Since When Did You Have The Illusion That You Don’t Have Magical Powers?!

Chapter 166

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Sapphiras Perfectio, former 2nd son of the Earl of Aldridge

Percival Belisario, 3rd son of Margrave of Vanderwall on the Eastern Frontier

Aurora Steinfeld, daughter of the Duke of Bloomfield

Clawis Omnibus Worstitters/Clawis Garcia, Crown Prince of Worstitters

Gabriel McMillan, Commander of the Order of Magicians

The magical beasts that entered the royal capital were left to the summoned beasts, and Clawis and his friends will be fine with Cait Sith and Cu Sith by their side. Although they may seem like they are not on good terms, but they are more in tune with each other than you might think.

“Well then, next I’ll go to Gabriel-san’s place and do something about the source of the magical beasts.”

“I’m sorry, but please. We cannot afford to lose the best magicians in our country. Normally, I shouldn’t be relying on you students……unfortunately, there is not much I can do.”

His Highness the Crown Prince says with a solemn look on his face.

I wondered if he was being serious when he tried to force the second prince on me, but I can’t hate him for being such a serious and good person at heart. He’s not an ordinary person, so I’m sure he’ll become a reasonably good ruler in the future, so I’ll spare no effort in cooperating with him. Above all, he is the man who is going to become Aurora’s husband.

“It’s a national crisis. I think it’s fine that those who can do what they can do should do what they can do, depending on the situation.”

It’s about having the right person in the right place. I also believe that those who don’t want to do it don’t have to be forced to do it. However, I don’t think anyone in a higher position can say that.

Percival and I straddle Unisus’ back again and head towards the forest of the capital.

The forest is overflowing with herds of magical beasts, and the area outside the castle walls is full of magical beasts, making things very difficult. It’s impossible to reach the abyss like this. In the forest, I could see that the magician group was using barrier magic to block the flow of magical beasts, but in that state, there is no way to go forward or back. If magical power runs out, they’ll be swallowed up by the swarm of magical beasts in no time.

“Let’s deal with the abyss first.”

No matter how much we prevent it here, there’s no end to it if we don’t stop it from the source. When I flew to the top of the abyss, I found that magic essence was rising up from the hole along with the magical beasts.

“Uwah……what in the world could have been thrown in that so much magic essence is coming out from the abyss?”

“That’s sinister…….”

Percival muttered.

Totally, my skin was buzzing even when I’m up in the air.

“Yoshi. For now, let’s burn it.”

For the first time in a long time, I waved my Palo Santo wand and released flames toward the abyss where the magical beasts spawned, and the pale blue flames swirled and headed deep into the abyss.

Anyway, plant wands sure are light. In my case, the wand is only a magical tool to add to my appearance, so no matter what kind of cane I use, it basically has no effect on my magical power. Still, the tricorn wand was completely different. The exhilaration I feel when I use magic is completely different. I can’t live without that wand anymore. I have to get it back as soon as possible.

I’ll go to Veritas as soon as I’ve dealt with the magical beasts in the royal capital. It hurts that Cu Sith isn’t here, but I’m sure Orthus will find him somehow.

As I watched the flames being swallowed by the abyss while thinking about this, a moment later, a furious hot wind blew up with the sound of an explosion.

“Ugh!”

As Unisus swerved to avoid the hot wind, a strong arm extended from behind me held me firmly by the waist.

“Thank you!”

“No, it’s no big deal.”

Percival is sitting in a stable position, even on the back of a bareback horse. Normally I would have been thrown off. His training is completely different from mine.

Percival still looks like a prince, but he’s grown much taller and has a more solid physique than when we met. Of course I’m growing taller too! Even my skinny body has gained some flesh on it!

The abyss had been roaring with flames and heat for a while, but the fire gradually slowed down and finally quieted down. I was watching from the sky above, but there was no sign of any new magical beasts crawling out. Whatever was spewing out magic essence in the flames must have either burned with the magical beasts or fallen into the depths of the abyss together with the charred residue of the magical beasts.

It is now safe to say that no magical beasts will emerge from this abyss for the time being.

Now all that remains is to exterminate the magical beasts that are wandering around the area. In order not to damage the forest too much, I create a number of small but powerful tornadoes to wind up the remaining magical beasts in the area. It’s the same way I did it before in Vanderwall. If the magical beasts are kept in the tornadoes for a while, their fur will be undamaged and since they can be collected in one place, cleaning up is also easy.

