Chapter 28

Optical camouflage, which is difficult to implement even in science.

In other words, it means becoming invisible.

While it was supposed to be possible in radar and other scientific fields, there were various issues, such as the material and reflection being different.

However, by incorporating magic, it was somehow achieved.

"Does this mean I can go out freely now?"

"Hold on a moment."

When I asked excitedly, Ikt stopped me.

I am currently being made half-transparent by Sefira Sefirot, with my body divided vertically.

I was planning to make my entire body invisible, but I was stopped, so I waited for the next words.

"Ah, Your Highness, that's scary, please revert."

When Helcof said this, I silently commanded Sefira.

(Sefira Sefirot, revert.)

(Reason for interrupting the trial is inappropriate.)

While complaining about the interruption, Sefira canceled the optical camouflage.

(Seek a practical demonstration of the optical camouflage technology.)

I was asked again.

You really can't let your curiosity go, can you?

However, Ikt and the others were discussing with serious faces.

The content I overheard was about safety concerns, such as not being able to let me go out alone.

There are issues related to work and responsibility.

Since I am still a child and not allowed to act freely, if I go out without permission, the attendants who know about it and turn a blind eye or assist will be blamed.

To avoid that, they need to be absolutely sure that I won't be noticed.

"Then, let's do an experiment. All three of you, let's play hide and seek."

"Your Highness Asha, are you trying to test us by making us invisible in this room?"

Wearrel, looking uneasy, moved his triangular ears.

"No, the opposite. You all will test us. Sefira and I will hide, and after you count to a hundred, come and find us."

While saying this, I left the Emerald Room.

Instantly, Sefira made me invisible.

Recently, I had been glowing at the request of my attendants, but she also canceled that to make me invisible.

(Recommended: under the desk.)

(That's boring. We need to prove that being invisible can protect us.)

Just hiding isn't enough.

To prove that we can escape in case of danger, I need to show that I can run away.

(If someone enters the same room, plan to leave.)

(Acknowledged.)

Thus, our first effective use of the large room for hide and seek began.

"Oh, there you are. Hmm, can you grab me even though I'm invisible?"

I was trying to move from the side of the fireplace in the Golden Room when Ikt grabbed my shoulder.

I gave up and reappeared, surprising them again.

"How did you know? You couldn't see me, right?"

"By the sound of your footsteps and the rustling of your clothes. Also, considering Your Highness Asha's height, it was just about the shoulder."

He seemed to have predicted my size and movement from the sound of my movement.

"One more time! After talking with Sefira, let's do it again!"

Here, taking off my shoes to muffle my footsteps would be wrong.

I taught Sefira a method to reflect and cancel the sound.

With the information about my weight and the hardness of the floor and soles, it was just a matter of adjustment.

"......Is that it? Hmm, it seems you're just invisible."

While hiding in the Blue Room, I was found by Wearrel before I could move.

"You had your eyes closed and were using magic, right? A slight breeze came. ......Could you have detected the location of something that shouldn't be there by the way the wind passed?"

"Correct. By releasing the wind in three layers, I covered the gaps even when crouching."

He used the wind like a sonar, detecting the presence of something by the uneven distribution of the wind.

Even if there was nothing visible, if there was a magical sensation, it would be revealed.

"Uh, reflection won't work, will it?"

(Magic generation can be predicted.)

"But even if I cancel it, it will still produce a different reaction......"

After discussing with Sefira again, I tried hide and seek once more.

However, since I'm not a real invisible person, there's no way to hide my presence.

I need to make myself both invisible and inaudible.

Returning to the Emerald Room and looking up, I saw various flasks of different shapes and sizes.

"No, wait. If you know something is there, then for hiding a tree, use the forest strategy. Create a decoy."

(Seek details.)

I discussed with Sefira and this time activated a different magic to create a false presence for wave-based detection like wind or water.

This magic appeared to block wave-based detection, similar to how I canceled the sound.

This worked, and Wearrel could no longer detect us.

"Well, you come up with all sorts of ideas. There you are!"

"Whoa!?"

However, when I tried to move to the Red Room, Helcof quickly grabbed me by the collar.

"Sound and decoy don't work, Helcof's sense of smell is cheating."

"First of all, being invisible is more impressive, Your Highness."

After being put down by Helcof, I was lectured.

(Recommend: spreading a substance to numb the sense of smell.)

"Directly blocking the nose is not good. Besides, I emit a smell myself, so if I move, I'll be noticed."

A uniform method like Wearrel's could be countered with a decoy.

However, Helcof instinctively detected the scent of a living being.

Even if I eliminated the smell, it was useless, and replacing it with another smell didn't work.

As Sefira suggested, attacking the sense of smell itself was possible, but it was the same as taking off shoes to muffle footsteps.

"Alright, let's use magic this time."

"Are you still going to do it, Your Highness?"

"Because it's only Helcof."

We headed to the Blue Room, where Ikt and Wearrel were resting.

"Caught again?"

"Helcof has different experience."

"No, I want a break too."

"There's still time before the next class."

I left Helcof behind and went to the Emerald Room to have Sefira reconfigure the spell.

However, I couldn't outsmart Helcof that day.

Three days later.

"I give up, Your Highness."

I reappeared at Helcof's voice.

Wearrel and Ikt applauded.

"Tricking a beast's nose with wind magic. It didn't work well at first, but you got better at it."

"You kept getting better at disguising yourself."

Wearrel asked, and Helcof, rubbing his nose, answered.

Ikt nodded in satisfaction.

"Your Highness Asha's growth is remarkable. Just a little footwork training improved things."

"You guys made it fun and taught me, so I got better."

As Helcof complained, Wearrel also taught me how to skillfully control wind magic.

"Hey, can I go out now?"

"However, we cannot leave Your Highness without a reason."

"Well, we can move more freely if you're with us, right?"

According to Ikt and Helcof, because I'm with them, they can wander around the palace.

The imperial family members, who live there, have stricter restrictions on their movements than the staff.

However, I want to go somewhere else.

"I want to go outside the palace. I want to see the capital of this empire."

The palace is as large as a city, and there's no problem living without going out.

However, the curiosity of my past life as a Japanese person makes me want to sightsee, even if there's no problem.

The moment I expressed my wish, the attendants looked at each other with serious faces.

Then Wearrel said softly.

"You can only see it once, right?"

Indeed, before my father became emperor, we lived in a suburban mansion.

Is it because I'm too sheltered, or because of the current surveillance of our movements?

They all had solemn expressions.

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