Only My Magic Levels Up - Chapter 57



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Both people asked at the same time.

“Are you a fairy?”

“Are you a fairy?”

The voices overlapped, but the facial expressions did not.

Unlike Galen, who was nervous about the unfamiliar texture, Lilia was sparkling with curiosity.

“I’ve heard stories about it! They say that earth fairies are small and cute!”

“What about the earth fairy?”

“Hey, haven’t you heard of Brother Galen?”

“I’ve heard of fairies, but I didn’t know there were different types.”

“That could be the case if you’re not from around here. Earth elves only live in the northeast.”

In this world where even horses and carriages were expensive and walking on two legs was the most common means of transportation, people rarely left the villages where they were born.

Mercenaries and peddlers were the only occupations that traveled a lot, but even they did not travel to other regions very often.

It is an environment where information exchange does not occur well unless an informant is intentionally dispatched.

Before leaving House Oceanis, Galen didn’t even know there was a city called Nigerte.

If the South and Southeast are like that, what about the Northeast?

As for Lilia, who was a close easterner, I had heard rumors in somewhat complete form.

Galen, a southerner, was skeptical of whether fairies really existed.

“Fairies, to put it simply, are those who can use magic from birth, have superior physical abilities than humans, and have lifespans that are several times longer.”

“···Isn’t it just a higher level of human compatibility?”

“There are many who actually think that way. If even the desire to reproduce was at the human level, this world might have already been eaten by fairies.”

Roald said with a bitter smile.

“Fortunately, humans far outnumber fairies, and as a result, many exceptionally strong ones emerge. Ordinary fairies are much stronger than ordinary humans, but when you reach the top, they eventually become similar.”

“Can you roughly think of it as a structure with the bronze removed?”

“They’re similar. If we look at the proportions, the fairies are thicker.”

If you think about it like a pyramid.

Humans seem to be overwhelmingly bronze-level, with a little bit of silver on top, a little bit more gold, and even a little bit more jewels.

On the other hand, it feels like fairies don’t have any bronze at all and start from silver.

Since the starting line is far ahead, it is relatively easier to reach the gold or jewel level.

That’s the ratio, and because the population itself is so small, it means that the absolute number of strong people is not large.

“But it’s a bit much to claim that reproductive desire is a sign of human superiority… It’s not like we’re raising livestock.”

“Ahem, there is another superiority. Freedom.”

“Freedom?”

“We humans can choose the path of a warrior, the path of a magician, or the path of a priest, right?”

“Right… right?”

Strictly speaking, it’s not about choosing the career path you want, but rather going according to your aptitude, and most people are just ordinary people who don’t have an aptitude for any of the three.

“On the other hand, fairies are all born with the same magic. It’s a sort of racial trait. They have no freedom of choice and no distinctive features.”

“I don’t know if you could call that a bad thing······.”

Even in a long-standing magical family, isn’t it the same for all blood relatives to learn the same magic through secret books?

According to that logic, fairies are a whole race of wizards, so shouldn’t we consider them as something amazing?

Well, whether humans were better or worse than elves was a good question for Galen.

The status window is even more amazing than the fairy’s, making me envious.

“Anyway, if you’re an earth fairy, do you use earth magic?”

“It’s different from the commonly thought of earth magic. The fairies themselves call it the ‘power of the earth’, so we just assume it is the same. Likewise, there are sky fairies who use the ‘power of the sky’. There are two types of fairies.”

“The person involved in this request is an earth fairy?”

“The sky fairies live in the northwest. They never come here.”

“So what kind of trouble are the earth elves causing?”

Lilia asked. Roald answered.

“As I said before, I don’t know the exact situation since it wasn’t my request. I think there was some friction regarding the territory.”

“What is the territory?”

“Don’t you think that the earth elves also have their own territory?”

“Right?”

“It means that humans have invaded that place. Or, conversely, it could be that the earth elves have invaded human territory.”

“Your Excellency, I have a question.”

Galen nodded to Lilia for understanding and then intervened to ask a question.

“Who ultimately places the order?”

“Oh, I haven’t told you that yet. The Archbishop wishes to see you. He has spoken formally.”

“Me?”

“How many people can defeat both demons and cavalry within two months without even belonging to a church? Given his actions and his young age, he said he wanted to meet him in person and congratulate him.”

“okay······.”

“Bishop Lilia too.”

“Oh, me too?”

“He is an unprecedented talent who became a bishop in his teens. Since His Eminence the Archbishop could not leave his post, I conducted the ordination ceremony in his stead, but it is only natural that he would want to see the future of the church with his own eyes.”

Lilia smiled bashfully after hearing the sincere but calm compliment.

Galen was lost in thought for a moment.

It’s hard to refuse an invitation from the Archbishop, unless you have some really unavoidable reason, like being sick in bed.

If we categorize very naively, the power in this world can be divided into those of the family and those of the church.

What good would it do Galen, who had no family background at all, to stay away from the church?

Even the heads of prestigious families like Oceanis, who have a wealthy family, would not easily refuse an invitation from the Archbishop.

“An invitation and a request are separate things, right?”

Galen, who had made up his mind, opened his mouth.

“That’s right. Of course, His Eminence the Archbishop must have mentioned the request with the intention of subtly recommending it.”

