Chapter 28 – Growth
“Huh?”
“Por, what’s wrong?”
“I felt like I heard my father’s voice.”
Fortuna suddenly looks back.
When Jun asked her why, she answered with uncertainty.
Jun was startled and quickly turned her head in the direction she was looking at.
The scenery of the rural village, which was as peaceful as usual, caught his eyes.
“It doesn’t seem like anything in particular happened. Por, do you understand what happened?”
“… No. That’s strange. Was it an auditory hallucination?”
“Well, don’t worry so much. It could have been an auditory hallucination, or he was talking to someone other than us.”
If it had been said to us, there is no way the angel Fortuna, the messenger of God, would not have heard it.
Jun gently caught Fortuna, who was flying around, placed her on top of his head, and continued her hike.
“It’s farther than I thought. The mountain slopes are also quite steep.”
Like most hunters’ houses, Henny’s house was located in the mountains, not in a village.
Still, since Hennie went back and forth to the church every day, I thought he would be at the beginning, but that wasn’t the case.
It seems like 30 minutes have passed since we entered the mountain, but the roof of Henney’s house was still not visible.
“Henny, how on earth did you get to and from the village?”
“Ugh~. “Her dad took her there.”
When he asked in bewilderment, Hennie, who was on his back, answered Jun’s question in a sleepy voice.
I was chattering and chatting, but at some point I started to get quiet. I guess it was because I was dozing off.
“Cool~.”
A few minutes later, with a comfortable breathing sound, I felt Hennie’s body completely lose strength.
In the end, he seems to have completely fallen asleep.
“Shall I wake you up? “I think it’s still a long way to get home.”
“It’s okay. Even more so, Ford sticks close to my body. “Now I’m going to move through space.”
At that moment, I discovered a seal through spatial sensitivity.
Since I found the destination, there was no need to walk anymore.
“Woongnya~”
Fortuna cries out like a cat and lies down on Jun’s head.
Jun laughed at that cute answer and activated his magic core.
Hum~
The magical core, which had grown further through the electric eel’s gratitude, made a louder startup sound than before and greedily sucked in the surrounding mana.
Soon, deep blue magic colored in Jun’s color enveloped Jun, Fortuna, and Henny,
Their human images instantly moved 100 meters away.
“Oh~. It seems that the output of the magic core has increased much higher than expected. “Before, the limit was about 50 meters.”
50 meters was a sufficiently large distance to travel.
The maximum distance an ordinary wizard can travel using blink magic is about 30 meters, no matter how hard they try.
30 meters may be considered short, but blink magic is originally an emergency avoidance magic.
Jun, who can easily travel 100 meters with it, is extremely abnormal.
Jun smiles happily as he looks at the distance traveled.
Fortuna, who was on Jun’s head, also nodded his head in satisfaction.
“Obviously, double core and triple core have different levels of output.”
There were two reasons other than the growth of the core for the doubling of the travel distance.
One of them was the upgrade to triple core that Fortuna mentioned.
Since the cores are interconnected, the overall output increases as the number of cores increases.
It was said that even with cores of similar level, the output varies depending on the number of cores the owner has bloomed.
As a result, people with similar abilities were given higher ratings for those with more cores, and naturally, those with special abilities risked their lives to develop more cores.
“The transformation of the Third Core into the Auror Core may have played a role.”
The second reason is that the Third Core that Jun awakened is an Auror Core.
If magic is the power to change the essence, then auror is the power to strengthen the essence.
Therefore, when wearing an auror, overall physical abilities such as strength, vision, and reaction speed were strengthened, and the core within the body was no exception.
Simply put, the Auror Core strengthens itself and other cores with its own power, allowing it to produce output above the level.
‘It’s because of this. The reason why Aurors are popular not only among people with non-supernatural abilities but also among those with special abilities, such as emitters and psychics.’
If a non-talented person prefers Aurors because they can blossom if they keep working hard even if they don’t have any talent,
People with special abilities such as emission or psychic abilities preferred Aurors because they strengthened their abilities and kept their bodies healthy.
Naturally, the public’s perception of Aurors was bound to improve significantly compared to other abilities.
The crystal of that is the Britia Empire where Jun is located.
Another name for the Britian Empire was the Land of Knights.
Commoners, officials, nobles, and even the emperor all respected and respected the knight, the epitome of an auror owner, and subtly ignored, if not alienated, those with other abilities.
In particular, the treatment was more severe in the case of wizards, who were enemies of knights.
If that is so bad, even if commoners are afraid of wizards in front of them, will they eagerly crack pumpkin seeds behind their backs?
There were times when Jun was accused of being the culprit in accidents caused by other children just because he was a wizard.
‘Well, thanks to that, we can live in peace like we do now.’
An orphan with no relatives awakened two top-level cores?
