[Coleen]
"we live in fear because of the Emperor and the Demon Lord"
[Faceless Humanoid]
"The Twelve, shall come forth, and act thus, arbiters in thy land"
Sen was sleeping, on his dreams, he heard those voices.
It was morning, the sound of moving horses woke up Sen in his dream, a swift comfort he experienced he felt on his cheeks.
He woke up saw Hiroki, Ryuu, and Tamotsu
"I didn't know we had a pillow on this world" he complimented
"How's the lap, leader?" asked by Hiroki
"Lap? Ah, this lap" he showed remorse after identifying the lap he slept on
"You were asleep on a tree, dummy" said by the voice
the voice was of a girl.
Sen turned upwards and saw something blocking his view, a mountain?
"Is it me or there's a rock blocking my nice view of the sun?" he mocked Rio
Rio was the one who called him dummy
Rio punched him in the stomach, due to his joke, he laughed
He got from Rio's lap up and said
"So that's why i had a nightmare"
Sen was on a wagon, as he looks outside he saw the second canopy covered carriage with weapons. They were the second carriage with Coleen controlling the horses
he asked and said
"By the way, who carried me from the tree branch?"
"It was me, Sen-dono, "
"thanks, Coleen-san"
He lied that he had nightmares, out of irritation, Rio punched him in the shoulders, activating fire magic on Sen's shoulder.
"Oh shit that again" said by Tamotsu out of trauma
Sen smugged, he chanted..
"Disperse", the magic cancelled Rio's flame, amazing his friends
"What did you just do?" asked by Rio
Kei took out her notebook and recorded Sen's actions
"Gotta write this"
"Apparently, last night, i checked if i had affinities for magic, and it checks out that i have:"
He demonstrated with his hands and chanted
"Fire"
"Water"
"Wind"
"Ice"
"As long as i concentrate my mana, i can do it. I've tried all other affinities, yet failed or either they didn't exist"
Rio tried to do it, she chanted
"Ice"
She tried water but the ice turned water instead
"Ice is a sub type of water magic i think, if you chant Ice before Water, the ice will turn water"
"And if it's Water? will it turn to Ice?"
"It won't" replied by Coleen
" that's amazing Sen-dono, it seems that you are quite experienced with magic."
"Well.... we do have these kinds of stories in our world, so i learned easily the basics" he replied
"In our class, he's the only one interested in those stories" said by Kei as she writes notes about magic
"That magic, disperse, would you mind... teaching it to me?" she followed
"umm.. uh.. I don't know if i can teach it to you..."
"I sensed that, Disperse, is a kind of cancellation magic, correct?"
"Uh.. yes.. i visualized the dispersal process on the output magic rather than the caster though"
As they talked, Tamotsu and Hiroki and Ryuu was also practicing the all four elements of magic, successfully. Kei records their achievements.
"You must be very smart then, Sen-dono" complimented by Coleen
Sen, slightly agitated, he replied in a dull manner
"No. Actually. Rio is the best at academics."
"Tamotsu is the best at physical activities. "
"Ryuu is the best at quick maths and accuracy. "
"Hiroki at speech and leadership."
"All of it. I don't have one. The only thing i can be proud of is my cartoon (attempted self harm) girls and fantasy things like magic and anime."
"I'm a failure" he said with a little agitated gloomy voice
Coleen was confused, she turned to the front and said
"umm..you seem to be skilled in combat and magic... "
"Magic doesn't exist in my world."
" However, technology at our world is probably years ahead of this world's technology"
He fixed his glasses and looked down to the wheels
"Clearly judging from this carriage's wheel and the existence of swords"
Coleen was abit more confused
"o-oh.. i s-see.."
"I can already picture the village you speak of"
"Just how far has technology gone far on your world!?" she said worriedly
"Who knows? maybe thousands of years from now"
"T-thousand?!"
