Arc 24: The King is Busy in Many Ways


    Chapter 232: The de of Light, and the Cat Knight


    「Hee, this is the first time I see this way of using divine power」(Moroha)


    Moroha-nee-san, who crossed her arms, looked at me in admiration.


    [God’s authority release] was unleashing divine power in which I was d. It seemed that the gods in the World of the Gods did it as if they were breathing normally, but in my case, the burden fell on my body.


    So then, I was wondering whether I could draw out my divine power partially, so I concentrated it on my right arm up from the wrist and let a de of divine power appear.


    I wasn’t able to do it well at first, but I finally managed to easily do it once I’d learned the trick to it.


    I had been practicing in a forest away from the castle just in case because I didn’t want to be seen by someone.


    「We usually don’t suppress our power or do something simr, so this is a method that didn’t ur to us before」(Moroha)


    「It’s because I’d like to be excused from having my hair grow each and every time I use this power」(Touya)


    Having said that, it was a secret that I’ve been anxious about what I would do if fur grew on my hand or if I became a thickly bearded person.


    「However, it’s hard to keep its shape if I don’t concentrate...」(Touya)


    An object that could be called a “Beam Saber” was extending from my right arm, which then shook and started to disappear after I lost focus for a short amount of time.


    「I think that it’s easier to apply it on something that you’re holding」(Moroha)


    Moroha-nee-san agily threw me a twig that wasying around here.


    I caught it and applied divine power into it as if it’s an extension of my arm. Ah, she’s right. It was easy since I’dpleted it without being upied about preserving its shape.


    I slightly swung the twig and easily chopped arge tree growing in the forest. Oi-oi, this may be able produce a shing power that’s even better than a crystal sword....


    Letting go of the twig, I then gripped a stone which was lying nearby, and easily broke it into small pieces. I then tried doing it with my left hand as well, but it was impossible with just a normal arm.


    Umu. The part from my right wrist upward is like a different object. I tried driving my right fist into therge tree that I cut down a little while ago, and my right fist sunk in without me feeling any pain. It seemed that the divine power wrapping around my fist was scraping the tree. Won’t I pierce it if I push further inside?


    Originally, divine power wasn’t a power that should be used on the ground. Thus, my sisters didn’t use it for anything other than fighting against the subordinate god. However, it seemed I was an exception since I was outside of those limits.


    However, I believe it’s better if I don’t have to use it, but the ruler-ss isn’t limited to just Gira from before. No, there are certainly more ruler-sses like him, so it’s better to have as many countermeasures as possible.


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    Sakura and Linzie were discussing something in the courtyard when I came back. Their rtionship was fairly good. Was it due to their personality having a lot inmon? Both of them were shy, but they were different in such a way that Linzie was passive whereas Sakura was just indifferent.


    「What are you doing?」(Touya)


    「King-sama」(Sakura)


    Sakura


    「Ah- Touya-san. Sakura-chan has said that she wants to learn magic, so I’m examining her attributes」(Linzie)


    Ah, are you identifying them with those magic stones? I also did it that way initially. Sakura can use [Teleport] (urately speaking, she still hasn’t managed to master it yet), so she should have an aptitude for non-attribute magic in the worst case scenario.


    「And, how many aptitudes does she have?」(Touya)


    「The no-attribute, the water attribute, and the dark attribute」(Linzie)


    Hee. Does she have three as well? Not bad. However, no-attribute magic is basically a personal magic. One could only learn one spell from it. So essentially, does that mean she only has two attributes?


    「It seems she has a considerable amounts of magic power as well. She doesn’t have as much as Rin-san though as expected, but I think she has more magic power than me」(Linzie)


    Well, she is from the demon king tribe who rules at the top of demonkins after all. She must have at least that much. Or rather, Rin has even more than her, you say?... Well, the other person was the head of the fairy n that excels at magic after all.


    「I can teach you the water attribute, but as for no-attribute, you can only learn by yourself. Though I think there won’t be any problems as long as you learn how to use the magic power. As for the darkness attribute, only Yumina or Touya-san can teach you...」(Linzie)


    Oh right, Rin doesn’t have the dark attribute.


    By the way, our attributes were


    Touya ■ All Attributes


    Elzie ■ Non Attribute (Boost)


    Linzie ■ Fire, Water, Light attribute


    Yumina ■ Wind, Earth, Darkness attribute


    Yae ■ None


    Luu ■ None


    Suu ■ Light attribute


    Hilda ■ None


    Sakura ■ Water, Darkness, non attributes (Teleport)


    Rin ■ Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Light, non attribute (Program, Transfer, Protection)


    Like this.


    Huh? If I am not mistaken, Rin has said she has four non-attribute magics. One is missing. I have been told that the the people from the Fairy n each has a spell from the non-attribute magic due to them having a high aptitude for it.


    「Oh, what’s everyone doing by gathering here?」(Rin)


    Oops, speaking of the devil. The person herself appeared. Naturally, P came along while walking unsteadily.


