Only My Magic Levels Up - Chapter 182



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Episode 182: The Land of the Martyrs (1)

The day after finishing a substantial training session.

After eating breakfast and leaving Selkef, Galen and Lilia rented a carriage and headed northwest.

Even if you went that way, you would naturally be blocked by the Daesan Mountains before you got very far, but that was your destination in the first place.

“You can just go back like this.”

“Oh, yes.”

After arriving at the village closest to the mountain range and turning the carriage back, we walked for another hour or two and arrived at the entrance of the mountain, where there were no people at all.

Well, this is also part of the Daesan Mountains, so there’s no way ordinary people would be wandering around…

“Shall we go and see?”

“yes!”

Galen, who is not an ordinary person, has been on several mountaineering trips, but there is one thing that has changed significantly since before.

[Life: Spirit: Grant]

[Spirit Creation]

Nowadays, hiking ‘on foot’ is no longer necessary.

Wheeing!

By gathering the surrounding winds, a temporary spirit was born, and soon the wind pushed the two bodies up into the sky.

If Lilia runs as fast as she can, she could run faster than this, but since Galen can’t keep up in the first place, there’s no point in trying to figure it out unless she carries him around.

There is no hiking trail at all, the bad guys are annoying, and you have to keep going up and down, so it is not an environment where you can run comfortably.

Therefore, flying in a straight line in the sky is bound to be overwhelmingly faster and easier.

“Shall we take a break and go?”

“It’s already lunch time!”

They had already crossed several ridges and landed lightly on a mountain peak.

Lilia quickly prepared a meal for the hard-working Galen. The preparations, however, were limited to quickly clearing away a few evil spirits that were loitering around and taking out some dry goods.

Even expensive jerky products are soft and have no gamey smell, Galen said, chewing on the meat.

“As expected, the magical power consumption is quite considerable.”

“Is it really that bad?”

“I can’t fly all the way to the Vatican.”

“I didn’t expect it to go that far from the beginning?!”

“I’m joking. Oh, of course it’s true that you can’t fly.”

It can’t withstand the consumption of magic power, and even if it could, it’s a bit much to fly that far on its own.

“In terms of cost-effectiveness, it would be best to catch and ride a wyvern, but I can’t see any.”

“Could it be because we killed so many back then? Wyverns aren’t that common of a monster.”

“Maybe so.”

The Sirens’ sweeping away of the surrounding evil spirits may have also played a part.

The mountain ranges in the southeast are relatively smaller than those in the east, so the number of evil species was originally small.

“Well, it’s not like we can’t cross the mountain range… now that we have this guy too.”

As soon as Galen finished speaking, a kitten crawled out from his arms, wriggling.

Of course, a real cat wouldn’t be shiny and golden. Even if it were made of real gold, it wouldn’t shine like that.

It was Unica, the spirit of life.

Unica, who had jumped up, showed off her amazing jumping ability and landed lightly on Lilia’s shoulder. She didn’t feel any weight.

Unika came closer and rubbed her head against Lilia’s cheek. The corners of Lilia’s mouth loosened at the feeling of the warm flame tickling her cheek.

Because she had blonde hair and golden eyes, the painting was so pretty that it seemed as if the golden spirit had always been hers.

“I’ve been feeling this way since last time, but I think Unika really likes Lilia. It’s not like I’m the one telling her to do it right now.”

“I like it because it’s cute! It’s warm and soft. Tenebrae doesn’t seem to like me very much though… … .”

“It’s not that I hate it.”

The kitten hiding under Galen’s hood crawled up onto Galen’s shoulder. It was the pitch-black spirit, Tenebrae.

“He just likes things dark, but Lilia is always so shiny and it’s a bit annoying?”

“Ah. But I can’t not use my powers, right?”

“That’s why I’m just hiding like this. It’s okay because I’ll help you when you need it.”

Galen said, stroking Tenebrae on his shoulder. It felt slightly cool and a bit more elastic, so it felt different from Unica.

“But, brother, I suddenly have a question.”

“yes?”

“Water spirits often take the form of cats, right? That was your taste, brother.”

“Isn’t that so?”

“Are these two like that too? Or do they just feel more comfortable in their cat form?”

“To be exact, whatever they look like is up to them. I just let them know my tastes, and they’re adjusting to what I like.”

“aha.”

Lilia nodded.

“Brother, you are a firm cat fan!”

“Is Lilia a dog person?”

“Nothing in particular? Anything cute is fine. These guys are cute enough.”

In fact, whether it looks like a cat or a dog, it is the ultimate pet because you can enjoy its cuteness without having to put in any of the effort of raising an actual pet.

“Come to think of it, I think it would be a good idea for Lilia to hang out with Unika for a while.”

“Aren’t we still hanging out together?”

“That’s me going with Lillia, and Unika is included as a bonus. What I’m talking about is trying to match up. In battle.”

“In battle?”

“When we fought the Siren before, I created a wind spirit and helped Lilia jump across the sky, right?”

“Yes, it was.”

“Unica can do that too.”

The primordial spirit had the ability to replicate Galen’s magic.

The magic that can be used with the magic of life is spirit creation and magic sound translation.

As the latter was used to great effect in the battle with Atma.

If you wanted to use electronics, you could use them as much as you want.

“Unika, do exactly what I did earlier.”

Even if you speak vaguely, the primal spirit with an ego will understand everything.

Unica unleashed her magical power.

The wind that was circling around was imbued with Unica’s magic.

Whew!

A temporary wind spirit was born, just like the one Galen had created.

For an ordinary spirit master, even creating a spirit, whether temporary or otherwise, would be an incredible feat, but now that spirits were creating spirits, it was truly heartbreaking.

Of course, Lilia, who is not a spirit master, is just curious, and Galen’s conscience burst a long time ago.

