Translator: AkazaTL
Pr/Ed: Sol IX
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Chapter 114 : Little Ones
"Then can I see them with my own eyes now?"
Was it my instinct as a Mage?
As soon as I heard that the spirits had opened their eyes, my curiosity about the unknown entities burned once again.
"Yep. I knew Master would be like that, so I called them all out beforehand. Here!"
Sherazade pointed to the top of the table with a sowhat triumphant expression, but,
"What exactly is here?"
"Hmm, as expected, you can't see them just like that......."
There was nothing visible, and Sherazade tilted her head.
"Master, give your hand for a mont."
Then, without waiting for an answer, she snatched my hand, interlaced her fingers with mine, and,
Smooch!
She kissed the back of my hand.
"......What are you doing?"
"You said you wanted to see the babies? I am temporarily increasing Master's affinity."
"Is there no other way than this?"
"There is a way of doing it on the lips or cheeks. Shall we do that from next ti then?"
"......I ask that you continue with this thod in the future."
"If Master talks to the babies a lot, eventually you will be able to see them without my help. Here, you see them now, right?"
Just as Sherazade said, I could see them now.
The four colorful little ones gathering on the table, shouting Kya kya, and jumping around.
'I suspected it might be so, but they look exactly like the drawing I saw last ti.'
Large heads and relatively short limbs.
Round faces, round features, and chubby wrists.
Colorful hats pressed down firmly.
The spirits had an appearance that reminded of simplified dolls made by compressing human children.
The colors of the hats pressed down firmly were red, blue, green, and yellow, respectively.
'One for each of the four elents, is that it?'
I watched the frolicking spirits silently for a mont before asking Sherazade.
"Are these four creatures, no, four people all of them?"
"Oh my! Oh my!"
Sherazade covered her mouth with her hand and made a very exaggerated expression.
"Our Master really knows absolutely nothing about the babies!"
"......."
Was it my imagination that her expression looked very happy?
"Of course, there are two more. When you talk about spirits, it is natural that six make a family!"
"Six?"
"Yep! Fire, Water, Wind, and Earth here, and Light and Darkness who are not fully awake yet."
"Why are Light and Darkness still sleeping?"
"I need to treat those two a bit carefully, so I'm going to wake them up slowly."
"Is there a reason those two get special treatnt?"
"Their power is so strong that they can be dangerous even as babies. So, it is better to open their eyes after building a little more trust. It will be more comfortable for those two babies as well if they open their eyes when they can fully control their power."
"......."
It seed there was a hierarchy of power among the attributes, and the ones in charge of Light and Darkness appeared to be stronger than the spirits of the four elents.
'Do the guys called Light and Darkness look this goofy too?'
Just as I was imagining the appearance of the remaining spirits who hadn't opened their eyes yet.
Kya! Kya!
Among the wiggling guys, the one wearing a green hat suddenly jumped up toward and started climbing up my arm.
Yip yip yip yip!
The guy who climbed up my arm to the top of my head busily rubbed his body against my face and shouted incomprehensible cheers.
"What is this guy saying right now?"
"Greeting. Our Greenie said he has been wanting to say hello to Master for a long ti."
"Greeting?"
"Yep. He says you sll like wind. So he says he really likes Master. He says he wants to be close friends from now on."
"......Right. Please tell him thank you for looking upon kindly."
For a mont, I wondered if he had mistaken the sll of blood for sothing else.
However, I couldn't bring myself to say that, so I just nodded.
Encouraged by the spirit expressing affection toward , I reached out to the remaining guys.
However,
'The reaction of the rest is lukewarm.'
Water and Earth just stared blankly at my hand and showed no particular reaction.
Rather, the Spirit of Fire.......
Yip yip yip!
It scread with a startled expression and hid its body above Sherazade's palm, observing with a cautious look.
"Yes, yes. Is that so? Master, Reddie says he doesn't dislike Master, but he is a little scared yet."
"It looks the bravest, but it seems to have the most shyness."
Having finished the basic verification of the spirits with this, I was lost in thought for a mont.
"So, what can these friends do?"
The spirits had cute appearances as if being cute was their only job, but that was different from what I wanted.
"There are many things they can do. They can make water or fire in the air, secure vision through the wind, hmm, and...... If the babies get bigger and stronger, they can do much more than now, but for now......."
Sherazade fell into thought to appeal to the competence of the spirits.
"Ah, Master, want to try lifting your sword? And try cutting here once!"
Sherazade clapped her palms together once and requested to draw my sword.
"Babies. Wait a mont!"
Then, after gathering the spirits onto her palm, she whispered sothing.
Yip yip yip!
Before long, the spirits nodded and locked arms with each other.
At that mont, I could feel a shapeless mbrane forming over the table.
Presumably, spirit power had wrapped around the table.
Woosh-!
I gathered 3rd Circle level Aura into the sword and struck the table just like that.
Clang!
Normally, it contained power that could cut through steel.
But the sword bounced right off the surface of the table.
'What is this!'
The fact that a table made of processed wood blocked a slash imbued with Blade Aura was amazing enough on its own.
But what was more surprising was the unknown sensation felt at the tip of the sword.
'It is completely different from Blade Aura or Mana Shield.'
When clashing with Aura, it felt like blade against blade, and when hitting a Mana Shield, it felt like striking a shield or a wall.
