Chapter 41 - Jackpot Discovery
I, who accidentally created a new magic circle formation, received various questions from Alice and Alyssa.
My twin sister is curious about the new magic circle I've created, and I feel this new magic circle formation is nothing special.
Somehow, it capture their attention to the same level of enthusiasm.
"C-Calm down, you two," I said to calm Alice and Alyssa, who were curious about the explanation of this new magic circle formation.
"Haven't you two seen this magic circle formation before?" I continued, giving some clues on the magic circle formation I used during the Golden King Bear hunt.
Alice and Alyssa were pensive as if they were thinking about something in their heads.
"This new magic circle formation is very different from anything I've ever seen, Lily-nee," Alyssa said after successfully remembering some things that had happened in the past few months.
"As far as I remember, during the Golden King Bear hunting operation, Lily-nee also cast a magic formation that showed the perspectives of various stealth slimes scattered in the cave that was the Golden King Bear's main nest," Alyssa continued, making several military officers begin to remember the incident clearly in their minds.
Alyssa, who was triggering some memories from the past, managed to take some memories that had almost been forgotten by most of the military officers who were in this central command tent.
Glup...
I forced a smile after the memories of the past were almost forgotten by everyone became clear as it happen yesterday, especially with my rash actions in fighting one on one with the Golden King Bear.
Luckily, it ended in a fairly easy win.
"I remember that now, come to think of it, the dots indicating the positions of the soldiers and the stealth slime herd, is also new magic circle formations, weren't they?" Alice chimed in, making the atmosphere inside the central command tent speechless after having breakfast.
"…"
"…"
"…"
"Enough, Alice. Please don't make other people think hard while they're eating their breakfast," I replied while enjoying the remains of my breakfast.
Slurp...
Nom...
While moving my hands to enjoy the remains of the breakfast that was still warm, I also tried to avoid the topic of conversation about the formation of this new magic circle in detail.
Slurp...
Nom...
Alice and Alyssa kept staring at me.
They were so eager to hear the detailed explanation of this new magic circle formation that I had accidentally created.
Even as I was eating the leftovers of my breakfast, they were still waiting for a detailed explanation of this new magic circle formation.
"Geeeee..." Alice looked at me with great curiosity.
"Geeeeee..." On the other hand, Alyssa also curious and wanted to try imitating this new magic circle formation.
Slurp...
Nom...
With a heavy heart, I swallowed my last bite of breakfast before giving a detailed explanation to my cute twin sisters.
After seeing my breakfast dishes had been finished, Mio immediately carried out her duties well to take away the dirty plates that I had used and poured a cup of warm tea to keep me calm in my free time after breakfast, while preparing an explanation about the new magic circle formation.
Pyyuuurr...
As Mio poured warm tea into the empty cup, I quickly thought of words I could use to explain this new magic circle formation in my head.
It's like I'm teaching them a magic from a magic book written directly by the Great Hero of the past.
Explaining the concept and theory of magic will be difficult after having breakfast in this morning.
Kirraa...
Kirraa...
After Mio poured warm tea into a glass cup and gave it to me, Alice and Alyssa immediately prepared themselves to listen to my detailed explanation.
Slurp...
I drink the warm tea slowly, like a respectable noblewoman, and placed the cup of warm tea carefully on the wide, round table.
Cttaakk...
"For this new magic circle formation, I only used a basic level magic circle formation that emits magic overflow to form a radius of magic energy spread."
Then, I explained the formation of this new magic circle to reduce Alice and Alyssa's curiosity.
"In addition, I also created the same magic circle formation to spread magical energy that is designed to bounce back after hitting the previously created radius boundary."
Swiirrll...
While saying that, I also do some practice about the theory that I had said in front of my twin sisters.
While maintaining the active magic circle formation, I created a new magic circle formation that proved my previous statement.
Swiirrll...
Blast!!
By forming a smaller magic radius than before, I formed a new magic circle formation to be bounces back after hitting the new magic radius boundary.
Blast...
Blast...
The new magic circle formation bounces back and carries some information about the thing that was hit by the reflected magic energy wave.
"It's something like this," after demonstrating the new magic circle formation, I glanced at Alice and Alyssa, who were trying to understand the basic theory of the magic circle formation that I had explained in detail.
I understand that my explanation of the basic theory of magic circle formations still sounds quite complicated to my twin sisters.
"Is there anything you two want to ask?" I said, stopping the explanation of the basic theory of this new magic circle formation.
