Spell battle
“...I'm
glad I used soundproof barrier just in case... or else we would be
kneeing down apologize our neighborhood...”
“I'm
sorry!”
I
blown up the garden at 7 in the morning, now it's already 12 a.m.
It
took about 5 hours using earth arts to restore the ground. Oh, and in
these time, I became able to control my magic power output to some
extend.
How
hot was that, I wonder... Here and there I could see some soil
melted, to cool them down water arts was also used...
So,
after all, thanks to this incident, I became able to use 4 elementary
attribute arts, excluding light and darkness. It's supposed to be a
happy achievement...
“I'm
not angry anymore. Thinking about the result, you learned strangely
fast. You seems to be able to control magic power already. Unlike
Enchant where you keep magic power within your body, manipulating
magic power outside the body is supposed to be a hard task...”
“As
expected from onee-chan! You have aptitude for magic like that of a
monster!”
“Monster...
In that way, do you not have strength of a monster?... How come you
are fine with running straight from 4 to 9 a.m.?”
“I
stopped to drink some water though?”
“That's
not it! That's not! I meant your physical strength!”
(You
are only 4 years old know, understand?)
(There
is no need to use telepathy... And by the way, us being waked up at 4
a.m. to train is not normal at all for 4 years old, you see?)
(...That's
right..)
Even
though my body without Enchant would not be able to stand? Just
raising up my body is enough to make me out of breath... What's up
with this training?!
“Yeah
yeah, time to stop your union and let's have lunch.”
““Ye~s””
Certainly,
we don't have time to waste, I have to master over 100 elementary
attribute arts within 4 months anyway.
“Ah,
mother... does the fire attribute spell earlier have a name?”
“It's
called <Bomb>, a basic fire attribute spell.”
“By
the way, what it the lowest magic power consumption of that spell?”
“About
10, same as Status. Well, lowest consumption level is only used to
conceal yourself.”
I
see... Let's confirm that. <Status: Ability (Status)>. Of
course I'm able to use Status without chanting now, you know?
○Ability
(Status)
HP:100/100
MP:161400/210000
HP:100/100
MP:161400/210000
If
I'm not wrong, my MP was 163400 before training started. The total
consumption for Status, Earth art and Water art was 1000, so, <Bomb>
used 1000... that is 100 times more than the lowest level.
“How
was it? How many was used?”
“After
subtracting the amount I used for water and earth arts later... about
10 times...”
“Lies.”
“You
are lying.”
Looks
at their certainty...
Am
I that easy to read? This is making me ashamed.
“....ugh...”
“Did
you say something? I couldn't hear you.”
“100
times! It was my bad!”
““....””
“....uuu...
That wasn't intended... And didn't you also do it while demonstrating
to me?...”
“...”
“....
*stares*”
“Uh...
even Elise... Alice, I was wrong for pressing you. So cheer up,
please?”
“...
Breakfast, kupi donburi...”
“Yes
yes, got that.”
Kupi
donburi is an dish made from meat of animal similar to pigs, making
unfathomable weird sound 'Kupiiiiiiiiioi~'. It's like a beef version
of pork donburi. But, this dish is more delicious than the beef
donburi I ate back in Earth!
… I'm
not telling you this to hide my embarrassment, you know?
Absolutely
not!
“Hmm,
it's alright then.”
“Since
we still have kupi meat left, there is no need to go out to buy.
Continue your training in the afternoon. I won't step back on this,
prepare yourself.”
“...U...understood...”
“Elise,
build up your strength.”
“Running
again? Even while running is fun...
Well,
it's fine, I guess. Is this time combining Enchant and Wind art
enough?”
“That's
good. But I don't know much about martial art, so think about
applying to martial art by yourself.”
“Ye~s.
Since I'm finished eating, I will start running after resting a
little bit.”
“Hmm,
I'm finished, too.
...Let's
begin training now.”
“What's
with your sudden motivation?... Kupi donburi?...”
Kupi
donburi is justice.
Mother
and I go to garden again. Since I was able to use fire, water, wind,
earth attributes, only light and darkness left to complete 6 basic
attributes.
