Only My Magic Levels Up - Chapter 205



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Episode 205: Wise Exploration Life (3)

Lilia, who was looking down at her left hand with eyes wide open like a rabbit’s, clenched and unclenched her fist several times. Soon, her lightly clenched palm struck the air.

Bang! Bang!

The loose sleeves, unable to keep up with the sudden acceleration, rub against the air and make repeated noises.

When I first met Galen, even when I was a priest and not yet a bishop, this was easily possible.

That was as a ‘priest’, and this was a completely different direction.

“It wasn’t a mistake? It really works. How did this happen?”

“That… Lilia?”

Galen asked cautiously. Since the miracle of the rigid body was not visible on the outside, Galen had no way of knowing whether Lilia had used the miracle of the rigid body or not. He only sensed something unusual by watching her reaction.

“Is it possible… by any chance?”

“That’s right! You’re not using your powers on purpose right now? The first stage of the experiment was a success!”

“… … .”

Lilia answered brightly. Galen was speechless for a moment.

If you look at it only in terms of like or dislike, then of course it’s good.

I didn’t have time to feel the thrill of finally achieving success after several days of hard thinking and experimenting with a hypothesis.

I knew that Lilia was an outrageous genius, but I didn’t expect her to be like this in a field that was clearly different from that of a priest.

“If the fairies really didn’t know how to use it, and if they didn’t hide it on purpose.”

Galen muttered with a slightly tired smile.

“Lilia, what should I say, has made fools of the fairies who have been using the power of the stars since long ago.”

“This is the method my brother told me about?!”

“I meant to research together, not to tell you that you’ll succeed right away… … .”

“But brother, you’re also making fools of all the other wizards! Isn’t it the same thing?”

“… Don’t say that in front of other wizards.”

“We do it because there are just the two of us.”

In fact, in other people’s eyes, they were the same. Galen, who was busy destroying just one thing his whole life and had a hard time touching two, and Liliana, who could do anything if she just worked hard.

“anyway.”

Galen, who had completely regained his composure, returned with a serious look in his eyes.

“Are you feeling well?”

“Um, not really?”

Lilia said, gently rubbing her left arm.

“We’ve been using the power of the stars all along, haven’t we? We just didn’t use them alone, but mixed them together.”

“Yes.”

“That’s why I don’t think my body is having any particular rejection reaction or anything. It’s not as familiar as sexual power, but it’s kind of neutral?”

“thank god.”

“But, regardless of how your body perceives it, you still need to be careful about control. I think that’s probably why the risk of overheating increases when the mixing ratio exceeds half… … .”

Lilia, who had been pondering over the right words, soon opened her mouth.

“I guess you could compare it to a wild horse! It has no bridle or saddle, and its personality is really bad, but it’s also big?”

“At that level, it’s not something that ‘needs to be concerned about’. It’s something that can’t be ridden at all.”

“You can ride it. If you hold on tightly to the horse’s neck and wrap your legs around its body.”

“The average person would say they can’t ride something like that.”

It is said that cavalrymen in the era before stirrups stayed on their horses with just the strength of their legs, but that was because they were well-trained horses.

If you were to force yourself onto a large, nasty wild horse without a saddle or reins, and it would go wild for a long time, how would you endure it? An ordinary person would immediately fall off the horse and get trampled to death. It would be an art that only someone with exceptional physical strength and horsemanship could possibly achieve.

Of course, this was not a real horse riding story, but a metaphor, but it was questionable whether Galen himself would actually fit into it.

“You said you would try in my place because Rilia is much better than me in the physical field, right? Even if Rilia can do it, there’s no guarantee that I can do it too. I don’t know if it’s an area of ​​talent or something that can be overcome with effort.”

“You’ll know if you experiment more. You can learn how to hold on to a horse, and if that doesn’t work, you can try to tame a wild horse. I don’t know if that will work or not.”

“I hope so.”

