Chapter 12

I came to a small meadow nearby with Aim and Orabus.

It's not possible to practice fire magic in my room.

Incidentally, both of them are in a spiritual state, meaning they are in their spirit forms.

Therefore, others should only be able to see my form.

I asked Aim if it was possible to use magic even in a spiritual state, and he said it was no problem.

"Human, I'll show you my magic first."

As usual, it was the cat on Aim's right hand that spoke.

Aim touched a nearby tree with his left hand, which is the snake's head.

Instantly, a magic circle appeared in the air, and at the same moment, the tree burst into flames.

"Wow—"

Casting magic without incantation.

Even a skilled magician would find it difficult, but Aim did it easily.

Indeed, he is a demon.

"Kukukuku, how beautiful it is to see something burn!!"

Aim looked at the burning tree and laughed joyfully.

Maybe all demons are a bit strange...

However, even if I were told to do the same thing, I don't feel like I can do it at all.

"Aim, how can I do the same thing?"

"Hmm... By the way, human, can you not perform ignition magic like a regular magician?"

"Yeah, it seems I have a constitution that spirits dislike, so I can't handle their power well."

"Hahaha, indeed, if you emit that much evil aura, it's natural for spirits to dislike you."

Evil aura? I don't remember emitting such a thing.

"My ignition magic is fundamentally different from what regular magicians do."

"Is that so?"

"Magicians apparently borrow the power of spirits in the air to perform magic, but in my case, I myself possess the nature of a fire spirit."

I see.

I've heard of this before.

Spirits are usually so small they are invisible, but it is said that rare, high-level spirits can be as large as humans.

Aim is a demon, but he is also a high-level fire spirit, right?

"But if that's the case, I can't handle ignition magic, can I?"

It's impossible for me to possess the nature of a fire spirit like Aim.

"No, that's not true."

"Huh?"

"Human, do you know about spirit summoning?"

"I do, but..."

Spirit summoning is the act of hosting the spirit of a deceased person in one's body... but how does this relate to the current situation?

"All I need to do is host my own spirit in your body."

"Oh, I see."

So, if I host Aim in my body, I will naturally possess the nature of a fire spirit.

"However, don't try to take in all of me. You'll end up taking over your own self. A tenth, no, a hundredth of my spirit is enough."

"But I've never done spirit summoning before."

"Then I'll do it directly this time."

Aim said this and pointed the snake's head on his left hand at my body.

Instantly, something flew from the snake's mouth into my body.

"Ugh..."

A hot foreign object ran through my body.

I couldn't help but groan.

"Lord Aim! You didn't do anything bad to Master, did you?"

"Orabus, just watch. Your master isn't the type to die from something like this."

My whole body is hot.

But I need to stay calm.

I need to control the flow of magic power.

I closed my eyes, recognized the foreign object inside me, and gathered it in one place.

"Hmm, you've made it your own."

A brand-like mark appeared on the back of my left hand.

"What is this...?"

"It's a sigil. It's proof that you've inherited my power."

The sigil had a geometric pattern floating in a circle, like a crest.

"Does this mean I can use ignition magic now?"

"Yes, if you can control the magic power hidden in the sigil."

I closed my eyes as instructed and imagined calling forth the fire magic power hidden in the sigil.

"―Ignite (Encendido)"

Instantly, a red magic circle floated above the back of my left hand.

At the same time, a ball of fire appeared for a moment.

"I did it..."

For 14 years, I couldn't do it, but finally, I did it.

"I did it...!"

I was so happy that tears welled up in my eyes.

"Congratulations! Master!!!"

Orabus also congratulated me.

I did it, I did it, I did it...!

I strongly, strongly, savored this feeling, making sure not to forget it.