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I felt like I understood just a little bit of how the researchers felt.
After finishing the porridge breakfast of last night’s leftover cold rice in stock made with dried scallops, I began to examine the magic circle of unknown use, but to say the least, it was not interesting.
I don’t know if this is a characteristic of catkins or my personal qualities, but I am already getting tired of making magic circles with different sizes, compression ratios, and so on.
The reason is that nothing changes and I don’t know how to verify it.
“Meeeeow… I definitely feel like magical power is flowing… but I don’t feel like anything is happening.” (Nyango)
I started verification work in the attic of the base, but after trying three types of magic circles, I felt that it would be useless to continue as is.
Actually, since the weather was nice, I decided to go out.
At a stall near the market, I bought a sandwich for lunch, packed it in a basket, and got a water bottle filled with tea.
We headed for the bank of the creek a short distance outside the north gate of Ibouro.
The bank, bathed in spring sunlight, was covered with orange blossoms similar to rapeseed flowers and smelled sweet.
“Hmm… it feels nice… I’m going to take a little nap before I inspect the magic circle… It’s still morning.” (Nyango)
I spread a rug on the sunny grass and sat down, and once again made a magic circle of unknown use.
“Yeah, nothing’s happening.” (Nyango)
Thinking that the normal shape might not work, I tried increasing the thickness to about one meter, as I had done when I made the [Super Vibrating Blade], and adding as much compression as possible, but nothing seemed to change.
In the first place, is this really a magic circle?
It certainly feels like magic is circulating, but I wonder if it is not a failed magic circle where nothing happens.
When I tried to make a test magic circle by changing some parts of the magic circle, the magic power does not flow well.
“It’s working, but I can’t see any results… how can I verify it?” (Nyango)
When I put it in the water of a creek, I don’t see any change, and when I put it close to a line of ants walking on the bank, I don’t see any unusual reactions.
I don’t need to think it over, but there is no way that I, as an amateur, can figure out the magic circle, which has been studied by professional scholars and still had no idea of its purpose, just by tinkering with it a little.
“Meooow so, so very annoying… this is such a time-consuming work.” (Nyango)
I guess I can’t figure out the use of magic circle without devising a way to make the invisible reactions visible.
I tried the fourth magic circle for about an hour with no results, and halfway through I made the fifth magic circle.
“Nya? Is it glowing?” (Nyango)
I couldn’t tell just by making it normally, but when I increased the compression ratio, I found that the magic circle was emitting a faint light.
“Me-meow? Are my eyes weird…?” (Nyango)
The magic circle appeared to glow, but only when I looked at it with my left eye; it did not appear to glow when I looked at it with only my right eye.
The situation does not change even if I try to re-create the magic circle or cover one eye at a time with my hand and look at it.
“Why does only my left eye see the glow? Or rather, what is this light?” (Nyango)
One possible reason is that the left eye was regenerated by Princess Elmerine’s healing magic.
Speaking of which, Ms. Leila said something like “she feels power from my left eye”.
“Maybe it’s a healing magic circle…? No, on the contrary, maybe it’s a harmful magic circle?”
If it were my personal wish, I would hope it was a magic circle of healing, but I wonder how it could be verified.
“I guess I have no choice but to put my body on the line here…? No, no, but I wouldn’t want it if it was harmful…” (Nyango)
As I scurried around the area looking for a better way, a Huley tree with its flowers about to fall caught my eye.
I put down my backpack so the rug wouldn’t fly off, got up, and walked over to the Huley tree.
“Excuse me, I need a little help with this.” (Nyango)
I selected a tender young branch and made a wound with a knife made with void magic.
Sap seeped out of the wound.
“Please!” (Nyango)
I deployed the magic circle near the wound.
“Oh… nothing’s happening…” (Nyango)
I observed it for a while, but there was no sign that the wound was regenerating.
Even after changing the size, thickness, and compression ratio, no changes were observed.
“Hmm…I wonder what it is. It’s definitely glowing…” (Nyango)
Perhaps because I had maintained the magic circle with considerable concentration, I began to feel the weariness that comes with using too much magic power.
I stopped examining for a moment and went back to the rug and lay down.