He rearranged his glasses once again and said
"There's also a probability that we created this world using our technology"
"well... that's too far...." she replied
He rearranged his glasses for the second time and said
"Who knows? the answer is still a mystery for us. This world might not be even real"
"you're scary" she replied
"Although, i am intrigued to hear about your world, Heroes"
"If i had our engineer and architect, we might even turn that village into a similar one on homeworld. Those skilled crafters, i envy them" said by Sen
"Skilled crafters? Well they could come in handy because our village has problems in clothing, water, food and housing"
"You just summarized the things they can fix"
"Oh, i see! Then we'll be intrigued to have them in this village, Sen-dono!"
"We're coming into view!" yelled by Joshua, the front carriage
They arrived at the gate and they were greeted by armed men with swords
a man with glasses and long hair on his side came to Joshua and asked
"Joshua! You're back! Did you find them?"
Joshua pointed to the unloading group of students, there, the chief walked and greeted them
"Y-you must be the heroes mentioned by the Divine Beings...."
"Well then! This is no place for a chat, please proceed to my manor, we have a lot discuss, Heroes"
At the village, the houses was wooden and some were made of stones, that was the chief's house.
"I see, so that's what this is all about" said by the chief
"Well, we'll try to not be another mouth to feed at this village, so we'll hunt monsters in the meantime" said by Sen
"If you need weapons, you can ask Joshua, his family stock piled swords and armors before the Great Demon War. "
"I can be your exclusive blacksmith, Heroes" said by Joshua
"Also, i heard that your mage is somewhat remarkable?" asked by the Chief
"They say, she can cast magic without a catalyst?"
The chief's word caused alarm in the meeting, all of the leaders in the village was listening and most of the villagers were eavesdropping in
"Apparently, she can cast all five elements of magic, unlike us which can only cast one or two" said by Coleen." Furthering the alertness of the eavesdropper
"Well, if we have them around, i doubt that we'll suffer from losses from monsters again" said by the chief
"Actually, we can cast all of the affinities of magic" said by Sen while scratching his head
"WHAT?!" said by the chief as he slammed his hands on the table
"My, my, what a surprise" said by Coleen
"With that power, you can almost bring down any country you want! " said by the chief with evil intent, causing the students to doubt their existence
They continued to talk in the room, discussing information about the this world.
Hours passed, it was noon.
Sen walked out in the manor gate, he stretched and said
"Well, so much information, too much stress"
They were outside the gate of the Chief's manor.
"Sen, you hungry?" asked by Kei
"Yeah, but i think I'll drop by Joshua's first, I'll get something that'll be worth to get"
"I wonder what that is... anyways hurry it up" she said as she pushed Sen away
"Okay okay.. jeez"
he headed towards Joshua's shop, he opened the door and the bell rang
"Let me guess, you need a special weapon huh?" said by Joshua as he leans on his desk
"Do you want to know my world's most famous type of sword?"
"Oh! What is it?!" he replied out of curiosity
"It is man's greatest sword, the Katana!"
he picked his smartphone on his pocket and opened it and said
"I'll show you how it is made using this"
They went inside the room separated by a curtain where the weapons are being crafted.
"Swords are easily crafted using blacksmith magic. Without magic , it takes a month or week to create a sword but using magic, it'll only take minutes"
"I see... well then, here's the instructions!"
after minutes of blacksmithing talk, it came to an end
"I see, that technique is quite impressive."
"Oh yeah, how much do i need to pay for it, Joshua-san?"
"Don't mention it, you're a being described by the faceless beings as a divine arbiter, it's a shame if I'll charge you for a prototype of your world's weapon"
"Don't worry about it, you do know that I'll have you make lots of those swords"
"Just how many?"
"Enough to arm the whole village soldiers"
Joshua laughed and scrolled back his paper where he wrote the instructions
"You can do anything you want with that technique. You can even make swords out of those without my permission, oh wait do those things even exist in this world?"
