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TL: Thy Unsus
ED: EstrdNxlea
Two weeks have passed since training began. Everyone—whether or not they had grown accustomed to the world and their own magic, skills, and basic attribute values—was getting used to the treatment rapidly. In the meantime, I’m still practicing the foundation of magic, in which I’m working hard at manipulating magical power and circulating magical power. That’s right, for some reason I am able to do it. However, even now I don’t remember any skills. It’s strange, I am actually able to do it, so why doesn’t it display in my status?
In relation to magic, naturally I don’t remember anything. As for the basic attributes, there are a total of 7; fire, water, earth, wind, light, darkness, and space. Furthermore, there is something called ‘superior attributes’ on top of that, and as far as I know, there are 6 attributes; flame, ice, quake, thunder, tempest, and holy. And, there are respective levels for magic and skills, with the MAX being 10. There are individual differences, and you remember superior attributes and superior skills when you exceed the fixed level.
Now, everyone was concentrating on the basic attributes, whereupon they studied on how to handle magic. By the way, as I received permission from the king, I read the reference books which listed all currently known magic that were recorded, and received and applied the knowledge.
In relation with martial arts, although after narrowing it down to swords and daggers and training, similar to manipulating magic and circulating magical power, I didn’t remember any skills either. The Chivalric Order Head, Marcus, even said--- swords and daggers were left to beginners. Why I wasn’t able to remember skills, everyone was inclining their heads.ᴬ
And, during those 2 weeks, I also studied about the parallel world, Spherethailia. There are 5 races which differentiate in a big way: Demons, elves, dwarves, beastmen, and humans. In our world, demons were villains which resembled the appearances of humans, but in the parallel world, while their appearances were similar to humans, their magical power and intellect were extremely high in exchange for their physical strength being low, but they appeared to be gentle people.
Next, there are 2 main reasons demons are regarded as sacred.
The 1st reason.
At first, the Evil King appeared periodically (a roughly 50 year cycle), and it seems they had subjugated it each time it happened. Upon investigating why the Evil King sprung forth at fixed intervals, they elucidated the cause. The grudge produced from wars was accumulating, which evil tribes (called apparitions in our world) were born from, and they killed every race, so the grudge acquired was gathering in the same place. When it exceeded its fixed maximum amount, it was found that the Evil King would spring forth. However, it’s also noted that the evil tribes and Evil King aren’t necessarily born in the same place every time.
The 2nd reason.
Five hundred years ago from today, the Evil King had appeared once again. However, compared to the previous time, it had become far stronger. The cause was that it had taken 200 years since its previous subjugation, so it had accumulated strength. The evil tribes born at this time had also become stronger, and they had learned something like dark arts. Thinking they’d be destroyed like this, every race wished to fight together for a common cause, but the situation was still grave.
Therefore, the demon studied the black arts of the evil tribes, and a new technique which couldn’t be used by the evil tribes was developed: magic. The races, who before this were completely devoted to skills, were delighted with this. They learned magic from the demons, and everyone continued to grow stronger. There also was an oracle from the goddess, a summoned person from a parallel world carrying a holy sword in his hand successfully resealed the Evil King.
Hearing such, it's understandable why demons are regarded as sacred, as the thing called magic was made from the demons. Everyone understood why the king had gotten angry and scolded him during that time. That anger wasn’t common. But when they heard this history, everyone in the class understood. At that time, Gallot-san, who was in charge of teaching, he taught us about magic, the Demon Lord, and the demons in the world. Thus, when he also taught us the 3 kanji of those words next,
“Why do we use the same characters?” (Akane)
“Here, the Demon Lord appears to have created magic. If the goddess had created it, then they should use different characters, so why?” (Akane)
I had this question, but no one was able to answer it. Because it was decided from the olden days, no one thought of it as a problem. The goddess, in this case, was a game creator, so why would she name it in this way?
And while in class, I questioned it as I was also having doubts.
