I tried various things with the mountain ox.
After catching it from the front, I carried it up and dropped it head first to the ground.
I dropped my hips deeply and countered with an unsuspecting fist strike.
Low kicks, high kicks, roundhouse kicks. I tried combinations like that.
I tried lots of things. All of them were able to kill mountain oxen instantly.
As a result, I was able to secure the income of three mountain cows, but it didn’t fulfill my goal of learning how to use my power and use it well at all.
In the end, I feel like I’m relying more on my physical abilities, not my skills.
I felt like I could win by randomly messing around with strong characters.
That’s not interesting. I want to get it to work better.
「I think it’s better to learn the proper techniques somewhere else Sword fighting, martial arts, etc. I wonder if I should join some kind of dojo like that.」
After cashing in the three oxen, I wandered around the city at random and thought about such things.
At this rate, I’ll be able to hunt even if I have to do a sloppy punch one of these days, and that’s just too uncool.
I think about various things while randomly walking around.
One of the passersbys was dressed in a magician-like outfit.
He is wearing a long robe and carrying a staff.
Magic, huh? Come to think of it, Armosso ate my magic. I guess you could say that was a skill.
「Come to think of it…」
Can’t I use …… magic?
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「As it turns out, it’s possible.」
I’m already familiar with Salamus.
When I visited the Trading Company and told him that I wanted to use magic if I could, he said yes.
He knows a lot of things I don’t know, so he’s very helpful.
「Really?」
「Yes. Basically, as long as you are human, you have magical power. It’s just a matter of whether or not there is enough of it, and whether or not it can be successfully used as magic.」
「Everyone? No exceptions?」
「None. Sometimes it’s too weak to be of practical use, though.」
「Huh.」
「Would you like to take an examination? You won’t be able to use it right away, but there is a way to quickly check how much magic you have.」
「Can we do it here?」
「I’ll be with you in a moment.」
Salamus withdrew to the back of the store. After a while, he came back with a crystal ball.
He placed it on the counter and said.
「This is the tool to do it. If you touch it with your palm open in this way…」
The crystal ball was transparent, but as soon as Salamus touched it, the center began to glow.
The light was like a miniature light bulb, wavering feebly, as if it was about to go out.
「Sorry if I’m out of line, but …… does this mean you’re pretty weak?」
I asked him just what I intuitively felt.
「Yes, sir. I have no talent for magic, I’m afraid. Well, the best I can do is to use magic to verify the authenticity of the royal crest.
「Oh, I see.」
I remember the soldiers doing this when we first entered the city.
「Do I have to just touch this? Do I need to do anything else?」
「No, sir. If you touch it, it will be discernible. That’s what that article does.」
「Got it.」
I placed the palm of my hand on the crystal ball.
A moment later, the same light began to glow from the center.
White light, so blinding that it was hard to look directly at it.
It spread explosively – and the crystal ball exploded.
The crystal ball shattered and crumbled into pieces. Debris scattered around the room.
「Th, this is …….」
「Let’s see ……, what does this mean?」
「I’ll be with you in a moment.」
Salamus retreated once more to the back and brought out a larger crystal ball.
「Here we go, let’s try this again.」
Was there some kind of malfunction or was it defective?
I put my palm over the large crystal ball, thinking about this.
The center began to glow, and a dazzling white light spread out – this was the same as before, only this time it glowed and did not explode.
「This shade is …… or …….」
「What the hell is going on?」
「That’s a lot of magic, sir.」
Salamus said with a hint of admiration.
「A rough estimate would be a hundred times the size of the average adult male. …… Oh, dear.」
「A hundred times. That’s about right.」
The result was subtly disappointing.
The skill I received before I came here was 「777 times all abilities」. If the result is a hundred times higher than normal, it means the original is quite low.
…… No, it’s not like that if you think about it. It would be strange if I, a Japanese person, had enough magical power to use magic normally.
If you told me that the original was zero and multiplied by 777, it would still be zero, I would normally agree.
Yeah, that makes sense.
I was satisfied with that, but Salamus was looking at me with a strange look on his face.
He looks surprised and respectful. His face looks surprised and respectful.
「Indeed, as expected of Yuuki-sama, I underestimated you. I didn’t think you had the power of a court-ranked magician in magic as well.」
「I have enough magic power to use it, right? So how do I actually use it?」
「There are two ways to do that. One is to get a proper teacher to help you determine what magic you are good at and learn that. It’s the correct method.」
「I guess. What’s the other one?」
「It is limited to offensive magic, but if the magic you actually absorb in your body is something you are gifted with, you will naturally learn to use it. However, this is the most dangerous way to go, because it is hazardous to your life…」
Salamus said, frowning.
Well, I mean ……, which you can use if you absorb it.
I held up my hand and did it somewhat gingerly.
「I’m pretty sure it was fire magic that I got from Almosso…」
A fireball came out of my palm.
Oh, I could use some magic. I see… I’ll just have to absorb it once somewhere.
If that’s the case, I don’t need to go out of my way to learn it, because I’ll gradually learn to use it.
But magic, huh?
If I can use fire magic, I’d like to learn ice magic next, if possible.
For example, I could make a flame with my left hand and ice with my right hand like this.
「Oh! And ice magic. As expected of Yuki-sama.」
Salamus said, but I was surprised.
How come I can use ice magic?
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「Master!!!」
When I came home, Miu suddenly hugged me with tears in her eyes.
「What’s the matter, Miu? Welcome back, Fluffying…」
「Master! Master!」
Miu clung to me for dear life. She’s very frantic and her body is shaking.
「What’s the matter?」
「It, it came out.」
「What is it?」
「It came out!」
「As I asked before, what came out?」
「Uuuu……」
She buries her face in my shoulder and clings to me.
What on earth did she say just came out?
A rat? Or a G (C – cockroach)？
She’s a girl, so it could go either way.
Snap! I heard the sound of something bursting.
「Hiiiii!」
Miu was terrified. The cause seemed to be this sound.
I looked in the direction of the sound. I hear it from the mansion.
The dry sound of cracking – a rapping noise.
「Oh, I see. Come to think of it, this place is haunted, isn’t it?」
「Eeeeeeeeeeeehh! Master……」
Miu looks like she’s about to start crying.
「Sorry, sorry, I forgot to tell you. I mean, I plain forgot.」
But yeah, it really was a haunted house. I’ve been having such a normal day that I forgot all about it.
I’m fine with it (no real harm done), but if Miu is like this, we’d better do something about it.
I look at the mansion, and think. Now, what to do, I wondered.
「Nnn? It lit up for a second…」
Before I could say anything else, the mansion unleashed a blast of ice magic.
A number of arrows made of ice appeared and flew at me.
I knock them down.
The mansion fired another ice arrow at me.
「It’s amazing. It’s like a fortress.」
It was kind of fun and I was getting excited.