If they master the basic magic techniques written down by the Great Hero of the past in his magic books, they'll realize how simple this new, versatile magic circle formation is.
Pom!!
While tapping her hands, Alice seemed to understand the explanation of the basic theory of this new magic circle formation.
"Fufu~ it's quite easy to do after determining the radius created. The distance from the set radius is proportional to the bounces back magical energy. Is that right, Onee-sama?" Alice asked a simple question based on her understanding.
Nod...
I nodded to answer Alice's question and glanced at Alyssa, who was still trying to understand the theory I had stated.
Different than usual, this time Alice seemed to accept my explanation theory more easily after I showed her the new magic circle formation with a live magic demonstration.
On the other hand, Alyssa seemed to be trying hard to understand every word I had said that had explained the basic theory of the new magic circle formation that I had explained.
Swiirrrrlll...
Following the magic demonstration I did earlier, Alice, who had already held her magic staff, immediately cast a new magic circle formation smoothly.
Blast...
Blast...
Blast...
I suddenly felt the spread of Alice's magical energy waves and felt the greatest vulnerability of this new magic circle formation.
"I think, you've already noticed that by doing this, some wild monsters or wild animals that are sensitive to magical energy waves can sense the movement of magical energy waves that spread and bounces back like that," I said, adding details about the vulnerability of this particular magic circle formation.
Nod...
As I explained the vulnerabilities of this new magic circle formation, Alyssa raised her hand as if she wanted to ask me something important.
"Yes, Alyssa?" I said, glancing at Alyssa.
"Lily-nee, can this new magic circle formation be used repeatedly? So that it will transmit information in real-time?" Alyssa asked, her curiosity piqued.
"Real-time, huh? That's pretty hard to do when the radius is this big, Alyssa," I replied while glancing at the magic circle formation that was still actively mapping the area around me.
Alyssa smiled at this, as if she had been waiting for this opportunity to tell the plan that was in her head.
"How about we combine this new magic circle formation with our current tasks, Lily-nee?" said Alyssa, suddenly wanting to share the plan that was in her head.
"A new magic circle formation combination?" I muttered after hearing Alyssa's words.
After seeing the new magic circle formation created by Alice, it seemed… it give Alyssa a new idea on a plan that made me interested to hear more about it.
"Yes, a combination of three new magic circle formations that aim to search for something on a large scale. Based on the theory that Lily-nee said, we can adjust the wavelength of the magic energy that can be bounces back, right?"
"Uh-huh, then?"
"Then we can use various wavelengths of magical energy to search for anything classified as a magical plant, wild monster, or wild animal that inhabits this dense forest."
Ping!!
I seemed to understand what Alyssa was thinking, and that made me understand what Alyssa was planning in her mind.
It seems… I underestimated Alyssa's abilities, who seemed not to understand the explanation of the basic theory of this new magic circle formation, and it turns out I was very wrong about this.
"I think, it's worth a try, whether it fails or not, we'll find out later," I said, nodding my head to Alyssa.
Swiirrll...
The moment I agreed to Alyssa's request, she immediately cast a magic circle formation with the same radius as mine and immediately spread several short waves of magic energy to check for the presence of the magic plant.
Blast...
Blast...
Blast...
At that very moment, my magic circle formation that was mapping the dense forest area around me received additional information from the hidden magic plants.
The spots of the undiscovered magic plant immediately caught my attention and the attention of the people inside this central command tent.
"I-Isn't this a great discovery that there are all kinds of magical plants growing in this dense forest?" I said after seeing various small dots indicating the location of the magical plants.
"Yes, this is the jackpot we've found, thanks to Lily-nee!" Alyssa shouted in delight at this.
"E-Eeehh?" I responded to Alyssa's excitement with a skeptical smile.
I didn't expect that this new magic circle formation would trigger such a large-scale discovery of magical plants.
"T-This is… indeed a jackpot," I muttered in a small voice as if I couldn't believe what was happening at that moment.
I immediately glanced at Aiko, who had finished her breakfast and was ready to go back to work.
Brraakk...
With a wide smile on her face, Aiko gave me a thumbs-up.
"Please leave this classified task to us, Supreme Commander!" said Aiko with a cheerful smile on her face.
Swaaasshh!!
Before I gave her the any order, Aiko already gone to confirm the location of the magic plant that had been detected by this new magic circle formation.
I could only breathe a sigh of relief.