Huge Holy 43

43 - Like a fateful meeting in a book

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“So magic power is constantly flowing, or rather, the wand's tube is constantly filled with magic power! Geez, Josiah-kun's technique formula is simply wonderful! You’ve applied a formula for the whole wand, and you're using Hercovalla wand to its full potential! The only disadvantage is that your nerves are even more connected to the wand through the magic circle...”

As Giam fervently speaks non stop, he analyzed the wand in various ways.
While I’m here, I also checked a couple of things.

“Giam-san. The wand itself has grown, and it's easier to hold, but... should I modify it?”

“Eh!? Why!??”

He was surprised instead, and I continued to talk even while uncertain.

“Giam-san, you know the situation, don’t you? The fraudulent group that processed this wand just cut it roughly like that, what would you say about that? I thought it was not processed enough to be a wand...”

“Aah~~~~... I understand how you feel, but no, you can’t do that! If you shave it poorly, it might cause more problems!! Hercovara's magic tubes are really small, so it's especially bad. It might even interfere with your compatibility with it.”

“Is it, that bad?”

“Because wands are quite delicate you see... All right! It’s done!! Looking at it again, it's amazing! This is!!”

What Giam finished writing in the grimoire was a copy of the technique formula of the familiar (latest version).
But the one I use is a normal-quality grimoire borrowed from the guild. What Giam uses is his special grimoire.
Hearing that Giam's element is earth, I also consult with him about a difficult problem.

“There is no problem with the light element one, but if it is an element that has a slow magic speed on the ground, the processing ability is delayed. Can you improve this...?”

“Even if you ask me, I can’t help! It's not even a technique formula that I came up with!!”

...He is too blunt.
However, it was only natural.
Still, as a magic-related researcher, Giam is enthusiastic, saying, “I'll try various things too!”

Midia lightly pulled my sleeve and showed me her status.

“Senpai. My magic power is about to run out.”

“Ah, feed it this. It's a magic stone I bought on the way here.”

I crushed a cheap fire magic stone and put it on a plate and placed it in front of the dog familiar.
When Midia offered it to the dog again while saying “Food”, the dog seemed to understand and began to eat the magic stone.
From the way Midia's MP is decreasing, I notice another problem.

“I guess next is Fuel consumption huh?”

I have been devising various techniques to address this.
I'm testing how it would work if I devised an energy replenishment method for each attribute.
Plus, I’ll also compensate with magic stones.
Other than that, I can convert the magical power that the owner doesn’t use into its energy... Will there be some difference depending on the quality of the grimoire?

Now――

“This~ is, no good. Old man elf. I tried everything, but it didn't work~. None of it activates my magic.”

Randy touched almost everything in the pile of wand, and threw in the towel.
Immediately, Giam, who was trying to materialize a familiar, shouted hysterically, “Eeh!?”, and rushed toward Randy.

“Is there a lot of magic that doesn't activate? It's strange that the magic doesn't activate systematically, but... Hmmm... can I talk to you in the back?”

“Eh, why?”

Giam says, scratching his head.

“It's just a guess but... I think that your inner side is related to compatibility, so, umm~... you probably have things that you don’t want Josiah-kun and the others to hear.”

“I don't have anything to talk about in secret, you know? And the old man knows about the marriage annulment thing too.”

Randy's unconcerned attitude while blurting out his black history caused Giam to blow up in surprise.
Anyway, after seeing the two of them enter the back room, Midia asks in dissatisfaction.

“Senpai. Are you planning to include him in the party?”

“I have to enter their party. You've heard that shitty rule of that guild, haven't you? You need to be in at least a four-person party, since nobles take priority, if you want to take on a subjugation or dungeon investigation quest, being accompanied by nobles is essential.”

Also, when I saw that no quests were sent to the commoners even though no noble had done any dungeon investigation.
Noble adventurers don’t accept quests frequently, and they accept subjugation quests based on their hobbies and interests.
The remaining dungeon investigation quests are probably left in reserve just in case a noble might want to accept them.

Midia, not satisfied with the explanation, asked.

“Is there no other noble senpai is close to?”

“There is but... do you really not like him? You can endure it for a while, right?”

“That’s not it. He is kind of disturbing.”

Disturbing?
No... he is really selfish and hedonistic, and there are parts where I'm fed up with, but disturbing... not so much.
If you look at it from another angle, well, maybe he is disturbing?

And then, Giam appears from the back while scratching his head, looking disturbed.
Randy's expression was nothing out of the ordinary, but Giam mutters a meaningful “Maybe” and raises one arm at a pile of boxes of wand, and points his palm at it.

“Let's see... I'm pretty sure I made it in the wind-type, number... 3977121”

In conjunction with the magic circle that appeared on his palm, a single box flew.
This is another box covered with a lot of dust.
When opened, what emerged from within was, at first glance, an ordinary wand. Unlike the fancy Herkovara wand, it was an ordinary dark brown colour, about the length of a conductor's stick, with a modified handle.
It was not a particularly distinctive wand.

Curiously, Randy accepts the cane, and Giam explains.

“The wand is made from the [Nanatrois tree]. It has seven-colored leaves, seven-colored flowers and seven-colored fruits... It is an ordinary tree that is planted all over the place. It grows while absorbing all elements of the atmosphere, so it is often used as wands for school lessons.”

Listening to its characteristics made me remember.
There is no demand for it as medicine or food, so its value is low, and its only merit is its versatility as a wand.
Tilting his head, Randy suddenly remembers and says.

“Ah~! That might be true! I used to skip class and take a nap on this type of tree!!”

What kind of logic is that...
As I was making a tsukkomi in my mind, the moment Randy put magic into the wand. An instantaneous shock similar to what happened to me flashed.
Seven coloured lights, or perhaps electric currents? They become illusory light particles in the background.
And then, the luster of the wand turned yellow-green, and at the tip of the wand, there were seven crystals that seemed to be [Wand Flowers], circling it like stars.
A [Wand Flower] that doesn't grow directly on the wand... is it?

While Randy is overjoyed by the [Wand Flower], for some reason Giam seems to have mixed feelings. Unlike when it happened with me, he's not overjoyed.
Scratching his head, Giam says “Really, to think it’s actually true...”, and I ask.

“Is there a problem with that wand?”

“Nanatrois wand is something we elves have a history with. The only humans who have made that [Wand Flower] bloom is him (Randy) and one other person... [Desire].”

“Wha...”

How could I not remember it? It's a name I've seen countless times in books.
Because our names sound similar, Randy asks with an idiotic face, “The old man’s relative?”
Giam answered instead.

“[Desire the Magic Circle Breaker]... the person who gave a shock to the field of magic circle.”

――――

(T/N: Nanatrois (ナナトロワ): maybe nanatrowa, or seventrois.

Desire the Magic Circle Breaker (魔法陣崩しのディザイア). I think I’ll change it to [Desiah]. I changed my mind again, ‘desiah’ sound weirder than ‘desire’ so I’ll choose ‘desire’.)

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