“If you’re curious, why don’t you try it on your own? I’ll try it first and if I think it’s possible, I’ll give you guidance!”

“Okay, I see. By the way, is it possible to use it with both powers at the same time? That’s the most important thing.”

“Oh, I guess I should try that now.”

In fact, it was the most important part. If the physical strengthening using the power of the stars doesn’t overlap with the miracle, it’s useless. I’m trying to use it as an extra while demonstrating my power as a priest, but if I give up being a priest, isn’t it like a reversal of roles?

“But I think it might work. It just feels different.”

“How does it feel?”

“When I used the power of the stars just now, it felt like I was filling up an empty space by tightly pressing it in… Is the miracle of the rigid body like blowing the power of the stars into it?”

“I don’t know a thing.”

“I don’t know either! It’s an area that is difficult to express in words.”

Lilia, who had been pouting, finally became serious and focused. Galen followed suit.

After a while.

Since there were no outward changes, Galen had no idea what was going on.

You could tell success or failure by looking at Lilia’s brightly blooming expression.

“Okay!”

“oh.”

“It feels different, doesn’t it? The strengthening principle also works separately. What the heck?!”

Lilia, who was explaining excitedly, suddenly screamed. Galen, startled, jumped up.

“Lilia?!”

As soon as he saw Lilia’s left hand tremble convulsively, Galen almost jumped over the small table in front of him and ran towards her.

“are you okay?”

“Okay, it’s okay!”

Lilia shouted quickly. Fortunately, the convulsions were subsiding quickly in the meantime. Galen carefully took Lilia’s hand.

Phew!

A holy platinum light enveloped Lilia’s arm. Of course, it was not Galen who did it, but Lilia herself.

Although Galen knew nothing about the Holy Power, he could vaguely distinguish the warmth that was unique to the Holy Power after being by Lilia’s side for so long.

The miracle of healing restored Lilia’s arm. Soon the trembling stopped completely.

“I’m sorry. You must have been very surprised.”

“What happened?”

“Well, I was so excited that I momentarily neglected to control my star power… I’m really okay now.”

“You should have been more careful.”

Lilia mumbled with a faceless expression. Galen sighed in relief.

The tension that had surged up in an instant was relieved and the strength in his body was gone. He sat down next to Lilia. As expected of a luxurious annex, there was enough room for three people to sit on one armchair in the living room.

“Are you hurt a lot?”

“Not really much… … .”

“Honestly.”

“…I tore my muscle a little bit.”

“oh my.”

“But it’s not like I was seriously hurt or anything. It’s just a minor injury, and by some miracle, it can be healed quickly.”

“The fact that I got hurt is the problem. Even Lilia volunteered first because she was afraid I would get hurt while experimenting. Why wouldn’t I do the same?”

“That’s… sorry.”

Lilia’s shoulders slumped as she became sullen. Galen patted her, not intending to scold her.

In the still atmosphere, Galen, who had been gently brushing back Lilia’s soft blonde hair, asked quietly.

“The power of the stars, do you think it’ll be okay? Seriously.”

Lilia, who had been silent and lost in thought for a while, answered.

“I don’t think we can expect a warrior to use his power to that extent.”

“Well, I wasn’t greedy from the beginning.”

“Warriors have their own powers within them, but we draw the power of the stars from our bracelets. No matter how much we tame the bracelets, they can never become a part of our bodies.”

“Yes.”

“But we can make it as compatible as possible. First, we need to practice distributing a small amount of star power throughout our body to maximize our adaptation level, and then… It’s just a matter of practice.”

“Wielding the power of the stars?”

“Yes. It’s a story I told my brother a long time ago. Among wizards, there are those who shout out the names of their skills, right?”

“I remember. Lilia used to be really nagging me. I asked her to give the skill a cool name.”

“No, I didn’t force you!”

A method of naming and repeatedly practicing a specific method of using magical power, thus shortening the thinking time as much as possible and quickly casting magic.

