Chapter 14: Training Sylphy
I'm 6 years old now.
There isn't much change in my lifestyle.
I practice sword techniques in the morning. If I'm free in the afternoon, I'll investigate my surroundings or practice magic techniques on the hill where the huge tree is.
Blasting wind to increase the speed of the sword, creating a shockwave to let my body sharply reverse in direction.
Some people might think that sword techniques will not improve if they keep thinking of using dirty tricks.
But I do not think of it that way.
There are two ways to become good at fighting games.
The first is to consider ways in which the weak can beat the strong.
The second is to raise my abilities and train.
I am going with the second one right now because I can use Battle Aura now, and my preparation is already complete to place a curse on myself.
But for now, I am going to meet Sylphy.
"Sorry, did you wait very long?"
"No, I just arrived, too."
After saying lines that are similar to those when a couple meets up, we start to play together.
In the beginning, the Somar kid from earlier and the other brats would come running to us. In the midst of it, there were even upper-grade primary school kids joining in, but they were all driven back. Every time, Somar's mother would come running to our home to make a huge fuss.
Just like in anime. Even though Somar's mother claims to be talking about the kids' incidents, the truth is that she likes Paul. The kids' quarrels are just an excuse for her to come running to see him. What a silly thing.
After some time, where some found that complaining was not taking them anywhere. They finally didn't come after one abrupt day as a checkpoint. They occasionally watch us play from afar, but they don't talk to us if we come across each other.
They seem to have decided to completely ignore us.
With this, the incident appears to be resolved, and the huge tree on the hill has become our territory
I am just teaching her magic, mostly in the name of playing. I want Sylphy to learn the saint rank magic of air first before I leave if possible.
She is good with it. But she is really bad at fire magic.
I once asked her, "Sylphy, are you scared of fire?"
Even though she replied with a "No."When she showed me her palm, there was an ugly burn on it.
When she was 3 years old and both of her parents were not paying attention, she grabbed a metal rod that was in the fireplace with her hand.
"But I'm not scared of it anymore."
Even though she says that she might fear it subconsciously.
This might affect her system.
If you consider the dwarves, many have water as their weak system.
The dwarves typically stay near the mountainous areas, playing and having Earth as their companion. When they grow up, they learn something from their fathers and live by digging mineral rocks as a livelihood, so their affinity is with fire and earth. However, their activities on the mountain will frequently be met with sudden hot springs or floods caused by huge rainfall, so they are especially weak with water.
It's probably something like this and not directly related to race.
As for me, I don't have any of the weaknesses. I did have one previously, which was healing magic, but it was only me not being able to use chantless healing magic.
But for now, I have learned it. It is convenient. It's only a matter of time before I grow in power.
Sylphy, who's furrowing her forehead as she's using my rod (the one Roxy gave me) and my magic textbook (taken from home), looks cute.
"Hey, Rudi. How do you read this?"
As I sing in my mind, Sylphy uses her finger to point at the opened page, looking up at me.
That gaze is too powerful. Emergency. It makes people want to hug and kiss her.
Resist!
"That's 『Snow avalanche』."
"What does it mean?"
"It refers to a huge quantity of snow that has been gathered on a slope. When the slope is unable to sustain its weight, it collapses. During the winter, there's snow that occasionally drops from the rooftop, right? This is the bigger-sized version."
"Is that so.... Amazing. Have you seen it before?"
"Snow Avalanche? Of course... not."
There is no way a kid like me has seen it before.
I let Sylph study the textbook. At the same time, I can teach her how to read the book and write letters. Studying the language doesn't have any bad points.
It is going to be very important to her in the future.
"I got it!!"
Sylphy makes a triumphant shout. I watched her succeed at casting the intermediate-ranked magic, 『Ice pillar』. A large ice pillar grew out from the earth, glowing under the sunlight.
"You're very familiar with it now, hmm."
"Yup!! ...But this book doesn't have what Rudi used?"
Sylphy tilts her head and asks.
"Hm?"
I remember as she talked about the spell that I used. It's about the incident with the hot water.
I flip the magic textbook and point at two places.
