Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody

※2016/5/24 Typo corrections made.

This is Satou. The advent of the internet has shortened the distance to the world, but it’s not zero. When I have meetings with people overseas over the internet, the communication delay still bothers me.

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“—Master, can you hear me?”

“I can hear you. The conversation is delayed because you’re a little far away.”

Using spatial magic’s “infinite distance communication (world phone),” I talked with Arisa at the Isolated Island Palace.

While waiting for her reply through the long lag, I watched the blue light fountain rising from the black disk.

I never thought a day would come when I could see such a spectacular view.

Someday, I want to bring everyone here to see it.

“But didn’t you say that infinite distance communication doesn’t delay words even over long distances?”

“Normally, yes—”

Since I set the base point for unit deployment, I moved to the otherworldly desert.

I checked the menu, and no magic power except for “infinite distance communication” was consumed. As expected, my “unit deployment” seems to require no magic power regardless of distance.

“—Normally?”

Arisa’s voice suddenly came through the infinite distance communication.

“This time, I came to a slightly farther place.”

“Huh? Your voice doesn’t delay anymore.”

I recalled the void suit for outer space to the storage and returned to the Isolated Island Palace.

“That’s because you came back closer.”

“Master~?”

“Yes, indeed!”

“Satou.”

I caught the younger ones who jumped at me and confirmed Arisa’s matter.

“It’s nothing important. I just heard from Aze-tan that other clans’ High Elves have contacted her, so I thought I’d pass it on.”

Probably it was an invitation to the Bulinan Clan’s banquet.

“Smells like something’s burning.”

“Burnt burnt~?”

“It smells like burnt meat.”

The children, who had been rubbing their faces against me, looked up worriedly.

“I got a little too close to the fire source (・・).”

I almost got charred black.

This happened before watching the spectacular view, but apparently the smell lingered inside the void suit I had changed into.

“Geez! Don’t do dangerous things!”

“I experimented before executing it, but I didn’t expect such variation in firepower.”

“Seriously, whether it’s a volcano or mantle, stop being reckless.”

Arisa is surprisingly worried.

I showed the crystal I obtained from the fire source (・・) to Arisa and the others.

“Pretty~?”

“Sparkling!”

“Flame crystal pearl? Light crystal pearl?”

“What’s that? It’s beautiful, but I somehow feel an incredible magic power.”

It was something created in the primal magic experiment.

“This is a high-level attribute crystal that has two attributes: flame and light. Let’s see—”

I gazed at the small crystal like an artificial sun.

“—Shall I call it a Sun Pearl?”

The Sun Pearl was fused into the staffs of Arisa and Mia.

Of course, using primal magic.

Though I’m not an ancient dragon, primal magic is very exhausting and consumes a huge amount of magic power, so I don’t want to overuse it.

But it’s handy for making special magical artifacts like this time.

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As expected, Aze-san’s matter was an invitation to a banquet from the Bulinan Clan.

Since Aze-san can’t leave Boruenan, she brought her companions and accepted the invitation.

“Hoho, gravity magic, huh—interesting.”

“Yes, a high-rank demon used it.”

I handed the gravity magic beginner’s book to the Bulinan Clan’s High Elf.

Only ten spells that seem to be basic are included.

It’s not only human tribe magic that can now be used with chanting. I can also use dragon language magic that produces Dragon Spring Liquor, and demon race magic.

Gravity magic was used by the blue-skinned Nari demon race, who appeared as the opening act before the Demon King “Golden Boar King” fought in the Duke’s Capital underground.

I only ear-copied two spells, so analyzing them was hard.

I understood the interference, generation, and disappearance of gravitons, so everything beyond that is my original.