While I was observing the event while reading a book inside my barrier, Alice and Lilia-san came by to take a break, seemingly having finished some of their verifications.
I brought out a table and chairs from inside my magic box so that they can take a break. Lilia-sanās face showed fatigue, looking tired from the verification while she was recovering her magic power.
[Thank you for the hard work, you two. Lilia-san, are you alright?]
[Yes, as expected, Space-Time Magic consumes a significant amount of magic power. However, as Alice-sama pointed out, this is my ability, and understanding oneself better than anyone else is essential, so having this verification is important.]
[Thatās right. When oneās Heart Tool awakens, the wielder immediately understands its abilities and how to use it. However, that doesnāt mean they can just think theyāve understood everything about their Heart Tool. Just regarding the Heart Toolās abilities and fundamental usage, there are many aspects that become clear through verification.]
Saying this, Alice smoothly wrote something on what seemed to be a booklet and handed it to me and Lilia-san. When I opened it, I could see the results of their earlier verification written inside, and after confirming that we were looking at our booklet, Alice began to explain.
[First, regarding Lilia-sanās ability, Hauteclere, its effect activates the moment Lilia-san assumes an attack stance until the attack is completed. This ācompletionā refers to the point where a strike is finished in some manner, and it ends even if the attack is intercepted along the way. Also, the enhancement doesnāt only apply to āoffensive aspectsā; it includes all abilities, including the wielderās magic abilities and cognitive abilities. I think it really seems appropriate to recognize it as her body temporarily being under the effect of Critical Point of Fate.]
[Thanks to the increase in cognitive ability, I can handle the sudden physical reinforcement on me without feeling chaotic from the change, and since the effect starts from when I make my stance, itās convenient how I can apply it even when Iām getting closer while in a stance.]
[Yes, but the key to activation is whether Lilia-san, as its user, has the intention of attacking. Even if Lilia-san assumes an attack stance, if she intends to use it as a feint within her mind, the ability wonāt activate. Hauteclereās ability is applied when its wielder takes actions such as assuming a stance with the intention of attacking and quickly evading an opponentās attack. However, if the user is already considering approaches like getting closer while evading the enemy attack with Hauteclereās physical enhancements, then the effect wonāt activate. So, itās essentially an ability specialized for offense.]
While it takes effect during an all-out battle, it wonāt activate if they attempt more technical maneuvers like mixing in feints or trying to flank the enemy. Although powerful, its complete linearity towards offense may be considered a drawback.
Of course, the strongest attack Lilia-san is capable of with her talent, no matter how linear it may be, only the pinnacles of the world such as the Six Kings can handle itā¦ā¦
[As long as itās an attack involving a sword, the type of attack doesnāt matter; Hauteclereās effect can be triggered. Whether itās a blow with the hilt, a magic-imbued wave slash, or even throwing that sword, Hauteclereās effect would work. Also, naturally, itās possible for the user not to activate the ability by their own willā¦ā¦ Its range of applications is quite wide.]
[Alice, can Heart Tools return if theyāre thrown?]
[Heart Tools can be made to reappear instantly if the user inwardly thinks of it. Additionally, if a Heart Tool moves too far away from its wielder, it will automatically return to their hand. Heart Tools are technically weaponization of oneās heart, so they canāt exactly stray too far from their user.]
[I seeā¦ā¦ What about my ĪĪ½Ī±Ī¼Ī½Ī®ĻĪµĪ¹Ļ?]
[Kaito-sanās ĪĪ½Ī±Ī¼Ī½Ī®ĻĪµĪ¹Ļ also held quite a few exceptions. Regarding the range of the buff, as long as the conditions are met, it can work even across the barriers of space and timeā¦ā¦ In other words, your buff can reach from Human Realm to the Demon Realm. Of course, that doesnāt mean it can extend those to other worlds though. Also, in the case of entities materialized by ĪĪ½Ī±Ī¼Ī½Ī®ĻĪµĪ¹Ļās ability, as long as Kaito-sanās magic power lasts, their materialization can be maintained, but the further the distance they have from you, the greater the magic power consumption becomes. Thereās no restriction for how far the materialized entities can be, but since they arenāt weapons, they wonāt come back to you even if you inwardly think about it. However, remote deactivation and re-summoning are possible for you.]
I wondered about distance limitations for my ĪĪ½Ī±Ī¼Ī½Ī®ĻĪµĪ¹Ļ, considering it doesnāt have a physical form, but it seems my ĪĪ½Ī±Ī¼Ī½Ī®ĻĪµĪ¹Ļ is quite unique as a Heart Tool, and the conditions it had was different to the usual Heart Tools in many ways.
I mean, Alice sure knows a lot about it huhā¦ā¦ She probably, or rather, she definitely must have thoroughly verified the effects of my ĪĪ½Ī±Ī¼Ī½Ī®ĻĪµĪ¹Ļ as well.
[Even so, things really become clearer when you actually verify them. By knowing the conditions in detail, it seems that the range of applications can also expand.]
[Thatās right. Well then, letās verify the patterns for special circumstances after the break. We have enough today, so letās start with the bare minimum ā1000 patternsā or so, and then we can handle the rest step by step.]
[ā¦ā¦Bare minimum?]
[If weāre considering every possible scenario, we would have to verify billions of patterns. Of course, that would take a significant amount of time, and since we donāt have that, weāll just go through that much.]
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Lilia-san had a distant look in her eyes. Given that she had just emphasized the importance of verification herself, it would be hard for her to say she doesnāt wanna do it anymore cause itās troublesome, and considering her personality, thatās probably gonna be impossible.
And so, it seems like sheās resigned herself to the idea of verifying all possible patterns. Well, as for whether sheās just unconsciously holding onto her stomach or if her stomach really hurtsā¦ā¦