signingbooks Chapter 257
Chapter 257
Chapter 257
6. Method of Traveling
At the mention of traveling by flight, Livra felt like throwing up.
That was not a pleasant memory worth recalling.
Seeing Livra’s face gradually turning pale, Sheffy could already guess what she had remembered.
“Oh right, last time when you went to the border with Xiarette and the others, wasn’t it Xiarette and Timani who carried you while flying over? Hahaha, that’s so miserable! I forgot to laugh at you back then! Is it still not too late to laugh now!”
“Can you not ask after you’ve already laughed?! I can’t do it—flying there again, if it happens one more time I will definitely die!”
“People aren’t that fragile, you know. At most, half-dead.”
“I now understand very clearly just how fragile I am!”
Looking at Livra with her eyes tightly shut, frantically waving her hands in refusal, it seemed the plan of flying directly was no longer usable.
Originally, Sheffy had wanted to grab her arm and take her on an aerial trip, but who knew she wouldn’t appreciate the opportunity.
But with how clever Sheffy Harl was, after only a brief moment of thought, she had already come up with a backup plan.
The silver-haired girl snapped her fingers.
This seemed like a small self-celebration after thinking of a solution.
—but in reality, it was already the sign of magic being activated.
As the snap rang out, a string of dark purple magic chains shot toward Livra’s elbow. Just as Livra instinctively raised her hand to protect her head from being hit, the “chains” formed by magic had already latched onto her wrist, wrapping around it several times until it was firmly secured.
“So cold…! Huh, it doesn’t hurt? Teacher Shaya, what is this?”
“【Resonance Magic Chain】. Isn’t this pretty common? Didn’t you learn a bit of magic before? Don’t tell me you really know nothing? Your previous teacher never taught you this?”
“I… I only spent ten years learning the beginner Fireball Spell… how would I know anything beyond that…”
“My fault. This isn’t on you.”
Livra cautiously lowered the arm that had been shielding her head. The movement caused the magic chain to clink like a real iron chain.
Only then did she realize that it wasn’t just her wrist that was bound by this slightly cold chain.
On Teacher Shaya’s wrist, there was also an identical chain.
The two ends connected by the purple chain were no more than half a meter apart.
The unease brought by encountering unknown magic instantly vanished without a trace.
Livra stared at the magic chain on Sheffy’s wrist until Sheffy tilted her head, puzzled whether this child had gone silly. Only then did Livra smile and softly say:
“This magic is quite nice… I’m connected to Teacher Shaya now…”
“Huh? That’s just how this magic works—hey! Are you playing around with it now?! Don’t mess around!”
“Uwaaah sorry! I couldn’t help it…!”
Just now, Livra had flipped her wrist, causing the chain to swing back and forth like a jump rope. Sheffy quickly smacked her on the head to stop this foolish behavior.
Good grief—Sheffy finally began to understand, just a little, why her magic teacher used to get so furious when she fiddled with explosive concoctions during class.
If you’re going to play around during lessons, then don’t attend class at all!
“Listen carefully—【Resonance Magic Chain】 is a fairly widely used support magic. Any magic applied to the caster can simultaneously affect the person connected by the magic chain. For example, if I cast enhancement magic on myself right now, you’ll gain the same effect. Well, the same applies to debuff magic too, though no one would be stupid enough to do that.”
“There’s actually magic like this? Then wouldn’t it be amazing if used in the army! The efficiency of enhancement would double!”
“The rate of magic consumption would also double. You’re dreaming quite nicely.”
“Oh right… both consumption and efficiency increase at the same time. Hm? Then what is Teacher Shaya planning to do with this magic now?”
Good question.
The sun showed no signs of setting yet.
Since the mountaintop was still empty, Sheffy pointed her finger toward the surrounding mountain range behind them.
“Teacher Shaya is going to climb a mountain?”
“Climb your head. I’m going to use 【Teleportation】 to travel. It’s too far from here to the Kingdom of Aurus—one jump won’t be enough. I’ll need many consecutive jumps. If I use Teleportation alone, it’s meaningless. I need the movement to apply to you as well—that’s the most efficient way.”
“Simultaneous multi-stage teleportation…? Teacher Shaya! You’re a genius! Can I hug you to express my admiration?!”
“I’ll pass.”
“Ahaha… I figured.”
Livra let her arms fall with a bitter smile. Some things really required steady, gradual effort—there was no rushing it.
Although she failed to get that hug, her expression was still filled with admiration for Sheffy Harl.
That admiration had only grown stronger over the years.
Seriously, in this world, it seemed like there was nothing Teacher Shaya couldn’t think of, nothing she couldn’t accomplish!
But… Livra remembered that Miss Shaya had once used Teleportation to bring Belith along as well.
Back then, she didn’t seem to have used this 【Resonance Magic Chain】, yet the teleportation still succeeded.
When Livra asked this question, the answer she received was rather terrifying.
“Belith? Of course she doesn’t need it. When I bring her along with Teleportation, her strength is enough to withstand short-distance movement without feeling anything. But Livra, you’re different. Your physical strength and overall ability are both lacking. If I took you along directly, I estimate that anything over three hundred meters would have you crushed by wind pressure into a meat pancake—a super thin one at that!”
“Eek…! A-Are you sure that with this method now, I won’t be crushed into a meat pancake?!”
“Of course not, because this is equivalent to you using Teleportation yourself, so you won’t experience wind pressure. Probably.”
“Probably?! You’re not joking in a morally questionable way, right? Right?!”
Livra’s terrified expression was still frozen on her face, but Sheffy had already begun explaining the situation to Xiarette through telepathic voice.
“Ah, Xiarette—help me tell Belith that I’m taking Livra back to her hometown for a bit. Tell her to wait for me for dinner—I should be able to make it back before then. Hm…? No need to come with me. I’m not a three-year-old, I won’t get lost! Ah, yeah, yeah, I know—I’m dressed warmly, I definitely won’t catch a cold!”
Send… send me back to my hometown?
Teacher Shaya, when you say sending me back home, do you mean my hometown in the Kingdom of Aurus… or my ‘home’ up in the heavens?!
When Sheffy cut off the telepathic connection and turned her head back, she found that the light in Livra’s eyes had already died.
“Phew… Xiarette really cares about me more than my Mother. If I catch a cold, my Mother would only laugh at me. Uh… Livra? Still alive? Livra?”
“Ah… still… still alive. Teacher Shaya, I think we can discuss this a bit more—”
“As long as you’re alive, that’s good! Alright, ready, Livra? I’ll send you home now!”
“I’m not alive! I’m not alive! That was my mistake! Uwaa…!!”
The Emerald Princess’s scream only lasted halfway before it abruptly cut off.
The purple light of 【Resonance Magic Chain】 flared brilliantly.
At the exact same moment, Sheffy Harl and Livra disappeared from where they stood, without a trace.
【Teleportation · Infinite Continuity】.
When that light reappeared, it seemed to already be atop a distant mountain peak, and the scream appeared to continue from that faraway place.
But without pausing for even a second, both the scream and their figures vanished from the mountaintop once again.
The witch had left.
Leaving behind the fish basket by the lakeside.
After a long while, the horse that had its fish stolen slowly walked over, as if foraging while hoping to retrieve the fish it had caught from the lake.
But it lowered its face—still red from being slapped—and looked into the fish basket.
—and angrily kicked it over with its front hoof!
The basket was empty.
Of course, it couldn’t find anything.
After all, Sheffy had already taken the fish with her when she left!