This
training is for my own sake anyway, let me do my best!
At
me renewing my spirit, mother smiles silently, then she parts her
lips.
Mother
seems about to give an explanation about light and darkness arts.
“Light
and darkness attribute arts are basic for interference. Light can
deceive eyes, darkness can hide and interrupt.
Offensive
spells also exists, but they are mostly belong to intermediate level.
But since you can just stick with <Material Guard> included in
light arts, and <Mind Guard>, for every magician who have
aptitude for light and darkness attribute, it can be said that these
spells have highest priority in their training.
Every
life is valuable, especially in a small country where war happen a
lot...”
Somehow,
I can feel the sadness in mother's expression.
It
is regrettable that the me now can't do anything for her. I'm without
knowledge, neither is strength. I can't even encourage mother, let
alone protecting her.
I
feel... frustrated...
In
order to not have this frustration in the future... for now, I have
to listen to her explanation carefully.
“What's
else... eh... A lot of light spells are effective against Undead,
darkness can create protection against mind effects.
Well,
<Mind Guard> is unnecessary for you, Alice, let's exclude that
from your training.
Since
I don't have aptitude for light attribute, I won't be able to teach
you... But I'm a specialist among specialists in darkness arts, as
you can guess from my eyes color. That's why I will teach you, listen
to your heart content! Let's begin!”
“Yes!”
That
was how, I started my 4 months of training magic everyday, until the
following year.
Of
course, <Spirit magic: Mind resistant>, <Enchant: Endurance>
and <High speed magic power recovery> was forcefully utilized
to maximum.
-----I
never expected, mother has such a plan for me in the last day.
December
31st, that day was Oomisoka on Earth. It was 12:00 noon.
Mother
took me to a competition in town.
Yes,
a competition. For the reason, I couldn't think of any. At bewildered
me, mother said:
“Wait
here.”
And
left me behind. I had an extremely unpleasant premonition.
After
about 30 minutes of waiting, a staff member from of competition
organizer came to me.
“Alice-sama,
please follow me.”
So
he said. I still didn't know anything. Still, I went after him in
confusion.
I
walked through a dark corridor with shady atmosphere.
And
then, ahead of me was...
“Ladies
and gentlemen, thank you for coming to our store today.
...Well,
there are only Serena-sama and Alice-sama though...”
A
woman in beautiful clothes appeared and bowed to us respectfully.
Hah...?
Store? Isn't this a competition...
My
head stopped working for a moment. Of course, I still had an odd
feeling.
As
I stopped thinking, the conservation continued somehow.
“Hah...
Why am I doing....”
“Are
you saying something?”
“No,
absolutely not. Our match today is between the strongest explo..”
“I
will kill you, you know?”
“...
My impoliteness. Serena-sama and Alice-sama. It's a showdown between
mother and daughter. Against a little 4 years old girl a training,
what a de...”
“I,
by my command”
“Aaaaaa~~
My apologize! Please stop that! If Serena-sama use that, the barrier
protecting our competition will be blown up!”
I
did not follow too well since my thought stopped, but... What is
this, a comedy?
All
right, since we had not done this for a while, let's organizing our
established facts.
1.
As mother asked, I was took to a competition.
2.
This seems to be a dome, mother is facing at me from about 30 metres
away.
3.
On our arms, there is a bracelet with 3 spheres of light.
Conclusion:
Mother and I will be fighting, it seems.
“The
rules are: who takes 3 hits first lose. The bracelets on arm of each
participant function as a special field, while it can transform magic
power, but it is designed to active only when a spell is almost
touching you, so please be careful.
The
numbers of flashing light spheres is the remaining number that it can
active. The participant who has all spheres dimmed is defeated. Shots
within 10 seconds is counted as one. For the fairness of the match
between Serena-sama and Alice-sama, only Elementary level spells are
allowed. Alice-sama's Spirit magic and Enchant are allowed, but using
addition magic power to raise efficiency is forbidden.”
Even
with the rules explained, it wasn't like I could take them in... I
barely recognized the situation just now...
Well,
leaving aside this someone explaining things...
Let's
ask mother.
