Absolutely Do Not Touch Eldmia Egga - Chapter 3

It was a crazy day.

After sorting out the thieves’ equipment and belongings, tying up the horses, and removing the corpses of the thugs away from my parents’ graves, we arrived at my house in the mountains.

Originally, I stayed in the dungeon because I didn’t know when or how an attack would come, but Asilie said there was no threat around anymore.

The inside of the house was tidy.

I feel like I’m talking as if my whole family would have been alive if my mother hadn’t gone down to the village that day, so I’m suddenly overcome with sadness.

“Let’s go. First we have to wash. Cleanliness is the most important thing in life.”

I don’t know if it showed emotion on my face or if I noticed the dull hand movement while I was packing simple clothes, but Asilie, who collected ash powder to replace soap from the fireplace and placed it in a small wooden barrel, spoke softly and hugged my shoulder. Even though it’s only been 3 days, it feels like it’s been a long time since I’ve felt human warmth.

The valley was close, so I didn’t have to go very far, but it was dark. I wanted to make a torch at least, but Asilie surprised me by summoning an orb of light so naturally.

The valley reached in this way was bright enough that there was no need for a light bead because it was a full moon day without a single cloud. It felt like my heart stopped already at the thought of washing myself in the cold valley water of autumn, but this time, Asillie always surprised me.

When she beckoned, the valley water rose in the shape of a sphere and flew to the water’s edge, didn’t it?

“This is with the help of the spirits.”

Before I knew it, small fire lizard-like things flew up from Asilier’s fingertips and began to fly around the water beads floating in the air. I couldn’t help but admire it because I could tell what it was doing just by looking at it.

Hot water…! Eco-friendly hot water in this environment! Asilie smiled at my thrilled face and started washing my hair.

“There is a village not far away. In terms of scale, it must be closer to the city. If you bring the thieves’ equipment and horses and sell them, it will make money.”

Looking at the moonlit valley, everything that happened today feels like a lie. Even the perfect hot water constantly wets your hair, making you feel like you are dreaming. I listened to the story while entrusting my body to Asilie’s hand washing my hair like that.

“Swords, daggers, and gauntlets would be useful if you keep them. They were the ones who didn’t have much anyway, but I think I’ll rob the slave traders I was originally captive with and my pockets will be thick.”

It seems like something you could think about alone, but whether she cares about the contract or the conversation itself, she kindly tells me about each one. It was very nice, but the honorifics that followed were a little uncomfortable.

“Sister, just speak comfortably.”

“to?”

“No, anyway, it’s a contract, I’m not the boss, and we’ve been seeing each other for the next eight years, but it’s a bit rude for my sister to use honorifics.”

“Is that… will it be?”

“Yes. Please make it easy.”

“Yes, but I haven’t heard your name yet.”

this. I was so distracted that I even forgot to introduce myself.

“It’s called Eldmia Ega. Eldmia Ega, the son of Radan Ega and Avisher Ruina.”

“You… don’t seem to know the meaning of introducing yourself like that, but I never imagined that you’d hear that kind of introduction from people your age. Really, the more I look at him, the more amazing he is.”

“Isn’t it like a child?”

When I asked a question mixed with laughter, the hand washing my hair stopped for a moment with a smile, and then continued again.

“Are you self-aware?”

“You know. I worked really hard to hide it.”

“Hide it? From whom?”

“The villagers and all of my parents.”

Thanks to that, I was treated like a silent child. I didn’t have a huge enough memory to remember how I acted as a child, so it was a perception that came about because I followed the actions of the kids around me. He didn’t bother to explain, but Asilie replied that it must have been quite difficult. Is this the age of 120 years old?

“Come to think of it, your skills were unusual when dealing with bandits earlier. How did you do it?”

The change of subject is a bit sudden. Perhaps he is mindful of me getting depressed thinking about the past. There was no reason to kick that consideration, so I decided to just follow the conversation.

“I strengthened my body with magic.”

“Huh? Do you already know how to use magic?”

