Chapter 44: Power overwhelm

I couldn’t believe what was unfolding before my eyes right now.

No, this is something that cannot realistically happen.

I don’t know what kind of magic was cast, but if this continues, Zoe will… Zoe will…!

“Zoe’s going to die?!?!!!??”

Of course, the problem wasn’t just a specific part getting bigger, but her width, length, and height all increasing.

Using a cube as an example, if it doubles in all directions, the volume becomes 8 times larger, meaning the weight also becomes 8 times heavier.

But Zoe right in front of me, just looking at her, her height clearly increased by more than 5 times.

Based on human body structure, if the body weight suddenly increases by more than 125 times, it can’t endure!

“Wow! My surroundings are sparkling!”

“With this, playing with space doggies won’t be a problem!”

“Zoe!!! Are you hurt anywhere???”

“Hmm? Ah! Right! I need to eat the cake!”

“But I can’t eat it in this state.”

“Lulu~ Thanks for the sparkle show!”

At that signal, Lulu dispelled the magic, and simultaneously, Zoe’s size returned to normal.

It was fortunate she seemed unharmed, but honestly, it wouldn’t be strange if her legs broke and her whole body collapsed right now.

Perhaps the reason Zoe was safe was that magic could ignore physical laws to some extent.

While I was worrying about this, Zoe and Lulu were currently fighting over my cake.

Zoe held the cake and escaped through portals here and there, while Lulu, along with Pix, chased Zoe, shooting sparkling powder? or something like that.

Seeing her run away desperately just to eat it all by herself, she really seems like a child.

In the end, Lulu couldn’t catch Zoe, who opened a portal every 6 seconds to eat the cake, and could only glare at her.

‘Hey, but you secretly stole my bread too, and now you’re trying to eat that as well.’

‘It feels like all the cute little things I meet have flawed personalities.’

‘Like Zoe, or Zoe, or Zoe, or Lulu.’

‘Ah, there are still only two of them.’

Deciding to be unconditionally cautious of anyone cute-looking from now on, I picked up Lulu and played ‘higher and higher’ with her.

The first few times, she struggled with her short arms and legs, asking to be put down, but as expected of a child (in appearance), she enjoyed it and her mood improved.

Set liked it when I did this for him; I guess kids are all the same.

Zoe can probably do even more amazing things, so she wouldn’t be interested, though.

Telling the cheered-up Lulu to visit again later, and saying I would make her something separate to eat next time, would mean another recruit… no, education… is that not right either?

Anyway, that’s how it is.

It is said that sweets have long been a very useful tool to make children go crazy, so it seems even Lulu couldn’t escape this devilish charm.

Lulu said okay, let out that mind-boggling laugh, walked over to a rock lying over there, and then popped right into it.

Wait, what?

Seriously, what was that???

Is it some kind of Platform 9 and ¾?

Just in case, I touched it, but it was just a stone.

‘This is teasing me for being a Muggle, right?’

It feels like she’s saying, ‘You can’t do this, right? Neener neener neener (is like a childish teasing sound),’ which is slightly annoying.

‘In that case, I’ll do it.’

‘If magic is about changing the mana floating around into other phenomena, then I have an affinity with natural mana.’

‘Until now, I’ve used the method of drawing it in and directly infusing it, but I will use myself as a direct medium to cause the desired phenomenon.’

I took out the book titled ‘If You Know Just This, You Too Can Be a Magician! It’s Fun!’ which I had bought and left at home for Set’s education later.

Come to think of it, I had forgotten the fact that to teach someone, I first need to know the knowledge myself.

I should thank Lulu for this much, at least.

Alright, starting today, training begins again.

30 days later

Strange.

I definitely thought this book contained basics, but why does it contain contents like the Great Cosmic Cataclysm, the Advent of the Apocalypse, the Providence of the Gods, etc., etc.?

At first, I didn’t even know it had such content and just learned it haphazardly (Randomly), but looking back now, the content is almost problematic enough to be designated as a forbidden book.

After painstakingly reading through it all, as I was about to turn the last page, a large phrase written there caught my eye.

Let’s see… ‘This book was created to commemorate April Fools’ Day.’

‘If a person whose mind, technique, or body falls short of the standard in any way reads this book, the content will appear only as a basic text…’ it says.

Hmm… so that’s what it was.

I thought as I snapped the book shut.

‘Why didn’t they write this warning at the very beginning!’

‘Why do these things keep happening to me!’

‘Suddenly my body becomes unable to get a single scratch, or I try to learn magic once and end up having magic capable of destroying the world crammed into my head!’

If I had to pick a silver lining, it would be that among the magic, there are spells for healing and ability enhancement.

Even those were truly like a drop in the ocean compared to the other magic described in this book.

Yet, their efficacy is outstanding, enough to make a fly buzzing around capable of fighting an ordinary soldier, so that says it all.

I decided to burn this book so it wouldn’t fall into anyone else’s hands.

I will seal away the magic spells the book forced me to learn so that I never use them in the future.

And I’ll need to lower and lower their performance until I feel ‘this level should be fine’ before using them.

It would be a waste not to use what I went through the trouble of learning, after all.

I don’t know anymore.

I should just focus on hiding everything and living peacefully with Set.

I’ve saved up about two-thirds of my target amount of money, so if I continue delivery work for another year, I think I can build a log cabin.

Actually, I feel like I could manage somehow using magic right now, but doing so felt like something inside me would break.

‘I wanna go baaaaaaaaaaaack!’

Bang!

That makes four.

Today’s performance is also perfect.

Those puppets danced according to the script I wrote and decorated the finale.

Now that the performance is over, I take off my mask and greet the audience.

Of course, they won’t understand this beauty.

But that’s fine.

The day will come when they too will understand.

“Hmmm… Let’s soak in the atmosphere…”

My performance schedule is not over yet.

It’s a trilogy, so there’s still one more left.

And the tools to decorate the final stage, parts ordered directly from Piltover, are scheduled to arrive soon.

Before that, I must prepare the stage.

Because if it’s not perfect, it’s nothing.

“This delivery… is an item from Piltover.”

“It’s lighter than expected, what could it be?”