Chapter 43 (The Forbidden Spell King)

"Yees~, come in~..."

When I knocked the door, a stupid sounding voice responded from inside the room.

This special reading room is located in the bas.e.m.e.nt second floor.

Bookshelves height reached until the ceiling, books with profound binding are being cramped inside it.

Then on the chair behind the desk, a girl with chestnut color hair done in a braided styleー Claris-san, sat on it.

Claris-san is one of the people which present at the time I use the forbidden spell for the first time(by the way, she didn"t have that braided hairstyle back then).

... The truth is I should have gone to visit her much earlier.

Kurohiko『san』?

"Fufufu~, nowadays at the eastern kingdom, they added suffix after their name to indicate intimacy such as『san』,『kun』,or 『chan』, am I right ? it is rarely being used within Midzuberia, however, I like it see~."

Claris-san then makes a rattling noise as she brings a chair from the corner of the room and offered me to sit.

"Please take a seat~."

"No no~, you don"t have to worry about it, however. indeed, never in my wildest dream that I will be able to see with my own eyes the forbidden spell being used ne~..."

Also, different than the time from back then, currently she wears a big round gla.s.ses.

However, since I"d already seen her face without gla.s.ses, "the truth is when she didn"t wear the gla.s.ses, she looks very cute !", thus I won"t be able to experience that kind of event, if I had to say it, it is quite regrettable.

"Yes ?"

Then after that, she seems to have told Claris-san.

That was what she seems to have added.

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Seriously, the Headmistress is a person who read too much into things regarding trivial matters.

"That"s why~, I look forward to your visits here you know~ ! so then Kurohiko-san... what did you wish to know ? please don"t hold back..."

Let"s see...

"Hohou~, so you asked about that first eh~. Hnn, well, it is a reasonable question ne~."

*uhum*, Claris-san then clears her throat.

"As for that, I guess I have to tell you the story about the Yggdrasie legend... Nn, well... since in the liberal art lesson they only teach a small portion which contains the forbidden spell... I guess I should tell you that first huh ?"

D-Does it even dates back until to the era of myth ?

"The Yggdrasie legend is about Canon scripture, Apocrypha scripture, and False scripture, do you know of it ?"

Hmm...

That"s why I know it...

"Well~, that because only Canon scripture and Apocrypha scripture are being taught at the academy after all ne~...however when it comes to the one which contains the forbidden spell description, then it will be the False scripture see~. furthermore, among those False scriptures, there is one in particular which become a famous story... and that is the legend of the forbidden spell king see~."

"That legend is a general knowledge among historian~"

『If it"s the people from this continent then they should know a little bit of the history, it"s something that anyone should know you see~』 

That remind me, the Headmistress had said that at the time I asked about the forbidden spell to her.

"What would you do ? I don"t mind telling you about the story, if you want to read the book yourself, there"s a lot of them... however, I don"t mind, telling you, the story."

All of a sudden, her eyes sparkling.

"By all means, I would like to hear it from Claris-san"

The elder sister is war G.o.ddess Ruvueruarugan.

One day, those G.o.ddesses had a quarrel about something trivial.

And then, the scale of their quarrel becomes big, finally, the effect of those two sisters fighting affect the continent itself and just like that destruction befall on it.

The man called as 『Forbidden Spell King』.

There"s those who gives an opinion that he is a half-G.o.d(demiG.o.d), some says he"s a human being.

Well anyhow, the forbidden spell king, wielding a mysterious powerー succeeds in stopping the two beautiful sisters.

The two sisters feel the forbidden spell king is likable, and the other G.o.ds applaud the forbidden spell king.

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"Well, until here, it becomes a happy-ever-after story... however"

After Claris-san said that she continue the story...

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Then the forbidden spell king who had finished making the sisters reconcile said toward the G.o.ds that his duty has finished, thus he will return to Koushin.

Having listened to the G.o.ds, the forbidden spell king decides to stay a little bit longer in Midzuberia.

Inevitably, the forbidden spell king kept granting their request.

And then, one day...

And in that same day, mysteriously, the sacred G.o.ddess Lunezret decide to confess her feeling of love toward the forbidden spell king.

However, because of her having a goodwill toward the forbidden spell king too, and for fear the forbidden spell king being exiled, she was unable to say it.

From here on, the story description becomes rough suddenly, scattered here and there.

The forbidden spell king which transformed into an incarnation of tyranny, being defeated by the hands of Ruvuerarugan and Lunzret is dying.

"........................"

That"s quite sudden if I"ve to say so myself.

However, after that is...

"Mm~, you"d noticed something good~, Kurohiko-san."

Claris-san then pushes up her gla.s.ses.