“Is this what Unika did and not you, brother?”

“Yes. Since air is everywhere, at least the wind spirit can be created by Unika at any time to help Lilia. Maybe it would be better than me helping her?”

Unlike Galen, who can attach a temporary spirit to Lilia but cannot pay attention to her every time, Unica can attach herself to Lilia and focus solely on controlling the spirit.

“Even if it’s not necessarily a battle, it’s cute in everyday life. I think it would be okay to take it with you.”

“I am grateful. I will take good care of it and return it to you later!”

Lilia smiled brightly.

After a while, the two people who had finished eating cleaned up their seats.

Tenebrae hid under Galen’s hood, and Unica, annoyingly, dug into Lilia’s arms, sticking her head out.

The wind spirit created by Unica lifted Lilia and even Galen into the air.

“Is it really the same?”

“I feel more comfortable now. I don’t have to worry about temporary spirits.”

Since it was a primordial spirit that even had separate magical power, it was able to have recovery time without having to use up Galen’s magical power.

When Unika’s magic power was worn out, she was switched with Galen. This time, Galen used his magic power and Unika had time to recover.

It was really convenient because we were dividing the burden of magical power between fellow students who had learned the same magic.

It was late summer, early summer, and before the long daylight had set, they completed their crossing of the Great Mountain Range.

* * *

By going straight across the mountain range instead of going around it, the journey was shortened by at least ten days.

The two people who safely arrived in Chroma immediately visited the Vatican and submitted a report.

“Thank you for your hard work. You handled the situation very well, which almost turned into a big problem.”

I haven’t read the report, so I don’t know how much Anton wrote in the comments, but if Julian called them in and praised them, he must have written quite a few good things.

“Archbishop Anton predicted it would take several months, but it could take years. The Demon Sect will never be able to ignore it. There will definitely be interference in the middle. So don’t wait too long for the subjugation, and do your work. I will call you when the time comes.”

“All right.”

“Your Holiness, may we use this training ground for a while?”

“If the Archbishop uses it, who can stop him? Oh, of course, it’s okay to use it with Duke Galen. As long as you don’t take away someone else’s training spot.”

Julian, who realized why she asked, readily accepted. Lilia smiled and nodded.

This concludes my work.

“Your Majesty, may I ask you one thing?”

Galen opened his mouth as a question suddenly occurred to him. Julian nodded slightly in agreement.

“Before coming here, Lilia had a duel with Sir Michael.”

“oh.”

“Oh, really? I can guess what the result would have been.”

“I was just a bystander, but since she doesn’t have much experience fighting warriors… the compatibility seems quite troublesome.”

“It can’t be helped. It’s the way I was born.”

“Is that so?”

Even the Pope, the pinnacle of the clergy, cannot ignore the compatibility. Galen was tickled.

But Lilia seemed to have something a little different in mind.

“Excuse me, Pope?”

“Tell me.”

“You taught me that last time. There was a part about opening your eyes, right?”

“That’s right.”

There were two main teachings that Lilia received from Julian while staying at the Vatican in preparation for her ordination as an archbishop.

How to use the eighth miracle.

And… preparatory training to reach the ninth miracle.

Only then did Galen recall what he had heard before.

The Pope’s eyes still staring at him intently. They seem to have lessened a bit from before, but they still have an unidentifiable sense of pressure.

Julian had said that when Lilia reached a higher level, she would have eyes just like his.

If it’s those eyes that seem to see through everything―

“Once I open my eyes, will I be able to deal with the Jewel Warriors?”

“It is possible.”

As if he had found the answer himself, this time Julian gave a cool affirmative answer.

“Because very few people reach it in the first place, it doesn’t have a special name… but since the stigmata engraved on its pupils have evolved, let’s roughly call it the Holy Eye.”

Julian continued, tapping his eyes with his index and middle fingers.

“With these eyes, you can see the world more essentially. As a secondary effect, you can also understand the flow of energy and magic to some extent.”

“Oh, then using that… … ?”

“Even so, it’s still not easy, but compared to when you can’t see anything, it gives you a little more room to respond with the miracle of selection.”

It’s not so much classified as one of the ten miracles of the priests, but it’s more like the 8.5th?

In any case, it meant that Lilia had to climb half or one step further than her current position.

Even though I had already become an archbishop, I was told that I needed to become stronger.

“Thank goodness there is a way!”

Instead of being disappointed, Lilia was delighted.

“After all, if I work hard, I can overcome it to some extent, right?”

“Yes. Besides, you have the fortune of having Duke Galen by your side.”

“yes?”

Galen tilted his head at the sudden mention of himself. Julian smiled faintly.

“If a priest were to see the flow of energy and magic power that he originally could not see, wouldn’t the more he comes into contact with energy or magic power, the more practice he would have to take?”

“I guess so?”

“You happen to be a gem mage, and you’re stuck with Lilia day and night.”

“It doesn’t stick at night… … .”

“In short, it means that you just need to do as you are doing now. However, Bishop Lilia, don’t practice without thinking, but rather, be determined to feel the unknown flow as much as possible.”

“Yes! You will help me, brother?”

“When have we not sparred? As Your Majesty said, we should just do as we have always done.”

Galen replied, scratching the ball.

Anyway, he also needed time to catch the second jewel magic and re-establish it.

In the process, I’m hanging out with Lilia, it’s something I’ve always done.

With Julian’s permission, they were able to use the training grounds of the Knights Templar, and the two devoted themselves to training to their heart’s content.

And so, the late summer that was about halfway through was erased in an instant.

It was almost the end of early autumn.

“Duke Galen, have you heard the news?”

It was around that time that Diana, the Third Division Commander of the Knights Templar, brought an interesting rumor.