Endless Memoir - Seraph Wedd (read a book .TXT) 📗

a several golds worth magic tool. And if my guess is correct, it is loaded with protection magic on the left and attack magic on the right.

“… Ask… Nina… To help… I––”

Before she finished speaking, she finally fell face first on the table. Not long after, a series of soft breathing sound echoed inside the room.

I picked up a blanket and covered her with it. Then, I woke up Nina and went to the same place yesterday to test Mary’s masterpiece.

“Ok… Now, let’s first try the offensive magic…”

I calmed my breathing and stood in front of the same rock yesterday. I held my right hand in front and poured mana to the magic circle of the glove. After the circle released some light, a series of words flashed on my mind.

“… A chant?”

I was bewildered. I thought that all magic in this world relied on circles but I was wrong. Chants also exists. Before the shine of the magic circle faded, I read the chant out loud.

[Severing the world of fallacy through the power of flames! Gather! Converge! Follow the command of the contractor of the seventh gate! «Fireball»!!!]

I was a bit embarrassed after saying those words. However, before I could cower in embarrassment, a large ball of fire appeared in front of me.

Shortly after, it flew towards the rock in front of me.

… I should have made my target a bit farther…

The rock was melted down due to the heat alone. When the fireball crashed on the ground, a large explosion incomparable to yesterday occurred. I was, of course, sent tumbling on the ground by the impact.

When the explosion subsided, what greeted me was a large crater on the ground as if a meteor landed.

“… What a frightening firepower…”

I couldn’t help but mutter under my breath. Soon, Nina came back after being blown away and was similarly shocked with the result.

“IS IT THE ENEMIES?!”

Suddenly, a group of armed men from the village came running towards us. Seeing both me and Nina, their faces turned into confusion.

“Nazo, Nina… What are you doing here?”

Cutting through the crowd, Doctor Tessa asked. I was a bit troubled on how to answer but Nina spoke in my stead.

“We were testing a new magic circle that Mary made and it ended up like this. Amazing right?!”

… Aaah… I was at fault for making her speak. The gazes of all the adults around pricks my heart.

Looks like testing the left gloves would be postponed for later.

Chapter 8: Chant

After telling us to meet at the village Chief’s house when Mary woke up, the adults scattered and went back. We were also forced to return just as I expected.

We had breakfast and waited till noon before Mary woke up. She still seemed to be unsteady on her steps but after telling her of what happened, she said that we need to go as early as possible.

We carefully walked towards the neighboring tree while Nina lent her shoulder to Mary. Halfway through, her breakfast seem to have taken effect and her body slowly started to stabilize. By the time we reached the village Chief’s house, she can already walk by herself.

“Are you sure about this…?”

I cannot help but ask. Depending on how she handles the situation, it may escalate into something that was beyond control.

“It’s my fault to begin with. I’ll make sure that I accept proper punishment if necessary.”

Mary said with a firm expression. She looks determined. She then took a step forward and knocked on the wooden door. A voice saying “come in” was heard not long after.

The three of us entered with the order of Mary, Nina and me. The interior of the village Chief’s house was almost similar to Mary’s and Nina’s house but looks wider due to having only tables and chairs inside.

Instead of a house, it looks more like a meeting room. Several adults were present including the chief himself, Doctor Tessa and Orga the Carpenter. I noticed that even the rich looking merchant, the leader of the caravan, was present. Aren’t they supposed to leave the village yesterday afternoon?

“Sit down…”

The elder spoke, pointing to a chair on the other narrow end of the rectangular table. Without even thinking twice, we let Mary to sit down. Nina and I stood right behind her like bodyguards.

“… Now that everybody is here, let’s begin the meeting. I will be acting as a moderator and will stay neutral all the way. Orga will be acting as another Moderator just like me.”

After confirming the faces of everyone inside, Doctor Tessa Spoke. It seems that she and Orga will not be participating. If this is a court, then her position will be something similar to a judge.

“… Then, first of all, Mary, please tell us about what you made.”

“… Yes.”

With Doctor Tessa’s suggestion, Mary seemed to have tensed up. Despite that, she explained the chain of events one by one from the buying of the book up to my experiment yesterday and the lesson that followed.

Everybody listened carefully and asked questions on several occasions.

“… Then, I applied the same theory to some normal leather gloves. Since drawing the circle will make it easy to erase, I decided to engrave the markings and then fill it up with powdered Manadite Chalk.”

I checked the gloves and noticed that it really was engraved. The Manadite Chalk sticks inside the grooves like cement. By the way, the gloves were still worn by me as it was comfortable and looks cool.

“And then, I passed the glove to Nazo for testing before I fell asleep. That’s all…”

Everyone had a serious face on. The chief nodded his head lightly.

“I basically get what happened. What I want to ask is how you made the power of such a small, singular magic circle reach the level of a multiple chain magic.”

Hearing the question, Mary looked a bit doubtful.

“… That… Actually, my design was to make a fireball about the size of a fist… I really don’t know how it reached that level myself…”

She spoke while sneaking a peek towards my direction. She was probably hoping for some explanations from me. However, before I could cover it up, Nina once again made her mouth run wild.

“It wasn’t something that small though? It was about thiiiiiiiis big and it goes BAAANNG!”