"I don't know what things you're talking about but thanks. A sword of that quality can be made in an hour or two , i suggest you comeback here after noon"
"Got it, thanks"
Sen left the shop and walked home. But there he encountered girl which was sobbing and bumped towards her
"Sorry!" he apologized, he reached his hands to her but she rejected
"Are you alright?" he asked
"It's not your problem, get away" said by the girl as she gets up and ran away from Sen
On the wooden house of the heroes, Sen arrives at the door
"Hello" he said
"You're late, your lunch is at the table" said by Rio
The door connected to the living room. There were a carpet and a lamp on each corner. It was a nice house.
Rio approached him and asked
"Are you sure about adventuring, Sen? " she said worriedly
H
e laughed and said
"So you're that worried about me?" he then patted Rio's head gently
she pouted and grabbed his hands and walked towards the dining room.
Sen sat on the wooden chair and said
"You seriously waited thirty minutes for us to eat lunch? How romantic" he mocked
"Idiot. I did some reading on the library that's why i was late"
"Well? What'd you find?"
Rio sat on her chair and explained
"There are two types of magic:"
"Ancient and Modern"
"Ancient is like raw magic, where you manifest the creation of resources. Yet, very mana consuming. Also known as Original Magic."
"Come forth, water" she chanted
A small amount of water rushed outside of Rio's fingers and filled the cup with water and reached it to Sen.
H
e looks to the clear cup of water and she replied
"That's Ancient Magic"
As always, her big boobs rubbed against the table edge.
"What the hell are you looking at?" she asked Sen out of suspicion
"N-nothing!"
"You lied, normally, you'd say huh instead of nothing." said by Sen
"Pervert" she teased
"well your tits are standing out so it grabbed my attention!" he replied honestly
"Pervert" she teased again
She walked towards Sen and hugged his head from behind, against her breasts
"uh? Rio-chan?"
"I already taught Coleen-san about the concept of magic visualization."
"Oh? Thank you" he holds Rio's hands downwards away from his eyes
"but..."
"but?" he asked
She freed Sen's head and said
"It's nothing."
She walked to her seat and said
"Thanks for the food"
"Oh right, this water isn't dangerous right?"
"See for yourself"
"sen you idiot"
she said to herself
as she blushed
Sen drank the water Rio created, it was like normal water
"So, Modern magic?"
She chanted to show Sen
"Spirits of Ice, i beseech you to create what i desire, Crystal Ice"
A magic circle appeared on Rio's hand and aimed it towards Sen.
A Crystal Ice shot towards Sen's side, he looked into it by slow motion and suggested
"More like Conventional Magic"
"That's the second term of Modern Magic."
He held out his other glass of water at eye level with his index and thumb finger, he said
"Basically, Ancient Magic is unpolished magic where you manifest the creation of resources."
"And, Modern Magic is where you turn Ancient Magic into the use of a weapon? Is that correct"
"Yes"
He lowered his glass of water
"You can turn that liquid I drank to ice, can't you?"
She covered her lips with her fingers and laughed, alerting Sen that she could freeze his insides
He asked again
"That liquid has already passed into my stomach, it should've dissolved into tiny molecules right now."
He glared towards Rio as he realigns his glasses and said
"You can't turn it can you?"
Rio rested her elbows on the table, she rested her chin on her hands and said
"Fortunately, I can't"
"That's unfortunate for me"
"Even here you're still thinking of ending your life?" asked by Rio
"Idiot. This world intrigues me. I'll regret it if i die right now"
"Then? There's something else you have in mind?"
He looked towards the window, he paused for a moment to enjoy the light.
"Everytime i teleport, i can feel myself disintegrate. So i thought, if magic can influence... matter or is it"
"Everything right now, is almost similar to our world. I know this world is a game, but.."
"There's a magic that can influence even matter i think"
She continues to eat her food as she fixes her hair
"Healing Magic, isn't?"
She stopped eating and looked to Sen
"Good thing i utilized my fear of death to drink that artificial water you created" he laughed
"How'd you know?"
"Simple. Healing magic regenerates ones injuries, so it even affects matter, even the smallest of unit of matter. Or what if this bodies are just bits of data?"
He looks upside and said
"Are they even simulating everything? Who knows if we can create a hydrogen bomb out of nowhere!"
