Chapter 173 – The Results of Training, A Grand Reckoning!

※ ‘Sо hоw wаs thе training arc fоr Jаnuary in thе end?’ ‘Did Little Sрiсе grоw uр?!’ ‘Nо! I want Little Sрice tо stаy smаll fоrеvеr!’

“Тhe Мeаt Brigadе’s сhаt is gеtting heatеd~”

It’s the сhat slot for еаrly February.

Sоmеhow, January felt inсrеdibly long, packеd with wаy toо much stuff.

“Yеаh, I think hе grеw quite a bit, didn’t he? Hе was using Mаgiс nоn-stop, аnd his skills thеmsеlves seеmed to hаve improved.”

‘In Маster’s cаsе, the biggеst factоr was that he wаs being lаzу and not using Incantatiоns! Trуing tо usе Mаgic without undеrstаnding its bаsic structurе was thе rооt оf thе prоblеm!’

“Аh~, Flotа’s lеcturing me~!”

But she’s absolutely right. Ever since I started using Spell Incantations, the image of Magic has been expanding in my mind.

Magic that would only manifest in a fixed form without incantation now changes freely depending on the content of the incantation.

Well, Mental Magic, whose manifestation method is fixed, doesn’t change.

Since the power doesn’t change without incantation, I truly understand why he’d be lazy and just use the most powerful one!

Well, personally, Spice isn’t fond of things like Mind Control, so he mostly uses Shock and Drunk.

‘For me, Basic Magic is plenty enough, y’know? The profound depths of Mental Magic are packed into it, after all.’

True that.

With just Basic Magic, you can really influence the course of a battle.

There are actually advanced spells—ones that blow away memories, brainwash, read thoughts, all sorts… but in Spice’s case, most of the opponents he really has to fight are way above his level, so they don’t work on them.

Basic Magic is cruder and harder to resist against, so it’s more effective.

‘Mmm, this time, I was the one who really shined, wasn’t I?’

‘Ignite, weren’t you just in spectator mode during the Freya fight?’

‘Ugh, don’t say thaaaaat! Fire, fire doesn’t work! Not with Master’s current strength!!’

“Does that mean if you master Flame Magic, you can conquer fire with fire!?”

‘Mmm, you caaan!!’

“Amazing!!”

※ ‘You can drive out fire with fire!?’ ‘Flame Magic seemed the most ordinary, but it’s so deep!’ ‘I wanna see it!’

‘Fuh-fuh-fuuu! Master, the Listeners are saying so toooo.’

“Is that so? Alright then, let’s master it, Flame Magic.”

‘Mmm, yeeess!!’

‘I had one of the highest-tier spells unlocked, you knooow~’

“Marinna, yours is like, wasn’t it that water monster person who became a Listener, and you’re borrowing Retinue power? You knocked Spice out in one hit!”

‘That’s simply because Master’s strength is still completely insufficient, you knooow.’

But Vortex was incredible!

It one-shot Freya, after all.

“So, Spice still needs special training from now on…”

‘To summarize, I think he’s shown remarkable growth for having only used Magic for a year and a half! Until now, his growth was about increasing depth, but starting this month, it’s changed to expanding capacity and understanding Magic itself. And!! I have some happy news!’

“What is it, what is it?”

※ ‘It’s an announcement from Little Flota!’ ‘Even Little Spice doesn’t know, lol’ ‘What is it!?’

‘The Flight spell has!! Been unlocked! From now on, Master can fly freely!! Well, it’s just that Levitation has been replaced by Flight.’

“Wha-what!? I can finally fly!?”

Actually, the reason Flight took so long to appear was probably something like not meeting the evolution conditions for Levitation until his skill in using floating magic reached a certain level.

Profound, this Grimoire.

“Alright then! From here on out, it’s a Flight practice stream! Can you keep up with Spice’s speed?”

※ ‘Right off the bat!?’ ‘Doing it suddenly is so lol’ ‘Little Spice, be careful!’

First, I’ll cut the video feed for a bit, audio only.

“Gonna move to the Otherworld to avoid revealing my location! Ah, Ms. Shino, hello~”

“Ms. Spice, are you going to the Otherworld now? In that case, please take this.”

“What’s this?”

“We’ve made progress on being able to communicate via radio waves from the Otherworld, so this is a portable antenna. We can call you with this~”

“Whoa~”

※ ‘Little Shino after so long!’ ‘Show us the video!!’

“If I do that, you’d see Spice’s house, wouldn’t you!? Okay, only in the room that connects to the Otherworld.”

Shino appears in a close-up.

“Everyone~! Long time no see~. It’s Shino~!”

※ ‘Woooooooh Little Shinoaaaaaaan’ ‘Fox-eared shrine maiden loli~!!’ ‘Spice’s streams have all sorts of lolis appearing, so it’s never boring’

She’s a rare character, so she’s super popular!

Here, Spice mercilessly stops the video again.

“Okay, okay, that’s the end of Ms. Shino’s appearance! Let’s go, let’s go!”

※ ‘Ehh~’ ‘Please do a collab or something sometime’

“Ms. Shino is a civilian, after all. Within reasonable bounds…! So! I’ve landed in the Otherworld, so I’m turning the video back on!”

The Otherworld is fine to be seen as much as you want.

“Alright, I’m opening the Status Screen. Actually, I put some effort into making it somewhat visible to everyone too. Flota and Floppy developed this technology for me! They’re so capable!”

※ ‘Amazing!’ ‘Whoa! It really looks like a game’s progression system screen!’ ‘It’s slot-based’ ‘You insert Magic and decide what to use’

“That’s right! Oh, the slot where I always had Levitation inserted has changed into a shining new spell! This is Flight…!!”

※ ‘You can tell just by looking, it’s clearly a rare spell!!’ ‘Spells have rarity too…’

“They do~. If I switch this to Marinna’s… Form Change! Aqua Spice!”

He instantly changes into Spice in a swimsuit.

※ ‘Aqua Spice in midwinter is good for the body’ ‘Thank you, thank you’ ‘A surprise attack, I’m happy’

“That’s not where you should be looking! C’mon, look at the Vortex slot. It has a rainbow sheen, right? This is SSR. The highest-level spell. Flight was gold, so maybe SR?”

※ Maruchou: ‘It’s gradually becoming more like a card game or gacha game…’ Rump: ‘I wonder if there’s UR…?’

‘There iiis!!’

For some reason, Flota, who understood the card game rarity concept, declared cheerfully.

So there is.

Alright, alright, more importantly, I’m gonna fly, I’m gonna fly!!