But what should I call this?
The wall of spirit power was completely different in nature from these two feelings.
The sword clearly bounced off because it was blocked by sothing, but no resistance was felt at the tip of the sword.
Should I say it felt like cutting empty air?
'Was this the reason Gillian had such a hard ti against Skada?'
In the past, Gillian had fought a total of three one-on-one battles against Skada, who wore the Magic Armor of Spirit Soul.
When asked for his thoughts after the first battle, he had answered like this.
"Alexar, to understand this feeling, the only way is for you to learn the sword and face Skada yourself. The feeling when cutting his armor cannot be explained in words. But if I really had to explain it......."
Gillian spoke with a perplexed expression he rarely showed.
"A dog-like feeling I've never experienced before."
Facing a 'power' whose essence could not be grasped, I felt intense curiosity once again.
'Shall I try a little harder this ti?'
I loaded 6th Circle level Blade Aura into the sword held in my hand.
And the mont the sword was about to touch the surface of the table!
"Stop!"
Sherazade grabbed my arm.
"The babies are getting tired! That's it for today."
Only after hearing Sherazade's words could I see the faces of the spirits held in her arms.
I couldn't check earlier because my curiosity was ahead of , but the spirits definitely had exhausted expressions.
"Right now, once a day, and even this much is pushing it. Later, when more ti passes, they will be able to do greater things, but."
"Sorry. I was impatient."
Realizing that the spirits had just woken up from sleep, I obediently admitted that I was hasty.
'She definitely said that a little while ago. That they grow according to ti and intimacy.'
I nodded with a satisfied expression.
Since I realized that these tiny little ones had such amazing abilities, waiting for their growth was no problem at all.
Anyway, my biggest goal was Gillian, and the biggest obstacle to achieving that goal was his.......
'Wait, simply put, his overwhelming sword talent that is impossible to explain in words.'
Of course, Gillian's ntal abilities such as leadership, guidance, insight, and power of execution were also burdenso.
But still, the most terrifying thing was Gillian's 'Sword'.
Even if the talents of myself and Gillian regarding magic and the sword were at an equal level, 'Magic' could not beat the 'Sword' in a one-on-one battle.
'As expected, these guys are the key. The thod to defeat Gillian must eventually be found here.'
Since the situation was like this, my expression looking at the spirits naturally had to change.
Sensing that before I knew it, Sherazade showed a triumphant expression once again.
"Ahem! How is it? My babies are really amazing, right?"
"Yes. It seems so."
Looking at the spirits of the four elents standing on Sherazade's shoulders and making triumphant expressions following her, I obediently nodded.
"Anyway Master, look forward to it! Because I and my babies will show you even more trendous things in the future!"
Perhaps my obedient acknowledgnt felt good, Sherazade humd with a highly spirited expression.
To them, I spoke in a low voice.
"Right. I sincerely hope so. Because my expectations are also very high."
***
"Haa......."
A deep sigh leaked continuously from the large mouth of Tecumseh, the Grand Chief of Eldrigal.
It had been four days since he t Ismael and headed to the capital of the country called Zodiac.
What filled Tecumseh's head during that ti was the question about the 'Grand Duke of Zodiac'.
'How does this person know that I and my family were chased out of the island? What on earth is he thinking by trying to protect(?) us?'
Tecumseh's question about the Grand Duke of Zodiac was so great that he even forgot his grudge against the group of traitors who kicked him out and completely took over the island for the past few days.
Since the current situation was what it was, the question about the Grand Duke soon flowed into negative thoughts.
"......Perhaps he plans to conciliate or deceive by conspiring with the High Priest's group? No. Even if he did that, there is nothing the High Priest could gain. If this person called the Grand Duke really colluded with the group on the island, he would have imdiately cut off my head and sent it to the island instead of doing this troubleso thing. After all, what the High Priest wants must be my head."
However, even after thinking about it all night for several days, the possibility that the High Priest and the Grand Duke colluded did not seem very high.
'If I knew a secret that the High Priest didn't know, there would be a need to deceive , but there is nothing I know that the High Priest doesn't know.'
Knowledge about the island, the history of ruling the island, dominance.
In every aspect, the High Priest had the upper hand over him.
'That must be why I ended up in this shape and form right now.'
No matter how many tis he thought about it, what the High Priest needed was his head.
While Tecumseh was groaning over a problem that had no answer whatsoever,
"In a short while, Grand Duke Reichart will arrive."
The servant who had been taking care of them at the temporary residence ca in and announced that the person he really wanted to see(?) had arrived here.
"Ahem!"
Tecumseh unknowingly let out a dry cough and stood up from his seat.
As he, the Grand Chief and head of the family, stood up, the family mbers gathered in one room also stood up in unison.
Gulp.
And by the ti those who stood up each swallowed dry saliva once.
"I am called Hein Reichart, who is overseeing the external affairs of Zodiac."
The door opened and finally, that person revealed himself.
Formal wear that was not flashy but neatly dressed.
The spirit felt in every single step and every single body movent.
An appearance where the modifier of a martial artist fit better than that of a politician or a noble.
And the Grand Duke who ca to find Tecumseh opened his mouth with a voice like a well-forged sword.
"It is an honor to et the legitimate owner of Eldrigal, the land where the souls of great warriors live and breathe, like this."
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