"If I didn't drink that artificial water you created, we might not have reached this conversation then" he complimented
"I already thought about it last night, i reviewed everything i saw. Needless to say, i stayed up until midnight practicing hand to hand combat and sword art." he said in monologue tone
"What do you imply?" asked by Rio
"I did some Leaps, or teleportation, i found out that after five quantum leaps, i spit blood"
"It doesn't hurt when i do it, but i feel myself disintegrate"
"I can even disintegrate myself to make second lasting phantoms and travel into the consciousness of those bodies i created"
"I'll show it to you later"
"Does your HP bar go down if you do your limit?" she asked
"Obviously, also, i can create as many phantoms i want, be it ten, but doing that feat would take my toll and controlling it would be only a millisecond long"
"Interesting, and what was that skill called?"
"Quantum Leap"
"Quantum leap? That's scientifically incorrect. Quantum refers to-" said by the agonized Rio
"I know, but that was the name of the skill, it's also stated to be unique, means I'm the only one who can use it"
She drank her water and said
"This world really pokes my curiosity after all"
"Talk about Quantum Computers, what do you think Rio? Are they related?" he said to himself
After eating, Sen returned to Joshua's shop, there he was greeted by him with a sword.
"Oh nice! It's finished!" replied happily by Sen
"This thing made me crafted it by my whole heart to create!" exaggerated by Joshua
"Thank you so much, Joshua-san!"
The sword was curved and long, it was made of traditional iron.
"That is still a prototype, go find better materials like mithril, and I'll craft a better one"
"If you want to ask me about ores, find Coleen, she can explain it better than me." tipped by Joshua
Sen walks outside and waves to Joshua as he leaves, he started looking for Coleen's house
"Should i start looking for her? Or should i use the library?"
"Nah, skip asking for directions. I'm too shy to do it" he said to himself
He walks towards the library, he stopped at the door and looked on the sign at the doorstep.
"Clearly Japanese. Who are these people?"
He walks inside and saw an empty counter and bookshelves. There were no people inside. Empty.
"Sen-dono?" said by the voice
Sen looks on his right, and saw Coleen standing on a Library Ladder
He realigns his glasses into an angle where he can correctly see Coleen
"Talk about perfect timing"
"Huh?" she asked
"Joshua-san said if i was going to ask him about materials for a good weapon, I should ask you instead"
"Huh? But he's an expert about materials"
He took out his katana's sheathe
"Could it be because i made him work to his extent with this prototype"
"Ohh? What's that?" she asked as she walks down on the ladder
"It's a katana, a single edged sword. I'll spare you the details later if you want to. So, is there anything you can tell me about materials and magic?"
"Well.. i think Rio-chan already told you about magic so there's nothing in for magic.."
They sat on the table, there they continued to chat.
She remembers mithril
"Ah! Mithril! That ore is best used as a sword whose wielder has the talent for sword skills!"
he forwards his body to the table
"Swordskills? wait.. do you mean we can apply magic to our swords?!"
She cracks her finger and said
"Exactly. You can make swords applicable for magic, either make it float or make it go into flames!"
"That's amazing! tell me more senpai!" he said excitedly
"Well, for mithril it is. Any magic, can be applied into a mithril imbued metal, or anything from mithril. It's similar to silver but is lighter than steel."
"Orichalcum, well.. known as the holy ore, it's dark purple in its innate state but it reacts as pink in color when it is touched by a demon or evil kinds of curses."
Sen is familiar with this three metals, it's famous in fantasy type games and animes, he asked
"Is the last one called Adamantite?"
Surprising Coleen, she replied
"How did you know? Is it because of the stories in your world you mentioned earlier?"
He realigns his glasses and said
"Yes. Is Adamantite the strongest metal of this world?"
"Adamantite is the strongest and hardest metal on this world" she confirmed
"It's colored in red when it's raw, blue otherwise."
"I see. Just as i expected. Oh right, Coleen-san"
"You're researching Ancient Magic right?"
"Hmm, yes?"
"Rio told you that we can understand the languages of the Ancients, right?"
