CH 11

TN: Before the chapter starts, I need to explain something. Sorry about the little mishap on Novel Updates . All of those chapters before this are NOT part of chapter 1, they are their own individual chapters. However, since I had formatted them incorrectly (with each chapter having a “1-” in front of them to show that they were part of the first arc), Novel Updates thought that I had meant for all of those chapters to be all sections of chapter one… Whoopsie. All future posts should say the correct chapter, so I’m sorry if I confused anyone.! I hope you all liked the chapter!

「…… To make this number undead, you need a magician. If you can find the magician,  you can finish this.」

After a brief discussion, Eve suggested that. As expected, she seems to be familiar with the relationship between the White magicians and spirits.

Wed:「But how do we find them? I can’t exactly walk around the city with undead all over the place.」As he was talking, Wed watched the undead.

「…… I have an idea. We can use my 《Clairvoyance》――」

「Rafi- Fina-sama! That……!！」

The masked woman tries to stop Fina.

Fina grabs her hand, stopping her, before saying

「I― Raffine Odium Refinard ―can use the detection magic《Clairvoyance》 to find the caster.」

The ring on the index finger of her left hand― 《The Ring of Change》 was removed.

「―Eh !?」

When we saw Fina’s figure shake and change, we were breathless.

Her glossy black hair is now white like fresh snow, a beautiful gray color.

Her originally neat appearance had become even more dainty and beautiful, while also having a slightly younger look.

It’s true that we were surprised. It was like an angelic beautiful girl had just jumped out of a painting.

~

Even after Fina- Raffine  revealed her identity, no one spoke for a while. The adventurers were so surprised that they opened their mouths in shock, making their faces look goofy.

I was also surprised by her appearance. Who does she remind me of?――

Lina:「You’re the Princess, aren’t you.」

Lina turned her keen eyes to Raffine.

「Yes. I didn’t want to reveal my identity, but… 」

『Raffine Odium Refinard』

She is the fourth Princess of the Kingdom of Uniwelcia and the most popular member of the royal family.

It is said that 《Clairvoyance》, which is the highest level of《Detection Magic》 , can only be used by one person in the whole kingdom- a girl with a fragile and pretty appearance. She was treated like an idol. She has five fan clubs that I know of. Too popular.

But- Raffine is a princess of the Kingdom of Uniwelsia. Meaning that someday she will have to marry either a famous nobleman or a hero who defeated the Demon King.

Members of The Fan Club lamented over that fact.

One who does not know the bones of his horse may marry the beloved Princess. There’s no way they can forgive that. …Well, some of the perverts were excited on the contrary. All those pigs have been purged by members, so they’re no longer there. Amen!*

The members’ unreachable anger piled up, and eventually riots broke out.

At that time…… 6 years ago.

I did not actually see the face because I was in the middle of my training period, but I thought at the time that 「These guys are excited about seeing a young girl…」**

But now that I have grown up, I know that there are people with various hobbies, so I think that is also a form of love. Love and peace!

The riots began to intensify, and the kingdom thought it had to do something. So the man who united the fan clubs(their male to female ratio was 8 to 2)― Pilar Odium Refinard, King of the Kingdom of Uniwelcia, gathered the members and said:

「If you say that you want to marry my daughter, it would be good if you became a hero or an Aristocrat」

According to the rumors, Pilar is an overprotective idiot who dotes on Raffine, and it seems that he said that he will not give her to anyone, even the hero who defeated the Demon King……. fan club members were scoffing and saying that it was just a rumor.

From there, the perverts who wanted to marry Raffine tried to become upstart with bu and shou. (TN: ¨bu¨ in this case means ¨the art of war¨ while ¨shou¨ means ¨dealing¨. What they mean is that all of the guys who wanted to marry Raffine tried to become aristocrats by joining the military or becoming a merchant.)

It can be said that this is undoubtedly the reason why the military power and distribution of the Kingdom of Uniwelcia have developed rapidly in the last few years. I can’t keep up with everything anymore. I think these guys are stupid.

But…… the married guy will have a hard time. What if his life was targeted by the fan clubs……?　Well, it has nothing to do with me.

「 Raffine-sama!　Do you know what you’re doing!　You might be targeted, but you reveal your identity in a place like this――」

「Shion. 『Shut up.』」

Raffine used《Word Magic》.The masked woman- Shion -is forced to close her mouth and can’t speak anymore.

「It would be impossible not to think about that in this situation. And… my sisters don’t even know that we’re in Etal. So there’s no problem.」

Raffine said so, but Shion’s mouth was still moving as if she had to say something. However, it seems that she cannot speak because her mouth is sealed.

……Speaking of which, I have heard that there is a princess who does not think well of Raffine well because of some wild rumors. So, they seemed to have hired a great assassin to kill her (Raffine). Well, rumors are rumors. If so, I’d rather not be here.

「So–I’d like to use my 《Clairvoyance》to find the magician…… how about it?」

「Y, yeah. I wonder if it’s okay.」

Lina’s voice shakes, as if a little upset.…… Hmm?　I feel that Lina’s atmosphere has changed a little. Is it just me?