“Meow… Even though the weather is so nice, I’m not feeling well. It’s all because of this magic circle.” (Nyango)
I lay sprawled out on the rug and looked up at the sky, trying to make a huge, five, glowing magic circle.
I close my right eye and look at the pattern of the magic circle that glows faintly, comparing it with the pattern on the paper in my hand.
“Yep, there’s nothing wrong with it, it’s made properly and smoothly, and the magic is flowing really smoothly… but what’s wrong with it, or what is the magic circle for?” (Nyango)
Even if I continue to stare at it while lying down, I still can’t see the effect.
“Okay, let’s check to see if there’s anything that appears to glow among the remaining five magic circles.” (Nyango)
I got up and began to examine the sixth magic circle by patterning it from the piece of paper in my hand.
This magic circle does not appear to glow even if I change its size, thickness, and compression ratio.
Just because one of the five glowed, the probability was 1/5… That wouldn’t be convenient, and in reality, it’s possible that something with a 1/50 or 1/100 chance happened to come out early.
Next, I tried to verify the seventh magic circle, but I still couldn’t see it glow.
“Meow, it’s tough, my magic power is running out… Meow? My magic power is running out?”
All the hairs on my back stood on end the moment I realized that I had experienced the malaise of magic power exhastion.
“You’re such an idiot… I was about to run out of magic just now, so I came back, lay down, and continued to inspect the glowing magic circle… Why didn’t I run out of magic at that time?” (Nyango)
When I lay down on the rug and activated the magic circle that glowed faintly in the air as I looked up, the weariness of running out of magic power drained away even though I was using void magic.
“Maybe it’s a magic circle that restores magic power?” (Nyango)
Even if I tried to make this magic circle as a magical tool and try to recover myself by channeling my own magic power, it seems to me that I would use more magic power than I would recover.
The magic circle made with void magic is activated using the magical element contained in the solidified air, not my magical power, so the magical power to be recovered is probably more than the magical power to be used.
“But if you use magic stones to activate it, can a normal person use it to recover magic power? Or is it useless because of the efficiency?” (Nyango)
There are a lot of things to examine, but for my own personal use, I think it can be used for self-recovering of magic power, and also to support the recovery of my party mates.
“Oh no, this magic circle is super dangerous!” (Nyango)
With my magical power restored and my tension increased, I tried the remaining three magic circles, but unfortunately, none of them seemed to glow even when I looked at them with my left eye.
“Meow… my eyes are really tired.” (Nyango)
This is still at the stage of speculation, but my regenerated left eye may have been able to see healing and recovery-type magic.
The other day in the Royal Capital, I was told that there are many other magic circles with unknown effects, so there may be magic circles that have effects for healing, strength restoriation, and regeneration.
First of all, I should report to Professor Rinne at the academy in the Royal Capital and ask her to send me additional magic circles.
Or perhaps it would be quicker to not reveal the situation yet, and ask Professor Lembolt.
If we can use healing-type magic in the form of magical tools, we may be able to receive treatment even in mountain villages like Atsuka village.
Grandma Carisa’s medicine works well, but it is not effective for major injuries or broken bones.
There is no one who can use healing light attribute magic, and when it comes to serious illness or injury, it is all reliant on the grace of the goddess.
While it is important to become financially affluent, improving the quality of medical care is also important in enriching village life.
“I want to find a healing magic circle somehow… but right now I’m going to have lunch.” (Nyango)
I took out a basket from my backpack and bit into the sandwich I’d bought.
“Yummeow, this bread is super yummeow! It’s chewy on the outside, soft on the inside, and has a fragrant aroma of wheat. It’s yummeow!” (Nyango)
A small baguette-shaped bread is stuffed with thinly sliced roast orc ham.
“The ham is yummeow! It’s chewy and has a rich savory taste, with the aroma of black pepper and the tang of mustard, yummeow!”
The soft spring sunlight, the smell of the soil, grass, flowers, the chirping of birds, the babble of a brook… After munching on my sandwich, I took a nap to my heart’s content.
Well now, has everyone in Chariot returned?
I wonder what kind of face my brother would make if I told him that I had become an honorary knight.
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