「This is Etoile Katie’s new Spring Collection. Seems like they’re rare fruits from the East
「Is that so? These fruits are delicious」
Mogumogu. You get hungry when you use magic.
We’re taking a break and having a snack. We’re having a pleasant tea time, picking up the sweets the guild members prepared in advance.
「Do you have Etoile Katie’s magic tools?」
「Yes, the magic tools you filled for us are over there. Magic tools to heat the oven, cool the fridge, lights, and also diffusers. All the magic tools we have prepared for you today」
「Hmm. That’s a lot of magic tools」
「Lina-chan. Lina-chan. Those are the tools we use when baking sweets~」
「Oh really? Oh, we’ve used ovens and fridges too」
The guild staff told me that those are fire, ice, light, and wind magic tools. They seem to be a popular restaurant in the school town and so they have a full selection.
「Alec-kun seems to have a lot of magic. Honestly, I didn’t expect this many tools refilled」
「Really? Sure, I think it’s more magic than an ordinary zatsuryu, but how many people?」
「From what I see, it’s at least 30 people’s amount. I’m surprised that you still have some more to spare」
「Thirty people? I see」
Thirty times the ordinary Zatsuryu? It’s not often I get to measure my magic so it’s helpful that I got told a concrete number. If possible, I’d like to go a hundred, or a thousand more.
「By the way, how many can a Kiryu fill up with their magic?」
「An adult Kiryu male could have the same amount as 50 Zatsuryu. The students who come to the guild can vary from students to adults, and they’re about 20」
「Got it. So we amount to twenty sophomores?」
「Yes, that’s the case」
「Only the boys?」
「Yes, the boys」
So Arron-kun and Leonard-kun’s got enough magic for 20 people.
Among the new students, about three to five are Zatsuryu boys. So Lina-chan’s about 10. Mira-chan’s a little more, maybe 12 or 13. As for me, 15, or maybe it’s reaching 18.
It may seem like the new Kiryu male students have at least three or five times the amount, but when they try to beat each other up for example, the difference would be about three to five times the strength of their opponent.
It would be like an elementary school kid throwing a 500-kilo punch next to an adult who punched a hundred kilos. A monster would be a modest way to say it.
It’s not even a comparison when it comes to marathons. It would be like a child running five times as fast as an adult running a marathon for two hours. They’re no human, no matter how you look at it.
Of course, the match isn’t decided by the amount of magic, but the difference in that is an important factor.
Putting that aside, now that I have twice as much magic as last year, I still have enough to spare, and Lina-chan who’s supplementing magic with me isn’t tired at all either.
I think the three of us use magic amounting to thirty people because we refill at the same pace, but it has increased compared to when we enrolled.
「Is everyone alright?」
「We’re still fine. We’re going to run out of time before our magic runs out」
「I don’t have any problems either」
「Me too, I’m still good!」
They’re not overwhelmed, so they seem fine.
「Then, once we’re done with our snacks, let’s get the rest of it」
「We’ve got some souvenirs for you to take home with you as well」
「More of Etoile Katie’s pastries?」
「Yes. We have a whole cake here. Enjoy it in the dorm」
「That’s thoughtful of you! Please tell Etotoile Katie that it was delicious, will you?」
「Certainly」
After finishing the plate of sweets offered, we continued pouring magic into the new magic tools.
We enjoyed chatting about various topics while we inject mana. We talked about what we learned in class, read in the library books, asked the guild members how to use the magic tools we hadn’t seen before, and enjoyed making various kinds of tea.
Time passed by quickly as we had such a good time, and all the magic tools we had prepared like a mountain had finished charging.
「I thought about putting plenty of time into it, but I didn’t expect it to be done…」
The guild seems surprised that it’s done. I’m a little tired, probably because I haven’t used this much mana in a long time. I’m hungry.
「Alec-sama, Lina-sama, Anastasia-sama, Mira-sama. Good job. Thanks for your time today」
「I also had fun. Thanks. Call us if there’s another opportunity like this」
We just sat on a chair, chatted around, ate sweets, and drank tea.
It’s a great job because we get paid a lot.
「Please bring this with you. A souvenir」
「Yes, thank you very much. We’ll be excusing ourselves」
We went home with several large whole cakes.
We shared it with everyone in the dorm and also tasted the new cakes. So good.
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「The four of them filled enough magic for more than 200 Zatsuryu, this is absurd」
It’s scary that such a small body is packed with so much magic. The guild staff women were tongue-tied by the results, which were beyond their imagination.
According to their experience, a sophomore Kiryu would run out of their magic halfway through this. Especially since a Zatsuryu is included in their count.
「In fact, he’s the one who recharged the most. I should’ve collected more rare attribute tools」
They thought that the main focus should be fire, ice, and lightning, so they collected magic tools with those attributes. If they had known that Alec, a Zatsuryu had such an amount of magic, then they would’ve collected several rare attribute magic tools that are difficult to recharge.
That was their only disappointment, but Alec and the group were impressed with their magic recharge work They can expect more next time.
「As for items that need recharging」
For the next job, a staff member pulls out a list of magic tools with rare attributes. The guild calculates the approximate amount of magic from their previous recharge date and they can contact the guild if they need one. Of course, they check requests for off-list magic tools too.
「Hmmm. I wonder if they’ll come the next holiday, should I send a letter to confirm?」
It’s much easier to leave it to Alec alone rather than gather dozens of Zatsuryu and have them all recharge. Only a few of the Zatsuryu in the Free Knights guild are well-behaved. Most of them are dropouts and just scrape by.
Many tools with rare attributes are expensive, and so putting them before an unspecified number of people is problematic. The fact that he lives in the Upper Dragon Academy and his background is clear is also advantageous for Alec’s favor.
The staff member calculated various things while looking at a list and began to write a letter. Alec will be pulled in by the guild for a while.