I Quit the Hero’s Party Chapter 247

〈 Episode 247 〉 Dealing with stars (2)

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Putting mana into a single stroke of circuitry.

The first process you must pass in order to be called a wizard, not a magician. The process of proving that you are not only excellent at theory, but also have the power to translate theory into reality.

Gifted children learn to infuse mana into circuits before they are even ten years old. Control your mana and learn how to use spells.

basic.

It is truly a process called the basics, and it can be said to be the process of taking the first step toward the future.

There are children who take a light step forward and move forward lightly.

“Tsk…!”

Children who find it difficult to even take a single step certainly exist.

Pajik!

The circuit, unable to withstand the mana of the starlight, fluctuates here and there. After bending and bending, a spark flew out from the circuit that was broken in half.

‘I failed again.’

Chloe bit her lip.

Even putting mana into a single stroke is not easy. Chloe’s mana was like a waterway that fluctuated wildly. A waterway that doesn’t stay in one place and leaks out even if you try to stop it.

A stroke (一？）) engraved in the air.

A passage through which water should flow and be contained.

I need to put water in there, but I couldn’t figure it out. If you contain it, it will leak out, and if you forcefully close the leak, it will break.

“again.”

There are already fifteen broken circuits.

Rania just waved her hand in the air wordlessly and drew a new circuit. Chloe slowly turned her gaze to look next to me.

Sarah.

There is the fourth princess, Ayla.

She wordlessly waved her baton and captured Chloe’s mana that was about to scatter in all directions. Therefore, Chloe was able to take on the challenge again and again without wasting any time.

Bingle.

Ayla lightly drew a circle with her baton.

Mana flowed freely along the tip of the baton. He seemed to have some sense of it. Unlike himself, he doesn’t know anything yet.

Chloe bowed her head slightly.

‘···The princess is helping me.’

Making mana easier to handle.

Controlling the flow of rampaging mana to a minimum. That’s what Ayla was doing.

Sure, it helps a lot.

Mana flows better than usual.

The mana that flows out does not disperse easily, and even moves to some extent according to one’s touch.

‘but.’

In the end, it ends there.

‘I have to do the decisive thing.’

Putting mana into a circuit and using mana to create spells… is something that only Chloe herself can do.

「Summon）

No, it wasn’t.

Chloe already knows the person who did that.

Chloe recalled Lestie handling her starlight in the dark. Even with Ayla’s help, she did it.

The starlight that dwelled in the summoned familiars.

Although it was closer to a simple bestowal than a spell, the sight of familiars clad in starlight advancing is still deeply engraved in Chloe’s mind.

Can I do it?

Will he be able to do what even such a talented wizard, known as the next Ashen Mage Master, had difficulty accomplishing? He wasn’t sure he could.

“···Ugh.”

Crisp, the line splits again.

I still can’t get the hang of it.

Chloe’s head turned a little lower.

That’s the moment.

“Chloe.”

Rania opens her mouth.

She, who had been silent the whole time, opens her mouth and calls Chloe’s name. Chloe slowly raised her head and looked at her Rania.

“It’s natural that it won’t happen easily. It’s been less than a year since I learned magic, so it’s natural that it’s difficult. So, straighten your shoulders, raise your head…”

soft voice.

“Let’s do it together.”

However, as if she would not let go… Rania tapped Chloe’s forehead.

“Again from the beginning.”

2.

The Gray Wizard, Raniel Van Trias.

A wizard who has reached the peak.

Each wizard creates a tower inside themselves. The same goes for Raniel. She pictures in her mind the tower she has built.

Write everything you can.

If you get stuck, find another way.

The tower assembled with such beliefs is not neat. The bricks stick out here and there, and there are piles of stone pieces inserted haphazardly between the bricks.

To borrow Raniel’s own expression, it would be most appropriate to say that there is no root to the heartache.

Elemental spells, spell imprinting, striking spells, binding spells, mana ignition, mana burning, physical strengthening…

It is a tower created by randomly mixing together numerous systems. Indeed, paradoxically, that is why the tower she built is strong.

A tower reinforced with layers and layers.

A tower that has been built again and again.

A tower created by accumulating experiences.

Raniel takes out the brick embedded in the center of the tower. It is like the core of the tower. The fruits of all the magic he has accumulated are in this one piece.

Write everything you can.

A circuit created by tying together everything that has been built up.

‘Circuit for controlling shade.’

Circuit for handling stars.

The piece of brick on which it is engraved was made by hardening the numerous battlefields that Raniel had crossed over. Raniel opened his eyes, remembering the circuit engraved on his experience.

“Don’t think of it as simply containing it.”

she says

“In the world, it is said that mana is water, and circuitry is a vessel that holds water and a passage through which water flows. “It’s true, but forget all those words for now.”

Forget it.

“In the end, it’s just a language metaphorized by someone else. You have a way that works for you, and it’s not something someone else can make for you. “You have to find it.”

Forget everything.

“From the beginning. Let’s try again with only what you have realized, with only what you understand.”

Let’s try again from the beginning.

“How do you understand your mana?”

“I think it’s starlight. “It’s like an uncontrolled waterway that just flows as it pleases.”

“Yes, it has the shape of a waterway.”

Raniel nods.

“What else?”

“I don’t try to stay in one place. “It seems like it’s trying to keep flowing.”

“It tries to flow, not be controlled. Ok, fine.”

She draws a line in front of her eyes again.

“try.”

Chloe fills the circuit with mana in the same way as before. I poured mana into the circuit like other wizards do.

Crispy.

Naturally, the circuit breaks.

Raniel draws the circuit again.

