Volume 1: Chapter 011: Makia has a Difficult Conversation with Tooru
Author: かっぱ同盟／友麻碧
Link: https://ncode.syosetu.com/n3862be/
Translated by Zzonkedd
Edited by Gumihou and Pill Bug
Makia here.
I can see the MP or Magical Points of the people around me. Beyond that, I can also read compatibility measures and future potentials. However, I can only know all of this if I know their names.
Back when I was the Crimson Witch of the West. I, the ‘Name Fate Witch’, had named a lot of babies in my time. [2] I came from a long line of famous witches and the house I was born in was buried deep in the forest but it was so famous that we get lots of visitors all the time.
I was one of the best witches of all time. In fact, my MP was abnormally high. Back then, about 2,000 years ago, magic was more abundant and everyone used it. In fact, the average MP of the people back then was quite high.
However, nowadays, magic is treated more like a special branch of science.
People with magic would go to specialized schools to learn the proper way to use magic. Most people knew about the existence of magic but have never personally seen it in use. [3] From what I can see, the average MP of the people in Delia Fields is less than half of what it used to be 2,000 years back.
Perhaps, the MP of the people had fallen because their bodies decided that it was no longer something necessary to them?
“I supposed, in this way we are even more abnormal. Our MP is so high that regular people just don’t notice it at all. I guess the only people who could recognise our MP would be the ones at a similar level as us.”
“[2] Even back then, our MP was already abnormal. So there can’t be too many people at our level now,”
Tooru enters my room while opening an old spell book. I don’t recognise it. He must have brought it with him from Karted.
“However, although magical theory has been simplified a lot, not much has changed. I think most of the magic floating around are White Magic Spells invented by Yuri.”
“Black Magic was more mainstream back then. Right now, low-risk White Magic is the norm. [3] I guess lack of exposure and people gutsy enough to challenge the unknown is the reason for this.”
I am sitting by the window looking outside but not really looking at anything. [2] I am… looking at old memories, I think.
Tooru is flipping through the book solemnly, “Back then, demons existed, right? I wonder what the situation is like now.”
“Well… I don’t really know since the Southern Continent never did encounter any demons. [2] We never had a record of demon invasion either. What about you? Anything from the Eastern Continent?”
“Nope. Just humans fighting other humans.”
Tooru must have suffered back he was stuck out on Eastern Continent. Wars are never pleasant things. Having been living in the peaceful Southern Continent for so long, things like wars felt more like distant stories.
“Hey… Why is the Southern Continent so peaceful?”
It was the same back when we were Demon Kings.
While the West, North and East were always in conflict, only the Southern Continent remained isolated. Was it because there was a lot of exchange between the Eastern and Southern Continents? They did accept a lot of immigrants.
“Still, if I want to invade a territory, surely a weak continent like this would be a perfect target? [3] Right now the biggest force in the North, the Hermedes Federation could come here at any time. Yet, here we are, sitting around, enjoying picnics as though wars have nothing to do with us.”
“Indeed,”
[2] I had read as far back as I could in whatever history books I could get my hands on, but it certainly looked like the Southern Continent has never been invaded.Tooru leans back in his chair with a complicated expression on his face, [3] “I was lucky enough to escape to the Southern Continent thanks to my father. However, there are many more refugees on the Eastern Continent. The Hermedes Federation won’t let up their invasion.
[2] It’s kinda sad since the Eastern Continent is no longer what it used to be. As for this Hermedes Federation, it’s not even a big country in the first place. However, according to the history books, the past hundred years of Magical Industrial Revolution has pushed it forward so much that it has now become a great country.”“With the technological progress of the [2] Southern Continent… we’re pretty much done for if they ever invade us…”
According to Tooru’s [2] investigation, the Northern Continent has several battleships to their name. Over here, we still travel by horse-drawn carriages. Sure enough, we lose out in terms of technological progress.
That is why, it is even more of a mystery how the Southern Continent has remained so peaceful for so long. We thought we knew everything that is to know with our 200 years’ worth of knowledge from a time 2000 years ago. However, the truth is, we might actually know nothing.
As the Hero said back then when he confronted us at the Past Life Confession Club Room: The real battle starts now.
The war in this world began because of us.
The Magical Industrial Technology has advanced this much because [2] people back then sought ways to build better and more powerful weapons to fight the Demon Kings.
[2] If we assume that the South has remained peaceful if only because we have never been here…And that the Hero has increased his MP for the sake of fighting a ‘True Fight’ against us… what does it all mean?
These and many other non-child-friendly topics were discussed between Tooru and I as we organize our thoughts and prepare ourselves for the coming future.
[Gumihou: Oh my, so many heavy thoughts]
[1] Filling in the ‘Unspoken’. Often, when it comes to Japanese novels, the translation might be a bit lacking since the author deliberately chooses to use fewer words and let the reader fill in the blanks through a preset cultural understanding.
If the missing info looks too sparse, Gumi will fill in some of the blanks. This is not to imply that the writer’s craft is lacking, but we do have a cultural gap. Gumi will try to fill in these gaps unobtrusively.
[2] Adjust paragraphs, for aesthetic purpose [3] Connect short paragraphs to make one reasonable paragraph
