Chapter 35

In order to learn healing magic, I am listening to Director Tailsmya’s lecture.

The magic in this world is based on imagination.

So, using healing magic means using the magic to heal, right?

However, when the magic powers of different people mix, they can repel each other and worsen the condition, so when using healing magic, you should try to match the magic power of the person you are healing as much as possible.

When I asked how to match the other person’s magic power, it seems that those with holy attributes can somehow sense it. What? By feeling? You do it by feeling?

The most important thing in healing magic is having a holy attribute and experience.

That’s pretty vague.

It seems that even these broken dolls have different magic powers, so I will try it out.

First, I wrap my hands with a thin layer of holy attribute, like wearing gloves, and feel the doll’s magic power.

Can you feel it? Somehow?

Then, I mix my holy attribute magic with that power, starting with a little bit, and chant "heal" while doing so... Oh! I felt a bit of a response.

Since you look like you don’t have any limbs, I’ll attach spare parts as your arms and legs.

Is it okay to add bones, blood vessels, muscles, skin, and even fine hair? No? What about moles? No? Then I’ll stop.

Here is your new body!

How does it look? It’s a bit more rugged than before, but your mobility and attack power have significantly improved!

I’m very glad you’re satisfied! If you need anything else, please let me know.

While talking to the doll in my mind and casting holy attribute magic, the doll, which had no limbs, surprisingly turned into a doll weapon!

The doll is moving on its own, testing its mobility and attack power by firing magic orbs.

What? That’s strange, isn’t it?

"Keta-sama, why does it look like you didn’t intend for this? What did you do to that doll? How did you manage to make parts that shouldn’t fit together move so smoothly? And how is the doll moving without any commands? Can you explain?"

Director Tailsmya is asking with a scary smile.

On the wide stage of the training facility, the doll, with caterpillar legs and large firing ports on its hands, is running around and firing magic orbs.

It’s extremely dangerous!

Since I had no choice, I tried to explain.

I don’t know the theory, but I explained about bones, muscles, and blood vessels, and how I used holy attribute magic to attach them.

They didn’t understand, but they thought the potential of what I did was amazing.

However, they asked me to return the doll to its original state.

I simply returned it to its original doll body.

The surprised looks from everyone around me are painful.

It’s fine, isn’t it? It’s just a little playful curiosity, and since I’m a boy, it’s natural to be fascinated by robots!

I successfully returned the five dolls to their original states.

The healing magic went without any problems and was completed successfully.

I received more surprised looks from everyone.

Why?

Since we finished much faster than Director Tailsmya’s schedule, I was told to play around, but not to do anything dangerous.

What should I do?

I’ll go check on everyone.

Where’s Arshain? He’s firing magic orbs, but his accuracy is still low; two-thirds of them miss.

"Hey, Arshain, try firing from your fingertips."

I gave advice and showed a sample with my small fingers. Arshain watched seriously, failed a few times, but eventually managed to create and fire orbs from his fingertips.

His aim improved, and he hit about three-quarters of the time.

Yay! We high-fived.

Next is Yugram.

Yugram is naturally good at magic, so he’s pretty good at changing colors, but switching colors like flipping a switch is easy, while creating a gradient is difficult.

The color changes aren’t smooth.

It’s because you’re using too much magic power when trying to change colors.

"Yugram, keep the magic power steady and flow it continuously."

He looked happy to be spoken to but didn’t understand what I was saying.

"Yugram-sama, Keta-sama says to keep the magic power steady and flow it continuously."

Thanks to Shell’s translation, Yugram understood and tried it. The gradient became smooth, though slowly.

Yay! We high-fived.

Next is Digray.

Digray is struggling with color changes.

Watching him, I see white, yellow, yellow-green, green, blue-green, blue, purple, and red, with intermediate colors mixed in.

The amount of magic power he uses when switching colors is inconsistent, so it’s not working well.

"Digray, when changing colors, use more magic power decisively!"

