Chapter 42: Power Of Anime

[Duke's manor, Sephiria's room]

As Shun setted up the Projection crystal, he sometimes would ask Yuumi, and the others where they took the crystal that is a catalyst for the Projection magic, but everytime he did the the latter would just whistle away and look at a distance trying to avoid the conversation

After looking unto the catalyst overnight he finally knew how to activate such catalyst, instead of projection it was more like linking to past memory and able to watch that memory again

Without further ado Shun searched through his memory and found a certain Anime that is also in a form of magic fantasy type anime

"All right! I'm going to show you an anime called fairytail!!!" Exclaimed Shun

"Fairytail?... . . Why would they name it like that? Are they implying that fairies have tails?... . . I didn't know that!" Asked Sephiria

At that question Shun immediately revealed to him why such anime is called fairytail

"Unfortunately the guild inside this Anime is called fairytail, the reason for that is because it's founder once thought that "does fairy have tails?" You never know, it is an endless mystery and something along the line including endless Adventure thus the name fairytail was born" he explained

Hearing that even Sephiria was amused by that kind of ideology and was even amused to hear that it was a guild

"A guild? Are you saying like the Adventurers Guild in town?" She further asked

"More like a guild for mages... . . "

At that mention Sephiria was even more stunned to know that such guild could happen and repeated the word "guild of mages" inside her head

Without further ado Shun immediately dig up from his past and played the very first episode of the fairytail

After that he sitted down on the other edge of the couch as both him and Sephiria enjoy the nostalgic experience of watching an anime which made Shun to remember his past otaku life

As they watched however times easily passes by and they have already watched few episodes of fairytail, during the process Sephiria actually got caught on the momentum and immediately felt like motivated to imitate some of their movements and trying to reflect the conjuring and action of the male lead which has the same affinity to flame like herself

But the most favorite character she liked was the red haired girl called Erza as she actually uses equipped magic to change armor and fight in different fighting styles, for some time she also felt like imitating her as she picks up a sword from who knows where and waved it unprecedentedly making Shun to back away in case of being accidentally hit by the blade

But during those times the rain still continued to pour down heavily and slowly drop the temperature of the room, Soo. The Temperature inside Sephiria's room dropped to a certain degree that made Shun shiver in coldness, in contrast to him Sephiria however was having the time of her life as if she's isn't affected by the cold by her constant moving around

When she turned her head to glance at Shun, she soon saw him shivering in coldness and felt somehow pity for him

"Oi! That gaze felt like your insulting me" exclaimed Shun as he saw Sephiria's pitying gaze at him

"Sorry! I totally forgot you were here" reasoned Sephiria

Soon she ran up towards her bed and pulled out her blanket and sprawled in over Shun, after that she also entered the blanket and stocked to Shun as she conducted heat to warm themselves up like a kotatsu

Even though such contact would lead to misunderstanding, Shun doesn't mind it anymore as he enjoyed the warm feeling of burying yourself in a warm atmosphere, for a second he was delighted to know that Sephiria has also affinity for flame making this heat conversion possible

"Thanks"

"No problem" smiled Sephiria

Following that the girl actually returned to her former self and happily watched the episodes

As time passes by Shun somehow dozed off and and noticed that the moment he opened his eyes again he clearly saw Sephiria still enthusiastic about the show but this time the rain finally stopped, thus Shun concluded that perhaps tomorrow they could continue their training outside

At some point he saw the worried faces of Sephiria's parents as they motioned their hands to catch Shun's attention

Following their lead Shun inadvertently exited Sephiria's room while slapping himself out of his daze

When he stood behind the door her parents immediately inquired about the current situation

"So how is she? Does she somehow improved?" Asks the Duke's wife who is named Cecile

After feigning ignorance for a bit to see their reaction, Shun eventually smiled and placed a thumbs up indicating that Sephiria has finally manage to conjure magic

"She improved alright! Her only problem in the Mana output since she can't determine how much Mana to input into a spell which causes her failed attempt"

At that notion both the Duke and his wife cheered in joy as they received a positive news in only a week of training

"So what was her problem in the first place that causes her to fail to conjure magic?" Asks Duke Alan

"Well the thing is she lacks imagination to see the clearer picture of what she is currently casting which causes her failure" replied Shun

"Imagination?" Pointed out lady Cecile

"Yes! Imagination is one of the key components in magic, just like the ideology of knowledge is key, so does the imagination... . . A mage can improve his or her ability if one could clearly picture out the spell their conjuring... . . Thus the clearer image the stronger the spell" explained Shun

At that both of her parent looked at each other before returning their gaz at him

"So that Projection magic... . . "

As if answering their question Shun indifferently answered them

"Yes I'm providing entertainment of my own knowledge, this providing her a clearer picture of what spell she might cast... . . If she continues, you may soon see her like a complete different person as her magic improve as time goes on and her imagination advances"

At that Cecile gratefully thanked Shun from all his efforts which made ger daughter improve

For a long time in a while the former tutor of their daughter gave up on her for being unable to conjure any proper magic and properly execute it which I turn really bugged them out and be criticized by other Duke's for having an incompetent daughter

Thus the news of her being improved in nearly just a week caused them to gratefully thanked the person who was responsible for such improvement

With that I thought they asked about Sephiria's current situation

"Well she's being flooded in by entertainment so I suggest that you don't disturb her" he advised

But instead of backing away the parents were somehow intrigued about the characters in the Projection and asked what it is all about

Thus Shun answered

"Well it's a show mainly focused on mages that has power to turn a continent upside down... . .that's how strong those characters are, it's more like watching an adventure of a grand sorcerer in your terms"

At that the parents were actually speechless, an adventure of an grand sorcerer and able to freely see it was like any mages dream for they can learn a thing or two from it

This in turn roused their curiosity as they pleaded to him

"Can you also show it us too? We want to experience something new like seeing and Adventure" stated Cecile

"Can you do us this favor? In return I would turn a blind eye of you having a skin contact with my daughter"

Hearing that Shun was perplexed to know that the parents saw everything so he conceded as he said

"If you can provide me a Projection catalyst then I can"

With that the parents assured him that they would find a catalyst as they left and started to do what they said

With that aside Shun finally decided to go back inside when suddenly Rengar showed up beside him which alerted him

"Master!"

"What is it?"

We found a huge pack of desert wolves approaching this place... . .we concluded that they'll likely reach this place by Dawn" reported Rengar

"Desert wolves? Why would such a thing be here when there isn't a dessert here?" Asked Shun

"Maybe there are circumstances" said Yuumi as she chimmed in the conversation

"Circumstances? Nevertheless we should eliminate those guys" said Shun

In return Rengar said

"As you wish"

However Shun immediately stopped him as he state his reasoning

"It's been long since I've fought!, If I stay idle my skills in fighting will detoriate, so I would like to attack them too... . . At night we will intercept them, Rengar you'll be in the lead and guide me towards them" ordered Shun

"Understood, we will stand down... . . For now"