When Ars and Loki returned to the lab after their strategy meeting, Tesfia was the only one in the room.

'What's wrong with Alice?'
I don't think he's feeling too good. He's taking the day off.
Okay.

　He hadn't gotten that feeling in the morning, but it could have been sudden. After all, Alice hadn't had time to rest after working in training for consecutive days, even if it was for the sake of research, ever since she'd given him a bitter thought.

'Okay.'

　The usual training......... After all, the usual training stick is being held hostage at Tesfia's family home.
　For the time being, if Alice says she's going to take a break, I'll ask her to lend me her training stick.

　The usual place, for some reason, two types of baskets have been set up before you know it.
　Tesfia and Alice prepared these baskets on their own for the purpose of storing their belongings.
　A training stick is unusually placed in it. It's not unnatural to leave it behind, considering the training that will start in the afternoon.

　However, Tesfia tilted her head in a strange way. I'm sure you've gone back to get this.
　Still, there was no further question as to whether it was different.

　He took the borrowed training stick and moved on to his usual training to retain his magic power.

'Looks like you didn't skip it.
'Of course!　I can't spend all my time on this stuff.

　 I was going to leave it at that until I could actually feel it.

　I knew it would be a good thing, because I thought it would be off the table and forgotten anyway, but I couldn't shake the feeling of surprise, even though I knew it was a good thing.

'So you called me!　You were accepted after three days?
Just in case.

　As for Ars, he hoped that it would be inconvenient and uncomfortable, but it was not going to be as faintly hoped.

　The reply was vague, but that was because of Tesfia's personal concerns, not because she was reluctant or anything like that.

　When Tesfia contacted her, her voice changed color enough that she could see her mother lift her cheeks.
It's a good thing I'm not a fan of this,' she told me, 'I'm looking forward to it.
　I'm not going to be able to say a word, Tesfia felt even more ominous than Alice's second act.


　It's a good idea to have a good time with them.

　Even if you say you're continuing, it's still training with poor results.

　Arus told Loki, who was diligently working on his own training.

Loki, you need to see what he's got in mind.

　Loki showed no sign of refusal.
　Loki, who had closed his eyes for detection, slowly opened his eyelids.

'It sounds like you could give Alice some good advice, and it wouldn't be fair if I didn't tell this guy, would it?

　And it sounds mean, but it's not Loki who can't see that this is a concern to prepare for tomorrow and not get fatigued.

'I understand,'
Is Loki going to look after you?
There's a surprisingly hidden talent.
Don't make fun of me.

　You look like you're about to say "whoa", but your steps towards the Tesfia are not full of it.

''Alice has gotten the hang of it a bit too.
While I was gone...

　A situation that threatened to put the tripod with his best friend in jeopardy.


　Ars listened to Loki's guidance as he revised it to be true.
　It was a blind spot just where he hadn't stumbled.

(Finding an equilibrium point is certainly more efficient.)

　It's not pointless to simply twist down with force, but the significance of this training is to converge magic power.
　If you can give AWR a stagnant magic power, it will improve the efficiency of magic conduction and also improve the accuracy of AWR as a weapon.

　The Tesphere can also kill two birds with one stone if it can adjust the release of magic power and operate it within the context of the magic.
　Once you know how much you can't get played, you can adjust it yourself from there.

　I'm not sure I'm cut out to teach others, after all, Ars thought.
　The training that I have been doing is itself deviating from the norm.
　It is not normal to begin with. That can't be helped.
　That's why I don't understand the barriers that anyone would run into in normal training.
　It's natural to be able to do it, and if you can't do it, you'll just die out there, the way you view training is different to begin with than Ars, who grew up in an environment where it's natural to be able to do it, and if you can't, you'll just die out there.

　It's not like we're trying to train a mere magician either, so we have no choice but to let both Tesfia and Alice experience the bitterness.
　A mage so good that Ars doesn't have to go on missions.
　So there is a tremendous wall standing in the way of reaching that point.

''Oh, it's so stinging!''

　Tesfia, who stepped on the ground, is still not very good at precise manipulation...or worse, he's clumsy.
　The same goes for his temper, but he's definitely not the type of person who is good at tasks like threading a needle.
　It can't be helped because it's something that has to be done at the very least, but it's just enough to give me a break.

　Since Tesfia's return, the fading that reminded me of it had disappeared as well.
　There's a line of thinking that he's distracting himself by devoting himself to training, but he doesn't have such a sensitive personality, Ars continued to pretend not to notice.

　You don't have to be Alice to know that Tesfia has something to worry about. It's because it's so apparent on her face.
　That's why Ars wanted to get involved if he could.

'What does your mother want with me?

　When I asked him, his gaze plummeted to the hand.
　Too obvious.

'I don't know. I just know that my interest peaked when I saw that stick.

　It would be messy, sure, but it would still be better if it didn't turn into a rough affair. It was impossible to conclude as I told him.
　Already the schedule is almost collapsing in my brain. It was no longer a headache, even though this mission had forced a major change in the schedule.

Time is to be respected. I won't allow it to end in vain.
'Don't tell me. I'm the most disgusting person you've ever met.

　The wrinkles between his eyebrows give the impression of being late, and he seems to be accepting the situation with impatience.

'Wouldn't it have been better to say no after all?

　Loki puts three cups of tea on the tray.

