Chapter 44: The Extraordinary Magician

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In the blink of an eye, Sachi swept away the giant serpents and turned towards me with a worried expression, without basking in the afterglow.

“Are you okay, Mil? Any injuries…?”

“I-I was just tossed around on the ground a bit, so I can still stand and walk…”

Though I desperately wanted to use healing magic, my magical energy had already depleted. Moreover, the condition of my magical energy was deteriorating, so even if I could activate it, I couldn’t expect significant healing.

As I was thinking that…

“Alright, just wait a moment.”

“Huh?”

Suddenly, Sachi raised her right hand towards me. And with a reminiscent tone, she began an incantation solemnly.

“【A face soaked in tears――A watching angel――Grant mercy to this person】――【Caprice Choule of the Angel’s Whim】”

As Sachi’s hand shimmered with a faint white light, it gently illuminated my injured body. While enveloped in the warm light, I waited for a few seconds, and instantly, all the pain that remained in my body vanished as if it were a lie.

When the same magic was cast on the green-haired girl, her wounds also disappeared just as perfectly.

Normal healing magic wouldn’t work like this. Even if we exclude the fact that the space was disrupting the flow of magical energy, I had never heard of magic that could heal wounds so perfectly and quickly.

The green-haired girl seemed equally astonished, and as if realizing my question, Sachi spoke up.

“That was a healing magic that might heal injuries with a probability of one in a hundred thousand. The success rate is extremely low, but if it succeeds, it can perfectly heal the injury.”

“Perfectly…?”

“Yeah. Unless you’re already dead or it’s something other than an illness, I think it can heal anything.”

I couldn’t help but be amazed once again by Sachi, who casually said such things. Not only was the existence of such magic astonishing, but I also felt a sense of exasperation towards Sachi, who effortlessly wielded it.

A perfect healing magic with a success rate of one in a hundred thousand.

With Sachi’s luck value of 999, she would succeed every time without fail.

Suddenly, Mil had another question and asked Sachi.

“Sachi-san, is your magic functioning properly?”

“Magic’s function? Um, it’s not really…”

Indeed, Sachi’s demeanor hadn’t changed at all, and she easily defeated the giant serpents.

There seemed to be no sign of her magic being affected, unlike us.

Could it be that Sachi was the only one unaffected by this abnormality?

Just as I was pondering, I realized something.

If the power of magic was weakening, it meant that the magical energy was diminishing. However, Sachi’s probability magic didn’t rely on the size of her magical energy—her magical power value—to determine its power. Instead, it fluctuated based on the brilliance of her magical energy—her luck value.

Even if Sachi’s magical energy had diminished like ours, the success rate and effect of her probability magic wouldn’t decrease.

Sachi was a rare magician who could demonstrate her true abilities within this abnormal space.

Feeling even more reassured by that fact, I asked once again.

“Why… why are you here, Sachi-san? You should have already reached the destination point long ago…”

It wouldn’t be strange if Sachi, with her abilities, had arrived at the destination point before anyone else. So why was she still in this place, which was almost halfway?

“I had a bad feeling, so I thought I’d at least check on how Mil was doing and used teleportation magic to come here.”

“Huh?”

Her recent statement had three strange points.

First, her special ability to sense our crisis, referred to as a “bad feeling.” Needless to say, it was the result of Sachi’s astonishing luck value working its intuition. She sensed the situation of being surrounded by ferocious magical beasts in this disrupted magical energy condition through her inexplicable sensing ability.

The second strange point was her statement that she had used teleportation magic. Teleportation magic should not be usable within the barrier set up by the instructors in this forest. Moreover, Sachi, with a magical power value of 1, would never be able to use teleportation magic, which required an immense amount of magical power. This was something she herself had mentioned before.

The third strange point was, even if she could use teleportation magic, how did she accurately know our current location?

With various doubts in my mind, I looked at her with a perplexed expression, and Sachi, feeling a bit uncomfortable, answered.

“It’s not really teleportation magic, or rather… it’s something like… random teleportation magic.”

“R-Random?”

“Usually, when ordinary people use it, they end up being teleported to some incomprehensible place or the teleportation fails most of the time. So it’s not a widely known magic. But with my luck value of 999, I can teleport to the place I desire. Its name is… ‘Selfish Summons, Aryan Shifure!'”

“…”

Being able to teleport to the desired location. In other words, by simply imagining the place you want to go or the person you want to meet, the magic automatically guides you there. If it can be done regardless of distance or location, it’s no longer a simple teleportation magic—it can be called a “miracle.”

“Perhaps the teachers don’t know about this magic, and they forgot to include it as a target for the barrier magic.”

“…They wouldn’t even consider that a student could master such magic.”

Now everything became clear as to why Sachi had come all the way here. With the ability to teleport to the desired location, there was no need to pinpoint our current location, and she was probably not included in the target of the barrier magic.

