Published at 21st of June 2023 6:16 pm

Chapter 333: Tickle's Training

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「Just as Alfried-dono said, I will give up on it if I can not use the method. And I will train my subordinates who can use non-attribute magic in my place」

Maybe he finally put an end to the fact that he can’t use the magic himself since Viscount Dole moved on to the next course of action. 

「Tickle, is there someone who can use non-attribute magic among the servants?」

「U, uumm, I think I was the only one who can use it if it is non-attribute magic.....」

「What ‘d you say Tickle! So you can use non-attribute magic!?」

Viscount Dole grabbed the timidly answering Tickle’s shoulder with great force.

「Ye, yes, but I can not possibly use it so skillfully like Alfried-sama.....」

「S, so, so enviaableee!」

Looking at Tickle saying that while humbling herself, Viscount Dole’s expression distorted as though he’s crying tears of blood. 

Aah, I knew it, he couldn’t give up his expectation yet. He actually can’t help but want to move the dolls by himself. He really loves dolls that much. It would be difficult for him to give up on it so soon.

「Ah, Ma, Master! M, my shoulder! My shoulder will break!」

「Viscount Dole, you will lose a valuable talent if you keep on putting more strength in your hands」

「Haa! I am sorry!.....I was so jealous after hearing that Tickle can use Psychic magic in front of me」

And when I hurriedly warn his action, Viscount Dole came to his senses and released his hands from Tickle’s shoulder.

Tickle was sighing in relief.

I wonder if they’re going to be fine. I hope she doesn’t get crushed by Viscount Dole’s envy.

「And so, in order to measure Tickle-san’s ability, can I ask you to try and move the dolls?」

「Tickle, use Psychic on Knight」

「Ye, yes!」

Tickle replied while being a little nervous when Viscount Dole asked her to carry out the task.

Then, she took a deep breath and stretched out her hand while looking at Knight.

「『I ask thee　Follow my will　Telekinesis』」

But then, Tickle’s magic power can’t cover Knight and control him as if it was repelled.

「Fueeh!?」

「Muu? It’s not moving?」

「E, eh? My magic power can not get in」

Ah, I forgot. Since I’m manipulating Knight with Psychic, he’s still under my magic power control even now.

「What’s wrong then? Can it be you can not use Psychic?」

「Tha, that is impossible! I may not be able to move heavy stuff, but I can still move a light doll!」

I can’t bear seeing Tickle being criticized because of me.

「Ah, I’m sorry. It got repelled because it was still under my Psychic control before」

「Can you not use Psychic if the object is already under someone else’s control?」

「It’s not that you can not use it, but it had already been under someone else’s control so it is hard to forcibly snatch the control of the object from the other person and bring it under your control. But I think you can do so by forcefully pushing enough amount of magic power to take over the object from the other person」

Psychic magic is magic where you freely control an object with your own magic power that has spread throughout the said object. So the moment when someone else’s had already covered the target with their own magic power, it is necessary to use an amount of magic power that exceeds the other side to overwrite the other person’s Psychic.

And it is perhaps because of that reason, one may not be able to move magic tools or magic swords that already contain magic power in them. 

「Hooh, so it was like that」

「I did not know about it since there are no other people who can use Psychic besides me」

「I guess that’s because there are few people around you who have the aptitude for non-attribute magic」

There are few people who can use non-attribute magic after all. So it can’t be helped if Viscount Dole and Tickle are not aware of this fact. Even I noticed this fact when I was having a Psychic tug-of-war with Ra-chan back in the royal capital.

I dispersed my magic power since Tickle can’t activate Psychic with my magic power already inside the dolls.

「This should be fine. Go ahead, you can try again now」

「Yes! 『I ask thee　Follow my will　Telekinesis』」

I cancel my magic power in Knight and then Tickle cast Psychic on it again. Tickle’s magic power spread throughout Knight’s body this time, and Knight became under her control.

When Tickle moves her right hand, Knight stands up as if to follow her hand.

Up, right, left, down. Knight is just floating right in front of us.

It would be such an eerie spectacle if you saw this kind of thing happen in the middle of the night.

「Isn’t this just floating? Tickle, make it walk next」

「E, errr, how do you make it walk?」

Tickle asks me as if she’s troubled by Viscount Dole’s unreasonable demand.

Hmーm, how to make it walk, huh? I want to teach her how but it’s difficult to explain it with words alone.

「It’s like moving its limbs separately while maintaining its center of gravity so it won’t collapse, something like that?」

「Fuee? Moving the limbs separately? Ca, can you really do that?」

「You can. Here, look at this」

I use Psychic to make Elizabeth walk to show her an example.

Elizabeth is moving at small paces, like a young lady walking down a city street without largely moving her hands.

