Chapter 78 - Magic System
"What? Father Paul wants to see me?"
It had been a few days since I had returned to the castle after finishing the road maintenance.
I was told by someone from Barca village that Father Paul was calling for me at the village church.
Actually, Father Paul had been out of town for a while and I hadn't seen him at all.
Perhaps, or perhaps not, he might lecture me about the magic circle of naming.
Many people know that I have given many people magic, and that I've given them the last name Barca.
But I learned it from the Magic Circle that Father Paul used in the naming ceremony at my baptism.
At that time, Father Paul had said that naming was a blessing from God.
I wonder what he would say if he knew that I was using it without his permission.
I don't want to go.
Despite this thought, I reluctantly decided to go to the village church.
* * *
"It's been a while, Ars. It seems that you have been doing a lot of things while I was away for a while."
"Ah, I'm glad to hear that you're doing well, Father. I haven't seen you for a while. Where have you been?"
"Let's leave me out of this. You know why I called you this time."
"I don't know. I'm just a kid." (TLN: Oi, to be better, just also add in "Goo goo ga ga, I totally haven't started making a name for myself as the person that led a rebellion.")
"I'm angry."
"I'm sorry. It's about the naming, isn't it?
"That's right. You named people without the permission of the church, and even gave them magic. Do you have any idea what this means?"
"No, I had no choice. When I thought Kyle was hurt, a soldier pointed his sword at me. When I defended myself, he died, and then it led to a lot of things."
"....... You make me realize how scary it is to be ignorant of things. No need to make excuses. This time, this time, there is something I have to tell you."
"Well, I'm pretty busy like this, so if you want to lecture me, that's fine. ......
"Just listen to me. You need to know about magic and naming."
Before and during the conversation with Father Paul, I thought he was going to be angry with me.
But it seemed that Father Paul had a slightly different agenda.
Apparently, he wanted to explain to me something I didn't know about magic and naming.
Seeing that I was in a quiet listening position in the church room, Father Paul began to speak slowly.
* * *
There is magic in this world, and we can use that magic to do things.
Such as with the Life Magic that you receive at the church, the Ice Magic that the Fontana family used, and my original magic.
However, I used to call it all together as magic, but in fact, there are various ways to call it depending on the type of magic.
However, there are times when a phenomenon occurs using magical power, and it can be activated without using a spell.
This is called wizardry.
And among them, there are people who can use their magic power to do things that ordinary people cannot do.
There are people like me who can use their magic to plow fields without using spells, and people like Baito-nii and Vargas-san who can use their magic to strengthen their bodies.
This is a technique of using mana, or in other words, using wizardry
The basic principle of magic is to strengthen one's own body, but there are also those who can manipulate Earth and Ice.
Among these magic users, there are those who have spent many years studying and mastering their craft and can activate magic just by saying a word.
Among them, there are those who have studied for a long time and can activate magic with just a few words.
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Among magicians, wizards are rare.
It's no wonder.
It is not as easy as it sounds to create the exact same effect when you cast a spell by just thinking of it.
To put it another way, it's like repeating a gratitude fist bump every day, and entering a realm beyond mastery.
Creating magic is considered to be a tremendous task.
So, why can't the magic that can be used by the masters of the masters be somehow made available to others?
It is not surprising that some people thought so.
And so, over the years, there have been those who have put it into practice.
It was the emergence of mages.
A mage once existed who triggered the act of naming magic by those who could use it, leading to the conduction of magic.
The mage said that he was not the only one who discovered this technique, but that it was given to him by God.
This is the origin of the Church of the Holy Light, to which Father Paul also belongs.
Mages use their own magic to give magic to others.
This helped to spread magic that was previously only available to a few people.
In particular, it was Life Magic that helped the church spread the most.
Something that is necessary for all people, something that is used every day, and something that does not matter how much it spreads.
That's right.
It was a safer and less alarming way of spreading magic than spreading offensive magic.
"However, the mage had another purpose. In fact, his purpose was something else."
Father Paul, who had explained everything up to this point, spoke up.
As I listened to him, I wondered if this was the origin of the church and if it could go into the dark side of the church.
I wondered if it was okay to talk about this.
No, I've already learned the magic circle and even named others.
It's precisely because of this situation that I think I should say something.
"Ars, listen. Giving a name is a relationship between parents and children. There is a definite hierarchical relationship."
However, I was surprised by what he said.
If the naming is done while the magic circle is activated, the named party can use the magic of the person who gave the name.
But in fact, this was not a one-way relationship.
The namegiver has a magical path with the person who is related to the named child.
In other words, the namegiver always absorbs a certain percentage of mana from the child.
I wonder if this is the reason why my magic power has been increasing lately.
I've named a lot of people and made them able to use magic, but the truth is that I keep absorbing magic power from them.
"This means that I'm stepping into an area of the church that I'm not supposed to step into.
"You see what I mean. You've gone too far into a sacred act, a secret that only a priest like me, a priest of higher rank, can use in the church. I'm sure you're smart enough to understand how dangerous this is."
...... This is not good.
If I get into a quarrel not only with the nobleman who rules the land, but also with the church, my life is really over.
I'm sure I won't be able to escape anywhere.
When I understood what Father Paul had told me, my future looked bleak
TLN: Pat, pat. You'll make it, Ars.