Even though I said we’re riding a boat, it’s not a banana boat like that one I rode with Kuro and Sieg-san. It’s a normal rubber boat…… one that’s made for leisure and has a cute appearance.
It’s quite a large size, spacious enough that I can lie down comfortably. What’s great about the magic box is that I can store items like this inflated and play with them immediately when taken out. Well, as long as there’s enough space available in the magic box, that is……. Not like that matters, as my magic box is about the size of a large island, so there’s plenty of room. In fact, it could easily fit even a house…… I won’t put a house inside since taking it out is troublesome, but well, I do have that house that I used for when I went fishing and camping with Anima, so saying that a house fits inside is no exaggeration……
[I’m thinking of relaxing on this, but I think it would be better if we tie it with a rope somewhere so that it doesn’t drift away.]
[In that case, please leave it to me!]
It’s a fairly large boat, so I’d like to try lying down on it, but there’s a risk of being carried away by the waves. No, well, even if we drifted away, I can always use my Teleportation Magic Tool to come back, so that really isn’t a problem, but it would be better to just avoid trouble if we could.As I was trying to find a cord to tie with, Anima asked me to leave it to her. I had no reason to refuse, so I left it to her. Thereupon, she turned her hand to the seashore and brought forth a magic circle.
Immediately after, something like a translucent stake emerges from Anima’s hand, piercing into the sandy beach, and then a similarly translucent chain extends towards the rubber boat, connecting the stake and the rubber boat…… After that, the stake and the chain both disappeared from sight as if nothing had happened.
[……Errr, what was that just now?]
[It’s a magic that limits the target’s range of actions. As long as the effect lasts, the rubber boat will not be able to move away from the beach for more than a certain distance.]
[I see, that’s a great magic.]
[Ahh, no, it’s just like the preemptive magic for learning Barrier Magic…… For people with a certain level of magic power, that’s something that can be easily nullified. The duration certainly is relatively long, lasting around a day, but with its significantly high magic power consumption, it’s not particularly useful. It’s only convenient in times when it can be used.]
If you think of it as being able to hold onto objects within a specific range for a day, it seems quite useful…… but considering that a Count-rank like Anima finds this magic’s magic power consumption as significantly high, it’s likely a magic with rather poor magic power efficiency.I was a bit concerned if Anima was pushing herself too hard, but it seems there’s no issue at all. Well, thinking about it again, even Teleportation Magic, which is considered to have the highest magic power consumption among all magic, can be used quite freely by those on the level of Count-ranks, so it’s probably just described as “relatively high” in consumption when compared to other magic.
…….Well, I’ll probably run out of magic power if I were the one using it though! Must be nice, having lots of magic power……
[Well, with this, we’d be able to enjoy it without worries. Thanks, Anima.]
[I’m glad I could be of service to you, Master!]
[Let’s get on it then.]
[Hah. I’ll hold it down for Master, so please go in first.]
[Well then, if you’ll excuse me…… Ohh, it’s shaking a bit…… but it’s pretty stable.]
[It’s splendidly made after all. Well then, I’ll be getting on too……]
The largish boat feels quite stable, and in terms of size, even with Anima with me, there’s plenty of space. It might feel a bit cramped when the two of us lie supine, but if we face each other, it should be fine.
[Anima, how far can we go with this magic?]
[The range is quite long, so it should be able to go far enough. In fact, the main focus is the center point of the magic…… Being the caster of this magic, I could tell where the stake is located, so even if we go too far offshore, we won’t get lost.]
[I see, that’s a relief.]
[Well, if it’s a distance reachable by this boat, I can see it well enough with my eyes, so there isn’t any problem but……]
Well, for the time being, I guess that means I don’t have to worry about getting lost at sea with Anima here. Besides, if it really comes down to it, I can just use my Teleportation Magic Tool, and there’s also that thing in my magic box…… that thing…… in my magic box……
[……Master?]
[Come to think of it, I haven’t used that state-of-the-art magic ship I got as memorabilia for the Six Kings Festival……]
[A- Ahh, you really had that thing! Kuromueina’s memorabilia…… However, isn’t it too huge for the two of us to use?]
[You’re right…… If we’re gonna use it, it would be for something like a boat party…… Well, let’s just enjoy ourselves on this leisure boat then.]
[Yes!]
Coming here in the sea, I remembered about a boat in my magic box that was given to me but never used. And just as Anima said, it’s huge. It’s a size reminiscent of a luxury cruise ship, so I don’t feel like it’s something you’d use for sea leisure. Unless we’re going on an actual sea voyage or something similar, I don’t think it would be used.
Hmmm. However, not using it at all seems a bit wasteful, so let’s think about how we can make effective use of it another time.
<Afterword>
Serious-senpai : [That did exist……]
Makina : [Senpai, Senpai, I want you to turn into those pop pop candies next time. I’ll break it into pieces and eat it with chocolate.]
Serious-senpai : [You want me to turn into a candy that contains CO2 gas!? That’s something made with special facilities, not something that can be made normally…… No, in the first place, like hell I can turn into something if I just aim for it!!!]
Makina : [Don’t worry. I’m sure you’ll be able to become a pop pop candy. “I made such a future definite” after all!]
Serious-senpai : [Oi, almighty god…… Don’t go at it in a roundabout way, just directly create the finished product and go eat that……]
Makina : [This is this, and that is that…… What I want to eat…… is you, Serious-senpai.]
Serious-senpai : [You’re not saying that in a sexual way, but in a literal way, right…… Rather, declaring to break a person into pieces and eat them right in front of the said person, is this guy seriously out of her mind…… Yep, she really is out of her mind huh……]
