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 class .

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 passingly 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 classmates . 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 class 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 sturdy 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 space .

. . . . 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 pass 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 . . . .