“Forget it, again. Don’t try to copy what other wizards do. Just think with your head and be the way you think you will be.”

“···My way?”

“Because you are like no one else.”

She said.

“I don’t look like anyone else, and I have something that no one else has. But why do you try to fit the way others have built things?”

Raniel talks about his own experience.

“That’s just for reference. That can’t be the right answer. “There is a different method that suits you.”

The same was true for Raniel.

Instead of being buried by what others had built, and not being easily convinced of anything, she built her own tower.

“Remember the characteristics of your mana.”

Something that only you have.

“Think of your specialties, what you can do well.”

Something only you can do.

These are things that Raniel thought of over and over again while building his tower. In other words, everything she is talking about now is her experience.

The best teaching is experience.

Realization that comes from experience.

Things that are learned through physical contact. Unlike one or two lines of writing and a few words… such teachings are not easily forgotten or disappear.

So, what it means to be someone’s teacher.

“There’s nothing special about being a teacher, Raniel.”

Teaching someone.

“I’m just telling you my way. How have you walked and how have I lived? “I’m just talking about it.”

It’s about talking about your own experience.

“In it, you will gain enlightenment on your own. You will create your own way. So, just do whatever your thoughts flow. “I just assist from the side.”

Remembering his teacher’s words, Raniel begins to talk. What he went through, what he realized through his numerous battlefield experiences.

“I’ll show.”

And, there is no way to describe your experience in words only.

Wizards are people who draw circuits.

The circuits they draw contain habits, and ivory tower scholars who study circuits say that just by looking at the circuits, one can read the wizard’s life.

Sarah.

The air is like a painting, and the mana that Raniel scatters is like paint. She displays the magic sword she used (？？) in front of the young wizard.

“ah···.”

Chloe watched Raniel’s mana draw, forgetting to breathe. That is the path that one wizard walked.

Blue mana fluctuates.

The fluctuating mana bounces up and down.

‘···Ashen?’

Mana deteriorates.

Blue mana turns gray.

Transformed mana has completely different properties.

It is different from normal mana, and has different properties from Chloe’s starlight mana. The gray mana that bounces like a spark does not seem to be contained in any circuit.

not controlled

In that respect, it has something in common with Chloe’s Mana.

And, Raniel succeeds in capturing the bouncing gray mana into the circuit. Chloe watched him with her eyes wide open.

Tick, Tididik!

The circuit containing the mana itself fluctuates.

It looks like it will break at any moment.

However, at some point the circuit begins to change.

Hwareuk.

The flames soar. A circuit that takes the shape of a flame is something I have never seen anywhere else. This appears to break the common sense that circuits are static and must always be in a stable state.

‘but···.’

Although it took the shape of a flame, the circuit was completed.

Mana flows and spells appear.

The process is so smooth.

“···how?”

“I told you. “Don’t get caught up.”

Raniel waves his hands.

She coughed lightly and leaned against the table.

“It doesn’t matter as long as the mana is stable. Because you just have to put it in. However, if the mana is unstable and cannot be stored in the circuit.”

she smiled

“Wouldn’t it be okay to guess it somewhere else?”

“······.”

Chloe kept her mouth shut.

She looks at the straight circuit floating in front of her in silence. Then, she lifted her finger.

‘differently.’

Throw away everything you knew.

‘I can do it, my way.’

Reflecting on the nature of her mana, Chloe waved her finger lightly. The turbulent stream of water draws a line along Chloe’s fingers.

A stream of platinum-colored water.

As long as it has the characteristic of flowing, a stream of water does not remain still while being contained in a circuit. So Chloe also changes her method. Mana is not trapped in the circuit.

It penetrates.

Let it continue to flow.

Mana passes from the starting point of the circuit to the ending point of the circuit. In that state, Chloe squeezed his hand.

Although it cost several times more mana.

Although it is not stable.

Basic spell, Ignite.

It’s only for a moment, but the spell engraved in the stroke is revealed. For a brief moment, the flames flashed like a flash.

“okay.”

Raniel smiled.

“That’s the way it is done.”

Chloe saw the possibility, even if it was just for a moment.

All that remains is to grasp even the slightest possibility.

“It’s good to understand the nature of mana. However, this is just full of waste. “It will be difficult to use it in a circuit that is not in the form of a line… So what should I do?”

“···What did you do, Professor?”

“I told you. “I modified the circuit.”

exchange conversations.

“It jumps like a spark. It keeps shaking. I thought that in order to trap it, I just had to move the circuit along. So I engraved it on my heart that way.”

The circuit continues to move.

It fluctuates, twists, and yet circulates.

“I made it that way. Later on, the control itself was successful… but you have to complete the circuit engraved on the blackboard, right?”

“···Yes.”

“So, the first thing to do is to get there by changing the circuit. “If the destination is clear and the direction is understood, wouldn’t it be worth doing?”

Talk about your experiences, listen to your experiences.

The two continued talking for a while, and Chloe continued to try new methods.

It fails.

Failures pile up and pile up.

A wizard who has tried the same thing gives advice, and the young wizard adapts the advice to his own. Although immature, he is definitely starting to take baby steps.

Possibilities are visible in failure.

Possibility was visible in Raniel’s eyes, Ayla’s eyes, who were assisting them next to them, and Chloe’s eyes.

“I’ll try a little more.”

Chloe’s green eyes sparkled.

Watching a group of platinum-colored stars forming and dispersing repeatedly in her eyes, Raniel smiled faintly.

“I thought so.”

she muttered.

“He’s a monster too.”

Although I don’t think I think of it that way myself.

In Raniel’s opinion, Chloe was also a monster.

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