Volume 1 - CH 12

Magic Research and Analysis – Part 3

This was my usual bedroom. It was a familiar sight, but also a calming one. I sat on my bed in a meditative state, not thinking about anything, but focusing my consciousness. Previously, I had only tried to empty my mind, which didn’t work for releasing my magic. However, I had been able to successfully activate my magic by strongly focusing on my emotions. It had been a month since I could enter the magic aura state. During that month, I had learned a few things.

First, to enter the magic aura state, you needed a certain level of strong emotions. However, it was very difficult to maintain those emotions. It was hard to sustain any emotion for a long period of time. Unless something significant happened, emotions tended to fade away.

Second, there was a limit to how many times a day you could enter the magic aura state. While I wasn’t sure if the concept of magic was correct, I tentatively assumed that the energy of this phenomenon was magic. Naturally, you needed fuel to manifest power. Therefore, using magic required expending magic power. Currently, I thought I was just releasing magic power, not using magic. But magic power was finite. Therefore, after expending a certain amount of magic power, the release would stop. Then you would become completely lethargic and not want to do anything. I had a terrible day when my magic power ran out. I spent the day sleeping because I felt completely unmotivated. This was not due to illness, just a lack of energy. At first, I entered the magical state five times and felt this way.

Third, when you released magic power to the limit, your magic power increased slightly. The limit of magic power had initially been five times for me. However, now it was possible to enter ten times. I had maintained the magical state just below the limit every day for a month. As long as I didn’t run out of magic power, I wouldn’t become completely lethargic, so it wouldn’t interfere much with daily life. However, I tended to become sluggish and lose motivation, so I needed to be careful.

Fourth, the magic aura state, like the light orb, was invisible to humans without magical potential. However, people with magical potential could see and feel its warmth when they touched it. I confirmed this by asking Marie to try it. Well, it wasn’t surprising, but it was important. Things could change depending on the situation. The light orbs and the magic aura state were not necessarily the same thing. However, I had made a small discovery.

Magic power didn’t give me much stimulation. With my magic power, I didn’t feel much heat or touch. But when Marie touched me, she could feel some warmth and touch. I thought it was a bit of an interesting discovery. And the fifth one. That’s the biggest problem.

“Aaaah! The light orb won’t come out!”

Yes, even though I was increasing my magical power in a magic aura state, there was no sign of the light orb coming out. In magic aura state, the whole body just glows faintly. Even if the amount of magical power increases, the situation does not change. It just ends with “I’m glowing for some reason”. The amount of light does not increase, and there’s no change at all.

“Hmm, I wonder if there’s a limit to the amount of magical power that can be released. Maybe my release limit is represented by the magical power I am currently releasing.”

The body was faintly glowing. If this was the maximum release amount, maybe that’s why I couldn’t create a light orb. Huh? Am I releasing less magical power than a fish? Ahaha, that’s a joke, right?