To use magic, you need two changes.
One is an attribute change.
A change that transforms the thread into any attribute.
This magic is specialized for killing monsters.
The second is a transformation in trait.
This is the tricky one. It can change into all kinds of things.
For example, I can already use “trait transformation: blade” change, but it is not enough to use healing magic.
“Mmmm ……”
I growled and crossed my arms in the garden.
It is no exaggeration to say that the secret of magic lies in the second transformation.
The first one is the one that is more flexible.
And by far overwhelming.
For example, the “Transformation: Blade” that I use turns the guiding thread silvate into a hard blade and cuts monsters into pieces.
That’s not all.
The “trait transformation: enhancement,” which my father used, can strengthen the parts of the body that it wraps around.
In other words, it was body enhancement magic.
And from the way my mother was talking, it sounded like she was using this “trait transformation” to do healing magic as well.
“It’s easy to turn them into blades….”
I said this while dismembering the pieces of the wooden doll that I had shredded with my flame spear.
It is a level that can be used unconsciously even if it is used too much..
However, this will only destroy things. You can’t fix things just by destroying them.
“Image is important…..”
Thinking back to the black-robed onii-san who taught me magic at the time of “Shichi-go-san,” I wrapped the guiding thread Silvate around my arm.
If I recall, my father did this when he used “physical enhancement”.
“Be strong ……!”
I tried to use “physical strengthening,” but nothing changed.
No, it is not possible to change.
Magic doesn’t create anything with such vague ideas.
It won’t be any good if I don’t think more specifically.
Just as I was thinking this, Hina came running toward me.
She came running with a smile on her face, and puffed out her chest to show her clothes.
“Nii-chan, look!”
“Did you get new clothes?”
“Yes! This one is pink!”
“It’s pink!”
As soon as I nodded my head, a flash of light flashed in my mind.
Yes, clothes!!
Just put on some clothes!
No, I’m not talking about nudity.
I’m not talking about clothes, I’m talking about reinforced external clothing assist suits.
When I was working for a small printing company, a staff member from a nursing home once came to see me. The person was a clerk, a thin man with a thin line, but he said he would help with care giving when they were short-staffed.
I thought nursing required one to be a certified caregiver. ……?
But that’s not the main point.
Caregiving is hard work. To put it crudely, it’s hard work because you have to carry and move people around.
So I asked the obvious question:
“Isn’t it heavy and hard work?”
But he said, “Recently, the company bought an assist suit, so it’s easier”.
What’s an assist suit? I looked it up after I got home and found out that it was a machine that uses tubes and such to recreate artificial muscles to assist in physical labor.
I was impressed at the time, but it was not something I could use in my work, and I soon put it to the back corner of my memory.
I remembered its existence when I saw Hina.
If so, the hint for “physical enhancement” was there.
“Hina. Stand back a little. Stay away from me for a moment.”
“Nyah!”
With a response that I wasn’t certain if it was a “yes” or a “no,” Hina moved away from me.
The image of artificial muscle wrapping my whole body.
At that moment, bam! The guiding thread silvate became enlarged and my right arm was strengthened.
I understood it intuitively.
“……Good, this will do.”
I raised my fist to the imitation dolls that are still lined up in the yard.
“Haaaaa!!!”
Then, I swung my right arm with all my might.
BAGGO!!!
With a light thud, the dummy was pulled out at the base and soared to the sky!
Good! The reinforcement was a success!
Moreover, unexpectedly, perhaps because my arm was coated with guiding thread silvate, it didn’t hurt at all even though I hit the doll with all my might.
I can use this to fight monsters.
As I was thinking this, I heard a voice from right behind me.
“Nii-chan! You’re amazing! You’re so powerful!”
The top of Hina’s head clouded over.
The wooden doll that had just been launched was falling toward her.
I told you to stay away from me……!
But there was no point in getting angry at a three-year-old for not listening.
Rather, I should have expected this!
“Hina! Look out!”
I quickly strengthened my right leg.
Then I kicked the ground.
With a jerk, the world swept backward.
With Hina in my arms, I ran a few meters and stopped in a split second.
With a thud, the imitation doll dropped to the ground, making a sickening noise.
I felt a chill run down my spine at the thought of what might have happened if I hadn’t gotten there in time, and at the same time, I felt the enhanced trait-transformation method slip into my mind.
If I were to use an analogy, I would say that it was like being able to do an ascent.
The moment I was able to do something I could not do before, I didn’t know why I could not do it.
“Nii-chan, what’s wrong?”
Hina, who was in my arms, looked at me with a puzzled look on her face.
I was so nervous that I couldn’t help but laugh at her face, as she didn’t understand what I was going through.
“It’s nothing.”
“Nothing?”
“But Hina, It’s not safe to be near me when I use magic, so you have to keep your distance from me.”
“….”
Hina nodded with an indescribable expression which didn’t show whether she understood or not, and returned to the house.
After seeing it properly, I turn to face the doll in order to carry out the next transformation.
“Itsuki. I heard a loud noise, are you okay?”
“It’s all right. The doll just fell from above.”
As soon as I turned around, my mother spoke to me from the porch.
So I answered her as I looked forward and extended the guiding thread silvate over my entire body to enhance more “physical strengthening”.
But
“……nothing.”
Here a problem arose.
If I wrap the whole body with only one long guiding thread silvate, I can’t move my legs or arms freely.
So I have to wrap one guiding thread silvate per arm.
This means that four guiding thread silvates are needed to strengthen the four limbs.
If the body and head are to be surrounded, two more are needed, for a total of six.
If you use magic, you need that as an extra…
“…… hmm?”
Whole body reinforcement maybe impossible for other exorcists ……
Because other exorcists can only use two or three guiding thread silvates at the same time.
That’s the limit, as it only covers a part of the body.
Moreover, in order to attack a monster at a distance, you need even more guiding thread silvate……
“…… unu.”
I let out a stale breath and looked up to the heavens.
No, I don’t care about others.
I’m me, and I need to be strong.
