Paladin of the End - Vol 1 Chapter 5

TL:Killerpants

The translation is not totally accurate and may have some errors. If found then please point them out so I can edit them.

... ... and five years have passed.

I was about 7 years old, apparently there seems to be no custom in this world to celebrate my birthday.

When I asked, it is a counting ceremony, the first one is 1-year-old. It seems to be plus one each time the New Year comes.

Apparently, in the tradition from the era when there was no 0 as a clear figure, the baby seems to be 1-year-old from the time of birth.

Certainly, I agree that it does not change how to count the year either way.

In other words, in terms of this world's expression, it is probably 7 plus one and I will be 8 years old ... ...

Then when I asked when it was the New Year, a surprising answer of "I do not know" came back.

No, I knew exactly when it was the start of the New Year.

Among the year's shortest day and longest night is a day.

The sun has lost most of its power and it regains its powers from the next day.

It's a winter solstice! - It seems that this marks the start of the New Year.

TL: If you want to know more about solstice.

But this is another shrine of the ruined city that is far away from human society.

Neither of us had any interest in the calendar, and the sensations of heat and cold were dull for the undead.

As a result, it seems that he was spending a sense of "as if flowers started to bloom" "strong sunshine" "leaves turn red or yellow" "somewhat snow falling" as markers for season changes.

...... That's right, there are only three people living without external negotiations, I do not do astronomical observations at all.

I do not know how long the three people are alive, but until then I forget about the number of days or date because it was too troublesome for now.

By the way, I wonder, but how do you measure the length of the day without a mechanical watch?

There is no doubt that the old man was doing it, but is it a shadow or an hourglass or a water clock?

... Ah, no I mean.

Depending on the length of the sun, the sunrise position is shifted to the left or right, so why can’t you just put a mark every day the sun rose from start till the very end?

Yes, that's right, there is a theory that the famous Stonehenge is such a facility.

Some Japanese temples and shrines also had something in line with the sunrise at the winter solstice and the summer solstice, etc.

Yeah, maybe this is it. Maybe. Perhaps other means may be used in combination, but there is no reference material available.

...... After all my knowledge is lacking and thin without the help of internet and computers like in my previous life

TL:If you want to know more about Stonehenge.

But I disagree.

Anyway, from the gathered information through asking questions and studying with Gus, I have been trying to sort out the current situation.

First of all, with what little I have learned so far and I still can not decide the actual details yet, but I seem to have been born again.

Reborn, incarnation,re-birth or reincarnation,  say anything you wish.

In other words, the memory before my death in my previous life is hazy but it's a fact that I died and was born again.

Moreover, it is in a different world.

There is no memory of magic existing in my previous world before I died, and neither did skeletons and ghosts wander around compared to here.

It was all a fantasy product, that is, this world and the previous world are clearly different with certain things in common.

So reincarnation. Moreover, it is incarnation to another world.

And normally this conclusion of mine would almost have no problems...

Still this conclusion can not be made final yet because there could be other possibilities existing also.

There can be many kinds of mysterious magic in this world I do not know about or someone could have planted these fake memories into my brain.

Or simply this may be just a strange delusion in my mind and I have a brain abnormality.

Perhaps it is a phenomenon like hijacking or hijacking of personality because how can I reborn when ghosts are real in this world?
(TL: The above line means like if the ghost of dead people exist then how can someone reincarnate.)

Or maybe I am actually hallucinating, my brain from my previous life could be floating around in a laboratory aquarium somewhere ... ...

Maybe and what ifs. There is no doubt about raising "what ifs" about my current situation. There really is no end to this.

Philosophical proposition is like a brain in a very deep water tank  because you can only plunge deep hoping to find the answer that lies at the bottom.

I think that it is the end if I start to worry about such a barren problem, I definitely will not reach a final answer.

Therefore, for the time being, provisionally, I decided to go with the understanding that "This is a reincarnation to a different world and I have memories of my past life".

Because it is the most safe and emotionally calm idea for now.

For example, my true identity could be a demon that killed a baby's spirit and that took over its body.

I do not say that I can not bear the feeling of remorse, but I feel cautious if I was such an annoying existence.

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Well, that's why the reborn years are counted as 8 years old and the world where Will is currently is a dangerous place. 

"" Flaming burning horn "
" Fire ignition "

... ...

"Wow !?"

Hot air rises in an explosive way.

When I went back down unintentionally, the gas sharply spelled out the "Words of Creation" and erased the flames in front of me.

"Fool! The pronunciation is too accurate!"

It is awful because Gus complains about the pronunciation being too accurate.

"Will, fortunately you are talented but you will die from your own magic  while trying to become accustomed to adjusting your precision!"

That's right. For example, "Magic" I am learning right now ... ... This is also dangerous.

I am practicing on the hill of the usual temple table so that if something may happen no one else is effected.

"Gus ... The results of my magic is scattered, it really is terrible, why is this so annoying?"

"Its just like that"

Reproducibility is not so high.

Even if I try to do the same thing yesterday and today, the same phenomenon can not happen twice.

What I mean to say is ......

"... ... ... Please describe the procedure to make magic"

"Well, there are three steps. The first is to perceive the mana that is around us everywhere, the second is resonating with your mana and the third is the correct pronunciation of "Word of Creation"."

"Well, it is three steps of sensing the mana full of the world, resonating with mana of yourself, pronouncing or describing the words of creation"

The origin of all things, the primordial world chaos is to perceive mana, resonate with your mana and it also seems about that person's talent and training.

