Chapter 61
Chapter 61
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 61
Chapter Title: Happiness Comes from the Heart (5)
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It's a spell that creates a platform made of ice and lets you float up into the air at just the right height.
Of course, if you break it down, it's not an incredibly difficult spell by any means.
But the size of those ten magic characters is so perfectly calibrated that it's astonishing she managed to pull it off flawlessly on her first try, purely by feel.
Is it even possible to do something like that on your very first spell?
'Her firepower is different from mine or Rozaria's, but her sense for coming up with and drawing magic circles is no joke.'
Sure, if you gave me time, I could probably whip up something similar.
But no matter how you look at it, this looks like she just sketched it out on the spot, whatever came to mind.
Then again, she pulled off that level of quality without much drawing experience.
All in all, she seems to have a monstrous talent for snap judgments like this.
For now, whatever else, I need to stay on good terms with her from here on out.
She might even be able to help when I need spells coded for the computer I'm building.
Come to think of it, I just need to make the computer. I don't have to do everything myself.
If I surround myself with skilled mages, I could just pitch ideas and watch it progress smoothly.
"Anyway, magic's no big deal. That's why I kept telling you I'd teach you quickly."
"No. I wanted to do it. Hmm, and it was satisfying."
She wasn't lying; I could tell from the way her idiot bangs swayed gently as she smiled a little.
From recent experience, that's exactly how she looks when she's genuinely satisfied.
Well, if she's happy with it, that's what matters.
"What!?"
"Figured you wouldn't believe me. This is just me showing my thanks."
I was totally caught off guard when Yuria suddenly hugged me tight.
More than anything, the barely-contained explosion of cleavage from her button-up shirt pressed right against me, flooding my senses with that soft, intense sensation. My mind went blank.
Whoa, what is this? It's not like some tactical weapon, so why does the texture feel this incredible?
"A-Ah, got it. I get that you're satisfied, so let go already."
"Did Kali like it too?"
Satisfaction would probably come from burying myself deep between those breasts and filling them up, but that's not happening for real, so I hurriedly changed the subject while insisting I was satisfied.
She doesn't mean to, but her body's so lewd it's dangerous.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ And with that, the magic lessons with Yuria wrapped up.
Time passed, and Happiness Comes from the Heart went on sale.
The academy pre-orders sold out fast, with magic club students across all grades snapping them up.
Seeing this really drives home what kind of presence the name "Siu" has in the magic world.
Setting aside everything else, I'm just grateful they love my work this much.
I don't know what the reactions will be this time, but if they enjoy reading it, that might be enough.
Lately, I've been overthinking the intent and all that.
That wasn't the issue to begin with. If they just enjoy my work, that's plenty.
'Hmm, still feels kinda weird, though.'
Here in the clubroom, everyone's reading my new work—except me, pretending to.
But no matter what, the other three are way too distracting.
And this comic's packed end-to-end with content that's all about overflowing breasts, which makes it even worse.
My eyes keep drifting to Yuria's and Orca's chests.
"As expected..."
"Rozaria? Did you say something?"
"...Nothing."
Why's she suddenly glaring at me like that...?
『In a World Where Lewd Comics Are Legal』
"What do you mean by that?"
"What, Rozaria, you didn't know?"
My mind reeled from the shocking info that came up mid-conversation with Professor Rondo.
Kali is the disciple of artist Siu? I'd never heard that from him.
Professor Rondo isn't one to joke about this, and hearing even Grandpa knew made my heart pound.
I stayed as calm as possible and asked her to tell me everything she knew about Kali.
The professor started from their first meeting.
"At first, he couldn't even release mana properly. His master must've taught him that. He reeked of oil paints, so it was probably around when he was practicing those obsessively. Next time we met for another work, no oil paint smell, so I asked if he was learning magic, and he said yes?"
One of those has to be a lie—either what Professor Rondo heard or what he told me before learning from me.
The thought that Kali might've lied to me hit like a betrayal.
But then I realized something odd.
'She adapted to magic weirdly fast. But she was still clumsy enough that it didn't seem like she'd learned from someone else.'
Was that acting too?
Could you fake real-time practice making your skills improve naturally?
And Kali of all people fooling his childhood friend like that?
That'd bruise my pride big time.
'Or what if it's the opposite? What if the claim he learned magic from a master was the lie?'
Then why lie about learning from a master?
And how would he even live with this supposed master?
The villa had clear signs of Kali living there steadily, with no traces of anyone else.
So the master's existence doesn't add up from the start...
'What if there was no master to begin with?'
This is ridiculous, purely hypothetical.
But if we assume the "master" is fictional, what happens?
Then "Siu" becomes Kali, right?
"Eh?"
"Rozaria?"
"Ah, sorry. Just thought of something."
"Okay. Good luck."
I know it's an utterly absurd assumption.
But the moment I made it, all the mismatched pieces suddenly snapped perfectly into place.
It was chilling how well it fit.
"Even during break when we were together, he submitted comic manuscripts, saying his master gave them."
Delivery could've fit the timeline.
But I remembered how he barely slept right up to submission, working obsessively.
I still don't know what he was doing then, but if it was "manuscript work," it all lines up.
Even his freakish comic knowledge helping me out explains perfectly.
And Professor Rondo said he smelled strongly of oil paints at first—Siu's debut White Flower on Water was oil-painted.
Then, when the smell was gone and he lied about learning magic, Siu's new work was inked comics.
If he lied about magic to hide being "Siu," it fits perfectly.
Why did Kali only draw super-deformed stuff?
If he's "Siu," it explains too well: normal deformed art is "Siu's" style, so he couldn't show me or the academy.
"Rozaria, you're crazy..."
I know how unrealistic this sounds.
For now, it's just my imagination—no proof.
But I can check.
"Ah, Princess Nia. Hello."
"No need to treat me like upperclassman, Senior Rozaria."
"Right, sorry. I didn't realize you hated it..."
"It's fine. Here for Kali?"
"Yes. Is he out?"
"He is, but..."
"If it's not too much trouble, could I wait in the room?"
"...Sure."
The clubroom turned up nothing special, even after searching.
He's hiding something, but takes all the tools—no traces left.
Dorm room's the only place left to stash stuff.
'Kali won't be back for a while anyway. He mentioned plans with Professor Rondo.'
I wanted to sneak a search and confirm.
If nothing, it's just my overactive imagination.
If I find his secret, everything clears up, peace of mind.
Win-win.
"Ah, are these Kali's things?"
"Yes. Nothing of mine."
"Hmm, then it's fine to doodle a bit, right...?"
Not his stuff, so Princess Nia didn't stop me.
Pretending to rummage his drawing tools, I scanned for manuscript storage spots.
Didn't find jackpot, but in the copier, a paper left mid-work.
'...Kali really is artist Siu.'
Familiar deformed art graced a monochrome comic manuscript.
Less anger at the deception, more relief that his anxiety-inducing behavior was about comics, not another girl.
But separately, the manuscript's bust monster vaguely resembling "Yuria" caught my eye.
Does Kali like big breasts?
Siu's comics always featured more big-chested girls than small.
Come to think of it, the club members he brought all have huge chests?
Is that his taste reflected?
If Kali's Siu and Siu loves big boobs...
Then those busty bitches might steal him from me?
"As expected..."
"Rozaria? Did you say something?"
"...Nothing."
And seeing Siu's new work all about massive tits hammered it home.
I might really lose Kali to those girls.
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