Juu Sai no Saikyou Madoushi

"... is this the girl who helped Miss Alicia? Much smaller again."

The Goodenbert family's reception room.

An obnoxious man hardened himself with armor peeled off his eyes and looked at Ferris.

"Oh, I'm sorry..."

Ferris shrinks and apologizes.

I couldn't help but be sorry that I was small. I don't know why that shouldn't be, but it feels like I want you to forgive me anyway.

Alicia's father, Robert Goodenbert - a moustache man in a fine robe, coughs up.

"The Secretary of the Guard. Don't scare the kid too much. Will you do it? The child is my daughter's benefactor... and hence my benefactor."

"I'm not trying to scare you."

The man in the armor, known as the guard chief, said like a shin.

You're trying to reduce your intimidation of Ferris, shrink yourself, but with its muscular giant and boneless face, it's not much of an effect either.

Ferris thought he didn't seem like a bad person for now, but the big guy is scared. I tried to hide behind Alicia's back and peeked into most of her and the head of the guard.

"So, I'm fine...... I'm not that scared...... So, what do you want to ask me……?

The captain of the guard tells me.

"What I want to hear is about the two thugs who attacked Miss Alicia. Miss Alicia says she hasn't checked their faces, but you haven't seen them?

"Yes... he was wearing a hood deep and wrapped around his face with a cloth..."

"Hmm... did you see anything that might tell us who they were? The crest, the unique spell, the stubbornness."

"I don't remember……… I'm sorry……………"

Ferris.

Alicia says, trying to cover Ferris.

"I couldn't afford to be sure of that, and if you were a raider in the first place, you wouldn't be able to identify yourself."

"…… Indeed."

The guard chief nods and looks at Ferris.

"So, why were you on the scene of the incident? Is that a stray kid who's rooting for a lower town around there?

"Yes, no, the... I've never been to this city before..."

"Are you an approximate person? Where'd you come from?

"Uh... from afar..."

Ferris gave her a mouthful.

The guard chief embarks himself toward Ferris, frowning.

"How suspicious... you must be hiding something. There's something backwards that people can't tell you, it smells like that."

"Oh, I do... I can't tell you..."

Ferris shuddered his shoulders into small pieces.

"Maybe you're not one of the raiders? Isn't that why you're at the scene and pretending to have helped Miss Alicia............?

"Hey, Master Guard!? Wouldn't have that!?

"No, I know what you mean. Having seen a huge number of sinners, I can smell the secret smell right away. Tell me, what are you hiding?

The guard chief slowly approaches Ferris.

Ferris looks out for her and scratches her back.

"Ferris, if you need anything, say it. My dear benefactor, I don't like it when you're suspected."

Alicia begs.

"So, but they might take you back to where you came from..."

"Original place............?

"I don't like it! I don't want to go back there! I don't like it!

Alicia softly holds Ferris' hand to complain.

"It's okay. I don't know where, but I'm not gonna let you take me. So, tell me, right?

"Yes..."

Ferris exhaled. For some reason, when Alicia is touching me, I feel relieved of my fear of all things.

Ferris cut out reluctantly.

"I'm a mine slave... but my parents told me terrible things and I ran away..."

"Mine slaves? Where is it?

The captain raised Mojamoja's eyebrows and asked.

Ferris speaks while avoiding that sharp gaze.

"I don't know where..., but it was a mine picking demon stones. I dive into the mines, I dig demon stones, my parents refine them."

"Ha."

The captain of the guard smiled.

"You heard me, Robert. I don't trust this guy at all. I've only told you 800 lies."

"Demon Stone Mine, or………"

Robert looked difficult.

"Ferris......... you're mistaken for other rare metals, aren't you? Look, Orihalcon or something…………"

Alicia also has a troubled expression.

"Uh... duh, what's going on, guys...?

Ferris was bewildered by the surrounding reaction. I wonder if I've said something strange.

The guard chief exaggerated and sighed.

"Look, little girl. Demon Stone is a high concentration of magic crystal. Even one demon stone the size of a fist of a eagle can be a fierce poison to the human body if it is not resisted. You know what happens when people dive into a mine that's gobbling around with that as its primary stone?

