Since When Did You Have The Illusion That You Don’t Have Magical Powers?! - CH 16

But still. Even if it wasn’t my fault, I thought I had to do something about it, and then Aquila jumped in front of Fenrir. I wondered what on earth he was going to do when he started chanting. He probably intends to hold Fenrir down with magic. It’s true that if he stops this commotion, ‘as expected of Perfectio’ will be all the talk. Most likely, he must have been pushed out by the Earl.

However, chanting right in front of Fenrir is like asking to get attacked. In the first place, magicians who need to chant don’t play vanguard. Distract the opponent with physical attacks and chant while releasing attack magic. Chanting in front of the enemy is like asking them to attack you.

Sure enough, in the middle of his incantation, Aquila was attacked by Fenrir and trampled by its thick paws.

Willide glares at Aquila, who is pinned to the ground, unable to move and exhaling bitterly.

“Hmph, I have more magical power than you! Do you understand that now!”

No matter what he says, I don’t feel anything, but it’s hard to forgive the bad hobby of tormenting a small child. In the first place, summoned beasts aren’t meant to be used like that. As expected, I couldn’t stay silent, so I raised my voice.

“……Hmm? Is that so?”

“……Br, bro, ther1.”

Aquila looked up at me and indeed called me brother. I was a little surprised that Aquila still thought of me as his brother, even though I had been thoroughly excluded in Perfectio.

It seems like you’ve successfully buttered up to the Duke’s family, but don’t get conceited with such a low level summoned beast like Cait Sith. I’m a much more excellent magician than you.”

Willide arched his chest proudly.

You shouldn’t get too carried away, should you? You’ll be very embarrassed later on.

“I’m not particularly conceited. Do you know that it is essential to use magic in the right place, at the right time and in the right way? If you don’t understand that, you shouldn’t be flaunting your magic in a place like this.”

“What? Snobbish! Even though you can only summon a summoned beast the size of Cait Sith!?”

Willide shouts loudly. Really, why did Earl Brooks bring him to the tea party? Above all, why doesn’t he stop him when he’s causing such a ruckus? You can’t ruin someone’s tea party like this and then tell them that ‘my magic is great’. No matter how much magic he can use, if it were me, I would never support someone like this, and I would definitely make him pay for the tableware he broke. And I won’t forgive him for making fun of my cute Cait Sith.

In this situation, let me tell you a little bit about summoned beasts.

The summoning of a phantom beast is magic that uses your magical power as a medium to summon a phantom beast from the Phantom Realm. This Phantom Realm is a different world from the one we live in. It is said to be the realm of the Goddess. Those who possess a certain amount of magical power can interfere in this realm of the goddess. However, since it is still a special kind of magic, only a few magicians are able to use it.

Phantom beasts summoned from the other world feed on the magic of the person who summon them in order to stay there. When the magical power weakens, the phantom beast cannot maintain its substance, so it returns to the world of phantoms. Summoning magic is a very difficult magic for magicians, as it requires magical power to summon the beast and magical power to keep it in existence.

In other words, the strength of the phantom beast depends on the magical power of the magician. If you are only competing for glamour at an event like the imperial performance, you can summon as many magnificent phantom beasts as you like. But when it comes to actual combat, such magic-eating beasts are nothing more than a decoy. It is not possible for a magician with an ordinary amount of magical power to keep giving a huge amount of magical power to a phantom beast. By the way, it’s not impossible for me.

So I wondered, which one of us is the snobbish one?

Magic for magic, summoned beast for summoned beast. I have no choice but to thoroughly show the difference in power to such a brazen fool.

“From the abyss, slaughterer, Orthus2.”

Black flames welled up from the summoning circle that spread out at my feet. A roar that shook the earth resounded, and a two-headed black beast twice the size of Fenrir appeared. A serpent swirled on its back, and it was a sight to behold.

“Erase it.”

When I gestured to the opponent to be defeated with my chin, Orthus attacked Fenrir in acceptance3. When the two jaws bit into the white body, Fenrir instantly disappears. It is so fleeting that it disappears at the slightest touch, it can’t even be a decoy.

In short, this is the difference in magical power. Orthus that I summoned and Fenrir summoned by Willide are no match at all.

