Chapter 15: Young Lady’s First Spell

In this world, magic is surprisingly intertwined with everyday life and is depicted as easy to learn if you have the talent.

But that’s only what the talented ones say. ‘Ah, this is breathing. You can’t do it? Wow, that’s sad. How are you even alive? You can’t do this? Why?’ is what they say.

Having argued with the author about what magic is, magic to me is like an advanced… bluff.

It’s too shoddy to be called a study, and it’s a strange study that’s replaced by divine power when it comes to faith.

“Young Lady, before I teach you magic, there’s something I need to tell you.”

“Yes? What is it?”

“Every power comes with its own weight and responsibility. Just because you can use magic doesn’t mean you can look down on people who can’t or bully those who are weaker than you. Do you understand?”

“Yes! I understand! It’s against etiquette, isn’t it!”

…As expected, our young lady.

She’s very smart.

She’s admirable.

She’s admirable.

“Hehe, I like Mana!”

I pat her head and hug the young lady who leans on me and rubs her face several times, and then start the class again.

“Now, first, you need to be able to see mana to use magic. Do you see the blue sparkles, Young Lady?”

“Yes! Sparkles!”

“That’s what mana is in its natural state. Mages gather that mana and make a kind of wish.”

“…Gather the sparkles and make a wish? Like a star?”

“Yes, you can think of it as similar to that.”

“How do you gather sparkles?”

…It became sparkles, not mana.

Well, it’s fine if the young lady calls it whatever she’s comfortable with.

“That’s the first task!”

“You have to catch the sparkles with the sparkles in your body to gather them!”

“…I have sparkles in my body too? This?”

The young lady points to the necklace with a green jewel.

“Hmm… it’s in there, yes. It’s right in your heart, Young Lady.”

“Heart?”

“The one that beats, you know?”

“Yes! It beats when I see Mana!”

…You shouldn’t keep making these unexpected surprise flirty comments in the middle, Young Lady.

I can’t help but want to hug you.

“Since you already know how to see mana, you must have mana, sparkles, in your heart.”

“Really?”

The young lady lowers her head and looks at her chest, then pulls her clothes and looks inside because she can’t see it.

“…I don’t see it.”

“It must be hiding inside your body. I’ll find it for you now, okay? Now~ close your eyes~”

Clench! The young lady closes her eyes.

“You can close them gently.”

“Ah… yes!”

I poke the young lady’s reddened cheek and place my palm on her back.

“Ugh, Mana poked me.”

“Here, where my hand is touching, how does it feel?”

“I feel Mana.”

“Really?!”

“Yes, Mana’s hand is warm.”

“Ah… do you feel the sparkles by any chance?”

“Hmm…”

“The sparkles feel like a feather, light, free like dandelion seeds, warm like sunshine, subtle like moonlight. Very very very…”

“Like a kiss?”

“Huh?”

What kiss?

The young lady opens her eyes and looks at me with sparkling eyes.

“I found something like a kiss!”

“Something.. like a kiss?”

“Yes! The one Mana gives me! Soft, sweet, light, melting, and happy!”

??????

Wh, what is she saying?

What kind of wrong expressions did this author use in the novel?

“Do you feel it popping or tingling?”

“No? It’s cozy!”

???

Ah, is that perhaps white mana?

Yes, they said that the feeling differs depending on the mana.

Hmm… pure mana.

Usually, 98 out of 100 mages use blue mana.

The remaining 2 use magic of their own unique color.

White magic is commonly called white magic, it’s very similar to divine power, but it’s something pure that’s not divine power anyway.

It’s definitely a very good mana, but it also has a fatal flaw…

“First.. shall we try to move that mana?”

“Yes!”

Still, if it’s to teach her the feeling of moving mana.

“You’re going to bring the mana in your heart to your hand. Follow me carefully, okay?”

“Yes! I’ll lead the sparkles well!”

In the original work, the mage helps the protagonist awaken mana in this way.

– Carefully, naturally. But firmly.

“Carefully, naturally.”

“But bring it firmly.”

– Don’t pull. Let it flow.

“Don’t pull.”

“You have to let it flow.”

– You’re guiding it. You have to tell the mana to follow you, what are you doing getting dragged along! You idiot!

“You’re guiding it.”

“So that the sparkles can follow you well.”

“Don’t get dragged along.”

“Okay.”

“You’re doing well.”

Honestly, I don’t know what these words mean.

But in the original work, those words made the protagonist, who had the talent of an ordinary prodigy in mana, use mana.

Surely the genius young lady will be able to do it easily.

The original protagonist took 3 weeks, so the young lady will surely.

“Wow!”

“Sparkles!”

…It works?

Is our young lady really a genius?

“How does it feel, Young Lady?”

“White sparkles are popping out of my hand!”

I don’t know for sure, but seeing the young lady looking at her hand and being amazed, I think it probably worked.

“Now, well done! You did well!”

“Yes! I did it because Mana told me to! Mana is an amazing teacher!”

…She’s cute.

“Now, we’re going to gather mana with mana.”

“How do we do that? Like this?”

…She seems to be doing something.

