Only My Magic Levels Up - Chapter 95
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Episode 95: A Change of Mood (5)
“Us?”
“Well, you are not us.”
In response to Galen’s question, Akanksha corrected what he had said.
“Among us earth elves.”
“aha.”
“Of course, it would be correct to say that it is the strongest of these four.”
Was this an additional explanation rather than a correction?
Of course, Akanksha doesn’t know Galen’s true power.
All she saw directly in the ruins was a performance of spirit creation mixed with subtle water manipulation.
But that alone was more powerful than the ordinary gold, and it was because they acknowledged that that the expedition team leaders readily gave up their share of the ruins.
However, to say that it is the strongest as if it were a certainty is, of course… … .
‘… … Akanksha also had pride in his own abilities, so he wouldn’t have looked down on his family.’
Galen looked at Radica again.
Even if the word “sister” hadn’t come out right away, I wondered if they would have asked about the connection first because Radhika resembled Akanksha so much.
‘No, is it the other way around? Since Radhika was born first, should we say that Akanksha resembles Radhika?’
A wine-like purple… … with a hint of red added to it. First of all, the hair, which is a variation of red hair, is moderately long and softly curly, reaching below the shoulders.
In terms of appearance alone, she looked like a young girl from a prestigious family who had grown up beautifully like a greenhouse flower, except for her ears which were clearly longer and pointed sideways than those of a human.
She looks a few years younger than Lilia, being at least a handful shorter, but she already feels like a wild weed, which is a bit of a problem.
Of course, judging an earth fairy by its appearance was meaningless, considering that the similar-looking Akanksha could crush clay dolls with its fists.
“All three of you, sit down first. There’s no need to keep standing and talking.”
Radhika said, pointing to the chairs around her. Akanksha nodded with a slightly displeased expression.
The chairs were rather low, perhaps because human guests were not taken into consideration.
As the two sat down in slightly uncomfortable positions, Radhika smiled.
“You can stretch your legs comfortably.”
“it’s okay.”
“No, no. It’s just that I feel uncomfortable watching it.”
“I’ll keep urging you until you give up. Since that’s your nature, just give up.”
Akanksha added, sitting a seat away from Radhika.
Galen and Lilia exchanged glances as they looked at each other, stretching out their legs a little awkwardly.
I may have come across as a little cocky, but the other person said it didn’t matter to them.
When the four of them sat around the table in the middle, Akanksha spoke first. It was to Radhika.
“Why on earth are you here? Aren’t you doing general assembly work?”
“The Federation is almost always idle, isn’t it? The General Assembly is the same.”
“That’s normal! But now the festival is just around the corner!”
“The staff does the work, and the chairman approves? This woman has nothing to do.”
“Still, please help me out a little!”
“That’s why I came to help you.”
“… …What did you come to help me with?”
“You saved me the time it took you to bring those kids to me.”
“They were lucky enough to be staying at Messiah, so I brought them right away. Otherwise, I would have had to search for them for a long time. What would you have done if that had happened?”
“Then I guess you went out for a bit and then returned to the general meeting?”
“After all, we just came to play!”
I only saw one scene, but it seemed like it would be difficult for the younger sister to beat the older sister.
Although their appearances don’t match at all, she feels like the eldest daughter who adores her younger sister, who is much older than her, like a daughter. Unlike Lilia, she seems to be the type who never loses her smile.
By the way, there was something in the conversation that might be a hint.
Lilia seemed to have noticed too. She asked cautiously.
“Hey, you two?”
“huh?”
“I remember that the leader invited us… … .”
“that’s right.”
“Didn’t you say earlier that Radika was the vice president?”
“Oh, so that’s how it happened.”
Let’s summarize the following explanation.
All the earth elves belong to their own ‘federation’, just like Akanksha belongs to the Red Rock Federation.
The Federation is a kind of small country, with the land elves as the citizens and the leader, the leader, as a king.
The ‘Union General Assembly’, or General Assembly for short, was where all of those federations gathered, which is equivalent to the EU in modern terms.
The head of the Federation General Assembly was called the Chairman, and Radika was the Vice Chairman.
