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Chapter 263 - The Meeting with Magam 4. Lively Discussion (Part 2)

After his questions about Magic Stones were more or less resolved, the next thing Yuri asked about was...

"Longevity? Of a structure made with Earth Magic, you mean?"

...how long buildings and walls made with Earth Magic would last. The house Yuri himself lived in was made of wood, but the wall surrounding the village was something he had created with Earth Magic. He was always careful to check its durability, but if there was any information available, he wanted to know. However, Magam's reply was not what Yuri had hoped for.

"Let's see... people don't normally build permanent structures with Earth Magic, so..."

Magam also tilted his head, but for the moment, he could only say, 'If it's built solidly, it should last for a reasonably long time, shouldn't it?' Yuri seemed a little disappointed, but...

"But Yuri-kun, why do you ask such a thing?"

Magam's interest had shifted to why Yuri wanted to know about it. In response to that question, Magam heard the answer, 'Because I built the wall surrounding the village with Earth Magic'. At first he was just listening with a simple 'hmm', but...

"...Wait a moment. You built a wall surrounding the entire village by yourself? To keep monsters from entering? With Earth Magic?"

"Yes? That's right?"

To build a wall strong enough that monsters couldn't break through it on the Salt-Sour Mountain, renowned as a source of powerful monsters, with Earth Magic, and to have it surround the entire village... how much effort, magic power, and time would that take? But... if he hadn't accomplished that, Yuri would not be here today. Magam was amazed that Yuri had survived the harsh environment of the Salt-Sour Mountain, but at the same time, he was convinced that Yuri's magic power was immense, that it had inevitably had to become so.

(With that much magic power, one's handling of it would normally tend towards brute force... but because he was making daily necessities like Magic Stone Tools and using magic for familiar things, did he learn fine control?)

While he was acquiring precise manipulation of magic power through things like making Magic Stone Tools, high-power magic was indispensable for surviving against monsters. The environment of the Salt-Sour Mountain...

"...This might actually be... an ideal training environment for a magician..."

Because he muttered something like that under his breath, Faren, who was listening nearby, turned pale. A 'Salt-Sour Mountain Boot Camp for Magicians'? Who would want to participate in that?

"No... I don't intend to make you do anything that reckless."

Faren's color returned upon hearing Magam's words, but hearing the adjective 'reckless', it was now Yuri's turn to look sullen. He was aware that it was difficult, but was it an environment deserving of being called 'reckless'?

Faren's expression, which seemed to want to retort, 'You don't even realize it?!', was ignored.



Looking only at the results, the first meeting between the two magic enthusiasts, Yuri and Magam, proceeded in this manner for the whole time, and finished on a surprisingly lively note.

Incidentally, for Yuri, who was unfamiliar with the basics and common sense of magic, Magam promised to give him some magic reference books later, much to Yuri's delight.