Published: August 2, 2025
Today, four chapters are updated simultaneously.
This story is the second chapter.
The next day.
“Mr. Ryoma, are you awake?”
Early in the morning, the young lady came to visit my room. Mr. Sebas was with her as well.
“What’s the matter?”
“Today, Father and the others will be teaching beast taming magic, so would you like to join us, Mr. Ryoma?”
Beast taming magic, huh... Now that I think about it, the only things I can use right now are the beast taming contract, magical beast appraisal, and contract cancellation... There are other magics too, right? And I do have time now.
But then there’s yesterday’s trouble with those thugs...
While I was thinking about this, Mr. Sebas came closer and whispered in my ear.
“This is sudden, but I heard that Lord Ryoma has been able to make some free time recently. Since it’s a day off, could you accompany Lady Elia? Since Lord Ryoma is going to separate from this town, Lady Elia wants to spend as much time as possible with him. We will put guards on the shop for the whole day today.”
Ah... now that you mention it, ever since I decided to become independent, I’ve been focused on securing living expenses and managing the shop, so the time I’ve spent with the young lady has been less than during our travels.
She seemed happy to do the magic training together... I guess she was glad to have made a friend.
...Maybe I’ve been a bit neglectful.
“All right. I’ll join you.”
“Really!?”
The young lady’s face lit up with a dazzling smile.
For some reason, I felt guilty... or rather, it was my fault for not realizing it until she told me.
After stopping by the shop to inform everyone, they all smiled and said, “Leave the shop to us!”
Even after what happened yesterday, not a single complaint... At my old workplace, it would have been a storm of criticism.
They’re truly good people. I’m glad I employed them.
The place we arrived at was the familiar abandoned mine shaft’s square.
It seems the training will take place here, and the madam brought a birdcage in front of me and the young lady.
“All right, let’s begin. First, Elia, what is beast taming magic?”
“Beast taming magic is a spell that contracts with magical beasts and borrows their power. When a beast taming contract is made, a mana connection forms between the mage and the magical beast, allowing communication through it.”
“That’s right. And today, what we’ll be teaching you both is a magic called sensory sharing that utilizes that connection. As the name suggests, it’s a magic that shares the senses between the mage and their familiar to gain information or alert the familiar of the mage’s danger.”
“This is a characteristic magic of beast taming magic that cannot be done with summoning magic.”
Is that so?
“Why can’t summoning magic do it?”
“Usually, summoning magic forcibly subdues magical beasts by the power of magic. Even if there is a connection, it’s one-sided.”
I didn’t know that about summoning magic...
“I see, understood.”
“To master sensory sharing requires practice. The longer the mage and familiar help and understand each other, the easier and clearer the sense sharing becomes. But today, you two will contract with magical beasts we have prepared here and train.”
“Why bother? Can’t we use slimes?”
“Sure, sensory sharing with slimes is possible, but the effect is hard to understand and essentially meaningless.”
“Slimes have no eyes, ears, or nose. Even if sensory sharing is possible, they can’t perceive sight, hearing, smell, or even taste. So, it’s unclear how they understand their surroundings.”
That does make it hard to grasp the effect.
“I understand.”
So, Elia and I contracted with the magical beast inside the birdcage: a Cluebird that looks like a pigeon.
Come to think of it, this is my first contract with a creature other than a slime!
That realization made me a little nervous, but the contract went smoothly.
“The contract is done, right? Now, be aware that there is a connection between yourself and your familiar, and strongly imagine seeing the scenery through the familiar’s eyes. If you do this, sensory sharing can be used without casting a spell.”