“So… … you are the second in line among all the earth elves… … ?”
“You wouldn’t be wrong to say that.”
“No, not that much.”
When Akanksha agreed, Radhika waved her hand in slight embarrassment.
“It’s a little different from human culture. We’re all equal. The title of Vice President… … What do humans call it? An honorary title? Something like that.”
“That doesn’t mean it’s nothing. My sister is well respected among the earth elves. Considering her usual behavior, that is.”
“Oh, is there something wrong with my behavior?”
“You just play all day long! You called them that too, sister!”
“Did you get permission to come back?”
Radhika, who was leisurely patting the heated Akanksha, looked back at the two and smiled softly.
“I’m also from the Red Rock Alliance, so I know the leader. I invited them both because I asked. Do you understand now?”
“Yes. I’m curious as to why you invited me… … .”
Lilia shrank slightly. Galen was no different.
The starting point for the earth elves was silver, and just like humans, gold or higher was rare.
So, it was only natural that the golden Akanksha would be a high-ranking figure within the Red Rock Federation.
I thought that Radhika, who loves such an Akanksha so much, would also be in an extraordinary position… … but she’s the second in the hierarchy of earth elves.
Even if it is an honorary position, shouldn’t it be considered equivalent to an archbishop or higher in human society?
No matter how openly the other person acts, it is burdensome for us to relax together.
Fortunately, thanks to Damus, I had built up immunity when dealing with ‘higher-ups’, and Radica was always smiling gently, so the atmosphere was gentle.
“You don’t have to think too hard about it. I just got curious because my little brother talks about you so much.”
“You didn’t say that much?”
“At least I told you enough to make this girl uncontrollably curious.”
Radhika, who had easily subdued the grumbling Akanksha, continued speaking.
“Would it be rude to ask how old you two are?”
“Oh, no. I’m nineteen.”
“I’m twenty-three.”
“You’re really amazing at such a young age! Oh, and I heard that unlike most humans, you don’t shy away from sparring or anything.”
“They’re a bit unusual. It’s the first time I’ve seen them complain about not meeting any evil spirits since coming here.”
“huh?”
“That’s how serious you are about eradicating evil.”
“If that’s the case… … Have you ever tried recommending the competition?”
“I was going to do it, but I stopped. It’s not a question I can give a definitive answer to.”
“But I’ll ask anyway.”
“You can just ask now.”
“I wonder?”
Radhika nodded at Akanksha’s reprimand and immediately asked the two a question.
“If you are interested in evil, would you like to join us?”
“Is this the competition or something you just mentioned?”
“Yeah. Did you hear from your brother that there’s going to be a big festival soon?”
“Yes. He said he’d let me see it if I wanted.”
“It’s the central event of the festival.”
“What kind of place is it?”
“Um… … To put it simply, a devil hunting competition?”
“Hunting competition… … .”
Lilia’s eyes flickered. It was a sign of interest. Galen asked carefully.
“Are you ranking them by the number of times you catch a bad guy?”
“No way. Anyone can fill in the numbers, right?”
“Ah… … I see.”
The difference in perception was this big.
Even for humans, there were many more evil species that a properly equipped bronze-rank mercenary could not defeat one-on-one than those that could.
To the Earth Elves, whose entire race consists of at least a hundred thousand people, any evil species is nothing more than a nuisance.
So it seems that they did not simply use the method of counting by number of people.
“It’s a competition where only gold can participate in the first place. The level of the evil species that are caught is also appropriate.”
“hmm.”
“This competition in particular has great prizes. The competition will be fierce.”
“But can we participate?”
“I should go and ask you about that now. I should ask your opinion first.”
“I am fine.”
“me too!”
Galen, who was looking forward to the experience buffet, and Lilia, who was once crazy about hunting evil species, answered amicably.
“Okay. I’ll relay it to the General Assembly. Even if it’s rejected, you won’t be able to see the festival itself, so don’t worry. But… … I don’t think they’ll particularly object, right?”
After a moment of silence, Radika smiled.
“There probably won’t be any contestants who think they’ll lose to you.”
“Is that so?”
