Ch. 86 - 【Another PoV】 The Shock in the Lab

【Water Magic Researcher】

Crown applauded and smiled at Aoi, who had demonstrated an incredible water spell. "Amazing! As expected from Aoi-dono! You actually achieved this with water magic! We're also researching ice magic here, which is a derivative of water. Please show us ice magic as well!"

He made this request with an excited expression like that of a child.

Aoi raised her hand to signal a pause, "I'm sorry, but let me correct one thing."

"Hmm? Did I say something wrong?" Crown tilted his head.

Aoi nodded and began to prepare her spell. "If you generate water and change its properties to ice, it can indeed be considered a derivative of water magic. However, doing it like that…"

She scattered water into the air with one hand and then cast some kind of spell.

The countless water droplets in the air were wrapped in a white mist and flew towards the hole in the ceiling, flying even faster than arrows.

In an instant, sharp sounds came, and the ceiling was riddled with small holes and on the verge of collapsing.

As everyone stared at the holes in the ceiling, Aoi pointed to it and said, "In this way, without changing the nature of water, if you stop the movement of molecules and atoms, the tiny particles that make up matter, most things will freeze. The temperature can reach minus 273 degrees…"

Aoi said some incomprehensible words, but they didn't sink in.

No, probably, even if we listened carefully, we wouldn't understand.

"… The Abyss of Magic."

Subconsciously, these words came out of my mouth.

For example, even if a court magician taught advanced magic to a child who had just entered a magic academy, they wouldn't understand it at all. They would learn the basics of magic and gradually understand beginner magic.

Then, if they continued to study the same type of magic for many years, they would eventually understand advanced magic.

This was probably similar to that.

In this case, we were like children just beginning to learn magic. The more advanced the magic was, the less we could understand it.

"Did you understand?"

Seeing that we didn’t utter a word, she asked as if she was gauging our reactions. How should we respond? Should we honestly say that we didn’t understand? Or should we protect our pride as little magicians by giving an ambiguous answer?

Feeling that all our efforts as magicians up until now had been overturned, we couldn't think clearly.

Seeing our state, Aoi might have sensed that we didn't understand. She raised her hands and said, "All objects are made of tiny things that are invisible to the naked eye. It looks like this…"

She mumbled something softly. Then small sand-like particles gathered in her palms and soon formed a humanoid shape. It took the form of Crown Windsor with outstretched arms and a smile.

"Th-That's…?"

Someone's astonished voice sounded as we stared at the sand figure. It was extremely precise. It was about the size of Aoi's face and a masterpiece resembling a statue made by a skilled craftsman. Was this created by magic?

No, we didn't hear any chanting, but it was undoubtedly earth magic.

"Just like the sand doll, everything is made up of tiny particles that have come together, right?" asked a companion standing next to me.

Aoi smiled faintly. "Exactly. Please think of it as being made up of things much smaller than you can imagine. When these tiny things move quickly, heat is generated, and conversely, when they stop moving, they cool down… It's a rough explanation, but this concept has a lot to do with fire and water magic."

We could vaguely sense that she wasn't lying. However, it still seemed difficult to understand.

"So, you can also use fire magic…" I mumbled with a sigh.

Crown's eyes sparkled. "That's right. I have a good idea!"

Wondering what it was, we turned our eyes to him.

Crown smiled and voiced his thoughts. "Most magicians wouldn't understand even if they heard this secret in groups of two or three. However, if ten or twenty people hear it, someone might understand.

"Let's gather the magicians from each lab and let Aoi-dono teach us all the elements she can!"

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