Chapter 37
Uwah…! She must be disgusted with us. When she said she “can’t believe we’re the same age as her,” isn’t she just calling us childish?
But I have no way to argue. Ever since I was little, the people I’ve known have all been “big sister” types. Only Qifeng is on the same wavelength as me. When we’re together, our mental ages unconsciously regress by five years.
So… I should be a little more restrained. Mhm~
Lian Qi said with a helpless expression, “I feel like I just watched two Jedi Knights dueling.”
“Jedi Knights?”
Another word I don’t understand. Every time, I regret asking, because even if Lian Qi explains it, I’m still completely lost. But I just get curious and can’t help asking.
Lian Qi looked dejected and sighed deeply. “It’s so despairing… I make a reference, and no one understands…”
“No, no…! Even though I don’t understand, I actually think it’s amazing!” I gave Lian Qi a thumbs up. In order to stop Lian Qi from being dejected, I’ve decided that from now on, even if I don’t understand, I’ll just be “impressed, though I don’t get it.”
“Yeah, yeah, it’s amazing,” Qifeng also chimed in, but I felt her chiming in at this point was a bit too fake.
“Forget it. It looks like I’ll really have to wield a sword and fight people in the graduation festival ranking tournament.”
“You absolutely can’t give up.”
Lian Qi has hit a wall in cultivating her inherent magic. It’s not just her who’s frustrated; I’m worried too. She’s learned the Enchantment class curriculum, she’s practiced… what’s next? Who is an Enchantment school mage? Maybe she can get some inspiration by referencing other people’s inherent magic? Unfortunately, Qifeng is from the Transmutation/Illusion school, not Enchantment. And listening to her share her “experience” was just a complete M’s self-bondage testimonial, which just makes me feel ashamed.
Among the people I know, Sister Aijieliya is from the Evocation school, and Sister Livi seems to be from the Enchantment school? But… unfortunately, she’s a Sword Saint.
Eh? That’s right! Sister Meilin, who we went to the hot spring with— the Enchantment school professor. The “Modified Flame Magic Crystal” she invented counts as a type of inherent magic, right? Because the climate in our world gets cold at night, every home has a fireplace or a stove, and the Magic Academy student dorms are no exception. So, I dragged Lian Qi by the hand over to the stove and pointed at the unlit Flame Magic Crystal.
“Lian Qi, look, the Flame Magic Crystal is a creation of an Enchantment school mage.”
“Eh? They enchanted the magic crystal with a flame effect?”
I nodded. “Exactly. So, I’ll give you a little hint— you need to think about it from a different perspective. The Enchantment school isn’t just about making objects harder and stronger.”
However, Lian Qi was staring at me with a strange look. Did I say something wrong?
“Harder and stronger… Ahem, okay. You’re telling me to think about it… from a different perspective…?”
“Mhm! The vast majority of Enchantment school mages just enchant weapons to make them harder and stronger. I’m not wrong, am I?” I said weakly.
Lian Qi waved the enchanted “glow stick” in front of me— “Then can I enchant it to make it soft?”
“This…” I looked at Qifeng— “Can you enchant things to make them soft?”
“Don’t ask me, I’m not from the Enchantment school…!” Qifeng replied quickly.
“Magic is a miracle born from wishes…! If your wish, Lian Qi, is to make it soft, then you can definitely create an inherent magic that makes objects go limp!” I said with complete seriousness.
Lian Qi smiled, tossed the “glow stick” aside, and gave me a big hug!
Eh, eh, eh??? Being suddenly hugged by a girl is making my heart race.
“Thank you for reminding me to think about it from a different perspective. I suddenly have an idea.”
“R-Really?” At the same time, I glanced worriedly at Qifeng. Lian Qi is hugging me right in front of her. She won’t get jealous, will she!?
Qifeng stared at us blankly. I saw a mysterious blush gradually creep onto her cheeks? What’s with that slightly excited expression…?
Lian Qi let me go and said flatly— “So flat.”
“Wh-What!!!” I shamefully covered my chest. I’m a boy, what can I do about being flat-chested! You hug someone and then complain they’re flat-chested. Lian Qi, you— don’t go too far…!
Qifeng pressed her fist to her lips, turned her head to the side, and said bashfully, “Seeing you two like this… I feel so humiliated…”
“What do you have to be humiliated about…”
“Anyway, I’m going to test if this ‘different perspective’ idea is viable.”
As Lian Qi spoke, she picked up a branch. Is she going to enchant a branch again?
I saw the branch erupt in light, which then extinguished after a few seconds.
“Eh…?”
I stared blankly as the branch broke into several pieces.
“Did the enchantment fail?”
“I made it fail on purpose,” Lian Qi said flatly.
I was stunned— “Wh-What? How did you do that?”
“You just have to intentionally alter the enchantment’s magic power, make the magic power unstable, and then it fails, right?”
I was speechless. Everyone else wants their enchantments to succeed, but Lian Qi is deliberately making them fail? And— Lian Qi can freely make an enchantment succeed or fail as she pleases. That itself isn’t something an ordinary person can do, is it?
Lian Qi continued, “Didn’t Qifeng just say that if an enchantment fails, even a real sword would break into pieces from being unable to withstand the magic power? It’s just like upgrading equipment in the games from my original world. When you upgrade equipment, there’s a chance it will fail and destroy the equipment. It’s a pity if your own equipment gets destroyed, but— if it’s someone else’s equipment, then you don’t feel bad at all. Based on Qifeng’s hint and you telling me to think from a different perspective, I came up with this idea.”
“Eh? I helped too?” Qifeng said.
“Not using enchantment to strengthen objects, but using enchantment to destroy objects?” I covered my mouth in shock. “I can’t believe you thought of that.”
Lian Qi smiled slightly and put her hand on my shoulder— “Don’t move. Now, let me experiment.”
”????”
I was a picture of confusion.
In the blink of an eye, the uniform I was wearing erupted in light. Is Lian Qi enchanting my uniform? Wait— this???
The light died down. I stood there, not daring to move. Suddenly! I felt a chill. My uniform top actually ripped open!?
“Uwah…!”
My white AA-cup bra…
My body…
It’s all exposed!
I immediately hugged myself and dropped into a defensive crouch.
“Wh-What a sexy magic…!”
“Eh? That looks fun. We’re all girls anyway, let me experiment again—”
“N—O—!”
I shook my head like a rattle-drum.
What ‘we’re all girls’? I’m a boy!
I’m only left with my skirt and underwear! What else does she want to destroy? If she destroys anything else, my identity will be exposed! Wait… the over-knee socks count as one more thing, right?
“Stop—”
At this critical moment, Qifeng spread her arms and shielded me without a moment’s hesitation—
“Don’t hurt Fei’er, if you’re going to do it, do it to me~!”