Whatever, I'll just try it out first.
I hold the guidebook in my left hand, stretched out my right, and read out the words.
"Bestow the protection of water on the place thee demandest, let thine crystal clear flow here, WATER BALL."
I felt the sensation of blood gathering in my right hand.
My blood feels as if it's being squeezed out, and a water bullet the size of a fist appeared in front of my right hand.
"Whoa!
The moment I showed amazement, the water bullet fell onto the floor, dampening it.
The book said the water bullet should be shot out, but it had fallen instead.
Perhaps my concentration had been broken, causing the spell to fail.
Concentrate, concentrate.
The sensation of blood gathering in my right hand.
This, this, this feeling...
Mmmm.
I once again raise my right hand, recall that feeling from before, and imagine it in my mind.
I don't know how much mana I have, but it's best not to think that I can do this many times.
Concentrate, and let every attempt be successful.
First, I had to imagine it, then repeat it over and over in my mind, then cast it in reality.
If it ended in failure, I'll imagine it again in my mind.
Until I can do it perfectly in my head.
This was how I practiced every move in fighting games in the past.
Because of that, I didn't really fail when I tried to execute a combo.
I should have no problems if I practice using this method.... I hope.
"Brea... the...."
A deep breath.
I send the blood flowing from my toes and top of my head into my right hand, using that feeling to gather power.
And then, have the feeling of firing it out from my palm.
Carefully, carefully.
With every heartbeat, gathering it bit by bit.
Water, Water, Water, Water Bullet, Water's Ball, Water Ball, Water Ball.
Panties.
Evil thoughts were mixed in to it.
One more time.
Concentrate, squeezing out waterrrrrr...
"HAHI!"
I unconsciously shouted like a monk, and the water bullet came out.
"Eh, huh."
Plop.
The moment I showed surprise, the water bullet fell way too quickly.
Huh?
I didn't chant just now, right?
"Why did.....?"
What I did was to recall the feeling of using that spell and imitating it in my mind.
But can it be that just redoing the flow of the magic made incantation unnecessary?
Was voiceless incantation that simple?
Wasn't it supposed to be an upper-class technique?
"If it's that easy to succeed, what's the use of incantation?"
Even a novice like me can cast magic using voiceless incantation.
Concentrating the mana in my fingertips, and determining the shape in my mind.
That was basically it.
In that case, incantation was completely unnecessary.
Everyone can just do this instead.
(....)
Hm.
Can it be that incantation's the activation of magic?
There's no need to replicate the feeling of gathering blood; I can just complete it if I let out my voice.
It might be something like that.
It's just like an automatic car.
One can actually change it to manual and it'll still work.
"Incantation will automatically cast magic."
There'll be several advantages to using incantations.
Firstly, it's easy.
Instead of explaining the flow of blood from the blood vessels in my body, everyone can simply recite it and succeed instead?
Both teacher and student will benefit.
And after teaching this over and over again, it'll become "incantation is something quintessential."
Secondly, it's convenient to use.
Needless to say, attack magic's meant to be used in combat.
Instead of closing your eyes and going 'mmmmmmm' while concentrating, it's faster to recite it quickly.
It's a question of which is easier, to run with all of one's strength while drawing a clear picture, or to run with all of one's strength while chanting.
"It must be different for various people."
Maybe there are those who would find it easier with the former.
I quickly flipped through the magic textbook, but I found nothing on voiceless incantations.
That's weird.
Based on my experience, it wasn't that hard.
Maybe it's a special talent I have, but others can't use it at all.
Maybe I can think of it this way.
A magician typically starts out as a beginner and ends up as a veteran, and everyone uses the incantation method to cast.
After thousands of times, their bodies would be used to incantation.
And when it came to voiceless incantations, they didn't know what to do.
Therefore, as it's not disseminated, it's not recorded in the guidebook.
"Whoaa, that explains it!"
Then that means I'm not an ordinary person.
That's amazing, right?
It's like I'm using a tip sheet.
"They used a Crime Catalyst without singing an Oratorio!"
"But all I did was use this catalyst like normal and open the gate."
That kind of feeling?
Woohoo, I'm getting excited!
Ah, no no.
Calm down, cool down.
The past me was deceived by this feeling.
Because I'm better at using the computer than the average person and got that feeling that I was some kind of chosen one, I became greedy and eventually ended up a failure.
I have to be humble.
The most important thing is to not treat myself like someone superior to others.
I'm a novice.
A novice.
A novice with beginner's luck and managed to hit the bowling pins with a strike.
I just have beginner's luck.
I don't think I'm a talented person with talent.
I should be working hard on this.
Good.
I needed to first rely on the chant to use a spell, then based on the feeling I experienced when casting I could practice the voiceless incantation repeatedly.
I would just use that format to learn.
"Then let's do it again."
But when I stretch out my right hand, I feel strangely sluggish.
It's as if there's something heavy on my shoulders.
The feeling of fatigue.
Is it because I'm concentrating too hard?
I considered a pro at internet gaming (self-proclaimed).
I was a man who could continue hunting for six full days without sleeping.
I needed my concentration wouldn't vanish from just two attempts.
"That is to say, my MP depleted."