Translator: P411

Editor: Shizukuku

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Chapter 162 – Sensei, My Water Magic is Strange

“Concentrate on your palms.”

“Yes.”

“Imagine the water welling up.”

“Yes.”

“Now say, ‘O Holy Spirit of water, who rules over the origin of life, bestow your beautiful, clear, melody here. [ Water ].’”  

“O Holy Spirit of water, who rules over the origin of life, bestow your beautiful, clear, melody here. [ Water ].”  

Crash chanted the spell and the water welled up in the bottle in front of him. 

And as for the bottle in front of me…

“…It’s quite difficult. I think you have an aptitude for magic, but…”

Crash picked up the bottle in front of me and groaned.

The bottle was unmistakably empty. It had been like this for a while now.

And there was still no [ Water ] spell in my skill column.

“Well, if it were that easy, then you wouldn’t need a teacher. Try to concentrate on your palms again.”

Crash placed the bottle in front of me and grabbed my hands, letting out a sigh.

“Do you know what it’s like to focus on your consciousness? It’s like your palms feel a bit warm. How do you feel when you use magic? Try to remember that feeling with the image of water in your mind.”

He was saying something absurd. For us players to use magic, all we needed to do was select the spell in our skill column and chant the spell written on it to release magic.

Once we got the hang of it, we could just chant the spells without looking at anything. Or so Yui claimed. She had also smiled and said, “It’ll come out when you chant the words, right?” which wasn’t helpful at all.

Then, I was brought back to reality by a flick to my forehead.

“Hey Mac, concentrate.”

“Yes…”

My lackluster reply earned me another flick to the forehead.

First of all, I didn’t quite get what it meant to concentrate on my palms.

Instead, I wanted to transform the water Crash had made into holy water. But first, I needed to focus on water magic, yes, water magic. 

“O Holy Spirit of water…”

A thought invaded my mind while chanting.

I wondered if the chant was something like requesting the spirit to get water by offering MP. 

There were also other types of spells requesting the spirit. I wondered if there were actually spirits around. 

I was sure they were small and cute. If it was a water spirit… then maybe it was light blue.

“Continue chanting.”

I wished I could see them. But unless I had eyes as good as Jhal Gar-san, I wouldn’t be able to. Then again, how good were his eyes? He could recognize Vidello-san’s soul color and declare that my body was a fake, so he must be able to see a lot of things. 

In that sense, a being with eyes that could see things like that probably saw other strange things as well. That must be tough.

“Mac?”

Crash’s voice brought me back to reality.

“Ah, that won’t do, that won’t do. I’ve been thinking a lot about spirits. It’s water, isn’t it?”

“Spirits?”

Crash had a puzzled look. What’s with that face?

“Because the spell is about spirits sharing water with you, right? That’s why I thought there might actually be spirits flying around here.” 

“Eh, they’re everywhere, aren’t they?”

“Eh?! There are spirits flying around?!”

When I was astonished at the new revelation, Crash looked at me with dumbfounded eyes.

“Holy Spirit is a general term for the magical particles in the air around us that contain the 4 major elements. My mother said that elves with good eyes can see the fluffy light of those magical particles in the air. That’s the Holy Spirit.” 

“Huh… spirits are in those forms. Aren’t spirits supposed to be mysterious creatures that can be called upon?”

“Your idea is interesting, though.”

The fluffy light was cute in its own way, but…

There weren’t any actual spirits, just magical particles called the Holy Spirit? It was a little disappointing.

I relaxed my shoulders and clasped my hands together in the shape of a prayer.

“O Holy Spirit of water, who rules over the origin of life.” 

My clasped hands somehow became warm and fuzzy. 

“[ Water ].”

After I chanted the spell, a small amount of water appeared inside the bottle. 

Ah, my MP reduced a bit. 

“Mac, that’s… why did you do that with your hands?”

When Crash pointed it out to me, I realized that my hands were clasped together in the form of a prayer.

