Chapter 43: 43

Chapter 43: Mysterious Choices

Having managed to complete our investigation, we were back at the imperial castle to report our findings.

We asked the emperor’s aide to pass on the word and request an audience, and then we were allowed to rest in the guest room.

In the luxuriously decorated room, we took a breather.

Normally, I would have been back at the academy by now,…… but I never thought I would end up meeting His Majesty the Emperor twice in a day.

Well, it’s just a matter that can’t be done in writing,……. Because there’s no way I can put down on paper that “I’ve summoned more than twenty legendary summons.” The emperor would be baffled, and I’d have to explain it to him in person.

Sitting on the comfortable sofa, I let out a sigh of resignation.

As I let my gaze wander around as if to cover up my melancholic mood, I saw Erwin-sama in a good mood and Keith in a tired state.

“ Well, now that I think back on it, I can’t believe that you summoned nearly twenty legendary-class summons! It’s really like a dream!”

“…… Odd, Elle. I feel the same way.”

With a mysterious look on his face, Keith-sama agreed, and then he folded his hands and rested his chin on them.

Releasing a strange tension, he lets out a deep sigh, ‘huh’…….

It seems they are still unable to accept the events that took place in the investigation as reality.

While Keith is pondering, “What should I report to His Majesty ……,” the self-paced Erwin is smiling happily.

“I really don’t know what you’re capable of Charlotte! I’m getting more and more interested in you! It’s not every day you find a young genius mage who is a master of the prayer technique and has been recognized by a legendary class summon! Oh, speaking of which, ────”

Erwin-sama clapped his hands as if he remembered something, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

“ I haven’t heard about the prayer technique yet! Can I ask you now? Of course, I’ll pay you for the information! I’ll give you money, research materials, whatever you want, and I want you to tell me!”

Erwin-sama’s eyes sparkle as he leans forward from the sofa across from me.

Citrine eyes with infinite curiosity came staring at me as if to say, ‘I can’t wait’.

We’ve been doing a lot of research on the summoning technique, and I completely forgot that I hadn’t told Erwin-sama and the others about the details of the prayer technique yet. Well, the information I have is not much, but …… I’m sure It’ll disappoint Erwin-sama.

‘Eh? You only know that much?’ I exhale, picturing Erwin-sama’s disappointment.

There is also a way to keep it a secret, but that might lead to an even higher price tag, so it wasn’t really a good idea.

I would rather have him think “Is this information really that great?” I thought to myself, It would be easier to be honest with him than to make him expectant.

“Okay. As Erwin-sama requested, I will tell you about the prayer technique. But please don’t expect too much. It’s really not a big deal, so …… and I don’t need any consideration.”

When I made it clear that I would not ask for anything in return, Erwin-sama’s eyes widened in surprise.

“Eh? You don’t want it? Why? It’s not every day you get a chance to ask for something from us.”

“Yes, I don’t want it. It’s not information that’s valuable enough to be worth paying for.”

I shook my head from side to side and looked straight at the bewildered Erwin-sama as I firmly refused.

He crackled and blinked repeatedly, unable to hide his confusion.

Keith-sama, who had been quietly listening to the conversation, seemed surprised by this and looked doubtful.

I asked them, who could not hide their confusion, “Well, please listen to me anyway.”

“First of all, as a prerequisite, I don’t know much about the prayer technique. In my case, I was able to activate the magic just by wishing. I don’t have any particular knack for it, nor have I had any special training. So I don’t think I can be of much help in your study of the art of prayer.”

I bowed my head saying, ‘I’m sorry,’ and I looked at the faces of the head and deputy head of the court mage corps.

While I was worried that I might have disappointed them,──── the two of them fell silent with serious expressions on their faces.

The two men, who had not moved so much as a twitch, even giving the illusion that time had stopped, stared intently into my face.

But it seemed that they were simply “watching” rather than searching for the truth of the information. I guess it would be more correct to say that they were in a daze…….

What an …… unexpected reaction. Well, I’m still glad they weren’t disappointed.

In the quiet room, I exhaled and relaxed my shoulders slightly.

But it is a little awkward to be stared at head-on, so I avert my gaze.

As I endured their stares, feeling indescribably uncomfortable,──── Erwin-sama suddenly broke the silence.

“Hey, Charlotte. Can I ask you to do one thing for me,──── now, can I ask you to practice the prayer technique? It’s right after you used the summoning technique, and it might be difficult?”

Erwin-sama, perhaps concerned about the consumption of magic power, said to me, ‘If you can’t do it, just say so’.

Sure, The actual summoning technique consumed not a little bit of magic power, but there is still room left over, so I immediately agreed to do it.

“As long as it is not magic that consumes a lot of magic power, it will be fine. So, what kind of magic should I use?”

As expected, it would be tough to use higher level magic or ancient magic now, so I offered one condition.

Erwin-sama nodded his head, looked at Keith-sama and replied, “I understand’.