She nodded and brings out a dusty old book
"Thanks to her, we were able to translate this book"
He reads the title of the book, and was shocked, it was in English
"Basic Fundamental Laws of this world"
"This book only benefit Ancient Magic wielders. But it was stated here that Healing Magic was considered as Ancient, so i started learning it. It was hard at first but Rio-chan lectured me, she's a fine teacher you know."
"Well, she's the most academically inclined magician here afterall" he replied
"Last question. Can you enchant daggers?"
She smiled.
Minutes later, he left with his dagger glowing blue, they were finished enchanting his daggers.
On the west wooden gate, Joshua arrived with a target dummy.
"Whoosh, there we go, Ready!" he shouts
"Only five leaps" he said to himself
He draws his katana using his non dominant hand and stances with his katana on his upper right side. Kids from their houses reach their windows and looks outside.
He said to himself
"In this world, we got summoned by someone we have yet to know and we have no idea why we are here"
He materialized two daggers that he used during his early stages, it was the enchanted daggers. He controlled it using his hands and pointed towards the target dummy, hitting it in the leg.
After impact, he used his Leap skill
He teleported to the target, noisy pictures of four phantoms of him appear on all sides of the target dummy with a similar stance
"Quad Slash"
The phantoms and him sliced the dummy in pieces. He sheathed the sword and teleports back.
He realized something, he went past his limit.
"Sen!" said by the voice. It was Kei, and Hiroki along with his other friends
He looks to them as they walked towards him.
His vision blurs, and blood came outside of his mouth, instead of coughing it. He lays down in the grass and said
"Idiot, i went up to my limit"
He heard footsteps in the grass, it was Coleen
"Oh, you went into your limit again"
"I'm okay. It's just i used six phantoms instead of five.
"My, my, blood is coming out of your mouth! Heal!" she chanted out
"What happened?" asked by Tamotsu
"He used more Leaps than he should" said by Rio
He looks to Rio and letted out a thumbs up gesture.
They laughed as Joshua carried him on his back to the village.
He heard Joshua speak up to his companions
"Oh right, why don't you come to my shop? I have lots of unused weapons" he heard from Joshua
They agreed. Meanwhile, Kei keeps doing her healing magic on me, i told her to stop though.
"Keep it up, Onee-chan!" yelled by the children
What pleasant words for us to hear, this is a rare experience for me. People relying on us like we're heroes, is it good or just a burden?
The responsibility is big, but it's nice.
"Joshua-san, i can walk now"
He lowered my body down and we continued to walk.
Why are they so hospitable to us? We may be outsiders but why did they accept us that easily?
Is this... all just a dream?
"Coleen-san, are you an instructor of magic in this village?" asked by Asami
"I want to but sadly, i am not that good yet with magic" she replied
"Why don't we become teachers of magic then? We'll unravel the mysteries of magic and become the best mages of the world!" said by Asami
"Well, if I'm still here"
We laughed, Asami looked to Rio and pointed
"We can have that bookworm over there translate Eng- i mean Runic language!"
She replied "Who the hell are you calling bookworm?"
We laughed again
Coleen grabbed the two in their shoulders and said
"Okay? Make sure to live long enough for us three to become magic instructors, my fellow mages" she said happily
"Okaaay" the two replied
"Do we even have schools here?" said by Ryuu
"In the past before the great demon war, there was a magic academy. Who knows what happened there now" replied by Coleen
"Magic academy? Interesting" said by Sen
"I bet with that lolicon mind of yours, you're probably thinking of children eh?" mocked by Kei
"I am not a lolicon! In the first place-"
Kei interrupted
"Huh? In the first place you're a lolicon?" Ryuu, Kenji, and Tamotsu chuckled behind Sen
"Shut ye mouth bitch!"
"In the first place, what we'd expect in that academy is middle schoolers or highschool students."
"No preschoolers!"
Kei mocked again
"Yeah, but with the existence of-"
Her head was pushed down by Sen angrily
"I'm not a lolicon! Where did that even come from anyway?!"
---TO BE CONTINUED