Chapter 158 She Knew It (2/2)

[……A- As I thought, you also think so huh?]

[Unnn…… Well, my magic is quite lackluster compared to Kusunoki-san and Yuzuki-san’s magic though.]

[……Miyama-san, your magic power is less than ours, right?]

[Ughhh……]

[Ahh, I- I’m sorry!?]

The words that told me the frank truth without malice on it stabbed straight to my heart.

In fact, Kusunoki-san is right, my magic power level is lower than the two of them and aside from my Sympathy Magic, I can’t use any great magic.

[Muuu… I envy you two.]

[H- However, Miyama-san, don’t you have your Sympathy Magic!? It’s an amazing magic…… Being able to convey your emotion means that you can strike them with the “emotion of fear” to intimidate them, or we can even pile up “mental burden” to them. If you could distract them even for a second, you should be able to make use of that opening and use a knife……]

[……Kusunoki-san, you have some surprisingly nasty ideas over there.]

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[Eeehhhh!?]

[……You’re surprisingly quite the aggressive one huh?]

[W- Wait a moment there!?]

Kusunoki-san, telling me about the offensive uses of my Sympathy Magic that I hadn’t even considered… Yep, she’s a girl with some pretty merciless ideas.

Kuro said before that my Sympathy Magic is a Mental Interference Type…… I guess that means it excels not in physically attacking others, but through mental attacks.

Well, I don’t really plan to use it that way though……

[Well, yes, yes, that was really happy. Thank you.]

[……Miyama-san, you bully.]

[Sorry, sorry…… Ahh, speaking of which, I’m changing the subject but, if you’ve always wanted to be a magician, do you pick the Magician class in MMOs?]

[……Yes. However, I didn’t know it well at first, and I ended up just allocating all my points to Earth Magic, so I went through quite the troubles.]

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[Ahh~~ I see, it’s true that Earth-Attribute Magic was a bit of a disappointment.]

It’s fair to say that Earth-Attribute Magic is exactly popular on the MMO we were playing before, and it was recommended not to take it because of the skill points involved in it.

That’s because many of the enemies whose weakness were Earth-Attribute Magic had high Magic Resist, and they were all disadvantageous opponents to fight with the Magician class in the first place…… However, that’s not to say that they couldn’t be used at all, and there are even some high-ranking dungeons where it would be terribly easy to hunt with Earth-Attribute Magic.

However, just as I said before, due to the skill points, the beginning of the game would be really tough for them, so it’s not suitable for solo play.

[Come to think of it, the “boy” I was friends with was also a Magician with an Earth-Attribute Magic as his main.]

[Is that so? Even if it’s not my place to say it, that’s quite unusual, isn’t it?]

[Yeah. He was a beginner, but he was a hard worker and he easily understood the essentials to how to play as one…… And by the time I retired, he had soloed the boss monster, Tempest Dragon.]

[Unnn. I told him it wasn’t a monster that could be fought with magic, but if he plays his cards right, he should be able to handle it…… And I was quite surprised when he actually defeated it……]

When I was playing a certain MMO, I made friends with one boy who was a beginner, and I taught him lots of things.

He was a male Magician with a character name “Hibis”, and he was a light player who only connected for about an hour a day but, he’s really working hard and getting stronger one progress at a time……

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(T/N: ハイビス / Haibisu)

I’m pretty sure he was 14 when I retired, so I wonder if he’s as old as Kusunoki-san now? Unnn, thinking about those times makes me feel nostalgic……

[M- Miyama-san!?]

[Unnn?]

[U- Ummm, that Magician…… you said he was a male character!? W- What does he look like!?]

[Eh? Errr, it doesn’t look like he changed anything from the default appearance, but he always wore that black pointy hat I gave him in the beginning.]

[ ! ? ]

For some reason, Kusunoki-san drew closer to me with frightening vigor, and while I was surprised, I told her about the Hibis-kun’s characteristics that I remembered.

Thereupon, Kusunoki-san’s eyes widened and she stiffened, stopping in her tracks.

Then she looks at me with trembling eyes, and whispers in a voice as if she is weeping.

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[Kusunoki-san?]

[……As I thought……. Miyama-san is…… “Ciel”-san……]

[……Eh?]

The name Kusunoki-san told me was a character name I used to use in an MMO.

That name, which was just a twist on my real name, is a slightly embarrassing memory of mine, and I’m sure I never told anyone about it…… so why?

Dear Mom, Dad—— I ran into Kusunoki-san and we decided to take a walk together. We had a great conversation about an MMO I used to play, but for some reason, the character name I used back then—— Kusunoki-san knew it.

It was a flag that had been gathered after over 135 chapters.

By the way, Aoi’s character name is……

Hibis ⇒ Hibiscus ⇒ Mallow Flower, which means “The Self that Isn’t Me”.

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