"Ununununu..."
"Gnunununu..."
The next day, Reina and Pauline appeared to be having a hard time in a forest reserved for beginner hunters near a port town.
Previously, when Mile taught her storage magic, Pauline had succeeded in creating a subspace, but its capacity was small and could only be maintained for a very short time.
Reina was not even able to form subspace.
So, Reina first created a subspace. Pauline then put a pebble into the subspace she had formed, and in order to keep it stable for a longer period of time, Mile talked to Pauline to distract her, made her solve difficult problems, and tickled her.
However, the results was not very good.
However, having storage magic had a tremendous advantage in one's activities as a hunter.
And, of course, for merchants...
So, it's not something you could give up on just because of a little thing. No wonder Reina and Pauline kept turning red and groaning.
They probably intended to keep going for days until they could use storage magic...
"It looks like it's going to be tough, but let's both do our best!" (Mavis)
And then there's Mavis, who looked like an outsider.
Since Mavis could not use magic, she did not participate in storage magic training.
Even Reina, a magical genius, and Pauline, declared with a devilish look on their face, that they would be willing to sell their soul to the demon if they could acquire storage magic. That's how much of a struggle they are having. It was natural for Mavis, who couldn't use magic, to think it wasn't her turn.
"Storage magic... It would be useful to have it... Unlike magicians, we swordsmen have heavy and bulky weapons and armor, which adds up to our luggage... It consumes a lot of drinking water, and having to carry other equipment and prey on top of that makes it difficult... I don't have to worry about water when I'm with others, but in the unlikely event that I don't have water, I can't just say... Even if I have a little more physical strength than a magician, that will be canceled out and it will be even more of a minus..." (Mavis)
Mavis, who had not benefited much from Mile's guidance for the mages, was feeling a little uneasy.
"I wish I could at least store a spare sword or something like that. Like the one in Mile's folk tale... This...left arm is made of a machine..." (Mavis)
Then, Mavis casually pulled out the sword she wore on her waist and thrusted it straight into the void.
Then……
The sword disappeared. As if being sucked into the void...
"……heh?" (Mavis)
Her precious sword had disappeared...
It was important.
"Awawawawa! Sword! Sword, come back!!!" (Mavis)
Shurun (Appearing SFX)
……It came back.
"…………" (Mavis)
Mavis was stunned as she held her beloved sword that had reappeared.
And…….
"......" (Other 3)
"…………" (Other 3)
"..............." (Other 3)
"What in the world is that?!" (All CV except Mavis)
Reina, Pauline, and Mile screamed.
Unexpectedly, Mavis had mastered storage magic...
Through subsequent verification work, it was confirmed that Mavis had completely mastered storage magic and was able to maintain subspace even if she was not consciously aware of it.
...That's right, whether she was thinking about something else or sleeping, the storage magic continued to be maintained.
The capacity was also quite large.
...Indeed, Mavis-san had magic talent.
Due to the Austin family's genetic characteristics, they were unable to emit magic outside of their bodies, but they were able to acquire body strengthening magic and Wind Edge by using a sword as an auxiliary tool. She also demonstrated flexible thinking, strong beliefs, and spiritual power, such as the mouth-to-mouth healing that she came up with for other, the fact that I am the embodiment of fire (Fire), and the Mavis circular barrier (Ring).
Also, from the Japanese folk tale I told her, her admiration for famous swords, divine swords, and many others, her imagination made her strongly imagine the existence of that thing, and she believed that it "existed"...
...That's right, the existence of the "Inherent Barrier (Made of Infinite Sword)"...
Without a specially treated medium (her beloved sword), Mavis-san cannot emit magic outside her body...or oscillate mental waves to instruct nanomachines...but opening subspace is... It's not like she needs to use powerful magic from the many nanomachines around her. It's possible with just a few nanomachines in her body...
Unlike attack magic, storage magic was not about power, but about image and "belief"...
Oh, and Mavis-san currently has a nanomachine-san who is in charge of maintaining the two swords and a nanomachine-san who is in charge of the left arm. Maybe a dedicated nanomachine can reflect Mavis-san's thoughts more accurately and over a longer period of time... (Mile's mind)
Next to Mile as she was deep in thought, Reina and Pauline were completely burnt out...
That would be no wonder.
Mavis, who was a swordsman and was supposed to be unable to use magic, was able to easily learn storage magic, which was difficult for those who were confident in their abilities, even without any effort.
...That would be a nightmare that they couldn't believe, no, they didn't want to believe...
"Reina-san? Pauline-san? ...It's not good, just like corpses..." (Mile)
"...Um, uh... I'm sorry about it..." (Mavis)
As expected, it's not a storage magic (item box) like Mile, so it doesn't have infinite capacity or an internal time-stop function. It's just a normal storage magic.
The capacity was probably around 6 tatami mats...
"That’s enough!"
"Don’t be silly!!"
Reina and Pauline, who had finally restarted, heard this and yelled, half in tears.
"...No, I'm sorry. Honestly, I'm sorry!" (Mavis)
"Don't apologize! It will make us even more miserable!"
That's certainly true.
Mavis looked troubled and asked Mile for help.
...However, although her expression was troubled, her eyes were shining with joy.
This allowed her to carry large quantities of water, food, camping gear, extra weapons and armor, and hunted prey.
In the future, even after Crimson Vow disbanded, she could continue to work as an "Easy-life Hunter" who could carry lots of bedding, cooking utensils, ingredients, and other things, both solo during work as a feudal lord, and occasionally as a temporary member of some party.
Also, as a feudal lord, in the event of a disaster, she could transport a large amounts of relief supplies to places where horse-drawn carriages could not pass, helping many people.
"Kuhu. Kuhuhuhuhu..." (Mavis)
It was inevitable that she couldn't help but let out a cry of joy.
...she couldn't help it, but...
"………………" (Reina + Pauline)
Behind her, Reina and Pauline were glaring at Mavis with demonic features...
Author's Note
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