If she wanted to, she could have easily passed the test of conquering the unexplored area in an instant, but she refrained from doing so because teleportation magic was prohibited.

It wasn’t that she couldn’t do it, but rather that she chose not to.

To think that she would use it to come to my rescue… it was a complex mix of emotions.

Just when I had declared that I wanted to pass the test on my own, I ended up in this sorry state.

Sachi probably hesitated about whether she should come to help or not, but it was because she had a strong sense of foreboding that she flew here.

In that case, I couldn’t blame her forcefully. Instead, I should blame myself for letting the situation deteriorate to the point where I needed help.

(I’m still so weak…)

Mil looked around once again.

The ferocious magical beasts lying before their eyes.

Their own fully healed body.

Sachi standing casually.

Feelings of frustration and embarrassment welled up inside, but more than that, Mil’s exasperation took precedence, and she unintentionally let out a laugh.

“You’re still as reckless as ever, Sachi-san.”

“Huh? What do you mean?”

“Oh, it’s nothing.”

She still had a long way to go, far from being a match for Sachi. That was the realization that struck her once again.

“…By the way, do you think I might be disqualified? I used teleportation magic…”

“I-I think you’ll be fine…”

Since she didn’t advance further but rather returned, there shouldn’t be any reprimands. Moreover, what was prohibited was teleportation magic, and what Sachi used was something similar but fundamentally different, so there was no reason for disqualification.

(…I hope.)

Well, if the instructors were to harshly reprimand her, Mil had made a promise to herself to shield Sachi.

After that, guided by Sachi, Mil safely reached the destination point.

The green-haired girl also accompanied them, and an awkward atmosphere hung between them as they walked together.

Sachi had pretended that the girl and her encountered each other by chance, but later, she planned to explain the truth properly.

At any rate, when they arrived at the west side of the Enchanted Forest just before the time limit, the teachers were bustling around.

Many other students were visible, seemingly having already completed the test and left with time to spare.

Although Mil wanted to go through the procedures for completing the test as well, no one said anything to them. Sensing that something was off, Sachi, feeling puzzled, approached one of the teachers.

It was Mr. Hynberelle, a short-haired, reddish-brown-haired male teacher who was in charge of this practical test.

“Um, is there something wrong?”

Mr. Hynberelle turned towards them and his eyes widened slightly in surprise.

“Oh, you’re one of the students participating in the test. I apologize. I’ve been quite busy and didn’t notice you.”

He immediately took out what seemed to be a roster, checked the class, name, and time, and jotted something down.

“All right, with this, your practical test is complete. I’m glad you’re safe.”

And just like that, it ended.

It felt rather anticlimactic, or rather, it seemed like they were too busy to fully attend to the test.

Although it was difficult to approach them in such a busy situation, Mil was about to ask if something troublesome had happened during the test. But before they could, the green-haired girl, who had been silent the whole time, asked Hynberelle.

“Did something happen during the test?”

“Huh? Ah, well, yeah… there seems to be an unexpected situation occurring in the Enchanted Forest. We haven’t actually confirmed it yet, so it’s hard to say…”

“Could it be that some students are unable to use magic properly?”

Upon hearing the girl’s question, Hynberelle widened his eyes in surprise.

“Oh, you understood that quite well. It’s true that some students are experiencing exactly that, but… did it also happen to you two?”

“In the middle of the test, our magic suddenly became unusable. And the magical beasts that attacked us were more aggressive than usual, clearly enhanced by some external force.”

It seemed that she had felt the same as me.

As we conveyed what had happened in the forest, Hynberelle frowned and sighed.

“So you two have also suffered from similar effects. I apologize for our lack of preparedness.”

“Are there other students experiencing the same thing?”

“Yeah, a few other students are experiencing abnormalities in their magical energy, causing them to become unstable. And there have been reports of a small number of magical beasts being activated, with their latent abilities enhanced.”

Hynberelle turned his gaze towards the Enchanted Forest, his head filled with worry.

“The cause is still unknown. It could be that there are unconfirmed phenomena occurring within the Enchanted Forest, or someone intentionally tampered with the test to hinder it.”

Indeed, the current situation didn’t leave much room for speculation. However, we had no idea what kind of tampering could affect a mage’s magical energy and make magical beasts so ferocious.

Whether it was a specific type of magic or an entirely different method remained a mystery.

Regardless, it was a situation that required prompt action, given that it was happening as a matter of fact.

“As for the students who have been struck by troubles we didn’t anticipate, the teachers have been dispatched to rescue them. For those students who couldn’t take the test as usual, we plan to make arrangements for a retest at a later date.”

Hynberelle said this and bowed deeply, apologizing.

“We’ve caused you trouble as well. Once again, I apologize for the inconvenience.”

The cause was unknown. The presence or absence of a culprit was uncertain. The purpose was unclear.

Leaving behind a slight sense of unease, Mil and the others’ end-of-term test came to a close.