「Then…… let’s start. …Spirits, I, Raffine Odium Refinard, the fourth Princess of the kingdom of Uniwelcia, order you. Give me the eyes of God who can see the entirety of the world… 《Clairvoyance》」

Fina kneels on the ground and chants, hands clasped together in front of her chest.

「This is……amazing」

When I saw a torrent of magical power shining around FIna, I was stunned.

Talented people can omit the chanting of  《Clairvoyance》, which should be longer. It is a human skill that perfectly controls the denser and more delicate magical power.

The quality of the overflowing magical power created from skills is high, and can be comparable to that of an S-rank mage.

So, since 《Clairvoyance》is the highest level of 《Detection Magic》, its effect is tremendous.

No matter how far away you are, you can trace the residual magical power and identify its location, even if there is no residual magical power, you can see a person’s face and name, height and hairstyle, body shape and even sword school. You can specify various conditions and find the person who applies. 

By the way, it can also be used for inorganic substances such as cups and monsters. If you have this, even if you lose something, you can find it immediately, so I think it’s very convenient.

The weak point is that it is vulnerable to advanced sabotage magic and camouflage magic. And if the target’s magical power is more than 10 times your own magical power, you can’t detect it.

Also, you can not search if you are in a space with too high a density of magical power.

Well, that’s the only place like that is the unexplored area far north of here― the land of Las Sveto.

It is a magical continent that is rumored to have a demon king and is said to be where S-class dragons live.

I’ve been there before, but there are many monsters and I thought I’d die even though I’m strong. At that time I was happily hunting, but now I do not want to go there ever again.

Actually, I also tried to learn 《Clairvoyance》 before, but … I stopped because there were a lot of difficulties. I’m the type that learns better hands-on.

In addition, there are almost no mages who can use《Clairvoyance》So, there were no opportunities to watch and learn. I was reluctantly forced to give up.

「 ―Hmm?」

After a minute of thinking, I realize something.

「Maybe…… if I imitate Raffine, I can use it?」

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While Raffine concentrated on using 《Clairvoyance》,and while the surrounding people watched her, I decided to try and see if I could.

Well, with that kind of posture and pose, the magic power isn’t much. I don’t have to chant……In the old days, I tried hard to remember every spell and passage one by one, but I stopped using it because I improved by remembering with my body and fighting. It was annoying. Even if I do not chant, the power will not change, so it will probably be okay.

「―《Clairvoyance》」

Create magical power like this, concentrate on searching for a magician from the residual magical power in Etale. Then―

「……Behind?」

Somehow, I felt the magician behind me. I also tried using a normal 《magic detection》spell, but there is no reaction other than us.

「No way……」 I look back.

「―!？」

What came into view was a translucent, magnificent skeleton sitting on a luxurious stool that was quite out of place with the forest landscape. It was not just a skeleton, a huge amount of magical power overflowed from its body, and a kind of nobility wafted from its appearance.

The skeleton had his hands on his cheeks, and he looked at it as if he were laughing, with his skull rattling and shaking. What’s wrong with this guy?

It’s a little transparent, probably because it uses advanced camouflage magic. How come I didn’t notice until a while ago… is that the cause?

Looking around … everyone else seems unaware.

I wonder if Raffine’s 《Clairvoyance》 isn’t high enough to see him.When it becomes more than 10 times the strength of Raffine, who has a magic amount equivalent to S rank― then it must be comparable to SS rank. But if it is, then that would make it a legendary monster.

「…………I wonder if we should run away after all.」

As I glanced sideways, the skeleton rose quietly from the stool and muttered something.

I move in front of Raffine and the others who are concentrating on using 《Clairvoyance》, and take a deep breath once,

「Kukuku…… stupid humans. I’m one of the”Demon King’s Four Heavenly Kings,” Death-Eating Kafes will invite you to eternal sleep.」

After unraveling his camouflaged magic and releasing his enormous magical power, Kafes opened his hand, removing his spell and revealing his existence.

I saw it and thought, 

―- Oh, he’s an idiot.

TN: Hello there! I am soooo sorry I didn’t post this chapter earlier, I’ve been suuuper busy today! I’m actually currently a senior in high school, so I’ve been translating this novel in my spare time. I didn’t have very much time yesterday or today to translate it, so I apologize for how late this chapter is! Now, to explain some things.

*So this isn’t exactly meant to explain the exact sentence, but more of the whole few paragraphs right there. As they explained, Raffine’s father would only allow her to marry out of aristocracy if she chose to marry a hero who had defeated the Demon King. The sentence “One who does not know the bones of his horse” is referring to those nobles who wish to marry her, specifically ones who do not know much about the how the kingdom works, which can be reasoned that if they don’t even know that much, then they also won’t be able to run the kingdom and therefore not be a fitting groom for Raffine.

**So I don’t know if you picked up on this from the previous chapters, and since Jirei says it in a roundabout way, I decided to explain this. From what I understand, during Jirei’s “training period” he constantly wore a mask and rarely took it off. I honestly don’t know why as of yet, but I think that he’ll reveal the answer later in the story.

So! This one was actually longer that the previous one, but thankfully it was easier. Anyways, see you on Friday!