Chapter 218 – Dark Spice… Huh, Bright!?

“‘А mаgic to еаsе а wifе’s morning sickness, уоu say?’

‘Тhat’s right. Mаshirо sееms dеtеrmined to wоrk right up until the lаst minutе. I figured thеrе рrоbаbly wаsn’t such а convеniеnt mаgiс.’

‘Therе is, yоu know.’

‘I figured therе wаsn’t… Sorry, Karаfuri. Suсh a convenient mаgiс… exists!?’

‘Fuhyohyоhуohyо! Of соursе it еxists! Among Mi’s рast ownеrs, thеrе was a Witсh whо mаrried a nоrmal human аnd lived out her life рrоperlу. Тhat wаs around thе time you humаns cаll thе First World War. The Mаster bасk thеn had sеvere mоrning siсknеss, so Mi dеvelореd а mаgic fоr it. Аhh, Мi was trulу оverwhelmed by the brilliance of human life.’

‘That’s really convenient, Karafuri. And you’re more of a sentimentalist than I heard.’

‘Mi loves humans, you see. Though Mi absolutely detests foolish Witches to the point of nausea!’

Ah, so it really hated that one we defeated the other day.

That’s why, when Spice defeated it, it turned the Witch into Magic Power and devoured her.

‘Then I’ll ask for it next time.’

‘Okey-dokey!’

‘Master, you’ve gotten along with Karafuri astonishingly quickly.’

‘Just a feeling. I think I understood pretty well what it values and how it’s utterly cold towards things it doesn’t value.’

‘This new Master is so rational! The Master two generations ago viewed Mi as dangerous and half-sealed Mi away, but you, Master, seem like you could handle Mi! That means you might even be able to take the same form as the Brilliance of Life Master!’

‘The same form as the Brilliance of Life Master!?’

What on earth does that mean?!

Thinking that far, I was struck by a realization.

The Grimoire of Colors, which even eroded and warped that three-hundred-year-old Witch, had an owner—a Master—who was chosen by it, yet gave birth to a child and lived out her life properly.

In other words, doesn’t that prove it’s possible to suppress the erosion?

‘Besides Spice… there was a Witch who mastered Form Change…?’

‘There was! Well, the fact that you, Master, are using multiple Form Changes is already abnormal!’

‘Fufuun! That’s because Master is special!’

And so!

Today, I’ve brought Flota and Karafuri to the nearby railway park.

It’s a weekday morning, so there’s absolutely no one here.

‘Well then, let’s start testing. Metamorphose, Spice!’

The light resembling white and black ribbons that shot from my feet.

It enveloped my entire body…

Woohoo! The magical girl in the black and white apron dress, Black Pepper Spice, makes her appearance!

‘Master’s tension sure goes up when you transform into Spice!’

‘Because I’m filled to the brim with energy!! The power of a ten-year-old girl!!’

On top of that, the muscular strength throughout my body is equivalent to Shogo’s in his prime, making Spice a super-being combining the physical abilities of a fairly large adult male with the infinite energy of a little girl.

With this weight and that power, I can run on walls and do consecutive flips normally.

I think the fundamental difference from Windy is probably this physical strength.

Her base is a girl, so she can’t quite match Spice.

‘Hafuun? I see, I see! Observing carefully… so this is a Witch transformed from a boy~! The overwhelmingly strongest physicality among all past Masters~. This must be the reason you managed to pull off that big-game hunting I’ve heard about, even if you had help from those around you.’

‘You’re so calm! Well, I’m thinking of trying Spice’s new form with Karafuri now!’

‘Roger that~!! Mi is Color. That means mixing colors and colors…’

‘Pitch black! Dark Spice!’

‘Non non non! That’s just a clumsy fool forcing herself to handle it by mixing colors! Any colors extracted from black are all just muddy, fake colors~’

To call that Witch a clumsy fake… Despite its odd way of speaking, Karafuri seems to be a Grimoire of quite high caliber.

‘Right? Didn’t I say the ones on par with me in terms of caliber are Color and Power?’

‘The other four are strong too, though~’

‘A figure of speech, you see! Flota, Powered, and Mi are Grimoires that govern not elements, but abstract concepts… concepts. Mentalis is close to this, but that one is the type that increases power by restricting the scope of magic. By the way, all of us have different authors.’

‘Ehhh!! A new fact revealed here!!’

‘Then here we go, Master! Take Mi in hand!’

‘So sudden! Here, here! Catch, Karafuri! Wooh! Power is flowing into my body~!’

‘Power is the Grimoire of Power!! I’d like you to change your expression to something like ‘color is flowing in’! Now then, chant the name that floats into your mind! Un, deux, trois!’

‘Metamorphose! Bright Spice! …Bright!?’

A seven-colored radiance shoots forth from Spice’s feet.

Huh!?

Isn’t this far more saturated than the color magic that Witch of Colors used!?

‘The colors used by one with true talent shine. When used by the incompetent, they become like paint and can’t exert any power at all~’

‘I, I see!’

Convinced, I receive the radiance of the intermingling colors with my whole body.

Spice’s form is changing!

This is a ballet tutu!

And a sparkling, glittering pure white one at that!

So they mix to become white!?

‘Ah, the scrunchie on my right hand is prism-colored. The reflected hues change completely.’

‘Bright Spice is clad in all colors! You can fully draw out the true Color Magic. However, as is, the Difficulty is high. You need to separate and compose the colors. So, Mi made the scrunchie the entrance for that. Reflect any desired color onto it, and then use that color~’

‘Whoa~, so advanced!!’

The tutu costume Spice is wearing has a large ribbon on the chest, and an even larger ribbon on the back, making the silhouette look like wings.

Looking at the shadow, it seems there’s a prism scrunchie on the hair tied into a bun too.

Whoa~, completely different from the ominous Witch of Colors, this looks totally angelic!

I wanna see myself in a mirror soon!

Just as I thought that, it seemed a railway park staff member was making rounds, and upon seeing Spice, went ‘Hawahawahawa’ and nearly collapsed.

Oh no, I startled the old man!