Chapter 49: Travel Magic
High Enchantment Magic?
Riveria was deeply curious, not quite understanding why Yumesaki would recommend this kind of magic to her.
It sounded rather ordinary, with no particular aspect that stood out as exceptional.
"Don't underestimate this magic. It is far more powerful than you can imagine."
Seeing Riveria's doubt, Yumesaki opened his mouth to explain, "This is a type of magic that can imbue any spell onto another object."
"It can attach your magic to a comrade's weapon, or even onto various other items."
"More importantly, it can be used in tandem with other magic."
Riveria fell silent for a moment, seemingly thinking about something, but it was as if she was blocked by a thin sheet of paper, unable to see through it clearly for the time being.
She was forced to look up at Yumesaki, hoping he would provide her with an explanation.
Yumesaki let out a sigh and said, "Have you forgotten the Card Magic you learned before? The magic that can seal humans and items."
Yumesaki spread his hands, "It seems no one has ever stated that it can only seal people and objects, and not magic, right?"
The world of Fairy Tail was indeed that miraculous.
The magic in their world was also quite conceptual, based heavily on idealism.
Many people clearly studied the exact same magic, yet the effects they unleashed turned out completely different. This was because everyone's thoughts and perceptions varied, resulting in different magical manifestations.
Card Magic could be used for fortune-telling, and it could also be used to create magic cards.
Through Yumesaki's reminder, a sudden wave of realization finally washed over Riveria.
"You mean... I can seal magic inside cards."
"Exactly. That is precisely what I mean."
Yumesaki snapped his fingers, looking at Riveria with a complimentary gaze, "In your spare time, you can practice more, seal more magic, and mass-produce magic cards."
"Stockpile a few hundred or even a few thousand cards beforehand. When the time comes to fight, just unleashing the magic cards alone will be enough to drown your enemies."
Riveria admitted to herself that she was stunned by such a genius idea.
It turned out High Enchantment Magic possessed this kind of advantage. In that case, this magic was definitely worth learning.
As a Level 6 adventurer, she possessed an abundant amount of magical power, capable of releasing several spells in a single breath.
However, asking her to release magic hundreds of times in a single breath was an absolute impossibility.
Even first-class adventurers had their limits.
Although her magical power was vast, it could not sustain her launching magic in such an extravagant, wasteful manner.
But if she could convert her daily magical power into spells and store them away, the outcome would be entirely different.
Just as Yumesaki said, storing a few hundred or even a few thousand magic cards on regular days would be incredibly useful, whether in daily duels or during large-scale expeditions.
Therefore, she was absolutely determined to learn High Enchantment Magic.
Seeing that his counterpart had firmly made up her mind, Yumesaki then activated Archive Magic, forcibly transferring three types of magic directly into Riveria's brain.
Within the shortest possible time, Riveria had completely mastered these three types of magic.
This made Riveria feel a redoubled sense of curiosity, and she could not help but ask, "What kind of magic is this now?"
Learning a single spell was undoubtedly an extremely arduous task.
Yet Yumesaki could directly insert this advanced magical knowledge into her own brain, allowing her to master these spells in the shortest time imaginable.
This completely overturned Riveria's entire understanding of magic.
If she could also master this type of magic, wouldn't she be able to mass-produce powerful mages in large numbers using this exact method?
"This is also a type of magic, called Archive Magic."
Yumesaki calmly explained, "It can connect my thoughts, and even my understanding of magic, through a mental link and download it directly into your brain."
Hearing up to this point, Loki's eyes lit up. She unconsciously opened her mouth and said, "This magic is great! This magic must be learned! How about you give this magic to Riveria as well?"
Riveria also looked toward Yumesaki's magic; she indeed wanted to learn it.
"Of course you can."
Yumesaki did not refuse, and began to strike another bargain with Loki, squeezing a good amount of fine items out of Loki's hands before finally teaching Archive Magic to Riveria.
After learning Archive Magic, Riveria bowed slightly toward Yumesaki.
"Thank you."
"No need. You should know that for the things you just learned, Loki your Goddess has already paid the price."
Yumesaki waved his hand as he spoke.
Loki, with a face that looked deeply pained, said, "That's right! There's no need to thank this guy, this is just what he ought to do."
In order to let Riveria learn Archive Magic, the price she paid was by no means ordinary.
Thinking about it now made her heart bleed; this guy was simply too clever at extortion.
Seeing the utterly defeated look on Loki's face, Yumesaki could not help but burst into a hearty laugh.
After obtaining all the benefits, Loki took Ais along with Riveria and left the place.
However, before leaving, she glanced back at Yumesaki, saying in a tone that openly mocked his impending misfortune:
"Your identity will be exposed very soon. Right now, I suggest you think very carefully about how to deal with that bunch of rowdy, unmanageable Deities in Orario."
Regarding these words from Loki, Yumesaki actually did not take them to heart at all.
As for how to deal with the troublesome bunch of Deities in Orario, Yumesaki had already formulated a thorough preparation from the very beginning.
What kind of preparation?
Naturally, it was to run away!
