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Welcome to the Impregnable Demon King Castle – Chapter 131

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Translator: Kobracon

Editor: Weasalopes

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131 – I Needed to Differentiate Myself from the World Since the Beginning

「The horns of Majins store Magical Energy that is produced by their own body. So, when it was time to create my Avatar, I wondered what to do with the stored Magical Energy in the horn. There were two methods.」

「Reproduce the Avatar including all the stored up Magical Energy, or transfer the Magical Energy stored within into the Avatar.」

「Yup. In the former, you won’t lose your own Magical Energy, but it will incur an outrageous cost. Enough to make you hesitate when you imagine such an expensive Avatar getting broken. That’s why I normally transfer my Magical Energy. This way, I transfer the required amount of Magical Energy, so by not transferring all of my Magical Energy and then it getting completely destroyed, I don’t experience a shortage of Magical Energy.」

Transferring all my Magical Energy into my Avatar for the Fenix battle is exactly why I lack Magical Energy now.

「Yes, I understand so far.」

「So then, do you know how I transfer Magical Energy into the Avatar?」

「Yes, by simple physical contact, if I’m not mistaken.」

I nod.

「That’s right. I just touch my real body with my Avatar. It’s a little strange, but they are both me so there’s nothing wrong with transferring my own Magical Energy into my own horn. Up to now, that’s what I thought.」

I open the cocoon and absorb some Magical Energy from my real body. Yup, I can do it with no problem.

「…Are you saying, that’s not how it is?」

「No, it’s correct. It’s just that I think that the explanation is insufficient.」

「Insufficient…」

「For Vampires, is it possible for you to manipulate the blood of your real body after you go into your Avatar?」

「…! I-I shall try.」

Milla becomes Carmilla. She transfers her mind to her Avatar.

And then, she opens her cocoon and touches her real body as I did with mine.

「……I can’t…」

I knew it.

The Magical Energy from the horn of a Majin can be transferred to the Avatar, but for Vampires, blood from the real body can’t be taken into the Dungeon defense. The blood of the Avatar is ultimately Magical Energy that reproduces the same function.

Bringing your real blood into battle is against the rules. That’s why there isn’t anyone who tried it.

Whether it was possible or not, no one bothered to try it because it was meaningless.

Or perhaps people knew, but it was completely useless.

「Maybe it’s a matter of awareness. With your real body, you can control blood, but with your Avatar, you control Magical Energy that mimics blood. You are unconsciously aware of that difference.」

「But is this not the difference between pure Magical Energy and the rest?」

It’s possible that Majin’s can bring in their own Magical Energy into battle purely because they bring in Magical Energy as it is.

If that were the case, it would not help with the absorption of Magical Energy by the horns.

It only means that you are transferring it from your body to your own body.

「Yeah, but if so, that would mean that you could load Magical Energy from your real body into the staff.」

I touch my real body with the Chief of Staff staff that I have in my hand.

「Only the Magical Energy of the user can be loaded into the staff. If we assume that the Magical Energy transferred into the horn is my own, then I should be able to…」

And then, I confirmed it.

「Lem, this…」

「Yup, it failed. Just as I thought.」

Incidentally, staves don’t store Magical Energy as Magic Stones do. They compress and refine it. Depending on the quality of the staff, Magical Energy will start to leak out after a fixed period of time and melt into the air.

That being the case, even if this method was possible, Wizards and the like wouldn’t be able to bring it into Clears or Defenses.

It doesn’t make much sense to do so, and since the activity of the Magical Energy organ is suppressed when you are in the cocoon, you can’t take much with you.

「S-so, you’re saying that the reason that the Avatar’s horns of a Majin can absorb the Magical Energy stored in the horns of the Majin’s real body is not that it is their own Magical Energy, but because of the ability to store Magical Energy equipped into the horns themselves? But that’s strange.」

In that case, Majin’s horns have always been able to absorb Magical Energy, but that’s odd if that’s true.

That would mean that Majins have always been a living creature that could store Magical Energy from their surroundings.

「Right? That’s why that isn’t the reason.」

「Huh?」

Milla gaped at the fact that I just admitted. Her small mouth formed a circle. It’s rare to see her pull a face like that, but now is not the time to be fascinated by it.