"The truth is this false scripture, according to some ancient ma.n.u.script it is not 『forbidden spell 』 but 『sacred spell』 ... and then it"s not a 『forbidden spell king』  but 『sacred spell king』 , or so it was written. the ambiguity and being unclear is also the reason why this story being regarded as false scripture though..."   

"Indeed, I can"t say that was impossible. therefore, by some chance, the forbidden spell king might not know that the incantation he uses is a forbidden thing...however, I still don"t know yet what kind of thing that makes it 『forbidden spell』."

Not to mention, the myth which is the source of it, didn"t mention anything at all.

"No, something like that didn"t happen, at least for now..."

Just in case, it might be better for me to say this...

"Emm... it"s just my intuition but, I don"t feel any demerit is what I think... "

"Or possibly, I just didn"t feel the 『demerit』 directly, though..."

"Emm... is there any other things that you know concerning the forbidden spell ?"

Then she told me various thing regarding the forbidden spell.

Still, in the past, there"s also those who falsely call a new magic chanting as『forbidden spell』, thanks to that, the information got jumbled up.

In addition, it seems like despite there are a lot of distinction between ancient doc.u.ment age, however, description concerning the forbidden spell, the part which being recorded in great detail and those which isn"t recorded much, the different is really extreme.

For example an accurate record.

"『It is cannot be used to a target which didn"t possess life』 there"s also that description... because of that, shall we try it ?"

Thus I try to use the forbidden spell toward the broken chair which Claris-san had prepared.

How far does the extent of 『posses life』 thing go is not known, however, it"s probably a target equivalent to  『creature with will』, I guess that is like and invocation requirement is it ?"

Because originally the false scripture was a detested thing in the ancient times, the image of the people at that time toward the『sacred spell』 might change into 『forbidden spell』 is it ?. until here, it does make sense. 

In other words, it"s only the name alone that got changed into 『forbidden spell』, which means the truth is, there"s the possibility that the demerit of using it did not exist.

Also, the time where I will be able to or not be able to get any information about forbidden spell is perhaps at the time when whether I can get it in the middle of using the forbidden spell. .that was Claris-san opinion. 

And then about the forbidden spell letter, when somebody already read it once then learn it, even if other person read the letter afterward, it is said that the possibility of the other person unable to learn it is quite high (though I said that, I"m the only one who able to read it at the moment).

『Because color of the letter on the spell doc.u.ment change after all.』 

ーーIn other words at that time, Claris-san in the middle of borrowing it from the Headmistress. 

Fumu~, when I was in deep thought, Claris-san groaned. 

"Other than about forbidden spell, is there anything you want to ask ?... ah right !"

She seemed like remembered something. 

“... I-Is that so ?”

It sounds like just a trivial information for me though... well, right now I did say that I wish to know anything about the forbidden spell after all. 

“Yes... such strong description exists, and even many common articles also contain them.” 

“Yes. the first time the forbidden spell king learn forbidden spells isー when he was 16 years old. It is because of such description, in this age, there are those demiG.o.d theories and human theory. well, because he"s young, and handsome, the forbidden spell king is popular with the young populace.” 

Wait... 

Is that means... is it about the same age as the present me ? 

“.........” 

About having my body becomes younger, I haven"t thought about it much. 

I guess it"s just coincidence ? 

Unn... 

“... Kurohiko-san ? are you alright ?” 

“Fumu~ ? Oh my ? it"s already this late huh~... “ 

Some time has pa.s.sed when I turn my eyes to look at the clock. 

“No, I"m really thankful you know. since I"m able to know a little bit about forbidden spell after all.” 

“Well then, I guess it"s time for me to go... ... thank you very much for today.” 

*Jii* and stared at me. 

“I also feel grateful... since there"s no one interested with my story after all. ... that"s why, today, it was fun."

*Fufufu* then Claris-san smiled. 

That smile... 

“Me too, thank you... I... umm, because I come from a country far in the east, so I don"t know much about this continent.” 

“Yes, I"ll do so...”

Suddenly, Claris-san remained silent. 

“Umm, that is my intention...”

After having a slight hesitation, Claris-san opened her mouth. 

“There"s something... that I wish to tell you...”

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When I go out from the library, the sun had begun to set. 

“..................”

I looked at the darkened sky. 

“I see...” 

I muttered those words while remembering what was Claris-san had told me. 

“Indeed, this is such coincidence eh ?”

............... 

Then she confronted Kyurie-san. 

“Wait a minute, I"m also planning on inviting Kurohiko to dinner too.” 

“Now then... I wonder, what are you talking about ? I just saw Kurohiko walked toward the library by chance, and try to chase him though ?” 

“... Hee, aren"t you have a way with words, ojou-sama ?” 

W-What... ?