How To Suck Honey With Extras [EN]: Chapter 23

Got it!

Then, the important thing now is one thing.

Can I really use space control properly right now?

‘I’ll know if I try.’

I wanted to do a simple experiment.

First, I placed a small cup on the table.

From now on, I’m going to move this cup with the space control ability.

‘So… do I do it like this?’

I reached out my hand towards the cup and pondered.

I recalled the image of Peresia using her ability in the original work.

The image of her freely traversing space and making the protagonist struggle.

Recalling that illustration, I gathered mana.

What’s needed is the ability to move objects.

At that moment, I felt a significant consumption of mana, and at the same time, the cup disappeared.

The disappeared cup reappeared right next to its original location and fell to the floor with a roll.

“Got it!”

Activation successful.

Next, I wanted to find out the limit of the size of objects that can be moved.

From a cup to a water bottle, and then to a wooden barrel.

Finally, I stacked two wooden barrels to about my height and then tried to move them.

This works too.

“Is the limit exactly my current weight?”

Exactly one serving based on my standards.

Anything more than that couldn’t be moved.

If I exceeded the limit, the activation itself failed.

Also, the distance is short.

It feels like the limit distance is about 50 meters.

I can’t go beyond that.

But this is enough.

“Then, all that’s left is to try it myself……”

It’s meaningless if I can’t move myself directly.

I went to the back of the store to experiment directly.

“……First, let’s try a safe distance of 10 meters.”

There’s no need to move to the limit.

I need to succeed safely within the possible range.

Concentrating, I set my body as the range of the ability and imagined myself being transferred to the set range in my mind.

A momentary sensation of floating slightly.

Immediately, my vision was pulled forward.

“Good. I can move myself properly too.”

I tried transferring a few more times as is.

I quickly got tired and collapsed.

Mana consumption is no joke.

Overuse is forbidden.

The rest is how to use this ability…….

Since there’s a textbook called the original work, I don’t worry too much.

“I guess I’ll be struggling just to master this for the time being~.”

Unlike the words that come out, the corners of my mouth are slightly raised.

* * *

While practicing , I grasped the limits of the abilities I can use.

The ways to utilize the ability that I can use at my current level have been determined to be largely three.

First, the most well-known use is transfer.

I can move in any direction within a 50-meter radius centered on me.

However, I was worried about what would happen if there was an object at the point I wanted to move to, but in this case, the one with the smaller volume and density is bounced off.

If I hit a wall, I’m bounced out.

Instead, when transferring objects, the object passes through any overlapping objects.

This is also as in the original work.

Assassination using this would also be possible.

However, if the opponent interferes using mana or aura, they will be bounced off, so only the unskilled will fall victim to these means.

Be careful when using transfer.

The next use I was able to use was fixing space.

“Undine, you know, right?”

-Throw? Are you going to throw?

“Yeah. Throw it boldly.”

I instructed Undine to throw a few water spheres.

It’s already sunny, so it’ll be cool.

……But I don’t intend to get hit by water.

-Eit!

Undine really threw the water ball boldly.

I stared at it and spread out both hands.

A feeling of grabbing and holding it in place.

The water ball that was flying as is stopped in mid-air.

-Ah!

Undine is startled.

Undine struggles, trying to manipulate the water ball with her strength, but she flails her arms as if it’s not working properly.

-Water! It doesn’t move! It’s strange!

I was pleased to see Undine in trouble.

“Fixing works well too.”

By fixing the space itself, I interfere with the object’s movement route to stop it or bounce it off.

‘With this, I can block any flying arrows, cannons, or anything!’ I want to say, but.

‘……Oops.’

If you look closely, the stopped water ball starts to tremble slightly.

It’s already the limit.

“Tch.”

I clicked my tongue and immediately lowered my head.

Immediately, the water ball regained its speed and passed over my head.

-……You dodged it.

Why are you disappointed? Undine…… Is it because you extracted the spirit water?

Well, let’s put aside the water spirit’s mischief.

Fixing had a very clear limit to what it could be used for.

‘Based on the water Undine threw now, I can withstand it for 3 seconds. I can’t hold it any longer.’

The amount of mana is not the problem.

It’s like the feeling of a slippery object slipping out of your hand.

I couldn’t keep holding it.

Fortunately, a solution soon came out.

If you change the fixed coordinates diagonally, it seems that you can change the angle and bounce it off instead of catching it.

It’s better to bounce it off if possible.

And I tested the third usage.

I held out my sword.

“Expand.”

I imagine grabbing something in the air and forcibly opening it.

Then, the space in front of my eyes split about two spans [a span is roughly the distance between the tip of the thumb and the tip of the little finger when the hand is stretched out] and a crimson gap opened.

This is the subspace.

The trick to forcibly opening the subspace by tearing open the existing space.

I put the sword in and closed the subspace.

After a few minutes, I opened the subspace again and took out the sword.

The sword was fine.

