I Became Close to the Villain - Chapter 34

“It’s dangerous magic.”

He continued,

“No one knows how long their life span is. So don’t use it unless your life is really in danger. Please.”

“… Okay. But that spell won’t make me yell ‘This is a life-saving magic!’ right?”

“Of course.  It’s special magic, so it needs a word to make it start”

“What is it?”

I asked back, but Idris acted as if he didn’t want to tell me.

It was not until I persuaded him that it was all for my safety that he spoke.

“Motio.”

“Huh?”

“That’s how you start it. When your will is firm, it applies if you shout while triggering magic or think to yourself.”

“I see.”

Idris watched me and spoke quietly.

“You’d better improve your skills quickly so that you don’t need to use it.”

 He changed the subject.

“Can you use the mana in your body?”

“…Not really.”

“I think it’s worth trying again.”

“I am not confident.”

“I will help you.”

Idris got up from his seat. I followed along and got up.

“Oh, by the way, I can’t see my mana because of your spell.”

“You just have to pull out what’s inside your body first.”

“How do I do that?”

“…….”

Idris was in trouble.

As a teacher, he wasn’t great.

Because he was a genius, there were things he couldn’t explain at times.

‘It seemed that he could do anything easily so he never thought about how to do it.’

“…  …  Should I ask Camellia again this time?”

Camellia was a very good teacher for a beginner compared to Idris. So when he was stuck in this way, she often became an assistant teacher.

However, Idris asked for a little time and fell into deep thought.

I thought it was a little funny, so I left him alone.

After counting to about 50 in my head, he opened his mouth.

 “Close your eyes, breathe slowly. And focus on the heart. Look for that vibration you felt when I used magic on you.”

I recalled the vibrations I felt when he cast a spell on me and when Eustave read my thoughts.

‘Huh? Oh, this is?’

When I trief what he said, I felt something.

“Idris, I think I found it.”

“Really? That’s fast.”

“Now what?”

“…  …  Vianne, have you ever grabbed someone’s hair?”

Idris said something rather random. Teacher, you’re straying away from the main topic.

“I’ve never grabbed a person’s hair while sober… Instead, I’ve been drunk and probably do something like that.”

Was it 2 years ago? There was a time when I was drunk. I had to hear tons of Liliel’s nagging that day. It’s one of my dark pasts.

“That’s enough. Imagine that feeling and pull out the mana you’ve detected.”

“Oh, that’s why you talked about hair. Okay, I’ll try it.”

Come out, you punks. I imagined grabbing the mana and taking it out.

“Can I imagine this? Huh? It works….”

Idris, you’re secretly a great teacher.

I happened to see a white light caught in my hand.

“Have you ever been a professor of magic?”

 “It’s not that I’m good at teaching, it’s just you’re good at it.”

“Is that so? Anyway, it worked. Thanks.”

‘What should I make with this? Since I took it out, I want to do something.’

“You’ve been practicing defense magic, haven’t you?”

Idris asked and I nodded.

Then he summoned more mana into my hand.

It really took less than a second. I’ll probably have to train for about 100 years to be like that.

……I’m jealous. I envied Idris, Eustave, and Camellia.

Is this just the jealousy of an ordinary student towards an honor student?

I’ve never attended an academy or something, so it’s a new feeling. I laughed inside.

“This is one of the attack magic.”

Idris showed me the shape of the magic circle. I quickly memorized it.

“Isn’t it much simpler than the defense magic I learned?”

“The difficulty level is different, but the amount of mana used is almost the same.”

“Then… It would be harder to defend than to attack? It means I have to use a higher level of defensive magic to stop this attack.”

“Exactly. That’s why mages who make a good shield are precious.”

I see. The mage’s world was very unique, so it was fun to get to know them.

I tried to copy the magic circle that Idris showed me.

Let’s see, is this enough?

“Idris, is this right?”

“That’s right. Start it now.”

“Okay.”

Since it’s attack magic, I should direct it safely into the air right? That’s what I thought and turned the direction of the magic circle and pushed them slightly.….

The mana slipped again. Again?!

“Ah, it’s a failure again!”

“Vianne, calm down. Start again.”

Idris said, surrounding me with a difficult defense magic circle.

“Attack straight!”

I grabbed back the magic circle that had left my hand.

“Wait, if you do it…!”

At that moment. Idris said something, and I didn’t even hear him, but my mana merged into the magic circle earlier.

‘Wha- what? Can’t I do this?’

As soon as I realized that it was very wrong, the mages rushed in as if they were being sucked into me.

Snap!

The magic circle surrounding me was broken.

But it was Idris who splattered blood at that moment.

How come?

I screamed seeing him.