"Huh? Um, I don’t understand what you’re saying."

"Keta-sama says to use more magic power decisively when changing colors."

"Oh, I see."

Digray tried it and got white, yellow, green, purple, and red. Close!

After a few more tries, he managed to change colors smoothly.

Yay! We high-fived and moved on.

Next is the intelligent yakuza teacher.

Looking at him, he only got to yellow, blue-green, and blue.

Worse than the students.

When I gave him a stern look, he looked away.

When I asked, he said he only has enough magic power to reach blue.

What do you mean by that?

When I looked at Director Tailsmya, he came over and said with a disappointed face and voice,

"This guy has always been rough with his magic control and uses it up quickly."

That’s right, I can tell from the lack of white.

I took the magic sphere and showed him how to change colors.

He watched seriously but didn’t quite understand.

Hmm, I thought and frowned, then took the intelligent yakuza teacher’s hand and placed mine on top.

Using more magic power than usual, I showed him how to change colors. He seemed to feel something, so I gave him the sphere, and he slowly changed the colors.

Lemon yellow, yellow, green, blue-green, and blue.

After a few more tries, he got lemon yellow, yellow, green, and blue, and after about ten tries, he finally got white, yellow, green, and blue! Yay! We high-fived with Director Tailsmya.

The intelligent yakuza teacher, wiping the sweat from his forehead, looked accomplished, but Director Tailsmya scolded him for not mastering the basics, which should have been learned in childhood.

Since I finished giving color-changing advice, what should I do now?

Looking around, hmm, I thought of something to try.

I asked Shell to operate the remote control and bring out a nimble doll.

The training is to see if I can hit the doll with magic as it moves irregularly.

I fired magic bullets at the doll running around from a distance.

I missed a few times at first, but gradually hit more and eventually hit almost every time, so I moved on.

What I wanted to try was a homing bullet!

I thought it would be cool to have a bullet chase after a fleeing target, like the homing missiles I saw in anime when I was a kid.

So, I’ll try it.

The bullet I fired from my fingertips flew straight and missed the doll.

Of course, it did, since I aimed off-target. Next, next, next, no good.

I managed to curve the bullet, but it didn’t chase the enemy.

What’s wrong? ... Maybe the bullet isn’t getting the instruction to chase the target?

I faced my palm toward the doll at a distance and tried to sense its magic power.

... Can you feel it? Somehow?

Can you do it? Probably!

Let’s try it.

I gave the bullet the instruction to chase the doll’s magic power... The bullet, which was initially off-target, changed course and headed toward the doll!

The doll tried to evade by changing direction, but my bullet was much faster, and it hit with a "puck" sound, causing the doll to collapse.

Yay! I made a fist pump with my small hand.

Suddenly, a hand grabbed my shoulder from behind.

Huh? This happened before?

Turning around, I saw Director Tailsmya’s scary smile! Again! I thought so!

"Keta-sama?"

A menacing smile!

Shell, who was nearby, just turned away and shook her shoulders, not laughing or helping me.

Okay, I explained!

I told him that by sensing the target’s magic power and giving the bullet the instruction to chase it, I succeeded.

Director Tailsmya started muttering at my explanation.

I slowly moved away.

After a few more tries, I hit about 80% of the time.

Of course, I repaired the doll I broke myself.

That’s it for today’s training.

Thank you for your comments and corrections!

I don’t usually reply to individual comments, but I have two things to note.

Regarding the comment that the population is not too small compared to the medieval period, the setting is not medieval. Also, in this world, non-humans are counted as human, so the population is set to be small.

Regarding the comment that it’s strange for Arshain’s curse to be known throughout the school immediately after it was lifted, it wasn’t publicized.

The first to congratulate on the curse being lifted was the prime minister’s daughter.

I understand that the setting may be lacking and there are many questions, but if I start making corrections, the story won’t progress, so I would appreciate your understanding for now.

I will prioritize updates over corrections unless they are critical.

Thank you.