"It's written in here. Waterfall and Heat Hands."
"....?"
"Use them together."
"....?"
She still tilts her head.
"How do you chant both at the same time?"
Crap. I said it based on my instincts. That's right, it didn't describe how to chant two different words at the same time....
Now, I can't laugh at Paul for being an instinctive type. I have not even taught her chantless magic.
I demonstrated the voiceless incantations while casting 2 magic spells at the same time.
Sylphy's eyes widen. Voiceless incantations are certainly classified as a higher-ranked skill in this world. Roxy is unable to do it, and it's also said that only 1 teacher in the magic university can do it.
"Teach me that."
"'That' refers to?"
"The one where you don't need to speak."
"Hmm, sure. Well, just use the same feeling when you're casting a magic spell. Gather the mana from your body to your fingertips and try casting the spell with chanting to replicate the feeling. Once you gather the mana, try to remember what spell you're using and squeeze it out from your hands. Try doing that. Start with a water bullet."
She should be able to do it with this. If not, I will teach her more about it slowly as it is already so rare.
Sylphy closes her eyes while uttering a hmmm sound, twisting her body like she's doing a funny dance.
Trying to do something based on feeling is difficult.
Voiceless incantation is processed in the mind, meaning that different people will have their own methods of doing it.
I can only be patient and let her do things at her own pace. If I intervene too much, she might get stuck.
"I succeeded! I succeeded Rudi!!"
Sylphy happily shouts and casts the water bullet spell repeatedly.
"Good. Well then, let's try all the magic that you have learned using voiceless incantation once."
"Yeah!!"
"Hm?"
Suddenly, rain started to drizzle down.
I turn my head upwards. The skies have already been covered with dark clouds.
The next moment, heavy rain starts to fall.
Usually, I pay close attention to the weather to ensure that we can reach home before it rains, but I was careless when Sylphy managed to use voiceless incantation.
This resembles the event that happened in anime.
"Ah---- ah, this rain is really heavy."
"Rudi, you can make rain, so can't you stop it?"
"Even though I can do that, we're already wet. Besides, the crops won't grow if they don't receive rainwater. I won't interfere with the weather unless there are complaints about the weather being terrible."
We run towards the Greyrat household while we talk.
It's because Sylph's home is very far away.
"I'm back."
"S-sorry for disturbing....."
As I enter the gate, I see Lilia with a big towel standing at the door.
"Welcome back, Master Rudeus... and your friend. Hot water has been prepared. Before you catch a cold, please go up to the 2nd floor and dry your bodies. Master and Madam will be back soon, and I need to help them prepare. Are you fine by yourself?"
"No problem."
Lilia probably predicted that we would come back wet from the heavy rain. Even though she doesn't speak much, she's a capable maid. Even if I don't tell her, she still takes another big towel out as she sees Sylphy.
We take off our shoes and walk barefoot, drying our hair and feet while climbing to the 2nd floor.
As soon as I enter the room, I see a huge barrel containing hot water. In this world, never mind showers, there isn't even the culture of bathtubs, only using this to rub and wash the body.
It troubles me as I had a habit of bathing daily in my previous life, unlike the fat guy who would remain in the same spot for hours and not take a bath for weeks.
"Sylphy, you should take a bath here. I will head to another room. "
"Hmm... okay."
She seems shy for some reason. Don't tell me she thought I would open her clothes forcefully as it happened with previous riders.
Well, anyway, I went to another empty room. I just used earth magic to make a new bathtub and pour warm water in it using magic.
But still, as I look down at my thing, it is standing. It seems it is normal in this world, and the training I am doing is also helping.
In the training with Sword, I do many exercises to push my body to its limits. I am even using gravity magic to make things difficult for me and using healing magic so that I grow properly.
It's no wonder I have grown so properly.
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Some days have passed since then, and I am just teaching Sylphy magic.
As for my progress with Sword, it is like this .
Sword-God style: Intermediate ranked
Water-God style : Elementary ranked
North-God style : Elementary ranked
I should be able to achieve intermediate on water God style soon as well because Lilia also guides me it from time to time its progress has been fast.
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