“...Mother,
what is this?”
“Keep
silent and listen, you will understand.”
Mother
didn't feel like answering at all.
“If
Alice-sama win, today and tomorrow dinner will be kupi donburi. If
Serena-sama win, the training program will be increased by 1.5 times.
Or so I've heard.”
4.
Okay, let's win. Let's do it.
Because
kupi donburi is justice.
“The
judge will be me, Nicol, the owner of this competition. Now, two
participants, prepare yourself!”
From
mother's side, I could feel a life-threatening atmosphere. No, to me,
I think losing also means life-threatening, seriously. 1.5 times...
...Suddenly,
I felt an even stronger motivation than that I had after hearing
about kupi donburi.
“3,
2, 1. Start!”
Fast!
What's with that kind of counting?!
For
now, I have to attack, or else I will be killed!
“<Fire
arrow>”
“<Water
arrow>”
First
strike first win! … or so I intended. As expected from mother. She
thought the same as me.
Then
this would be a battle about numbers, and casting time.
The
shortest time I need to invoke a spell is 2 seconds.
At
that, mother fired 5 <Water arrow>, almost instantly.
Our
level was that much far away... If mother went full-force, I would
absolutely have no chance...
But
she seemed to be going easy on me. Casting time aside, she waited for
me to complete my preparation.
And
so, I dispatched my directed and prepared <Fire arrow> at
mother.
At
that, <Water arrow> that mother prepared is... not coming?!!
“Just
shooting won't make you win, you know?”
“Wha...
!? <Magic Guard> ~~! Heavy!”
Mother
didn't fire away her <Water arrow> immediately. Of incoming
arrows that she could dodge, she evaded them splendidly, those that
couldn't be dodged no matter what, she intercepted them with her own
arrows.
And
with her remaining 2 <Water Arrow>, she fired at me.
To
think she dodged 8 arrows, just exactly how fast her reaction can
be? The speed of those arrows were at least 50 metres per second! And
even more, she even had room to take it easy fighting me!
As
I guarded against <Water Arrow>, I took a glimpse toward
mother.
“You
are too slow! <Fire Lance>.”
“Eh!?”
Again,
she created a flying spear of fire in almost no time. Her <Fire
Lance> aimed at my heart accurately.
The
<Magic Guard> spell I used is a defensive barrier around my
body, capable of intercepting spells. It's convenient, but of course,
there is also weakness.
That
is, on the time of activating, I can't remove it. It's the problem
with operating magic power.
But,
the problem was even before activating it. If I can move through my
wall, there is no need to create that wall from the start.
To
sum it up, I'm in a position where I can't move... furthermore, my
<Magic Guard> which barely stopped mother's <Water Arrow>,
can not possible to take on a powerful <Fire Lance>.
My
<Magic Guard> shattered with a sound like breaking glass,
returning to formless magic power. <Fire Lance> pierced
straight to my unprotected heart.
----
---And
penetrated through my back---
“It's....not
hurt?”
I
was about to die for sure, or so I thought. But I was still having
consciousness. There wasn't even pain.
“What
happened? It definitely went through me...”
“That's
it. It looks like pierced your body. But the spear disappear right
before it touch you.”
...Disappeared?
…...Ah,
was that because of something the competition officer mentioned
about...?
“Anyway,
you were hit once, do you know? Two more and you will lose, do you
even have time to talk? By my command, come forth water spears that
penetrate everything. <Water Lance>”
Uwa~!?
Dangerous!
Mother!
While certainly she can invoke spells silently, she chanted on
purpose! Does that mean she doesn't need to silent cast against me?!
I will show you otherwise!
“<Wind
Blade>! Ya~!”
Close
range spell, <Wind Blade> cut water spears into pieces. And
continued flying toward mother. While it took up her attention!
“<Water
Arrow> <Fire Arrow> <Wind Arrow> <Rock Arrow>!
Go!”
“Only
with number? That much won't be able to make a scratch on me, you
know?”
“<Water
Lance> <Fire Lance> <Wind Lance> <Rock Lance>!”