「It’s not because it’s my own Magical Energy that I can transfer it. It’s because I perceive it as such that I can absorb it.」

「…? …Pardon me, I, I don’t quite understand.」

I continue while putting my thoughts into order.

「For example…in the living room in my dorm room, there are some fruits, right? I bought them from Blitz’s shop.」

Blitz. Cashew’s former employer, a friend of her mother’s, and a friend of mine. A fruit stall seller.

「Yes, there is.」

She nods.

「When we eat them, we don’t hesitate nor do we have any problems, right?」

「Yes, well… since Lem bought it, I would ask first…」

「…I guess so. Well, in this scenario, let’s limit it to just me.」

「In that case, I suppose you’re right. They belong to you, so you don’t mind when you eat them.」

「So then, let’s change the place to the marketplace. I am there, penniless, and decide to just eat the fruits from the fruit seller’s store. What then?」

「…That…would be a problem. That is just theft at that point, no?」

「Exactly. The fruits are the same, yet depending on the situation, it is considered good or bad to eat. This example is based on the rules of the world, so of course, we must obey them. However, Magical Energy has no such rules.」

Of course, you can’t steal Magic Stones. The rules of the world still apply there.

But, there isn’t a law that penalizes Spirits and Fairies for gathering Magical Energy from nature. Just like how there isn’t a law against breathing.

「…So, we freely use our own Magical Energy, but conversely, we think of Magical Energy from the outside as something we cannot freely use, so we unconsciously suppress ourselves?」

「That’s what I think. I believe it’s because the staff is a thing that purifies the Magical Energy of the user, in this case, the same person has two bodies, so the user is the one holding the staff. It is difficult to put the real body without a consciousness into the category of user. On that point, horns are simple. I take it from my horn, send it to my horn. I can do it without issue by perceiving it as my own Magical Energy.」

「If that’s the case…It is often said that there is a way to become aware of your Magical Energy generation and manipulate it yourself…is it possible that…」

「I believe it is about the perception that Magical Energy created by yourself is your own.」

With this, it’s easy to see why there are so few people who acquired this skill.

There isn’t anyone who believes that the air belongs to them and they absorb it. Let alone people who would think to manipulate it.

On the contrary, I can see why Spirits and Fairies can do it.

They are both born from the world.

It is theorized that Fairies were the same as Spirits but attained corporeal forms.

To them, they are one with the world.

They are born from it, they reside in it, they are it.

It would be impossible for us Humans to acquire the exact same values now. There is a difference in our awareness as living things.

That’s why I thought that…

「I am what I eat. It didn’t work because I thought of it as absorbing Magical Energy. This is mine, something I can eat, my nourishment. All I had to do was think it and just do it.」

「I…I see…?」

「Thank you, Milla. I think I was able to sort it out while we were talking. Uhm, well, I’ll head to the Core now…!」

「Eh? Oh, sure. Good…luck…?」

I quickly head towards the room where the Core is.

I approach the Core, follow the pipe where the Magical Energy flows, and twist the valve. Magical Energy spews out.

I expose the horn and concentrate.

This is mine, mine…mine.

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………

「…Heh, I knew it wouldn’t be that easy.」

Of course.

There are certainly times when you realize something and then you develop suddenly.

But in any field, isn’t there a huge amount of effort behind such moments?

You work hard, go through trial and error, fail, but then you continue to work hard.

At some point, you have a realization. You adjust your efforts and have a breakthrough. Success.

You can’t master a skill with just a flash of inspiration.

But still, I did acquire that flash. All I have to do now is adjust my efforts, and train further.

I tighten the valve.

Concentrate.

I release Magical Energy from the base of my feet. It’s my own Magical Energy.

Next, I release Magical Energy horizontally.

It swirls around me slowly, like a whirlwind.

Magical Energy dissipates as soon as it is left alone, so I wanted to let it float around me as much as possible by adjusting the way I release it.

It is difficult to suddenly think of the Core’s Magical Energy as my own.

The first step is to bring the Magical Energy that was under my control a moment ago, back under my control.

No, it’s more like picking up something you dropped and putting it back in your pocket.

I didn’t lose it. It’s mine.

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