“Hmm… maybe not?”

“Like this… I don’t think so…”

“What are you doing?”

“Like catching fish!”

“I read it in a book!”

…I should take her fishing sometime.

Night fishing is also quite fun, Young Lady.

“Do you remember when I told you to tell the mana to follow you earlier?”

“Yes!”

“Now, reach out your hand and think of your sparkles as crayons, and draw a circle in the air.”

“Um… um..! Like this..?”

The young lady seems to be very.. focused.

Even in my eyes, which can’t actually see mana, something slow, like a white circle, begins to appear.

“Yes!”

“And now, shall we think of the magic you want?”

“Um… the magic I want?”

“Yes!”

“The magic you want, Young Lady!”

“Um… um..! Yes, I decided!”

If you’ve come this far, it’s almost done.

The rest is that the surrounding mana is automatically sucked into that circle and automatically creates the magic that the caster wants.

Now, the magic circle, which is sparkling and something is being created, is clearly visible…

Hmm?

“Young Lady?”

“Yes?”

“Why is the magic circle facing me?”

“Because I’m going to use it on Mana!”

“Huh?”

Boom..!

In an instant, the magic circle, which was the size of a watermelon, grows to the size of about 2 meters in diameter.

“Wow!!!!”

“Eek?!”

“Young Lady?!”

“Why is the magic circle on me?!”

“My magic! Take it, Mana!!”

“Huh?!!?!?”

You should tell me what kind of magic it is, Young Lady!!!

Should I, should I dodge it!?

But if I dodge the magic that the young lady is using for the first time..!

While I’m hesitating and thinking for a moment, a white beam of light pours down on me.

“Change!!!”

“Kyaaaaa!!!!”

Ah, it doesn’t hurt?

“Ah, Young Lady?”

“Mana!”

The young lady grabs me and helps me up.

“Are you okay, Mana?”

“Yes… huh?”

…Did I become the same height as the young lady?

No, more than that, the clothes…

“Kyaaaaa?!”

“Mana is 8 years old now too!”

Wh, what is this!

“Magic is so cool!”

Yes! Mana was the same as me when she was 8 years old!”

“Cute!”

“Mana is so cute!”

“Ah, Young Lady…!”

“Wh, what is this…”

…A magic that makes the other person younger?

I, I’ve never heard of such magic.

Is this possible because it’s white mana..?

I quickly grasp the situation while holding onto the maid’s uniform that keeps slipping down.

“Ah, Young Lady, but why did you make me 8 years old…'”

“Yes!”

“I wanted to be friends with Mana!”

“Friends..?”

“Yes!”

“It’s better to be the same age for that, right!”

Ah…

If that’s the case, please tell me in advance, Young Lady..

I thought I was going to turn into a frog or something…

“Now Mana is 8 years old too!”

“I was really surprised, Young Lady.”

“Sigh…”

“Hehe! I want to play with Mana!”

“Just a moment.. If I move like this, I’ll end up naked..”

“Then wear my clothes!”

“Huh?”

“Wear my clothes!”

“Let’s play together!”

…Really.

What should I do with this chaotic young lady?

“Um, Young Lady.. when does this magic wear off?”

“Huh? I don’t know!”

“Huh!?”

“Anyway, hurry up!”

“Wa, wait a moment..! Don’t pull like that! I’ll fall!”

“I’m going to be friends with Mana! Friends!”

The young lady is excited and takes me to her room.

“Mana, wear these panties too!”

..Wear the master’s panties?

Something… something feels sinful.

I, I don’t think I should do this.

“Hurry up! These are my favorite rabbit panties!”

The young lady half-forces me to wear the rabbit panties.

Oh, Young Lady.

Please…

“You’ll wear them.. right?”

“…Just, just give me the one-piece dress.”

“No.”

“Mana said that a lady should wear underwear well too!”

Sigh…

…I wear the young lady’s panties.

It fits perfectly.

…I feel like the worst criminal.

“One-piece dress!”

“Thank you..”

When I put on the one-piece dress, the young lady looks at me with sparkling eyes.

“Mana is so pretty!”

“Mana is so cute when she was little!”

“…Thank you.”

“You’re pretty too, Young Lady.”

“Then let’s play hide-and-seek! Hide-and-seek!”

“…Are you going to turn me back into an adult?”

“Let’s play a little more!”

..It’s good that you’re happy.

But I have to say something sternly when I have to.

“You have to ask the other person’s permission when using this kind of magic, Young Lady. Do you understand?”

“Um… I won’t do it again…”

“..Why are you getting so downcast at my words?”

With my now-small hands, I gently stroke the young lady’s head.

“Still, you did well with your first magic, Young Lady.”

“Hehe.. it’s all because Mana taught me!”

…I was worried because the young lady didn’t have any friends her age.

I never imagined that I would become one, Young Lady.

“Let’s play together, okay?”

“…Yes, yes, you mean hide-and-seek, right?”

“Yes! Mana, you hide first!”

Sigh…

Alright.

Playing with the young lady is also part of the exclusive maid’s duty.

“Then, shall I hide?”

“Yes!!”