“This time, let’s continue developing this magic till dusk!”
“Yes.”
Yesterday, I ended our experiments early because I was enlightened to one truth of this world. That truth was really too much for me to bear and because of that, I had lost my motivation to continue on. It took me an entire night of weeping before I managed to move on and accept it as reality.
“The only thing we managed to make was a mana ball, right?”
“Yes. Also, last night, I discovered that I’m able to make those mana balls without chanting.”
I raised my eyebrows in surprise and said:
“Really?”
“Yes!”
Emilia, who looked very excited, closed her eyes and a few moments later. Three bluish balls formed and floated around her.
“Hee~, that’s quite handy. For now, let’s try if we can turn them into any of the five elements.”
“Hmm… I thought this was gonna be a new sixth element.”
I raised my index finger in front of her face and waved it back and forth in front of her.
“That’s true, but don’t think that it won’t become any of the five elements.”
A question mark floated on top of her head.
“Think about it. These mana balls came from our surroundings, right? Then it must be able to become any of the five elements cause those came from the mana we breathe. Well, it’s just a hypothesis, so don’t expect that it’s true.”
“!”
It seems she finally understood where I’m coming from. With that, I made a mana ball in front of me and imagined that it becoming a fireball.
““…””
Nothing was happening.
“Let’s try it again.”
I made the image in my mind more concrete and stable, but the mana ball is remained as a floating ball of mana.
“It seems like my hypothesis was wrong… haaa~”
“Don’t worry, Lumina-sama. Failure is the mother of success.”
“That’s true.”
I stopped thinking of turning it into any of the five elements and moved on to other agendas.
“Then let’s see how many we can make at a time.”
“Yes.”
I, along with Emilia, first made 10 mana balls. I then checked my internal mana pool and found out that it didn’t decrease. I signaled Emilia to increase it to 20 then to 30 then to 40 and so on. Once we reached a hundred, it became harder to make more and decided to stop.
“It seems like our mana pool won’t decrease no matter how many we make, but in contrast. Its difficulty increases as the number increases. Let’s move on to the next one.”
“Hmm?”
“Let’s try testing its firepower.”
I made a dozen mana balls and had it hit a tree that was close to us. The tree shook a bit and made a rustling sound. I concentrated a few of the mana balls and made its size the same as a tennis ball before I had it fly towards the tree. By the way, the normal size of a mana ball is the same as a basketball.
Creak*
My eyes became small black dots as I witnessed the tree falling to the ground.
“Lumina-sama, it seems like the power of this mana ball is dependent on how concentrated it is.”
“Uh-huh. I didn’t expect it to have enough firepower to break a tree.”
Normally, we’d run away after we broke a tree to escape getting scolded. But because we were ‘general students’ and not ‘magic students’, we were quite carefree about this. It’s because we ‘general students’ lack the magical ability to even break a tree like this. Also, this mana ball can’t be seen unless you can use it. We drew up this conclusion when I managed to make a mana ball yesterday.
“Umm… How about we try testing its flexibility and durability.”
“Yes.”
I made another batch of mana balls and tried manipulating its shape. Then I used normal magic in parallel to it and had it collide with each other. Emilia was also doing the same beside me, but instead testing its strength by having it collide with another magic. She used physical strength to test its durability.
The results were quite shocking. Like how its difficulty increase as we increased its number. Its durability also increases proportionally to its concentration. Also, because mana is plentiful in this world, it was up to us, on how concentrated it would be. I would also like to add that the time we needed to increase its concentration is also proportional to it.
So the more concentrated it is, the more durable it becomes. And the more durable we wanted it to be, the more time we needed to prepare it. Even though, there are some disadvantages to this new magic. It was easily outweighed by its advantages. Just thinking about how strong it was gave me goose bumps.
It was also very flexible. The things we could make were only limited to our imaginations were. Emilia was able to make spoons, forks, plates and more using this magic. Though it emitted a bluish glow, its details and craftsmanship were on par with the real ones.
I was also able to make things that normally don’t exist in this world. Though I was able to make gadgets, but because they wouldn’t start up, I stopped making more. Thankfully, they diffuse back to the atmosphere once there wasn’t any use for it anymore.
“… Lumina-sama… if we were to teach this to the other students—“
“… The social hierarchy of this academy would collapse and chaos would follow, right?”
Emilia made a very meek nod on my side to confirm that what I just said was true.
“I think it’d be for the best if we kept this as a secret to most of the students.”
“When you said ‘most’, does that mean you’re still planning on teaching it to them?”
Her face became very worried when she heard that I still hadn’t given up on teaching this.
“Don’t worry, Emilia. I’m only gonna teach it to those who are close and worthy of trust.”
“… is that so?”
