Only My Magic Levels Up - Chapter 240



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Episode 240 Star Tree (8)

Silpa, who had recovered her wistfulness faster than Padin and Shamita, creaked and looked back at Lilia.

“By any chance, Lilia, you too?”

“yes!”

Lilia replied brightly and took out a piece of wood similar to Galen’s from her coat pocket.

“I didn’t have a strap to tie it with, so I decided to carry it like this for now!”

“Well, so… … .”

There was no strength in the empty laughter that flowed out. Silpa’s spirits suddenly let up.

I expected that I would get the key within ten days at most since it was a jewel, but isn’t the scope of ‘inside’ too extreme?

Half a day, no, strictly speaking, half a day, a few hours at most, and you’re already done? Both of you?

The time it takes to get the key is not directly proportional to talent, but it is not unrelated. The trick to playing tug-of-war with a star tree is usually learned quickly by geniuses.

What kind of ridiculous genius is this? Silpa, the youngest and strongest of the Sky Fairies, suddenly became infinitely pitiful.

Galen wasn’t so dull that he didn’t notice the sudden heaviness in the atmosphere. He scratched his head and made excuses.

“It was fast because it used a kind of trick.”

“… A shortcut?”

“Didn’t we save the star tree?”

“however?”

“Maybe that’s why his attitude is so friendly… I feel like he’s actively trying to help.”

It wasn’t a made-up excuse, it was real.

In the first place, there’s no way that the star tree would like the tug-of-war method of giving magic power or not. The key wasn’t a gift in reality, but was thrown to him to eat and get lost.

On the other hand, Galen and Lilia are literally lifesavers for Star Tree.

Unlike the sky fairies who had to learn the tricks the hard way through bickering, these two had a free pass. In fact, the star tree even provided a guide telling them to do it this way.

“That’s why we were able to get the hang of it quickly. It’s not that we did well.”

“Is this the star tree that repaid the favor?”

“It feels like something precious has been taken away… Lilia happens to be blonde… Ugh.”

“yes yes?”

Padin seemed to be somewhat convinced, and Shamita muttered in a somewhat gloomy voice. I wish you hadn’t said that I had stolen my lover. Lilia would be embarrassed. Humans don’t care about trees.

“… But, the reason I was able to receive help from Star Tree was because you guys helped Star Tree first. I already had the ability to do so.”

A beat later, Silpa opened her mouth.

“Galen, your skills in particular… are beyond comprehension even without considering your age.”

I didn’t have the courage to say something like, “I’m ordinary” here. Galen remained silent.

“ha.”

Silpa let out a deep sigh.

It was not that I did not know Galen’s specialness. I had heard from Shamita that he was an incomprehensible being who could handle various types of magic.

It’s just that I ‘truly’ felt it and felt the wall now.

However, Silpa was not the type of person to give in to frustration.

“I need to cut down on my naps starting tomorrow.”

“What, what?”

“Even guys who are better than me keep running and hoping for results, so it seems too complacent to spend time sleeping.”

“Silpa!”

Shamita slammed the table and stood up. It wasn’t because she was angry. A smile appeared on the expressionless face of the cold beauty.

“You finally came to your senses! Yes, it’s time to stop napping! Get to work, Vice President!”

“… No, I’m not saying I won’t sleep. I’m saying I’ll sleep less.”

“… That’s okay! Where is the reduction?”

“I’m not even saying I’m working… I’m going to practice… … .”

“… Yeah, whatever it is, it’s better than just sleeping. The vice president’s work isn’t that much.”

Although it felt like things were cooling down much faster than they had at first, Shamita still looked happy.

The fact that Shilpa, who was the epitome of a lazy genius, declared that he was abandoning laziness was touching in itself for Shamita.

It’s important to know how many days it will take, but it’s still a jewel in name only. If you put your mind to it, your willpower is like an iron wall that can’t be compared to that of a criminal.

“Thank you, Galen! You healed both the star tree and the sylpha. You are truly a master.”

“…I didn’t do anything.”

“It is enough to exist. Please continue to exist.”

