The Power Of The Saint Is All Around
/ The Power of the Saint is All Around Volume 1 Chapter 6 part1
Translator: ノンぶりyuu
Unedited
It’s been crazy busy for me lately, so this is a bit late T_T and it’s not even the full chapter >__<
Feel free to point out any of my mistakes or awkward sentences ^^
Enjoy ~
"Magic bestowal?"
"Huh? You didn't notice?"
It began with a single word from Jude early one afternoon.
Apparently my hair ornament was bestowed with magic.
It was only natural. I've never seen things that have been bestowed with magic in Japan, so naturally I didn't notice.
"Can you tell what kind of effect was attached?"
"I don't know but I can tell that magic was bestowed to it. It's reacting to Sei's magic power."
"Reacting? You can tell that kind of thing?"
"Yeah, it takes some practice."
"Really?"
When I ask Jude in detail he told me that you couldn't find out what magic had been bestowed without using a magic called 『Appraisal』.
There were very few people who could use appraisal magic. There was a big firm in town with some people who could and even within the Court Mage Division there were only a few people who could use it.
By the way if the level of appraisal magic was high enough, it seems that it could be used on people as well.
However, if the person who casts it doesn't have the consent of the person they are casting it on, it could repel. It would almost always repel if the person it was casted on was high levelled.
And now, magic bestowal.
Magic can be bestowed on things like weapons, armour, accessories, etc.
The core of things like gems are used as a premise for magic bestowal. The magic is embedded into the core and it becomes a magic bestowed tool.
Of course it's okay to insert the magic embedded core into tools.
The effects of the magic bestowed tool manifest themselves by reacting to the magic of the person in possession of it.
There aren't many people who could use magic but magic power itself vary greatly and everyone seems to have it.
Therefore those who have trained their magic perception can sense when something has been bestowed with magic.
When Jude was at the Royal Academy he trained his magic perception. It seems his training is still essential when helping out with his family business.
He's so diligent.
"It sounds interesting, doesn't it?"
"What does?"
"Magic bestowal."
"Eh? Don't tell me you want to try it out?"
"Ara, you understand me well."
Jude looked subtly disgusted so I smile sweetly at him.
What's with that face?
I couldn't bestow magic in Japan so it shouldn't come as a surprise that I want to try it.
"It's not easy to bestow an item with magic."
"Really?"
"First of all, the cores are expensive."
There are various core materials like gems and rare crystals so it seems that even though they're small they're quite expensive.
Also since magic is needed to bestow an item with magic, there are only a limited amount of people who can do it.
Therefore there was a huge difference in price between items with that have been bestowed with magic and items that haven't.
Yes, there was a huge difference.
And this hair ornament was bestowed with magic.
"Why're you making a racket?"
The Director spoke to me as he was walking passed when I was thinking about the price of my hair ornament.
"We are talking about magic bestowal."
"Magic bestowal?"
"I heard that this hair ornament was bestowed with magic, so I was a little interested in magic bestowal."
"Oh."
Director, this is nonchalant, but did you noticed that the hair ornament was bestowed with magic?
Because your eyes shook when I said, "Hair ornament".
Neither the Director nor Liz told me how much it was but I wonder if this is one of those things that aren't expensive to aristocrats.
I don't know if the items at the store front were bestowed with magic but since there's a huge difference in price they probably weren't, huh?
If I think like that then I dreaded the price of my hair ornament.
How do I return his gratitude……?
When I was about to hold onto my head again, the Director came up with an unexpected proposal.
"Do you want to try it?"
"Eh?"
"Magic bestowal. You're interested, right?"
Jude and I were flabbergasted at the Director's proposal.
Eh? Is it that easy to do?
I look at Jude who was next to me, he was shaking his head side to side as if he knew my intentions.
"I have connections. What do you want to do?"
"I will do it."
It was a great proposal so I went with it.
I am interested in it.
The place that the Director took me to is the Court Mage Division's barracks.
Err, we're bestowing magic right?
Ah, is it because it's magic?
Since this is the Mage Division, there are a lot of people wearing robes everywhere. The Director and I am a bit out of place.
Now that I think about it that robe… The people who summoned me here were also wearing those robes, right?
I wonder if they participated in the ceremony?
The Court Mage Division's barracks is quite far from the research institute, so the Director and I rode a carriage here.
It was further than the 3rd Knight Order's barracks so it would be difficult to walk here.
Because of the Director's order, Jude is house-sitting.
He said he preferred to work, but was it okay for me to come?
The norm of this world is a mystery.
"Sei, it's this way."
