Between Your Letter and My Reply

Chapter 84

[Translated By Divinity]

“Well, then, shouldn’t I focus on protecting myself? That’s not harming anyone, right?”

Damian fell into deep thought at her words.

“Is there no magic that can be used for attack?”

“Of course there is.”

Soliel flipped through a moldy magic book, then trailed her finger across the pages and muttered,

“The concept of ‘attack’ is quite abstract, so there are various spells related to it. But what kind of magic would be the most efficient…”

As Soliel said, there were many forms of attack. With enough determination, anything within reach, even something not intended for combat, could become a weapon capable of killing.

So Damian pondered what kind of spell to request, then started with the simplest one.

“For example, a spell to block attacks from knives…”

At Damian’s suggestion, Soliel looked up from the book and nodded.

“Ah, that’s not a bad idea.”

She buried her face back in the book, muttering something, then pointed at a specific entry with her finger.

“This spell will do. It doesn’t matter what kind of blade it is. Sword, spear, arrow, anything sharp can be blocked.”

“What about bullets?”

“That won’t work. Bullets aren’t blades. The magic works on arrows because the arrowheads are blades.”

“Then is there no magic that can block bullets?”

“A spell to block bullets… block bullets… I think I’ve seen something similar somewhere… Let’s see, let’s see…”

Soliel buried her face back in the magic book and started reading quickly.

“And it would be great if it could also block bombs.”

“Yes, yes. There was a spell to block bombs too… Is it not in this book…?”

Soliel clapped three times, and they heard faint footsteps approaching.

A moment later, a small door in the back opened, and something emerged, slowly walking towards Soliel with a thick stack of parchment books on its head.

It was a golem made of roughly piled rocks, about the size of a child. Damian blinked, staring at it, and Lilliana let out a small gasp of admiration.

“It’s a golem?!”

“A golem?”

“It’s like… a robot made of rocks or earth. It doesn’t have intelligence, but it understands human speech. My aunt also has a few.”

“Hmm…”

While Damian and Lilliana were whispering to each other, Soliel lifted the book the golem had brought and placed it on the table.

It was so thick and heavy that the table shook with a thud. Soliel flipped through the book for a while, then let out an “Aha!”

“Bullets are fundamentally weapons that kill by flying at high speed and tearing through human flesh.”

“That’s right.”

“Damian, do you know the initial velocity of a bullet?”

“It varies depending on the type of gun, but even at the lowest… it can be considered to travel at 300 meters per second.”

“Then we can use a spell that blocks objects flying at that speed.”

“I see.”

“It should be able to block bombs too, right? Bombs also explode and send shrapnel flying at high speeds, tearing through human bodies. You don’t have to worry about flames since Lilliana has inherited the blood of a Salamander and has resistance to fire. So this spell should work!”

Soliel marked a page in the open book with a piece of paper.

“And what else do you need?”

Lilliana and Damian looked at each other and tilted their heads.

With their limited imagination, guns and knives were the scariest things they could think of, so it was difficult to come up with any other magic for protection.

“Ah, and is there any magic that can track locations?”

Damian asked, remembering the tracking device he had used in the military. He had considered getting one, but their detection range wasn’t very wide.

“There’s a military model, but I’d like something with a wider detection range than that.”

“You want to keep an eye on me?”

Lilliana asked, a bit displeased, but Damian shook his head.

“No, it’s not that. But a tracker can be quite useful. If we attach it to an enemy instead of you, we can find out where their base is.”

Lilliana’s face lit up in realization.

“That magic is easier than the ones mentioned earlier. What else do you need?”

“Is there also magic that allows you to move through space? Like teleportation…?”

“There is, but the activation conditions are a bit tricky. I can’t contain that spell in these small jewels.”

Soliel glanced at the jewels and continued,

“Theoretically, with a properly constructed spell, you can go anywhere. But with magic contained in a jewel, you can’t go to a place you’ve never been to before. The coordinates have to be fixed. And if the magic goes wrong, your upper and lower body could end up in different places.”

“…I don’t want that.”

Lilliana said, her face slightly pale, but Damian said nonchalantly,

“If it’s an emergency where we need to use teleportation magic, our bodies and heads might be separated before we can even cast the spell. Please include that too.”

“Really? I can do it if you promise not to complain later. I won’t take any responsibility.”

“I don’t plan on complaining, but since you’re saying that, it seems like you’re not confident in that spell. Then let’s not include it.”

Lilliana nudged Damian’s side. Soliel slowly raised her head and said,

“…You have a way of getting under my skin, don’t you?”

“I apologize.”

“Hmph! You know how to make me work, don’t you? Fine! I’ll do it! What do you take me for…”

Soliel grumbled and wrote down the spells Lilliana and Damian requested on the order form.

“But as I said, these small jewels won’t do. We need at least a 10-carat diamond…”

Before she could finish, Lilliana was already taking out the sparkling 17-carat diamond from her bag.

Seeing that, Soliel quickly nodded.

“That should be enough to contain the spell.”

“I don’t want to be split in half and die because we used it carelessly. By the way, wouldn’t a diamond that big be too noticeable to carry around?”

“Ah, if that’s what you’re worried about, I have a solution. I’ll process it for you.”

Soliel examined the diamond with a magnifying glass and asked,

“So, what’s the next spell?”

Damian narrowed his eyes, counted on his fingers, then looked up.

“We need a spell for Lilliana’s residence. I want to make sure no one can enter her room…”

“Wait, if no one can enter the room, that means Damian and Annette can’t either, right?”

Lilliana pointed out a flaw, but Soliel shrugged.

“It means some people can enter the room even though others can’t, right? That’s simple. I can make a few exceptions. But I can’t do that with 1-carat jewels.”

At those words, Lilliana quickly took out a 10-carat emerald.

“Oh, that’s enough.”

Soliel examined the emerald under the light and smiled with satisfaction.

“Is that all? Nothing else?”

“There’s one more thing.”

This time, it was Lilliana who spoke, not Damian.

“I want to know if there’s a spell to regain my memories.”

“Memories?”

“I had an accident and lost the last two years of my memories. Can magic help me get them back?”

“What kind of accident?”

“My power went out of control, and my heart stopped. I developed amnesia because of that accident.”

“Is that so? It might be difficult for others, but it’s nothing for me. I can use a memory-reading spell…”

Lilliana’s eyes sparkled at her words, and she looked at Damian.

“That’s great, Lilliana.”

“Yeah!”

Soliel beckoned the golem, and it brought a large crystal ball from the shelf and placed it on the tea table.

Soliel placed the crystal ball in the center of the table and gestured to Lilliana.

“Place both your hands on this ball.”

Lilliana did as she was told, and Soliel placed her hands on top of Lilliana’s.

Then she started chanting something. Damian and Lilliana couldn’t understand a word, but they quietly watched Soliel.

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