The Rebirth Of The Hero’S Party’S Archmage [EN]: Chapter 61

Three weeks passed quickly.

Thanks to Madelia Page faithfully upholding the terms of their agreement, the strange rumors about Elin Ludwig faded away.

I received word from the Griffin Riders that they had just departed from the Holy See, meaning I would soon see that noble face again.

“Rain, you worked hard again today~!” Sandra Keppel said, slapping me on the back, a gesture that implied I had been well-used for odd jobs.

But the day wasn’t over.

Every day, after student council activities concluded, tutoring Kasena Page awaited me.

My task was to teach her the fundamentals of magic.

After her accident at the age of six, she had become estranged from magic, which slowed her learning.

However, telekinesis was an exception. Perhaps because it was a magic essential for daily life, she grasped it with remarkable talent.

Beyond that, there was little progress, making it a challenging endeavor.

“No, not that! I want to use walking magic!”

“That’s an advanced aspect of one-star magic. You need to learn the basics step by step.”

“No, I don’t want to! Teach me! You’re my tutor!”

I felt like I was going crazy.

That’s right.

Kasena Page wasn’t interested in learning the fundamentals and only focused on distant goals.

“Okay, then. I’ll write down the formula for you, so give it a try.”

“Really?! You should have done that sooner!” Kasena smiled brightly.

I wrote down the mathematical formula on a wax tablet with a stylus, then briefly noted the runes to be used and the Imperial mathematical formulas in a simplified form.

“Calculate this in your head.”

Kasena stared intently at the wax tablet, groaning as veins popped out on her forehead. Ugh… veins were bulging on her temples.

“It’s too difficult! How am I supposed to do this!”

Then, she suddenly spread her fingertips and drew geometric patterns in the air.

In elegant gestures, the language of power scattered afterimages of light, and runes appeared in the air, dancing and swaying.

It was the first time I had seen it in a long time, and I was thrilled, just like 300 years ago.

The bloodline ability of the Page Marquis family…

The bloodline ability of those descended from the progenitor of magic is truly… what should I say? It’s beautiful. That’s the only way to describe it.

“The rune to engrave is Bu (Float)!”

While the Ludwig family has the villainous title of ‘Stealing Magician,’ the Page family’s title is ‘Drawing Magician.’

Shiiiiiing…

I watched Kasena draw runes in the air. Waves of light flowed from her fingertips, taking the shape of runes.

It’s not just beautiful.

It’s truly unbelievable, but the Page family’s bloodline ability doesn’t require mathematical calculations. All that’s needed is the action of drawing the runes and the earnest wish contained within them.

It’s such a unique bloodline ability that it makes you wonder if the technique passed down from the progenitor of magic can be so far removed from the mathematical discipline of magic.

To maximize the power of this bloodline ability, the Page family has been using simplified characters that have been slightly modified from the runes.

“How is it? Pretty, right? Rain can’t do it no matter how hard he tries!”

“That’s because I’m not from the Page family…”

Unlike a typical magician who activates a magic circle by grabbing it, Page activates magic by grabbing the runes drawn in the air.

I’m not particularly jealous.

No, really?

Being born with the blood of the progenitor of magic would be a great honor, but I actually prefer Bell Curios more.

It’s just that he’s a magician from another world.

The moment the runes broke into particles of light, Kasena’s body floated in the air. Bu (Float) is a rune with the property of levitation, which is the basis of telekinesis.

“It’s done, it’s done! Did you see? Did you see this genius? Two-star magic is just around the corner!”

If she has such talent in telekinesis, it might be better to modify the teaching method a little. I’ll have to discuss it with Madelia.

“Let’s do one more with that momentum.”

“No! That’s it for today!”

I’m the one teaching, so why are you always the boss…

Still, there was an advantage to the class ending early. I had more time to think about how to make Kasena walk.

But this is really difficult. A way to make the burden on the body while using magic zero—does such a thing really exist?

“What are you thinking so hard about? You’ll get hurt if you have random thoughts while exercising.”

After-school training room.

The student council activities ended quickly, and Logan said that the magic volleyball club was taking a break, so we were exercising together for the first time in a while.

“I was thinking about how to minimize the burden on the body.”

“Ahem, the burden on the muscles is muscle pain! It’s a sign that the muscles are growing! You should gladly accept such stimulation!”

“What am I going to talk to you about…”

Sighing, I saw Logan make a sullen expression.

He’s like a puppy.

Dumbfounded, I glared at him, and then the magic circles engraved on his muscular body caught my eye, and the question I had been wondering about came to mind.

“Come to think of it, I heard that Wing-type magicians sometimes have their muscles twisted or bones broken while activating those magic circles. Is that true?”

“That is correct.”

“But who wouldn’t be scared and start? What about beginners? Only guys who want to break their bodies will start.”

Then Logan let out a hollow laugh as if the words were absurd.

“Do you think we’re fools? Of course, we engrave a slightly different inscription for beginners.”

“What inscription?”

“An inscription that eliminates the burden on the body. Beginners won’t get hurt no matter what they do.”

Hmm, there was insurance.

As I listened to Logan’s story without thinking, I felt a thrilling chill run down my spine and dropped the barbell.

It was the feeling when a blocked problem was solved.

“However, the low point is high, but the high point is also low, so the moment you take off the beginner label, it disappears immediately—”

“—What is that? How do you do it? Can you also engrave that inscription?”

I suddenly became excited and raised my voice, and Logan stepped back slightly as if embarrassed, but soon shrugged his shoulders proudly.