“Gallot-san, I understand that the Evil King was sealed by the power of the four Great Spirits and the holy sword, but the evil tribes are still running rampant in this world. What becomes of the grudge of the people who were killed because of the evil tribes, if that’s the case? Is it taken in by the Evil King?” (Akane)
“Akane, that’s a good question. There are 2 seals, which consist of the 4 Great Spirits and the holy sword. The inner part is the Evil King’s seal, and the outer part uses grudge purification of the holy attribute to purify the grudgeᴮ. It seems that the Evil King takes in grudge, so it was considered as precisely that. However, the seal still isn’t perfect. Although the formula technique is flawless, but it weakens every 100 years. That's because wars are occurring. Wars between races and nations easily spring forth grudge. Flaws in the purification system spring forth because of frequent occurrences of grudge. That interval is approximately 100 years.” (Gallot)
“It is sealed at great pains, but they also go to war when they forget about it, huh.” (Akane)
“Indeed, that's about right. It’s a headache. However, these last 100 years, a big war hasn’t occurred. The heroes who were summoned last time arranged a international peace treaty and concluded it.” (Gallot)
“Eh, well then why?” (Akane)
“This time, we requested all of you to reseal it and the cause of it. Of course, we’ll also support you with all of our power. Currently, all of the countries of the world are investigating why we have to reseal it, but we don’t entirely have an idea of its present condition.” (Gallot)
Well, in these 2 weeks, we loosely understood what we must accomplish. Just if I had to say my relation to it, it was out of the question for the battle side. As I’m truly useless, I think I will support everyone one way or another from the intellectual side. Although the majority of my classmates had understood that, some of them were scorning me as useless, and there were even some who tried to drive me out somehow. These last few days, it reached the point that those guys of Team Kaneko were coming to pick a fight in a bad meaning. Right after they bragged, they would come here, but it can’t be helped, I would give in to them.
“Useless, I wonder if you’re making progress? It seems you’re still manipulating magic and circulating magic power. Give up. Since you have the ‘Incompetence’ skill, it’s impossible for you to learn.” (Kaneko)
Kaneko-san and her 4 followers burst into laughter.¹ I was openly being called useless. Those 5 people had overly terrible personalities. Or perhaps I should say, I had even forgotten the names of the 4 people with the exception of Kaneko-san, but I also didn’t want to remember them.
“That is, don’t compare yourself to everyone at all, even though you are sort of able to do things bit by bit. Swords and daggers, they’re said to be the first steps from a beginner.” (Kaneko)
Hearing that, they burst into even more laughter.
“Don’t make me laugh, it hurts my stomach. So, why aren’t you acquiring any skills? It only convinces me to carelessly abandon you, you had better leave the castle. Because you’ll be a hindrance to Sakuragi-kun and the others. Right, it looks like we’re going to our first dungeon today.” (Kaneko)
At any rate, I wish you didn't use your ‘Person Appraisal’ skill every single time. It seemed there were 2 types of appraisal, ‘Person Appraisal’ and ‘Goods Appraisal’, and Kaneko-san has ‘Person Appraisal’.
We were divided into 3 groups because there were 24 of us excluding myself, and we were going into a dungeon from today onwards. Mika and Sakuragi-kun joined the dungeon’s first group today.
“I, for now, will be in the castle. I’ve received permission from the princess and the king. Besides, if I leave now, everyone will care about me too much when we enter the dungeon.” (Akane)
Uwa~, these guys, they’re going ‘tsk’ with their mouths for show. Do you hate me to that extent?
“Putting things bluntly-, you are truly a burden. You understand? Even if we fight the evil tribes after this, if battle occurs here, you’ll become a hindrance to Sakuragi-kun. If you are taken hostage, there’s even a possibility he’ll slacken and be killed because Sakuragi-kun is kind to anyone. Short story, the ones who are here are in danger.” (Kaneko)
She’s clearly saying the thing people are worried about.
