Chapter 31

Chapter 31 Strongest Sage, Successfully Forms Party

Few tens of minutes after Alma"s, a lot more students succeeded invoking chantless magic .

Voices of delight and sounds of the targets getting hit are resounding in the cla.s.s .

The part where 『Nunn!』 could sometimes be heard makes my head ache, but well, they"d probably notice the weirdness and stop by themselves .

Wonder why is everyone mimicking Guyzar-sensei in that part .

I should have asked a teacher without a quirk to do the magic demonstration .

"How about you Ruli? Managed to grasp the sensation yet?"

It seems Ruli who"s training the chantless magic with Alma is having quite a hard time .

The fact that Ruli seems to be particularly good with chant magic might have backfired on her instead .

It"s not like she couldn"t get it at all since I felt a slight difference in her mana control than the usual chant magic when she shot it . . . . But then her pace dropped .

And then she looks conflicted about something .

"It feels like I"ve grasped it a bit, but my mana is about to run out . . . . "

"Ah . That huh . "

Apparently, her pace dropped because she ran out of mana .

No wonder, chant magic consumes much inversely to its power .

"Give me your hand . . . mu . "

"Mathi-kun, what"s wrong?"

"No well, I was going to transfer my mana to you, but that means we"d have to join hands . . . . "

It doesn"t need to be too close, but some form of contact is needed to decrease the mana resistance .

"Transferring mana!?"

However, Ruli was surprised at a different part .

Well, I don"t blame her for not knowing it since mana transfer has bad efficiency and there"s not many case where you need to do one .

I"m sure that it"s only mentioned pa.s.singly in lectures even in this school .

"It"s an application of mana conditioning . "

"Mana conditioning . . . . ?"

"It"s a magic to synchronize your mana with an object . It"s usually used in magic augmentation, but you can also use it to transfer mana . It"s not really efficient though . "

Magic conditioning is a magic specialized for the First Crest, but it"s not like the Fourth Crest can"t use it as long as you don"t use it at a distance .

However, since it"s almost impossible to completely synchronize mana qualities between two objects, the conversion rate will be lower .

By the way, you can transfer your mana to other people even without mana conditioning . The conversion rate is 0 . 1% at most in that case though .

"I-I didn"t know that was possible . . . . L-let"s do it!"

Ruli presented her hands to me while saying that . One hand is enough but she offered two .

I grasp her hands and transfer my mana while using mana conditioning .

Aa . I"m getting healed . . . .

My heart is getting healed yes, my mana is decreasing fast though .

" . . . . T-thank you Mathi-kun . "

I separated my hands once the mana transfer was done . I have a lot more mana than Ruli thanks to all my training so far, but I still lost quite an amount due to the conversion loss .

" . . . . By the way, is this what you call mana movement?"

And Ruli seems to have grasped mana movement .

Even though I had synchronized our mana with mana conditioning, a different mana still did get into her from outside after all .

This might be usable to get other people aware of mana in a short amount of time .

Though it"s not like getting aware of mana is that time consuming, so there"s no need to force this .

"Eii! . . . I did it!"

Ruli shot out a fire ball from her fingertip, blowing a target away .

Ruli"s magic is stronger thhan the other cla.s.smates . For the current stage that is .

Although it"s probably partly because of the First Crest, it also must be due to Ruli"s training . She"s the runner-up of the school year after all .

"Congrats Ruli! Amazing how we could use magic like this in just one day!"

"Yeap . Congratulations . "

Rather than a day, it was only 40 minutes .

. . . . Come to think of it, perhaps this is my chance to form a party?

The only acquaintances I have in this cla.s.s are right before me .

Ruli might not be the optimum in battle, but First Crest is quite crucial in things other than that, so I"d like to have one in my party . . . . Or rather, you can even say that it"s an indispensable crest .

A party without First Crest will have a hard time taking a rest inside the dungeon .