'You can't deny yourself a detour without those sticks.

　Of course it's valuable, but Ars doesn't get attached to it.
　It's simply because there is nothing as efficient as that in one point of magic manipulation.
　Originally, it would take more than half a year even for an ordinary magician to reach the current manipulation techniques of Tesfia and Alice.
　It's also because of their talent and efforts, but that training stick definitely plays a role.

''Anyway, even if I said no, it's unlikely that I would be able to avoid it as far as I can tell.

　I throw it to Tesfia, who made a bitter face across from me.

'Yeah, maybe call the chancellor or whatever means they use.

　I guess that means it's not hard to imagine the averted gaze.

'That's right.'
Aristocrats.

　Needless to say, that's a prejudice, but it's common for the perception of aristocracy to evoke a snarky and arbitrary image of humanity.
　The image of aristocracy that Loki refers to is certainly the result of the incident in the extracurricular class.

''.........''

　Only at this time, Tesfia didn't blink an eye.

''Don't be so wicked, if my daughter has an unknowable man attached to her, I can't help but be curious.
....!


　Chided, Loki didn't argue, even if he didn't agree, and poured himself a refill.
　He hadn't meant to follow up with Ars, but Tesfia looked back at him in surprise.

　Not to the helper.
　The problem is the part that says "with a man attached" and that Ars is a man.
　The motivation for inviting him was the cliché that his daughter was being taken care of, but there was no way his mother would be able to get away with just thanking him for his guidance.

'Do you hope it's just a greeting?'

　There was no point in moaning about it any longer, since they had accepted the three days after the terms.

　There is nothing we can do now to make things better. There is nothing we can do now.
　Thinking about it is useless for both Ars and Tesfia, but for her, the nobleman's breather, it is a problem that cannot be divided.


　After a rest, the training resumes again.
　It's time for Ars to continue her research for the sake of Alice, who is lying low.

　There are many ways to create magic.
　Most would consider magic by combining magical formulas and lost spells.
　The combination of detailed formulas requires the knowledge of deciphering hundreds or thousands of symbolic characters.
　The magic formula that creates a single event is ultimately a composite of existing magic formulas.
　If it's not the original, this is the most common method.

　The way Ars now creates original magic for Alice.
　It's the first thing to consider the event. The magic you have made Alice learn also depends on whether you know or have seen a possible event to activate it.

　In order to create it, it's important to imagine it first. Of course what kind of magic is useful, is it reasonable to alter the event and consume magic power?

　The items that must be decided are not limited to 100 or 200.

　There are a huge number of combinations of coordinates.
　If you compare it to a puzzle, you have to decide on the overall magic - the picture - first. You have to calculate the shape of the hundreds or thousands of pieces needed for it.
　Now you have a framework.
　The next step is the most annoying to scholars.

　He knows the shape of each piece. But there are hundreds of different pieces that fit together.
　There is no such thing as magic unless you can predict and fit it in tens of thousands of ways. A single discord interrupts all the circuits.

　The structure of the advanced magic, the most advanced magic, is a single answer derived from hundreds of millions of possible answers.

　I'm not sure I'm going to be able to find the right one.

　It started with deciphering the magic that humans originally used in their daily lives.
　I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work.
　It's a daunting task to create an original spell based on the basic lost spell.


　Anyone could do it, if only to fit the pieces of the puzzle together.
　There are roughly dozens of pieces that fit together. But each piece has a different meaning.

　So if you know the meaning of the pieces, you usually play it safe by fitting the pieces you know rather than taking an adventure.

　The percentage determines whether the piece is original or not.
　If less than 30% of the existing combinations are original, they are original, and so on.

　I'm not sure if it's a good idea, but I think it's a good idea.

　It's not something that can be done quickly, it's magic. However, the lack of a system is a convenient complement to the interference itself, so it can be simplified than making normal magic.

　A complete original would be a major project that would take a team of scholars several years to complete.

　What Alice lacks is offensive magic.
　The team identifies the items needed for this. The old books in the lab were helpful in determining the magical events. The wild research has arrived at valuable wisdom somewhere. Whether or not he could recognize it.

　By reading them with a vast amount of knowledge, Ars can find light on a treasure that was once described as an empty theory.

　The magic he has created is only worthy of being called original.


'Al...are you listening to me?'

　A voice leaks out of my apologetic thoughts, and a face that had been glued to the screen rises.

'I'm leaving now. I'm worried about Alice too.

　It was still bright outside, and it was a little before dusk.
　It was earlier than usual, but it was inevitable.

'All right. Tell Alice that if she's not feeling well tomorrow, she doesn't have to come back.
Okay.

　Tesfia left the room with the training stick intact.
　In her other hand she holds the basket Loki had given her. He says it is filled with snacks.

　This is an unusually puzzling concern for Loki.
　The expression on his face did not show any mental calculations, but simple concern.

　Maybe it's because this mission makes you feel guilty about Alice.
　If Loki himself was asked why he did so, he would be puzzled.


　It would be only ten minutes or so since Tesfia left.

　The red-haired, petite girl danced back, exhaling with her shoulder, "Hahaha," she exhaled with her shoulder. I saw that she had run, just as I saw her. The fact that her neatly tucked ponytail is disheveled shows that it's not just a matter of time.

'What a racket,'
I can't find Alice!