wonât matteră
Mira began working with jewels side-by-side in a predertmined position for this refinement stageăas Creos took notesăCreos and Amaratti had once seen it when they were in the castle with the matter of the Accord Cannonăthey had stared and admired at what they sawăHoweverăHinata wasnât able to understand what was happeningă
Hinata was originally taught that refinement required care and timeăIt took thirty minutes to reform more than one accessory with refinementă
Andăit could be said that the true value to refinementăwas extracting the special effects that had been affixed to equipmentă
Right nowăMira finished processing the accessories into several refining stones and begun her next taskăThe work detailed the extraction of the effect from the accessories turning it into a stoneăand increasing the effect by refining ităBy doing soăthe sealed magic stoneâs effect would be upgraded upon completionăThe upgrade success rate wasnât efficientăbut it would surely be completed with enough repet.i.tionă
Approximately ten necklaces had been reformed on the standăand the stone refinement upgrade had completedă
(This isâŚâŚItâs refining isnât itďźďźăAlthough Iâve seen it several times in practiceăthis is differently entirelyďźăA mountain of sand is steadily growingâŚâŚ)
ăIâll do ită
Hinata exclaimedămoving away Creosâs handăand subst.i.tuted in for him in the sand hill removală
ăTo have it takenăCreos shrugged his shouldersăAmaratti advised expressionlesslyăPlease take Hinata-sensei into considerationăăCreos had good intentions and normally he did everything aloneăbut for a person with a superior positionăit was impossible for people lower than him to settle downăAmaratti had mentioned the circ.u.mstances several times intending for Creos to change his temperamentăbut it was still quite difficultă
Was it roughly thirty minutes that had pa.s.sed since Mira began refining? All of the accessories changed into sandăand twelve sealed magic stoneâs effects had increased on top of the tableă
ăAs I thought, itâs amazing isnât ită
ăYesăit really isă
Seeing it againăCreos and Amaratti couldnât help but to raise voices of admirationăHinata looked at the two who were acting as stand-in sages calm down witnessing the extraordinary phenomenon that altered common sense on its ownă
ăThis has increased Vitalityă and this has Physical Strength reinforcementăIf the accessories can endure what comes after then itâll be completeă
ăAccessories?âŚâŚAhăIn that case then perhaps around hereâŚâŚă
Creos began rummaging around the largest shelf in the warehouse while recalling somethingătaking out metal objects and things similar to work toolsă
A mountain of miscellaneous things gathered at his feetăand from the innermost part Creos came back with a tiny box in his handă
The size of the box could fit in both palmsăopening the lid after it was placed on the tableăsimple rings and necklaces without taste were insideă
Creos had created them when he was looking for new ways to acquire summonsăAs a resultăthe failures were resting in the back of the shelfăbut now a time for being useful had comeă
ăThey arenât beautifulăbut because the base is pure gold it should be sufficientă
Gold had high durability in retrospect to refiningăwhich made it a material that was useful for refining equipmentăAs Creos had mentionedăas a base for refining products it was sufficientă
ăFumuăCertainlyăThen shall I use these as the foundation?ă
Mira answered backătaking a gold ring and necklace to carefully refineăWhen the increased effect was transferred to the accessoryăthe sealed magic stones evaporated into colorless dustă
The usage of the foundation was repeated twelve timesăand creating the refined equipment had finishedă
ăThank you Mira-chanďźăItâs possible for many applicants to form a contractăReally, thank you very muchă
Creos expressed his grat.i.tude multiple timesăexpressing a very happy smile taking the refined equipmentăAnd this had also pleased HinataăShe wasnât able to understand what happened in front of her eyesăbut she understood that the accessories with strength reinforcement to help Summoners form a contract was completedă
ăI would also like to thank you as a Teacher for SummonersăMira-samaă
ăâŚâŚâŚâŚHinataăwhat is wrong with thouďźăThou seems strange in many waysă