Well, becoming more than the past me, a First Crest who could take on dungeons or monsters alone, would be impossible .

As for Alma, her Second Crest is also quite powerful .

Furthermore, it enables the user to pierce through st.u.r.dy enemy at a relatively early stage . In other words, you can easily fight in lower floors with it .

That means I can concentrate on stronger monsters while leaving the relatively weak ones to Alma once we get to the lower floors .

To be frank, fighting lots of enemies with the Fourth Crest consumes a lot of mana on top of being annoying even if they"re weak, it"d really help if I have a support to clean up the weaklings .

And once I"m able to use the magic I"ve developed later on, I should be able to blow away one or two continents in one shot and be strong enough to fight the huge monsters in the s.p.a.ce .

. . . . By the way, my past First Crest self could have blown away a mere continent if I wanted .

I never did it since it would be pointless and an annoyance to others though .

In short, even though the two of them aren"t presently strong enough to fight in the dungeon, they can reach [Reasonably Helpful] level in a relatively short amount of time .

Alright, let"s try asking them . I"ve gotten used to talking to them, and even if they refuse me, it would surely only be as damaging as getting me to want to reincarnate again .

" . . . I have a request to you two now that you can use magic . "

"Request?"

"Yeah . Would you please form a party with me in order to enter the dungeon . "

"I heard that you need a group of five to enter the dungeon even for second graders . . . . Are you forming a party this soon?"

"Don"t you think it"s too soon? I would love to personally though . Ruli must want it too, and with Mathi-kun around, I"m sure he can do something even if things get dangerous!"

The matter yesterday hasn"t been known yet huh .

Well, it happened just yesterday after all .

"Actually, it"s been planned that first year will be able to enter the dungeon . "

"Really?"

"Only if we can pa.s.s the test to prove that we are as powerful in combat as the second graders though . We can enter the dungeon then . "

"I"ve heard that you get can get stronger by beating monsters . But, even if Ruli"s fine, will I do? I thought Mathi-kun would rather go with someone stronger or has Glory Crest . "

"And I"m aspiring to be a magic augmenter, not combatant . . . . "

"No worries . In the first place, Glory Crest isn"t suited for combat . It"s strong in augmentations and such though, so having one in a party is good enough . "

Even if she wants to be a magic augmenter, getting told that her crest is useless in battle in a world where Glory Crest is expected for its battle prowess (apparently) must be hard on her .

She might feel dejected, but this need to be told to her sooner or later .

It"s better not to pointlessly prolong it .

I"m worried about Ruli"s reaction though . . . .

"Is that true!?"

Ruli"s eyes opened wide, her body was shaking .

Well, judging from how people treat Glory Crest today, I guess this reaction is only natural .

But she seems strange somehow .

"Yeah . Unfortunately, it"s the truth . Glory Crest has a low growth rate, and not suitable for combat . There are various ways to go around it for crests other than the Glory Crest . . . . "

"Not that, the part about augmentation!"

Ah . That one huh .

"Glory Crest is good in augmenting, you know . It can be used in combat to a degree depending on your training, but augmentation magic for crests other than Glory Crest is--"

"It"s not unfortunate at all! This is the best!"

. . . Huh?

Her reaction is somewhat different than what I expected .

Rather, the way Ruli gets into it is surprising . You couldn"t have imagined it from her usual composure .

I mean, her eyes are sparkling .

"Ruli, are you . . . . willing to become magic augmenter even if you have to abandon combat?"

Even if she wants to become a magic augmenter, I thought that you"d usually be disappointed if you heard your crest wasn"t suitable for combat .

"Yes! I don"t mind not being able to fight if I can get better in augmentation!"

She likes augmenting that much huh .

Well it"s convenient for me personally, since I originally need to teach the art of augmentation to a Glory Crest bearer in order to secure my weapons . . . .

To think she would be this happy for the traits of the crest that compelled me to reincarnate myself to rid of . . . .