Impractical Magic

I M Chapter 108

Author's Note: Hahah! I got in the deadline ;p

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After passing through Witzlarn and a few villages we still haven't seen a trace of the Empire Corps. Could they have given up after being saved? Nah, considering how crazy the Emperor is for me it's a no brainer...

They were probably wary of the •Crescent• that I had used because up till now it is on a grander scale than the one in Pilapil, they are most likely planning on how to counter it. Well, not that I care I will just use it as a bluff to scare them again.

Although I would like to say that in order to save them I wasted a high-quality magic crystal... If I hadn't used it till breaking point I could've utilized •Crescent• at least ten to fifteen times on normal usage before the crystal needed to recharge.

Currently, we are eating out while camping in the wilderness. Jody made a soup out of the spiked boar that I had taken down earlier.

"Open your mouth..." [Angelica]

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"Say, ah..." [Angelica]

The person whom I was speaking to is Matthew. After I had made that dumb move at Witzlarn he has refused to talk to me for days.

"C'mon, you wouldn't want your stomach to come growling now, won't you?" [Angelica]

"?!" [Matthew]

His face flushed, he was going to refute what I had just said but, bit his lips in the last minute.

During the past few days, we shared the same bowl when eating in the wilderness. It was due to when the ghouls chased us out that we began to notice we were missing a few things in the wagon.

Before we eat it was somewhat in sequence that Jody distributes the bowls to Spencer then he, in turn, passes it over to me and I to Matthew. So you get the drill, because of that he either has to wait for me to finish or find an alternative to do it on his own. I had suggested that we share the bowl and eat at the same time, but then he ignored me. It was only when I heard his stomach growl that I began teasing him about it. Being unable to talk back, I felt like teasing him to get him to open up.

"Aah..." [Matthew]

Oh! Finally, he opened his mouth, his face is still beet red though... I gave him a spoonful and he chewed whilst staring away at least this is a good sign.

After finishing our supper and cleaning up we all slept by the campfire. The place we are at is known to be inhabited by harmless fauna so there's no need for a lookout, although it wouldn't hurt to keep an eye out just in case. I created a perimeter fence that was made of mud and has been enchanted with my earth crystal, although what came out seemed like a birdcage lol, at least it would prevent the entry of anything bigger than a toddler.

Spencer and Jody shared a blanket while Matthew and I slept opposite of each other. I was staring at the stars and wondering about what I should do. Then I noticed Matthew who was moving around in his blanket. I stood up and took a glance at him and noticed that he was still sleeping. It's quite chilly tonight so he might have been cold... I picked up my blanket and huddled right next to him and placed my hand over his blanket. In a mere second, tiny flames sprouted all over erasing the chill.

The next thing that happened is he clung to me with his arms wrapped around my waist and because of his small stature, his face was now directly at the level of my chest.

(Pomf...)

His little head made a sound as it l sandwiched itself in between my chest. I could feel every ounce of his breath that escaped from his mouth... If for some reason someone were to see us like this, they would most likely think of us as siblings sleeping right next to each other.