She added with some exaggeratedly large movements included. She probably wanted to interpret how large the fireball was. Based on my memory, it was about two spans wide though…

Due to her words, everyone’s gaze landed on me. Ah, I hate being the center of attention.

“… I don’t remember doing something weird though…”

I said in defense. All I did was apply some mana and chant the spell. I didn’t do anything weird. Un, I’m sure of that.

“… To make sure, let’s test it again.”

I tried to suggest. The adults looked troubled while thinking about it. Then, after a minute of discussing amongst themselves, they came to an agreement.

“Then let’s test it once again. We will head to the training ground outside the village’s boundary. Doctor Tessa would be the one to test the glove.”

Everyone agreed to the chief’s words.

Soon, everyone started moving and boarded a carriage parked beside the chief’s house. Looks like our destination is far enough to require a carriage to move. Or maybe it’s the influence of the big fat merchant that was staying silent since earlier.

After about an hour of travel, we reached a wide plains. It was a rectangular field approximately 4 hectares in area. It was covered with forests on all four sides.

After getting down the carriage, we headed straight to one corner of the field. On Doctor Tessa’s request, I took off the gloves and passed it to her.

She wore both gloves and heard from Mary about how to use it.

“… Okay. Then, I’ll start.”

After making the proper preparations, she stepped forward and took a deep breath.

Slowly, she stretched her right hand forward. Light seems to flow around her whole body and all of it slowly gathers at her hand.

Then, a fireball the size of a fist appeared the moment that the magic circle shined. Weird…

Just like that, the fireball was shot out. It hit the ground about a hundred meters ahead and caused nothing but a small crater. The explosion sound too was a bit lacking. The heat wasn’t even enough to melt the small rocks around the landing area.

Most of all, there was no chant…

Doctor Tessa tried it again and again. The fireball never went above the size of a fist. Nina too had a look of doubt on her face.

“… Just like Mary said, it only produces fireballs of about a fist in size. The mana consumption too was efficient and there’s no feedback from using fire magic. Even my hands weren’t burned. Looks like your concept works fine. Congratulations Mary.”

Doctor Tessa congratulated Mary while returning the gloves. Mary politely said her thanks for the high praise she received.

“… Then what was the cause of the large explosion…?”

Orga asked to nobody in particular. However, everyone turned their gazes to me in unison. Their intention was clear to see.

“… Okay. I’ll test it too…”

I sighed and took the gloves once more from Mary. I don’t know why Doctor Tessa didn’t say the chant. Maybe she was embarrassed to say that out loud? Not that it matters though.

I stood on the same spot as Doctor Tessa earlier and similarly took a deep breath to calm myself.

I raised my hands and stretched it in front. I placed my left hand just above the right hand’s magic circle. Then, I started applying mana.

Unlike Doctor Tessa’s mana, mine didn’t scatter and gather at one point. It feels more like the mana moves along with the blood flow towards the magic circle before it comes out to interfere with the circle.

Since controlling mana is similar to visualizing the flow of an imaginary energy around your body, I don’t get how it scatters about in the surroundings.

Just like last time, after the magic circle lit up, a string of words flowed to my mind. However, this time, I decided to not read the words out.

Sparks gathered in front of my palm. Ohh! Looks like the chant wasn’t really needed!

However, the sparks died out after the light of the circle faded. The spell failed.

I tried again and again but every time, it failed. What’s wrong?

Then, for the last time, I did the same pose and focused my mana. When the string of words appears, I quickly read it out loud. Who cares about looks?

[Severing the world of fallacy through the power of flames! Gather! Converge! Follow the command of the contractor of the seventh gate! «Fireball»!!!]

After finishing the chant, a large fireball of about two spans wide appeared. The heat from it was searing my skin like the summer sun. The fireball quickly flew away. I aimed it at the other end of the field to minimize the damage to us. It will land maybe around the middle of the field.

However, against my wishes, the fireball that I released hit the place I targeted squarely. A loud explosion followed by a wave of hot wind reached us who was more than a kilometer away.

The cliff that I targeted vanished when the smoke cleared up. It now looks like a flat with neither trees nor grass growing. Looks like I messed up badly again.

“… What was that…? Just now…”

The first voice I heard wasn’t the chief’s reprimand nor the doctor’s praise. Rather, it was the voice of Mary speaking in a trance while looking at me.

Suddenly, somebody forcefully grabbed my shoulders and made me turn around. I was surprised to see Mary’s face about a feet away from mine.

“Just now… A chant! That was a chant right?!”

Her tension was a notch higher than earlier.

“… I think so…?”

I answered in an unsure way.

“Where did you learn it?! Can you teach me too!! Please!!!”

“… Eh?”

What’s this? Teach? Isn’t chants supposed to come from the circle itself? Like a part of an equation? However, before I could reply, a voice came from far behind me.

“Hoooh…? When I heard that I can meet my cute little apprentice here in the training grounds, I hurriedly ran to meet her. Only to see some brat trying to snatch my student away? Hmph.”

I turned my head behind and saw an angel. It was an angel. I’m sure of it. Her long, golden blonde hair swinging to the wind was sparkling under the sunlight. Her green colored eyes full of wisdom was staring squarely at me. Her thin, cherry pink lips slowly curled into an alluring smile.

She stopped about a meter away from