However, there was a problem: the capacity of the created subspace is not large.

It’s about the size of putting a sword in and filling it with my backpack.

I felt like I didn’t have enough strength to open it any further.

More than anything, maintaining it requires constant concentration.

When I released my concentration, the sword I put in bounced out.

The handle of the bounced sword hit my forehead as is.

“Eukyak?!”

Rubbing the bump on my forehead, I pondered the problem.

Unlike other applications, space expansion had a problem.

Is the cause my lack of skill?

‘Peresia used it more freely in the original work…….’

She showed the ability to not only stop objects but also crush them by pressing them or return attacks by changing their direction.

She could even open a subspace and swallow and hide an entire city.

It was truly to the point where magic was not to be feared.

‘Compared to that, I’m still far away.’

Well, comparing the ability difference between the main villain leading the story of the original work and a mere village boy will only lead to futility.

I’m satisfied with just this for now.

Now, the rest depends on how I use it.

It depends on my efforts.

Anyway, I must master what I can use to the fullest so that I can use it at any time.

‘If my prediction is correct, there may be troublesome things.’

* * *

Aylen was receiving attention from various people beyond his awareness.

For example, the Church.

As soon as the Church’s priests heard the rumors about the potion, they sent people to his store pretending to be customers to assess the situation.

However, they lowered their guard after realizing that his business of selling only low-grade potions did not overlap with their work of bestowing God’s grace.

Rather, it was desirable.

The number of patients who could be cured with low-grade potions decreased, and the complaints towards the Church subsided a little.

Secondly, the merchants.

They had been watching Aylen even before he opened the store.

It is difficult to find people as perceptive as them when it comes to business.

Once it becomes a merchant association of a certain size or more, even if you buy a single herb here, some information comes in.

The spiritist who just came here bought an amount of herbs that could only be seen as for commercial purposes.

Of course, it couldn’t help but attract attention.

However, they did not think of interfering with Aylen.

They concluded early on that there was no need to do so.

There is not a single merchant association that handles potions in this city and its vicinity.

Mid-grade or high-grade potions occasionally come in, but their trading targets are not ordinary citizens.

There is no reason to interfere.

More than anything, they rather considered Aylen’s actions desirable.

There are also people who come from outside to find the potion after hearing the rumors.

The number of visitors to the city has increased slightly.

There is absolutely no reason to dislike that, is there?

Looking closely, most of the feelings watching Aylen’s business are relatively favorable.

However, the world does not only revolve around one side.

On the other hand, there are also groups that watch Aylen with an ominous feeling.

Not the Church, not the mercenaries, not the merchants.

Even they turn their backs on these groups.

Another group that has roots in this city.

The criminal guild.

They have started to covet him.

* * *

Today, I safely finished selling potions and was preparing to close the store.

Of course, sold out again today!

As usual, all that’s left is to ask the mercenaries to watch the training next time, and another rewarding day is over!

Let’s finish cleaning up quickly and train.

I need to improve my skills a little more.

We were moving a little more busily and finishing up.

“Shopkeeper? Are you going to throw this away? This empty can here.”

“Ah, Emel. Put that in the backyard. I’ll have a use for it later.”

Emel lightly answers, “Yes~ Yes~” and rolls the can to move it.

The mercenaries who are helping me have become familiar with this work, and their movements to help with the work have become more cheerful than before.

In addition, I have become quite close to them, and now I can have various chats with them besides work.

Mercenary Haron secretly whispered to me as if speaking in my ear, lowering his voice slightly.

“Aylen? About the store I mentioned last time?”

“……Huh? Ah, I definitely talked about that? Did you say there was a good store?”

“I’ve found out exactly where it is. How about it?”

“Of course, I have to go with you.”

Well, I’ve become quite close.

That’s how today was slowly coming to an end.

However, all the usual plans collapsed with the visit of an uninvited guest.

“Aylen! Is there a guy named Aylen here!”

Suddenly, the door bursts open and a man I don’t know calls me.

Who is it, the idiot who enthusiastically calls my name? The neighbors will misunderstand!

“……What?”

“It’s noisy, isn’t it?”

Me and the mercenaries turned around as if wondering at the sound.

As it happened, the man who called me and about five others who seemed to be his group were entering the store one after another.

“Huh? That…… that.”

Emel muttered in a small voice and narrowed her eyes.

Other mercenaries also seem to have noticed something, and their expressions hardened.

Looking at it, it didn’t seem like they were customers at least.

Because their atmosphere was quite openly impure.

They glare at me as if half picking a fight.

“Are you Aylen?”

One of them points at me and asks as if confirming.

“Yes? Well, I don’t know if I’m the Aylen you’re looking for.”

I answer appropriately, but I don’t have a very good feeling.

Rough and dirty men.

Suddenly coming and asking ‘Are you that guy!’ as if scolding.

It’s a very obvious flag.

‘Ah…… I have a troublesome feeling about this.’