I Have been Reincarnated As a Lazy, Arrogant Noble, but When I Destroyed The Scenario Through Effort, I Became The Most Powerful With Extraordinary Magical Power - 155

Chapter 155 Forest of Spirits

“Amazing… It’s not magical power, but there’s a certain kind of strength that I can feel.”

Shari and I had come to a certain forest in the west. Not that monsters appear around here. Moreover, there shouldn’t be any events in the original.

But she wanted me to come here.

Well, I’m naive enough to come just for that.

“It’s really amazing, Weiss.”

“Huh? What is?”

Shari walked a bit in the forest with her hands behind her back, then turned around.

“This is a place with many spirits. Allen and Duke have been here, but they didn’t feel anything.”

I see. Even so, I feel something, though it’s vague. Is this a sense, or just my imagination? I don’t know.

Feeling, that’s important. I still think Weiss has potential.

The place Shari wanted to take me to the other day was here. She used to come here a lot when she was a child, especially when something unpleasant happened.

I felt a bit happy hearing a story I had never heard before.

It meant I got to know a bit more about Shari Elias that I didn’t know.

“So, what are we doing? Practicing magic? Or do you know a secret way to contract with spirits?”

“Hmm. We’re not doing anything. I just wanted to come here.”

“Huh? You called me here just for that?”

“Yeah. Because if I told you the reason from the beginning, you’d say it’s ‘troublesome,’ right? But I can’t take Allen with me, so…”

“Hah, you’re still a cunning woman.”

“Hehe, but let’s take a little walk. I don’t really think it’s pointless. If it’s Weiss, maybe something will happen. I didn’t say it on purpose; I wanted you to feel whether you can sense it or not.”

She seems to understand my competitive spirit and stimulates it in a good way. Well, surprisingly, she might be the one who understands me the most.

“Sure, sure.”

“Sure, once is enough?”

“Who are you imitating?”

“Sure, let’s go! Follow me!”

“Geez…”

After that, Shari and I simply took a walk. We drank fresh water, felt nature, looked at trees, and sometimes climbed slightly dangerous cliffs.

Then suddenly, she quickened her pace.

“Come here, come here.”

“What is it?”

Beyond the forest, an incredible view spread out. Green everywhere, but the sound of flowing water and the pleasant breeze made it feel wonderful.

“Wow, this is amazing.”

I regret not having seen something like this in the original.

Hmm, could it be that she wanted to show me this?

“It’s nice, right? I tend to get too involved and think too much. I know it’s not good. Watching Weiss lately, I felt that.”

…Certainly, that might be true.

Seeing Allen, Cynthia, and the others taking it seriously, I put in more effort than usual. Being too emotional in battle is often not advantageous.

But even so, did she have to bring me here?

She seems simple at first glance, but I don’t really understand her.

“Look over there—ah!”

At that moment, Shari seemed to almost fall from the cliff.

I instinctively moved to reach out, but…

“Just kidding.”

Adding a bit of flight magic to her body, Shari regained her posture. Damn, if I, who knows the original, had fallen for that, it wouldn’t have been a joke.

“If you do the same thing again, I’m going home.”

“Ahaha, sorry, sorry. But really, I appreciate it. I felt like I really died that day. Thank you.”

“How many times are you going to thank me?”

“Geez, Weiss, you’re really not straightforward.”

“There’s no one as straightforward as me.”

“Hehe, maybe. Well then, let’s go.”

“You really brought me here just for that…”

On the way back, I released Devi. There wasn’t any particular meaning, but it was a place in nature where no one would see.

Well, it’s a parent’s heart, right?

“Devi Devi!”

“Don’t go too far.”

“Come to think of it, it’s strange, isn’t it? Devi-chan feels close to spirits.”

“Is that so?”

“I heard it from Orin-san too, but isn’t it rare for the appearance to change when summoning? Devi-chan seems completely different.”

“Well, that’s true.”

At that moment, Devi suddenly shouted. I thought something had happened, but he was just excited in front of a big tree.

“Devi Devi Devi!”

“Too loud.”

“Devi…”

“Weiss, you’re cold. Hmm—maybe I felt the tremendous power of this tree.”

“You mean a spirit?”

“Yeah. I can see it. The flow of nature and power.”

Saying that, Shari touched the tree. I also touched it in the same way. At that moment, just a little, an image of water flowing was engraved in my brain.

But it was very dark, yet there was something like light ahead.

“Weiss, maybe…”

“What is it?”

“Did you see it? Water.”

“Huh?”

And surprisingly, that seemed to be the trigger.

From that day on, I began to feel some power.

According to Shari, she had a similar experience.

From then on, every night, we started training to read the power of spirits. It was just holding hands and sharing images.

“Does this have any meaning?”

“It does.”

And on the eve of the upcoming exam, I finally found something.

Something I couldn’t put into words, but definitely something.

And I acquired a new ability.

“Weiss, it’s amazing. Honestly, it’s a level that would turn the magical world upside down. Darkness is special after all. I think I’ve never seen anything like this.”

“…Huh, certainly.”

It’s no wonder Shari is surprised.

Even I, who had never seen it in the original, acquired a power that could turn the magical world upside down.

My power? No, it seemed like Devi and I had communicated our hearts.

Really, the structure of Noblesse is complex.

But unlike me, Devi is pure. Maybe that’s what’s good about it.

“But those eyes are a bit scary.”

“Why? It’s kinda like chuunibyou, isn’t it?”

“Chuunibyou?”

“It’s nothing.”

My right eye was black, and yet the pupil shone red.