“Oh, yes… … .”

The thank you note is a bit odd, but Shamita is happy, Shilpa is burning brightly, and Padin is smiling faintly, so it must have worked out well.

The night of the festival came to an end like that.

* * *

Although they managed to obtain the key on the same day, Galen and Lilia’s free access to the Star Tree was not revoked.

The two took advantage of that authority and spent most of their time at the star tree.

There were several reasons.

First of all, the Sky Fairy City was honestly not very interesting. Compared to small human cities, it had a small population and was not rich in natural resources, so there was nothing particularly developed.

Of course, I was able to enjoy the unique culture of the Sky Fairy, but apart from the fact that it was a unique experience, the experience didn’t really take up much time.

There was nothing worth seeing, and there was no need to go out looking for a good restaurant because the food was always so good.

As a result, I had time to spare, and since the star tree was the most interesting element in this city, I couldn’t help but wander around the area.

Plus, it was also for Lilia.

“Whoaaah.”

Galen yawned. He was a little sleepy, perhaps because he had a full lunch.

“Even Silpa, who used to love napping so much, is gritting her teeth and not sleeping these days, but now it seems like it’s me who’s the one sleeping.”

“That’s because you’re lying down comfortably.”

“I’m sitting.”

“I told you I was lying down.”

Lilia turned her head towards Galen for a moment and playfully poked his cheek with her finger.

Actually, she was right. Galen wasn’t completely lying down, but he was in a position similar to a bus seat with the backrest reclined as much as possible. You could almost say he was lying down.

It was close enough that if she stretched her arms upward, she could touch the tree trunk, and it was about as high as Lilia’s waist.

Of course, this was a luxury made possible by the wind hammock supported by Procella, the primordial spirit of the storm.

Just because I was lying down comfortably didn’t mean I was playing.

Because Galen held a star-wood staff in his right hand.

The head of the staff, which was swinging obliquely, was repeatedly enveloped in a five-colored light at regular intervals and then returned to its original state.

Saaaaaaaa— Saaaaaaaa—

It’s already been two weeks since I treated the star tree.

The magical power I had poured out back then had already been recovered, and I had even fed it one more time. Even the magical power I had consumed back then had all been recovered.

In short, everything was in perfect condition now. Galen and the primordial spirits.

After two weeks, I’m now completely familiar with the Star Tree warehouse.

Lately, Galen has been focusing on how to use the Starwood Staff.

“I’ve gotten used to it quite a bit after two weeks… … .”

Galen snorted.

“It seems like the structure is such that there is bound to be a difference in speed compared to when you don’t use a cane.”

“Because of fusion?”

“yes.”

It was awkward because I had never done it before, but once I made up my mind and practiced, it wasn’t difficult to move all nine attributes of magic at the same time.

However, those nine attributes needed time to ‘gather and fuse at the head of the staff’. They would mix right away once they were gathered, so it only took a short while, but it was definitely not instantaneous.

“At our age, we can do a lot in a moment, right?”

“Right.”

“Even a moment is precious when making a surprise attack or being surprised… I will only trust Lilia.”

“No?!”

“In order to utilize your power generously without being obsessed with the moment, your vanguard must be reliable.”

“Ah, then leave that to me!”

Lilia said bravely. It’s just that Galen is so strong that I sometimes forget about it, but originally, a magician is a type of person who safely casts magic from the rear. As long as the vanguard is strong, the slight slowdown in magic casting is not a problem at all.

“Are you still trying?”

“Are you having any success?”

“sure!”

If Galen were lying in midair, fiddling with his staff.

Lilia stood beside him, facing the star tree. Except for the occasional glance back, her gaze was basically fixed on the star tree.

The hand placed on the tree was wrapped in holy power, but only a very small amount was absorbed very slowly through the star tree.

I watch the whole process with my eyes open.

This was the training Lilia had been doing for the past two weeks.

Galen could have practiced his staff anywhere, but he chose this location for Lilia, who used the star tree.

He never told me exactly what kind of training it was, but he seemed to be planning to tell me today.

