2nd Episode: It’s my magic, but/Part 2

 

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Taken by Arisa, we head to the garden.

There happened to be a shadow over there, so I headed towards it.

It’s because Arisa’s skin is weak against the sun.

 

“Ed, right here.”

 

Arisa took out a bracelet, equipped it, and handed another one to me.

 

“This is?”

“This is a bracelet that shares your senses.

It’s a kind of sacred relic, and lets the two who wear the bracelets share their sensations. I’m going to teach you the feeling of using magic with this.”

 

(So things like sacred relics exist.)

 

I put it around my arm,

This isn’t an especially weird feeling.

 

“What should I do with this?”

“He,here you……”

 

Arisa slightly averts her eyes from me, looks in the direction of two ‘o clock.

Her cheeks were dyed red. Her skin is white, so it’s easy to tell.

 

“……What’s wrong Arisa?”

 

At my words, Arisa goes *bikutu*.

 

“Eh? ……U,um……this is……”

“What is it? Is it something that hard to explain?”

 

When I said that, Arisa *furufuru* shook her head from side to side.

 

“This is the sensation people get when holding hands!

That’s why, there are a bunch of sensations……”

 

While swinging her hands, Arisa spoke quickly.

 

A rare item with the ability function to share senses.

 

I can pretty much imagine what Arisa’s thinking.

She’s trying to teach me the sensation of using magic through this.

However, Arisa is squirming around, and isn’t trying to start teaching at all.

If she doesn’t the lesson won’t start though……

 

“——I got it, we just need to hold hands right?”

 

I quickly grabbed Arisa’s hand.

 

“……tu!?”

 

——Suddenly my heart rate raises. Then, my chest *kyuu* becomes painful.

As soon as I felt that, I was surprised.

And at the same time, I notice.

 

——No, this isn’t me. The feeling of Arisa’s heart is being transmitted to me……!

 

“……Arisa, can you try to calm down a bit?

I’m was also feeling a little weird, but……”

 

I was surprised, but Arisa wasn’t even at that level.

Arisa’s face is, even now, red enough that you’d think she was going to explode.

 

(This isn’t even training anymore……come on, Arisa-sensei……)

 

“So,sorry! I,I was just really embarrassed……I think my heartbeat got transmitted to you……I felt your heartbeat too.”

 

While Arisa was vigorously talking, I released my hand.

 

“For now, let’s remove the bracelet. If you can calm down to a certain extent while we’re holding hands, we can put it on again.”

“Uu……”

With watery eyes, Arisa removed her bracelet.

 

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For a while after that, Arisa and I were holding hands.

 

Arisa’s hand was small and soft.

I don’t know if she was embarrassed or not, but she wasn’t looking here, and had her head down.

 

After a while, I ask.

 

“Arisa? Have you calmed down already?”

 

*Kokuri* Arisa nods.

 

“Then let’s put the bracelet on you.”

 

Arisa and I put on our bracelets.

 

Her heart seems to be beating slower than before. Arisa herself also seems calmer than before.

 

“Okay, I’m going to use magic now, so remember that sensation!”

 

Her attitude has made a complete change from before, and Arisa-sensei suddenly became energetic.

……Her face is saying ‘How’s that!’

 

“Imaging something together with magic power will cause a phenomena according to that image.

That is magic. For now, I’ll do something simple.”

Saying that, Arisa closed her deep red eyes.

 

“First, I’ll spin the magic around my stomach.

Then, imagine what your attribute should be able to do, and when you imagine that, release the magic power spinning in your stomach from your hands. Easy right?”

 

Around my navel there was a feeling of something feverish gathering together while swirling, and I moved it to my fingertips. Then, from the hand I wasn’t holding, a small flame appeared at Arisa’s fingertips.

 

(That explanation was too vague, right……? I can still understand it because we’re sharing sensations though……)

Somehow, the feeling of gathering magic power was transmitted.

If I do this over and over again, I might grasp it sooner or later……but still.

 

“That was a really light explanation. Was that how you’ve taught up until now?”

 

Somewhat amazed, I said that to Arisa——at that time,

We were concentrating on our magic, and before we knew it, our distance had shrunk——my breath hit Arisa’s ears.

 

“——Hiyatu!?”

 

Arisa *biku* shrunk her body, and looked at me, surprised.

 

“——M,my bad, I was being thoughtless!”

“——I,I don’t really mind! Rather, it was nice!”

 

Both Arisa and I started making excuses that didn’t make any sense.

 

“……That’s right, your heart would be beating really fast.”

 

And again, Arisa’s heart rate had violently jumped up.

 

“……”

 

Arisa’s face was busy turning red and turning blue.

 

(——Like this, the training won’t advance at all, will it……?)

 

I waited for a while until Arisa calmed down, and we resumed the training……

 

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A few days later, thanks to Arisa’s special training, I became able to use simple magic.

 

Now, the table in front of has the skull of a beast on it.

Arisa was grasping her hands into fists, and was watching over me from the side.

 

“Ed, go for it!”

“Uoooh!”

 

——I imagined a substance floating.

Then, my kneaded magic was emitted towards the skull in front of me from my palms (apparently it’s a majuu skull, as materials from majuu are easily affected by magic power.)

 

*Pikuri* My magic power hit the skull, and it moved, tottering as it steadily rose.

Then, I switch to the image of the skull falling.

The skull slowly fell, and gently returned to the table.

 

“Kuhaa……”

 

When I confirmed that the skull landed on the table, I involuntarily released a sigh from my entire body.

 

——This is a training to make sure that my magic power doesn’t cut off and that my image doesn’t vanish.

If my image gets cut off, or the release of my magic power stops, the crystal will drop vigorously. It’s a type of basic training, like muscle training for sports.

 

Apparently my magic moves things.

For now, I became able to freely move things about the size of melons a certain distance away from my body.

This distance is the distance my magic power can reach. Right now, my limit is about 5 meters in radius.

 

“Ed, your magic is something that can have different uses depending on how you think.

Within a certain distance you can freely manipulate substances… as long as you have magic power you can use it for labor, and in battle you can use it fly knives into enemies’ blind spots, so it’s really useful in interpersonal battles.”

 

While thinking Arisa put her hands on her cheek and began muttering.

Certainly, if I master this magic, it’ll be convenient in terms of living, and it’ll come in handy for battles too.

 

“If it’s a majuu with an easily identifiable weak point, even you might be able to defeat it. Even in the unlikely event you don’t beat it, I’ll follow through for you…come to think of it, we’re running low on majuu meat……”

 

Arisa is saying something terrifying……

Or rather, the meat we’ve always been eating was from majuus?

——Is that safe?

 

“Hey Ed,

After you practice magic for a bit more, let’s go——hunt some majuus! I’ll support you!

I’ll make you lots of lunches with them!”

 

(——Will we be okay, going hunting with the feeling of going to a picnic!?)

 

*Hikuhiku* My cheeks are trembling.

 

“……I can still only use this magic, will I be able to fight like this?”

 

While *furafura* moving the skull into the air, I feel a bit of anxiety.

 

“About that, I’ll work you really hard, so you’ll be alright!”

 

With a full faced smile, Arisa *gutto* stuck her thumb finger up.

 

(——I want to go back to my former world……)

 

After two weeks of hellish training, for the first time since I came to this world, I fought against a majuu.

 

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