âBecause Iâm one of those curious types, donât beat around the bush and just tell me.â
âThis village, itâs very weak in terms of defense. As it is, if there is a single evil magician who comes by, itâll become a sea of flames in no time.â
âWell now, if you imagine the worst possible scenario, thereâs no helping it.â
âHowever, thatâs not all. If thereâs an attack from the ground; no countermeasures could be taken against it. For example, if a large monster comes and rampages, it would immediately enter the village and destroy it, even if humans tried to stop it.â
As expected since Lecia was a dragon, I feel like she views everything from a battle perspective.
âOf course, I think of this village as a peaceful one right now, but it doesnât necessarily mean itâll still be peaceful later on down the line.â
âOr, maybe youâre just thinking too deeply about this?â
Iâve lived here for 300 years and until now, because this village isnât an important location, even if there is a war, I think it wouldnât be a problem.
âHowever, it has only begun to spread recently that the strongest is Azusa-sama. People who try to use dirty tricks to defeat Azusa-sama will appear, such as taking the village as a hostage.â
After that Lecia coughed with a âkohonâ, with her face turning into a slight shade of red.
âOf course, I, without doing such a cowardly thing, fought with Azusa-sama fair and square thoughâŠâŠâ
âYeah. That makes sense.â
âStill, I donât know when Iâll be able to catch up to you. However, the topic of a great witch has even reached my mountain which is more than 2 whole days away from this village.â
âSurelyâŠâŠâ
I must be cautious of the danger to the village that I caused. That sort of thing I can realize.
âThen, are you moving to the village? I donât want to move so soon, especially after rebuilding the houseâŠâŠâ
First of all, because Iâm not Secom, I canât do something like guard 24 hours a day. [1]
âI think you can take countermeasures.â
âHow?â
Although itâs embarrassing to ask oneâs own disciple, it has been no more than a month that I realized that I was this strong. It canât be helped since this is like the rookie training period.
âLetâs create a barrier using magic.â
âCan you do such a thing? Within my magic, I do not have such a spell.
There is nothing related to barrierâŠâŠ supposedly.
âThere was a magic called Magic Creation wasnât there? Letâs create a barrier with oneâs own work.â
Self-made! There is such a thing? Is it a DIY?[2] Itâs the era of creating my own magic now.
âIs magic something thatâs easy to create? Itâs too all-purpose.â
âNormally such a thing is impossible. In the first place, the so-called Magic Creation magic itself is super advanced.â
As one would expect from a Level 99.
âIt is extremely difficult to create a magic that never existed before, but I think there is a possibility if it is to create a barrier to protect the village. Letâs try it tomorrow.â
While thinking of this, it might have been good to take in a disciple.
After we ate a meal inside the restaurant âElegant Eagleâ in the village, we returned to the newly reconstructed house.
The next day.
Leica and I arrived at a hill which overlooks the whole village. Â Rather itâs close enough to my house it could be considered my neighborhood.
âIf itâs around here you can cover every direction, right?â
Leica returned back to her dragon form and began scratching the ground with her claw. Certainly, at times like these, itâs more efficient to become a large dragon.
âPlowing like this in such a place, are you trying to create a field?â [3]
âThat is wrong, Azusa-sama. This is a magic circle. Drawing a magic circle is more reliable for magic with long term effects.
Honestly, even I, who started using magic for the past month, have read that in a grimoire. Similar to attack-based magic, the temporary magic effect can be used for casting and, depending on the situation, even chantless. Â In other words, it is magic that is good if used only when needed. On the other hand, magic such as one that shoots out flames daily is unnecessary.
However, for something long term like this barrier, if it is not effective, itâd be equivalent to a broken good, and it would be better to chant then use a magic circle. If there is no magic circle, it doesnât necessarily mean it is a failure, but rather the effect of 6 months would end in 3 days.
Since I was practically unaware that I could use various amounts of magic, I did not memorize the method to draw the small details of a magic circle, but because Leica drew a typical hexagon as a defense system, I wonder if this is alright?
âBut, to think, even dragons are well-versed in magic too.â
âBeing able to live for 300 years, isnât it too wasteful to spend it leisurely? For the sake of improving myself, I studied magic.â
âAre you a wannabe?!â
I donât possess the concept of self improvement.
If you are a corporate slave, instead your mindset will become one that thinks spending time leisurely is more important. In reality, if you continue to work for the company, you do not have the time to improve yourself.
âBut now that I think about it, I used that time to continue defeating slime-like monsters. Somewhere I got conceited and neglected to gain experience.â
âCertainly if you become that strong, oneâs motivation to fight disappears.â
Even if it was a human adventurer, it would be true. Â I couldnât imagine a Level 50 adventurer defeating a small slime. Perhaps, they would only be expected to fight large monsters like dragons. However, it isnât common to fight with such a monster. As a result, levels will stagger to some extent. Â Also, because it is common knowledge that humans have a prime, once past it, as one ages, one grows weaker.
On that note, I have the body of a 17 year old, therefore true experience can continue being accumulated.
âFinally, the magic circle is finished.â
Certainly, without a dragon, a magic circle of this size couldnât be created.
âThis⊠is it okay if I stand in the middle and start chanting?â
If you induced exceptional magic, it should become active.
âI think thatâs best. Please think of a Master-like earth-shattering cool chant.â (TL: lol)
My disciple demanded in an absurd manner.
It was decided in advance when I discussed with Leica how to make the barrier. It was quite advanced, however, because I am Level 99, it will surely go well.
âThose whose hearts are tainted with evil, be deprived of freedom by this net. Let the magic of this net entangle them!âŠâŠHa!â
A sensation of power overflowing from my whole body occurred, and a golden light streaked towards the village, engulfing it â before suddenly disappearing.
âIs it a success with this?â
âBecause Azusa-samaâs wishes descended onto the village, it is safe.â
Since my disciple said it was fine, it must be okay. If the peace of the village is preserved like this, I will also be happy.
Footnotes
1. TL: Secom is a Japanese security company (like ADT, etc.).
2. TL: DIY = Do It Yourself (just in case you didnât know)
3. TL: The Author uses âçâ for field, however it could also be translated as a small garden. We kept it as such instead of using farm.