After Lucy’s long explanation, Avalli completely understood.
Of course, Avalli’s understanding was actually close to memorizing school grades… but accepting them without doubt was also definitely one of the talents needed in the world.
‘Three things related to energy.’
Pyrothermal magic is magic related to the output of energy.
Kinetic magic is magic related to the movement of energy.
Spatial magic is magic related to the coordinates of energy.
‘… Maybe the science student understood it a little better than me?’
No, on the contrary, it was highly likely that he didn’t understand it at all.
Avalli’s method of memorizing everything was actually more effective in accepting the new laws.
Lucy showed Avalli the warmth of Pyrothermal magic, the wind of Kinetic magic, and the magic of Spatial magic.
To be exact, it would be more correct to see it as a mixture of Kinetic magic and Spatial magic.
“Spatial magic is rarely used alone. Like the levitation I’m using now, it’s often used to fix the influence of other magic to coordinates.”
“Fixing the influence?”
“You can think of it as applying the effect of reversing kinetic energy within the coordinates limited by the magic circle. In the end, you can only concentrate your power if you distinguish between the inside and the outside.”
While floating in the air with levitation, Lucy continued her explanation.
The three types of energy are not actually completely independent of each other.
Even if they are separated by a specific type of magic, it is common for them to have a little bit of the other two elements.
“And the other two are not my specialty, so I can’t handle them.”
“Master Lucy, you can’t handle them?”
“Big… I am definitely a ‘well-qualified’ magician, but… this is a completely different field. The magic of the service type is usually considered magic when it deals with divine or phantom-level magic, and magicology is closer to alchemy than magic. It is not a mainstream field in the magic world these days.”
“Alchemy.”
After hearing that story, the first thing that came to Avalli’s mind was a certain comic book with a main character with a steel prosthetic hand.
“Is the law of equivalent exchange important or something?”
“Yes….How did you know, Avalli?”
The science of magic is a field that most people don’t even know exists, unless they’re a magician.”
“Hehe, I just happened to find out.”
When Avalli thought about it, this Sword and Magic series was definitely a JRPG game.
It was only natural that it was influenced by a famous work from the same country.
“Anyway, the areas I can teach Avalli are the three I mentioned earlier. For the rest… um, I guess I’ll have to officially enter the Magic Tower or find another teacher.”
“My only teacher is Lucy.”
“Well… I appreciate that, but you don’t have to do that. There’s no end to the field of learning, and Avalli, who’s only just getting started, shouldn’t be restricted like that.”
Seeing Lucy’s stern expression on her face, Avalli nodded and opened her mouth again.
“Then I’ll cancel.”
“…… Haa.”
When Avalli changed her words without a moment’s hesitation, Lucy, who had actually told her to do so, let out a light sigh.
To be exact, she was intoxicated by the lingering feeling of the words ‘only teacher, because Avalli had immediately agreed to accept a new teacher.
‘… Well, I’m still a child.’
If it was in the ‘Green Eye’ state, then it would be different, but now Avalli, as an adult, would have to understand.
That was what she was thinking in her head, but Lucy couldn’t completely hide her resentment.
Who on earth was the child and who was the adult?
If she had watched the conversation from a third party’s perspective, she would have obviously come to a different conclusion than Lucy.
“That’s all. Do you have any questions?”
Anyway, Lucy asked Avalli in a somewhat adult manner.
‘The greatest quality of a wizard is curiosity.’
As a member of the Eastern Magic Tower’s wizards, this was a philosophy that was firmly ingrained in Lucy’s head.
“Yes, Master Lucy!” Avalli shouted, extending her hand.
The disappointment in Lucy’s heart was instantly washed away by the sight of her first disciple acting as expected, and the ecstasy of the three letters ‘master.’
“Yes, Avalli. Ask as much as you want. I will answer everything I know.”
As she said that, Lucy felt anxious for a moment, thinking, “What if I ask about something I don’t know?”
“Is sacred law different from magic?”
Fortunately, the question that Avalli brought up this time was one that Lucy could answer.
“Sacred law is not magic. For now, the official answer is this-“
Lucy coughed for a moment and continued.
