How to Live as a Half-Dragon

061. magic master.

The head of Alteon, Lugrant, has a total of two wives.

Luna, the wife of the eldest daughter Sarah Alteon.

The other is Riena, the second wife who gave birth to two sons and one daughter.

“If it’s Lacilla… Isn’t that Lugrand’s youngest daughter? He’s the child of his second wife, and I don’t think he’ll help you… .”

“He said he had a good relationship with his mother, and he said he actually taught me magic… .”

Drake’s eyes lit up in an instant.

“It’s magic… .”

It was because it seemed sufficient to use it as a variable if it was pure magic, regardless of whether or not I believed or disbelieved the intention of the character named Raycilla.

Normally, he would have expressed his negative attitude toward magic, saying, “Don’t do anything that doesn’t work,” but this time it was different.

‘He’s a Dragonian.’

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Magic is an area of more talent than swordsmanship.

In swordsmanship, no matter how skillful you are, if you wield it 1,000 or 10,000 times, you can achieve some degree of achievement, whereas in magic, you can’t even start if you don’t have talent.

But Xian can break down that barrier.

“It might be worth a try.”

“But isn’t it a bit cowardly to use magic in a swordsmanship match… .”

“hmm… There is definitely a point.”

It wasn’t a real fight, but to deceive the opponent and use magic, if it was normal, you would be pointed at as mean.

“But you seem to be misunderstanding something, so have you forgotten that this confrontation itself was a confrontation with someone’s low intentions in the first place?”

“yes?”

“That means you put on an opponent you couldn’t overcome from the start.”

Because Xian possessed an unusual talent, the confrontation like this was at least successful, but if it was someone else, he would never have even seen hope.

“And above all… .”

“What more?”

“If you lose, you’re cowardly and what’s the point? Are you saying you don’t know that after being beaten like that?”

I was stunned for a moment.

But there was nothing to refute.

I realized this while constantly losing.

It may not be a lie to say that there is something to be learned from defeat.

In fact, it made me stronger by fertilizing it.

But even if you win, you will learn something.

Xi’an had overwhelmingly more defeats than victories.

It was time to slowly win and win.

Above all, Xian always gained a lot when he won.

“Starting today, secretly go and learn magic.”

“Can you go now?”

The sun had already set outside.

The sparring with Stein itself takes place at sunset, and it was natural since quite a bit of time had passed since then.

Drake said it was natural.

“It was better because it was dark outside. If you don’t have enough eyes, other people won’t know that you’re decorating something.”

This also makes sense.

Sian couldn’t help but nodded his head.

“all right.”

* * *

To be honest, Sian doesn’t know where Lacilla is.

Even so, I went out of the dorm at once.

Still, it was because I had a rough idea of where she might be.

‘Shall we go to the Great Library?’

The other day, she said that she was there every day.

If it wasn’t there, I was thinking of going to the lab where magic lessons were given at the time.

‘Wow, it really is… ?’

At that time, the seat by the window that we met was actually Lacilla.

It wasn’t clear because it was still outside, but I could guess because I could feel her mana.

All that’s left is to make sure it’s Laceilla.

‘there is… !’

In the corner of the reading room, which was darker and dreary than the outside, Lacilla was reading a book, relying on a small lamp.

Sian approached her, muttering something deep in thought.

Whether she knew she was approaching or not, Xian cautiously called her, who was still busy reading.

“that… aunt.”

Every time I pushed them away saying that I couldn’t learn magic, I felt sorry and shameless for finding them like this, but the only person I could ask for was Raycilla.

Raycilla glanced at Xian and was out of luck.

“Great. I was thinking of finding it sooner rather than later.”

She said that she was going to visit Xi’an, although she did not know what the purpose was. After a while, she turned off the lamp and stood up.

“Me? why?”

“It’s okay to talk here, let’s get up.”

Xian followed Raycilla and asked.

“Rather than that, aren’t there any magic devices here? Is it dark?”

Alteon’s buildings had quite a lot of useful items made through magic.

It’s the same with Xi’an’s dorm right now.

It was such a place that contained the development of civilization enough to brighten up a room with a single button.

‘I heard there’s also magic communication, right?’

When there is something urgent to convey over a long distance, there was such a thing that conveniently conveys a message.

Originally, it was only possible using high-ranking magic, but such a thing was also developed.

I didn’t know Xian because I lived in a rural area, but the world was so full of strange things.

“Isn’t it? I’m tired of going to the troublesome fire.”

“I see… .”

Anyway, the destination that Raycilla led Xian out of the Great Library was a private laboratory.

I was wondering if it was for the purpose of taking magic lessons again, but Raycilla said.

“Put your hand over the magic circle here.”

There was a small magic circle in front of the lab door.

When I came here the other day, she did a good job of disabling it…

Xian raised his hand to the security magic.

“What should I do next?”

“Use magic.”

The fireball I told you about before.

That was the only magic that Xian knew, but that alone easily dispelled the security magic.