“Well then, ──── can you use the prayer technique and  get out the sugar and give it to me ・・・・・・?”

Despite his nonchalant attitude, Erwin-sama’s statement went beyond expectations.

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I was puzzled, “Not, ‘Put out a flame?” I am bewildered, and I can’t help but look at him.

“Sugar ……?’

“Yes, sugar.”

I reflexively asked back, but Erwin-sama nodded without a pause.

When it turned out that I had not misheard him, I said, “What? Why?” I was confused.

Not knowing how to react to the mysterious choice, I turned my gaze left and right.

“well, calm down. I just want to check something. Just relax.”

Erwin-sama, who said, “It doesn’t mean much,” urged the use of the prayer technique.

He didn’t even tell me what it was that he wanted to confirm, and my disbelief grew.

But since I wasn’t asked to do any particularly dangerous magic, I decided to follow his instructions for the time being.

I wonder what on earth the sugar is used for. Making sweets or ……? But I can’t imagine Erwin-sama making sweets.

‘I think I’d look good in an apron,’ I thought. I was supposed to ──── activate the art of prayer as usual, as I was developing unimportant fantasies.

For some reason, no matter how much magic power I put into it, no matter how much sugar I wished for, the prayer technique would not activate.

Like a broken old clock, it stood still and nothing happened.

Huh, that ……! Why ……?! Normally, it would have triggered properly, but ……!

I was so startled that I was panicking, not knowing what to do as I thought loudly in my mind.

When I was puzzled by the fact that I didn’t even feel like I had consumed any magic power, Erwin-sama and Keith-sama looked at me calmly and narrowed their eyes.

“I knew it was that way,”

The two of them, saying in unison, seemed to have already known this was going to happen.

I looked at them with a clutching look on my face and asked for an explanation.

As I was unable to grasp the situation, Erwin-sama suddenly reached out his hand on the table.

As I watched to see what he would do, he picked up a sugar pot and opened its lid. Inside the container were many sugar cubes for tea.

“Charlotte, now try to use the same prayer technique as before with the image of taking the sugar cubes out of this container. I think it will be quicker if you actually try it than if I explain it to you with my mouth.”

“What ……? What does that …… mean?”

“If you try it, you’ll surely understand. So just try it.”

“Huh, ……? I understand.”

I looked at the sugar pot in Erwin-sama’s hand and invoked the same prayer technique as before.

Then ──── three sugar cubes from the sugar pot were transferred to my palm.

I was surprised and compared the sugar cubes in my hand with the ones in the sugar pot. The fact that the sugar cubes in the other side are lessened, I can say that the prayer technique has been successfully activated.

I wonder why it worked this time: ……? The method was almost the same as the last time, yet …….

The difference between the first and second time was whether or not I was aware that I was going to borrow the sugar cube in the …… sugar pot, but I didn’t think that …… was the reason!

“That’s it!?” I was so upset that I peeled my eyes off the unexpectedly simple solution.

The lighthouse was dark, which is exactly what happened, and I was truly surprised at the unexpected cause of the failure.

Surely, if I have not decided what means and methods to use in doing something, the prayer (technique) will not …… be activated, no, the magic will not work.  Because there’s no way to interfere with the reason of nature. Even in this case, so …… there are many ways and means to “serve sugar”, such as making it from scratch or borrowing it from somewhere else. Naturally, depending on ‘how and what the result is,’ the type of magic and its action were quite different.

” Without a clear image in place, the prayer technique will not work….which means that ──── just wishing for it ・・・・・・・ wouldn’t trigger it, right?”

When I asked this with a confident sound, Erwin-sama replied, “Bing bong! Great answer! “he exclaimed.

He clapped his hands with a crackle and was thrilled with the new revelation of the prayer technique.

In front of Erwin-sama, who seemed to be enjoying himself more than anyone else, I threw a sugar cube in my hand into the tea.

‘It will definitely be sweet,’ I thought, stirring the tea with a teaspoon.

I had never used prayer techniques for the purpose of ‘getting the sugar out’ before, so I didn’t realize it. For me, the prayer technique was just a way to activate existing magic without chanting. Existing magic has a clear means and purpose, so I never faced the kind of trouble I did earlier. That’s why I mistakenly thought that ‘it can be activated just by wishing for it.

Having identified the root cause, I was truly disgusted with my insensitivity.

In the midst of my self-loathing, “Why didn’t I notice this?”──── suddenly there is a knock at the door of the room.

“ ─── Charlotte-sama, the wielder of the art of prayer, Erwin-sama, the Commander of the Court Mage Division, and Keith-sama, also the Deputy Commander of the Court Mage Division. Thank you very much for your patience. His Majesty has granted permission to have an audience with you, and we will escort you to the audience chamber.”

The man who approached us from behind the door added, “Please ask for me as soon as you are ready”.

We looked at each other in surprise as we realized that we had an audience with the Emperor sooner than we had expected.

Unable to hide our agitation, we blinked and got up from the sofa in a hurry.

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