Days Of Training
Asch’s naggy, spiteful, and sarcastic guidance on etiquettes continues. Listening to his story for two hours continuously is such an agony that any ordinary person would’ve undoubtedly ended up running away if they did. His bragging and useless trivia, which are, at any rate, overwhelmingly longer than the answer, know no bounds.
Even so, the reason Mira managed to listen continuously without running away was none other than the fact that Asch’s stories were, on the other hand, extremely interesting. His stories are, witty, he occasionally raises his volume, and he occasionally explains really softly. Somewhere, it looked like he’s having fun.
“Asch-san is a weird person huh”
As the cynical Magician is talking about the history of the knife and fork, Mira suddenly mutters.
“Nn? Well, I find it way weirder that you can’t get it right even after I coached you on how to hold a knife and fork for 158 times though”
“I mean, even though both your explanation and your teaching method are so good”
And then, although he doesn’t say it straight to her face, Asch doesn’t abandon Mira for her ignorance. He makes a fool out of her like crazy, but he explains to her over and over and over again, without going easy on her, without giving up by any means.
“Is, is that so……well, even if I’m praised by you, I’m totally not even a little bit happy though”
A lie, it is. He’s happy. A touched, dishonest Magician who’s so happy that his explaining hand is unconsciously quivering ever so slightly, he is.
“And yet, I wonder why everybody hates you. As I thought, maybe it is because of your worst personality”
“……”
Mira, who very naturally, very innocently, showers him with words that pierce his heart like knives.
“……ooh, that’s right”
Asch sticks the knife and fork to the back of the girl’s hands.
“Ah, wai-……what are you doing!?”
“Done……spend your days like this for the foreseeable future. Apparently, you’re the type who finds it hard to get it into your head even if I explain it to you in words. And then――”
＜＜Oh Darkness, Bind Tightly, The Fool＞＞ーーJet Black Shadow(Seal・Shadow)
When he chants his magic, the strings that wrapped around Mira’s arms fused.
“Wha, what is this……I, I can’t remove it…..”
She desperately claws at it with her nails, but it simply ends up with her skin becoming red.
“Fufuu, you mustn’t underestimate my magic. It’s not a magic that’ll dispel with your struggles. To put it in another way, if you become capable of using magic that dispels this, one can say that you too can use magic”
Delightedly from the bottom of his heart, the sadistic Magician smiles.
“Guguu……please teach me how to dispel it!”
“It’s simple. You just have to chant the Light Magic that dispels it. Well, you won’t be able to do it right away though. First, it’s the training for you to feel Magic Power in your body. Nothing will begin if you don’t have that sensation. I guess releasing magic outside the body will be, the next step”
“……”
It looks like annoyance. It looks like harassment. No, it’s almost certainly harassment though. Even so, he prepares it for her step by step. His thoughtfulness, that one couldn’t see at first sight, couldn’t see at second sight at all, Mira felt like she’s starting to see it bit by bit.
“Asch-san……I……will do my best!”
Zakuu
“Guwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”
She tries to grab his hands. Into the Dark Magician’s arms, stabbed the knife and fork.
“Ar, are you alright!?”
Zakuu Zakuu
“Guwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah”
She tries to attend to it. Into the Dark Magician’s arm, stabbed the knife and fork again.
“……guguguu, wha, what are you doing!?”
“Ehehe……I, I got happy and it kinda happened”
A reckless beautiful young girl who says『it kinda happened』while making an embarrassed smile at Asch, whose arms are bleeding extraordinarily.
‘Wha……what a dangerous lass’, Asch, shudders.
“Well, whatever”
It’s not whatever at all. It’s totally whatever at all, but the Dark Magician, who’s already accustomed to it, moves on to the next topic.
“If you don’t have the time, you don’t have to do the cleaning, cooking or laundry. As for the meals, well, I’ll make it”
“Asch-san……”
“I hope you don’t misunderstand; as far as it goes, I’ll be the one introducing you after all. Your impoliteness ties to my reputation. We are left with little time, you have the duty and responsibility to become a splendid lady that I acknowledge”
“……”
Touched. At the kindness that she’s probably only shown a handful of times in her entire life, her tear ducts slacken unconsciously.
“Well, give it all you’ve got”
The Dark Magician says, turns around, and starts walking.
“……Asch-sa――――――――――n!”
Zakuu. Zakuu.
“Guwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah”
Mira hugs him from behind. The knife and fork entered the carotid arteries in the neck of the Dark Magician.
“Ah……ehehe……it kinda happened”
“……”
In the end, Asch, dispelled the magic.
