I Already Know My Magic Power Is Ridiculously High! Now I Just Need a Cute Wife... - Episode 12

For now, let’s ignore the conversation between Geraldo and the military officers.

I will continue to activate the “Detection Magic.”

The usual “magic detection” is not strictly speaking magic; it’s more like an unconscious level of pointing check that nobles use to see if there are any Stella-class stars around them.

Therefore, I can only confirm an area of about two hundred meters at most.

“I’ve often heard rumors about you, Lord Minishiro, but all I’ve been hearing is that you’ve been out in the castle town, wasting your time. Could it really be true…?”

“Indeed, without a doubt, it was you, Lord Minishiro, who spread such rumors yourself. If your true power were to come to light, it would instill a sense of caution not only in the enemies but also within the Zakrian Empire itself.”

“I didn’t realize you had such deep thoughts! As expected of you, Your Excellency!”

You’re still talking. Or rather, I don’t remember spreading any such rumors…

I feel like the military officers have become total supporters of mine, and now I’m a bit scared that no matter what I do, they’ll say “As expected of you.”

To get back to the point, the nobles’ “magic detection” has been so overused that they seem to feel it’s impossible to improve it any further now, so it hasn’t extended into the academic realm, that is, the realm of magic.

So, I further expanded the “magic detection” to develop a “detection magic” that allows for more accurate spatial recognition, and now everything is ready.

“Send out a ‘magic wave'”

I launched a completed powerful magic wave.

The magic wave spreads out in concentric circles around me at several times the speed of sound, revealing one after another those who possess magical power.

“I found it.”

In my mind, a three-dimensional space with vertical, horizontal, and height dimensions was recreated in sync with the magical waves, and I confirmed two particularly large magical coordinates: one about ten kilometers to the southeast and another about fifty kilometers to the northwest.

The former is unknown, but there’s no doubt that the latter is Barbato.

“Step back, we’re launching the ‘Intimidation Sphere’.”

When I gave the officers their orders, they all immediately complied and fell back behind me.

Position your hands in front of you, palms facing up and down, and make an invisible, colorless, circular distortion of air appear in the palms of both hands.

“Wh-what on earth is that…?”

“It is probably a secret technique that can only be used by the representative. Everyone, please be sure not to speak of it to others.”

To the officer who was breaking out in a cold sweat, Geraldo said with a solemn expression.

I have named this magic “Intimidation Orb.”

It is a technique that is like a crystallization of the effort put into seriously researching and creating magic, but I won’t speak of it here.

“Barbato, I won’t let you go to your grandfather.”

I precisely fired the “Intimidation Sphere” based on the 3D mapping I had created in my mind.

Fifty kilometers northwest from the hill, there was the sight of the Naia Kingdom army marching at high speed, radiating a red aura.

“Nefutisu, how much longer until we arrive?”

The man in black armor, of medium build, leading the army on horseback, with a handsome face and hair shining gold in the wind, looked just like a prince on a white horse.

The man asks the middle-aged man running alongside him.

“Hah, we should be able to see Ronshanto Fortress any moment now.”

The middle-aged man in black armor, called Nephthys, replied to his master in a flat tone.

“Still, was it really okay to leave behind an army of ten thousand? With even just five thousand non-adult Star Stella-class troops, we could have held them off, right? We could have even taken them out ourselves without any problem.”

“Your Highness, we must not underestimate the Stella-class. The operation we have been advancing for years cannot be stopped by mere guardians of Ortenos.”

The man who was called “Your Highness” is Barbato von Naia, the second prince of the Kingdom of Naia.

Nephthys calmly responds to Barbato’ rude behavior.

“Tch, you’re as tough as ever. But your prediction was off. Instead of ‘Shusujin,’ a defender named Shalka showed up, and he’s just a kid, not even an adult yet.”

“Even just luring out one Star Stella-class ship is enough. We have confirmed through our informants that the main forces are holed up in Ortenatris. With this, no Star Stella-class reinforcements will come to Ronshanto.”

Basically, nobles and royalty refer to those involved in succession, such as the current head, the next head, and the previous head, as “main line” (shuusui) in relation to the Stella class, while others are referred to as “guardians” (mamorite).

From Nefutisu’s perspective, the division of the Stella-class star of Ortenos has been achieved, so the operation is going smoothly.

We have already marched about fifty kilometers, so it is utterly impossible to catch up now.

“If only the next head of the Ortenos family, Elmia, had come. If that had happened, it would have been the ultimate, most thrilling scenario where I could violate a royal descendant.”

“Your Highness, please refrain from making statements that acknowledge the authority of the former royal family.”

Nefutisu, who knew Barbato’s tastes and preferences, felt disgusted but refrained from voicing her criticism to her master.

Barbato, showing no signs of concern, lifts his mouth into a crescent shape and laughs.

“Well, of course, you’d be curious about that. They say Elmia is a living likeness of Princess Illumina, who Naia let slip sixty years ago.”