Her legs are also being moved properly with Psychic. There is no way she can’t move.

「E, eehhhhh!?」

Tickle is bewildered seeing Elizabeth move.

As long as you are used to using Psychic, being able to manipulate your magic power at this kind of level is natural, isn’t it?

「Try doing that for now Tickle!」

「Ye, yes」

Pressed by Viscount Dole, Tickle confidently nods.

Knight - who had been floating in midair - slowly fell without being able to land properly.

Then Tickle uses Psychic again to raise the fallen Knight. She moves Knight and tries to make him stand and make him walk, but Knight still falls down.

「Ah, uuh, it is also difficult to make it stand」

Tickle struggles since she can’t make Knight stand.

「Make Knight stand properly! Look at the floor!」

Perhaps he became frustrated with Tickle as she was using Psychic on Knight in front of him, as Viscount Dole's voice sounded crazed and frustrated.

While being under the pressure of Viscount Dole, Tickle gives it another go while teary-eyed. However, Knight falls down to the floor again and again, not answering her hope.

「Get yourself together! It would not be long before I can see the doll move!」

「Now now, Viscount Dole, don’t put too much pressure on Tickle. Magic is also affected by the state of mind of the magician. And besides, it is even more difficult to make dolls stand by themselves 」

「I, is that so? I’m sorry, I got too excited.....gununu, if only I can also use Psychic」

I knew it, but it seems like it will need some time, and only time solve the current problem

「Tickle-san, it will be easier if you also hold the image of your own body moving in your mind while manipulating the doll with Psychic. That way, you will know where should you keep the center of gravity in mind, or which place should you support with your magic power so it won’t fall. As long as you keep that in mind, you should slowly be able to improve your skill」

「Ye, yes! I will keep my own body in mind!」

Hearing my advice, Tickle starts to walk around the room while checking her center of gravity.

And Viscount Dole is watching her with a pitiful look.

Hmーm, it took even someone who is familiar with the magic like me a whole day to make the doll move so it won’t be that easy...... but even if I told him that he doesn’t look like he’s going to calm down.

Should I talk about another topic or prepare something to distract him to forget the current situation and try to calm him down? 

「By the way Viscount Dole, you are really good at making dolls, right?」

「Mu? That’s right. You can obtain a lot of the necessary materials to make dolls like cotton and cloth in my territory. My dear Mother taught me to make dolls since I was little so I’m good at it」

Still, I guess the talk about dolls is enjoyable for him since Viscount Dole becomes talkative and appears to forget about Tickle’s situation.

「I see, then can you make a doll now? I would like to see how you make a doll」

「Of course, I can! Bastian, bring me my usual sewing set!」

「Yes, at once!」

When Viscount Dole shouts at him, the butler - Bastian - soon replies and brought back a big bag with him.

Then Viscount Dole receive the bag and started taking out the sewing set from the bag with familiar movements.

Amazing. From various colors of threads to cloth, soft cotton, needles, to scissors are neatly arranged inside.

「Now then, what should I make? Do you have any requests?」

「……then, please make a cute frog, a small one like the slippers Tickle wears」

「A cute frog......how should I go with making that?」

Hmm, I’m fine to just leave everything to him, but this is something I asked for, so let’s try to make it specific.

I cast Earth magic and make a perfectly round Earth ball. Then I add small frog-like limbs to that, and shape it into a deformed frog face with little unevenness.

「How about a round frog like this? I think it will be soft and adorable if you fill the cotton inside」

When I hand over the deformed frog figure made with Earth magic to him, Viscount Dole lifts it up with an excited expression on his face.

「O, oooh! It’s perfectly round not like a real frog! But, that is the lovable point about this! Just as Alfried-dono says, it will turn out soft and adorable if we fill it with cotton! And if you sew red cloth on the mouth and intentionally make it so that it can open and close its mouth, you can play around with it by opening and closing its mouth, and you can also put light objects in it!」

「And if you put copper and silver coins inside, it will also become a cute purse. It may also be interesting if you purposefully let the inside empty without cotton and put your money inside, making it grow larger and fatter like a moneybox」

「Alfried-dono, are you a genius or what! Wait a bit! I will make it quickly!」

Viscount Dole got into it more than I expected when I try to propose the idea to him since it becomes somewhat interesting when I think about it myself.

Viscount Dole then chooses green and red cloth among the cloths arranged to be used for the frog. And after threading a needle, he starts to move the needle through the cloth with a staggering speed unsuitable for his large build.

Wow, he can really sew by himself.

It’s surreal seeing Viscount Dole - who is close to two meters in height - sit down and frantically sew a doll like that. 

In any case, I’m relieved that Viscount Dole can devote himself to work seriously. With this, he probably won’t feel impatient to see the doll moving for a while.

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