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I changed my voice with magic and shouted out loud toward the villagers.
"Eh? Eh?"
I lower my voice and speak to my brother Reich who couldn't grasp the situation.
"If they found me being outside, it'd only lead to trouble, and I don't need to
gain a meritorious deed or anything anyway. Besides, if Reich-niisan doesn't become
the family head...."
"Then please support me so I can smoothly get out of the territory. See you!"
--By the way, Biffgel was left with only a slight wound since the monster's claw
hit his armor's toughest part by chance.
What a lucky guy.
"Yeah. Not many guys can cut the neck of a monster of that rank in one slash. If he
did that with the swords I gave to you brothers--he's already at the level of
monster."
He didn't just check the type of the monster but the way it was cut huh.
This is.... he might have found it out already. Feels like he emphasized the
『Reich』 part too.
"No. I'm sorry to say, but it's impossible for Reich. It might be a different story
in the future, but it's not possible for the current Reich. If there's someone who
could do that in this territory, that would be--"
"Biffgel?"
"....w-whatareyoutalkingabout."
No well. Though I said it myself, I also didn't think Biffgel could do that.
Bringing up the name of some random farmer old man would have been more persuasive.
"Well, it's not like I don't know how you feel. I'm also the same, I want Reich to
be the next family head.... That's why, I won't pursue the matter if you're fine
with it."
"However, putting aside the credit, the spoil of war should be given to the one who
won it over. Dealing with the raw materials is troublesome, so I'll cash it in and
give it to you when you're leaving the territory. Reich also gave his permission--
or rather, it was Reich that suggested this."
"Now that's clear, I'm giving this to you. The magic stone from the monster that
Mathi... I mean Reich defeated. This one's easy to keep and has many uses."
"Thank you."
My brother Reich called me when I was walking while thinking about the magic stone.
"No. It's unrelated to that matter. Those are Mathi's to begin with. It's not about
that, I'd like you to teach me magic."
"Magic?"
"Yeah. In order to formally dispossesses the position of the next family head from
Biffgel, I have to do it through magic. But there's no one who could teach magic in
this territory. Or so I thought.... Mathi, you used magic when you killed that bear
didn't you? And it was chantless too."
"....Chant?"
"You don't know about Chant even though you can use magic....? Chant is that thing
Biffgel did.... Would you like to see?"
After saying that, Reich stood before a tree at the edge of the forest and thrust
both his arms forward.
"Fire mana that dwells in my body, become a straight arrow and pierce my enemy!"
"This is what we call a Chant. Since Mathi used magic without a Chant, it's called
Chantless. And I think it's a considerably high-level technique...."
--I see.
Magic in the present world is in a lot worse situation than I originally thought.
If the aim is Biffgel's 'that', surpassing it is easy. On the contrary, making it
so he doesn't surpass it would be more difficult instead.
However, I need to ask him one thing before I get to that.