Chapter 5

If you want to strengthen your magic, the best way is to practice repeatedly.

By repeatedly activating it, you can become more efficient in using your magical power, and at the same time, you can also increase the total amount and recovery rate of your magical power.

It's truly a threefold benefit.

It's a monotonous and tedious practice, but the problem was solved when Will learned two types of barriers simultaneously.

First, the servants would take turns hiding a ball or a magical light behind their backs and show one of them to Will.

Will would respond with either a physical barrier or a magical barrier once he made a judgment.

They made it fun for Will, similar to a guessing game.

"To be honest, I didn't expect things to go so smoothly."

Ren, who had returned to take over from Mina, looked at Will, who was sitting down, a bit tired from playing.

If they let him play until he was almost out of magical power, it would be enough for today's results.

When Mina, who had taken over, said, "This is the last one, Master Will! Let's do it!" Will slowly stood up.

"You did a great job, Master Will..."

Tomason, with tears welling up in his eyes, murmured.

Will's magical power, which he used to deploy both physical and magical barriers, was indeed more than average for a child.

However, it was still within the realm of a child.

While he had shown extraordinary talent, they had also found something reassuring.

No matter how many spells he could learn, if his magical power was insufficient, he couldn't activate them.

For Will to improve his magic, he had to use it repeatedly, just like other children.

This way, they could teach him properly.

Ren and the others were confident of this.

"Master Will, this is the last one..."

Seeing how tired Will was, Mina hid both hands behind her back.

If they continued, he might collapse from magical exhaustion.

Will raised his wand to deploy the final barrier.

"How about this!"

Mina, in a playful mood, raised both hands high.

In her right hand, a ball.

In her left hand, a magical light.

She released them simultaneously.

"Huh!?"

Will froze in surprise.

The servants watching sighed deeply.

"That girl..."

Aika held her head in exasperation.

Although Will hadn't been taught yet, there was a way to deploy both barriers simultaneously.

In fact, that was the essence of barriers.

When one became a powerful practitioner, they could layer these barriers multiple times.

Their defensive capabilities were such that even mediocre physical or magical attacks couldn't even scratch them.

However, this was something typically learned in the elementary department of a school, around the age of eight.

"Hehehe... No matter what, Master Will, you can't do anything about this..."

Mina smiled triumphantly.

Will, on the other hand, was failing to deploy both barriers simultaneously.

Puffing out his cheeks, Will looked up at Mina, who was puffing out her chest.

"Master Will, like this! Like this!"

Mina demonstrated by deploying multiple barriers.

Beautiful layers of light barriers enveloped her.

Will's eyes widened in surprise at the sight.

"The key to multiple barriers is to focus on stacking them vertically rather than placing them side by side... but"

Mina lost her words mid-explanation.

In front of Will, both a physical and a magical barrier were layered.

"Like this?"

"No, no, no..."

The servants watching let out exasperated voices, having gone beyond surprise.

Only Mina, however, struck an exaggerated victory pose.

"Of course, Master Will! To learn multiple barriers just by looking! You're a genius!!"

Spreading her arms wide, Mina tried to hug Will,

"Ah..."

"Ah..."

"Wha...!?"

She headbutted the barrier that was still up, and a hard, resonant sound echoed through the room.

Mina, letting out a short groan of pain, crouched down, holding her head.

"Ouch... It hurts..."

"Are you okay, Mina...? Make the pain go away..."

Will, looking worried, approached and stroked Mina's head, peering into her face.

Mina, forcing a smile despite the pain, gave a thumbs up.

"Master Will... Remember that magical intensity... Don't forget the feeling you had just now..."

"Idiot..."

Ren, trying to salvage the situation with this odd little skit, held his forehead and sighed involuntarily.