The Principle of a Philosopher by Eternal Fool “Asley”

y advanced technique!

This method requires one to practically draw on a stationary Spell Circle, while being constantly on the move, and to accurately direct a consistent flow of mana onto that one point.
So it is quite hard to pull it off.

“Kuh–!”

Fire, being an attack with high power, was enough to repel Hornel’s attack and letting Lina land safely.
However, Hornel is now… grinning, I think? And then…

“Burst!”

Wha–!?

“Kya!?”

His staff, which had been knocked aside, now accelerated in the opposite direction, landing a heavy blow on Lina.

Damn it, that boy was able to trace a Spell Circle with just his free left hand.
He’s fast enough to catch on to others’ tricks, huh… Let’s see if I can buy some wax on my way back tonight.

“Grrrrr…! We must clear her name of this shame, Master!”

What? You do know that outside help isn’t permitted, right?

“Let’s start by teaching me how to click my tongue, sir!”

Tsk.

“Ngh… Middle Cure!”

“Your mana will dry up soon, right? Besides, you can only go on for so long with that stamina.
Why not give up while you still can?”

“Hah hah… I refuse!”

Lina’s answer was firm, but Hornel was right — there was quite a bit of difference in their abilities. 

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Hornel hasn’t even needed to use defense-type support magic so far.
Not even a single one of Lina’s attacks have connected either.
Still, I’d never expected this Hornel boy to be so skilled.
Even with the Blazing Dragon Staff, he was essentially fighting with just two spells.

Although the two have managed to gain some distance, the augmentation effects of their support spells should be ending soon.
And then if Lina were to use Speed Up again, she might be in a risky position.
Well, I suppose the same goes for Hornel too.

“”Speed Up!””

Both of them had their minds set on the same spell.

Hornel had a higher level, sure, but that didn’t mean that his mana pool would be much larger.
Besides, so far, he’d been spending more mana as compared to Lina.

So he’s chosen to forgo defensive magic.
I suppose I would’ve done that too if I were in his situation.

If Hornel were to use Power Up right now, the fight would at least skew toward him winning… Or perhaps not, he would want to play it safe and go with a defense augmentation.
If so, then–

“Hmph, Power Up!”

Oh, right, he could invoke it by air tracing.
Huh.

“MOMOMOMOMOMOMASTER–!”

I’m not your mom, doggo.

“What now, sir!? At this point, Lina’s gonna lose!”

“Looks quite fine to me.”

“It’s only a matter of time!”

“C’mon, you gotta have more faith in her.
There, look at her expression.”

“Huh?”

She was visibly exhausted, but that didn’t mean she was giving up.

Wait… I think she was smiling a bit?

“Rise, A-rise, A-rise… House!”

That spell… I remember it!

Oh, I definitely remember seeing it.
On the day I went to eat BBQ birds with Irene… the spell she used in her office…

–The Familiar summoning spell.

“UKYAAA!! I finally got to go outside!

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And the luminous creature that emerged from the Spell Circle was none other than…

“F-four wings… Baladd Dragon!?”

Hornel exclaimed right off the bat.

Of course he would — even I wanted to scream.
When did she even grow so big?

Last I saw her, she had been small enough to sit on my arm.
But now…

“…She’s as large as my gigantified form.”

“About half as big as her parent Dragon now, yeah.”

Commotion broke out all around us.
If the face of an A-ranked monster appeared as a Familiar, of course it would.
Just about anyone would be surprised.

“Master Lina, it was werry diff-fee-cult to live in there!”

“Sorry to have kept you waiting, Baladd.”

“I under-stand that it was to pro-tech me.
I vill try not to com-plane too much.”

Lina gently brushed the underside of Baladd’s jaws.
Baladd looked to be enjoying it quite a lot.

Our boy Hornel, on the other hand…

“W-what is this madness!? Mister Referee, is that even allowed, sir!?”

“A Familiar is considered one and the same as its Master.
Why would there be a need to stop them?”

Referee Billy totally shut him down.
Moreover, Billy’s eyes were sparkling quite a lot.
I’m sure he was getting a strong impulse to get a feel of Baladd right now.
And Irene, who I’d expected to get angry, was laughing instead.
So hard that she couldn’t contain it by holding her belly, as a matter of fact.

Right — having an A-ranked monster as your Familiar would usually imply that you were on an A-ranked power level in some way.
Baladd may still be a Dragonling, but her growth rate was otherworldly.
Give her a few more months and she’d probably be just like a fully grown-up Dragon.

And the one to summon such a Familiar was a Magic University Freshman, and on top of that, a fifteen-year-old girl.
It couldn’t be helped that Irene went crazy upon witnessing such a scene.

“Master Lina, your orders!”

Huh, and she’s already more responsive than my “Familiar” Pochi?

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