“what? why is this… ?”

“All magic has a pattern.”

All of these are subtly different.

Unless they are master and disciple, they cannot be the same.

“You and I are now in a priestly relationship. Understand?”

I arranged such things arbitrarily, but for some reason, I didn’t feel disliked.

As soon as the two entered the magic circle, the security magic activated again, blocking the path.

The other day, it was said that it was high-level magic, but it felt like I was receiving special treatment, so it felt good.

The first thing Raycilla said after opening the door to the lab and entering was a bit out of the blue.

“Can you beat Stein?”

“yes?”

This time, the purpose of visiting Raycilla was to learn the magic to use in sparring with Stein, but I was embarrassed because it was unexpected that such a question would come.

“Why… .”

“They say if you don’t win, you’ll be kicked out.”

“It is true… .”

And because I know that, I’m here to do my best as much as I can.

“Won’t anything work if you try?”

“He is completely carefree… .”

Laceilla asked again.

It was a look that something like that shouldn’t happen.

“So can you win?”

But is it easy…

As the other person was the other person, she couldn’t give a proper answer, but she grinned.

“Yeah, I knew it.”

It was around the time when I felt like I didn’t know what to say.

“I thought I would and improved my magic!”

“yes?”

Lacilla said as if she was dumbfounded.

Recalling the events of that day, it was clear that he was still annoyed and frustrated.

“No, I went and talked to my father. Did I just say that my nephew is a super genius?”

“So?”

I’m honestly a little curious.

The mother’s reaction when she heard that sound.

Lacilla said as if it wasn’t what you’d expect.

“So what’s the matter, they say they don’t need a genius or anything.”

Then it is.

I’ve only had a few conversations, but it felt like there was a corner somewhere that was clogged up.

different from what it looks like.

“My father, once he has made a decision, he never backs down. I thought there would be no point in begging and clinging on.”

So, to sum up what Lacilla said, this was it.

The point is that if Xian defeats Stein, everything will be resolved.

So, she was secretly improving her magic so that Cyan could defeat Stain.

Of course, if Stein responds to the match with all his strength, there will be no hope of improving his magic or not…

“I heard that you only use part of your power?”

“Yes.”

“Then there is a good chance.”

Xian was impressed.

It was because he did not know that there would be someone in Alteon who would do this for himself.

“how is it? Would you like to learn?”

* * *

The goals of Xian and Raysilla overlap to some extent.

From Xi’an’s point of view, he told me about magic, but there was no reason to refuse.

“yes!”

She nodded her head in satisfaction as if she was satisfied with the enthusiastic answer.

“You haven’t forgotten the fireball I told you about before, have you?”

“uh… Yes.”

At the entrance, the security magic was canceled before I had time to use it to the end, but even if that wasn’t the case, I didn’t forget it as a result.

No, it was hard to forget again.

Thanks to Raycilla, who listened and repeated the same words for five hours.

“Try it.”

As Xian remembered, he prepared the magic and looked at the magic doll in the corner.

A magic doll is a stuffed toy with a special magic, and it was said to be used to test its power.

“Can I use it over there like last time?”

“okay.”

Xian prepared a fireball.

Although it was a laboratory, I had heard that it was durable enough to withstand a tolerable amount of magic, so today without worry, Xian threw a fireball at the magic doll.

The fireball that hit the magic doll seemed to explode, but was soon absorbed into the doll and disappeared.

‘It’s quite strong.’

The magic Raycilla had taught her was quite powerful when Xian used it.

This was a destructive power that she was also surprised by, but she said it was five times as good as a normal fireball.

‘Maybe it’s because I’m a Dragonian with high magic affinity?’

But she doesn’t know that.

So that day, I was really happy like a child.

He said his nephew was a genius.

‘However, this is definitely not enough.’

Stain is strong.

even faster

Even if you shoot, there is no guarantee that you will be hit, and if it is dangerous, there is no law not to release the power you have limited.

In a word, it was said that there was no such thing as this.

“Certainly, seeing it again, the power is amazing, right?”

“But what about Fireball?”

“Because it is an improvement of that technique.”

Laceilla asked.

“Do you remember what I told you before? The three factors that determine the power of magic.”

“Was it the amount of mana, the aptitude of the elements, and the surrounding environment?”

Assuming that the magic formula remains the same, Lacilla said that the power of magic is determined by these three things, but the first is the amount of mana.

It’s just how much mana the user poured out when using magic.

And the second element aptitude is about whether the user has talent for that element.

If the aptitude was low, of course there would be a difference in power even if the magic was used with the same spell and the same mana.

And the last surrounding environment was an element that contained the principle of nature that while the power of fire-attribute magic was doubled in terrain that easily burned with fire, its power was weakened in a lake or seaside full of moisture.

“I remember it well.”

“But why is this all of a sudden… .”

Lacilla said,

“Actually, there is one more, not three. One last thing that determines power.”

uh… What is it?