ăThere isnât anythingăIâm very calmă
Hinata who was informed that Mira was in fact Dunbalfs apprenticeădid not know how to treat her and as a result showed a confused behavioră
ăUunăis it my fault afterall?ă
Creos smiled bitterly as he talkedăThe origin of cause came from telling Hinata without any careă
ăFuumuăIn the first placeăI donât have a t.i.tle like themăIâm only an adventurerăThereâs no need to be nervousă
Mira said while lowering her eyebrowsăwhile Hinata recalled the words that caused her to feel as suchăCreos had been told many timesăbut couldnât change his mannersă
After being troubled for a whileăHinata makes up her mind and speaks upă
ăMiraâŚâŚchanâŚâŚă
ăWhatďźă
Towards Hinataâs voiceăMira responded with a smileăWith the position of a teacherăHinata was weak to the smile of a childăAfter unconsciously loosening upăher cat ears stood up immediatelyă
ăThank you Mira-chanăI will do my best as wellă
Hinata was relieved of her former expression as Mira was also satisfiedăand being fired up once more she thanked her once againă
ăUmuăI couldnât overlook the present conditionăWhen thou needs a handăyou may call to me anytimeă
Mira did not spare her cooperationăDeveloping the upbringing of Summoners was a troubling taskă
And on this dayăHinata had unknowingly made a connection more powerful than any other magic departmentăShe would be unable to fathom until much later in the futureă
ăMira-chanăwhat are you doing after thisďźă
In the middle of the stairs going towards the first floorăCreos askedăMira had been thinking slightly about the committeeăWas it the result of 30 years? Mira had shown the board of review a magic that wasnât knownă Mira recalled with excitementădespite the immature representatives her magic had effectively changed themăAs suchăit was a matter of wanting to know about the changes that happened in the last thirty yearsă
ăIf possibleăI would like to look around this schoolă
Creos was delighted to hear those wordsăThenâŚâŚăHe immediately stopped as soon as he started talkingăInstead of showing her aroundăhe had remembered Amarattiâs wordsă
ăUmmăHinata-senseiăIf there arenât any lessons todayăCould you guide Mira-chanďźă
Hinataâs expression brightened from Creosâs questionăit was a direct conversation with Hinataă
Creosâs struggles were continuing to increaseăHinataâs current Summoning Magic cla.s.ses were held weeklyăThere was a lot of timeă
ăPlease leave it to meăI will accomplish it ă
Hinataâs cat ears rose in stimulation to her excited replyă
Upon reaching the first floorăthey parted from the two representativesăCreos left the school after repeating his thanks many timesăAmaratti was asked to give Lily her regards as she left towards another school building expressing her farewellăăUntil we meet againăă
After seeing the two of them offăHinata looked back towards Mira fired upă
ăMira-chanăwhere would you like to goďźăI can take you anywhereă
Hinata had been fidgeting her cat ears and tailăasking Mira where to go while calming downă
ăIf possibleăI would like to see the practical skill of magicians in a mock battle type environmentă
ăPractical skills and mock battles?ăIn that case training practice is okăRight now it should be the Magic Departmentă
ăHouăthat may be goodăWonât thou bring me there?ă
When mentioning the Magic Department Kairos comes to mindăthe charming points of Kairosâs magicăwas its originalityăOne could say that aspect had the largest change in the past thirty yearsăMira who was interestedăhurried Hinata alongă
(TLN: so magic department has been used often in the last few chapters, explaining it a little, the magic department thatâs referred to when making a connection with Mira was čĄĺ¸ç§Â which is a nonspecific magic study subject/department, while the magic department used in this scene is éčĄç§which means more literally black magic study branch. I guess for future translations, sorcery is probably more appropriate )
ăUnăitâs this wayă
Hinata while saying soăguided Mira to the training building that was adjacent to the specialty departmentă
They crossed over the first floor of the specialized study department opposite of the school gateăand came out the back door appearing in front of a building approximately half the size of the school buildingăItâs appearance was close to a gymnasiumăand inside the voice of a person along with roaring sounds could be subtly heard from insideă