“Then I will go and check the situation before deciding.”

Although he avoided giving a definitive answer, Galen was already curious.

I can’t refuse the invitation anyway, so I have to go.

Wouldn’t it be nice to have some work while you’re at it?

‘The power of the earth······.’

Is it because it is a characteristic of the elf race that Galen, a human, cannot learn it?

Or maybe it’s treated as magic so that it can be learned somehow?

‘Well, either way, you’ll get experience points.’

There was no harm done.

The next destination has been decided.

*

Unlike when we left Abaca, since this was an official visit at the invitation of the Archbishop, a carriage was prepared by the church in Belpas.

“If you have any requests, please come before early spring.”

“How long does it take from here?”

“I’ll go by carriage, so it’ll take twenty days.”

We’ve just entered late winter, so there’s only about a month left until early spring.

Although they had up to ten days to spare, neither Galen nor Lilia had any more business in Belpass. The two decided to leave immediately.

Since I had no idea if I would ever come back here again, I decided to get rid of the horse I had been riding so much. I also sold Lilia’s horse.

“Thank you. Come visit me whenever you have a chance!”

The next day, the two boarded the carriage, escorted by Roald.

The trip was comfortable.

A cheap carriage might be a pain in the butt, but how could a carriage carrying church guests be cheap?

Although Galen had become quite accustomed to horseback riding, it was nothing compared to a carriage in which he could lie down and sleep or read a book.

Since it was a carriage that openly displayed the symbol of the church, it was virtually invincible against ordinary people and went smoothly wherever it went.

Except for two minor incidents where a band of thieves, either ignorant or brave, attacked a single carriage and were slaughtered.

The carriage arrived safely at its destination after exactly twenty days.

Messias.

It was the largest city in the northeast, located in the center of the northeast.

“It’s bigger than Belpass!”

Lilia’s eyes sparkled as she looked up at the high walls. Galen nodded and accepted the words.

“I guess the population of the northeast is larger than that of the east. Even if they are the same largest cities, this one would be bigger.”

The climate in the northeast was a little colder than in the east, but not so cold that people could not live there.

Compared to the eastern part, where there were too many mountains, of course there were not few mountains here, but there was a moderate amount of plains mixed in, making it a much better place to live.

Naturally, the population was larger, and there were more clergy. Even without the elves, the archbishop probably considered the northeast to be more important than the east.

“You can just go in!”

As expected of a church carriage, they passed through the gates easily and headed straight to the church.

I wanted to meet the archbishop right away and get rid of the bull’s horns in one go.

“I’m sorry. His Majesty is currently away from the office······.”

“Now that I think about it, it’s almost lunchtime. Should we come back after lunch?”

“That would be better.”

The two walked around the area to take a quick look around the city.

I find a restaurant that looks good and order a dish I’ve never heard of before out of curiosity.

I was walking back to church after a satisfying meal and letting it digest.

“Whoa!”

I took a different route than I had taken when I came, so I was walking down a street I had never seen before.

Don’t you hear a sharp scream nearby?

It was a sound not easily heard inside the city walls in broad daylight.

Soon, several people suddenly jumped out from the alley right in front.

“What’s going on?”

“Fight, there’s a fight!”

When Lilia caught him and asked, the answer came right away, perhaps thanks to the robe.

As we turned the corner, we saw what the witnesses had described as a commotion breaking out in the alley.

It was a slightly shabby alley, but fortunately it wasn’t the kind of fight where people were attacking pedestrians indiscriminately.

A small group of people were fighting with swords, and the people around them were scared and hurriedly running away.

That doesn’t mean it was something that could be left alone, especially if it was a priest.

“Let me stop you, brother!”

“Yes, that’s right.”

Lilia, who had shouted indignantly, walked briskly. Galen followed her.

But the closer I got, the more strange it seemed.

At first I thought the perspective was wrong because there was some distance, but that wasn’t the case.

“Huh?”

Although Lilia had better eyesight than Galen, she seemed to have only thought about stopping the fight and realized the fact around the same time as Galen.

Bang! Kkang! Kkang!

A three-on-one fight. A clash between three men and one woman.

However, two of the three lacked the skills and only played supporting roles, standing by on the left and right.

In the end, the man in the center took over most of the fighting, so it wasn’t much different from a one-on-one fight.

Still, the woman had a slight advantage. She was practically pushing the three of them by herself.

The problem was on the woman’s side.

The thing she was holding in her hand was a particularly large hammer, the clothes she was wearing were stained and dirty, and the place where she was fighting was in front of a blacksmith shop, so it would have been strange if she wasn’t a blacksmith.

He was short.

It was too small. It barely reached Galen’s chest.

The ears, briefly visible through the hair fluttering in the violent movement, were longer and pointed than those of a human.

If they had been completely ignorant, it would not have been difficult for Galen and Lilia, who had come to Messia with a purpose, to find out the woman’s true identity.

I just never imagined that we would meet in this form in an alley in the middle of the city.

Boohoo! Boohoo!

The earth elf woman, swinging her hammer as if she could break the skulls of men two heads taller than her, shouted angrily.

“Say that again, you cheeky brat!”

“······.”

“······.”

“What’s wrong with my work? Huh? You idiot with no blood on his head!”

“···I’ll go and stop it first.”

“···yes.”