    P slightly raised her arm as if saying “What’s up! (Ossu!)”. She’s energetic as ever. Ah nope. I don’t really know whether a stuffed toy can even be energetic or slumped.


    「Rin, you have four non-attribute magics, right? Three of those are [Program], [Transfer] and [Protection]. What’s thest one?」(Touya)


    I frankly asked the question that I had in my mind. It shouldn’t be something she would want to hide.


    「Ah, did I perhaps not mention it? It’s the same lookup magic as your [Search]. It’s called [Discovery]」(Rin)


    Discovery. Does it have a meaning simr to [Exploration]?


    「You clearly imagine the object that you want to locate to have a general understanding of its location. The effect will be vague if you don’t have a really clear detailed image, so it’s difficult to use」(Rin)


    「Really? It seems convenient when used for searching objects」(Touya)


    「Let’s say that I, for example, search for an apple I’ve left on the table with [Discovery]. I may be able to find unless something in it has changed. It won’t work if, let’s say, you took a bite of it」(Rin)


    Eh? Has it be useless with only just that? The said discrepancies that were rted to the object being searched for were the well-known limits which diluted the effect of search magic.


    「urately speaking in the case of the apple, other apples may also be mixed up in the search, so it’ll be hard to find the object that you’re looking for no matter what. Even I don’t really use it for anything except to find P when she wanders off somewhere」(Rin)


    Looking for a lost child? Ha~, the usage of that magic is surely difficult, isn’t it? If it was my original world, we surely would’ve used it to look for portable objects like a tv remote control or the keys to a car or a house. Oh my? Isn’t it useful?


    We then got back to Sakura’s magic training after solving the mystery of Rin.


    Nowadays, darkness attribute was only being recognized as [Summon Magic].


    Creatures like Lizardmen and silver wolves were being summoned from some ce in a different world in ordance with the situation at hand once they’d made contact with the summoner.


    Apparently, Kohaku and the rest were summoned once every dozen of years from a faraway world (though I named it “mythical beast world” temporarily) as well, but they were usually being called out by random chance. The summoner also wasn’t also capable enough to make a contract with them.


    I’ve been thinking about it, but I wonder if magic beasts are perhaps the descendants of those who has strayed from that world of mythical beasts.


    For example, if a summoned silver wolf made a child with an ordinary wolf in this world and that silver wolf returned to its original world, the child that had been born would belong to a species different from that ordinary wolf. In other words, it would be the birth of a magic beast. In that case, it might be due to summoning magic that magic beasts were spreading in this world even now.


    Well, there was no way to confirm it, and it wasn’t like anything could be done about it even if that was proven to be true..


    Besides, there were other magics in the darkness attribute aside from summoning magic.


    「Spells which influence the mind like [Confusion], [Sleep], [Temptation], or something simr are also from the darkness attribute These are ssified as ancient magics that have already been lost, but we can now learn them because there are grimoires in [Library]. Just so you know, the mind magic system doesn’t work on people with high magic power, okay?」(Touya)


    Sakura looked at me with a disappointed face. Were you nning on using [Temptation] as well? Well, I’m already in a state where it feels as if it’s being casted on me by everyone here, but let’s not say anything. It’s embarrassing.


    「For now, how about summoning something as a test? It will also be practice for handling magic power」(Touya)


    「Hm. I want to give it a try」(Sakura)


    Sakura then slightly nodded. Rin taught the procedure for the summoning, while Linzie and I were drawing the summoning formation in the courtyard. P also helped us out. She’s a kind stuffed toy.


    With the preparations done, Sakura started concentrating while pouring magic power under the guidance of Rin. A ck mist began to faintly drift in the round magic formation, gradually gathering in the center.


    「I wonder what kind of child wille out」(Linzie)


    「I’m kinda looking forward to it」(Touya)


    I whispered in low voice along with Linzie who’s hugging P. Sakura is good at music, so maybe something like a Siren wille out, I think? It will look amusing if she can make a choir.


    Before long, the ck mist cleared, and a small shadow that’s crouching down energetically stood up, pulled a slender sword high in the sky, and started to shout.


    「A cat for the sake of a person! A person for the sake of a cat! Heaven knows, Earth knows, the cat knows! My cat chivalry will be the thorough witnesses! Nya~!」


    Long boots, a hat with a long feather, gloves, a mantle, a rapier, a belt with a sheath and a ck cat. This fellow has quite a high tension...


    「Cait Sidhe. It’s a summoned cat beast」(Rin)


    「Sorry, but I’m a Cat Knight ~nya. This is important ~nya」(Cait Sidhe)


    The cat knight corrected Rin’s exnation. Is he seriously ending his sentences with a [Nya]? Its size wasn’t different from an ordinary cat, but could this guy really fight? Though a talking summoned beast was indeed rare.