Each
arrow spell fires off 10 arrows, 40 arrows in total flied toward
mother. Before they could reach her, I dispatched 3 lances from each
lance spell, 12 spears lying in wait.
And,
while my arrows landed on her, I threw all of my lances!
“Ugh!?
<Magic Gua...>”
“<Wind
Cutter>!”
“Argh”
Fufufufu...
Mother, you will be in trouble looking down on me, you know?
“How
did you realized?...”
Yes,
behind me, mother with her figure hidden by darkness spell <Shadow>,
asked me while revealing herself. On the bracelet on her hand,
certainly one light sphere dimmed. Yes!
“Before
I readied my arrows, I knew you were preparing a spell. It wasn't
<Magic Guard>, and also no attack came at me, so I guessed that
must be a concealment spell.
And
so, I knew you could avoid my arrows. So I used my lances to counter
your concealment. After that I used <Wind Cutter> after knowing
your position.”
“I
see...impressive...
But
you are being too neglecting, you know? Your foothold is all
unguarded.”
“Belo..?!”
“Told
you it's too late! <Bomb>”
“Ugh!
<Flash>!”
On
my bracelet, another light sphere dimmed.
Only
one left.
But
still! Preparing accumulating magic power for fire spell while I was
talking! How is she an adult!
Taking
a direct impact from <Bomb>, I used light magic <Flash>
as diversion, tried to create a gap between mother and me. No... A
gap was created between us...
“That
was a hasty decision. While avoiding an attack, you should make sure
not to run to another one. <Fire Trap>”
Suddenly,
in front of me, pillars of fire appeared.
And,
from mother's direction, I could sense something powerful... No, it's
a spell, obviously.
“Firstly!
<Magic Guard>”
"<Fire
Arrow> <Water Arrow> <Wind Arrow> <Rock Arrow>
<Fire Lance> <Water Lance> <Wind Lance> <Rock
Lance> <Fireball> <Water Ball> <Wind Ball> <Rock
Ball> <Fire Bullet> <Water Bullet> <Wind Bullet>
<Rock Bullet>"
“☆☆☆○○☆○☆?!”
Anyway,
I couldn't escape from <Fire Trap>. I activated <Magic
Guard> to defend from follow up attack. There wasn't anything
wrong before that point. But the problem is after that.
I
wonder if taking a hit from a 4 years old child, 1 day to 5 years
old, hurt her pride. Because a barrage of 400 units of offensive
spells was hurled at me after that.
… How
can I defend against something like this! This is idiotic! This is
madness!
“Dokyaaaaaan!”
“I
did it too much...”
“Have
a little self respect, can you? This idiot parent...
...Winner,
Serena.”
And
thus, my first magic battle left me with a trauma of having a large
quantity of spells with various color coming at me, my defeat closed
its curtain.
Duel
finished, time to go home...
“Mother,
I think you were means on the last attack.”
“Don't
try to mislead me!”
“I'm
sorry, I was too happy seeing my daughter growth!”
“And,
while you were at it, let me experience a disaster that can leave me
a nightmare!
That
was really scary... Having about 400 different sparking colorful
things coming at me, each of them has the power to be fatal. All of
them rushing at me like hunting its prey..
Mother,
do you want to try experience that?”
“No..,
let me restrain on this... Really, I'm sorry.”
I
wonder if she imagined that scene, her face turned blue, she shook
her head rapidly.
“Well...
it's a good thing I experienced my first time fighting with
someone... It was fun, other than the last attack... And I landed a
hit on you, too”
“Y...yeah!
If you think it as a good memory”
“By
my command”
“Wait!
I'm sorry!”
Hah...
this mother of mine... while she has many good points, she also has
many bad points in contrast...
“Ah,
Alice, you aren't forgetting, right?”
Was
that another diverting?
Without
intention, I asked mother, squinting my eyes.
“What
is...?”
“Don't
play dumb. About the condition if you lose.”
…..Ah..
Remembered
the talk before our match, I turned blue, suddenly I felt hopeless.
“No...
no way...
Demon!
Ruthless! Evil! Mon...”
“More
than that and you will lose your life.”
“...Yes...”