After that, we’ll meet up with Gabriel-san and the others, and once the rest of the magical beasts are taken care of, the disturbances in the royal capital will be over. We hurry back to Gabriel-san and the others.

“Gabriel-san! We’re going to clear away the magical beasts, so please reinforce the defence wall as much as possible!”

I call out to Gabriel-san, who is struggling against the magical beasts, from above.

“Sapphiras-kun! I understand! Everyone, please think of this as a stronghold!! Reinforce our defences!”

Gabriel-san was surprised by my appearance, but immediately instructed the magicians to reinforce the barrier magic. The magicians must be at the limit of their magical power. Some magicians are collapsing because they are out of magical power.

As soon as I confirm that the barrier has been strengthened, I drop lightning mercilessly all over the area. The magical beasts that had attacked the magicians and adventurers quickly fell over and stopped moving.

It’s easier to determine the attack range from above. Thanks to that, it was easier than I thought it would be.

As I descended to the ground, the magicians were in an uproar. The best magicians in the kingdom can’t even fend off a pack of magicians beasts in the blink of an eye, and they’re probably surprised to see that such a child defeated them.

“I’m so glad you both came. If you hadn’t come, we would have been wiped out. I really appreciate it……By the way, do you know what’s going on in the royal capital right now? We haven’t had any contact with that side at all.”

“It’s all right in the royal capital. I think the Knights are recovering the fallen magical beasts right now.”

‘……I see……I’m glad to hear that.”

Gabriel-san expresses relief.

“I thought the royal capital would be safe because of the magicians and the knights, but I didn’t expect it to be overrun with so many magical beasts.”

“That’s right. The same amount of magical beasts are said to be popping up in various places as well. Is Vanderwall alright?”

“Yes. There’s nothing unusual going on in our territory at the moment.”

“That’s good to know. The abyss in the Forest of Magical Beasts is nothing compared to this place……But still, this situation is very similar to when the calamity dragon appeared that I read about in history books. Somehow, I have a bad feeling about it.”

In fact, I was thinking the same thing as Gabriel-san when I escaped from Sternkurst.

I remember the feeling I had at that time, and I felt an inexpressible queasiness about the magic essence that was drifting in the basement of the Sternkurst Castle. But I heard that the calamity dragon was thrown into a cauldron of fire and burned up, so no matter how I think about it, there’s no way it can be revived.

Basically, even if something like that is revived, there’s no way people can manipulate it the way they want. After all, that is a disaster itself. No matter how overconfident the crown prince of Sternkurst is, he probably won’t be that arrogant.

At best, it would be a matter of using magical beasts to reduce the power of other countries, and then invading them while they’re at it. However, it seems that they’ve created a very nasty magic essence. It would be unbearable if that kind of thing were to be thrown into the abyss every now and then.

That’s why I will thoroughly interfere and destroy such a foolish scheme. I want the world to be a fun place where people can go on adventures in peace. I don’t think it would be possible to have a fun adventure on a continent ruled by a country like Sternkurst.

“Gabriel-san. The academy seems to have become a base for countermeasures against magical beasts, so magicians and adventurers who cannot move due to injury or lack of magical power will be transferred to the academy.”

I call out to Gabriel-san, who is pondering.

Gabriel-san will have to take command, so he won’t be able to leave the scene immediately. Still, he will want to give his subordinates and adventurers, who have been working hard to the limit, a rest as soon as possible.

“That would be great! I wonder if I could count on you.”

“Leave it to me. Percival, can you lend a hand?”

“Of course.”

With Percival’s help, I carried people who had run out of magical power or were injured to the academy, and also delivered supplies to the Order of Magicians and adventurers who were cleaning up in the capital’s forest. By the time I finished, the sun was setting.

Uwah, the first star of the evening is shining.

Although my magical power is inexhaustible, but my physical strength is completely exhausted. I’m exhausted, hungry and have no energy.

“Are you alright, Sapphiras?”

“……Not so okay.”

If Percival hadn’t been supporting my shaky back, I would have collapsed.

“Sapphiras-sama and Percival-sama, thank you for your hard work. We have prepared food for you, so please come to the cafeteria.”

“Aurora-jyou!”

I guess she got enough rest. Aurora, whose complexion had improved completely, welcomed us with a smile on her face.

“We have prepared enough meat for you.”

“……Yay, meat! Let’s go quickly, Percival!”

“Meat is the best way to cheer up, isn’t it?”

I pulled Percival’s hand and hurried to the cafeteria.