Reincarnated as a… Completely Average Person? - Chapter 163

Kotori and her party walked even further. At this point, all of Kotori’s mana had fully regenerated and she could even cast another mana buff. Although, it was pointless.

It should’ve been about late afternoon but since Kotori was underground and couldn’t see the sun she didn’t have any clue what the actual time. It was just based on her internal clock.

Kotori was beginning to think a bit more scientifically about the wall.

[Ok, so mana-based attacks works? Wait didn’t Amah do something with mana dyeing?]

Kotori began to cast [Gourmet] again, holding her flute, she launched a magical bolt using the mana dyeing method that Amah has used.

The bolt shattered the wall of the dungeon.

[Woah!]

The entire party stopped the see the hole that Kotori had made.

It was much larger than the hole made from the sound-based attack that she had launched earlier.

That was when Kotori realized

[Wait, the walls are made of mana, of course, I need to use mana to destroy them!]

It was the same sort of principle that hardness scales worked on. If one wanted to cut a diamond they needed to use another diamond or an even harder material to do so.

Kotori launched another bolt at the wall and the hole grew larger.

“This damn wall!”

She thought. It was hard! So incredibly hard. Even though she was doing much more damage she needed to hit it even harder.

Kotori lobbed another mana bolt, this one filled with her frustration.

[Eh? isn’t it bigger than the other hits] she thought.

Indeed the last mana bolt she shot did seem to have done more damage than the other shots.

[Do my feelings matter?] Kotori took the frustration of the past few hours and threw it at the wall.

“BAM!”

The wall shattered and on the other side was another corridor.

Kotori’s party looked awestruck.

“Impressive, I assume you figured it out then?” Amelie said.

“I think so…” Kotori said.

This “imbuing mana with feelings” business didn’t make that much sense to her. Kotori had always been able to achieve the results she wanted just by using her skills, but somehow these walls took more damage based on that theory.

It was very odd.

Kotori dismissed think about it too hard.

“So what do we do now?” She asked Amelie

“We could dig down, but I assume you’re not at full mana?” Amelie told her.

Kotori had used about half her mana testing the various method of digging and thus. Although she could dig down even further they would simply be stuck in a passageway.

“It would probably better to dig once I am full mana,” Kotori said,

Amelie nodded; she clapped her hands together.

“We might as well take a small break then?” Amelie said smiling.

“Mhmm” Kotori said.

The party sat down and had a small lunch consisting of the rations in their packs. The rations were simply a mixture of dried meat, lard, and flour, and rather similar to pemmican in their appearance.

Kotori gnawed on her piece of ration. It didn’t taste particularly good, but she couldn’t complain. Kotori fantasized about what she would eat if she was queen.

As if reading her mind, Amelie suddenly asked Kotori.

“So, Kotori what are you going to do if you become queen?”

Kotori froze. To be honest, she hadn’t really thought about that at all.

It wasn’t as if the thought had never crossed her mind but she had been preoccupied with thinking about winning instead of her own policies.

[I don’t really know how to rule…] Kotori thought.

She did have thoughts though, on what she wanted to do.

[That dumb Kingdom of Faramouth…]

Kotori did have a bit of a grudge vs the kingdom, between being snubbed by the Faramouth merchants and the bounty that was on her head it would be nice to put the kingdom in their place.

Still, Kotori first had to manage her domestic affairs first. It didn’t seem like she would last long if her first order of business was starting a war.

Although, Kotori did a plan up her sleeve in case revolt were to occur. She did hope that she would never have to execute on that plan but at least it was there.

Kitsura

I’m going to keep a list of books I read over the weeks.

This week,

5 volumes White Cat’s Revenge

2 Volumes Villainess Reloaded