Ugh...
so means... so unreasonable...
And
so, after 4 months of training elementary attribute arts, from that
point, my training program is multiplied by 1.5.
A
little late now, but is there any chance that battle earlier was
arranged to increase my training...?
------------
I indulged in some other things and had problem finding a balance. Sorry for the wait.
Good news: The author of this series continues to release new chapters after a slump. Well, I think I just entered my own slump though...
Good news: The author of this series continues to release new chapters after a slump. Well, I think I just entered my own slump though...
gràcies
ReplyDeleteI began to afraid that you give up
RL problems/issues?
Thx for the chapters. XD
ReplyDelete"A little late now, but is there any chance that battle earlier was arranged to increase my training...?"
ReplyDeleteNO!!! OF COURSE NOT!!
lol
Thanks for the translation!
Thanks so much for all your hard work!!!
ReplyDeleteAs I said earlier there are breaks in translations. Good to see you back to the translating, and as always thanks for the chapter.
ReplyDeletethanks for chapter...
ReplyDeleteThank for the chapter!
ReplyDeleteI am glad that you continue to translate this story.
Thank you <3
ReplyDeleteThanks for the new chapter!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chapters
ReplyDeleteCorrections:
you was -> you were
Of course she goes overboard against Alice lol. Also shouldn't competition be arena in this case?
ReplyDeleteis this still being translated?
ReplyDeleteThank you so muchh! This is really good! Can't wait for more!
ReplyDeleteit has been nearly a month now with no releases. first releases were 1 every 4 days or so then slowing down to once a month is just painful to watch lol.
ReplyDelete;__;
Deletemaybe he's busy with real life, everyone does (lots of translator are on hiatus this past month). Some are in exam, some busy with works, some had RL trouble...
Deletejust be patient and maybe look at other title to read. :)
(or just re-read everything you have read)
still alive?
ReplyDeleteI do hope life is being kind to you.
ReplyDeleteIf I pray hard enough a new chapter will appear...
There will be no more chapters (maybe), because the autor erased the WN
DeleteNuuuuuuuuuuuuu, nooooooo ;_; well, thanks so much for all your hard work!!!
DeleteIs there not something like an archive or so?
DeleteThat's odd I'm looking at it right now through Google translate. http://translate.google.com/translate?depth=1&hl=en&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http://ncode.syosetu.com/n6090cs/9/
DeleteLooks like it is being rewritten but with Google translate it's hard to tell. Last release was June 22, 2015.
ummmmmmm. are you still alive bro............???????
ReplyDeleteNo more chapters? I was really looking forward to this ;-; I really like this Dx it has genderbend, reincarnation, fantasy like world, and even potential yuri!
ReplyDeleteAs a side note, if you're in need of an editor I will definitely help out, this is my new top web novel~
Not no more new chapters, the author rewrote the series from the start. What you read was the original one not the current one. The author is also working on a different series atm and it looks like he/she has put this one on hold. I'm going to take a guess here and say that the person who translated this doesn't want to retranslate this (I know I wouldn't) and I can't blame them for not doing it. We will have to wait and see if the author continues this series and if the translator will retranslate it.
DeleteP.s. I am keeping an eye on the author to see if he starts writing this series again and will post it here if he does.
Who is the author and can you please link a page where I can see some of their work, I may translate it myself.
Deleteon a side note if i was alice as soon as she said "any more than that and you will die"
ReplyDeletei wouldn't of said sorry i would of said "then kill me" just to see her looking bewildered for a moment lol.... would be so worth any punishment....then again with that mom..... she might go overboard lol
last post in may yea this translation's officially dead anyone pick it up yet?
ReplyDeleteThis comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeletewhy has it been so long since the previous chapter ˚‧º·(˚ ˃̣̣̥᷄⌓˂̣̣̥᷅ )‧º·˚
ReplyDeleteread earlier comments
DeleteIs the LN dead? When will there be a new chapter?
ReplyDelete=le sigh=
ReplyDeleteohhh, i really like this series.
ReplyDeleteI love this blog!! The flash up the top is awesome!!
ReplyDeleteFlush Mount Lights