After seeing Snake off, I ran to Tarte and Dia.
Then, when they found me, they rushed to my side and addressed me.
[Lugh-sama, your magic was incredible! It was like a beam of light!] (Tarte)
[Nngghh…! Even though we developed it together, it’s frustrating that I can’t use it myself.] (Dia)
Tarte’s eyes were glittering, while Dia looked dissatisfied.
She was displeased that she couldn’t use this magic herself, even though she worked so hard to develop her masterpiece.
We had a hard time developing【Railgun】.
In addition to being a pretty delicate spell, it required the simultaneous use of three different types of magic, making it difficult to adjust, and Dia worked really hard on it.
Even before I was given【Multiple Chanting】through【My Loyal Knights】, I already had the concept itself in mind, and at that stage, I had intended to divide the roles among several mages.
The original plan was that I would set the temperature of the wand that would serve as the railgun to absolute zero, Tarte would convert the mana into electricity, and Dia would reduce air resistance. If we performed those at the same time, we could use this magic without【Multiple Chanting】.
Since we’d been practicing for that moment, Tarte learned how to use【Lightning Strike】.
Should I ever lose the power of【My Loyal Knights】, the three of us would operate that weapon.
[I’m sure you’ll also be able to use it soon enough, Dia. Your mana pool is still growing, right?] (Lugh)
[It’s infuriating because although I’m doing my best every day, it’s not getting any better.] (Dia)
[Well yeah, I’d been developing mine since I was two years old before I finally reached my current level after all. No need to rush it, just keep it up.] (Lugh)
Dia’s mana control and formula construction speed were better than mine.
However, her absolute amount of mana was regrettably not enough for her to cast the three spells required to use the railgun at the same time.
This could only be improved little by little over time.
[I realize it in my mind, though.] (Dia)
[You can’t use【Railgun】, but you can use that other one, right?] (Lugh)
[Yeah, but that one’s not much different from【Cannon Strike】.] (Dia)
What we meant by ‘that one’ was a railgun that had been scaled down to match Dia’s mana pool.
By using Fahr Stone powder instead of a whole stone, I reduced the amount of mana that needed to be converted, making it a general-purpose magic that Dia could handle.
I also made a separate wand for that.
In terms of firepower… The amount of energy it possessed wasn’t much different from【Cannon Strike】, but it was more than powerful enough for pinpoint-precision shooting with the same firepower as【Cannon Strike】, but at supersonic speed.
[One day, I’ll create a spell only I can use for sure. It’ll be something with terrific precision that’ll require lots of processing power. I always feel frustrated because of my lack of mana, so you should get a taste of that feeling too… You’ll see how mortifying it can be when there’s some incredible magic right in front of you, yet you can’t use it. Fufufu…!] (Dia)
[Can’t wait to see it.] (Lugh)
Truth be told, I was sure that Dia would make one.
A highly difficult magic spell that could only be used with Dia’s genius mana control.
In her case, Dia hated anything superfluous. This level of difficulty was necessary, and the magic spell should be equally worth it.
I was excited to see what kind of magic she would create.
[Tarte, are you feeling alright? You seem to have overexerted yourself quite a bit.] (Lugh)
【Beastification】took a heavy toll on the body. Not only that, but she even took a drug and fought to the very limit of her transformation.
She acted like she was fine, but she had to be considerably drained.
[Y… Yes, just a little tired, but I’m all right.] (Tarte)
So she said, but her legs were shaking and she was sweating a lot.
Even standing up had to be tough.
…I guess she was also experiencing the side effects of that drug.【Rapid Recovery】enhances your healing ability, but because of that, the toxins released when the drug is decomposed by it burst out at once, giving you a hard time.
There was no way it just made her a little tired.
I smiled and carried Tarte princess-style.
She was surprised that I carried her. Her body felt hot, burning hot even.
[Kyah! Lugh-sama, why are you-!?] (Tarte)
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