Galen also practiced it as if he was practicing a skill, briefly naming it something like ‘Receiver’.

But soon I realized it wasn’t very meaningful and I gave up.

That was a method used by magicians who were not very good at increasing their magical level, that is, magicians whose level was stagnant, to use their best tricks to become a little stronger.

Galen’s level increased without any problems, and he could use so many different types of magic that he didn’t need to create specific skills and stick to a set usage method.

“Anyway, the point is to become extremely familiar with it through repeated practice in a certain way, right?”

“yes.”

“This is also the same. If you continue to practice the task of tightly pressing the power of the stars into your body, you will be able to maintain the strengthening unconsciously without being conscious of it. It would be best if you could improve to the point where you don’t go wild when you lose focus like you do now.”

“Isn’t that practically no different from being a warrior?”

“Right? Our goal isn’t to become warriors in normal times, but to be able to use physical enhancements only when necessary, right?”

“Even if it’s just that much, it’s overflowing.”

“Usually, that would be a battle situation where you’re fully alert. If you can just focus and use the star’s power, it would be very useful.”

Compared to the warrior’s power, which is completely harmless because it is his own power, the power of the stars has the risk of harming one’s body if one is not careful.

However, Lilia predicted that after adaptation and training to minimize the risk, it could be used as a similar aerodynamic force.

If that were really possible, Lillia might become something like a trinity of warrior, wizard, and priest. Strengthened by the power of the stars, aided by the spirits, she wields holy power.

“I really hope it is possible.”

Galen said with a grin.

“But don’t rush your practice too much. The most important thing is not to get hurt.”

“yes.”

Lilia smiled bashfully. She closed her eyes slightly, still feeling the hand gently stroking her hair.

* * *

It was certainly encouraging that the first experiment was an immediate success, but it only meant that the first step had been successfully taken.

It was confirmed that physical strengthening was possible by using only the power of the stars, and that it could be overlapped with the miracle of the rigid body.

For that to be meaningful, the physical enhancement had to be large enough. If the miracle of the rigid body made you 100 stronger, would it be noticeable if the power of the star increased your strength by 1?

In short, I had to pour all my star power into it to be able to use it in real combat, but since I was still not good at controlling it, I had to practice a lot. At least, it wasn’t something that could be done in a day or two.

So, Lilia decided not to rush and to start practicing to get used to the power of the stars.

Since it was just a matter of slowly spreading the power of the stars throughout my body, I tried it with Galen too.

“Ugh?!”

“Brother?!”

It hurt so bad.

Lilia’s description of a ‘wild horse without bridle or saddle, with a very dirty personality, but of good size’ was eerily accurate.

Even though he had only used a tiny amount that wouldn’t even enhance his body to a significant degree, the pure power of the stars was truly filthy and unruly to Galen’s control.

Since the body disobeys and runs wild, it is only natural that the inside of the body will be destroyed. Since the amount was so small, it ended at the level of muscle soreness, but that doesn’t mean it didn’t hurt.

Galen grumbled as he received a miracle of healing from Lilia.

“No, how on earth did you handle this from the beginning? If it was to the extent of tearing muscles, it would have been much more than this.”

“You just have to press hard… … .”

“I pressed it hard, but it didn’t behave at all… … .”

Either Lillia’s control is superior, or her body is better able to accept the power of the stars. One of the two.

It didn’t seem to be at a completely hopeless level, but it seemed that Galen would need to put in much more effort than Lilia to use the power of the stars.

Anyway.

From that day on, the two of them spent almost all day locked in the annex, devoting themselves to training. Originally, when you first start learning the basics of anything, it was most important to focus and practice.

Theodore also seemed to be enjoying a rare break and didn’t come over to ask for a sparring match, which made him feel even more relaxed.

And then, two days later.

“Archbishop Lilia, are you there?”

The Archbishop of the West, Miriam, has arrived.