Ah, I made a mistake. But lately, I was able to concentrate a lot better when I was in this pose. Besides, I had managed to produce a little bit of water.

Thinking that I might be able to learn water magic if I kept this up, I excitedly held my hands together in front of the bottle. 

“O Holy Spirit of water…”

After all that, I discovered that I could only use water magic if my hands were in a prayer form. And why was that?!

I also learned the lowest rank of recovery magic from Crash which I could use to heal a little if my hands were in prayer form. However, I didn’t think I would use the spell much, as a high potion was faster and more fun to use.

Both of the spells appeared in my skill column, but both were greyed out and I couldn’t activate them freely. Strangely enough, when I held my hands together, the letters turned white, signaling the spell was ready for activation. Just why? Did I just learn it in a way that could only be activated under certain conditions? Well, I guess it was okay.

“I’m glad you’re able to make water. But the way you perform it makes it look like you’re very grateful for the water you made.” 

Crash announced the end of this magic class with a laugh as he lifted up the bottle of water that I desperately struggled to make.

“What kind of magic is this if it won’t activate unless I clasp my hands?”

Crash laughed as I made fun of myself.

“I guess that’s the easiest way for you to concentrate. The water came out, so it’s all good.”

“Well, it sure is, but anyway, thanks Crash. I requested this out of the blue but you readily agreed to it.”

As advised by Regalo-san, I asked Crash to teach me magic.

He told me it would be okay after the store was closed, and I managed to learn water magic the same day. The only downside was that I couldn’t activate it unless I was in a prayer pose.

His payment was the delivery of potions. And of course, it was done immediately.

I returned to my workshop in high spirits.

I energetically took out the empty bottles that I always stocked up on from Crash.

I succeeded in making 10 bottles of water with magic, then I lined them up and recited [ Prayer ].

I had no idea what [ Prayer ]’s range was, but I would test it out.

I found great joy in making things like this, rather than fighting monsters.

If I succeeded, I would test it out with 20. I wondered how the Church made these. Were they mass-produced? If that was the case, I didn’t think I would find it grateful. 

In front of the bottles, I recited [ Prayer ] again and again. This time as well, I was solely focused on praying, and when I finally snapped out of my trance, the water in front of me was sparkling.

Why was it that when I prayed, everything else around me seemed to fade away? Such a mystery.

I shook my head in disbelief, picked up one of the bottles, and appraised it.

[ Holy Water: Rank C. Can purify corruption. Can cleanse corrupted beings. Can be made by reciting [ Prayer ] to water made from magic. ]

“Rank C, huh? But is it that easy to level up [ Prayer ]? It’s already at level 2.”

To be honest, I didn’t want to use something of this rank, so I sighed. I had used up most of the fire liquor that Yuuta sent me during the Nasca Village incident and only had three bottles left. I didn’t have any regrets, though. Everyone recovered, and I also learned [ Prayer ].

Before I used up all those high-ranked ones, I thought it was time to look at it from a different perspective.

“Both Holy Water and fire liquor are things that cure abnormal status so…”

I tried using evening primrose as it contained ingredients that could cure status abnormalities, but that didn’t necessarily mean there was only evening primrose.

Then, should I try mixing with a Cure Potion? 

If it was a Cure Potion, I could make as many as I wanted.

“Then, let’s get it started…”

I put the freshly made holy water in the dispensing kit and mixed it with a Cure Potion drop by drop. Then, I put a potion bottle’s worth of my treasured fire liquor into it, as there was no other liquor aside from this.

When I put it on the fire and let it simmer, the liquid, which was the color of a cure potion, gradually became transparent. It didn’t turn black, so the combination was okay it seemed. 

The moment small bubbles began to pop and burst on the surface, the liquid took on a pale blue tinge.

I put out the fire and poured the liquid into a prepared bottle. It was all in liquid form, so I found the process quite smooth since I didn’t need to strain it. Then, I appraised it. 

“Huh…”

It was shown as [ Dispel High Potion ].