Chapter 40 (1/2)

Translator: Kurehashi+ Aiko

VOLUME 2 CHAPTER 7: The Boy, The Genius, and the Problematic Child's Anticipation

Iori took the toolbox with hi Club's clubrooet it So it's like that, huh?」

He said that while they stopped at an eed to act like a se rooe room of their own

「What's 'like that'?」

「The reason why you let little Aru join our club I would also like to hear art」

「Oh, shut up And don't forget that I go by Manton now」

Elvie listened to Iori's words in silence, not answering to his provocations, all the while looking around the storage for the things that they ht need

However, since he wasn't able to find what he was looking for, he eventually sat on a small wooden box and looked back at Iori

「And besides, you've got one thing wrong I wanted to see who that 'Aru' guy was, since he was mentioned in one of Marca's letters」

「So it's jealousy, is it not? If it is, it's rather a, if I can say so myself I didn't know that you are that o and see her since you entered the Acade back home for suoing to stop paying my tuition fee」

It was one of the conditions that his nos, after being ada him do so

It was also thanks to his mother that Elvie could use her maternal surnaet worried

「Besides, when I first started to not co for an entire week It was more convenient for me that way, since I could tinker with ly without any interruptions」

Elvie leaned against the wall and grinned sadly, and then he finally decided to give up and coirl She even sendsBrother But, what kind of Big Brother ae to say it to her Not when she adores her Big Brother so much」

「No way, please don't tell me that you haven't told your Little Sister that you can't use ic?!」

Elvie avoided any eye contact with his friend, which caused his eyes to round in surprise

「I asked Mom to handle it somehow And it looks like Mom did not tell her either……」

「…… Aaah, I see how it is So that's the reason why you are so obsessed withthis conversation showed signs of irritation, glaring at his friend in a way that would ht

「Even if you beco you back your ability to use oing to find it out on her own eventually」

「I know that, Iori I know, but could you play along for a little while longer?」

For a second out there Iori was looking into Elvie's eyes as if he was looking for an answer in theetting him to feel lost

「Aah, sure, why not? After all, I aoal to test my own skills and craft Saecraft any other way」

「You could have at least put it in a nicer way」

Hearing Iori's somehoisted words, Elvie finally bounced off the wall he was leaning against

「Well, it's good either way Just remember that it is usually you who starts to panic first when things tend to go south I'll be the one laughing last, as usual」

Saying that, Iori left the storage rooain to search for things he wanted to find, but then he looked at his own hand

If he could use et the job done in a flash

Elvie tried to utilize a technique that wasthe flow of his le point He tried that hundreds if not thousands of times already

Nohe trained, his , the only result he would get was that his hands were all sweaty

Realizing that this sis he need on his own

When Elvie finally returned to the clubroo at his desk

「Ah, if you're looking for Mi-san, she said that she finished what she had to do and now she o to 'purify' herself」

「I, I see」

It seeht of as 'Godly interventions' or ' it certain rituals had to be performed for the caster to be able to come back to his or her 'ordinary self'

They even went as far as to try to teach Mikoto the concepts of Western ecraft once, but even then Mikoto was unable to utilize it properly, rab so to eat while she was at it」

「Guess she must be full froappetite, but thinking that even alutton he has ever seen, Elvie couldn't help it but to smile bitterly

As Elvie approached the desk with the ical diagram that he left at his desk

「Senpai, this is?」

「Aah, it's the sche in h I need to simplify it so that it can fit into a small space, but so far I've had no luck with that」

「Haa……」

Unusually for hi his eyebrows and cocking his innocent face Elvie s at the paper

「I use the sie, so maybe that's why you can't understand them」

「…… Senpai, here, and also there, I think that you just repeated the sah Aru pointed exactly at what he was talking about with his finger, Elvie still had to see it for himself to actually believe it

And indeed, certain expressions tended to overlap with each other at certain points

「Also, is that really okay to place that formula here?」

「Wait, wait, wait, if you erase it here, then the connection to here is going to disappear」

「But if you placed it here, then it would probably be okay, for it's going to be defined together with this thing here」

Elvie looked over the paper as his brain started to work on full throttle

Certainly, if they connect it here it could work As the two of the more and more excited by the second

Since they had a very limited amount of space to ith -- since only the scheram would be put into the object of their desire -- they needed to work the forht prove to be ineffective

That was also the part of the reason why ical bullets were so expensive

With Mikoto's invaluable help, Elvie was able to cut the cost significantly by designing and applying the formula onto the bullets by himself Without all of the above, it would take him more than a year to be able to afford at least one bullet

Although pointing out the contradictions and overlapping part was fairly easy, this kid was able to do that on the spotclass

It is so that many people would be jealous over, but since the day he et used to it

「…… I see, it can work like that Now I think I understand, Aru」

「In the meantime, you could also add this forht be pretty useful」

「You, there is no subject that you couldn't handle, isn't there? I know soular students, but soic course Not that I would know the feeling, but isn't that boring? To learn aboutable to use it yourself?」

While being araical aptitude, the ician one can be, is deteric one can use aside fro one's life It is also influenced by such factors as power of one's ic freely

This boy here, eical aptitude -- that is, even if he has a trey, he would never be able to use it correctly, which was necessary in casting spells and perfor various rituals

Are and Elvie were similar in that matter, and so they were at the center of attention from both the students and the teachers since the very first day of their adolden eyes lit for a short while, but then he answered with a troubled voice

「I can learn about the world, letters and figures, so I think it is interesting Also, that there are only certain ways in which you can approach certain problems Besides, you take those classes as well, Senpai」

「Well, that's because we have to take those classes」

He flicked the bullet with his finger, and it started to roll around the desk

He attended those classes for he had an obligation to do so, but otherwise it would be a total pain in the ass to try and fit in

Aside from that, he had no personal purpose for that and that's why it seee to him

Especially since he knew that Aru was exactly like hie to speak openly about it him

「In any case, thanks a lot, Aru」