Water Magician

Chapter 70: Ryo

Chapter 70: Ryo

Although he failed to recover the magic stone of the Devil Prince, it appeared that the magic stones could be recovered from the three followers because he defeated them by decapitation.

After confirming that, Ryo walked up to Abel.

“Thank you, Ryo. You saved us.”

Abel honestly bowed and thanked him.

“No, it’s okay. You can express your gratitude by treating me to just one dinner at the cafeteria, right?”

“Okay, okay. I’ll treat you to dinner every day for a week.”

Then Abel laughed and hit Ryo’s shoulder.

“It hurts, it hurts. Abel, you and your stupid strength. One week, don’t forget!”

By that time, the other members of the Crimson Sword and Advisor Arthur had also gathered to Abel’s side.

“Abel ... I’m so glad ...”

Rihya hugged Abel with a face on the verge of crying.

The moment she hugged him, she cried.

Next to him, Warren, with two hands carrying Rin who was still fainted, bowed to Ryo.

“I’m Arthur Verasis, Advisor to the Court Magic Group, the representative for the Court Magic Group investigation team. Thank you so much for your help.”

With that said, Arthur also bowed to Ryo.

“Oh no, don’t mention it. In the first place, I came because Natalie of the Court Magic Group told me. I’m glad I was on time. I never dreamed that it would be this way. “

Ryo turned his sight toward the members of the Court Magic Group investigation team, who had not yet fully recovered from the lack of magical power, and the corpses of the Kingdom Central University investigation team, which had been reduced to ashes by the Devils.

“I’m guessing that the people over there are from the Kingdom Central University investigation team ...”

“Yeah ... I couldn’t help them, then ...”

“Although gathering the corpses would be impossible, should I collect some keepsakes?”

“Soon, the members of our Court Magic Group will wake up, so we’ll start gathering the keepsakes.”

Advisor Arthur replied, looking towards the Court Magic Group.

“Ryo, let’s collect the Devils’ magic stones.”

Abel proposed to retrieve the magic stones, accompanied by a crying Rihya.

“I want to pass some of the sales to the bereaved families.”

(Sheesh ... Abel isn’t suited to be an adventurer. Claiming ‘Those of us who survived will use the portions of the dead!’ or something like that would be more like an adventurer.)

“Ryo, in the Central Nations, it has been about 200 years since the last encounter with a Devil. No information on their magic stones remains even in the temples.”

The Priest Rihya supplemented her knowledge on the Devil’s magic stone.

“Devils were said to have suddenly appeared one day, so research into the possibility of them using Space-Time Magic has been discussed in the temple.”

“Space-Time Magic!”

Space-Time Magic was a staple for otherworld stories.

(No, but Michael (pseudonym) said that magic had six attributes of Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Light, and Darkness, and No-Attribute ... I wonder why didn’t he mention Space-Time Magic ...?)

“Does Space-Time Magic exist?”

Ryo posed the question to nobody in particular.

“What is categorized as Space-Time Magic are 『Infinite Storage』 and 『Transfer』. Both have been recorded in literature.”

Surprisingly, Abel was the one who answered.

“That’s great! I definitely want to be able to use it ...”

When Ryo said that, Abel had a terribly bad expression.

“Ah ... as far as I know, the only person in the Central Nations known to be able to use Space-Time Magic is Baron Hagen-Vender from the Empire.”

“Hoho ~. With Infinite Storage, you can bring home not only the magic stones but also the entire body of the monster to sell as materials, and with Transfer, you could easily move to the hunting ground or go home.”

Ryo imagined the scene and said happily.

However, Abel’s expression was worse than before.

“Yeah, that would be true for adventurers. But Baron Vender is a citizen of the Empire ... the Empire wouldn’t let a person with that ability walk around freely ...”

“Eh? What do you mean ...”

“Baron Vender is 『always』 attached to the Imperial Army and hired for the movement of Imperial weapons and food. He’s treated as a kind of useful tool ...”

As expected, that was pitiful even from Ryo’s perspective.

Certainly, from a military standpoint, Infinite Storage and Transfer would be a talent that they would desperately want.

However, it was way too pitiful to have no freedom at all.

“Infinite Storage and Transfer could only be used by Baron Vender. The former Baron Vender could use the two spells, but during that time his son Hagen, the current Baron Vender, could not use it. From the moment the predecessor died, it seems that the current Baron Vender became able to use Infinite Storage and Transfer, so it was rumored to be more like a curse than a spell.”

“I see ... rather than just hereditary, only one person could use it at a given era ... It certainly feels like a curse.”

Abel suddenly stopped after hearing what Ryo said.

(Only one person in a given era ... that phrase came to mind somewhere recently ... Ah, the Hero?)