Chapter 65

It may not look like it, but this person is said to be the only one of his kind in a knight order full of monsters...

But if he is that amazing, maybe there is value in learning from him?

The atmosphere is becoming hard to refuse, but I’m torn between escaping forcefully or observing a bit more.

As I hesitate, Dante adds:

"Why don’t you just take a look first?

Allen, you probably can’t even imagine what’s meant by the only one of his kind in reconnaissance magic, right?"

Dew sighed with his arms crossed.

"Huh.

Hey kid.

I’m about to show you the basics of reconnaissance. If you’re not interested, feel free to say no.

You don’t have to consider the adult circumstances Justin mentioned.

You have something you want to do, right?

Especially someone like you, it’s better to let you do what you want to do freely.

I’ll try to get the order revoked for you."

Hearing those words, I deeply reflected.

This person is looking at me properly and thinking about my future.

Godolphen was the same, but I shouldn’t easily overlap the image of my useless boss from my previous life with him.

I bowed deeply again.

"Thank you.

Please take care of me."

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"You haven’t seemed to use reconnaissance magic so far. Is there any reason for that?

With your sense of magic manipulation, it’s unnatural that you haven’t used it at all..."

"I just haven’t felt like it.

There’s no particular reason."

I can’t tell this master of reconnaissance magic that what I’m looking for is a cooler magic.

Dew seemed to understand my feelings and continued:

"When you’re a kid, you want to use flashy magic.

I thought the same.

Well, by the time I got to the academy, I had given up, but you know?"

Saying that, Dew, who had looked somewhat lazy, opened his eyes and naturally lowered his crossed arms.

His concentration was evident from the atmosphere.

"...What I’m doing now is enhancing my hearing.

This is the most efficient way to grasp what’s happening far away.

Imagine gathering magic in your ears while letting the magic inside your body flow out and spread thinly, maintaining a link with your eardrums.

...Right now, two members who were on patrol are returning to the gate.

Patch, that guy, wanted to talk to you, so it’s going to get noisy."

Dante added:

"Dew makes it look easy, but using reconnaissance magic to the outside from a courtyard surrounded by buildings with anti-reconnaissance measures is no ordinary skill.

You have to maintain a connection with a very small amount of your magic that’s bypassing the buildings above."

Hmm, I see.

...What should I do? It’s more mundane than I thought.

I don’t feel any charm at all...

To try to muster my motivation, I asked to find the charm in reconnaissance magic:

"Earlier, when I picked up a stone in Dew’s blind spot, did you detect it with the same technique?"

"Huh?

Ah, I caught the sound of the stone being picked up with my ears.

But I didn’t just use my ears; I caught it more clearly with another sense.

By actively circulating my magic around, I can feel the movement and shape of objects with my eyes, mainly through the flow of magic.

The sensation is similar to seeing the reflection of light with your eyes.

Well, I can’t see colors, and even I can’t grasp a very wide area by actively circulating my magic, but you get the idea."

I see, in my previous life’s terms, it’s like passive sonar for the ears and active sonar for the eyes.

At that moment, Justin, who had quietly moved behind Dew, silently swung a wooden sword.

Dew easily blocked it with his own wooden sword and simultaneously kicked Justin, sending him flying.

"Well, usually I just slightly enhance my hearing, and if someone like this idiot approaches, I gradually increase the range and precision of my reconnaissance.

That way, I don’t use much magic."

Justin, who barely managed to take a defensive stance, got up while rubbing his kicked stomach.

"Seriously, no matter how many times I see it with my own eyes, I can’t believe it...

Allen, enhancing your vision to see behind you is something only a select few can do.

Normally, it’s just about improving your night vision or something like that.

It’s not a skill that anyone can learn with practice."

"Who are you calling a freak, huh?"

Wow!

A chosen one who can perceive things invisible to the naked eye with their inner eye...

This tickles my otaku heart. I’m starting to get interested?

"That’s amazing!

Are there any other applications of magic circulation?"

"What, you’re suddenly interested?

Well, for example...

It’s not very effective against humans, but—"

Saying that, Dew sent a concentrated ball of magic, infused with killing intent, at me in the shape of wind.

The concentration and power of the magic made my cloak flutter.

"Like this, it can be used to intimidate wild animals and monsters.

It’s handy when you’re trying to corner prey."

I dropped to my knees on the spot.

Then, in the style of a criminal bowing in court, I raised my voice to Dew.

"I apologize for my lack of respect!

Please, take me as your disciple!"

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When I received Dew’s magical intimidation, a shock ran through my entire body.

What is this? I had a feeling something was off.

Right, this world doesn’t have a ‘wind’ attribute.

I had thought it was strange not to see the common ‘wind’ attribute in light novels, but could it be that in this world, unattributed external magic is equivalent to wind...? What a convenient idea.

However, the fact that my cloak fluttered is proof that the movement of magic has physical force.

If it’s possible to create wind with external magic circulation without changing its properties, then it’s definitely possible for me.

This was a complete blind spot.

But I have a question.

...Why hasn’t anyone tried it?

As I was thinking hard in the bowing position, two knights entered the courtyard.

"Ah!

Was the interesting part already over?

Why is he bowing on the ground?"

I recognized the tall, lanky man.

He was the kind-looking examiner who was popular with the examinees at the practical exam venue.

Justin grinned.

"The most interesting part is just starting, Patch.

He didn’t seem interested at all just a moment ago, but something changed his mind?"

I stopped thinking for a moment.

First, it’s certain that I can create wind with magic.

Thoroughly investigating this point is now a certainty.

I slowly stood up, looked around at the knights, and declared loudly:

"I will train under Master Dew in magic circulation and become a mage who can defeat all enemies and overcome all difficulties with the power of wind!

I will always be with the wind and live like the wind, aiming to be a great wind mage!"