“I thought I had fully developed my skills, but I realized there were still a lot of areas I needed to improve on.”

“Is that so?”

“It’s true that I can activate and deactivate it at will, but it seems like I wasn’t able to use it perfectly while it was activated.”

The 8.5th miracle, the Holy See, is a stage that even the archbishops have not reached. The only previous user was Pope Julian.

The moment Lilia opened her eyes was when she left the Vatican and went to the ruins of the Great Desert, and she has not been able to return to the Vatican since then.

That means there was no one to tell her whether her castle was lacking or perfect. She just worried and studied on her own.

Even so, he displayed overwhelming genius and did well on his own, but after meeting Byulnamu this time, he realized his shortcomings.

“The Holy See is the eye that sees the essence. That’s what the Pope said.”

Lilia, who had started speaking seriously, soon smiled awkwardly.

“To be honest, I don’t even know what the ‘essence’ is exactly.”

“Huh? Isn’t that the most important thing?”

“It must be important, right? But what can we do if we don’t know? Even the Pope said he didn’t know.”

“Ugh.”

At first it was a bit absurd, but when I thought about it, it wasn’t that strange.

Even on modern Earth, aren’t there countless phenomena that science has not been able to explain, and even though we name these phenomena, we can’t properly explain them?

You don’t have to know exactly what something is to be able to name it.

“It’s really hard to put into words… When you activate the Holy Eye and look at your opponent, information comes pouring out?”

“Information?”

“It’s not like there are any specific letters or numbers, but how should I say it feels? Um, so… if I were to mold the clay with that feeling, it would be like a clay doll that looks exactly like my brother?”

“… Excuse me, but I have no idea what kind of metaphor you’re using.”

“It’s hard to express in words!”

Lilia puffed out her cheeks in response to Galen’s trembling words. She whined cutely, barely managing to come up with a plausible explanation.

“Just think of it as being able to easily see your brother by tearing him apart. I don’t mean to literally tear him to pieces, but… … .”

“A report that analyzes every move in a second, something like that?”

“Let’s say it analyzes dozens or hundreds of times per second. It’s really at a level where it tries to understand ‘everything.’ The reason it doesn’t activate all the time is because it’s too tiring.”

Lilia shook her head slightly and continued speaking.

“Anyway, seeing the power of air or magic is only a secondary effect. If you see everything about your opponent, you will naturally see the power of air or magic they are using, right?”

“I guess so.”

“But I was too focused on those secondary parts.”

After first encountering the Jewel Warrior’s ultimate during a duel with Michael, I knew that the only way to counter it was with the Holy Eye.

The reason why the castle was opened was because of the life-threatening fight with Deckerd.

Without realizing it, Lilia had limited her use of the castle to only see air power or magical power.

“I was so tired of looking at everything that I ended up only looking at the side parts. I should have practiced looking at everything even when I was tired.”

“Then, the practice we’ve been doing here for the past two weeks… … .”

“Yes! The star tree is incredibly big, isn’t it?”

“Yes.”

“That’s why the amount of information coming in through the castle is so enormous! Even if you just look straight ahead like this, when you turn on the castle, all the information from the entire star tree comes in.”

“… Are you okay?”

Galen raised his body from where he had been lying.

“It must have been incredibly difficult just hearing that, but you never showed any sign of it.”

“I didn’t tell you because I was worried you would worry. It’s okay now!”

“You’re saying that it wasn’t okay back then?”

“No matter how difficult it is, if it’s a training that must be done, then it must be done. Was this also that kind of training?”

Lilia smiled faintly. Galen let out a small sigh.

“If that’s what Lilia thought, then there’s nothing we can do.”

“I’m telling you this because we’ve achieved that much!”

“I think the results aren’t that great.”

“Yes! I’ve seen so many big star trees that I don’t mind seeing a single person anymore.”

“Are you in so much pain that you can no longer feel pain?”

“Hey, I said no. Of course I make that distinction. It’s really gotten better.”

Lilia smiled, reassuring Galen, who was still worried.

“Can’t we hope for a ninth miracle at this point?”