    「I want to make a contract with you. State the conditions」(Sakura)


    Following Sakura words, the cat knight exaggeratedly took off his hat and said:


    「Conditions~nya are unthinkable~nya. It’s the knight’s duty to help a frail woman. I will dedicate my sword for you~nya with pleasure~nya」(Cait Sidhe)


    「If it is a man?」(Touya)


    「I will scratch him and go away~nya」(Cait Sidhe)


    The cat knight nonchntly answered my meddling. Oi, are you calling this chivalry? He extremely puts on feminist air, but is this fellow a male?


    「In that case, the contract will bepleted if you give him a name」(Rin)


    「A name...King-sama, do you know of any good ones?」(Sakura)


    Sakura addressed me after having heard Rin’s exnations.


    However, Cait Sidhe waved his finger “ChiiChiiChii” side-to-side, calling her to stop. His every part is conceited. It kinda make me a little irritated.


    「Excuse me ~nya from an event of being named by a man ~nya. Even if I myself look like this, my pride is high. Someone with doubtful origin from an unknown ce is...」(Cait Sidhe)


    「...[Gate]」(Touya)


    I opened [Gate] in front of Cait Sidhe’s eyes and summoned Kohaku.


    The moment he saw Kohaku who had suddenly appeared, the cat knight, who’s putting on airs, stopped his movements at once. Before long, his body began trembling and his teeth started chattering. His fur which could be called body hair suddenly stood up.


    「Nya-Nya-Nya why, the [White emperor]...!」(Cait Sidhe)


    『Lord. Who is this cat?』(Kohaku)


    「He’s Sakura’s summoned beast. I’m thinking about giving him a name right now, but he doesn’t seem to be satisfied」(Touya)


    Kohaku then nced at the cat knight which caused him to prostrate with a terrible force and rub his head against the ground.


    『Are you saying that you have any objections about being named by my Lord?』(Kohaku)


    「T-there is no way I would do that! Nya, nya I will obey! Nya!」(Cait Sidhe)


    His attitude has changed with a frightful speed. Well then, what name shall I give him?


    「Nyantarou─────」(Touya)


    It was funny to see how much despair had fully shown on the Cait Sidhe’s face when I muttered that name. He’s full of facial expressions in spite of being a cat.


    「And, d’Artagnan. Which one is good?」(Touya)


    「The d’Artagnan one please, ~Nya!!」(Cait Sidhe)


    (ED: In case you guys don’t know, it’s pronounced as dar-TAN-yan, dar-TAN-yun, or dar-TAN-nian)


    The cat knight who was prostrating himself came out from the magic formation, feeling visibly relieved after Sakura named him. He’s somewhat taking a slight distance away from Kohaku and me, but I guessed it probably couldn’t be helped.


    「By the way Sakura, how much magic power does Nyantaro consume?」(Touya)


    「Hm. As it is. I don’t think he will remain for even an hour」(Sakura)


    「My name is different ~nya! It’s not Nyantaro, it’s d’Artagnan ~nya!」(Nyantaro)


    I’m saying it with full understanding of how you feel about it. The real name will be d’Artagnan, and the nickname will be Nyantaro.


    I took out a ring which I’d given to everyone from my pocket and passed it to Sakura. She epted it even while feeling shy.


    「Magic power is stored in this ring, so you can draw it from here and pass it on to Nyantaro. I think it willst him for half a year. I will replenish it again if it gets exhausted, soe talk to me when that happens」(Touya)


    「Hm. Thanks」(Sakura)


    「d’Artagnan ~nya!」(Nyantaro)


    He’s still saying that. He’s pretty funny guy so let’s keep him around permanently. Let’s have him be everyone’s bodyguard if he can manage it. I’ll throw him into Moroha-neesan’s ce, and he’ll be trained well whether he is cat or not. Who knows? He’ll probably be a super Cait Sidhe.


    As the cat knights raised his protest against the name “Nyantaro”, P tapped on his shoulder which gave off a feeling that says “now, now”.


    Won’t those two make an unexpectedly goodbo? I was thinking of thoughts like those when Kougyoku came flying in from somewhere andnded on my arm.


    「Eeeeh! Even the me emperor is here! What ~nya is going on here ~nya?!」(Nyantaro)


    Kougyoku, having nced at Nyantaro who’s unable to stand, spoke as if being unconcerned about him.


    『Lord. A ce resembling thest ruin has been found』(Kougyoku)


    「Really?」(Touya)


    If it’s a Babylon ruin, then I’ll be able to discover thest one, the [Laboratory].


    Somehow my motivation was lost after I had discovered [Warehouse], but as expected, it should be better to collect all of them. If I am not mistaken, [Laboratory] is the birthce of Shesca and the other Babylon numbers, and it’s also the ce with medical personnel and various experimental facilities, right?


    Come to think of it, Monica said she was not good with the [Laboratory] manager. Is there some problem with her personality?


    ...Now that I think about, there was no one among the Babylon numbers that had a proper character. Isn’t it toote to worry about it now?


    Whatever. Then, should I go andplete the castle in the sky?