"Yes."
I stand at the entrance of the room and look at the Director, who had entered ahead, he beckons at me.
The room I am in has a workbench like the one at the research institute. The Director stands in the middle of the room, in front of the workbench.
Standing on the other side of the Director at the workbench is a robe wearing man who looks like a Mage.
When I bow and say, "I look forward to working with you" to the nervous looking Mage, he also bows in a rush.
Huh? Is he afraid of something?
"Well then, I will explain about bestowal."
The Mage smiles a little stiffly and began explaining about bestowal.
Why is he stiff?
Well, it's not like I can do anything about it even if I worry.
On top of the workbench on the side was a divider box.
It seems that there are a variety of small gems and crystals in the box.
In order to bestowal magic, you have to hold the small core in your hands, think of the effect you want to give and expose it to your magic power.
The magic bestowed depended on the attribute of the person doing the bestowal. For example, if it was someone who used fire attribute magic then it would be bestowed with fire magic; if it was someone who used water attribute magic then it would be bestowed with water magic.
For items which raised offensive and defensive power, commonly referred to as support magic, it was necessary to use holy attribute magic.
There also seems to be compatible materials for the kind of affects you want to bestow. The Mage told me, "If you use support magic then the gems here are recommended".
"What kind of effects will you bestow?"
"Let's see……"
What should I do?
Support magic, support magic……
"It is possible to bestow unattributed magic?"
"Unattributed magic……?"
I think about it and suddenly remember about the Salamander that appeared in the West Forest.
It looked like a lizard that blew out fire. I thought it would be impossible to defend against that fire.
After the Mage thinks for a while he said, "It might not be possible to do unattributed magic, but I think you can reduce the magic attribute."
I see.
Then let's think of a way to reduce the magic attribute.
"Well, I will do that."
"Then you probably want the gems around here."
I receive the core material from the Mage and cover it with both my hands.
Even if I said I covered it, the material itself is only about 3mm in diameter so when I join my hands together you can't see it at all.
I imagine the effect I want to bestow and expose my magic to it.
If I'm going to do this without fire attribute magic, I wonder if reducing the magic attribute is enough.
If I do that, could I raise magic resistance?
Yep, I think I can do it.
I image it and expose it to my magic power.
*Crack*
I, it broke?!
Yup, it's broken.
It's broken.
The impact runs through my palm and I timidly peak inside. It was just as I had felt, the material had broken in two.
While I was worrying about what to do the Mage asks me, "What is wrong?"
"Mhmmm, it seems that it has broken."
It couldn't be helped even if I keep silent, so I timidly told him the truth and show him the broken material. He has a surprise look on his face while exclaiming, "Eh!?"
The Mages all simultaneously look this way when they heard his exclamation.
Eh, what's with that, it's scary.
Don't look over here.
The Mages and the Director stiffen. The Mage looks at my palm and mutter in surprise, "It is broken".
And while still muttering, the Mage also stiffen.
No, anyone's fine, so someone do something.
"Did you try to reduce the magic you were bestowing?"
A heavenly voice came from behind me and I turn around. There stood an Intelligent Glasses-sama. He had a familiar pair of blue-grey eyes and silky silver hair.
I instinctively called him, "Sama" because of the cool attitude he had and the heavenly voice that called out to me just now.
Intelligent Glasses-sama ignores me and picks up the material in my palm. He closely examines it.
"Are you really just reducing the magic attribute?"
"Ah, no……"
He glances at me coldly and I spontaneously straighten my back.
The feeling was like that of a student and teacher.
"What did you try to bestow?"
"Mhm, well…… I thought that raising the magic resistance would have nothing to do with the magic attribute, so I……"
"Then this material would be insufficient."
Intelligent Glasses-sama said as he chooses a different material from the box on top of the table.
He chose a black gem around 5 to 6 mm in diameter.
It was twice as big as the gem from before. Am I allowed to use materials of this size?
A gem this big must be really expensive, right?
I look at the Mage, who's also surprised.
The Director was surprised too.
"Is it okay?"
I ask while comparing Intelligent Glasses-sama's face with the materials. He nods and presents the materials before my eyes.
I receive it and just like before, I wrap my hands around it. I pray for the magic resistance to rise and expose it to my magic.
The materials instantly heated up before settling.
Was it successful?
I timidly open up my hands and this time it wasn't broken. The materials were still in one piece.
Since the material looks the same, I'm uncertain if it actually succeeded.
I stare at the material and Intelligent Glasses-sama picks up the material in my palm just like before.
"『Appraisal』"
The magic that he quietly chanted was one that few people could use, appraisal magic.