Galen’s eyes narrowed slightly. Radika added.
“There is no earth fairy who is not proud of his own skills. The only ones who have seen you in person are Golden Brother and Sachet.”
“Do you think so too, Radika?”
“Well, I haven’t seen it either.”
Radika’s smile deepened.
“Can you show me?”
“If you’re talking about sparring, then by all means.”
“You say that as if you’ve been waiting for it? It’s really unusual.”
Well, I’ve been secretly looking forward to it ever since I heard you were the strongest among us.
If she really is a gem.
It might be more helpful than Damascus.
* * *
There were only three of us going.
“I’ll be waiting here.”
Akanksha remained at the Federation headquarters, waving his hands.
“I don’t know when the leader will return, and I’ve already sparred with them many times before.”
For that reason, Radhika rode Akanksha’s mule instead and the three of them escaped out of the city.
There were no walls or anything, so the buildings just kept shrinking until we reached an empty space.
“Good. There’s no farmland around, and nothing to break.”
In a suitable vacant lot… or rather, just a bare patch of undeveloped land, Radika stopped the mule.
“I have a favor to ask.”
“yes!”
Leaving the three mules in the care of Lilia, Radica took Galen with her and kept a suitable distance between them.
“I heard from my younger brother that he deals with things like water spirits. Can you show me?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
Galen lightly flicked his wrist.
The flowing spirit grew in size as it rolled forward.
Finally, the giant appeared.
“Aha, so that’s what it is.”
The leaders of the expedition team were all terrified when they first saw it, but Radika only showed curiosity.
“Are you saying that you destroyed the clay figurines in the ruins with this?”
“yes.”
“But, according to my brother’s guess, the power during sparring and during actual combat was different. Is that true?”
Well, when I hit Akanksha, I only used Spirit Creation, and when I hit the special clay doll, I also used Water Manipulation.
“The fight with the earth fairy is one-sided and only hits me.”
“Is it true that I let go of my strength?”
“It was never my intention to ignore Akanksha or anything.”
“I know, what do you mean? Then I’ll hit you with all my might.”
Radhika said calmly.
Of course, she was special, and she was stronger than even the captain’s doll, so Galen didn’t leave her out.
In the first place, when breaking the captain doll, Lilia first struck it with an axe, then blasted the gap with a flame of vanity and at the same time struck it with a spirit to break it.
It would be impossible to inflict significant damage to Radika with just the water manipulation punch.
‘But it will be an experience.’
That’s fine for now.
Galen’s eyes lit up.
The water giant, receiving his signal, raised his arm.
yet.
The giant’s arm was pushed forward with as much speed as the water jet could handle.
A giant water pillar, more powerful than the one in the ruins, came crashing down.
Paaaaaaaang!
The ground caved in as the water spray exploded like a bomb.
Radika had to take a step to regain her balance as the ground beneath her gave out.
Other than that, nothing much happened. As expected.
“The power is beyond reproach. If my brother had been hit, he would have definitely been hurt.”
Radica smiled. Galen grumbled.
“I’m fine, so how can you say something like that?”
“That doesn’t mean I don’t feel pain. It just doesn’t hurt enough to make me scream.”
Radika paused for a moment and looked at the water giant regenerating its arm with interest.
“Is regeneration infinite? Even if everything breaks?”
“If only I had the magic left.”
To be exact, there should still be water stored inside the spirit, but the capacity is so large that unless you deliberately empty it, the water will not run out first.
“Then I’m sorry, but can I break it just once?”
“Well, it doesn’t matter, but… … .”
How do you break it?
Since it is made of water, it can be easily broken with just a little bit of impact, but it is very large in size.
If there was a magic that could attack in a wide area, then that would be fine. Earth elves are practically no different from warriors. When will I ever get around to beating them up one by one?
“Can you step aside a little bit?”
“Oh, yes.”
It was while thinking that Galen stepped aside.
Radika clenched her fist lightly.
Chiiing―
At that moment, Galen’s senses rang a sharp alarm.
Immediately afterwards, the earth fairy’s small fist struck the air.
Phew! Phew!
The water giant just exploded and burst apart.