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Published at 16th of December 2019 10:15:40 PM
Chapter 219

The East Mountain


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“There you are . ”

“Ah…you’re awake then . ”

“Something roused me . And you were gone . ”

 

Daniela said as she tossed a stick into the fire .

 

“And then I detected five humans a short distance away . One of them was you . ”

“Uh-huh . ”

“But now they are gone . …Were they bandits?”

“Yeah . ”

“I see . ”

“Their base is somewhere halfway up the east mountain . We should be careful that we don’t bump into them…”

 

Daniela pulled at my sleeve while I talked . What? And so I sat down next to her .

 

“You must be tired . I will take the watch from here . You should rest . ”

“My time’s not up…”

“It is fine . ”

 

Her arm went around my shoulder and pulled me down so that my head landed in her lap . It seemed that there was no room for argument…

 

“I am not such devil as to force you to stay up when you look like that . Get some sleep . ”

“I look fine . ”

“Not to me . ”

 

She slowly ran her fingers through my hair . If I fell asleep like this, she would end of with rather numb legs . But I didn’t want to move… Her hands made all of my thoughts melt away . And like that, I fell into a deep, dreamless sleep .

 

“Asagi . You are more tired than you know . It is on your face . I am here so that you are not crushed . Not broken . Rely on me while you are alive . It is one of my joys in life . ”


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I thought I could hear Daniela’s voice .

 

 

Morning . I woke up feeling quite refreshed and with my face on Daniela’s thighs . Maybe I really was that mentally drained… I could only be grateful to her .

 

I thanked Daniela as I got up and then took out our breakfast from the hollow bag and then handed it to her . It always felt good to watch her enjoying her food . Now, to eat mine .

 

“Mmmm… We should arrive at the mountain before midday . ”

“It did seem like the bandits had walked here . ”

 

They had probably used a telescope to find us . Damn it… What if they attacked while we fought the dragon? That would be terrible .

 

“Well, there is no point in worrying about that . We will start searching from the top when we reach it . Can I count on you?”

“Yes-yes . ”

 

Our discussion on magic defense tactics continued as we walked .

 

“What about ice and water? Have you come up with any good ideas?”

“Yeah . There is something I’ve been thinking about using in the tournament . But it’s more support magic than defense magic . ”

 

And so I told Daniela about the mist spell I was thinking about using .

 

“There is something like that . Rainy Mist . You use it to blind enemies with mist . ”

“So it already exists…”

 

I was horribly disappointed at the revelation that I hadn’t invented it . And this had happened before as well…

 


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“You could use that as a starting point and alter it?”

“Starting point… I see . ”

 

Creating mist alone was simple enough . If you could use water magic, anyway .

So, what could I do? I would have to give it some thought .

 

First, using multiple spells of different attributes at the same time . I had assumed this was impossible until recently . But if I could use ice and water simultaneously, perhaps I could create something that was easier to control .

 

For instance, freezing mist . A tornado iceberg . Shaved ice…ice cream…no . My mind was going to weird places . Hmm . My head hurts . I hate thinking about these things . Magic was often about your imagination, but I wished it was simpler .

 

And so I practiced using multiple spells simultaneously as we walked . ‘Jack of all Trades, Master of None’ was quite useful here . I could see the swirling current of magic within my brain . And there, I would create the colors of ic and water . It reminded me of that first time Daniela checked what magic I could use .

A rushing river . It was cold, frozen . But then it started to melt from the water beneath it . And then it flowed on without stopping . My magical energy . Towards the exits . My left and right hands .

 

“Oh?”

“I did it…”

 

A block of ice was in my right hand and an orb of water in my left . I kept them there and then slowly moved them . They floated away from my hands and then orbited around me like satellites . They could go up or down . I could adjust their speed . They could reverse their course . While this wasn’t particularly useful, I now knew that I could do it .

With a sigh of relief, I deactivated the magic . And then a wave of exhaustion rushed through me . It used a lot of energy…

 

“We should have bought some potions . ”

“We were in a hurry…phew…”

“But this is amazing . You have done something that even I cannot do, Asagi . ”

“Hehe . Thanks . ”

 

I basked in the sense of accomplishment as well as the fatigue as we walked . Then Daniela suddenly stopped .

 

“What?”

“Is this it? Where you fought?”

“Hmm…oh, yeah . It’s here . ”

 

This is where I killed the bandits who had tried to attack us yesterday . There was so much on my mind at the time, that I had just left them there . All four of them .

 

“I’d like to bury them . ”

“I will help you . ”

“Thanks . ”

 

Daniela used earth magic to create four holes . And then I lowered the bandits that I had killed into them . I put my hands together and prayed for their souls before throwing the dirt over them . Then I put the swords over the graves and we were finished . I felt a sense of closure .

Daniela had even joined me in my prayers . Always kind…

 

“…Alright, let’s go . ”

“Aye . We should hurry . ”

“Got it . ”

 

My little indulgence had cost us some time . It would now be past midday when we arrived . Still, I felt good and optimistic . I knew I wasn’t being the easiest person to be with, but this was one of those things… Well, it was just how I was…

 

It was with such reflections that I followed after Daniela .

 

 

In the end, we reached the foot of the mountain before I had a single good idea . Daniela didn’t have any either, and she focused on creating her own magic . It had only been a short time, but she was already starting to activate things .

 

“If I could only freeze time…”

“It is impossible . Well, maybe with dimension magic . ”

“Grrr…”

 

Imagination was key, but that was hard . You had to take your fantastical ideas and imagine them as if they were real . But it was hard to imagine things that seemed impossible . Why couldn’t I just imagine things as a very vague image?

 

“If it were that simple, everyone would be a great sorcerer . ”

“You’re not wrong…”

 

Damn it . The world really was against you sometimes .  

 

“We should focus on just finding the dragon today . And when we do, run immediately . ”

“Shouldn’t be too hard with my legs . ”

“Indeed . ”

“What about the bandits?”

“Nothing . We can tell the guild as part of our report . ”

“Right . There’s no need to go the extra mile . ”

“Exactly . ”

 

It was past midday now . We quickly ate our lunch and then prepared for a possible battle . Of course, I would be carrying Daniela, and she wouldn’t be able to do much in that position . But, we prepared our minds to use magic .

 

After a brief rest, I picked Daniela up and activated Legs of the God Wolf . The platinum and green wind blew as I stepped on air and launched us into the sky .

 

 

While I did say it looked like a table mountain, there weren’t exactly precipitous cliffs . A manageable slant, really . And it was halfway up that slant that we saw the bandits . Well, there was a pillar of smoke that marked them out . You couldn’t miss it .

 

“So that must be their base . ”

“Looks like it . They’re drinking like a bunch of idiots . ”

 

It was as if they had long forgotten about the four who had not returned in the night . Some friends…

 

Well, it was nothing to me . I was their executioner .  

 

“Alright . We’ll go around them and reach the mountaintop from the other side . ”

“Yes, it would be very annoying to be caught . ”

 

I nodded and changed course to the southeast . We could see it from here, but we would have to get closer and land in order to investigate, and we’d surely be seen… Damn it . Bandits were just about the most inconsiderate people in this world . I sighed and continued to rush through the sky as if sliding on ice .

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