But commanding ‘erase it’ with my chin might have sounded a bit villainous. When I looked at Percival, he smiled and shrugged his shoulders.

I guess I’m a villain after all. I don’t want to be a bad guy, so next time I’ll do it in a more pure atmosphere.

Willide’s proud Fenrir was instantly erased, and he looked astonished. I guess up till now, he only faced opponents who he was familiar with.

But the world is a big place, Willide. There are plenty of opponents stronger than you.

After defeating Fenrir, Orthus will soon return to the Phantom Realm. His form is too stimulating for the ladies.

“……So?”

I turn to Willide to ask what’s next.

“………So??”

Willide replies in a shaky voice.

No, like I said, so? You boast that you have superior magical power can summon a summoned beast stronger than my Cait Sith, don’t tell me it’s only Fenrir?’

I smiled and said, as if to rewrite the impression of the villainy face I had just now. Since I have the likeness to the Spirit of Twilight, so if I can put this commotion to rest with my benevolent smile, that’s fine. If you’re still motivated, of course I’ll be your opponent. Of course, I’m not going to go easy on him.

What bothers me is that His Excellency the Duke is keeping silent. It’s possible that he’s trying to take advantage of the situation in some way, or he’s just amused.

……It could be the latter, though, since it’s that Duke.

For the time being, I pick up Aquila who is still lying down and stand up, and wipe the dirt off his clothes. I’m sure it’s the outfit that the madam put her heart into for today.

He has an injury on his calf that is sticking out of his shorts, but he’ll have to take care of this on his own. It’s not an injury that requires the use of Aurora’s holy magic.

“Have the wound taken care of later.”

“……Yes.”

Aquila has never spoken to me since I was deemed to have no magical power, but he nodded obediently to my words. He is still expressionless, so I guess he is still unable to swallow the situation.

“Percival, I’m sorry, but can you take care of Aquila?”

“Yeah.”

Percival picked up Aquila and quickly moved away from my side. I’ve applied a barrier spell, so I don’t think there will be any more damage to the Duke’s garden or guests. Besides, Willide can’t summon a summoned beast as destructive as Fenrir anymore.

It’s me that has more of a problem. I took terrible damage when I helped Aquila up. My arms are cramping and twitching because I forced myself to lift something heavy. I am woefully powerless.

“Ah, don’t think it will end like that! O whirling wind! Beast of the gale that soars through the sky! Gryphon4!”

Gryphon, a chimera of an eagle and a lion, appears from the magic circle with a gale.

It’s true that it looks magnificent, but it seems that Fenrir used up most of the magical power earlier. Willide is breathing heavily, completely exhausted. If you don’t get it over with quickly, you’ll run out of magical power and faint.

“Did you learn that the strength of a summoned beast depends on the magical power of the caster?”

“I-I I know that kind of thing!”

“……Fuun. Well then, let’s get a real feel of it. Cat Sith.”

The black cat, which had been watching the commotion from a while ago, jumped in front of me.

“……Ha! You think you can defeat my Gryphon with such a small summoned beast!’

Even though he had turned pale until just a moment ago, his expression turned triumphant as soon as he saw Cait Sith. I guess he had used up all his magical power on Orthus.

“No, that’s why. I told you earlier. The strength of a summoned beast depends on the caster.”

“Obliterate that little fish with a flap of your wings! Go! Gryphon!”

The Gryphon let out a roar and spread its wings wide.

“Show him the difference in power.”

“Leave it to me, Masterー♪”

Cait Sith replied lovingly and kicked the ground. The cat’s leaping power brought it close to the Gryphon in the air, and it swung down with its tiny paws.

“Goodbye nya”

The battle was instantaneous. The moment Cait Sith’s claws touched Gryphon, its massive body dissipated.

melon: I had to choose between Griffin, Griffon or Gryphon. The Japanese name was グリフォン (Gurifon) so I striked out Griffin, tbh I was leaning towards Griffon but when I googled it, a lot of dog pics came out.  So Gryphon it is.

Aquila uses the very formal aniue

a 2 headed dog with a snake for its tail. According to myths, it is the brother of Cerberus, the 3 headed dog.

acceptance as in he accepted the order.

it has an eagle’s head and lion’s body, and it also has wings