I heard that only a few people at the Court Mage Division could use it and Intelligent Glasses—sama seems to be one of them.
As expected of him.
After he spoke with his heavenly voice. Intelligent Glasses-sama's expressionless face was like a and then the corners of his mouth rise a little.
His faint smile quickly disappears and his face is like a Noh mask again then he said, "It was successful".
Hearing that, the surrounding Mages cheers.
That's good, I was successful this time.
I, who was feeling relieved, was presented with another material.
The one holding it was of course, Intelligent Glasses-sama. I tilt my head in confusion and he said, "Next is……"
Eh, we're continuing?
For the time being, I receive the material. It's as big as the first material I used.
"Poison resistance."
"Yes."
He said in a voice that I couldn't refuse so I nod my head.
This time I'll bestow it with the effect that he told me to.
Intelligent Glasses-sama's judgement was correct. The magic bestowal finished without the gem breaking.
When I finish bestowing magic, I open my palm and Intelligent Glasses-sama picks up the finished core and uses appraisal magic on it.
The bestowment must have been completed without a hitch because he nods in satisfaction and presents the next material to me.
I take the gem and he frankly told me what effects he wanted.
I obediently bestow it with the effects he wanted. I must have done well because Intelligent Glasses-sama hands me materials one after another in the same way.
Thus I continue to bestow magic effects one after another.
He casted appraisal magic on the cores I bestowed with magic and confirmed that the effects were all bestowed correctly.
We continued this routine work the whole time.
Well, magic bestowal didn't take up that much time, you know.
What are you going to do with all these?
He initially told me to bestow them with poison resistance and different types of magic resistance and before I knew it he mixed in poison nullification and paralysis nullification. It ended with adding two effects simultaneously.
My MP was exhausted while I was bestowing magic and when they had noticed, someone placed an intermediate MP potions in front of me.
It seems that the Mage who was watching this series of actions, gave me the MP potions.
Five of them……
It was a really good amount of MP potions but I drank them all.
While taking a break.
Well, since potions don't accumulate in my stomach I can drink as many as I want without worrying.
Even so, there was quite a few of them.
Yes.
There was someone waiting next to me holding the next material while I was drinking.
I was chugging it down, you know. I was chugging it down.
"How long am I going to continue doing this?"
After bestowing some gems with magic, I thought I should head back to the research institute and called out to Intelligent Glasses-sama.
The magic bestowed cores were carried to him like a conveyor belt and were all beautifully lined up in front of him.
Intelligent Glasses-sama looked at the number of cores and nodded his head before moving. He went to a locked shelf by the wall and took out a large material from the shelf.
It was a transparent stone over 1 cm in diameter.
It's not a diamond, right?
The size of the material presented to me made the surrounding Mages gulp.
Director, your mouth is open, you know?
"This is the last of it. I want; abnormal status nullification, magic nullification and attack nullification."
Eh? Three of them?
Moreover they're all nullification?
I was surprised when he told me and all the surrounding Mages were also surprised.
I wanted to tell them that if they opened their eyes that big their eyes would fall out, you know?
For the time being I think about whether I could do as I'm told, but it's unlikely that both magic nullification and attack nullification would be compatible.
Well, if it was magic and attack resistance I could probably bestowal all three onto the jewel.
"It is unlikely that both magic nullification and attack nullification would be compatible. But I could probably raise magic and attack resistance."
"I see. Let's do that."
I was told that my proposal was okay so I went ahead and bestow it with abnormal status nullification, magic resistance and attack resistance.
The heat in my palms is higher than before and it took a long time to cool but it seems that I was successful.
When I gave the completed core to Intelligent Glasses-sama. He cast appraisal onto it and confirm that the magic bestowal was successful.
The corners of his mouth raised up a little, so it seems that I was able to bestow it just like he told me to.
The Mages who gulped and watched me bestow magic, instantly cause a ruckus.
I sigh in relief and said to the Director, "Thank you".
Yeah, I was feeling more tensed than usual and I'm a bit tired now.
I want to return to the research institute soon to have a cup of tea.
"Today's reward."
When the Director and I tried to leave the Mage Division's noisy barracks, Intelligent Glasses-sama gave me a black stone.
It's the stone that I first bestowed with magic resistance.
Reward…… If this was for sale then it'll be really expensive, right?
Is it fine?
"Are you sure?"
"I don't mind. You worked quite a bit today."
"Is that so?"
He said it was fine so I receive it, gratefully.
I have a feeling the gem in my palm momentary flashed.
Chapter end
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