Chapter 13: Wizard(1)

“There’s no way! Do you think I, a member of the Eastern Magic Tower, would fail at such a beginner’s magic?”

Lucy shouted.

Avalli flinched slightly at her spirit, but…, despite that, she continued to do her work steadily.

Once you’ve decided on a course, you have to push through it.

“I understand. You might not want to admit your mistake.”

“You…What did you just say…!”

Lucy’s brow furrowed viciously.

At that moment, when she was wondering what kind of magic she should use to punish this arrogant brat-

“Avalli, you idiot!”

A boy named Hans, who was noticeably taller than the other children, stepped between them.

Hans grabbed the back of Avalli’s head and pulled her down, bowing his head.

“I’m sorry, wizard. She doesn’t know the ways of the world.”

Seeing Hans repeatedly lowering his head and fidgeting, Lucy’s anger subsided in an instant.

‘This is right.’

Wizards are special beings, so they should be treated with respect by ordinary people.

Han’s apology instantly satisfied Lucy’s desire, and Avalli opened her mouth again in a rather soft voice.

“Just because I don’t know the ways of the world, do I have to endure that insult just now?”

“I’m sorry. I’ll educate you properly. Avalli, you should apologize quickly too.”

“Oh, I’m sorry.”

Avalli silently apologized to Lucy as Hans had said.

“I guess wizards have a very high status here.”

Avalli had guessed from Bern’s words, but she didn’t think she would bow her head like this.

She had taken him lightly after seeing him play with the children, but it seems she was wrong.

“Call him a wizard.”

“Yes, wizard.”

Avalli, who was living off the village, didn’t want to cause unnecessary trouble.

If everything could be resolved by following Lucy’s words, there was no reason to show off her pride.

Wizard.

Upon hearing that title, Lucy’s lips curled upward.

In the Magic Tower, the wizard is a being who is trampled, but the moment he comes out into the world like this, he is this special.

“I will forgive you this time.”

“Thank you, Wizard!”

Avalli smiled brightly.

Until just now, he was a cheeky kid who wanted to be spanked, but seeing him follow along like this, he just feels cute.

“Okay, then everyone, go. It’s time for me to go back to the Magic Tower.”

As she said that, Lucy released the magic circle on the floor.

Then, the children’s sighs of regret came from all directions.

“Oh, Lucy, are you leaving already?”

“Lucy. Play with me a little longer.”

“Call me Wizard!”

Lucy shouted, but this time her face did not look angry.

This proud wizard had somehow become attached to the children of Asha Village.

“Anyway, that’s it for today. I’ll play with you next time.”

“Yeah!”

“I get it!”

“Do I have to make it louder next time?”

“Yeah. Everyone, be quiet. Don’t get hurt.”

Lucy said that and adjusted her cone-shaped hat on her head.

The children waved at Lucy and followed Hans somewhere.

‘By the way, what on earth was that?’

After calming down, Lucy’s mind began to ask another question.

Why didn’t levitation work on that little girl named Avalli?

Did the magic really fail?

No, that couldn’t be true.

The magic circle is a circuit that handles magic power itself.

Even if you don’t understand magic properly, it is designed to work if you just put magic power in.

The fixation that was first placed on the magic circle was also working properly.

Since the circuit of the magic circle was intact, it was impossible for the magic that had been working properly until just before to suddenly fail!….

Just in case.

Lucy held her staff with both hands and quietly recited a spell.

“The flow of all things will unfold before my eyes.”

Detect, a magic that detects magic power.

With her eyes strengthened by magic, Lucy looked at the village children laughing and playing in the distance-

“-Huh?”

She let out a dumbfounded sound without realizing it.

This was because a phenomenon that she could not understand at all ,was unfolding before her eyes.

Every single being in the world possesses ‘mana.’

Even inanimate objects that are not breathing, it exists, albeit faintly.

Lucy’s vision after using Detect was not much different from usual.

Only a little bit of colorful magic power that swayed was added.

In the shabby houses of Asha Village, on top of the rough fence, in the trees towering in the forest far away, in the bodies of children smiling brightly.

Up to this point, it was a scenery she had always seen.

However, in between, there was a colorless color that should not be there.

“… What is that?”

Avalli.

Only Avalli was standing there as before she used Detect.

Like a black and white flower that was not colored in a gorgeous landscape painting.

Lucy felt goosebumps rising on her back.

The existence of that girl named Avalli was completely denying the laws of this world that Lucy had believed in until now.

“What the hell.”

I didn’t feel any magic from Avalli.

***

Dinner.

Avalli, who was dipping bread in venison stew, raised her head slightly and looked across the table.

Her red eyes were still glaring at her.

It was Lucy Ignis, the wizard who had a childish argument with Avalli a few hours ago.

‘You really do leave a bad taste in your mouth!’

The red-haired little wizard had clearly said she forgave him with her own mouth.

That was why Avalli was having fun running around the forest with her kids, but when she returned home in the evening, Lucy was there.

She was staying overnight because it was late, which was a perfectly reasonable reason.

However, seeing her continuing to glare at Avalli with such a serious expression, it was clear that she had another intention.

“Eat well, Lady Lucy.”

Envel took her seat at the table, oblivious to the subtle tension flowing between them.

“Thank you for the hospitality. I feel it every time, but Envel’s food is always delicious.”

“If you become the village wizard, you can always taste it?”

“No thanks. I have a lot to do at the Magic Tower.”

Only after Envel spoke to Lucy did her fierce gaze towards Avalli stop.

Thanks to that, Avali no longer felt like she was going to faint, but…

‘… I feel uneasy.’

It couldn’t be helped that it bothered her for no reason.

“You seem a little taller, Lady Lucy?”

“Did you notice? As expected, Envel has a keen eye.”

Envel and Lucy were close friends.

Lucy tried to return the same day whenever she visited the village, but the sun in the Great Forest always set quickly.

No matter how much of a wizard Lucy was, it was impossible for her to travel through the Great Forest at night alone.

That’s why she had no choice but to stay overnight at Arsene’s house, and naturally, Envel and Lucy became quite close.

“…… You were found in the Great Forest? Is that true?”

“Yes.”

Avali nodded awkwardly.

“How?”

“I don’t know either. I don’t remember anything before that.”

“Ah.”

Lucy made a pitiful expression upon hearing Avalli’s answer.

No matter what, Lucy was soft-spoken towards younger children.

“… Still, it’s fortunate. Good people found her.”

“That’s right. She was lucky.”

“Really. If she had been found in our city, she would have gone straight to the s*ave market… um, no. That’s a bit heavy for a child to hear.”

Lucy shook her head from side to side.

“Arsene said he’d be here tomorrow, right?”

“Yes. I think he’ll probably arrive tomorrow afternoon.”

“It’s been a while since I’ve seen you. I have things to ask you and things to take care of.”

Specifically, she wanted to hear the story of when she found that girl named Avalli.

“Avalli, let’s sleep with your sister tonight.”

“With Envel?”

“We have a guest. I should make sure she gets a good night’s sleep.”

There are only two rooms in Arsene’s house.

The room currently used by Avalli was originally for guests, and was the room Lucy always stayed in.

When Kyle was staying, he tried to empty Avalli’s room-