Rebirth From Ordinary Person To The Strongest

The idea of combining Fairy Magic and Thread Magic had been in my mind for a while.

However, I hadn't taken any action because I couldn't think of any good combinations or effective ways to make it work.

But, just thinking about it forever without trying seemed like a waste. Instead of figuring everything out in my head, I thought it would be better to experiment while trying different combinations.

So, unfortunately, today I had to cancel my magic practice with Nina-chan.

I decided to make this practice session just for myself.

As the sun sank halfway below the horizon during the after-school hours, the evening light bathed both me standing in the yard and Nina-chan, sitting on the veranda, with its golden glow.

Nina-chan, who was staring at me with a slightly dissatisfied look on her face, had her golden hair illuminated by the sunset, making it look incredibly beautiful.

While I was thinking that, I was in the middle of pulling a humanoid mannequin toward me with Thread Magic: Silveit.

Today, as usual, I was practicing magic using this mannequin.

As I prepared, Nina-chan still had a slightly discontented expression on her face as she opened her mouth.

"You're trying to combine Eastern and Western magic, right? Has there ever been an exorcist who's done that before?"

"I wonder. I don't know anyone else who can use both, so I'm not sure."

"That's true. I don't know anyone either. That's why I'm curious if it will even work."

"You'll know once I try."

Even I had never done this before.

It was my first attempt.

To ease the tension in my body, I clapped my hands.

I summoned a refined magic core using Condensation Magic: Recollect, and then enveloped the core with magic power.

Then, I dropped that fairy seed onto the ground.

As it hit the ground, the shadow rippled like waves, spreading out along the surface, and a new shadow was born directly beneath the mannequin.

But it wasn't just an ordinary shadow.

It took the form of a human figure, about 1 meter tall.

This fairy is called Shadow.

The Shadow extended its hand from the ground, grasping the mannequin and pulling it into the earth.

With a splash, the shadow surged like the sea, and it had swallowed about half of the mannequin when it stopped moving.

"Yeah, that's far enough."

It hadn't stopped on its own; I had stopped it.

"What are you going to do next?"

"You'll see."

In Thread Magic, there's something called Combined Attribute Transformation.

By combining multiple Thread Magic: Silveit attributes, you can evolve it into a completely new, higher-level attribute.

Each additional Silveit thread you combine multiplies the magic consumption by 30, but the power increases accordingly.

The highest-level attribute transformation I currently have is Combined Attribute Transformation: Night.

It's no exaggeration to say it's my trump card, but it has its flaws.

The first flaw: the amount of magic it consumes is enormous.

Since it combines five different attributes, the magic consumption skyrockets to 810,000 times that of a regular spell. There's no way I can say it uses little magic with a straight face.

That being said, I am a Seventh-Rank.

I don't lack magic, and it's not like I can't use the spell multiple times.

So, in terms of magic consumption, I can brute-force my way through that issue.

The first flaw isn't much of a problem.

The real problem is the second flaw: the spell's overwhelming power.

For reasons I don't fully understand, Combined Attribute Transformation: Night completely seals the magic of anything it captures, pulverizing it while consuming everything in its path.

No matter if it's a Sixth-Rank monster or something else, it devours everything in its way. However, the issue is that it's too powerful.

I'm afraid to use Combined Attribute Transformation: Night because I don't know how far the destruction will spread. I can't just casually use it, but if I were to suppress its power, that would defeat the purpose.

I need a way to maintain the power of the spell without causing collateral damage.

One solution is the Falling Sun spell.

This technique encloses the target in a magical barrier, erasing everything inside the barrier using Night magic.

It's useful in its own right, but once I've used it, the trick is easy to figure out.

It's a perfect surprise attack on the first use, but when dealing with multiple monsters—like in that factory—it's not ideal to only have a single surprise move.

That's why I needed a second spell.

And that's what this is.

"'Oborozuki'."

As the Shadow was in the process of swallowing the mannequin, I cast Oborozuki.

It's a spell that uses Shadow Sending to imprison the target in a shadow, and I thought that by using the Night spell inside the shadow, I could exorcise the target without worrying about the destructive power.

But as I was considering all of this—

Boom!!

"What the—?!"

Contrary to my expectations, the mannequin shot out of the shadow with an incredible force, rocketing up into the sky like a missile!

The Shadow reached out, trying to continue its Shadow Sending spell, but the mannequin was already far out of reach.

At this point, it was so far up that I could barely see it against the sky. Find your next adventure on мѵʟ

As I stood there, staring up at the sky, now turning the colors of early evening, Nina-chan spoke.

"W-What did you do?!"

"It looks like I messed up."

Before the mannequin could crash into the house, I used Silveit to catch it and gently lowered it to the ground.

As I did that, I explained to Nina-chan what I had been trying to do.

"I was trying to destroy the mannequin inside the shadow."

"A spell inside the shadow? Oh, so that's what you were aiming for."

Nina-chan seemed to understand and nodded in agreement as she continued.

"But Itsuki, everything inside the shadow is reversed. You can't just use magic normally in there."

"Everything is reversed?"

Hearing this concept for the first time, I turned to Nina-chan in surprise.

"Look."

Nina-chan stood up from the veranda and raised her right hand.

As her shadow, stretched long by the evening sun, followed the motion, it raised its left hand.

"See? Shadows raise the opposite hand."

Nina-chan smiled, as if to say, "It's obvious, isn't it?"

"So, everything in the shadow is reversed. You can't use magic in there the same way you would outside."

As she explained this, I began to piece together why the mannequin had shot out of the ground.

Oborozuki uses an extreme gravitational pull to consume everything.

What happened was the opposite—an extreme repelling force.

It must have been due to some kind of repulsive force. I don't remember the specifics, but that's probably what made the mannequin fly off. Not that I really know for sure.

"See? That's why I said you're still not there yet."

"…Yeah, you're right."

As I looked at Nina-chan, standing in the twilight, I sighed, feeling a bit frustrated with myself.

"You're right, Nina-chan. I still have a long way to go."

It seems I really am still lacking in practice.