"Makes me feel hard......?

"Do I have to feel tough! I'm going to die! I'm just getting close to the mine and I'm going to bust you down! So what about the Demon Stone Mine, nonsense! Those things are sealed, and no one gets near them!

"So, but I was really at the Demon Stone Mine! My parents were never close to the pit..."

Well, Ferris felt like falling for a reason like that. Ha ha, the miner who approached Ferris as he said, fell, also because the demon stone must be fiercely poisonous.

"Well, then why did you dive into the Demon Stone Mine? You think you're the only one who's special?

"Well, not like that………………………"

"Then you're a liar. You know that perjury is a sin......?

The captain of the guard looks down at Ferris in the shape of a ghost. That huge shadow comes covered in Ferris' little body.

"Hih......!?

Ferris trembled rattled. It tickles me wondering if I'm going to be beaten because I did something wrong, or if it's the death penalty.

But Alicia broke in there.

"…… wait. It must be all true."

"……… What do you mean?"

Robert asks.

"When you saved me from the thugs, this child... used a summoning magic."

"Summoning magic!?

"Do you want to start blowing your magic spine until Miss Alicia! You're not dating me!

The guard chief pissed off his shoulder.

"I'm not a magician. It's true. What I saw with these eyes. So... this kid is not normal. Even if you have resistance to demon stones... it's not weird."

"Hmm..."

Robert twists his jaw and thinks.

"Robert, I don't think you're going to believe this kids bullshit! A substitute for mythological and legendary times, such as summoning magic... there's no way I can use it for such a little girl!

Yes, summoning magic is "ultimate" magic. Invoke and serve a more powerful presence than the other world. That required a tremendous amount of magic, and even the magic leaders of the mythical age said they often lost their lives at the price.

In this day and age, summoning magic is only the subject of literature and gaga stories, and its use is not even certain. If that magic came back to life, it would be a big deal.

"… let's give it a try. My mansion has a magic guide that measures the magician's abilities. So if you look it up, you'll see if her words are true."

Robert rang the bell and offered to bring a measuring instrument to the maid.

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There is a measuring instrument on the desk.

The distorted appearance combines crystal balls with gear and pipes, but the accuracy is reliable.

It is mainly used to measure the abilities of magician candidates, and the ability value is displayed on the crystal balls only if the subject hands on the lever.

Alicia also occasionally uses this meter to check her abilities, but the common magician figures are based on Magic Power 100, Magic Attack 100, and Magic Resistance 100.

If you're lower than that, you won't be talented enough, and if you're about 200, you're twice as capable as people. As a super elite, future success is promised.

Alicia asked Ferris to keep an eye on her father, Robert, and the chief guard.

"Then......... Ferris. Will you grab that golden lever?

"Yes..."

Ferris swallowed his spit and reached for the lever of the measuring instrument.

Alicia and the three of them stare at the crystal ball.

As Ferris grabbed the lever...... a small piece of silver began to dance in the crystal balls, shaping the numbers.

Dancing with glitter, pieces of demon stone.

reacted to Ferris' power, and the figures they pointed to were.

Magic 15000.

Magic Attack Power 28000

... all of which were high ranking demon mentors at a level that rocked the nation. It is the realm of the gods, if they are put into battlefield, they can destroy the army on a single horseback and destroy the city.

But it was another number that we all stared at.

Magic Resistance ∞

A symbol that represents infinity.

What this meant was that... every magic would show no effect on Ferris. Naturally, the fierce poison of the demon stone won't invade her either.

The captain of the guard puts his shoulders to rest.

"Oh, it can't be! Isn't that a measuring instrument malfunction! Such a stray child who is not a magician candidate has such a talent for witchcraft…!

Robert shakes his head.

"No... it shouldn't be a malfunction. I also used it yesterday to measure Alicia's talent, but at that time it was working properly"

"Then try something magical! I wonder how awesome it will show you its power!

The guard chief presses Ferris.

"What... what... how do you use magic...?

"The magicians use the spirit of speech. I don't know what it was...... yes, light magic is fine! Say 'Bright'!

"Bluff and……………?

As soon as Ferris shrugged.