“In fact, this is also a controversial debate in the magical community. There are those who argue that sacred law, which deals with light and darkness, life and death, should be classified as part of magic.”
“Do I really have to use the expression ‘Official answer’?”
“Because if this kind of talk were to go outside the Magic Tower, it would obviously cause another uproar in the Holy Land.”
“… Really?”
Lucy nodded.
“In any case, ‘gods’ do exist in this world. And it is true that sacred law is used with the help of the three goddesses.”
Then, isn’t it a different category from magic?
It is considered a completely separate area in that it can be activated with the power of faith rather than magical power.
“However… Strictly speaking, the distinction is ambiguous. In fact, this will be easier to understand if you think about the definition of ‘magic’ that I mentioned earlier.”
Magical power.
The power to gather the smallest units of power scattered throughout the world into the caster’s body and use them.
“In the case of magicians, their bodies are a kind of storage device. In fact, even if they are not magicians, everyone unconsciously gathers at least a minimum amount of magic power into their bodies.”
“Magicians are beings who can do that consciously.”
“You remember well, Avalli. That’s great.”
“Hehehe.”
Avalli smiled happily at the compliment, but Lucy couldn’t accept that smile at face value.
“… A god.”
The most suitable example for what she was about to say was none other than Avalli before her eyes.
“And a ‘god’ is a collection of magic power that humans simply cannot imitate.
In the Holy Land, if you hear that kind of thing, you get angry and say it’s blasphemy… but we couldn’t find a better expression.”
Lucy slowly continued her explanation, hoping that Avalli wouldn’t feel uncomfortable.
“To put it a little more simply, in the case of magic, the flow of magical power moves like this.”
Lucy scribbled something on a blank piece of paper with a quill.
[World (Magic Power) -> Caster -> Magic]
The caster, who draws magical power from the world, processes the magical power and uses it to create magic.
“And in the case of sacred law, it’s like this.”
[God >> Priest -> Holy Law]
A priest who has received power from a god uses sacred law with that power.
“… It looks a little different to me.”
“It is different.
But in fact, from our perspective, a god is not much different from nature, right?”
As she said that, Lucy added an explanation after the word ‘god.’
[God (magic power) -> Priest -> Holy Law]
“Ah.”
Indeed.
After defining it like this, the distinction between magic and sacred law seems to have little meaning.
“So, to a magician, a ‘god’ is not much different from an ultra-pure magic stone. Prayer and faith are a kind of magic that draws power from that magic stone.”
“… Certainly, hearing that would make the Holy Nation angry.”
If Kyle were here, he would have been genuinely angry and drawn his sword.
“That’s why Avalli, it’s better to only talk about this when there are only magicians.
If the priests get into trouble and start a heresy debate, it’s really annoying.”
Avalli nodded.
Lucy was inwardly impressed by her ability to understand difficult stories without much difficulty, and soon clapped her hands together.
“Well, that’s all for today.”
Lucy declared the end of class and asked Avalli with a slightly nervous tone.
“How was it, did you find it worthwhile?”
“It was very informative, Master Lucy!”
Avalli answered immediately without a moment’s hesitation.
“… That… really? That’s fortunate.”
Lucy bashfully twisted her red hair.
Avalli found that very cute.
Lucy was overall a bit disheveled, but her true self was close to a beauty.
She would be much prettier if she just took care of herself a little.
Avalli closed the notebook in which she had written down today’s lesson, feeling slightly rude.
It was a rather luxurious item that Envel had taken out from his storage after hearing that she was studying magic.
“… Oh, there’s one thing I didn’t explain.”
Just as Avalli was thinking about what would be on tonight, Lucy opened her mouth as if something had occurred to her.
“I said five series, but strictly speaking, there is one more.”
“Holy law?”
“No. There is one separate from the Holy Law. It is a magic that was lost in the war 700 years ago and is now considered a fantasy.”
Lucy’s tone was quite light.
If we were to use a school metaphor, it would be the kind of gossip a teacher would bring up to kill time on a day when classes ended early.
Lucy spoke with exactly that kind of feeling.
“Time magic.”
A story about a lost magic that is now considered nothing more than a fairy tale.
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