Chapter 40

"What is it, Will-sama?"

Elise, who had just fixed her hair, peered into Will's face. She thought he might be asking for a hug because they had talked about it, but it was different.

"Elise, show me."

"Huh...?"

Will clung to Elise's skirt, which was still in a daze.

Pulling on her skirt, Will begged to see.

Realizing what he meant, Elise's cheeks turned red.

"Will-sama, you shouldn't want to see such things..."

"Show me the one that makes a lot."

Elise, who had been fidgeting, came back to her senses at Will's words.

"A lot...? Ah, the magic from yesterday?"

"That one."

It was the mist attribute clone magic Elise had used yesterday.

(Good, it's not what I thought.)

She felt Rent was looking at her with a glare, but it was probably just her imagination.

Regaining her composure, Elise tilted her head.

"Will-sama, didn't you see me use it yesterday?"

"The golem saw it."

It seemed Will couldn't imitate the magic unless he saw it being cast.

Elise put her hand to her chin and thought.

Elise was skilled in various types of magic.

She had no resistance to teaching Will one or two spells.

In fact, now that Will had learned offensive magic, she even wanted to pass on her own magic to him.

However, there was one drawback to the magic Will was asking for.

"What should we do?"

Seeing Elise's hesitation, Rent asked.

Elise raised her face and smiled at Rent.

"There's no problem with teaching it, but... there's a bit of a dilemma."

"......?"

Rent, who didn't know the details of the magic, tilted her head.

"Will-sama, do you know what kind of magic this is?"

"It makes more, and there's a different magic mixed in."

Elise nodded at Will's answer.

"That's right, Will-sama. This magic does indeed create a clone of yourself, but it also incorporates another magic."

The clone magic Elise used endowed the clone with magic, creating a pseudo-numerical advantage.

In her case, she usually infused the clone's staff with magic power and hardened it with a basic spell, because it was simple.

However, it was possible to incorporate other spells.

If she incorporated an offensive spell, she could more aggressively corner the enemy, and if she incorporated a defensive spell, she could block attacks with multiple layers of defense.

However, it was difficult to incorporate powerful spells without incantation.

"When casting the magic, you need to keep the other spell in mind."

"Probably, it's okay."

Will nodded and showed determination.

"...Understood."

Elise nodded in return and let go of Will.

"Watch carefully, Will-sama."

"I'm watching."

After confirming that Will was watching intently, Elise infused the medium in her hand with magic power.

"Come forth, spirits of mist! Mirror of morning mist,

Show my clone in the form of water mist!"

Following the clearly and loudly chanted incantation, a clone of Elise appeared beside her.

The clone bowed politely to Will without a word.

"How is it, Will-sama?"

"I've memorized it."

Will answered with a beaming smile and immediately took out his staff and lantern.

Closing his eyes to concentrate and taking a deep breath, Will opened his eyes and began the incantation.

"Connect, come forth spirits of the mist! Mirror of morning mist, show my clone in the form of water mist!"

"“Huh!?”"

Rent and Elise exclaimed in surprise.

The golems in front of them were enveloped by the mist magic and quickly transformed into Will's form.

After moving them around to check, Will smiled contentedly.

"How about it?"

*Waa, Will has so many♪*

Will × 5 tilted their heads cutely at the stunned Rent and Elise, who had their mouths agape.

The spirit girl cheerfully exclaimed at the gesture.

"Th-this is..."

They couldn't tell the difference.

Rent tentatively stroked the hair.

The texture of the hair was reproduced by the clone magic.

Next, she tried to lift one by the armpit.

It was noticeably heavier than the real Will.

"Hehe♪"

Will and the clones smiled proudly.

However, only the real Will could speak, and the clones couldn't.

"By the way... Will-sama, what magic did you give the clones?"

"Hmm?"

Elise, regaining her composure, asked Will.

Will shouldn't know many spells.

However, as Will learned spells on the spot, no one knew how many he had learned.

This was something that needed to be confirmed later.

In any case, if he had given dangerous magic to the clones, it needed to be addressed.

"It's this one."

Will made a show of being secretive, as if he was confident.

"Which one?"

"Which one?"

Rent and Elise asked in unison, unable to help themselves.

"Brown's magic!"

"Brown?"

Excitedly announcing it, Will made Rent and Elise tilt their heads in unison again.

They couldn't immediately think of a spell called "Brown."

"Brown, Brown."

"Brown...?"

"Ah!"

Rent, who had realized, exclaimed.

Elise, who still didn't understand, looked at Rent.

"What is it? Brown...?"

"Brown is Edil's幻兽的名字。应该是土里斯的……"

"对，就是土里斯。"

Elise also knew Tuchiris.

If it was Tuchiris, it shouldn't be an offensive spell.

"据说是一种寻找魔法。"

"是探测类的魔法吗？"

从用途上看，暂时可以放心。

"试试看怎么样？"

"我来试试。"

在Elise的鼓励下，Will让一个克隆体使用探测魔法。

通过克隆体，周围的信息被传递给Will。

Will一边移动克隆体，一边确认其效果范围和感觉。

探测魔法是看不见的，所以从旁观者的角度看，Will只是像往常一样皱着眉头思考。

Rent和Elise静静地看着，Will的克隆体从草地上捡起什么东西回来了。

"找到什么了吗？"

Elise凑近看，Will的克隆体在她面前张开了手。

一个绿色的东西出现在Elise面前。

"蚱蜢！"

"啊啊啊！？"

蚱蜢从克隆体的手中跳出来，Elise惊叫着坐倒在地。

院子里的其他人都转过头来看，对增殖的Will感到惊讶。

"哈哈哈哈哈哈。"

看到Elise的反应很有趣，Will抱着肚子笑了起来。

"Will-sama"

听到Rent的声音，Will立刻停止了笑。

从背后传来的Rent的声音比平时更冷淡。

这是她生气时的声音。

Will小心翼翼地抬头看向Rent，她默默地看着Will。

"……对不起。"

无法忍受Rent的目光，Will垂头丧气地向Elise道歉。

(被骂了呢（笑）)