Chapter 17: (1)

Chapter 17: (1)

Magic III

Before the departure for magic training. Tanaka first gathered information in Nanashi town. What he was looking for was a larger cave. A cave that didnt matter even if it was destroyed, to be more precise. He gathered information at the tavern and the guild. The northern side of monster territory. It was said that there were numerous caves, which were supposed to be monsters den, scattered around there. It was a pain that there were monsters around there, but he didnt want to waste too much time looking around either, so he had no choice but to make do with such a place.Updated from novelb(i)n.c(o)m

After deciding their training ground and finishing their preparations for the trip as soon as possible, Tanaka and Suke-san departed for the northern side of the monster territory. Along the way, they hunted monsters to raise Suke-sans level. After a while, they arrived at a rocky area with a few vegetation remaining around it. Tanaka and Suke-san then began to explore the area to look for a cave. They found a cave they were looking for before long, and Tanaka was ready to begin his training.

Are we not going to enter the cave-degozaru?

Suke-san wondered about it and asked Tanaka, who for some reasons began to distance himself from the cave. Tanaka continued to move away with a grin plastered on his face.

Yeah, itd be very dangerous being too close to it, after all. Well, just watch.

As they continued on, they arrived at a place quite a distance away from the cave. There, Tanaka began his training.

Thanks to my extensive training, I was able to develop a lot of ideas. Fufufu, if you think Im simply going to adjust my magic, then youre sorely mistaken. For I shall create my own chant of my new attack magic!

Tanaka abruptly turned toward the cave. He struck his self-proclaimed cool stance, and unleashed Stone ball. A huge boulder suddenly appeared and disappeared into the cave at high speed. Right after, a rumbling in the ground echoed around the area.

Wha! What was that just now-degozaru?

Suke-san was stunned at the phenomenon that had just happened in front of him. As soon as he came to himself, he asked Tanaka about it.

After saying that, Tanaka took out the tenth-order magic book and contracts, and handed over them to Suke-san.

Oh, so this is a magic book-degozaru? In that case, Ill make use of it without reservation.

Suke-san received the magic book with great interest. It seemed that he wanted to try his hand at magic as well.

Ive learned Ignition and Water, by the way. So Id appreciate it if you could learn magic other than those two.

In the end, the magic that Suke-san contracted were Airflow and Embankment. Airflow was a magic that allowed you to more or less freely control the air. Although it was still spring and not so hot, Tanaka was hoping that it could be used as a countermeasure against the heat in the future. Embankment was magic to control the ground and make it rise. It was a magic commonly used in construction and agriculture. It wasnt particularly useful to them, it was just that Tanaka found it amusing, so he had him contracted it.

In this way, Tanaka continued to incessantly fire Stone balls into the cave in order to gain control of the magic. When the cave was destroyed, hed move to a new cave and continued to fire Stone balls again. Sometimes hed obtain experience points, which meant the cave was a monsters nest. It somewhat felt like winning a lottery, which made Tanaka feel great. Next to him, Suke-san was playing around by controlling the air and raising the ground.

Then on a certain day. Tanaka was continuously firing Stone balls as usual. However, he was somewhat restless. It was because Suke-san was seated in seiza, while staring fixedly at him.

Tanaka seemed to be able to use magic endlessly, but that didnt seem to be the case with Suke-san. When his magical energy ran out, he needed to wait for it to recover. In the meantime, Suke-san would absent-mindedly watch Tanakas training. Tanaka finally couldnt stand the situation any longer, and decided to talk it out with Suke-san.

Suke-san. If you keep staring at me like, I cant really concentrate with my training.

Even if you say that, Im running out of magical energy and have nothing to do-degozaru.

That was the sad nature of a man who couldnt discard the deep-seated cowardice in his heart. Tanaka couldnt simply and directly say, Stop staring at me.