The Mage Will Master Magic Efficiently In His Second Life

The next morning, Claude wasnt in the cabin when I woke up.

Lydia and Milly were still sleeping.

She was probably wandering around the ship.

Im also wide awake now, so shall I go enjoy the outside sea breeze?

When I went up the deck, I saw a flock of Island Seagulls in the skies above.

Island Seagulls

Level 29

Magical Value 2980/2980

Recently whenever I saw a monster, I would instinctively use scout scope in order to examine it. Ive rarely fought the Island Seagulls but unexpectedly they seem to be pretty strong monsters.

Although they seldom attack human beings, if they were to attempt to attack they would gather in large groups and unless you had a magician that was capable of dealing with multiple foes, it is difficult to deal with them.

While giving them a side glance I was walking towards the deck, and that was when I saw Claude whose hair was fluttering as the wind flew past her.

Claude

When I called out to her, she turned to face me.

You are quite the early riser arent you, Zeph-kun?

Ahh, normally it is even earlier

In these past few days, so that I could properly heal my wounds that I sustained from the battle with Grain, I did not get up in the middle of the night to train.

Besides there wasnt much you could do inside of this ship, its probably better to train once I reach the capital, right?

Rather isnt Claude an earlier riser than me?

Yesterday, I couldnt.. really get much sleep.

Ah Im sorry, I even tried to keep Lydias voice in check

That made it even more.. Eh, nevermind

Claude lightly slaps her crimson face with a pitter-patter.

Well, the stimulation was probably too strong for her.

To be honest, it was for me as well.

It became a little awkward so I tried to change the topic.

Claude, youve been practicing magic recently?

Yes, right now I was meditating in order to recover some magical energy

Lets have a look, perhaps I can help teach a thing or two

Are you serious? Hooray!

Clapping her hands together, Claude jumps up and down joyfully.

If I am not mistaken, you learned the Blue Gale spell from Milly the other day?

Yes. Watching Milly-san use it. It definitely looks really cool

Yesterday, Claude was reading the Blue Gale scroll that Milly had with her and learned the spell. However, because Claude had a low amount of magical energy, she couldnt really use such a large spell as of yet.

Therefore, Milly opened Claudes magical lines and shared the sensation of using Blue Gale in order increase the level of the spell so that she could reduce the consumption of magical energy.

While it may take some time, if she did this, it would become possible for a low levelled person to use powerful magic.

Well the basic theory and concept of such is thing is very similar to how I am trying to directly increase the level of Growth Spell within Lydia. However, if the person in question had some talent with magic it was not that difficult to accomplish.

I grabbed Claudes hands and pointed it towards the flock of Island Seagulls.

When I connected with her magical power line, Claudes hands jolted and trembled.

And just like that she was holding her hands out towards the Island Seagulls.

In that manner, try to cast Blue Gale

With my limited magical power, I would not be able to defeat it you know?

Ill properly follow you up, so dont worry

I understand

Are there around ten or more of the flock of Island Seagulls?

Holding her hands towards them, she chanted Blue Gale.

Generating a small tornado at sea, she engulfed the Island Seagulls.

When I used scout scope to check I could see that their magical value had decreased by half.

Obviously angry at the sudden attack, the flock of Island Seagulls were headed towards us.

Claude was taking on a fighting stance and I immediately cast my own Blue Gale, in an instant a tornado is created as it devours the Island Seagulls and completely annihilates them.

Mmm, I feel kind of sorry for them

Youre too naive, Claude

Ehehe, Im not really..

Claude was being bashful.

I wasnt giving you a praise you know? (TL: Nave can also mean sweet in Japanese, so Claude was assuming Zeph called her sweet-hearted)

Oi, you bros over there

A sailor with a huge body build was calling out to us.

Being called a bro, Claude had a slightly displeased expression on her face as she looked at the sailor. However as if he didnt realize it at all, he had this big lively smile pasted across his face.

Im about to go do some fishing, do you bros want to join in? If we catch a good one, we could be in for a wonderful breakfast, what do you say?

When I looked at the other side of the deck, I could see a bunch of sailors who were fishing.

Fishing?

Now that you mentioned it Ive never gone fishing before.

It seemed like all you had to do was sit down blankly staring at the ocean, so I never thought it looked that interesting.

Ive never gone fishing before

Im an expert at fishing, you know?(Claude Speaking)

Here you go! Ive still got two rods left so give it a go

I received a fishing rod from the sailor and Claude was holding on to the other one.

All we have to do is throw this in?

When I was about to swing the rod and sink the hook into the ocean, Claude stopped me.

If you dont use any bait, it wont work you know? Umm excuse me, but could we have some bait please?

For sure! its over here so just come grab as much as you need

When he passed us a small wooden box, there was small fish and crustaceans inside of it.

Put these on the hook and then we will be able to cash a big fish

Claude seemed like she was familiar with the action as she put the fish bait on the hook of my rod and passed it to me.

Im going to throw it in, so please have a look okay?

Brandishing the rod, she swung in a large motion and throws it out towards the sea.

The hook flies across the sea in a beautiful arc before plopping far into the distance.

..Well its pretty much like that

Youre really good

I often used to fish in a stream as a hobby. Besides, when I used to travel alone, there were times where I would go fishing in order to eat

What an impressive thing.

I tried to learn from Claude as I swung the rod towards the sea.

However, it didnt reach as far as Claude and it plopped around half way from where Claudes hook landed.

Muu, that didnt go so well

Its not just about how far you can throw the hook

Claude places her pole and leans it against the ship as she took a seat, I also sat beside her.

Leaving it for a little while Claudes thread started to shake, Claude stands up and winds up the spool of thread.

Perhaps the fish she caught was huge? Claude was struggling to reel it in as she used her body to bear the weight.

I grabbed hold of her thin waist and used all my strength to assist her.

Ku.Uuuuu!

Claudes face became red as an expression of agony floated across her face.

Her hands seemed to be slipping and the rod was bending, it seemed as if the thread would break at any moment.

Im also trying my best to stand firm as I could tell just from Claudes body how big this fish was.

Teryaaaaaaah!

Along with a shout Claude hauls up the fishing rod and when she did, a huge fish flutters around in the air, whilst still holding on to Claude I collapsed onto the deck.

You could hear the sound of this huge fish flapping its head.

As expected its quite a big one.

Claudes breathing was a little ragged, and the body I supported was moving up and down for air.

While I was feeling a comfortable sense of accomplishment, Claude moved her body.

Umm Zeph-kun, can you let go of me.?

Claude shyly looks towards me.

What? are you embarrassed?

Not really butHyaaah!?

When I lifted Claude up from behind, she raised a cute voice.

Mouu. Zeph-kun..

This Claude shes being shy isnt she.

She really makes me want to tease her.

When I looked again, as expected the fish she caught was really big.

Its about half my height.

What a big shot.

Youre really awesome, Claude

Its all thanks to Zeph-kun, without your help I dont think I can catch this one myself

Claude was being bashful and I pat her head. Noticing what happened the Sailors who were fishing gathered around us.

Ou, thats quite the big shot youve bros got there!

You bros had a nice combination effort!

You bros seem pretty close with each other!

Several of the crew members were praising us and Claude had a complex expression on her face before responding.