Hard Work Will Never Betray Me - CH 106

After we finished summoning the divine beasts without any problems other than the occurrence that the summoned divine beasts turned out to be an egg, the rest of Marie’s thankful talk began.

Lily was holding Ash , the ash ice wolf Fenrir, Iris was holding Leon , the camouflaged king dragon King Chameleon, and I was holding the egg Tama-chan (a tentative nickname until it hatchet). We sat side by side holding egg, and listened to Marie talk.

Now that we have completed the Divine Beast Contract, let’s move on. Do you remember that I told you at the beginning that there were two spells that you would have to learn?”

Oh, that’s what she said. I had forgotten about it because the Divine Beast Contract was so significant.

“I will explain the other one now.”

We subconsciously straightened our posture, thinking that we were going to be asked to do some more work, but Marie saw this and said with a wry smile .

“You don’t have to be so tense . What I am about to tell you is not something you will be able to do in a day or two.”

We patted down our chests with a movement that sounded onomatopoeic. The synchronization rate is over 90%.

Marie-san, who coughed deliberately, spoke with a tone of sarcasm.

“Well. Have you ever wondered why you can use magic?”

“Why can we use magic?”

It’s a very basic but …… difficult question. It’s a philosophical question. I can easily take the question because I know a different world from this one, but for the people in this pure world, where magic has been around since birth, the question must be meaningless.

All we can say is, “Because …… we have an aptitude for magic, isn’t that it?”

A question like, “Why do people die?”

Lily and Iris respond to Marie with expressions like, “On the contrary, why are you asking such a question?” The question is probably a fair one.

“The question is a fair one. Then let’s switch to the question of how the magic is activated.”

“How ……”

“I was taught that magic is cast by kneading the magic in the body and altering the world according to a magic formula …….”

“Well, it’s not a mistake. What exactly is the magic power inside the body?　And how exactly was the magic formula discovered?”

“……, I don’t know.”

“Master, it is too difficult.”

It seemed that the question was a little too difficult for the two of them. But, well, it could not be helped. There was no way that the two young people, inexperienced in life, could answer in a few minutes what the ancient Greek philosophers must spent their entire lives trying to figure out.

“What about you, Eberhard? You’ve been quiet for a while now. ……”

“……I think there’s probably some kind of substance we call magic power. It must be so small that we can’t see it, and it’s in all kinds of things, like air, water, and food . We take it into our bodies through breathing and eating and manipulate it to use magic. Am I right?”

This is just my own guess, but it is not far off the mark. Even electric power, which is a representative form of invisible energy, is a flow of tiny particles called electrons. It would not be surprising if magic power is also made up of similar particles.

“I am surprised at this. How did you learned it?”

“Well, I just kind of knew.”

The reason I was able to answer in this way is because I was able to guess it naturally with my knowledge from my previous life. It was a cheating , so to speak. As long as it is not a answer that I came to through my own hard work, it is not something I can be too proud of.

“This is a hypothesis that has only recently been discovered by many years of research by the Court Magician’s lab and the professors of the Academy of Magical Arts. …… Well, continue. The magic power we kneel when we use magic. Recent research has suggested that this magic power may be in the form of particles too small to be seen by the human eye. And some researchers call it magic element.”

“Magic Elements: ……”

“In general, humans, animals, and other living creatures refine their magical power by taking in air, water, food, and other substances that contain magical elements. In the case of monsters , it is thought that magic power is generated either by rapid absorption of magical power or by gradual transformation over generations while taking in water and air rich in magical power.”

I had thought that the science of this world ……, or rather the Empire, was far behind that of the Earth, but surprisingly enough, it seems to have progressed quite a bit recently

This may have something to do with the country’s political system and religion. Christianity, the great criminal who stalled the progress of science in the Middle Ages, does not exist in this world, and though the social institutions that believe in the myth of the founding of the Hylant may look like churches, they are similar to Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples in terms of the way things are. There are no ton of theories, such as the Heavenly Motion Theory, in the pursuit of science. Nor are they suppressed.

In addition, it is one of the largest countries in the world, with abundant national power, and the reign of an excellent emperor and parliament has continued for several decades. This is a country that gave birth to an ancient magical civilization. The passion of learning seems to have been passed down from generation to generation.

T”he idea of the magical element is an idea found in historical documents excavated from the ruins of ancient magical civilizations. It has been ignored until now, but as research has progressed, it has been rediscovered.”

“Wow, ……, the ancients are amazing.”

Just as the ancient Egyptian and Greek civilizations contributed greatly to the development of learning, the ancient magical civilizations of this world also left behind great achievements that are still relevant today.

“In ancient times, the magical element was called pneuma. ……Now, I’m getting ahead of myself, but the reason I bring this up is, of course, because it makes sense.”

Marie doesn’t talk much about things that don’t make sense. We had understood this well over the past couple of days, so we waited with bated breath for what she will say next.

“The majority of the magical energy we consume when we use magic is taken in through our lungs by breathing. Then, the magical elements taken in are unconsciously converted and tuned to the wavelength that matches our constitution by the pineal gland, an organ believed to be located in the psyche. This converted and tuned magical element is the magical power.”

“I see, so there are differences in the wavelengths of each person’s magical power!”

“That’s what it means.”

“It was a long time ago when Mei and I were working on a magic battery. I remember that it took us a long time to create it because the wavelength of magic power differed from person to person like a fingerprint. I had never thought about why the wavelength of magic power differed from person to person, but there was a reason behind it.”

“But there is one problem with this. Do you know what it is?”

Marie asked, but there was no way we could figure it out without clues. All three of us were silent, our eyes filled with puzzlement.

“Have you ever suffered from larking of magic power?”

“Yes!”

“Yes, I have.”

“I have. ……Maybe that’s the problem?”

“Yes. The problem is that the recovery speed is very slow when you run out of magic power. Of course, you can recover it after a night or two of sleep, but if you’re in the middle of a battle, you’ll be collapsed due to it.”

That’s why we mages usually practice controlling our magic to save it and make efforts to improve our magic power itself so that we don’t run out of magic power.

“Let’s call it the magic power capacity or the speed of magic conversion. The reason why there are individual differences in what is generally referred to as the amount of magical power is because there are differences in how well the body adapts to magical elements. This can be increased through training, but it is not common to reach a ridiculous amount of magical power like Eberhard’s.”

I am special, to say the least. I’ve been blessed with the skill of ” practice makes perfect,” and I’ve been training in magic every day since I was born.

“I’m not sure what to expect. The second spell that you will learn in this training is the secret spell of the Elves called ‘Dragon Vein Astral Connect’!

Marie proudly proclaimed, pointing at us with her chest outstretche