“Yep! More importantly, there’s something I wanna do now that we’re done doing all those tests.”
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“Hmmm?”
I moved my left foot forward as if I was walking on a flight of stairs. I continued to climb the stairs and with each step I took, bluish ripples could be seen spreading with my feet as the center. On my sixth step, I made a sidelong glance towards Emilia and found her staring at me with wide open eyes.
“Just imagine you’re climbing a flight of stairs and just make it strong enough to support you own weight!”
When she digested what I said to her, she slowly mimicked what I did earlier. With anxious movements, Emilia started climbing the invisible stairs. Once her movements became confident, I resumed my climb.
As I continued to climb up, I noticed that the students who witnessed us going up had wide open eyes as they stared at us. I ignored their attention and continued to move and once I had decided that it was already high enough. I glanced back to Emilia and found her following me a short distance away.
Once she arrived at my height, the royal capital could be seen in plain sight. Because it was afternoon, the sun could be seen slowly sinking down behind the mountains. The castle and the buildings of the town were tinged with orange. It was a very beautiful and moving scene to behold.
“Look Emilia, isn’t the view beautiful!”
“… Y-yes! It… truly is…”
Her words were oddly spaced and her voice seemed dry. When I turned my head to her, I found that she was sitting on the floor with tears flowing down from her eyes.
“What happened!?”
“I… I…”
“…”
Emilia took a handkerchief from her pocket and used it cover her mouth before she continued.
“I’m sorry for showing you such an appearance, Lumina-sama.”
“I don’t mind, we’re friends right?”
“YES!”
I returned my gaze back to the castle town and sat on a chair made out of mana. We didn’t say anything to each other as we continued to stare at the picturesque view of the castle town. Suddenly, Emilia made a declaration from my side.
“Lumina-sama… would it be okay to become your real servant?”
“?”
I stood up from my chair and faced Emilia with an amazed expression.
“Emilia?”
“Please, Lumina-sama… I don’t wanna be a temporary servant anymore. I wish to be your servant even when we had graduated this school. I wish to dedicate my life to you.”
“This is quite sudden… why me?”
Emilia placed her left hand on top of her chest and closed her eyes as she spoke:
“You are a person who I deemed to be worthy of my respect. As we continued to spend our days together, my admiration towards you continued to increase. Today, when we made this new magic together, further increased my admiration. Because of that, my desire to always be by your side became so strong, I can’t contain it any longer.”
“Fuu~ we can still be friends, right?”
“Of course!”
“Then kneel down before me.”
Emilia did what I ordered her and knelt down in front of me.
“Though it’s quite impromptu, I think it’d be okay.”
Back when I used to read books in my father's study. I stumbled upon a book that contained the procedure for pledging loyalty to someone. According to that book, the two people needed to be inside a magic circle. That magic circle’s purpose was to help solidify the relationship of the two. It would form a connection that allowed one to always be aware of the situation of the other.
At first, I had thought of approaching the school to perform this procedure. However, when I thought that a refusal we would be likely refused because we were 'general students'. I dismissed that thought and decided to just make a ceremony of my own, using this new magic.
I bit my finger and infused the blood with my own mana as it dropped to the floor. I quickly used the new magic to form a magic circle with us as a center with a few modifications. These modifications were things I had added when I combined my imagination with the books I had read.
“From this day forth, your life shall be mine. No matter what happens, my safety and orders will take the highest priority.”
“Yes.”
“I shall give you a new name in accordance with your oath to me.”
“Yes.”
“From this day forth, you shall be known as Emilia Sluga Chem.”
“Yes.”
The light of the circle glowed brighter and entered her body. This occurrence was unexpected and made me jump in surprise. Emilia stood up and bowed to me. When she opened her eyes, I could see that her once red pupils had become black and on the edges of her red twin tails had become dark.
I wondered if these were the proof that she had become my servant. Regaining my composure, I made a small nod and gave her a smile. She returned my smile with a smile of her own.
“Take care of me, okay, Emilia.”
“That should be my line, Lumina-sama.”
“Hehe…”
Interlude
In the near future, were the world of Glacias was invaded by creatures of unknown origin. The two of us would never had imagined that we would stand on the frontlines fighting againsts hordes of enemies.
Emilia's fought against them with swords and magic that were enveloped in black flames. Because she fought against them as if she was dancing, she became known as the 'Wardancer of the twilight flare."
I on the other hand would slaughter my hundreds of enemies using a combination of my magic and my sword skills. Because of this, I became known as the 'Executioner of the Eclipse'.
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A/N: Hmm... I didn't know I was a chuunibyou... LOL
Also this is the end of Volume 1. Next volume will now have fights and stuff like that.... :D
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Also, I'm changing Miss Lumina to Lumina-sama cause it sounds better and more natrual :D