“For the sake of it not becoming that, currently, I am training.” (Akane)
“Ha, training! Well then, I will see how strong you’ve become.” (Kaneko)
As I thought, it became like this. Probably, I thought it’s a suitable time for her to challenge me before long. Although I will certainly lose, it would allow me to use the things I also wanted to try out.
“I understand. Let’s see how strong I’ve become in 2 weeks. However, I will be defeated here because I haven't left this place.” (Akane)
“Ha, what are you saying. I thought you decided to leave.” (Kaneko)
“You see, think about it calmly. I truly didn’t receive compensation from goddess-sama like you guys. I’m no different than an ordinary person of this world. After about 2 weeks, I wouldn’t be able to win against you guys.” (Akane)
“Tsk, well it’s fine. Go to the training field.” (Kaneko)
This is why speaking to these 5 people is unpleasant.
----Thus, now I was facing Kaneko-san. Hearing our conversation, the likes of Marcus-san, Gallot-san, the princess, the king, and many soldiers came to watch. Let’s try to not pay an undue amount of attention to them.
Well, how should I fight her?
Kaneko-san’s class was a hunter, she was a warrior who could also use light magic. She was also quick, so I have no chance of flat-out doing her in. Immediately, let’s give it a try. Circulating and sharpening my magical power until my limit, I concentrated on my eyes. I concentrated until it reached the point that I grasped her muscle movements, stance, and the surges of her magical power. All right! Next, covering my entire body with magical power, I sharpened it similar to spreading it through my entire body. It was transferred everywhere, including my hands and feet. I loaded magical power into the wooden sword to raise its offensive ability.
Marcus-san, the Chivalric Order’s Head, was acting as the match referee.
“Match start!” (Marcus)
“At any rate, I’ll finish it in an instant because it seems you don’t have decent speed. Let’s go!” (Kaneko)
It was a fast rush, an easy to understand attack. That being the case, I showed I was flinching, and just before we clashed, I avoided her sword, and thrust my wooden sword that was completely integrated with magical power into Kaneko-san’s stomach with all of my might.
“Gah, eh, uu, no way. Where did, such power, you should have no skills. Why?” (Kaneko)
As I thought, Kaneko-san was an idiot. She didn’t understand why she had received my attack. For example, even if I was without skills, I was able to attack. Am I able to follow-up, I wonder?
“Damn it, such a slow attack won’t hit me!” (Kaneko)
Was it impossible as I expected? If I could, I wanted to finish it with that blow. In those 2 weeks, although I raised my magical power a little, it was a pretense after all. I was far from being a match to Kaneko-san, who had received compensation. Following what I thought, I could concentrate magical power on my eyes and hands, and although it temporarily raised all of my abilities, it was still impossible to make her faint. I’m near my limit. Not even one minute passed since it began.
Crap, it seemed she started using magic. This surge, it was the earth magic Storm Pallet. Why was she going that far! She truly won't cut me any slack. I can’t use magic.
“Woah, that’s not good! Nozumu, cancel that magic right now!” (Marcus)
Although Marcus-san tried to chant magic, his initial response was slow. Probably, he didn’t think Kaneko-san would use magic on me, her opponent.
“A useless person like you, don’t get carried away. Receive this and die, Storm Pallet!” (Kaneko)
Aimed at me, the stone shell mercilessly fired and hit me directly.
Translator's Notes
¹ - Although it was 4 in C1, it seems her group has increased to 5 members. ▲
Editor's Notes
ᴬ - Anime head tilts. ▲
ᴮ - Grudge purification purifies the grudge. ▲
-EstrdNxlea
So, the magic she uses, according to the raws, is called ‘Storm Pallet’. So, EstrdNxlea and I think ‘Storm Pellet’ would be better, as it not only matches the description of the magic, but it just sounds better in general, here’s a to decide whether to keep the name as is or to change it for easier comprehension.
If you guys notice anything wrong, please let me know!
See you ….perhaps soon?
-Thy Unsus