In her eyes, strange colors dwelt.

Frozen eyes, like a dead man.

And from the palm of Ferris, a light sphere arises.

The photosphere expands at a fearful rate.

The desk stained white and collapsed.

The floor turns into light and disappears.

Boomy swirling wind.

Books wind up off the bookshelf, cracks run on the walls, and everything erodes into the light.

"What, what, this……………"

Surprising and panicking Ferris is surrounded by light and rises off the floor.

Her hair and skin are glowing like a burning sun.

Ferris' light reached Alicia's shoe tip and extinguished the leather.

Alicia screams and jumps away.

"…… not good!!

Robert pulled the bottle from the chain he raised on his neck and threw it at Ferris.

When the bottle is bounced and the red liquid inside is scattered, Ferris' light stops expanding. The light sphere gradually shrunk and became smaller to the bean grain size or disappeared with a puffy sound.

"Ha..."

Alicia enters the floor. My heart was pounding.

Such mighty sorcery, I've never seen it. It was supposed to be just lighting magic, but the spell was also from lighting magic, and that light was like trying to blow the whole mansion away.

Both his father, Robert, and the captain of the guard, look bloody unconscious.

Ferris asks bewildered.

"Oh, um…… did I use magic properly……………?

"Oh, oh... I know very well that you haven't spoken a lie... sorry"

The guard chief lowers his head.

"Yes, no! I've never been able to use magic before! I'm surprised myself!

"It's my first time, and this is it……"

Ferris, who eats bubbles and waves, is looked at by the guard with a gaze at the monster.

Robert told Ferris with a tough face.

"I'm sorry......, will you be back in Alicia's room first? We could have had a little discussion."

"Wow, I understand! Excuse me!

Ferris rolled out of the room as a shedding.

The way it looks, it just looks like a little girl. When she fell and panicked and saw her rise and run, Alicia seemed to dream of the terrible sorcery she had just had.

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"No way... I didn't expect to encounter such a mythical monster. We need to report it to the Royal Palace..."

The guard captain wet his forehead sweat.

Robert joins hands on his desk and frowns.

"No… what I saw here, I want you to decide that you didn't"

"Why? If it becomes clear later that you did not report such a force, you will be severely blamed by His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief."

"Still, yes. Now my country and its neighbouring countries are about to finally embark on the path of peace after a protracted war. At that time, what happens if they find out that our country has so much power"

"Again…… the battle will intensify………………"

Alicia squeezed out a faint voice.

"Yes. This time there will be so many wars that it will not be possible to take them back. The expansionists should come to solemnize the moderates in order to use Ferris to extend their territory. The lives of the people, including His Majesty, are in danger."

"That is…… we must avoid it at all costs"

The guard captain clenched his fist.

"So... there's no need to say anything else about Ferris' ability to get out of digits. Ferris himself."

"Why is that?"

I think Alicia should tell her. Ferris would then also be able to have a little confidence in himself. As a slave until now, I guess she's even been abused, so she needs confidence.

But Robert speaks.

"The Black Rain Witch...... you know the inheritance of"

"Thousands of years ago, you were a great sinner spreading disaster on the world with mighty magic."

"Oh. She was also a young, out-of-popularity talented witch. But she was too young to contain her own desires and emotions... to destroy herself. He was drunk, drowned, and broken by the name of the strongest."

"Do you think Ferris might do the same………?

"I don't know. But Ferris is still young. I can't imagine what would happen to my heart if I realized that there was no one in the world who could beat me."

His father's words were good.

I can't even predict what would happen to Alicia herself if she got the strongest power.

I am twelve years old and I intend to wear an adult-like distinction, but even if I were an adult, it would be difficult to beat the temptation to become a god.

"……… Okay. I won't even tell Ferris."

"Let's keep it hidden in my chest today, too."

"I asked. For Ferris, for this world... that's the best."

Robert exhaled deeply.

Look Alicia in the eye.

"Alicia, you're close to Ferris. Protect her. from all evil, and from herself."

"…… Of course."

Alicia squeezes her hand tightly.

Even if my father didn't tell me, I thought I should never forgive anything that would make my benefactor unhappy.