“No, Young Master! I am Logan of Chaihark. The successor of Chaihark! Don’t you know that? I’ve already learned everything.”

I suddenly grabbed his shoulder tightly.

“Logan, would you like to work with me on something?”

“Work? What kind of work are you talking about?”

“Well, if I had to say, it’s something that might make the Page family an ally of the Chaihark School? Anyway, it’s definitely not a losing proposition.”

Thus began a busy week.

Not only did I have to complete my studies, but I also had to learn inscription from Logan after finishing student council activities.

Then it would be around 7 o’clock, and at this time, I would go back to the Page family’s mansion and teach Kasena.

Resting was only when I had time to chat with Pipi during lunch sometimes.

It was a repetition of such a tiring life, but I liked it because it wasn’t boring. Rather, I should say it was enjoyable.

“No, Young Master! Didn’t you say that we should add a magic circuit near this blood point!”

“Oh, what effect does this have?”

“Then it will prevent the magic reaction from having a negative effect on the body.”

It’s fun.

Yes, it’s fun.

All of this process is a new world of knowledge. A sea of learning that I haven’t been to yet.

Inscription is more difficult than I thought.

If Logan hadn’t taught me, it would have taken me a long time to realize it even if I had seen all these reference books. It was difficult, so the fun of realizing it was great.

I have to study hard.

Because all of this will become my bones and flesh.

And because I promised, I will make you walk again. That’s the condition of the deal.

“What, why are you dozing off! You said you wanted to hear about the constellations!”

At night, Kasena would throw everything aside and look into the telescope by the window, smiling brightly like a girl.

That’s why the evening class didn’t even last an hour.

I have to teach her at least a little magic in a month to save face with Madelia…

“Why do you like space so much?”

With a sigh, I leaned against the wall next to the window and asked quietly.

“The Ones That Came have left for space. Did you know that? The gods can fix anything. Anything! Of course, they can fix my legs too, right?”

“…”

“So I’m looking for them. I heard that comets in space are traces of gods moving to other worlds!”

God… Was the existence of God a support for Kasena?

“I was thinking of going on an adventure after the gods fixed my legs.”

“Adventure?”

“Yes! Adventure! But it’s okay now! Rain said he would make me walk!”

The moment Kasena smiled brightly, Lista’s smile, saying the world (世界) [Shikai, a Japanese word meaning ‘the world’], and pulling my hand, came to mind, and I couldn’t help but laugh.

Did I make that expression too?

The feeling that something brightened up in my head when Lista said that… I shook my head to shake off the past that I would never reach again.

“I’ll leave now. I’ll come again next time when I have time.”

It was then that I was about to leave the tower.

“Wait a minute!”

Kasena suddenly called out to me like that, and then coughed a couple of times as if she was embarrassed.

“You… you said that last time. That you’re busy studying at night when you teach me.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

The only personal time I could have was roughly late at night, so it wasn’t once or twice that I was absorbed in studying runes and greeted the dawn.

But for some reason, Kasena raised the corners of her mouth as if she was relieved.

“Here, a gift.”

When Kasena used telekinesis, a box wrapped in luxurious silk flew in front of me.

“What is this?”

“Open it!”

With a dubious heart, I opened the box. Then, a pair of crystals with frames made of the finest sterling silver appeared.

My breath stopped for a moment.

It’s what Scald used to use.

I could see fragments of expensive Red Cloth Stone [a rare and valuable gemstone] in the faintly reddish part. It must be a magic tool with the magic of protecting eyesight.

“This, could it be glasses…?”

Why this? I was embarrassed and dumbfounded, so my voice trembled without me realizing it.

“Yes! Do you like it? Your eyes get bad if you study at night. You said you like studying? If you want to study for a long time, you have to take care of your eyes from now on!”

“…”

“Rain taught me really hard! I asked my dad to buy it from the best craftsman in the Empire. You can thank me as much as you want!”

While shouting boastfully, she keeps looking at me to see if I like the gift or not.

For a moment, one side of my chest ached.

What do you call this feeling?

For a moment, Hirpien, who had even come to the black market for his grandfather, came to mind, contrasting with the appearance of Lynn, who never thought of giving gifts to his colleagues.

That’s right, I felt like this before too.

Unlike Lynn, the companions of the hero party unknowingly gave gifts to Lynn. For example, when Keyes made a flower crown and put it on her head as a training exercise, Friede laughed a lot…

No, you knew everything.

You didn’t have the courage to admit that you were grateful. You didn’t have the courage to return the favor…

“Ha.”

As I distorted my face with a bitter smile stained with grief, Kasena frantically waved her hands with an embarrassed voice.

“Why, why are you laughing? Don’t you like it? I’m sorry! I asked them to put a gold frame around it, but they said they couldn’t make it that fast…”

“No, Miss… It’s just… I’m grateful…”

“Y, you mean you like it?!”

As I nodded, suppressing the sadness towards the past, Kasena confidently crossed her arms again.

“Hmph! Then laugh happily! Don’t confuse people for no reason!”

“I’m sorry, Miss.”

“Th, then say thank you!”

“Thank you, Miss. I will not forget this grace.”

“Hehe! Yes, you’re grateful, right? I’ll let you go early today. Wear that and study hard!”

I was going to give a gift first.

How could this…

After bowing to Kasena, I ran out of the room as if fleeing. My legs gave way, and I had to lean against the wall right away.

This time, let’s repay it properly, Lynn…