Hard Work Will Never Betray Me - CH 102

“Do you want to touch him?”

Marie asked me while fluffing up Peter. The fluffy bunny and the little girl playing with each other looked like a divine picture of religion, to put it mildly.　No, I was to be a wall to watch over this happy scene.

“I don’t know what kind of nonsense you are thinking, but I am older than you.”

“Come to think of it, ”

The high elf’s clear white porcelain skin and dazzling silver hair give her a godlike appearance that is not of earth, but she is a human being of course. She is a High Elf who has lived for 200 years.

Two hundred years would mean that she would have been born in the Edo period if she had lived on earth . It was not even the Meiji era. I wondered what had happened since my reincarnation. . I’ve heard that rabbits mistake your finger for a carrot and take a chunk out of it.

“…… Oops.”

My palm unravels. The fur is so soft and warm that normally I would never touch it if I lived in a normal world. Is this a rabbit?

……

Peter’s eyes met mine. I thought he would not be very smart because he is a rabbit, but surprisingly, his eyes had a light of intelligence in them.

“Peter, how old are you now?”

I asked, and Peter stamped his foot seven times.

“, …………7?”

Then he stamped his foot again.

A” girl?”

–DUN-dun-dun.

“Boy?”

–Dun-dun.

Well, it seems that one “dun” is an affirmative and two “duns” are negatives. I knew he understood me.

“He’s smart.”

“Yes, Peter, you’re very clever.”

Marie-hugs Peter-kun with an innocent smile like a little girl. The four words “the strongest in the kingdom” do not come to mind when I look at her.

“Master, “I could understand why Peter is so cute but how he will help in battle?”

“Hmm?”　The enemy won’t attack if there’s a cute little bunny, can they?”

“”Huh?””

Don’t tell me you are serious?

” Relax , it’s just a joke ”

“When you says it, it doesn’t sound like a joke. ……”

“Does it fit the image?”

“Master, ……, I’m sorry to tell you this. , but the feeling of discomfort is not doing the work at all. …… that ……”

“Yes, !　You are all insulting me!　I’m going to turn you into worms for dinner tonight!　If you don’t finish it, I’ll change you into a caterpillar and leave you in front of a giant spider’s web!”

“”Oooohhhh I I’m so sorry!””

Marie-could probably actually do it, and we are desperately sorry for our repentance. She must not be offended. Well, even when she’s angry, she’s cute, like a child throwing a temper tantrum.

✳︎

Let’s leave the jokes for now, then. As for the advantages of the Divine Beast Contract, first of all, it simply doubles your strength. And by having a connection with a being similar to a spirit, the contractor’s own aptitude for magic will be increased. In addition, it is also possible for the contractor to use spells that one is not good at, or to have the contractor take care of the magical power consumption. The process that would normally be done by spirit magic is now done by a divine beast. This is called Divine Beast Magic, not Spirit Magic.a”

“Oh.”

Hmmm…”

Marie now in a serious mode, explains the process while stroking rabit . Peter’s eyes narrowed as if he was comfortable every time she stroked him, and Marie-san kept stroking him with her tiny hands, which was just adorable, but I had to focus and listen to her.

“Can’t we just use spirit magic?’

Lily immediately asks a question. She is the talented daughter of the Duke of Bernstein.

“Spirit magic is fine, but it depends greatly on your aptitude and is difficult to use in areas where there are few spirits. On the other hand, with a divine beast contract, the divine beast itself is like half a spirit, so you don’t have to choose the place at all.”

“I see. ……”

Iris followed up with a question that went deeper into the previous answer. This is also a good point.

” I am not. Strictly speaking, a compatible divine beast is summoned according to the aptitude of the individual.”

What if there is no single suitable divine beast?”

. That’s a pretty good point , isn’t it?

“The pre-born form of the beast will be summoned. In other words, the pure and innocent Divine Beast will be dyed in its own colors.”

“Wow.”

Sounds like something I’ve heard somewhere in the Tale of Genji. Is it an adult manga?

“Especially in Eberhard’s case, he seems to have unique characteristics, so there might be some kind of oddity.”

Marie has raised the flag in a big way. This is going to be a bumpy ride.

“There are many advantages , but are there any disadvantages?　Like the cost of mana ?”

Iris cut in from the other side.

“Well, I don’t see any particular disadvantages. The food cost is also not a problem as long as you give it to them as a snack since magical power is their staple food. …… In other words, there is no reason not of doing it. Oh, and there is also the advantage of being recognized by others just for having a divine beast with you.”

“But if it has so many advantages, why don’t people use it?”

It’s the same with shady investment and whatnot solicitations. If you know you’re sure to make money, it’s not right that the entire nation’s occupation should be that of an Investor. When only the advantages are stressed, the simple question arises, “Then why doesn’t everyone else do it?

“”It’s simply because it’s so damn hard to get a Divine Beast contract.”

A girl mustn’t use such bad word as “damn!

“Are you her guardian? Well, Eberhard has a good point. Normally, people would be suspicious.”

The advantages were emphasized, but there was a flip side to those advantages. Not everyone can do it.

When I think about it, that’s a fair point. Not everyone can be the president of GAFA. Most people probably won’t be able to acquire the association.

“Well, that’s where I come in. I will do my best to help you to make sure that you will be able to get the Divine Beast Contract. The most important element for the Divine Beast Contract is magic power. I’m sure all of you can do it without any problems.”

Saying this, Marie stepped back and deployed a magic circle in the air. The magic circle is about two meters in diameter and is quite large. It is difficult to reproduce it with just a quick glance because of the complex magic formulas put into it.

You will have to look at this magic circle and decipher the magic formula. It may take some time, but once you understand what magic formulas are woven together to make up this magic circle, you will be able to use it on your own .

Marie pressed the magic circle onto the metal plate she had took from somewhere and burned the pattern on it.

“Look, Here is the magic circle that i transferred. The three of you will work together to unravel it.”

As if to say so, Marie-san went inside the house on Peter. Well, it seems that the training is indeed quite tough.

“I wonder if we can do it.”

Iris, who is not very good at writing, muttered anxiously,

“Well, we’ll just have to give it a try. Maybe it will be easier than we thought.”

Well, we won’t know until we try.”

Lily is also motivated. And Iris is by no means stupid. She has passed the examination for the Special Division at the Imperial . In fact, the knowledge of magic among the people here is of a fairly high standard, even within the Imperial Kingdom. This is because we did not take advantage of our aristocratic background, but rather took full advantage of it to study hard,……. Well, anyway, let’s be as enthusiastic as “If we can’t solve it, who else can?”

I took a table , a chair, a stack of papers, and a pen from my inventory.

“Let’s do it. The goal is for each of us to create a magic circle on our own.”

“Yeah.”

“Let’s do it!”

As the sun gradually rose, we sat around the table and quietly worked on analyzing the magic circle.