Chapter 18

"Thank you very much."

I, along with my parents and the other villagers who participated in the baptism, thanked the priest and the sisters as we left the church.

Immediately after the baptism ended, the newly empowered children began to use their magic.

Naturally, they were just curious, and each of them was scolded by their parents.

However, as I watched them, I tried to activate a life magic spell myself.

As a result, I discovered something.

Life magic is entirely uniform.

For example, the light that appears when you chant "Light" is always the same brightness and size, and the duration of the effect does not change.

The scale of phenomena produced by spells like "Ignite" and "Drink" is also the same for everyone.

This seemed to be true even when comparing children who had just learned life magic with adults who had been using it for a long time.

Even when I tried to refine my magic power to enhance the effect, I saw no change.

This means that it's impossible to refine a life magic spell like "Ignite" to create something like a flamethrower.

To be honest, I was a bit disappointed.

I had thought that if I could produce fire or water with magic, the problem of not being able to do so might be solved by obtaining life magic.

My faint hope was shattered.

Well, it was disappointing, but there was nothing I could do.

I decided to forget about improving life magic for now.

That's because there was another gain from this baptism.

The magic circle used by Father Paulo.

Perhaps, I thought, the magic circle held the key to understanding the depths of magic in this world, and I left for home with my heart racing.

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"No good, I can't understand it at all."

Using the original magic "Memory Storage," I had perfectly memorized the magic circle used by Father Paulo.

However, I couldn't decipher the magic circle, which was filled with symbols I didn't understand.

In fact, I realized I didn't even know the script of this world properly.

Until now, my priority had been to eat, and I had repeatedly focused on researching magic to achieve that goal.

The only thing I could write properly was my name, Ars.

I wasn't even sure if the symbols inscribed in the magic circle were still in use.

What should I do?

I was deep in thought in the house I had built in the forest as a hideout when I heard a sound.

Creak, creak, creak.

At first, I didn't know what the sound was.

But then I realized it was coming from around my waist.

I turned my body to look at my waist.

"Oh, it's finally hatching."

The source of the mysterious sound was inside the net I had wrapped around my waist, which contained the familiar egg.

The eggshell was cracking with a creaking sound.

This wasn't because I had stepped on it or anything.

The cracks were spreading outward from the inside, and a piece of the shell fell to the floor.

I hurriedly took the egg out of the net and placed it on the floor in the center of the room.

By this time, the egg had swollen to more than twice its original size.

It was about the size of a softball, maybe a bit smaller.

What kind of familiar would be born?

I watched the eggshell crack with excitement.

"... It's taking a long time. Should I help it break the shell?"

The familiar inside seemed to be having more trouble breaking the shell than I had expected.

I started to worry if it was really okay since it wasn't coming out.

But my worry turned out to be unfounded.

After a long wait, the familiar finally managed to break the shell and reveal itself.

A four-legged animal with white fur covering its body.

It had a small but impressive horn on its head.

There were two horns.

They weren't straight but curved in a way that resembled two right angles.

It looked like a reindeer's horn, and the fluffy, soft-looking white fur covered the entire body of this small creature.

This was the form of the familiar born from my magic.

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