He wasn't a person of this world anyway; he could leave this world at any given moment. If he was truly backed into a corner by that group of Deities, he could completely leave this world to avoid the trouble temporarily, waiting for the matter to blow over before coming back again.
Furthermore, Yumesaki had also mastered Transformation Magic, allowing him to completely turn into someone else to move around and act freely within Orario.
Besides, in Yumesaki's view, the place that possessed the most unique characteristic in the Labyrinth City Orario was the Dungeon.
But the problem was that he couldn't enter that place at all.
Oh, it wasn't exactly that he couldn't enter, but rather that the moment Yumesaki stepped inside, it would trigger the intense hostility of the Dungeon, which would subsequently cause a massive uproar.
Therefore, Yumesaki was too lazy to even bother entering.
As a result, without the Dungeon, the allure of this world toward Yumesaki dropped drastically.
Even the diverse variety of beastman girls no longer held much attraction for Yumesaki.
Even if he were to leave this world right now, Yumesaki wouldn't feel the slightest shred of regret.
Because the next world would only be better.
Of course, before the Deities pressed him step by step, Yumesaki still pretended to know nothing at all, continuing his leisurely strolls around the Labyrinth City Orario.
Sometimes, he would also take Esdeath and the others to some high-end restaurants to eat.
These restaurants each had their own unique traits, and every establishment had its own signature dishes, but when summarized, none were quite as good as The Hostess of Fertility.
Therefore, Yumesaki would still frequently go to The Hostess of Fertility to dine.
Today, after Yumesaki found himself with some free time, he opened the Grimoire that Loki had given him.
A Grimoire possessed one highly unique trait: it would not teach a specific, predetermined magic to a person.
Instead, it would trigger the deepest desire within a person's heart, which would subsequently generate a specialized type of magic based on that very desire.
For instance, Bell, the male protagonist, utilized a Grimoire to learn the spell Firebolt.
However, if the Grimoire in Bell's hands were given to another adventurer, what they learned might not necessarily be Firebolt, but could very well be a completely different magic.
This was the wondrous miracle of a Grimoire.
After opening the Grimoire, it became a natural progression for Yumesaki to peer into the desires at the bottom of his own heart, and then, through that desire, master a certain type of magic.
Travel Magic.
When Yumesaki unleashed this magic, he would go to a place he had never visited before to go on a journey.
Ah, this... ah, this...
Yumesaki could not help but scratch his head. This magic sounded as though it had nothing special about it, and seemed completely ordinary.
Going to a place he had never been to for a journey—his Door-Door Fruit could seemingly achieve this exact same thing.
The Warp-Warp Fruit could do it too; just closing his eyes and teleporting a few times, wouldn't he arrive at a place he had absolutely never visited?
Travel Magic... could it be an utterly useless magic?
However, out of pure curiosity, Yumesaki still activated this magic, wanting to see exactly what kind of place this magic would take him to.
In the very next second, Yumesaki felt the environment around him suddenly become distorted.
This kind of distortion did not last long, continuing for only about a few seconds before returning to normal.
Then, Yumesaki discovered that the surrounding environment had undergone a complete, earth-shaking transformation.
Before unleashing this magic, he was actually inside an inn.
Yet after unleashing this magic, he had instead arrived on a bustling, crowded street.
This was also a street in another world.
The pedestrians coming and going on the road consisted of humans, but there were also quite a few demi-humans as well.
What is this place?
Yumesaki displayed a curious expression. Could it be that he had arrived in a country located outside the Labyrinth City Orario?
It wasn't an impossibility.
Yumesaki walked up to the front of a fruit stall, took out a piece of gold about the size of a fingernail, and bought a few fruits.
At the same time, he asked a casual question, "Boss, I've just arrived in this place and am not really familiar with it. What kind of place is this exactly? Where are we?"
The fruit stall boss was somewhat bewildered. You've already come to this place, yet you actually don't know what place this is?
Then how on earth did you manage to get here in the first place?
He looked Yumesaki up and down a few times with deep suspicion, but ultimately, for the sake of that piece of gold, he answered Yumesaki's question.
"This is the royal capital of the Holy Kingdom of Lugnica."
The Holy Kingdom of Lugnica?
Hearing these few words, a certain phrase instantly popped up in Yumesaki's mind.
If true love has a color, it must be blue.
This turned out to be the world of Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World.
Travel Magic is truly incredible. He had initially thought Travel Magic could only take him to a place he had never visited within the same world.
But he completely failed to anticipate that Travel Magic would actually carry him directly into a completely different world.
Yumesaki admitted he had indeed never been to this world before.
This could certainly be considered a place he had never visited.
But thinking back on it, the fact that Travel Magic was actually capable of cross-world travel was already completely absurd.
This magic was far more powerful than he had originally imagined.
One had to know that previously, whenever Yumesaki wanted to enter a new world, he relied entirely on the Golden Gate within his mind.
Now, without even using the Golden Gate, he could enter a new world... this was undoubtedly a massive leap forward.
Magic really was a truly wondrous thing.
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