Under normal circumstances, even if Jun had the stigmata of God, the empire or noble family would have forcibly adopted him.
There is no better chess piece than a strong orphan.
However, due to the combination of the worst conditions such as the superpower of thinking that is only useful for office work, the knight’s enemy who can only use space magic, and the extremely low possibility of flowering as an Auror, no one except merchants wanted to adopt Jun.
A problem that Jun had never thought about (being forced to be adopted) was solved in a truly absurd way.
When he first found out about this, Jun didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
‘It’s still the same now. It’s nice not to get attention, but being ignored is a bit…’
Jun made a subtle expression and activated the blink magic again.
After jumping through space a few more times, I soon arrived near a cabin where I could feel traces of people.
“You built it beautifully.”
“I know. “Let’s live like this later when the war is over.”
“Hehe. “Be sure to bring a rocking chair and a hammock.”
Jun grinned and agreed with Fortuna’s plans for retirement, which seemed to be too early, and soon headed to the barn next to the cabin where he felt like he was popular.
Did you notice their approach?
The inside of the barn became noisy, and soon Robin, a middle-aged man with a dignified charm, came out of the barn and greeted them.
“Hello, Uncle Robin.”
Other than saying hello every time they ran into each other, there wasn’t much interaction, but since he was going to be training under him in the future, Jun greeted him with the brightest face he could.
Did he see me as a pretty boy, or rather a pretty girl?
Anyway, perhaps because the pretty child greeted her with a bright face, Robin, who always greeted her with an expressionless face, raised the corners of her mouth awkwardly and accepted his greeting.
This is why they say people should look pretty or handsome.
“Is that… Jun?”
As expected, Robin couldn’t help but carefully asked Jun about his identity.
Thinking that similar questions would be asked several more times in the future, Jun smiled bitterly and nodded.
“Yes, it’s me. A lot has changed.”
“I don’t think it’s that bad… But did you receive some kind of protection?”
“That’s right! “My father gave it to me as a gift because my Juni did something good.”
Fortuna, who had sensed the annoyance that June was feeling through her soul string, answered Robin’s question on his behalf.
Perhaps because she answered as if she was boasting, Robin thought it was just that and nodded.
“Uncle Robin, I would like her to be Henny rather than her.”
“Okay, wait here for a moment.”
When June turned her back and held out her henny, Robin quickly picked her up and headed toward her cabin, returning to the front of her barn less than five minutes later.
“…”
“…”
Jun and Robin faced each other and rolled their eyes in awkwardness.
Since we weren’t that close and both of us didn’t talk much, we didn’t know what to say first.
‘Ugh~. Frustrated. It’s frustrating.’
“Why are you two having such a hard time? First, let’s say thank you to each other. “We both accepted each other’s request.”
Fortuna, who was worse off, started the conversation.
She felt strange, as if she had become her matchmaker.
“Uncle Robin, thank you for accepting the training offer. Honestly, I didn’t know how to train.”
“Big. Never mind. Because it’s like an equivalent exchange. Rather, I am grateful. “If you hadn’t said you wanted to be trained, I should have paid you… But honestly, I couldn’t afford it.”
“I understand. Artificial flowering of magic cores costs a lot of money. Even after becoming a wizard, it costs a lot of money for things like magic books and equipment.”
“Hmm. That’s right.”
Perhaps because she was embarrassed to be sympathized with by her child, Robin cleared her throat and avoided Jun’s gaze.
I thought she was a very emotionally dry person, but looking at her like this, it seemed like she was just a quiet person.
Jun let out a small sigh of relief because this type of person was easier to deal with than the talkative type.
Then, I asked Hennie the question I couldn’t ask because he was asleep.
“But why does Henny suddenly want to become a wizard?”
Sigh~
Was it a headache just thinking about it?
At Jun’s question, Robin groaned and grabbed her forehead.
“He brought some thick novels that he said he borrowed from Leon a while ago.”
“Oh, is it the breath of the dungeon?”
“Yeah, that one. After he finished reading that, he started to fuss about wanting to become a wizard. “It seems like the wizard in the novel was very impressive.”
“And that’s the only reason you decided to become a wizard?”
“What did you do instead of stopping me, mister? “Tell me to stop now.”
Jun and Fortuna’s faces had pitiful expressions due to their poor motivation.
Robin seemed to feel frustrated at the reaction and continued talking while washing his face repeatedly.
“I tried to stop Henny any way I could,” She said. He tried to console and soothe me by pushing me into reality, and even threatened me with snacks or dolls.”
“… I see.”
“Why do you do that? “It’s okay if you just don’t support it.”
Doridori
Robin shakes his head at Fortuna’s bewildered words.
Looking at his serious expression, it seems like there is a special reason.
“What if you don’t talk to me? “If she ignores me… I can’t live.”
… Oh, that’s right.