The two entered from the front entrance of the training buildingăand were greeted inside the lobby as if it were an event for a meeting placeăNumerous simple chairs were lined upăaside from thatăseveral students were buying drinks or wiping away their sweată
ăOyaăHinata-sensei is ităDid the summoning department have a schedule here todayďźă
From the back of the lobbyăthe middle-aged man approached Hinata with his voice becoming louderăWith an average face that showed a nonexistent expressionăhe asked a simple question with slight tensionă
But rather than thatăfrom the beginning Miraâs attention was focused elsewhereă
(Jerseyăa Magic jerseyăItâs goodăit has such a comfortable appearance)
The middle-aged man was wearing a blue jersey top and bottomăExerciseăhouse clothesăand even for casual outingsăMira believed the clothes to be very usefulă
ăAhăSiegfried-senseiăGoodworkăNo schedule todayăbut Mira-chan wants to look aroundă
ăOh ohăwas it like that?ă
The middle-aged man named Siefried-sensei turned his sight towards the girl beside Hinataă
(Siegfriedâs jersey appearanceâŚâŚ)
Mira hid her faceărecalling something impolite trying to bear with her own laughteră
ăAnywaysăHinata-senseiăBecause my name is longăjust Sieg will doă
ăYesăbut for a new teacher like myself to address a senioră
Hinata answered conservativelyăThis exchange was not only todayâsăSiegfried who was fine with just his a nicknameăHInata had modestly declinedă
Siegfried dropped his shoulders in regretăand looks at Mira againăAs for Miraăshe had turned away looking around the lobbyă
ăUmmăso it was a tour?ăAs it is nowăis it alright for the magic department to train their magic techniques?It would seem to be dangerous for the girlă
Siegfried adjusted his sight back to Hinata saying soăAs a matter of factăthe Magic Departments training had only an aggressive natureăand touring would involve riskăHowever taking Mira into considerationăSiegfried was different than Hinata who knew her ability to a degreeăto the cute girl advised he advised with uncertainty in his eyes.ă
ăThereâs no need to worry around usăBecause Mira-chan is strongă
Hinata answered full of confidenseăwith her chest held highăThereăSiegfried recalled a report he had heard a while agoă
ăOh ohăthen this child was the representative for Summoning Magicăthis is the girl who stole first placeă
Finis.h.i.+ng his speechăSiegfried rushed up to Mira and held out his handă
ăNice to meet youăMira-chanăIâm a teacher of the Magic DepartmentăSiegfriedăItâs a shame the Magic Department was defeatedăyou did wellă
ăUăumuăIt was nothing specială
Siefried with his jersey appearance put on a good-natured smileăMira held in her laughterăas she accepted the handshakeăMiraăwho was the cause of the Magic Department placing secondăwas puzzled about the grat.i.tude expressedăHowever Siegfried seemed to be pleased with the hand shakeăand happily faced Hinataă
ăWellăcongratulations Hinata-senseiăCreos seems to be doing many thingsăthis is the beginning of Summoning Magicďźă
ăYesăThank you very muchă
Hinata seeedm happy about Siegfriedâs congratulatory speech and expressed her own grat.i.tudeăAnd Siegfried who received that smile blushed greatlyă
Summoners were currently in a weak positionăand Hinata struggled with many thingsăbut Siegfried concerned himself with her in many waysă
Mira became aware of such circ.u.mstances while watchingăSomeway or anotherăSiegfried seemed to be in love with HinataăAlthough they were defeated he had been able to consent to ităWhen youâre favorite person becomes discouraged from taking last each time in the reviewăworry begins to surfaceă
ăBut wellăsomething like that is fine isnât it?ă
Miraâs ability was reliableăSiegfried who understood consented to the tour
ăThank you very muchăâŚSiegfriedâŚsenseiă
Hinata bowedăand left to the back of the training building together with Mira towards the practice fieldăWhile seeing Hinata offăwatching her from behind with no response Siegfried let out a big sighă
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Authers Note:
Starting a staple wheat food plan following pancakes.