VEDR – Chapter 21

The Birthday Celebration of the Duke of Fritillaria 12

Even from a distance, Celia’s expression was strained with fear.

According to her bloodline, Celia should be an excellent mage, but she seemed unable to use any magic at all, perhaps because of fear.

And I guessed demons have feelings too, because they seemed to enjoy watching Celia’s terrified appearance.

In a situation where it could be said that his sister was being tortured, Lakash remained calm.

He intricately combined the fingers of both hands and made a sign.

It was the action that mages performed when using up the last of their magic.

“Magic Power Release_Fire Magic.”

The moment Lakash chanted, the gates of the world opened.

―――And so, Lakash connected with the world.

“<Ii 7> Flaming Whirlwind Redouble!!”

It was a whirlwind with violent flames.

Together with the sound of the raging wind, the entire sky above turned orange.

The orange color was hot, and took the form of flames.

A gust of flame struck the two demons, spraying them with a flurry of fire.

The sudden heat wave startled the demons, and in the next moment, their bodies were lifted by the updraft.

“Sha ―――!!”

The two demons, hoisted up into the air where their balance were unstable, began to make menacing noises as they stuck out their long tongues.

Lakash kept his hands at the ready and continued his magic technique.

Meanwhile, my brother also put his hands together to make a mark and shouted.

“Magic Power Release _ Water Magic.”

―――At that moment, the gates of the world opened for my brother as well.

My brother was connected to the world, and in response to his enormous amount of magic power, ripples naturally appeared on the surface of the lake.

“<Ii 9>  Whirlpool Spin(not sure of the translation)!!”

“Geez!”

I had a vague idea that my brother could also use advanced magic, but when he actually used it in front of me, I was so surprised that I started to choke up.

As soon as my brother triggered his magic, a part of the blue lake — the only part that was red and muddy — began to surge and spin.

And as it swirled, it gradually approached our side.

“Amazing…”

I gasped in awe despite myself. 

Being able to use advanced magic was commendable in itself, but what was it about my brother and Lakash that gave them such control?

Especially when I looked at my brother’s technique. I could see how the precision of it, because only the red, murky areas moved.

I clenched my hands and prayed that Lakash and my brother’s magic would work together, and the two demons would fall into the red water.

However, prayers were not always answered.

When the demons were only a few meters away from the murky red area, the creatures that had been flailing around in the heat of the flames suddenly raised their sickle ――― just like a wild animal when it realized it was on the brink of death. 

Perhaps it was a demon’s unique intuition about survival that kicked in, but both of the single-headed green Siamese Serpents stretched their bodies straight out and began to rotate their bodies like a drill.

Then they plunged forward as if to break through the wall of wind and fire that Lakash had created.

“Ku!”

Lakash controlled this magic to prevent it from being broken, but this technique was not originally intended to function as a wall.

“Ah!”

As I looked up at the sky, I involuntarily screamed.

It was because out of the corner of my eye, I saw the two demons – plop, plop – escape from the flames that Lakash had created and fall into the air.

“Mu …”

My brother groaned involuntarily.

Because despite my brother’s desperate efforts to move it, the red, murky water was several meters off the expected fall of the demons.

At this rate, the demons that fell into the water would swim directly on the water and reach the shore soon.

“Celia, run to the castle!”

Lakash predicted what would happen next and shouted loudly.

“Dianthus, you too!”

…Ah, Lakash is trying to get Celia and me out of the way as a matter of course.

But I wondered if I should stay here and try to stall the demons somehow.

Although my brother didn’t say anything, the fact that he didn’t move an inch when he heard Lakash’s command suggested that he and Lakash were planning to protect this place from the beginning.

…They are really nice gentlemen.

As a pampered young lady, I should run away as fast as I could to save their gentleman’s face.

But if I ran away here, I’d lose my reputation as a villainess.

I stretched out my arms and pointed my palms toward the falling demons.

The wind from the lake whipped my hair around my head.

…Ever since I regained my memories of my previous life, there has been something that I have been wondering about.

[Why does Luciana use fire magic?]

As my brother said, the lineage of magic was based on blood.

The fire magic bloodline excelled in fire magic, and the water magic bloodline excelled in water magic.

―――Fire and water magic are exercised in completely different ways.

Furthermore, it took a terrible amount of time to master a single attribute. The higher you aimed, the longer it took.

Hence, although there were some rare mages who had aptitude for more than one attribute, they would try to master only one attribute because it was inefficient.

The proper form of a mage was not to have multiple attributes that could be exercised in his own right, but to master one powerful attribute.

Since only one attribute could be chosen, everyone would choose one that fit their pedigree.

Fire magic bloodlines practiced fire magic, and water magic bloodlines practiced water magic.

In order to strengthen the power of their attributes, many of the upper class nobles even intermarry with people of the same attribute.

The attribute that my Dianthus family has inherited was water or wind.

Our basic attribute was water, but we strengthened it by occasionally weaving in the blood of the wind attribute, which was compatible with water. For this reason, on rare occasions, a mage with an excellent wind attribute was born from our bloodline.

However, a fire lineage was something that my marquis family never had at all.

―――The wind whips up my hair.

The wind blew as if it were begging. Or as if to obey. A pleasant breeze…

…Ah, the attribute that suits me best is definitely wind.

Strangely enough, when I focused a little harder, I could see the density, speed, and direction of the wind that existed in this place.

I’ve never used wind magic before, and I wasn’t sure how powerful it would be if I did wield it.

However, I steeled my stomach and shouted as I stared straight down at the falling demons.

“Wind Magic_Snow Flurry!”

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