“No. I can’t use magic. It’s just enough to feel the magic, and to the extent that I can only strengthen it by wrapping it around my body.”

If I had held on for one more year, I might have learned it. I thought so, but suddenly Asilie stopped washing her hair and turned her body to face me. The face I looked up at for something was quite serious.

“How long have you been feeling magical?”

“I don’t know the exact date, but it’s been three years, right?”

“Three years? At five years old? Did you ever get sick or have a fever?”

“I’ve always been healthy for 8 years.”

Aren’t the reactions unusual? Is it that? Was I full of talent? Did you know that he was reincarnated for a reason?

But why? The answer I heard was shocking.

“That… don’t do it. This may not be a coincidence, but you will die.”

“…yes?”

While contemplating with her mouth covered with a rather serious face, Asilie nodded her head and replied.

“Really… it’s ambiguous to say this in your situation, but it’s a level that God has protected. It’s not maybe, but then it’s normal to die.”

The skill that I thought was an ultimate skill in Eldmia was actually a suicide skill. After trying to organize my expression, he washed me again and the contents he told me were shocking.

Wizards use mana to manifest magic. A knight strengthens his body with an aura. It wasn’t just an allophone synonym, it was so because it was really different.

Magical power is refined and replaced with mana, and magical power is refined and replaced with aura. Magic power is just a raw stone.

“Battle mages and magic knights are very rare.

I didn’t think there was a need for a metaphor, but when I heard it, it was true.

It wasn’t just because it was difficult to learn. There are people who sell only one road at all, and there are people who want to sell both ways in some way.

but still less However, very few people have made their name known. The reason was not just a different theory, but a completely different technology.

I thought it would be just a matter of a baker dreaming of becoming a cake artisan, but it turned out that there was a gap between a steak artisan and a sushi artisan.

Yes. What I was feeling right now was pure, unrefined magical power. Just a lump of magic that no one thinks of using as a barrel.

“As an analogy… it’s rock salt. You’re eating a lump of salt that you have to eat little by little after breaking it into small pieces and grinding it into powder.”

It was truly a mouth-watering metaphor. It even felt like it was really fucking bad for the body because it was salt. In fact, when he said that, Asilier’s expression fell into doubt once more.

“The more you look at it, the more unexpected it is. Humans care about it because it’s expensive, but there’s even a trend that the more you eat, the better it is for your body.”

When I came back home and was swayed by the hand drying my body and hair, I wondered if that would happen again, but it was already spilled water, so I decided to just skip it.

“They say they’re uncivilized, it’s just that.”

“Huh-huh. I don’t think 8 years will be boring. Maybe it’s Asha’s guidance.”

Was it the guardian of the world tree and the god of the elves? I wondered if there was a separate religious teaching, but I decided to ask next time.

Anyway, now it’s rock salt.

Of course it’s not good for the body. It is said that hundreds of people have been recorded as having died immediately after the first attempt to gain stronger power.

How terrible it is to literally explode to death!

“Strong mages and knights are more and more accustomed to increasing their magical power multiplier along with their refining skills. I haven’t heard or seen that even those who ultimately rise to the position of a great mage use all their magic power. Not to mention the knights. ”

In the first place, the way to feel the magic that the magician had taught me was to literally feel it. No matter how many decades of practice, it is said that what was felt only in the fingers is felt with the whole body, and it is not a way to directly operate the magic that is felt. In other words, it’s normal that I shouldn’t be able to do anything.

The other thing was a car license, but it was like driving an airplane without any problems. no then what am i?

“For now, I need to know you more, so let’s wait and see. You may be an unprecedented prodigy in history, but I don’t want to risk my benefactor’s life against such a slim possibility.”

“yes.”

There was nothing to be impatient about anyway, so I accepted it calmly. Because I’m going to Eldmia looking at the mental age of 30. A man who knows how to wait.

Asilie seemed to be concerned about such a calm reaction, but ended up stroking my hair with a light smile. accepted as trust.