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"Well, let's review."

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　I'm listening to Ai's talk with Hannah and Mitya.

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　Hannah is sitting beside me with a serious expression on her face.

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　Mitya is sitting with her head on my leg, curled up, as if she is sleepy.

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　She seems to be the same age as me, but I think she is quite childish.

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　I pat her head on my lap and listen to Ai's story.

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"Magic is the art of casting spells to bring out certain phenomena. Ars Valka has proposed a method of creating such spells. The spells are based on conditioned reflexes.

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"Yes, Mr. Ai. What is a conditioned reflex?

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It is a phenomenon observed in animals. By conditioning a specific stimulus to a desired result, the result may appear only under that condition.

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"Yes. I have no idea.

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"For example, when you feed an animal, its mouth secretes saliva in order to eat the food. This is a natural habit of the animal. However, if the same sound is played every time the animal is fed, it will start to salivate in its mouth when it hears the sound.

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"Wow. Is that so? Someone actually did something unusual like that?

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"We have a report of an experiment that Mr. Ars Barka had Billy Reid conduct as proof of his proposed method of magical creation."

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"......What should I do? I said the Sky King is strange.

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　Hannah, who was talking to Ai, turned pale and looked at me as if she had just made a serious gaffe.

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　No, it's okay.

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　Everyone would agree that Ars is different.

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　I might even think so myself.

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"You know, every time before I use magic I always say the same thing. Then those words will be the same as the sound you just talked about. Just mumble the words and the magic will be activated. That's the culture of curses.

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"That's right. And the important point is that when you murmur a word that is a spell, you perform a spell that has a certain effect as much as possible. For example, there is a spell called [Brick Generation], which always produces bricks of the same shape and quality when the spell is uttered. This is because Master Ars Varka always produced the same bricks when he cast the spell."

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"That sounds difficult. If it were me, would I have to make sure that the amount of flame emitted and the heat of the flame are the same?　Can you do it?"

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"So, in your case, you will first need to train in witchcraft before you start to practice spell culture. If you don't learn to control fire magic at will, the phenomenon of incantation will not occur forever.

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"So it's all about practice. I understand, Mr. Ai.

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　Hearing that story, I think my [Itadakimasu] was really lucky.

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　I always mumbled "Itadakimasu" before meals, and while eating, I utilized my magical power to efficiently take the magical power of the ingredients from the food, but I was not that conscious of it.

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　It was really just an accidental spell.

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"Good luck with your practice, Hannah. And what do you think about my case, Ai?　Do you think you can create new magic?"

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"It is possible, Master Alphonse. But it may be difficult to make [meteor] into a spell. At least, it will not be possible to make it into a spell this year."

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"After all?　Meteors consume too much energy. It's impossible to do it over and over again a day.

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　Create magic.

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　When I decided on my goal for this year, the first thing that came to my mind was [meteor].

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　This is a magic that I have been able to use since Norn sucked the blood out of one of the more powerful archers of Grougalia.

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　It would be amazing if I could make that attack, which can gouge the ground with a single blow, into magic.

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　Ai says that it would be difficult.

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　In order to create magic, you would have to keep repeating the same action over and over again, so that a conditioned reflex is formed that activates the magic just by murmuring the spell.

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　But [Meteor] will also greatly deplete your strength with a single blow.

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　The fact that you have to take a long rest after each action makes it difficult to repeat the same action many times.

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　Maybe you have to keep doing it for years or even decades to make it magic.

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"That's right. That is why the number of those who are called wizards is very small. It is said that it is a miracle if a master of magic can create one or two spells in his or her lifetime.

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"But you make a lot of magic, don't you, Brother Ars?"

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"Yes. That is what makes Mr. Ars Varka unique. In the past, magic was something that consumed a large amount of magical power to be activated. However, Ars Barca was different. He has created magic such as "Brick Making" which makes small bricks before "Wall Building" which makes big walls and "Wall of Atmos" which makes small bricks. This is thought to be because he focused on the fact that he could use magic many times in a short period of time, taking advantage of the small amount of magic power consumed."

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"Make magic a magic that consumes little physical and magical power. So it's easier to have a conditioned reflex if you make hundreds of bricks a day, rather than something like [a meteor] that you may or may not be able to shoot a few times a day."

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"Yes. So, I advise you to be careful when you create magic. Magic that can be tried many times in a short period of time with less fatigue should be the magic.

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"But what's the point if it's useless?"

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That's right. The most important thing in the creation of magic is how meaningful it is. Even with the current amount of Alphonse-sama's magic power, it can be performed more than several hundred times a day, and when it becomes magic, how much will the recipients benefit from the magic? If you don't create magic with that in mind, it is a meaningless act.

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　That's right.

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　I don't have as much magic power as my brother Ars, and neither do the orphans I named.

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　Does this mean that I should have a magic that can be used by Hannah, Mitya, and other orphans here with enough magic power consumption to maximize its effect?

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　Meteor is out of the question.

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　Is there any good magic bill?

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　The goal of creating magic came first, and now I am wondering what kind of magic I should create.

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