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Chapter 322: What About the Way Back?

「Just what on earth is the reason for you to summon Hauron-sama? 」
Butler closed his eyes, sighed and shook his head.

「Magic — I’m pretty sure magic is my field of expertise, but…! You didn’t tell me anything about this, nothing at all!! When you say someone is going to take it the wrong way and that’s he’s not the average guy, you’d normally think that the person either has too much mana, or it’s about to explode!! That’s why I especially came out!! 」
Hauron continued drawing closer and demanding an explanation, but Butler just closed his eyes again with a smile.

「Just give up, you won’t get anything from Butler and I ‘coz we don’t even know how magic works. See, Jean’s excitedly waiting for you, look at those sparkling eyes. Good luck. 」
Dinosso replied to Hauron while pointing at me.

I know I’m lacking in many ways, but what should I do? What do I have to do?

「You guys totally understand how it works!! 」
「But we cannot teach it to him, so… 」
Butler commented and Hauron was trembling as turned to face me again.

「I did say I’m going to observe you and decide what’s the problem, but I have to investigate first why that phenomenon happened earlier. I won’t be able to deal with it unless I know the reason — Sorry, and here I was, confident that I’d know the reason if an explosion or misfire happened. 」

Hauron said apologetically to me.

「Ah, no, that’s alright. I just want to learn how to wield magic in a way that it’ll appear normal to others. 」
It’s fine, I already have an idea why the fireball came out of Hauron’s staff.

「Well, Hauron already perfectly demonstrated how magic is casted normally. 」
「Indeed, Hauron-dono casted it twice. 」
Butler supported Dinosso’s words.

「Shut up, you bystanders! — So, I wanna ask, you chanted, right? If you understand the incantation, can you tell me what is it? 」
Hauron glared at the duo before turning back to me.

「It’s ‘I request the same, please.’ 」
「Huh? 」
「I request the same, please. 」

Hauron swept his hair up, his palm resting on his forehead.

「I thought that since I wasn’t holding any staff, I simply had to repeat it. 」
「… Wait a sec, sorry. Can you please wait until I sort out my thoughts? 」
Hauron stopped me with a hand, his face turned away and his other palm still on his forehead.

「Erm, okay. What you’re using isn’t magic. 」
Hauron raised his head after a while.

「Eh!? 」
「Let me rephrase it. You simply, directly request the spirits without following any steps, am I right? 」
「Yes. 」
Bull’s eye. But what’s with that phrasing, it sounded like I’m dumb or something.

「Well, you have an affinity with them, and there are also cases when they twist the caster’s words to suit their whims. It doesn’t matter how proficient you are with Spirit Lingo, it’s rare that everything will go as you wish. It’s just that I’m also at a loss as to why Fandoll listened to you. 」
Hauron sighed.

Back when I first practiced magic deep in the forest, the spirits that I named weren’t there, and the power of my spells were weaker compared to those I casted in my mountain house. But now, I don’t feel any particular difference, although it might also be because I haven’t gone all out yet when doing magic.

Besides, I have a feeling that the spirits blindly favor me now. Hmm, is it because I’ve been naming the spirits who escaped as soon as I can? So maybe I’m someone famous among the spirit society?

「We’re going back to Canum, at any rate. There’s no point doing actual practice outside right now. 」
「How are we going back? 」

This place is considerably far from Canum — are we going to walk? Or are we using my 【Teleport】to go home? If not, then —

「— Don’t tell me you also have bones in Canum…. 」
That’s creepy.

「No, we’re using this. It’s faster than a horse. 」
Hauron whipped a thick carpet out.

「Oh, that’s nostalgic. 」
「It’s more comfortable than riding a horse. 」
Dinosso and Butler quipped when they saw the carpet.

「You guys will walk on foot!! You already know I’ll be having a headache yet you find it amusing, don’t you!? Go suffer! 」
Hauron grabbed me with one hand and hoisted me up the carpet.

It immediately floated.

「Ack, so cruel! 」
Dinosso’s voice faded in the distance. I was taken aback — it’s really faster than a horse!

「A magic carpet…!! 」
The flying kind, it’s the flying kind!!

「That’s right. There’s also one that can sit up to five people, but this one is just for two. It’ll be hard to maneuver the bigger one in the forest, so it’ll be faster to just walk rather than use that. 」
Hauron giggled, saying it’s a great solution for those two.

Oh, it seemed like this carpet couldn’t fly too high? We’re floating approximately one meter above the ground.

「Er, are you mad because those two drag you to my business? 」
I’m the reason why those two asked a favor from Hauron, so I wish they won’t fight.

「Nope. I’m actually grateful to them! I’m miles happier and it’s far more stimulating trying to understand what’s right in front of me compared to organizing and analyzing stockpiles of information and building formulas! It’s just that I’m a bit salty that things are going as they expected it will! 」
Hauron smiled when I timidly asked.

「Oh well, those two won’t even be half-an-hour late. Don’t worry about them and just enjoy the view. 」
Hauron half-sprawled and started smoking the hookah he took out from who knows where.

The smoke from the flavored tobacco leaves passed through the water in the glass jar before being inhaled. Uh, if I’m not mistaken, it’s half smoke and half syrup, right? It’s common in Es.

This glass and tube contraption looks cool, so I was a bit torn on whether I should buy one or not.

「It suits you. 」
I wouldn’t smoke it, but it suits Hauron.

「Thanks. 」
He replied with a wink.