Then pronounce the "Words of Creation" and define and distinguish the chaotic mana of this world into something, such as a flame, with its power.

In other words, that is all there is to it.

However, there is little room for errors.

"As I was saying, trying to obtain mana as uniform as possible is a result which was only possible to do a long time ago.

Many sages have elaborated themselves, but there are still limitations ... ... Only when you try to practice will you able to understand what I am saying."

"Yeah ... first, mana is not uniform"

In the past few years, I was taught by Gus and was able sharpen my senses, and somehow I became able to understand the signs of mana around me ... ...

Magical material are full of mana and are the fuel of this world. Even they are not uniform instead they are in chaos.

Imagine dripping ink into the water as its a little stirred

There are dark parts and light parts, and they all are irregularly flowing.

It is such feeling.

"Well, there have been several attempts to create a homogeneous mana environment.

Among them, for example, sealing mana with stable gems and precious metals and using it has achieved certain results. But……"

"Efficiency was not suitable for high cost, is not it?"

"Well ...... first of all human beings in the body are fluent, even if only external mana is homogenized, there is a limit"

Even if the outer mana can be kept homogeneous to some extent, mana inside the body of the user who uses it to resonate with it is still unstable.

Likewise, in the body, like water and ink is drawn in shades and swells.

I heard that this is not going to be any easier.

The human body is said to be too complicated to tinker with the cognitive power of human beings.

"Although it is certain that there is an effect, speaking of gems or precious metals, they are a symbol of being a mage, although I do not use a wand."

Gus does not seem to use a wand, but it seems to be said that the world also has a "wizard's wand" present,

A little of my childish heart is stimulated after hearing this. 

But no I actually am a child right now so it's fine.

"There are also human-like fluctuations in utterances and descriptions, for human beings, the same words can not be said to be strictly same."

Even if the same person talks about the same words, the waveform of the sound wave produced from their voices is different, it would not be exactly the same even if you write the same letter.

"For the above reasons, in the end, it is mostly the conclusion that we can only figure out a good condition with intuition."

It is impossible to convert magic into something homogeneous and it is inevitable to conclude that there requires a magical trick to ensure a fine skill adjustment according to the mood of the mana of that day.

It is impossible to convert magic into a homogeneous industrial product, and it is inevitable to conclude that it is a magical artistic arts trick which makes skill adjustments according to the mood of that day's mana.

"............ I'm scared"

"Magic is a scary thing indeed"

I was wondering why the work of the Creator God is said to be "the law of the devil", but if that is the only risky, it is said so.

It is different from "magic" from RPG video games which consumes MP to use a magic skill.

Instead it is really close to "magic" of classical fantasy which requires high precision and time.

"The "Word of Creation" is not to wield around carelessly as it holds great power and naturally it involves an equally dangerous risk while using it."

This is as Gus says.

As Mary and Brad have said before, Gus seems to be a fairly powerful Wizard with no exaggeration it seems.

I usually have no signs of magic yet but it would be awesome if I was able to use this kind of power.

However, Gus himself does not boast such a thing.

"Well, I have said such a story again and again."

Rather than lessons I was told stories after stories about previous great Wizards.

For example, a story of a mage used to induce a large earthquake and swallowed by a crack in an attempt to change the terrain.

A story of a wizard who has suffered from starvation inviting climate irregularities as a result of frequent manipulation of weather for his personal entertainment beforehand.

A story of a wizard who transformed into an animal and eventually his mind even turned to that of an animal and ended up becoming a beast.

A story of a witch who suddenly blew off her tongue in anger because she got frustrated by being unable to correctly use "Word of Creation".

It seems that there was also a mage who got eaten by "something" after opening a hole leading to different dimensions.

"In any case you can use small magic skillfully and can learn to use it precisely." 

Light magic, such as fire raising and insect repelling, magic blindness, art of searching for objects, has a small effect and a small risk of mistakes.

No matter how much we fail, it seems that at most it will cause a painful injury.

So Gus says that the real wizards would ideally not use large scale magic and try to produce maximum effect with a small scale spell.

As one person can deal with enormous power and always have the possibility of an accident or human error, I think that it is a really valid style.

However,

"---- That is a jackpot?"

Gus is ecstatic as ever and speaks seriously.

"If you want to do something, you do not use magic, you can buy the right tool or hire a person.

Terrain change is a great magic, even so you can use money like magic, you can change the terrain by hiring craftsmen and humans.

... ... The ability to earn money and roll is as important as magic, no more than that! It is! "

Gus leaned over to stress his point unexpectedly as I instinctively bend back.

"How can a ghost be so materialist !?"

"What are you so sorry about !? Can a ghost wash his gold and silver treasure with these hands....!"

Gus replied in a sad manner.

"Well, it seems you are a pervert?"

"Hey! Shut up!, who is a pervert here !?"

"It's Gus, it's Gus!"

"Tell me ... well, we shall change your class schedule! I will teach you the wonderfulness of money starting from today."

"Eeeeeee!?"

That's why Gus magic lessons sometimes turned into this world's financial and asset management course.

Saying what it is, this is interesting and I think that it is one substantial force required in surviving in this dangerous world ... ...

Really, I wonder how this is a ghost with no shame and is a wizard.

...... I thought about it.

But how wonderful is the magical knowledge and power of Gus?

I will ask about it while training with Brad.