That night after meeting up with Lefille in the forest. Suimei immersed himself in the clear night sky, gazing at the stars of this different world from a boulder with a great view by himself.
“It should be that direction, and…”
With the dark purple darkness as the background, the beautiful stars were spread across the heavens. Looking at the night sky that definitely could not be seen in the polluted modern world, Suimei was divining the correct direction through Astrology. He wasn’t familiar with the stars in this different world, but he had stayed in this world for quite some time now, and he had gazed upon the night skies numerous times. He understood the position of the moon and the stars, and could make out the basics such as directions.
However—
(Even if I use them, it’s only about this much eh...)
One of the things that kept him from calming down after coming to this world was still troubling him. That’s right, as stated before, even if he is able to, Suimei can only divinate this much from the stars in this world. Certainly, by observing the star’s spectrum - referring to the rays of light emitted by the stars here - and analyzing them using magic, he could determine which stars had which type of attributes, and it would be possible to utilize them in spells. But the divination that was synonymous with Astrology was done by using the radiance of the most effective stars, which harbours the name of the stars and their meaning, and utilizing the influence of the stars in the most efficient manner. As it was not possible to do this, he couldn’t use Astrology to its full potential.
The spell Meteor drop would be a good example. In his original world, as long as the conditions for time and location were fulfilled, it boasted of atrocious magic power. But in this world where he couldn’t draw out the powers of mysteries, the best he could do would be less than half the maximum power under normal conditions. With the powerful spells he depended on greatly in combat becoming like this, Suimei couldn’t help sighing depressedly.
After finishing his conversation with Lefille about the Mazoku, Suimei and Lefille walked into the depth of the forest to search for a place to make camp.
They encountered a pack of wolves on the way there, but they didn’t run into any monsters, and found a water source, and a cave that could keep the cold and humidity away.
The sun had already set half way by then as the day slowly becomes the night. The two of them prepared as fast as possible, and after eating dinner, it was already this late.
Watching the stars, Suimei thought about what would happen hereafter, but he had not decided his course of action yet. Running here because of his emotions was one thing, but what should he do from hence forth? Taking everything into consideration, fighting with the Mazoku called Rajas is probably unavoidable but…
“He said that he’d bring along his comrades huh.”
He thought about the demon general Rajas with his huge body, and one of the things he said.
Rajas told Lefille nonchalantly that he will bring his minions along. Suimei didn’t think it would be in the hundreds of thousands like Lefille said, but it was true that they were making some kind of military maneuver. They probably have to steel themselves to fight a large number of enemies.
Therefore, Suimei was vexed that meteor drop couldn’t be used. Although it wouldn’t be effective unless he used a special kind of spell, just like that time when he used Ashurbanipal’s Flame, he would be able to forcefully overwhelm the Mazoku with brute power. He felt disheartened his powerful wide area attack won’t be at full power.
As Suimei was sighing in lamentation.
“Hmm? Lefille?”
When did she come out from the cave? In Suimei’s vision, the beautiful figure of Lefille who was dressed in a knight’s attire headed off somewhere. Lefille walked unsteadily as if she was sleepwalking, heading into the depths of the forest like a puppet controlled by strings.
… Where was she going this late in the night without even a weapon? Suimei couldn’t fathom what the swordswoman was thinking. After eating dinner, she said she was tired and retired early. With the fight against the Mazoku, the dispute with the caravan and dealing with the pack of wolves, she should have accumulated a lot of fatigue. That should be so, but what was she trying to do now?
“If I remember correctly, that way is…”That’s right, the place Lefille was going to was the water source. It was a somewhat high place that had a brook and could have a small waterfall. However, the cave they currently were in already had enough water so there was no need to go over there right?
“...”
There was an uneasy feeling in the air. Suimei rubbed the back of his neck, feeling an uneasy premonition.
Lefille and that shaky way of walking, it didn’t seem normal. Moreover, she wasn’t carrying a weapon that normally would be necessary in the forest. Something was happening. In that case, i